Leena Gangopadhyay


Leena Gangopadhyay is an Indian writer, producer, and director, primarily associated with the Tollywood film industry. she serves as the Chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Women.
She is one of the founders of Kolkata based production company Magic Moments Motion Pictures along with Saibal Banerjee. She is also a Director, Script and Story writer in Organinc Studios, owned by her son Arka Ganguly.

Works

Television

Leena Gangopadhyay is the script writer for popular Bengali serials including 'Ishti Kutum', and 'Andarmahal'.She has also co-directed two Bengali films 'Maati' and 'Sanjhbati'.
Her serials have been remade in multiple regional Indian languages. 'Sreemoyee' written by Gangopadhyay was made in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil. Yet another serial written by Leena Gangopadhyay 'Mohor' was remade in Kannada as 'Sarasu', Hindi as 'Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani', Malayalam as ‘Koodevide', Marathi as ‘Swabhiman – Shodh Astitvacha’, Tamil as 'Kaatrukkenna Veli’ and Telugu as 'Guppedantha Manasu'.
While Leena Gangopadhyay's serials have been popular, controversy has not been far behind. She has been criticised and trolled on social media for writing stories that are regressive, called to end a few of the serials with reasons cited including lack of originality in storyline, repetitiveness in plot, the negative influence on society like the serial Guddi and lack of sensitivity in portrayal of a community or people like Ishti Kutum. However, Gangopadhyay, believes that we cannot call the serials progressive or regressive. In an interview with The Telegraph, she said “Writing for television is very different from writing novels. An author can be selfish but a scriptwriter will always have to keep her audience in mind. Television is after all a reflection of society. You cannot deny what exists in society. Regressive points of view exist. That is why we have them in television serials”.
Since 2023, on Indian Bengali TV, Magic Moments Motion Pictures produces serials exclusively for Star Jalsha, whereas Organinc Studios produces exclusively for Zee Bangla.
Both production houses have stopped producing serials for Sun Bangla, most possibly due to a lack of creative freedom, because excluding Jiyon Kathi, all of their ventures on the channel have actually been remakes of serials from other languages on the Sun TV Network. Also because the TRP ratings of programs on Star Jalsha and Zee Bangla massively outperform those on Sun Bangla.

Currently broadcast

ShowChannelPremiere dateLanguageProduction company
JhanakStarPlus20 November 2023HindiMagic Moments Motion Pictures
ChiroshokhaStar Jalsha27 January 2025BengaliMagic Moments Motion Pictures
Bade Ghar Ki Chhoti BahuDangal16 June 2025HindiOrganinc Studios
Kone Dekha AloZee Bangla25 August 2025BengaliOrganinc Studios
Bhole Baba Par Kare GaStar Jalsha15 September 2025BengaliMagic Moments Motion Pictures

Formerly broadcast

SeriesRoleNetworkFirst airedLanguageLast airedEpisodesProduction HouseRemakesRef
Shonar HorinWriterETV Bangla2004Bengali2009colspan = "2" -
Binni Dhaner KhoiWriterETV Bangla31 August 2009Bengali16 March 20131108Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Saat Paake BandhaWriterZee Bangla5 July 2010Bengali20 July 2013956One Plus One
Keya Patar NoukoWriterZee Bangla14 February 2011Bengali26 October 2013844Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Ishti KutumWriterStar Jalsha24 October 2011Bengali13 December 20151332Magic Moments Motion PicturesHindi
Jol NupurWriterStar Jalsha21 January 2013Bengali5 December 2015901Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Hiyar MaajheWriterETV Bangla16 September 2013Bengali13 December 2014390Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Chokher Tara TuiWriterStar Jalsha24 March 2014Bengali24 July 2016793Magic Moments Motion Pictures
KojagoriWriterZee Bangla2 February 2015Bengali13 February 2016328Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Ichche NodeeWriterStar Jalsha15 June 2015Bengali28 May 2017712Magic Moments Motion PicturesHindi
Punyi PukurWriterStar Jalsha7 December 2015Bengali28 May 2017491Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Ei Chheleta BhelbheletaWriterZee Bangla28 March 2016Bengali23 July 2017478Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Kusum DolaWriterStar Jalsha22 August 2016Bengali3 September 2018731Magic Moments Motion PicturesHindi
Kundo Phuler MalaWriterStar Jalsha29 May 2017Bengali18 March 2018293Magic Moments Motion Pictures
AndarmahalWriterZee Bangla5 June 2017Bengali9 November 2018366Magic Moments Motion Pictures
GachkoutoWriterColors Bangla26 June 2017Bengali11 November 2017113Magic Moments Motion Pictures
AdbhutureWriterZee Bangla31 July 2017Bengali6 October 201750Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Sanyashi RajaWriterStar Jalsha11 September 2017Bengali15 July 2018306Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Phagun BouWriterStar Jalsha19 March 2018Bengali29 December 2019534Magic Moments Motion Pictures
MayurpankhiWriterStar Jalsha12 November 2018Bengali22 September 2019308Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Nakshi KanthaWriterZee Bangla12 November 2018Bengali10 July 2020383Magic Moments Motion Pictures
SreemoyeeWriterStar Jalsha10 June 2019Bengali19 December 2021834Magic Moments Motion PicturesHindi, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Odia
JiyonkathiWriterSun Bangla23 September 2019Bengali18 April 2021486Organinc Studios
MohorWriterStar Jalsha28 October 2019Bengali3 April 2022783Magic Moments Motion PicturesHindi, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu
Kora PakhiWriterStar Jalsha13 January 2020Bengali1 January 2021205Magic Moments Motion Pictures
KhorkutoWriterStar Jalsha17 August 2020Bengali21 August 2022715Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Desher MaatiWriterStar Jalsha4 January 2021Bengali31 October 2021297Magic Moments Motion Pictures
DhulokonaWriterStar Jalsha19 July 2021Bengali11 December 2022505Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Thoda sa Baadal Thoda sa PaaniWriterColors23 August 2021Hindi4 March 2022134Organinc StudiosBengali
RojaWriterEnterr10 Bangla19 September 2021Bengali25 January 2022128Organinc Studios
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 3WriterStarPlus27 October 2021Hindi5 November 2023697
Kabhi Kabhie Ittefaq SeyWriterStarPlus3 January 2022Hindi20 August 2022198
Sona Roder GaanWriterColors Bangla24 January 2022Bengali27 November 2022306Organinc Studios
GuddiWriterStar Jalsha28 February 2022Bengali7 September 2023552Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Ekka DokkaWriterStar Jalsha18 July 2022Bengali24 September 2023430Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Icche PutulWriterZee Bangla30 January 2023Bengali9 March 2024326Organinc Studios
BalijhorWriterStar Jalsha6 February 2023Bengali16 April 202370Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Kar Kachhe Koi Moner KothaWriterZee Bangla3 July 2023Bengali21 June 2024333Organinc Studios
Jol Thoi Thoi BhalobashaWriterStar Jalsha25 September 2023Bengali16 June 2024261Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 4WriterStarPlus6 November 2023Hindi21 May 2025
Badal Sesher PakhiCreative ProducerSun Bangla13 November 2023Bengali30 June 2024231Magic Moments Motion Pictures
MithijhoraWriterZee Bangla27 November 2023Bengali13 July 2025418Organinc Studios
AshtamiLong Journey Writing TeamZee Bangla8 April 2024Bengali23 June 202477Organinc Studios
RoshnaiWriterStar Jalsha25 April 2024Bengali20 July 2025445Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Puber MoynaWriterZee Bangla24 June 2024Bengali19 April 2025277Organinc Studios
Kajol Nodir JoleWriterZee Bangla12 August 2024Bengali9 November 202478Organinc Studios
Durga - Atoot Prem KahaaniWriterColors TV16 September 2024Hindi5 January 2025112Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Iss Ishq Ka Rabb RakhaWriterStarPlus16 September 2024Hindi20 April 2025215Magic Moments Motion Pictures
IshaniWriterStarPlus3 July 2025Hindi28 October 2025114Magic Moments Motion Pictures
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