Mirchi Bangla presents Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” on Friday Classics: Banglay Biswasera <br /><br />Date of Broadcast – 8th August 2025<br /><br />This intense drama tells the story of Hester Prynne, publicly shamed for a forbidden, secret love and forced to wear a scarlet “A” representing adultery. <br /><br />The narrative intensifies with the cold, psychological cruelty and thirst for revenge of her estranged husband, Roger Chillingworth. A note of pathos sets in with the mental torment of Reverend Dimmesdale, Hester’s true love, whose helplessness and guilt slowly consume him. <br /><br />The complex story explores themes of sin and morality in 17th century Puritan America and exposes public hypocrisy. Finally the profound journey towards redemption is brought to life by a rich and engaging soundscape crafted to captivate the Bengali audience.<br /><br />প্রায় ৪০০ বছর আগে আমেরিকার নিউ ইংল্যান্ড কলোনিতে আমাদের গল্পের নায়িকা হেস্টার প্রিন জরিয়ে পড়ে বিবাহ-বহির্ভূত এক সম্পর্কে। আইনতভাবে বিবাহিত হেস্টারকে তখনকার পিউরিট্যান সমাজ একঘরে করে দেয় যখন সে এক শিশুকন্যার জন্ম দেয়। তাকে তার পাপের প্রতীক হিসেবে বুকে পরতে হয় একটি লাল 'A' অক্ষর – The Scarlet Letter. তার ভালবাসা কি কোনদিন স্বীকৃতি পাবে? নাকি তাকে কলঙ্কিত নারী হিসেবেই বাঁচতে হবে? বেঁকা কাঁধের ক্রূর মানুষটা কি তছনছ করে দেবে তার আর তার কন্যার জীবন? <br /><br />Chapters:<br />00:00:00 - Mirchi Friday Classics<br />00:08:01 - Introduction <br />00:14:30 - ছোটবেলার দিনগুলি <br />00:23:42 - বেদনার বেদিমূলে <br />00:29:59 - সম্মানের যুদ্ধ <br />00:47:25 - ডাইনির ডাক <br />01:09:19 - ছদ্মবেশী স্বামী <br />01:25:29 - অপরাধী প্রেম<br />01:50:34 - শেষ স্বীকৃতি<br /><br />Narrator: Jo Banerjee <br />Hester Prynne: Srabonita Biswas <br />Dimmesdale: Deep Kaizar Basu <br />Chillingworth: Buddhadev Das <br />Pearl: Sparshita Pal <br />Wilson: Indranil Bhaduri <br />Governor: Sutirtha Bedajna <br />Jailor, Servant, Father & Man 4: Subhayan Roy<br />Man 2: Sunrito Ghosh <br />Court official, Captain & Man 3: Abhijit Bhunia<br />Boy 1: Nirnay Pal <br />Boy 2: Debosmon Ghosh<br />Girl: Vindhya Patra<br />Mother & Woman 2: Amrapali Bhattacharya <br />Man 1: Abhirup Banerjee<br />Woman 1: Sujata Ghosh <br />Mrs. Hibbins: Tomali Chaudhuri<br /><br />Music & Sound Designing – Subhra Kamal Mukherjee<br />Sound Recordist – Sanjit Giri (Post Production Studios) <br />Theme Music – Sayak Chakraborty<br />Theme Animation – Anwesh De<br />Poster Design – Subhadeep Mukherjee<br />Assistant Director – Amrapali Bhattacharya<br />Executive Producer – Sujata Ghosh<br />Produced by: Sound Ideas<br />Translation and Adaptation: Shatabdi Bhattacharyya<br />Script editing & Direction: Tomali Chaudhuri <br /><br />Mirchi Team:<br />Creative Director - Indrani Chakrabarti<br />Executive Producer - Arunima Dey<br />Bumper Design- Deepak Ray<br />Youtube team - Himanshu Pradhan, Vasundhara Bisht<br />Social Media - Agni, Arnab Chatterjee<br />Mirchi Interns - Devarghya<br />Editorial assistance - Rohit Dey, Souvik Guha Sarkar<br />Special Assistance- Richard Debnath<br />National Digital Content Head - Indira Rangarajan <br /><br />World Classics playlist:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq71IJk8mCV60e9XIp2MfSBZ_1SPeg_Lr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq71IJk8mCV60e9XIp2MfSBZ_1SPeg_Lr</a><br /><br />Disclaimer: <br />This audio series is a work of fiction and features adaptations of works by renowned authors. 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