
Neel Mukherjee as Somraj Biswas – a chartered accountant Brijula's husband Tanni and Bambi's father.Ananya Sengupta as Brijula Biswas ( nee Sen Sharma) – Rishi, Soumi and Ritwik's paternal aunt Tanni and Bambi's mother.Ananya Sen as Soumi Sen Sharma – Ritwik's younger sister Rishi's cousin sister.Shreyasee Samanta as Malobika Sen Sharma – Soumi and Ritwik's mother.Arijit Chowdhury as Pratim Sen Sharma – Apratim's younger brother Rishi's paternal uncle Soumi and Ritwik's father.Shaon Dey as Monica Shoor -Apratim's PA and girlfriend Soumen's elder sister.Sohini Sanyal as Madhumanti Sen Sharma – Rishiraj's mother Apratim's estranged wife.Kaushik Chakraborty as Apratim Sen Sharma – Rishiraj's estranged father.Mou Bhattacharya as Minu Pisi - Anushka's paternal aunt.Saswati Guha Thakurta as Saswati Sen Sharma - Rishiraj's grandmother Apratim, Pratim and Brijula's mother.Biswanath Basu as Paritosh Hazra - Anushka's father.Mallika Majumdar as Mousumi Hazra - Pihu's maternal aunt Anushka's mother.Amrita Debnath as Anushka Sen Sharma – Pihu's cousin sister Ritwik's wife.Rob Dey as Ritwik Sen Sharma – Rishi's cousin brother Anushka's husband.Prantik Banerjee as Soumen Shoor – Rusha and Shalini's husband Pihu and Rishi's rival a smuggler by profession.Rusha Sen – Pihu's elder sister Rishi's adoptive sister Soumen's wife Geetashree Roy as Sudarshini Mitra a.k.a.Pihu – a cheerful girl and tourist guide Rishiraj's childhood lover turned wife. Srijla Guha as Priyadarshini Sen Sharma ( nee Mitra) a.k.a.Rishi Sen/Tubai – a arrogant and ruthless business tycoon, owner of RS Enterprise Pihu's childhood lover turned husband. Sean Banerjee as Rishiraj Sen Sharma a.k.a.Rishi has adopted Pihu's elder sister, Rusha, as his sister. After many years, Priyadarshini has become a tourist guide by the name Pihu Mitra and Rishiraj is an industrialist calling himself Rishi Sen. They were separated after an accident where Priyadarshini lost her parents. Sandipta Sen as Shimul Bosu Sen aka "Shiuli Phool" / Mrs.Rishiraj and Priyadarshini are childhood friends, who fell in love with each other in their youth.Sunaina, a con and a bar-crooner makes an entry and is found to be Shimul's exact lookalike. Off late, Neel succumbs to a life laced with tragedy and alcohol after the sad demise of Shimul. Shimul brings changes in Neel for the better, and the two go about life hand-in-hand, overcoming hurdles that life throws at them.

Neel's mother wants her daughter-in-law to be illiterate as she doesn't want anyone in the family to be more qualified than her son. Neel is also extremely spoilt and is guided by his mother, who herself believes that studies are a waste of time.

Neel is a happening college-goer but hates studies to such an extent that he passed his graduation exams only after appearing for it the 4th time. Destiny however, has a poignant role to play in Shimul's life as she gets married into a family where education is of least priority. As an empowered woman who wants to create her own identity yet stay deeply rooted to her values, Shimul's only motto in life is to enlighten everyone she comes across with proper education. She is progressive in nature and an accomplished educator.

Shimul comes from a village where education has not left its mark yet and being a responsible school teacher herself, Shimul makes it a point to impart education and knowledge to everyone possible in the village. The show will go off air on 23 December 2018 and will get replaced by Bhoomikanya. It replaced Star Jalsha's show Milon Tithi. Produced by Boyhood Productions, it stars Sandipta Sen and Sheikh Rezwan Rabbani in lead roles and Rukma Roy and Debraj Mukherjee in negative roles. Pratidaan ( Bengali: প্রতিদান) was a popular Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 21 August 2017 and aired on STAR Jalsha.
