Doli Armaano Ki

Doli Armaanon Ki, (transl. Palanquin of dreams) (International title: Lies of the Heart), was an Indian television drama series^[1][2] It premiered on 2 December 2013,^[3][4] and ran until 25 September 2015.^[5] that aired on ZEE TV Monday through Friday.^[6] It stars Neha Marda and Mohit Malik in the lead roles.

Doli Armaano Ki
Genre	Indian soap opera Drama
Created by	Spellbound Productions
Written by	Pearl Grey Shanti Bhushan
Directed by	Sandeep Vijay Niraj Pandey Inder Das
Starring	See below
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	482
Production
Producers	Pearl Grey Rajeev Singh
Production locations	Jhansi Mumbai
Running time	25 mins approx
Production companies	Spellbound Productions Ideaz Pictures Pvt Ltd
Original release
Network	ZEE TV
Release	2 December 2013 (2013-12-02) – 25 September 2015 (2015-09-25)

Plot

Urmi Singh, a girl in Jhansi, dreams of marrying 'the perfect' man who might be her 'prince charming'. Her marriage is arranged with a wealthy businessman, Samrat Singh Rathore, who is selfish, arrogant, and short-tempered, unbeknownst to Urmi, as she was told by Samrat's best friend, Ishaan Sinha, that he is a gentleman. During the wedding preparations, Urmi's cousin, Trisha, sees many red flags in Samrat, but Urmi ignores her and marries Samrat.

On their wedding night, Samrat shows his true colours and Urmi is devastated. He begins abusing Urmi, as no one in Samrat's family is willing to stand up to him for her because even they fear his temper. His father, Rudra Singh Rathore and his brother, Dewaker, try to help Urmi, but he ignores them and loses his temper. Ishaan discovers he is deceiving Urmi by abusing and cheating on her, so he breaks ties with Urmi and flees abroad. Urmi leaves Samrat's house on the day of Holi and returns to her parents' house, but soon returns after finding out that she is pregnant with Samrat's child.

5 years later

Urmi and Samrat have a son, Shaurya. On Shaurya's birthday, Urmi has an argument with an old man and is surprised to know that he is Samrat's uncle. He helps Urmi to stand up for herself but it angers Samrat. Samrat beats up urmi Badly. Urmi files a case against Samrat acussing domestic Violence finds him cheating on her and leaves with Shaurya. Ishaan returns to India and helps Urmi to get a divorce. Samrat is sentenced to six years in prison.

6 years later

Urmi owns a restaurant with Ishaan's help. Ishaan proposes to Urmi. Samrat returns to take revenge on Urmi and Ishaan. He marries Ishaan's sister, Taani to get closer to them. Urmi is revealed to be pregnant. Samrat tries to kill her but Ishaan dies while saving Samrat. Overcome by guilt, Samrat kills himself. Ishaan's mother, Damini blames Urmi for Ishaan's death.

20 years later

Urmi's children, Shaurya and Ishaani are grown up. Manipulated by Damini, Ishaani hates Urmi believing she killed Ishaan. Shaurya falls in love with Diya and they marry. Ishaani realizes Damini's reality and reconciles with Urmi. Damini is imprisoned. She returns and tries to kill the entire family, but Urmi shoots Damini and the family is reunited.

Cast

Main

• Neha Marda (2013-2015) as Urmi Ishaan Sinha (formerly Singh Rathore) – Samrat's ex-wife; Ishaan's widow; Shaurya and Ishaani's mother
  • Manasi Salvi as Urmi Ishaan Sinha (2015)
• Mohit Malik as Samrat Singh Rathore – Shashikala's son; Dirwakar and Aditi's brother; Ishaan's ex-best friend; Urmi's ex-husband; Taani's husband; Shaurya's father (2013–15) (Dead)

Recurring

• Siddharth Arora (2013-2014) / Vibhav Roy (2014-2015) as Ishaan Sinha – Anirudh and Damini's son; Taani's brother; Samrat's ex-best friend; Urmi's second husband; Ishaani's father; Shaurya's adoptive father (Dead)
• Kunal Karan Kapoor as Shaurya Sinha – Urmi and Samrat's son; Ishaan's adoptive son; Ishaani's half-brother; Diya's husband (2015)
  • Yash Pandey as Teenge Shaurya Sinha (2015)
  • Mitansh Gera as Child Shaurya (2014)
• Neha Sargam as Diya Sinha/Diya Tiwari – Shaurya's wife; Urmi's daughter-in-law (2015)
• Parvati Sehgal as Taani Samrat Singh Rathore/Sinha – Anirudh and Damini's daughter; Ishaan's sister; Samrat's second wife (2015)
• Geeta Tyagi as Shashikala Singh Rathore – Diwakar, Samrat and Aditi's mother; Shaurya's biological grandmother (2013-2015)
• Hemant Thatte as Gaurav Devi Singh (2013-2015?
• Anjali Mukhi as Saroj Devi Singh (2013-2015)
• Sameeksha Sud as Asha Gaurav Singh (2014-2015))
• Jayant Rawal as Devi Shankar Singh (2013-2015)
• Gaurav Rana as Diwakar Singh Rathore(2013-2015)
• Vibhuti Thakur as Kanchan Diwakar Singh Rathore(2013-2015)
• Saachi Tiwari as Mandira Diwakar Singh Rathore: Diwakar and Kanchan's daughter(2014)
• Jeetendra Trehan as Rudrapratap Singh Rathore
• Ragini Gakhar as Aditi Singh Rathore Chauhan – Shashikala's daughter; Samrat's sister; Amrit's wife (2013-2014)
• Aadesh Chaudhary(2013-2014) / Harsh Vashisht (2014)as Amrit Singh Chauhan – Aditi's husband
• Anupam Shyam as Garjan Singh Rathore – Samrat , Diwarkar and Aditi's uncle (2014)
• Amita Udgata as Gayatri Singh – Devi's mother; Urmi , Gaurav and Anushka's grandmother(2013-2015)
• Guddi Maruti as Snidhu Bua (Urmi's Bua)(2013-2014)
• Snigdha Srivastava as Trisha Singh – Urmi, Gaurav and Anushka's cousin (2013-2014)
• Massheuddin Qureshi as Mr. Singh -Trisha's father (2013-2014)
• Manisha Thakkar as Rashmi Singh Rathore / Rashmi Gaurav Singh (Samrat's cousin)(2013-2014)
• Mehendi Jain as Anushka "Anu" Devi Singh – Devi's younger daughter; Urmi's sister(2013-2014)
• Shaji Chaudhary as Inspector Anshuman Singh(2014)
• Varun Sharma as Karan (Anushka's ex-fiancé and friend)(2014)
• Priya Shinde as Urmi 's NRI friend Natasha(2014)
• Vertika Verma as Payal (Urmi's friend)(2014)
• Deepali Saini as Meena (Urmi's hostel friend)(2014)
• Ayush Mehra as Ravi Darshan Tiwari(2014)
• Himani Shivpuri as Sushma Tiwari(2014)
• Raju Kher as Darshan Tiwari(2014)
• Vishal Puri as Niranjan Khanna(2014-2015)
• Nidhi Jha as Nidhi Khanna(2014)
• Shruti Kanwar as Radha, Kanchan's cousin sister(2014)
• Avinash Wadhawan as Anirudh Sinha – Damini's husband;, Ishaan and Taani's father(2015)
• Kamya Panjabi as Damini Sinha – Anirudh's wife; Ishaan and Taani's mother(2015)
• Swati Nanda as Sanaya Seth (Urmi's Mumbai friend, Samrat's former lover)(2015)
• Ayesha Singh as Ratti Sinha(2015)
• Shashwita Sharma as Sandhiya Sinha(2015)
• Rajesh Balwani as Alok Sinha(2015)
• Mehul Kajaria as Sundar Sinha – Ishaan's cousin(2015)
• Keith Sequeira as James (blackmailer)(2015)
• Neetha Shetty as Kiran, Samrat's love interest(2015)
• Vikram Chatterjee as Yash Singhania(2015)
• Nalini Negi as Ishaani Ishaan Sinha – Urmi and Ishaan's daughter; Shaurya's half-sister (2015)
• Kunal Jaisingh/Shashank Sethi as Chiku Gaurav Singh (Asha and Gaurav's son)(2015)
• Kapil Arya as Karan Tripathi(2015)
• Pankaj Dheer as Mr. Jaamdar(2015)
• Gaurav Chopra as Akash Kumar(2015)
• Pallavi Dutt as Sheeba Kumar; Mrs. Akash Kumar (2015)^[7]
• Mohit Shrivastava as Prathanesh Sharma(2015)
• Shahab Khan as Mr Tiwari (Diya's father)(2015)
• Sunayana Fozdar as Simran (Mr Akash Kumar's fashion designer)(2015) ^[8]
• Krishnam Sharma as Rahul(2015)
• Karan Mishra as Deepak (2015)

Series overview

Seasons	Episodes	First Aired	Last Aired
1	482	2 December 2013	25 September 2015

Production

Initially Mohit Malik rejected the role then Rahil Azam was signed for the show but was eventually replaced by Mohit Malik.

Chhavi Pandey auditioned for Parvati Sehgal's role but was rejected by the makers.

Karan Tacker was approached for Ishaan's role before finalizing Vibhav Roy in it but Karan rejected the role because of some personal issues.

Nikita Sharma was offered a role in the show which was earlier played by Priya Shinde in the show.

Falaq Naaz was chosen for playing the elder Anushka in the show after the five-year leap replacing Mehendi Jain as the younger one which was a strong character of an IPS Officer in the show but the makers scrapped her role because of excess characters in the six-year leap.

Mohit Malik was to play the role of adult Shaurya after leap but he quit the show because of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa.

Saurabh Raaj Jain was offered Shaurya's role which was later played by Kunal Karan Kapoor in the show.

Kanchi Singh was offered Nalini Negi's role but declined it as she thought it was a negative character.

Rajat Tokas was approached for the show but declined the part Gaurav Chopra played the part later.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Beti	Neha Marda (favourite jodi along with Mohit Malik)	Won
		Favourite Nayi Jodi		Nominated
		Favourite Behen		Nominated
		Favourite Jodi		Nominated
	Indian Television Academy Awards	GR8! Performer of the Year – Female		Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Gold Awards	Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male)	Mohit Malik	Won

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result

2015

ITA Award

Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male)

Mohit Malik

Won

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Khalnayak	Mohit Malik	Won

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Saas-Sasur	Geeta Tyagi (Along with Jetendra Trehan)	Nomimated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Best Dialogue	Shanti Bhushan	Won

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Best Dialogue	Pearl Grey	Won

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Dharavahik (Fiction)	Spellbound Productions	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Behen	Ragini Ghakar (along with Neha Marda)	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Beta	Mohit Malik	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Parivaar	Doli Armaanon ki	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	ITA Awards	GR8! Performer of the year- Male	Mohit Malik	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Bhai	Hemant Thatte	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Popular Face - Male	Mohit Malik	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Saas- Jamai	Mohit Malik (along with Anjali Mukhi)	Nominated

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2014	Zee Rishtey Awards	Favourite Naya Sadasya	Neha Marda	Nominated

References

1. "Vibhuti Thakur & Gaurav Rana in Doli Armaano Ki – Times Of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
2. "Geeta Tyagi in Doli Armaano Ki – Times Of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
4. . Media247.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
5. "Doli Armaanon Ki: Episode Guide". ZeeTV. Zee TV. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
6. . The Times of India. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
7. Team, Tellychakkar. "Sunayana Fozdar and Pallavi Dutt to enter Zee TV's Doli Armaanon Ki". Tellychakkar.com.
8. Team, Tellychakkar. "Sunayana Fozdar and Pallavi Dutt to enter Zee TV's Doli Armaanon Ki". Tellychakkar.com.

External links

• Official website