Bhagya Lakshmi
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Bhagya Lakshmi (transl. Goddess of Luck) is a Hindi Indian television drama series which premiered on 3 August 2021 on Zee TV and digital platform ZEE5.[1] Produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms, the show stars Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti.[2][3]
| Bhagya Lakshmi | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Muzammil Desai |
| Creative director | Shivangi Babbar |
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| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 519 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Ekta Kapoor |
| Cinematography | Maneesh Malik |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Balaji Telefilms |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zee TV |
| Picture format | |
| Original release | 3 August 2021 – present |
Premise
The show revolves around Lakshmi, a kind-hearted naive girl from a village who gets married to a businessman named Rishi Oberoi. However things take a turn when Lakshmi learns the truth of her marriage.
Plot
This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (October 2021) |
Manoj Bajwa, a family man, hails from a middle-class Punjabi Hindu family and lives with his wife, Kuljeet and three daughters, Lakshmi, Shalu and Bani. The Bajwas are all set to get Lakshmi married to a man named Varun. Lakshmi is a kind-hearted naive girl who believes in helping others. However, when Lakshmi and her family are on their way to the mandap in a bus, a storm hits and the bus ends up dangling over a cliff. Everyone except Manoj and Kuljeet manage to get out of the bus. Manoj falls off the bus and dangles on it and makes his brother, Pritam promise that he will get Lakshmi married. The bus falls down the cliff and they die in the accident, leaving the Bajwa sisters devastated. On the other hand, Pritam's wife, Rano wants to usurp Manoj's property. She asks Manoj's assistant, Guru Charan to open the safe to get the money, however, he rejects her and says that Manoj's last wish was to get Lakshmi married and that after Rano completes his last wish, she can take everything. Rano later decides to pretend to give the sisters a happy life by taking them to Mumbai just to acquire the property. Whilst on the other hand she breaks Lakshmi's alliance with Varun.
Rano brings the Bajwa sisters to Mumbai. She tries to get Lakshmi married to a drunkard driver, Balwinder. Lakshmi saves the life of Rishi Oberoi, the son of an industrialist, Virendra Oberoi. However after a series of events, Lakshmi gets married to Rishi. Lakshmi and Virendra share a father-daughter relationship from the very first day of their meeting. Lakshmi falls in love with Rishi but gets shocked by Rishi's ignorance. Rishi's sister, Sonia , and Virendra's divorced sister, Karishma hate Lakshmi. Lakshmi tries to win the hearts of everyone but fails.
Later, it's revealed that Rishi's mother, Neelam forced him to marry Lakshmi because Rishi had a "Markesh Dosh" in his horoscope which is a threat to his life and the only way to save Rishi is to get him married to (Lakshmi) a girl who is lucky for him for one year. Rishi already has a girlfriend named Malishka, who is the daughter of Neelam's friend, Kiran, with whom he is planning to get married after one year by divorcing Lakshmi. In a series of events, Lakshmi saves Rishi's life many times. However, Lakshmi comes to know about Rishi's extra-martial affair with Malishka and sadly leaves him. Malishka makes Lakshmi's image bad infront of Neelam and she also starts hating Lakshmi. Neelam starts believing Lakshmi as unlucky for Rishi and her family.
After a misunderstanding created by Rano, Rishi and Lakshmi head for a divorce but are ordered to stay together for 3 months. Rishi and Lakshmi's relationship starts to improve but Malishka and her bestfriend, Sonal conspire against Lakshmi and Lakshmi sees Malishka in bed with Rishi. Actually, Malishka had intoxicated Rishi and only pretended to sleep with him, just to show Lakshmi. Heart-broken, Lakshmi divorces Rishi and agrees to marry Balwinder. Later, it's revealed that Lakshmi agreed to marry Balwinder, to trick him into marrying a girl named Kamli, whom he had impregnated. Rishi realises his mistake and brings Lakshmi home, thus taking her responsibility. He promises Lakshmi to get her married to a man who truly deserves her. Neelam fixes Rishi and Malishka's marriage, being unaware that Rishi has lost his interest in Malishka, and cares about Lakshmi. Shalu and Rishi's younger cousin, Ayush try to reunite them.
Malishka tries to obstacles in Lakshmi's path as she believes Lakshmi to be the reason behind Rishi's lack of interest in her. Unknown to anyone, Rishi falls in love with Lakshmi but is confused about his feelings. Meanwhile, Shalu and Rishi's younger cousin, Ayush start developing feelings for each other, but are unaware of it.
Cast
Main
- Aishwarya Khare as Lakshmi Bajwa (formerly Oberoi): Kuljeet and Manoj's eldest daughter; Shalu and Bani's elder sister; Neha's cousin; Rishi's ex-wife; Pritam and Rano's eldest niece; Varun and Balwinder's ex-fiancée (2021–present)
- Rohit Suchanti as Rishi Oberoi: Neelam and Virendra's son; Sonia's brother; Harleen and Vishwas's paternal grand-son; Mahendra and Karishma's nephew; Ahana, Ayush and Devika's cousin; Lakshmi's ex-husband; Malishka's ex-boyfriend and fiancé (2021–present)
Recurring
- Munira Kudrati as Shalini "Shalu" Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's second daughter; Bani and Lakshmi's sister; Neha's cousin; Pritam and Rano's second niece; Ayush's love interest (2021–present)
- Aman Gandhi as Ayushmaan "Ayush" Chopra: Karishma and Manpreet's son; Ahana's brother; Rishi, Devika and Sonia's cousin; Mahendra, Virendra and Neelam's nephew; Harleen and Vishwas's maternal grandson; Shalu's love interest (2021–present)
- Maera Mishra as Malishka Bedi: Abhay and Kiran's only daughter; Sonal's best friend; Viraj's ex- best friend and ex-fiancee; Rishi's ex-girlfriend, obsessive one sided-lover and fiancée. She hates Lakshmi. (2021–present)
- Mansi Bhanushali as Bani Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's youngest daughter; Lakshmi's and Shalu's younger sister; Neha's cousin; Pritam and Rano's youngest niece (2021–present)
- Smita Bansal as Neelam Oberoi: Virendra's wife; Rishi and Sonia's mother; Vishwas and Harleen's daughter-in-law; Mahendra and Karishma's sister-in-law; Aayush, Aahana and Devika's aunt; Kiran's friend (2021–present)
- Uday Tikekar as Virendra Oberoi: Harleen and Vishwas's elder son; Karishma and Mahendra's brother; Neelam's husband; Rishi and Sonia's father; Aayush, Aahana and Devika's maternal uncle; Lakshmi's father-figure (2021–present)
- Neena Cheema as Harleen Vishwas Oberoi: Vishwas' widow; Karishma, Virendra and Mahendra's mother; Aahana, Ayushmaan, Rishi, Sonia and Devika's grandmother; Neelam's mother-in-law (2021–present)
- Shivani Jha as Sonia Oberoi: Neelam and Virendra's daughter; Rishi's sister; Vishwas and Harleen's paternal grand-daughter; Malishka's friend; Aahana, Ayush and Devika's cousin; Karishma's niece (2021–present)
- Parul Chaudhary as Karishma Oberoi (formerly Chopra): Harleen and Vishwas' daughter; Virendra and Mahendra's sister; Manpreet's ex-wife; Aahana and Aayush's mother; Rishi and Sonia's aunt; Neelam's sister-in-law (2021–present)
- Hemant Thatte as Manpreet Chopra: Karishma's ex-husband; Ahana and Ayush's father (2021)
- Aditi Shetty as Ahana Chopra: Karishma and Manpreet's daughter; Ayush's sister; Rishi, Sonia and Devika's cousin; Virendra and Neelam's niece; Vishwas and Harleen's maternal grand-daughter (2021–present)
- Bebika Dhurve as Devika Oberoi: Mahendra's daughter; Aahana, Aayush, Rishi and Sonia's cousin; Virendra and Neelam's niece; Harleen and Vishwas's paternal grand-daughter (2021–present)
- Masshe Uddin Qureshi as Pritam Bajwa: Manoj's younger brother; Rano's husband; Neha's father; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's paternal uncle (2021–2022)
- Neha Prajapati as Rano Bajwa: Pritam's wife; Neha's mother; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's paternal aunt (2021–present)
- Avantika Chaudhary / Tasneem Khan / Urmimala as Neha Bajwa: Rano and Preetam's daughter; Lakshmi, Shalu and Bani's cousin; Rishi and Aayush's ex-one-sided-lover (2021–2022) / (2022) / (2022-present)
- Karan Kaushal Sharma as Abhay Bedi: Kiran's Husband; Malishka's Father (2021–present)
- Karuna Verma as Kiran Abhay Bedi: Abhay's wife; Malishka's mother; Neelam's friend (2021–present)
- Kavita Banerjee as Sonal: Malishka's best friend (2022–present)
- Ankit Bhatia as Balwinder "Ballu" Sood: Lakshmi's ex-fiancé and obsessive one-sided lover; Rishi's former driver; Kamli's husband (2021–present)
- Melanie Pais as Inspector Durga (2022)
- Akash Choudhary as Viraj Singhania: Malishka's best friend and ex-fiancée (2021)
- Kaushal Kapoor as Darshan: Lakshmi's employer (2022)
- Mridula Oberoi as Kalyani: Lakshmi's boss (2022)
- Virendra Saxena as Manoj Bajwa: Pritam's brother; Kuljeet's husband; Lakshmi, Shalu and Bani's father; Rano's brother-in-law; Neha's paternal uncle (2021) (Dead)
- ActorsFirdaush as Arnav: A very good kick boxer and swimmer (2022)
- Neelu Dogra as Kuljeet Manoj Bajwa: Manoj's wife; Lakshmi, Shalu and Bani's mother; Pritam and Rano's sister-in-law; Neha's paternal aunt (2021) (Dead)
- Syed Ashraf Karim as Gurucharan Anand: Manoj's friend and accountant (2021)
Special appearances
- Sriti Jha as Pragya Mehra
- Shabir Ahluwalia as Abhishek Mehra[4]
- Shraddha Arya as Dr. Preeta Arora Luthra
- Dheeraj Dhoopar as Karan Luthra
- Anjum Fakih as Srishti Arora
- Supriya Shukla as Sarla Arora
- Anisha Hinduja as Rakhi Luthra
- Abhishek Kapur as Sameer Luthra
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
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| 2022 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Story | Anil Nagpal | Won | |
| Best Actress in Supporting Role - TV (Popular) | Munira Kudrati | ||||
| Best Actor in Supporting Role - TV (Popular) | Aman Gandhi | ||||
| Best Actor in Lead Role (Popular) | Rohit Suchanti | Nominated | [5] | ||
| Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular) | Aishwarya Khare | ||||
| Best Television Show - Fiction (Popular) | Ekta Kapoor | ||||
| 14th Gold Awards | Best Actor in Lead Role (Popular) | Rohit Suchanti | TBA | [6][7] | |
| Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular) | Aishwarya Khare | ||||
| Best Onscreen Couple | Rohit Suchanti & Aishwarya Khare | ||||
| Best TV Show (Fiction) | Ekta Kapoor | ||||
| Best Director | Muzzammil Desai | ||||
| Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male) | Uday Tikekar | ||||
| Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female) | Munira Kudrati | ||||
| Best Actor in Negative Role (Female) | Maera Mishra |
Adaptations
Production
Casting
Khare and Suchanti were finalised to reprise their roles as leads in May 2021 itself, but due to the lockdown in Maharashtra, they signed the contract only in June.[8]
Filming
The filming and production began on 14 June 2021 in Film City, Mumbai.[9]
Release
The first promotional teaser was released on 16 June 2021, featuring Kundali Bhagya's Shraddha Arya playing Preeta introduce the female-lead of this series, Aishwarya Khare playing the role, Lakshmi.
Following that, on 18 June 2021, another teaser was released featuring Kumkum Bhagya's Sriti Jha playing Pragya introduce Aishwarya Khare as her close-friend, Lakshmi.
Crossover
The show had 4 crossover episodes with Kumkum Bhagya for Holi celebration from 13 March 2022 to 16 March 2022.
References
- ^ "People like Lakshmi are Saving the World, One Kind Act at a Time". TheQuint. 30 July 2021. from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Zee TV to launch Ekta Kapoor Series 'Bhagya Lakshmi' soon". Biz Asia. 17 June 2021. from the original on 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti to be a part of Zee TV's Bhagyalaxmi". ABP Live. 7 June 2021. from the original on 7 June 2021.
- ^ Bureau, ABP News (23 August 2021). "Abhi and Pragya reach Rishi and Lakshmi's wedding | Bhagya Lakshmi". ABP Live. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ . Archived from the original on 10 November 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Team Balaji Telefilms nominated in almost categories at 14th Gold Awards, 2022". 4 July 2022.
- ^ List of nominees: Gold Awards, 2022
- ^ "Sudden Lockdown in Maharashtra shakes up the TV Industry as shoots come to a sudden halt". India Today. from the original on 14 April 2021.
- ^ "New Show launches on hold for Zee and other broadcasters as COVID-19 disrupts shoots". Money Control. from the original on 21 May 2021.
External links
- Bhagya Lakshmi at IMDb
- Official Website