Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali
Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on 15 February 2021 on StarPlus.[1] It is loosely based on Star Maa's Telugu series Gorintaku.[2] Produced by SOL Productions and Sandiip Films, it stars Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao.[3]
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Genre | Romance Drama |
Created by | Sandiip Sikcand |
Written by | Sonali Gupta Shrivastav |
Screenplay by | Nidhi Singh |
Story by | Abhijeet Guru Santshree Sarkar Nishchal Shome Sonakshi Khandelwal Vikas Tejpal Sharma |
Directed by | Hemant R Prabhu Jafar Shaikh Rohit Phulari |
Creative directors | Sandiip Sikcand Kadambari S Dogrey Nichita Roy Upadhyay |
Starring | Shivangi Khedkar Sai Ketan Rao |
Theme music composer | Prakash Gaiakwad |
Opening theme | Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali by Anwesha |
Composer | Shubham Sundaram |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of episodes | 246 |
Production | |
Producers | Fazila Allana Sandiip Sikcand Kamna Menezes |
Production location | Kolhapur |
Cinematography | Sadanand Pillai |
Editors | Prerit Vyas Swapnikal S Nerukar Akshat Jaimini Om Tale Mohit Varshney |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | SOL Productions Sandiip Films |
Distributor | Star India |
Release | |
Original network | StarPlus |
Picture format | 576i HDTV 1080i |
Audio format | Dolby Digital |
Original release | 15 February – 27 November 2021 |
Chronology | |
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Plot
The story revolves around a hardworking widowed woman named Pallavi who loves her law family very much and sacrifices everything to fulfill all their needs.
Widowed Pallavi is all for the law family, while loner Raghav, a business magnate, is all for money. One day, these polar opposites clash came across the same path as destined, and fall in love. Pallavi is widowed at a young age, while Raghav is cheated in love. Raghav lives a lonely life because of his bitter past experience in love. But, his belief in love doesn’t end completely. Pallavi isn’t ready to accept anyone in her life so soon, but she finds a charming heart behind the arrogant personality of Raghav. Raghav appears strict but is too soft-hearted and she finds a charming heart behind the arrogant personality of Raghav. Raghav appears strict but is too soft-hearted. His honest behavior wins Pallavi’s heart. Raghav and Pallavi get into a bond of marriage.
Cast
Main
- Shivangi Khedkar as Pallavi Raghav Rao (formerly Deshmukh) (née Sawant): Raghav's wife; Mandar's former wife; caretaker of Deshmukh Saree Empoium (2021)
- Sai Ketan Rao as Raghav Rao: Pallavi's husband; owner of Jayati Jewels (2021)
Recurring
- Ashok Phal Dessai as Mandar Deshmukh (alias Raja): Pallavi's vengeful former husband who was presumed dead; Sharda and Vijay's elder son; Devyani's murderer (2021)
- Milind Phatak as Vijay Deshmukh: Pallavi's former father-in-law; Sharda's husband; Mandar and Nikhil's father; owner of Deshmukh Saree Emporium (2021)
- Sameer Deshpande replaced Milind Phatak (2021)
- Asmita Ajgaonkar as Sharda Deshmukh: Pallavi's former mother-in-law, Vijay's wife, Mandar and Nikhil's mother (2021)
- Karan Manocha as Nikhil Deshmukh: Pallavi's former brother-in-law; Vijay and Sharda's younger son (2021)
- Ajinkya Joshi as Milind Deshmukh: Vijay's younger brother; Sulochana's husband; Mansi and Amruta's father; Pallavi's former uncle-in-law (2021)
- Snehal Reddy as Sulochana Deshmukh: Milind's wife; Mansi and Amruta's mother; Pallavi's former aunt-in-law (2021)
- Rutuja Sawant as Mansi Deshmukh: Milind and Sulochana's elder daughter; Amruta's elder sister, Rahul's ex-fiancée, Pallavi's former cousin sister-in-law (2021)
- Priyanka Dhavale as Amruta Deshmukh: Milind and Sulochana's younger daughter, Mansi's younger sister, Pallavi's former cousin sister-in-law (2021)
- Snehal Borkar as Krishna: Pallavi's friend and assistant at Deshmukh Saree Emporium (2021)
- Ragini Shah as Jaya Rao: Raghav, Kirti and Arjun's mother; Ajit's wife; Pallavi's mother-in-law (2021)
- Geeta Tyagi replaced Ragini Shah (2021)
- Sayli Salunkhe as Kirti Rao: Raghav's younger sister; Pallavi's friend turned sister-in-law; Sunny's wife (2021)
- Kushagre Dua as Sunny Ahuja: Kirti's husband (2021)[4]
- Himanshu Bamzai as Farhad Nawaz: Raghav's secretary, right-hand man and friend (2021)
- Krishna Kaurav as Harish: Raghav's bodyguard (2021)
- Jeet Pol as Madan: Raghav's bodyguard (2021)
- Shweta Vyas as Esha Madhavan: Raghav’s former girlfriend and obsessed lover (2021)
- Jatin Sharma as Sumit: Esha's estranged husband (2021)
- Sarika Raghwa as Anjali: She tried to get intimate with Raghav despite being engaged to someone else. Later Raghav exposed her in front of her fiancé (2021)
- Saim Khan as Akash: Brother of Pallavi's friend and Kirti's love-interest (2021)
- Gourav Raj Puri as Rahul: Mansi's ex-fiancé; Asha's son (2021)
- Sonal Palan as Asha: Rahul's mother (2021)
- Manoj Kaushik as Siddhesh Sawant: Pallavi's elder brother; Pawani's husband; Raghav's brother-in-law (2021)
- Payal Singh as Pawani Sawant: Siddhesh's wife; Pallavi's sister-in-law; Raghav's sister-in-law (2021)
- Ankit Gulati as Vedant (Ved) aka Lion: Raghav's former best friend and business partner who turned enemy due to business differences (2021)
- Snehal Waghmare as ACP Laxmi Singh: Raghav's enemy (2021)
- Abhay Verma as Rocky: Sunny's friend (2021)
- Ishrat Khan as Dr. Ramya: Mandar/Raja's doctor turn into Amma (2021)
- Supreet Nikam as Vishnu: Mandar/Raja's friend (2021)
- Deepak Soni as Inspector Nitin reddy (2021)
Awards
Year | Organizer | Category | Nominated | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Popular Show | Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali | Nominated | [5] |
Popular Actress | Shivangi Khedkar | Nominated | [6] | ||
Iconic Gold Awards | Best Debut TV Actress | Won | [7] | ||
Best Debut TV Actor | Sai Ketan Rao | Won | [8] | ||
Production
Preparation
Shivangi Khedkar said, "My character is of a Maharashtrian girl, Pallavi. Since our whole team is Marathi, everyone helps me in speaking words in their language. Even I am working hard on myself".[9]
Filming
Based on the backdrop of Hyderabad, the series is mainly filmed at sets in Kolhapur in Maharashtra while some initial sequences were shot in Hyderabad in early February 2021.[10][11]
On 13 April 2021, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray announced a sudden curfew due to increased COVID-19 cases, while the production halted from 14 April 2021. Soon, the team of the series decided to move their shooting location to Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad until the next hearing.[12] Hence, the production location was shifted temporarily.[13]
Reception
Ratings
In UK, the series launched with 74.6 thousand viewers being the third most watched Indian television series.[16] On 30 March 2021, it was the most watched series with the viewership of 38.2 thousand .[17] On week ending 12 April 2021, it was the second most watched series with 98.3 thousand viewers.[18] The viewership further increased to 77 thousand on 17 April 2021, being the most watched series.[19] The viewership increased on 25 May 2021 with 89.1 thousand viewers.[20] The viewership then increased more on week ending Sunday 13 June 2021 with 92,400 thousand viewers, it was the second most watched series.[21]
The series went off air on 27 November 2021, after 246 episodes.
Soundtrack
Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali Original Soundtrack | |
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Soundtrack album by Shubham Sundaram | |
Released | 15 February 2021 |
Genre | Romance Soundtrack |
Length | 2:18 |
Language | Hindi |
Label | Star India |
Producer | Sandiip Sikcand |
The title song "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali" composed by Shubham Sundaram, written by Aditya Chakravarty is sung by Anweshaa.
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali" | Anweshaa | 2:18 |
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