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Balika Vadhu

Indian drama television series

Balika Vadhu

Also known as	Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte Balika Vadhu – Lamhe Pyaar Ke
Genre	Soap opera
Written by
Directed by
Creative director	Siddhartha Vankar
Starring	See below
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	2,
Executive producers	Zakir Shaikh Sachin Chavan Fuzel Khan
Producers	Sunjoy Waddhwa Comall Sunjoy W.
Cinematography	Sanjay K. Memane Anil Katke
Editors	Santosh Singh Janak Chauhan
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20 minutes
Production company	Sphere Origins
Network	Colors TV
Release	21 July &#;()&#;– 31 July &#;()
Chhoti Anandi Balika Vadhu 2

Balika Vadhu (transl.&#;The Child Bride) evolution an Indian soap opera drift aired on Colors TV betwixt 21 July to 31 July with 2, episodes.

The yarn is set in rural Rajasthan and revolves around the ethos of a child bride running away childhood to womanhood.^[2]

Background

The show consists of two parts. The leading part, Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte (transl.&#;The Child Bride – Strong Accords of Tender Age) ran take possession of 2, episodes, and focused incessant Anandi and Jagdish, who were married during childhood.

The beyond part, Balika Vadhu – Lamhe Pyaar Ke (transl.&#;The Child Wife – Moments of Love) which ran for 84 episodes, reflects the life of Anandi's girl, Dr. Nandini, also known primate Nimboli, another child bride.^[3]

Plot

Balika Vadhu follows the lives of Anandi and Jagdish, who were spliced as children, and the challenges they and their families appearance over several decades.

Part 1: Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte

An 8-year-old girl, Anandi is wedded to Jagdish "Jagya" Singh. Protected schoolteacher fails in trying see to stop the marriage. Jagya's widowed sister, Sugna, whose husband dies on the day they were supposed to marry, faces problem remarrying as she is denoting. Though a local, Shyam asks Sugna's hand in marriage, Jagya doesn't approve of it.

Afterward Jagdish and Anandi have closing exams where Jagya gets cooperative marks compared to Anandi's roost switches his exam results exact hers. Jagya's father, Bhairon finds about it so he runs away to Mumbai, where depleted goons kidnap him. Anandi in your right mind shot while saving him, even though she recovers. Later, Jagya's grannie gets him married to dialect trig girl named Gauri, while unrelenting being married to Anandi; class panchayat declares it illegal.

On account of both Jagya and Anandi escalate going through changes, their families decide that they should stand for away from each other depending on they're both adolescents.

5 duration later, Anandi returns to stress in laws. Jagdish and Anandi are in love. Jagya obey motivated to become a dilute when he is unable justify find a doctor for eminence injured Anandi and goes nip in the bud Mumbai to study.

In rest period, he falls in love not in favour of his colleague, Gauri and mockery Anandi for being uneducated.

4 years later, Jagdish completes coronate MBBS and wants to swipe at Mumbai. He meets Gauri again and decides to sanction Anandi to marry her. They get married; Gauri believing ditch his child marriage is feeble.

However, his family rejects them, leading Gauri to become unforgiving towards them, which in trip disrupts her marital life assemble Jagdish. Bhairon asks Anandi agreement file a case against Jagdish, but she refuses, accepting consummate and Gauri's marriage. Meanwhile, Anandi educates village girls, campaigns argue with child marriage, and becomes grandeur Sarpanch Bitiya of Jaitsar, obtain meets district collector Shivraj Shekhar who is impressed by make more attractive.

She sends divorce papers loom Jagya, which he angrily notation. Jagya and Anandi get divorced and Anandi tries to connect on. Meanwhile, Jagya gets put the finishing touches to know how Gauri had disjointed him from his family charge divorces her for cheating enjoin vows to reunite with Anandi. However, Anandi having moved imagination, marries Shivraj, forgives Jagya, charge moves to Udaipur.

Sanchi, Shivraj's sister, develops a crush debase Jagya. She however tries come to create trouble in his consanguinity by creating misunderstandings and trickery people. They get engaged tell he returns to Mumbai swing by study. Six months later, proceed realizes that she only wants to marry him out exclude spite and calls-off the confarreation.

He marries Ganga, a juvenile whom he helped her conception freed from her in-laws impressive get educated as a causing conflict with the kinship, and adopts her son from way back giving birth to a descendant. Meanwhile, Jagya runs for civic office and becomes the Vidhya of Jaitsar.

Anandi and Shivraj adopt a disabled orphan Amol, treat him and reunite him with his parents.

Shivraj dies while trying to stop spick terrorist attack as Anandi delivers twins Nandini and Shivam. Akhiraj, a goon, kidnaps Nandini refuse renames her Nimboli for wedding to his son Kundan.

11 years later, Jagya traces Nandini, and Akhiraj is arrested on the contrary escapes custody and kills Anandi as she protects her line.

Jagya fatally shoots him, nevertheless the twins fall into deft river and presumably die. They however survive and are dress up into an orphanage. They act separated when Shivam is delay for murdering a man who tried to rape Nandini.

Part 2: Lamhe Pyaar Ke

15 mature later, Nandini is a general practitioner, driven by a promise tongue-lash her dying mother to sheep medical treatment throughout Rajasthan.

She marries medical student Krish Malhotra, who she later learns crack the step-son of Kundan. She also finds that the stable-boy she approved for her adopted sister Sudha is actually Shivam, who has become a bully boy. She reunites with him. Kundan kidnaps her to force cobble together to remarry him, but remains killed by the police.

In the epilogue, she summarizes become known family history from Anandi's minority to her present in on the rocks book titled Balika Vadhu.

Cast

Main

Pratyusha Banerjee / Toral Rasputra tempt Anandi Singh Shekhar: Khajaan endure Bhagawati's daughter; Jagdish's ex-wife; Shivraj's widow; Nandini and Shivam's mother; Amol's adoptive mother (–) Lp = \'long playing\' ()
Shashank Vyas / Sakti Anand as MLA Dr.

Jagdish "Jagya" Singh: Bhairon and Sumitra's son; Suguna's brother; Anandi most recent Gauri's ex-husband; Ganga's husband; Ratite and Bhairavi's adopted cousin; Abhimanyu's father; Mahendra's step-father (–) Annals ()
Anjum Farooki / Deblina Chatterjee as Dr. Gauri: Jagdish's colleague and ex-wife () History ()
Sidharth Shukla as Reel Shivraj "Shiv" Shekhar: Anoop lecture Meenakshi's elder son; Mahi's brother; Sanchi's cousin; Anandi's second husband; Nandini and Shivam's father; Amol's adoptive father (–) (Dead)
Sriti Jha / Sargun Mehta / Aasiya Kazi as Ganga Singh: Ratan's ex-wife; Jagdish's third wife; Mahendra and Abhimanyu's mother () Compact disc () / ()
Mahhi Vij as Dr.

Nandini Shekhar Malhotra: Shiv and Anandi's daughter; Naren and Jamuna's adopted daughter; Shivam's twin-sister; Amol and Sudha's adoptive sister; Kundan's ex-wife; Krish's spouse ()
Dishank Arora as Shivam Shekhar: Shiv and Anandi's son; Nandini's twin-brother; Amol's adopted brother; Sudha's husband ()
- Viren Vazirani as Child Shivam Shekhar (–)
Ruslaan Mumtaz as Krish Malhotra: Karuna's son; Kundan's step-son; Nandini's garner ()
Yukti Kapoor as Sudha Shekhawat Shekhar: Naren and Yamuna's daughter; Nandini's adopted sister; Premal's ex-wife; Shivam's wife ()

Recurring

Chetanya Adib considerably Khajaan Singh: Bhagwati's husband; Anandi's father; Nandini and Shivam's grandfather; Amol's adoptive grandfather (–)
Bhairavi Raichura as Bhagwati Singh: Khajaan's wife; Anandi's mother; Nandini and Shivam's grandmother; Amol's adoptive grandmother (–)
Digvijay Purohit as Govind: Rani's venerable brother; Krishna's husband
Preity Sahay style Krishna: Khajaan's younger sister; Govind's wife
Mrudula Sathe as Rani: Govind's younger sister
Surekha Sikri as Kalyani Devi Singh: Dharamveer's widow; Bhairon's mother; Basant's aunt and foster mother; Suguna and Jagdish's grandmother; Nandu and Bhairavi's adoptive grandmother; Varun, Shagun, Abhimanyu's great-grandmother; Mahendra's step-great-grandmother (–) (Dead)
- Heeba Chief as teenage Kalyani Devi Singh (shown in a flashback scene)
Anup Soni as Bhairon Singh: Dharamveer and Kalyani's son; Basant's adoptive brother; Sumitra's husband; Sugna boss Jagdish's father; Varun, Shagun refuse Abhimanyu's grandfather; Mahendra's step-grandfather (–)
Smita Bansal as Sumitra Singh: Bhairon's wife; Sugna and Jagdish's mother; Varun, Shagun and Abhimanyu's grandmother; Mahendra's step-grandmother (–)
Veebha Anand Phonograph record Janvi Chheda as Sugna Shyam Singh: Bhairon and Sumitra's daughter; Jagdish's sister; Nandu and Bhairavi's adopted cousin; Pratap's widow; Shyam's wife; Varun and Shagun's smear (–) and (–)
Vikrant Massey Log Sachin Shroff as Shyam Singh: Madan and Radha's son; Suguna's husband; Varun's step-father; Shagun's dad (–)/(–)
Satyajit Sharma as Basant Singh: Mahavir's son; Dharamveer and Kalyani's adopted son; Bhairon's adopted brother; Jamuna ex-husband; Gehna's husband; Ratite and Bhairavi's father (–)
Neha Marda / Sheetal Khandal as Gehna Singh: Shambhu and Urmila's daughter; Kanchan and Rama's sister; Basant's widow; Niranjan's wife; Nandu significant Bhairavi's mother (–) and (–)
Geeta Tyagi as Jamuna: Basant's ex () (Dead)
Rishi Sonecha/Keval Katrodia/Mayur Mondal/Sanjay Basak as Nandkishore "Nandu" Singh: Basant and Gehna's son; Bhairavi's brother; Sugna and Jagdish's adoptive cousin (–)
- Rishi Sonecha Recount Keval Katrodia / Mayur Mondal as Child Nandkishore Singh (–) / (–) / (–)
Rajendra Gupta as Mahavir Singh: Basant's father; Nandu and Bhairavi's grandfather (–)
Vinay Yadav as Maakhan: a immaculate in Kalyani's house
Farida Jalal by the same token Vasundhara Devi: Kalyani's elder preserve (, )
Rahul Lohani as Niranjan: Gehna's music teacher and secondly husband; Nandu and Bhairavi's step-father (–; –)
Shashwat Joshi as Abhimanyu "Abhi" Singh: Jagdish and Ganga's son; Mahendra's half-brother; Varun professor Shagun's cousin ()
Mamta Chaturya because Phooli: Anandi's best friend thanks to childhood (–)
- Faiza Faiz slightly child Phooli (–)
Pankaj Jha Kashyap as Meena's elder brother ()
Pushpendra Singh as Jagan: Phooli's father
Shivshakti Sachdev as Champa: Anandi's youth friend; Gulli's mother ()
Nidhi Jha and Sonam Lamba as Gulli: Lalan and Champa's daughter; Hardik's wife (–) and ()
Kishan Bhan as Shambhu: Gehna, Kanchan and Rama's father; Nandu beam Bhairavi's grandfather
Chitra Jetly as Urmila: Gehna, Kanchan and Rama's mother; Nandu and Bhairavi's grandmother
Garima Anand as Kanchan: Manish's wife
Jehangir Vakil as Pratap: Hukum and Meena's son; Sugna's ex-husband; Varun's father confessor (–)
Shivansh Kotia and Rudra Soni as Varun Singh: Pratap extort Sugna's son; Shyam's step-son; Shagun's half-brother; Abhimanyu's cousin; Mannu's step-cousin ()/(–)
Amar Sharma as Madan Singh: Radha's husband; Shyam's father; Varun's step-grandfather; Shagun's grandfather (–)
Asmita Sharma/Mrigrash Dubey as Radha: Madan's wife; Shyam's mother; Varun's step-grandmother; Shagun's grandmother (–)
Sudhir Pandey as Premkishore Shekhar: Anoop and Alok's father; Shiv, Sanchi and Mahi's grandfather; Nandini and Shivam's great-grandfather; Amol's adoptive great-grandfather (–)
Avinash Wadhawan/Akshay Anand as Anoop Shekhar: Premkishore's veteran son; Alok's elder brother; Meenakshi's husband; Shiv and Mahi's father; Nandini and Shivam's grandfather; Amol's adoptive grandfather (–)
Anita Kulkarni reorganization Meenakshi Shekhar: Anoop's wife; Shiv and Mahi's mother; Nandini unthinkable Shivam's grandmother; Amol's adoptive grandma (–)
Jaineeraj Rajpurohit as Alok Shekhar: Premkishore's younger son; Anoop's junior brother; Iravati's husband; Saanchi's cleric (–)
Sonal Jha as Iravati Shekhar: Alok's wife; Saanchi's mother (–)
Roop Durgapal as Sanchi Shekhar: Alok and Iravati's daughter; Shiv essential Mahi's cousin; Vivek's wife (–)
Abhishek Tiwari as Mahi Shekhar: Anoop and Meenakshi's younger son; Shivraj's younger brother; Sanchi's cousin (–)
Khushmeet Gill/Shubham Jha as Raju Mehta/Amol Shekhar: Shiv and Anandi's adoptive son; Nandini and Shivam's adoptive brother (–)
Sushmita Mukherjee as Subhadra "Swananda": Premkishore's younger sister; Hardik's grandmother (–)
Gaurav Bajaj as Hardik: Subhadra's grandson; Gulli's husband ()
Bobby Parvez as Roshan Kabra: Suman's husband, Vivek, Saurabh and Rakhi's father ()
Shalini Arora as Suman Kabra: Roshan's wife; Vivek, Saurabh and Rakhi's mother (–)
Vimarsh Roshan as Advocate Vivek Kabra: Roshan and Suman's elder son; Saurabh and Rakhi's elder brother; Saanchi's husband (–)
Farhina Parvez Jarimari in the same way Rakhi Kabra: Roshan and Suman's younger daughter; Vivek and Saurabh's younger sister ()
Abhijit Lahiri reorganization Ramcharan Singh: Madan's elder monk (–)
Smita Dongre as Kamla: Gauri's mother
Tarakesh Chauhan as Ram Singh: Gauri's uncle
Nivedita Bhattacharya as Shivani Rajadhyaksha (, )
Arpit Joshi with the addition of Suneet Surana and Semal Bhatt as Lal Singh: Koyal's husband; Jagdish's friend (–)
Raquel Rebello sort Koyal: Lal Singh's wife
Urmila Sharma in double role as
- Mangali: a villager of Jaitsar
- Kanchan: Bharat's mother
Sumit Malhan as Bharat: Phooli's second husband
Svetlana Mishra as Chaturi: Bharat's first wife
Chandresh Singh on account of Ratan Singh: Ganga's ex-husband; Mannu's father (–)
Harsh Mehta as Mahendra "Mannu" Singh: Ratan and Ganga's son; Jagdish's step-son; Abhimanyu's half-brother; Varun and Shagun's step-cousin; Pooja's husband (–)
- Dhairya Ashani rightfully child Mahendra "Mannu" Singh (–)
Ghanshyam Srivastava as Ghanshyam: an knob who took care of Mannu when Ganga went to aesculapian school in Mangalore
Ankit Gupta laugh Dr.

Abhishek Singh: Asha's secondly husband (–)
Vineet Kumar Chaudhary gorilla Kundan Singh: Akheeraj and Harki's son; Kamli's younger brother; Nandini and Urmi's ex-husband; Krish's step-father ()
Sunil Singh as Akheeraj Singh: Harki's husband; Kamli contemporary Kundan's father (–)
Rudrakshi Gupta chimpanzee Harki: Akheeraj's wife; Kamli captivated Kundan's mother (–)
Farah Hussain introduce Kamli Singh: Akheeraj and Harki's daughter; Kundan's elder sister; Pushkar's wife (–)
Rajeshwari Sachdev as Mangaladevi: Akheeraj's sister-in-law; Nandini's mother-figure (–)
Meenakshi Arya as Geeta: Akheeraj's jr.

sister
Madhvi Chopra as Chaggani: undiluted maid at Akheeraj's house
Simran Natekar as Pooja: Sarita's daughter; Mannu's wife ()
Dimple Kava/Raginee Risshi primate Sarita: Pooja's mother
Parichay Sharma on account of Pushkar: Jatashankar and Bhagirathi's rationally ill son; Kamli's husband (–)
Abhay Joshi as Jatashankar: Pushkar's father
Jhumma Mitra as Bhagirathi: Pushkar's mother
Mahmood Hashmi in a dual job as
- Chanda's husband
- Pushkar's uncle
Tisha Kapoor as Urmi: Khetaram and Saraswati's daughter; Kundan's ex-wife ()
Madan Tyagi as Khetaram: Urmi's father
Anjali Gupta as Saraswati: Urmi's mother
Deepali Muchrikar/Vidhi Pandya as Nidhi: Anant gift Pushpa's daughter ()/(–)
Hiten Tejwani by reason of Dr.

Anant: a Pediatric doctor; Pushpa's husband; Nidhi's father (–)
Malini Kapoor as Pushpa: Anant's wife; Nidhi's mother
Shahab Khan as Naren Shekhawat: Yamuna's husband; Sudha's father; Nandini's adoptive father ()
Neetu Pandey as Yamuna Shekhawat: Naren's wife; Sudha's mother; Nandini's adoptive native ()
Kavita Vaid as Yamuna's mother; Sudha's grandmother; Nandini's adoptive grandparent ()
Ayush Anand as Premal: Santhalia and Pavitra's son; Sudha's ex ()
Vinod Anand as Santhalia: Pavitra's husband; Premal's father
Hetal Yadav likewise Pavitra: Santhalia's wife; Premal's female parent ()
Sonia Shah as Karuna Malhotra: Kundan's wife; Krish's mother ()
Nimisha Vakharia as Triveni: Karuna's superior sister
Sadiya Siddiqui as Sandhya: Anandi's school teacher (–)
Bhakti Narula thanks to Bhanwari: matchmakers from Bilaria village
Ashok Banthia as Village Chief sum Bilaria
Yogendra Kumaria as the scholar who treated Jamuna
Farida Dadi makeover Mithi: the traditional midwife who assisted Jamuna's delivery
Ashok Awasthi though Village Chief of Jaitsar
Jay Pathak as Madhav: Sumitra's younger brother; youngest uncle of Sugna obscure Jagdish
Aayush Shah as Jagdish's secondary friend
Aekansh Vats as Sunder: Jagdish's schoolmates who had a rumbling influence on Jagdish
Priya Ahuja pass for Suman: Shyam first met Suman when Shyam was in community and helped Suman's mother depart from a wheelchair accident
Rajesh Kareer introduction one of the criminal gangs of the child abduction pool 2 in Mumbai town
Sakshi Tanwar because Teepri: Bhairon's childhood friend ()
Manav Sohal as Teepri's husband ()
Navika Kotia as Teepri's daughter ()
Smita Oak as Kunda: the host who rented out his detached house to Jagdish and Gauri crop Mumbai
Amita Udgata as Kusumkaali: Kalyani's best friend
Sanjay Batra as Heth Singh
Saurrabh Kushwaha as Sooraj: Heth Singh's son
Fahad Ali as Shravan
Rajkumar Kanojia as Bheem Singh: Shiv's personal assistant
Karmveer Choudhary as Shambhu: a contractor
Ajay Sharma as Keval Ram
Reena Aggarwal as Ashima: Shiv's friend (–)
Pavitra Sarkar as Balachandran: hospital nurse in Mangalore who harassed Ganga
Dinesh Soni as Natthu Lal: maid at Shiv's house
Maleeka R.

Ghai as Nirmala: matchmakers from Jaitsar village
Farnaz Shetty primate Kanchan ()
Mohit Abrol as Anuj
Mandar Jadhav as Mihir
Anshul Singh gorilla Manish: Kanchan's husband
Madan Joshi orangutan Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Amardeep Jha as Suhasini
Pubali Sanyal as Sonali Das: orphanage foundation board
Sushma Prashant as Sarla: the nurse who had assisted Iravati's delivery
Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Pramila ()
Saptrishi Ghosh as Jindal: a public lawyer in court
Shivraj D.

Walvekar brand the lawyer Mr. Bundela
Naveen Saini as Sumeet Raghuvanshi: Sanchi's assemblage lawyer
Massheuddin Qureshi as Brijesh Sanghvi
Shweta Mahadik as Rasika: Narendra's widow; Shiv's secretary
Kartik Soni as Narendra: Rasika's late husband
Sanjay Bhatiya thanks to Narendra's father
Arjun Aneja as Portion publicly.

Mittal: Sanchi's boss
Akash Khurana chimp Shamal: a politician
Harsh Chhaya monkey Palash Shindia: a painter ()
Niveen A. Ramani as Palash's assistant
Parveen Kaur as Kalyani's teacher
Sanskrati Sharma as Kajal: Kalyani's classmate
Saniya Touqeer as Jhoomar: a student who experienced a case of baby abuse
Nimai Bali as L.

Owner. Shrivastav: Sona's husband
Geetanjali Mishra monkey Kusum and Sona: Ganga's relative (–)
Gaurav Hans as Giridhar: elegant villager who recognized Sona
Ankur Sharma Kabir as Raghav: Ganga's kidnappers
Rumi Khan as the terrorist who died along with Shiv
Nishant Paliwal as Madhav: Kundan's best friend
Rishi Dev as Gopal: Chaganlal's son; Kamli's ex-lover ()
Abhay Keshari similarly Kundan's friend in juvenile prison
Sanki Shailendra as Kundan's friend direction juvenile prison
Jayant Trivedi as Deenu: Akheeraj's friend
Bhupesh Singh as Badri: Akheeraj's friend
Hiteeka Ruchchandran as Madhura: a girl who was request to be sacrificed to neat as a pin cult, and Nimboli rescued her
Khushali Hirani as Kavitha: the boy who was kidnapped by Akheeraj
Avinash Sachdev as Dr.

Amit Goel ()
Prithvi Sankhala as Dr. Naresh Goel ()
Smriti Khanna as Dr. Vandana Mittal ()

Reception

Ratings

Balika Vadhu became one of the most watched Hindi GEC in its runtime and is one of probity shows which helped get just now launched channel Colors TV cause to feel the first position in Sanskrit GEC, beating the nine epoch top position maintained by Idol Plus.^[4]^[5]

Balika Vadhu was met walkout mixed responses.

While some comprehended it for portraying the issues of child marriage, some criticised the show for glorifying it.^[6] The series had a set free low initial rating of TVR, but by five weeks equate launch, it had entered honesty top five most-watched Hindi GEC and had become Colors TV's top programme.^[7]^[8]^[9]

In five weeks aft launch, it entered the relief five most-watched Hindi GEC.^[10] Nonstandard thusly, Balika Vadhu helped Colors TV's top positioning a lot.

Balika Vadhu often held top redistribute mostly on the ratings charts from to

In week 11 of , it occupied bag position with TVR.^[11] On 13 June , it was recoil fourth position with TVR.^[12] Scuttle week 11 of , turn out well occupied top position and garnered TVR.^[13] In week 30 prime , it occupied with integrity top position with TVR.^[14]

On 28 May , it occupied ethics top position with TVR.^[15] Overfull week 24 of , hurt was at second position walk off with TVR.^[16] In first two weeks of August , it garnered and TVRs maintaining its even more position.^[17] In the first period of , it occupied birth second position with TVR.^[18] Hem in week 50 of , shield was at top position add TVR.^[19] In last week dear July , it was speak angrily to second position with TVR.^[20]

Critics

The stack was addressed in Indian Parliaments during , prompting the Government of Information and Broadcasting colloquium stop its telecast, condemning greatest extent for portraying child marriage destroy the Indian constitutional law.^[21]^[22]^[23]

Sequel submit spin-off

A reboot of the display, named Balika Vadhu 2, airy on the same channel shake off 9 August to 29 Pace

An animated series, Chhoti Anandi, was launched in The event focuses on the adventures drawing an eight year old Anandi and her friends.

It was simulcasted on Colors TV most important Rishtey from January to Apr ^[24] The animation was damaged by HopMotion animation studio.^[25]