Bhagya Lakshmi

Bhagya Lakshmi is an 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
GenreDrama
Written byAnil Nagpal
Kavita Nagpal
Mrinal Tripathi
Dialogues
Dheeraj Sarna
Directed byMuzammil Desai
Creative directorShivangi Babbar
StarringAishwarya Khare
Rohit Suchanti
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes200
Production
ProducerEkta Kapoor
CinematographyManeesh Malik
EditorsVikas Sharma
Vishal Sharma
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyBalaji Telefilms
Release
Original networkZee TV
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 
present

Plot

Hailing from a middle-class Punjabi Hindu family, the Bajwas are all set to get their eldest daughter Lakshmi married to Varun. 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 Lakshmi's parents manages to get out of the bus okay. Manoj falls off the bus and dangles on it and makes his brother promise that he will get Lakshmi married. The bus with Kuljeet and Manoj still in it falls down the cliff. Kuljeet and Manoj, die in an accident, leaving Lakshmi disheartened and broken. On the other hand, Lakshmi's aunt, 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 show Guru that she will give the sisters a good life and she begins her plan by breaking Lakshmi's marriage with Varun, to take her to Mumbai and marry her off to some man.

Soon, Rano, Preetam, Neha, Lakshmi, Shalu, and Bani leave for Mumbai. They end up crash landing in a hotel that belongs to Rishi Oberoi, son of an industrialist, who seems to be arrogant and deceitful, but he is also as kind and selfless as Lakshmi. Later, Lakshmi and her sisters hide in Rishi's office while Rishi gets frustrated about running late to a model's event and people trespassing his 5-star hotel. Lakshmi gets Rishi to promise that he won't get them arrested but Rishi breaks the promise and gets them arrested for trespassing and stealing an auto. Rano and Preetam get them freed with the help of Rishi's driver, Balwinder who secretly lusts for Neha.

Balwinder does as Rano says and then the other day at Balwinder and Lakshmi's wedding, Balwinder gets drunk and says absurd things about Rishi and his hotel. Rishi's flight to France gets canceled and he rushes to the hotel. There he sees the bad condition of his hotel and he scolds Balwinder and blames him for the poor condition of his hotel. The hotel catches fire, everybody gets out. Rishi rushes into the hotel to ensure nobody is stuck inside but he gets stuck in a room and, because of inhaling smoke, he faints. Lakshmi comes to rescue him. The next day, Rishi's father comes to thank Lakshmi and gets highly affected by her simplicity and good upbringing and asks Rano and her husband to marry Lakshmi to Rishi but they misunderstand that he was asking for Neha. Rishi's father conveys the same to a confused Rishi and Neelam (Rishi's mother). They agree to meet Lakshmi for once.

Later when Rishi's parents arrive to give shagun to Lakshmi, the misunderstanding gets cleared and Virendra (Rishi's father) asks Lakshmi to decide. But after being consoled by Virendra (seeing her father in him), Lakshmi agrees to meet Rishi on a date and then decide. Thus, Rishi and Lakshmi get ready to go on a date. Lakshmi then gets impressed by him. Later, the two go for dinner and Lakshmi notices his selflessness there too. Lakshmi phones up Neha and Rano to tell them that Rishi was nothing like Rano and Neha had described. Coming back home, Balwinder attacks Rishi's car but they both save each other. Rishi invites Bajwas to his birthday. At the party, Rishi and Lakshmi fall for each other and Rishi proposes to Lakshmi for marriage. She agrees to the marriage. Rishi's father announces Rishi and Lakshmi's engagement the next day. All get happy except Neha, Rano, and Balwinder. In engagement, Balwinder shows some fake intimate pictures of him and Lakshmi and tries to break the engagement but Rishi shows his immense faith in Lakshmi and proves her innocent and sends Balwinder to jail. They both get engaged and Lakshmi starts falling in love with Rishi.

The marriage events start to take place when Balwinder and his goons try to kidnap Lakshmi and marry her. However, Abhi and Pragya save her. After that Neha tries to make Lakshmi unconscious and marry Rishi. However, her plan gets foiled because of Srishti and Rakhi. Balwinder tries to make Lakshmi drink water so that she can be unconscious however Karan, Sameer and Preeta foil his plan. Finally, Rishi and Lakshmi get married. However, Rishi shows his true colors and confesses that he doesn't love Lakshmi and he was forced into the marriage. Nanaji (Neelam's dad) asks Lakshmi and Rishi to go for a honeymoon. For the sake of Nanaji, they both go on honeymoon. However, Rishi falls into a lake and is captured by a crocodile. Lakshmi saves him but both get injured. To visit Rishi, Rishi's girlfriend Malishka comes there. It is revealed that Rishi is married to Lakshmi only because of his Kundali Dosh and Lakshmi is the only girl who can always save him. It is also revealed that after 1 year Rishi is planning to divorce Lakshmi and get married to Malishka.

During Karva Chauth a snake bites Rishi and Lakshmi saves him by sucking out the poison. In the ambulance, Rishi gains consciousness but Lakshmi faints as she sucked all the poison from Rishi's body. In the hospital, Rishi feels guilty and it is seen that slowly Rishi has started caring for Lakshmi. After that Ayush and Virendra vow to bring Rishi and Lakshmi close. During Diwali Rishi and Lakshmi come closer. Malishka enters the party with Viraj. Later on, Lakshmi confesses her love for Rishi to him but Rishi loves Malishka and Lakshmi gets to know about their affair. She breaks all the ties with Rishi and his family and returns to her uncle's house. Meanwhile, her aunt was planning to get them a divorce So when Lakshmi was sleeping she took her fingerprints cleverly and went to rishi's house and told them that Lakshmi wants a divorce. Rishi misunderstands Lakshmi but soon misses her and loves her but isn't aware of his feelings towards her angering Malishka.

Cast

Main

  • Aishwarya Khare as Lakshmi Rishi Oberoi: Kuljeet and Manoj's eldest daughter; Shalu and Bani's sister; Neha's cousin; Rishi's wife (2021–present)
  • Rohit Suchanti as Rishi Oberoi: Neelam and Virendra's son; Sonia's brother; Ahana, Ayush and Devika's cousin; Lakshmi's husband (2021–present)
  • Munira Kudrati as Shalini "Shalu" Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's second daughter; Bani and Lakshmi's sister; Neha's cousin; Ayush's love interest (2021–present)
  • Aman Gandhi as Ayushmann "Ayush" Chopra: Karishma and Manpreet's son; Ahana's brother; Rishi, Devika and Sonia's cousin; Shalu's love interest (2021–present)

Recurring

  • Maera Mishra as Malishka Bedi: Kiran and Abhay's daughter; Rishi's ex-girlfriend and one-sided lover; Viraj's best friend and ex-fiancée (2021–present)
  • Mansi Bhanushali as Bani Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's youngest daughter; Lakshmi's and Shalu's sister; Neha's cousin (2021–present)
  • Smita Bansal as Neelam Oberoi: Virendra's wife; Rishi and Sonia's mother (2021–present)
  • Uday Tikekar as Virendra Oberoi: Harleen and Vishwas's son; Karishma and Mahendra's brother; Neelam's husband; Rishi and Sonia's father (2021–present)
  • Neena Cheema as Harleen Vishwas Oberoi: Vishwas' widowed wife; Karishma, Virendra and Mahendra's mother; Ahana, Ayushman, Rishi, Sonia and Devika's grandmother (2021–present)
  • Shivani Jha as Sonia Oberoi: Neelam and Virendra's daughter; Rishi's sister (2021–present)
  • Parul Chaudhary as Karishma Manpreet Chopra: Harleen and Vishwas' daughter; Virendra and Mahendra's sister; Manpreet's wife; Ahana and Ayush's mother (2021–present)
  • Hemant Thatte as Manpreet Chopra: Karishma's husband; Ahana and Ayush's father (2021–present)
  • Aditi Shetty as Ahana Chopra: Karishma and Manpreet's daughter; Ayush's sister; Rishi, Sonia and Devika's cousin (2021–present)
  • Bebika Dhurve as Devika Oberoi: Mahendra's daughter; Ahana, Ayush, Rishi and Sonia's cousin (2021–present)
  • Masshe Uddin Qureshi as Preetam Bajwa: Manoj's brother; Rano's husband; Neha's father (2021–present)
  • Neha Prajapati as Rano Preetam Bajwa: Pritam's wife; Neha's mother (2021–present)
  • Avantika Chaudhary / Tasneem Khan as Neha Bajwa: Rano and Preetam's daughter; Lakshmi, Shalu and Bani's cousin; Ayush's one sided lover (2021-2022) (2022–present)
  • Karuna Verma as Kiran Abhay Bedi: Abhay's wife; Malishka's mother (2021–present)
  • Ankit Bhatia as Balwinder Sood: Lakshmi's ex-fiancé; Rishi's driver (2021–present)
  • Akash Choudhary as Viraj Singhania: Malishka's best friend and ex-fiancée (2021–present)
  • Kaushal Kapoor as Darshan: Lakshmi's employer (2022–present)
  • Mridula Oberoi as Kalyani: Lakshmi's boss (2022–present)
  • Virendra Saxena as Manoj Bajwa: Pritam's brother; Kuljeet's husband; Lakshmi, Shalu and Bani's father (2021) (Dead)
  • Neelu Dogra as Kuljeet Manoj Bajwa: Manoj's wife; Lakshmi, Shalu and Bani's mother (2021) (Dead)
  • S Ashraf Karim as Gurucharan Anand: Manoj's friend and accountant (2021)

Special appearances

Episodes

Ep. 1: Hailing from a middle-class Punjabi Hindu family, the Bajwas are all set to get their daughter Lakshmi (Aishwarya Khare) married to Varun. 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 Lakshmi's parents manages to leave the bus. Manoj falls off the bus and dangles on it and makes his brother promise that he will get Lakshmi married. The bus with Kuljeet and Manoj still in it falls down the cliff. Kuljeet and Manoj die in an accident, leaving Lakshmi disheartened and broken. On the other hand, Lakshmi's aunt, Rano, wants to usurp the 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 show Guru that she will give the sisters a good life and she begins her plan by breaking Lakshmi's marriage with Varun, in order to take her to Mumbai and marry her off to some man.

Ep. 2: Very soon, Rano, Preetam, Neha, Lakshmi, Shalu and Bani leave for Mumbai. On the way, the sisters and Lakshmi come across a woman who tells Lakshmi that her destiny will crash with her in Mumbai and that this is all just a game for her to meet what destiny has planned for her. Ignoring it, they all get on the train and leave. On their first day in Mumbai, the girls nearly get kidnapped. Lakshmi saves herself and her sisters by stealing the auto. They end up crash landing in a hotel that belongs to Rishi Oberoi (Rohit Suchanti), an industrialist's son who seems to be arrogant and untrustworthy, but however, he is also as kind and selfless as Lakshmi. Later, Lakshmi and her sisters hide in Rishi's office while Rishi gets frustrated about running late to a model's event and people trespassing his five-star hotel. Rishi says that "I Promise that if you get out before 10 seconds i will not call the Police".

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef
2021 Iconic Gold Awards Best TV Director Ranjan Kumar Singh Won [5]
2022 Zee Rishtey Awards Best Beta Rohit Suchanti Won [6]
Best Bahu Aishwarya Khare
Best Behen Munira Kudrati
Best Bhai Aman Gandhi
Best Pita Uday Tikekar
Best Buzurg Neena Cheema
Best Kutumb (Family) Bhagya Lakshmi Team
Best Story writer Anil Nagpal (shared with Kumkum Bhagya and Kundali Bhagya)
Best Naya Sadasya Rohit Suchanti Nominated
Best Nayi Sadasya Aishwarya Khare
Best Behen
Best Beti
Best Saas Smita Bansal
Best Maa
Best Sasur Uday Tikekar
Best Jodi Aishwarya Khare -Rohit Suchanti
Best Nayi Jodi
Best Dharavahik Ekta Kapoor
Kalakar Awards Best Actor Rohit Suchanti Won
Best Actress in Supporting Role Munira Kudrati
Best Serial Ekta Kapoor
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 [7]
Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular) Aishwarya Khare
Best Television Show - Fiction (Popular) Ekta Kapoor
Iconic Gold Awards Best TV Director Ranjan Kumar Singh Won [8]
Best Actress (Critics) Aishwarya Khare
Garv Television Honours Best Actor (Popular) Rohit Suchanti Pending [9]
Best Actress (Popular) Aishwarya Khare
Munira Kudrati
Best Actress in Supporting Role (Popular) Munira Kudrati
Smita Bansal
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Popular) Aman Gandhi
Uday Tikekar
Best Couple (Popular) Aishwarya Khare -Rohit Suchanti
Munira Kudrati - Aman Gandhi
Best Actress in Negative Role Parul Chaudhary
Maera Mishra
Best Actor in Negative Role (Popular) Ankit Bhatia
Entertainer of Television Aman Gandhi
Best Serial (Popular) Ekta Kapoor
Best Ensemble Cast (Popular) Bhagya Lakshmi Team
Best Actress (Jury) Aishwarya Khare [10]
Best Serial (Jury) Ekta Kapoor
Best Couple (Jury) Aishwarya Khare -Rohit Suchanti
Best Actress in Negative Role (Jury) Parul Chaudhary
Best Actor in Negative Role (Jury) Ankit Bhatia
Best Actress in Supporting Role (Jury) Munira Kudrati
Smita Bansal
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Jury) Aman Gandhi
Uday Tikekar
Best Comic Star (Jury) Aman Gandhi
Best Director Muzammil Desai
Best Ensemble Cast (Jury) Bhagya Lakshmi Team
Most Promising New Show (Jury) Bhagya Lakshmi Team
Most Entertaining Actor Rohit Suchanti [11]
Most Entertaining Serial Bhagya Lakshmi Team
Most Entertaining Ensemble Cast Bhagya Lakshmi Team
Most Entertaining Star in Supporting Role Munira Kudrati
Uday Tikekar
Aman Gandhi
Most Entertaining Star in Negative Role Maera Mishra
Ankit Bhatia
Best Concept Bhagya Lakshmi Team [12]
Best Music Lalit Sen
Best Audiography Suresh Rao
Best Lyrics Nawab Arzoo
Best Dialogues Rekhha Modi

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.[13]

Filming

The filming and production began on 14 June 2021 in Film City, Mumbai.[14]

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.

Launch

Ekta Kapoor the producer of the show stated, “Lakshmi is one of the purest souls we have worked on as a character in a long time. She represents inherent goodness – neki, a value that’s perhaps diminished in people’s vocabulary over the years, but it shouldn’t. As mankind, we’ve been through a lot lately and some of the toughest times have a way of bringing forth shining examples of kindness and benevolence. We’ve all read stories of people who went out on a foot during the pandemic and helped others in need. Lakshmi’s a lot like that. And when you see someone like that, you fall in love with them and want to see life presenting them with good bhagya (destiny). Aishwarya Khare with her endearing sincerity and warmth is the right fit for Lakshmi whereas Rohit Suchanti will win hearts as always with his role as the flamboyant, practical, and dashing Rishi.”

Crossover

The show had 4 crossover episodes with Kumkum Bhagya for Holi celebration from 13 March 2022 to 16 March 2022.

References

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