Choti Sarrdaarni

Choti Sarrdaarni (transl.Younger Sarrdaarni) is an Indian Hindi-Punjabi romantic drama television series. Produced by Cockcrow and Shaika Entertainment, it premiered on 1 July 2019 on Colors TV. It stars Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Mahir Pandhi, Amandeep Sidhu, and Gaurav S Bajaj in lead roles.

Choti Sarrdaarni
GenreDrama
Romance
Tragedy
Created byRanjeev Verma
Nitu Verma
Written byStory
Ranjeev
Faizal Akhter
Pallavi Mehta
Nitu
Screenplay
Rahul Pandey
Dialogues
Rajesh Chawla
Directed byJaladh K. Sharma
Rajeev Srivastava
Prabhat Rawat
Choreographer / Assistant choreographer
Amar Sakharkar / Navya David
Makeup Artist / Hair artist
Amit Rajput / Shamim Shakh
Creative directorPushpa Porwal
StarringNimrit Kaur Ahluwalia
Mahir Pandhi
Amandeep Sidhu
Gaurav S Bajaj
Theme music composerNishant Raja
Singers
Nishant Raja
Vini Gora
Swati Thakur
Lyricist
Mohammad Moinudin
Label
Monu Music India
Opening themePre-Leap
Aagai Aagai dekho aagai ab Choti Sardarni
Post-Leap
Sachiyan Mohabbatan Nibhaiyan
ComposerMonu Music India
Country of originIndia
Original languagesHindi
Punjabi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes781
Production
ProducersRajesh Ram Singh
Pradeep Kumar
Piya Bajpayee
Shaika Parween
EditorsParesh Shah
Ayan Hashmi
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20–22 minutes
Production companyCockcrow & Shaika Entertainment
DistributorViacom 18
Release
Original networkColors TV
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original release1 July 2019 (2019-07-01) 
present
Chronology
Related shows

Plot

Meher Kaur Dhillon is the bubbly and carefree daughter of village Sarpanch Kulwant Kaur. Upon knowing Meher is pregnant with her financially unstable lover Manav Sharma's child, Kulwant stabs and throws him in river. Then to become MLA, she forces Meher to marry Sarabjit Singh Gill, the widowed president of Amritsar ruling party who has a 5 year old son Paramjit. To save her unborn child from Kulwant, Meher agrees and marries Sarab.

Meher reveals her pregnancy to Sarab, who initially gets enraged but later accepts her child. Eventually, they begin falling in love, and Meher delivers a son, Karanjeet. Sarab's half-sister, Aditi, enters for revenge due to her toxic past. Alive but having lost memory, Manav comes back and falls in love with and marries Aditi. Upon regaining his memory, he learns about Karan being his son but later hands over him to Sarab, and moves on with Aditi. Meher is jailed, for the allegation of murdering her brother Jagga. Sarab fails to save her.

5 years later

Meher has been bailed and now resides in Kashmir with her daughter, Seher. Sarab, Karan and Param who were in abroad return to India. It turns out the Gills' accountant, Tarkash killed Jagga and gets jailed. Sarab reconciles with Meher, and accepts Seher. He also unites Meher with her alive father, Trilochan Singh Dhillon. However sadly later, Sarab and Meher die in an accident.

16 years later

Param, Karan and Seher grow up. Seher befriends Rajveer Singh Babbar, who falls in love with her at first sight. But Seher is engaged to Kunal Malhotra. However Rajveer's sister Harshdeep, who is Punjab's CM blackmails and kills Kunal. Finally later, Seher and Rajveer marry and soon fall in love. She then gets pregnant but miscarries. Rajveer leaves Harshdeep upon knowing she killed Kunal, and moves to Gill mansion. It is revealed that Seher's cousin, Khushi Bajwa was in love with Rajveer 4 years ago, but also has a child Prince whose real father is her friend Avinash Gupta. After Khushi leaves, Seher and Rajveer adopt Prince.

A new story begins

Kulwant reveals Seher about her illegitimate cousin, Mannat Kaur who was left by her due to social fear. Grown up, she now lives in Dalhousie with her mother Harnoor, who later dies after revealing to Mannat about Dhillons. Seher decides to get Mannat back. Mannat comes across Seher's grandaunt Dolly's grandson, Zorawar Singh Randhawa, and arrives in Attari to live with Gills and Dhillons, hiding her identity.

Cast

Main

  • Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia as Meher Sarabjeet Singh Gill
  • (nèe Kaur Dhillon): Kulwant and Trilochan's daughter; Jagga, Bittu and Ranna's sister; Manav's former lover; Sarab's second wife; Param's adoptive mother; Karan and Seher's mother (2019–2021)
  • Avinesh Rekhi as Sarabjit "Sarab" Singh Gill: Smriti and Sukhwinder's son; Harleen's brother; Aditi's half-brother; Inderpal's cousin; Simran and Meher's husband; Param and Seher's father; Karan's adoptive father (2019–2021)
  • Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia as Seher Rajveer Singh Babbar Kumar (nèe Kaur Gill): Meher and Sarab's daughter; Param and Karan's adoptive sister; Yuvi, Gullu, Cherry, Mannat, Khushi and Zorawar's cousin; Rajveer's wife; Prince's adoptive mother (2021–2022)
    • Kevina Tak as Child Seher Kaur Gill (2021)
  • Mahir Pandhi as Rajveer Singh Babbar: Devender's son; Harshdeep's younger brother; Seher's husband; Prince's adoptive father (2021–2022)
  • Amandeep Sidhu as Mannat Kaur Dhillon: Harnoor and Bittu's daughter; Gullu's half-sister; Yuvi, Karan, Seher, Gullu and Cherry's cousin (2022–present)
    • Zara Khan as Child Mannat Kaur Dhillon (2022)
  • Gaurav Bajaj as Zorawar "Zoro" Singh Randhawa: Preeti and Inderpal's son; Param and Seher's cousin (2022–present)
    • Nirbhay Thakur as Child Zorawar Singh Randhawa (2022)

Recurring

  • Anita Raj as Kulwant Kaur Dhillon: Trilochan's wife; Jagga, Bittu, Ranna and Meher's mother; Yuvi, Karan, Seher, Mannat, Gullu and Cherry's grandmother; Param's adoptive grandmother (2019–present)
  • Shehzada Dhami/Vineet Raina/Hitanshu Jinsi as Paramjit "Param" Singh Gill: Simran and Sarab's son; Meher's adoptive son; Karan and Seher's adoptive brother; Zorawar and Khushi's cousin (2021–2022)
    • Aekam Binjwe as Teenage Param Singh Gill (2021)
    • Kevina Tak as Child Param Singh Gill (2019–2021)
  • Adhik Mehta as Karanjit "Karan" Singh Gill: Meher and Manav's son; Sarab's adoptive son; Param and Seher's adoptive brother; Yuvi, Gullu, Cherry and Mannat's cousin (2021–present)
    • Gaurika Sharma as Child Karan Singh Gill (2021)
    • Aayat Khan as Baby Karan Singh Gill (2020–2021)
  • Varun Toorkey as Kunal Malhotra: Seher's ex-fiancé (2021)
  • Apara Mehta as Manjeet Chaddha: Seher, Karan and Param's caretaker; Tricky's grandmother (2021)
  • Mandeep Bamra/Acherr Bharadwaj as Nikhil Deol: Anurita's brother; Rajveer's friend (2021)
  • Neha Rana as Anurita Deol: Nikhil's sister; Param and Karan's love interest (2021)
  • Prince Rochlani as Tricky Chaddha: Param, Karan and Seher's brother-figure (2021)
  • Aryan Arora as Gagandeep "Gagan" Jamwal: Seher's best friend (2021)
  • Vibha Chibber as Harshdeep Gadgill (nèe Kaur Babbar): Devender's daughter; Rajveer's sister; Kulbir's wife (2021)
  • Prakash Ramchandani as Kulbir Gadgill: Harshdeep's husband (2021)
  • Sanjay Mangnani as Bobby Verma: Harshdeep's employee; Dimpy's husband (2021)
  • Heena Soni as Dimple "Dimpy" Verma: Harshdeep's employee; Bobby's wife (2021)
  • Mamta Luthra/Alka Badola Kaushal as Rimple Babbar: Balwinder's wife (2021)
  • Rajoo Pandit as Balwinder Singh Babbar: Devender's brother; Rimple's husband (2021)
  • Piya Valecha as Dr. Gayatri Sahni (2021)
  • Puja Sharma as Nimrit "Nimmi" Bhullar (2021)
  • Dimple Bagroy as Gillori (2021)
  • Ayesha Singh as Malani Gandhi (2021)
  • Rutuja Sawant as Devika/Malaika: Param's former fiancée (2022)
  • Alika Nair/Anjali Gupta as Harnoor Sandhu: Inderpal's former lover; Mannat's mother (2022)
  • Jassi Kapoor as Inspector Gunwant "GST" Singh Tawde: Mannat's friend (2022–present)
  • Rishikesh Ingley as Akhil Arora: Zorawar's manager (2022–present)
  • Irina Rudakova as Scarlet: Zoravar's girlfriend (2022–present)
  • Astha Agarwal as Kiara
  • Hitesh Bharadwaj as Manav Sharma: Vikram's look alike; Meher's former lover; Surya and Seema's adoptive son; Aditi's husband; Karan's father (2019–2021)
  • Drishti Garewal as Dr. Aditi Sharma (nèe Kaur Gill): Harleen and Sarab's half-sister; Manav's wife (2020–2021)
  • Mansi Sharma/Simran Sachdeva/Mansi Sharma as Harleen Bajwa: Smriti and Sukhwinder's daughter; Sarab's elder sister; Inderpal's cousin; Aditi's half-sister; Robbie's wife; Khushi's mother; Prince's grandmother (2019–present)
  • Krishna Soni as Rubinder "Robbie" Bajwa: Vidita's son; Ginni's brother; Harleen's husband; Khushi's father; Prince's grandfather (2019–present)
  • Sheetal Ranjankar/Jazz Sodhi as Khushi Bajwa: Harleen and Robbie's daughter; Param, Cherry and Seher's cousin; Avinash's former lover; Prince's mother (2022)
    • Hanshika Rajput as Child Khushi Bajwa (2019–2021)
  • Het Patel/Laksh Pravin Jain/Ravya Sadhwani as Diljit "Prince" Gupta: Khushi and Avinash's son; Seher and Rajveer's adopted son (2022-present)
  • Arjun Singh Shekhawat as Avinash Gupta: Khushi's best friend and lover; Prince's father (2022)
  • Puneet Issar as Beant Singh Gill: Sukhwinder's brother; Amrit's husband (2021)
  • Rinku Dhawan as Amrit Kaur Gill: Beant's wife (2021)
  • Abhishek Rawat as Shekhar Ram Kaul: Meher and Seher's landlord in Kashmir (2021)
  • Shivangi Verma as Samaira Sethi: Sarab's colleague (2021)
  • Ramnitu Chaudhery as Saloni Majumdar: Sarab's college friend (2021)
  • Amal Sehrawat as Jagjit "Jagga" Singh Dhillon: Kulwant and Trilochan's eldest son; Bittu, Ranna and Meher's brother; Amrita's husband; Yuvi's father (2019–2021)
  • Abhilasha Jakhar as Amrita Kaur Dhillon: Jagga's wife; Yuvi's mother (2019–2021)
  • Ravi Chhabra as Yuvraj "Yuvi" Singh Dhillon: Amrita and Jagga's son; Karan, Seher, Mannat, Gullu and Cherry's cousin (2021)
    • Dhan Tejas as Teenage Yuvi Singh Dhillon (2021)
    • Advit Sood as Child Yuvi Singh Dhillon (2019–2021)
  • Abhishek Jangra as Baljeet "Bittu" Singh Dhillon: Kulwant and Trilochan's second son; Jagga, Ranna and Meher's brother; Harnoor's former lover; Jeeto's husband; Mannat and Gullu's father (2019–present)
  • Yuvleen Kaur as Jeevani "Jeeto" Kaur Dhillon: Bittu's wife; Gullu's mother (2019–present)
  • Abhianshu Vohra as Ranbir "Ranna" Singh Dhillon: Kulwant and Trilochan's youngest son; Jagga, Bittu and Meher's brother; Ginni's husband; Cherry's father (2019–present)
  • Jinal Jain/Geetika Mehandru as Ginni Kaur Dhillon (nèe Bajwa); Vidita's daughter; Robbie's sister; Ranna's wife; Cherry's mother (2020–present)
  • Ravya Sadhwani as Cherry Dhillon: Ginni and Ranna's daughter; Khushi, Yuvi, Gullu, Cherry, Karan, Mannat and Seher's cousin (2021–2022)
  • Raanav Sharma as Gulzar "Gullu" Singh Dhillon: Jeeto and Bittu's son; Mannat's half-brother; Yuvi, Cherry, Karan, Mannat and Seher's cousin (2021–present)
  • Neelu Kohli as Vidita Bajwa: Robbie and Ginni's mother; Khushi and Cherry's grandmother; Prince's great-grandmother (2020)
  • Kaushal Kapoor as Surya Diwan: Seema's husband; Vikram's father; Manav's adoptive father (2020)
  • Vishavpreet Kaur as Seema Diwan: Surya's wife; Vikram's mother; Manav's adoptive mother (2020)
  • Dolly Minhas as Daljeet "Dolly" Randhawa (nèe Shergill): Jolly and Smriti's sister; Inderpal's mother; Zorawar's grandmother (2019–present)
  • Karan Mehat as Inderpal Singh Randhawa: Dolly's son; Preeti's husband; Zorawar's father; Sarab and Harleen's cousin (2022)
  • Neha Narang as Preeti Randhawa: Inderpal's wife; Zorawar's mother (2019)
  • Ranjeev Verma as Jolly Shergill: Dolly and Smriti's brother (2019)
  • Avtar Gill as Avtaar Kohli: Neerja's husband; Simran's father; Param's grandfather (2019)
  • Vineeta Malik as Neerja Kohli: Avtaar's wife; Simran's mother; Param's grandmother (2019)
  • Shivendraa Om Saainiyol as Tarkash: Sarab's family accountant; Arati's husband; Ritu's father; Jagga's murderer (2019–2021)
  • Bhavini Gandhi as Arati: Tarkash's wife; Ritu's mother (2020–2021)
  • Krisha Pandirkar as Ritu: Tarkash and Arati's daughter; Param and Yuvi's friend (2020–2021)
  • Delnaaz Irani as Kristan Martha: Meher and Sarab's boss in Serbia (2020)
  • Shivani Gosain as Vijeyta Malik: Income tax officer (2019)
  • Jai Vats as Dr. Surinder Sodhi (2020)
  • Mala Salariya as Dr. Sanjana Shinde (2020)
  • Prakhar Shukla as Blackmailer (2020)
  • Ram Yashvardhan as Police Inspector Rajan Chautala: Sandhya's enemy who framed Meher (2021)
  • Kratika Sengar as Sandhya Shastri: Meher's friend; Sameer's wife; Param, Karan and Seher's guardian (2021)
  • Ankit Gera as Sameer Shastri: Sandhya's husband (2021)

Special Appearances

  • Unknown as Simran Kohli Kaur Gill – Neerja and Avtaar's daughter; Sarab's late wife; Param's mother (2019)
  • Shefali Rana as Shekhar Kaul's mother (2021)[1]
  • Unknown as Trilochan Singh Dhillon: Kulwant's husband; Jagga, Meher, Bittu and Ranna's father; Yuvi, Karan, Seher, Mannat, Gullu and Cherry's grandfather (2021)
  • Prakash Ramchandani as Kuljeet Singh Gadgill: Harshdeep's husband (2021)
  • Arpita Pandey as Sukhpreet "Sukhi" Kaur Grewal: Nimmi's friend (2021)
  • Unknown as Pushpa Rathore: Jaswant's wife; Ajit's mother; Devika's fake mother (2022)
  • Ajay Dutt as Jaswant Rathore: Pushpa's husband; Ajit's father; Devika's fake father (2022)
  • Shubh Karaan as Ajit Rathore: Pushpa and Jaswant's son; Devika's fake brother (2022)
  • Unknown as Kavita Rajput: Blood donor (2022)
  • Unknown as Kavita's husband (2022)
  • Sudesh Berry as Guruji (2022)

Guests

Production

Development

Based in Amritsar, Punjab, the series is mainly filmed in Mumbai.[4] In November 2019, the honeymoon sequence was filmed in Serbia.[5]

On 12 September 2019, the filming was held for three hours due to the fight by the workers’ union and Allied Mazdoor Union with producers owing to due in payments.[6]

Filming

The production and airing of the show was halted indefinitely in late March 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak.[7] The filming resumed after three months and the show started airing again on 13 July 2020.[8][9] During the break, the main actors Rekhi, Ahluwalia and Tak shot a few episodes from their homes during the nationwide lockdown which streamed under Lockdown Special Episodes on Colors TV's official digital platform Voot.[10]

The production was halted for few days from 1 September 2020 after Krishna Soni tested positive for coronavirus.[11]

In February 2021, the show took a 5 years leap and female child artist Kevina Tak, who played as Param, roped to play as Meher and Sarab's daughter, Seher. Child artists Aekam Binjwe, Gaurika Sharma and Dhan Tejas entered to play as Param, Karan and Yuvi after leap.

In July 2021, it was announced that the show would take a leap of 16 years and Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia will play the role of her daughter Seher. It was officially confirmed with the release of the promo showing the 16 year leap with new characters Mahir Pandhi and Varun Toorkey, whereas the exit of Avinesh Rekhi, Anita Raj and other supporting actors.[12] Actors Shehzada Dhami and Adhik Mehta roped to play as adult Param and Karan.[13] However, Anita Raj and Mansi Sharma returned as Kulwant Kaur and Harleen Gill in late 2021 and then few more supporting actors came back in January/February 2022.

In December 2021, Shehzada Dhami quit the show and Vineet Raina replaces him.[14][15] In February 2022, Raina too quit and was replaced by Hitanshu Jinsi.[16]

In March 2022, it was announced that Nimrit Ahluwalia is leaving the show due to her health issues and Mahir Pandhi is leaving too.[17] Amandeep Sidhu announced to play the role of Mannat Kaur[18] and Dishank Arora, Salman Shaikh[19] was approached to play Zoravar Singh, new male lead of the show, but Gaurav S Bajaj replaces them.[20] In late March 2022, it was announced that Hitanshu Jinsi is quitting the show.[21]

Reception

Critical response

The initial promo based on Gurudwara background of the series created disappointment between the Sikhs and a complaint protesting it was written to the channel by All India Sikh Students Federation as they considered some portrayal hurting their sentiments.[22]

Ratings

In week 41 of 2020, it became the fourth most watched Hindi GEC in urban with 5.281 million impressions.[23]

Adaptations

Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Hindi Choti Sarrdaarni
छोटी सरदारनी
1 July 2019 Colors TV Ongoing Original
Tamil Uyire
உயிரே
2 January 2020 Colors Tamil 27 March 2021 Remake
Kannada Hoo Male
ಹೂಮಳೆ
16 November 2020 Colors Kannada 16 October 2021

Crossover

In December 2019, Choti Sarrdaarni and Vidya had a crossover while Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and Sai Manjrekar appeared to promote their upcoming film Dabangg 3.[24]

References

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  2. "Choti Sardarni: Devoleena Bhattacharjee glams up Meher and Sarabjit's engagement ceremony". India Today. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.
  3. "Tapsee Pannu on the sets of Chhoti Sarrdarni". The Times of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Avinesh Rekhi, Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia and Hitesh Bharadwaj at the launch of Choti Sarrdaarni". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019.
  5. "Choti Sardarni: Avinesh Rekhi and Nimrit Ahluwalia shoot upcoming honeymoon sequence in Serbia; see pics". The Times of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Shoot of television show 'Choti Sarrdaarni' stalled for 3 hours over non-payment of dues". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019.
  7. "Television Industry in a Slump With the Lockdown". The Quint. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020.
  8. "Kumkum Bhagya, Choti Sardarni and other TV shows to resume shoot; get set to view fresh episodes". The Times of India. 24 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020.
  9. "Choti Sardarni new promo: Sarabjit and Nimrit are back with their fun banter to win hearts". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020.
  10. "Choti Sardarni's Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia on shooting from home: Lighting to make-up, we do it ourselves". India Today. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020.
  11. "Choti Sarrdaarni actor Krishna Soni tests positive for Coronavirus, the shoot comes to a halt". Bollywood Hungama. September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020.
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  14. "Shehzada Dhami Quits Choti Sarrdaarni, Actor Unhappy with His Role in Daily Soap". News 18. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  15. "Actor Vineet Raina talks about his entry in Colors popular show Choti Sarrdaarni & more". The Tribune. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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  19. A, Nagarathna (13 March 2022). "Choti Sarrdaarni: Post Nimrit & Mahir's Exit, Amandeep Sidhu & Salman Shaikh To Play The Lead Roles?". Filmibeat. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  20. A, Nagarathna (19 March 2022). "Choti Sarrdaarni: Not Salman Shaikh But Gaurav Bajaj To Play Male Lead In The Show". Filmibeat. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  21. Maheshwari, Neha (25 March 2022). "Exclusive: After Shehzada Dhami and Vineet Raina, Hitanshu Jinsi also quits Choti Sarrdaarni; deets inside". Times of India. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  22. "Promo of new serial 'Choti Sardarni' irks Sikhs". Logical Daily. 5 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  24. "Salman Aka 'Chulbul Pandey' Joins 'Choti Sarrdaarni', 'Vidya' Lead Stars For The Mahasangam Episode!". ABP News. 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019.
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