''Begusarai'' is a
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
that aired on
&TV.
The show premiered on 2 March 2015 and ended on 24 June 2016. It starred
Shivangi Joshi
Shivangi Joshi (born 18 May 1998) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi'' portraying Trisha in 2013. Joshi is best known for her portrayal of dual role Na ...
,
Vishal Aditya Singh,
Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She is best known for playing Prerna Sharma in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. In 2010, she participated in ''Bigg Boss'' an ...
, and
Sartaj Gill
Sartaj Gill (sometimes spelled Sarrtaj Gill) is an Indian television actor best known for portraying Priyom Thakur In Begusarai.
Career
Gill started off career journey with the 2011 film '' Khap'' as Kush J. Mitter. He made his television debu ...
in lead roles.
The show is set in
Begusarai
Begusarai is the industrial and financial capital of Bihar and the administrative headquarters of the Begusarai district, which is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The district lies on the northern bank of the ...
,
Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...
.
[ The show was produced by Swastik Pictures (Swastik Productions Pvt. Ltd.).][
]
Plot
Intelligent, Poonam Kumari dreams of higher studies. Her childhood Best - friend Priyom is the son of Begusarai's Bahubali Phulan Thakur, whose nephew Lakhan has loved Poonam since childhood. Phulan sets her marriage with Lakhan who starts torturing Poonam. Breaking the alliance, Phulan fixes Poonam's wedding to Priyom and they fall in love. Lakhan wreaks havoc on Begusarai and Thakur family. Poonam decides to marry him, so he will leave Thakur family alone.
Bindiya, a dancer enters Begusarai to make money by dancing in events. She wants to ruin the Thakurs as her father was the former king of Begusarai whom Phulan killed, bringing Bindiya and her mother on road, and thus becoming the king himself. Once Lakhan and Poonam marry, he again tortures her. Poonam learns about Lakhan's love for her and how he never hurt anyone when trying to woo her; she starts to like and turns him into a soft person, and they get close.
Priyom constantly gets mad at Bindiya's antics and tries to change her. Guddi is pregnant with the child of Poonam's brother, who dies in an accident. For this, Poonam blames Lakhan, and they get separated. Bindiya and Priyom fall in love; he becomes the Bahubali of Begusarai. Priyom tries to stop Mithilesh from killing a cheater business partner, but ends up being collateral and dies by his hands. Bindiya swears vengeance on Mithilesh. The entire family opposes her, except for Poonam and Lakhan. When she decides to file a case against Mithilesh but loses when Badi Amma (Sulbha Arya) locks Poonam in the supply closet. Datta Ji gets out of jail and comes back into the Thakur Haveli. He strips Bindiya in front of the entire Begusarai and drowns her alive. Lakhan and Poonam try to save her but are not able to. He also tries to kill Guddi and her child, but Poonam and Lakhan save her.
Poonam and Lakhan finally reveal their feelings for each other and start a new relationship. Bindiya is revealed to be alive and comes back to get revenge against the entire Thakur family for not coming to save her. She gives mercy to Lakhan and Poonam but tortures the rest of the family members and even kills Datta Ji. Choti Amma's granddaughter, Komal (Rati Pandey
Rati Pandey is an Indian actress known for her performances in ''Hitler Didi'', ''Miley Jab Hum Tum'', '' Porus, Devi Adi Parashakti'', ''Begusarai'', '' Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai'' and '' Shaadi Mubarak''.
Early life and background
Rati Pandey ...
), comes to visit her while Bindiya becomes the Bahubali of Begusarai. Komal starts to fall in love with Lakhan and starts to help Bindiya financially by bringing her a Sarkar business partner. Sarkar demands a lot of Bindiya, which causes Guddi to lose her child and Lakhan and Poonam almost to get a divorce. The Thakur family goes against Bindiya and Komal and try to figure out who Sarkar is. Sarkar is revealed to be Choti Amma (Madhvi Gokhte), who wants revenge on the Thakur family and brought Komal to Thakur Family. In a chase between Komal and Choti Amma and Lakhan and Mithilesh, Komal's car falls off a cliff, and Choti Amma and Komal die. Bindiya is revealed to be pregnant with Priyom's child.
A couple of months later, Poonam and Mithilesh's wife, Maya (Vaishnavi Dhanraj
Vaishnavi Dhanraj (born 25 August 1988) is an Indian television and film actress. She was the protagonist in '' PK Lele A Salesman'', an adult Hindi film in the sex comedy genre, in which she played the role of a rich girl called Mary Marlo. Sh ...
), have also become pregnant. When all three daughters-in-law celebrate their baby shower and do puja by the river, Guddi is pulled into the water. Everyone looks for her, but not in time, and they find her dead body. It is revealed that Komal is alive and killed Guddi. Komal then kidnaps Mithilesh and Poonam's father in demand that Poonam leaves Lakhan. Mithilesh and Poonam's father tries to run away, but Poonam's father dies in the ensuing chase. Poonam decides to surrender herself for the safety of the Thakur family. Lakhan finds Poonam and Komal and shoots Komal in the chest. Poonam falls unconscious, and Lakhan takes her to the hospital. At the hospital, some goons kidnap Poonam, and it is revealed that Komal was saved after she got shot. Komal shoots Mithilesh and Lakhan, and Poonam dies during childbirth. Bindiya takes the baby and decides to raise him as her own.
20 years later
Twenty years later, Bindiya has become Ma Thakurain and takes care of Mithilesh and Maya's children, Soni ( Riya Deepsi), Adarsh ( Manish Naggdev), Amar (Parichay Sharma
Parichay Sharma is an Indian television actor who became known for the reality series ''Splitsvilla 6'' on MTV India and for roles in television series such as Aabhas in ''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya''. He also took part in the youth based show ''Sadda H ...
), and Samar (Mukul Raj Singh), her and Priyom's son, Garv (Ankit Gupta
Ankit Gupta (born 6 November 1988) is an Indian television actor who is best known as Parth Kashyap in '' Sadda Haq'', Garv Priyom Thakur in ''Begusarai'' and for his major breakthrough role Fateh Singh Virk in Colors TV's ''Udaariyaan''. In ...
), and Poonam and Lakhan's son, Shakti (also Vishal Aditya Singh), who looks like Lakhan. Bindiya hates women because of what Komal did to the family. The entire family is scared of her and never do anything she does not like. All the boys are like goons and do everything for Bindiya. Everyone calls her mom, and Maya gets jealous that her kids do not consider her their real mother. The show then brings in Ananya Mishra (Vibha Anand Vibha is an Indian feminine given name. The Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after ...
), the daughter of Ramakant Mishra, a constable who is transferred to Begusarai. Ananya has an older good-for-nothing brother named Mayank (Mithli Jain), who is online chatting with Soni.
Ananya and Shakti first meet when Shakthi saves Ramakant from some goons. He asks for money, but since she has none, he takes her late mother's necklace. She gets it back but also learns he is petrified of his mom. They have funny interactions going on. Mayank and Soni meet secretly, but someone sees them and tells Ma Thakurain (Bindiya). She plans to get Soni married within three days. When Mayank hears of this, he tries to commit suicide. When Ananya finds out the reason behind the suicide, she decides to let Soni and Mayank meet for one last time. But Mayank cheats Ananya and runs away with Soni. When the five brothers find out Ananya helped Soni getting out, they kidnap her and torture them to find out where Soni and Mayank went.
When Ananya gets free, through the help of the police, the police arrest Ma Thakurain and the brothers decide to get revenge. Ma Thakurain gets out of jail, and Soni and Mayank return to Badi Haveli. Ma Thakurain decides to allow Soni and Mayank's marriage, but they live in their house on Mayank's condition. She asks Shakti to make Ananya fall in love with him, and then she will marry all of her sons. Ananya falls in love with Shakti, and Bindiya manages to get her married to all of the sons without interference. When Ananya learns the truth of her sham marriage, she decides to take revenge on the Thakur family and change them for the better. She does not let herself have any relations with the brothers and learns the oldest, Adarsh, is secretly married and is about to have his child.
She can get Adarsh's wife her rights in the house, and Shakthi falls in love with Ananya. Bindiya changes back into her former self when Badi Amma tells her she acted precisely like Datta Ji. Ananya talks to Bindiya and then asks her if she can leave. Shakthi asks her to stay, but she says her trust was broken, and she cannot stay. A few months later, Ananya is shown to be a teacher at a school, and Shakti shows up. He asks her to forgive him and marry him for real, and she finally forgives him. The show ends on a happy note, with Ananya forgiving Shakti.
Cast
Main
* Vishal Aditya Singh as Lakhan Bhushan Thakur (2015–2016)/Shakti Lakhan Thakur : Poonam's Husband; Priyom's Cousin; Shakti's Father/Ananya's Husband; Poonam and Lakhan's Son (2016)
* Shivangi Joshi
Shivangi Joshi (born 18 May 1998) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi'' portraying Trisha in 2013. Joshi is best known for her portrayal of dual role Na ...
as Poonam Lakhan Thakur/Poonam Kumari Mahendra Jadhav : Priyom's ex Fiance and Childhood Best-friend ; Lakhan's Wife and Shakti's Mother. (2015–2016)
* Sarrtaj Gill as Priyom Phulan Thakur : Poonam's Ex- Fiance and Childhood Best-Friend; Bindiya's Husband and Garv's Father. (2015)
* Shweta Tiwari
Shweta Tiwari (born 4 October 1980) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She is best known for playing Prerna Sharma in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. In 2010, she participated in ''Bigg Boss'' an ...
as Bindiya Priyom Thakur/Maa Thakurain : Priyom's Wife and Garv's Mother (2015–2016)
* Veebha Anand as Ananya Ramakant Mishra/Ananya Thakur : Shakti's Wife (2016)
Recurring
* Ankit Gupta
Ankit Gupta (born 6 November 1988) is an Indian television actor who is best known as Parth Kashyap in '' Sadda Haq'', Garv Priyom Thakur in ''Begusarai'' and for his major breakthrough role Fateh Singh Virk in Colors TV's ''Udaariyaan''. In ...
as Garv Priyom Thakur : Shakti's Cousin; Priyom and Bindiya's Son.(2016)
* Narendra Jha
Narendra Jha (21 January 1964 14 March 2018) was an Indian actor. He was known for his work in Bollywood productions; his most noted films being '' Haider'', '' Raees'', '' Ghayal Once Again'', '' Hamari Adhuri Kahani'', ''Mohenjodaro'', ''Sh ...
as Phulan Manohar Thakur (2015–2016)
* Vaishnavi Dhanraj
Vaishnavi Dhanraj (born 25 August 1988) is an Indian television and film actress. She was the protagonist in '' PK Lele A Salesman'', an adult Hindi film in the sex comedy genre, in which she played the role of a rich girl called Mary Marlo. Sh ...
/ Kanishka Soni as Maya Mithilesh Thakur (2015–2016)/(2016)
* Darshan Dave as Mithilesh Phulan Thakur (2015–2016)
* Harshh Sethi as Bhushan Manohar Thakur (2015–2016)
* Malini Sengupta as Rekha Bhushan Thakur (2015–2016)
* Riya Deepsi as Soni Mithilesh Thakur (2016)
* Richa Mukherjee
Richa Mukherjee is an Indian television actress known for her roles as Uttarā in Mahabharat
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the oth ...
as Gauri "Guddi" Phulan Thakur (2015–2016)
* Abhimanyyu Raj Singh as Ramakant Mishra (2016)
* Parichay Sharma
Parichay Sharma is an Indian television actor who became known for the reality series ''Splitsvilla 6'' on MTV India and for roles in television series such as Aabhas in ''Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya''. He also took part in the youth based show ''Sadda H ...
as Amar Mithilesh Thakur (2016)
* Manish Naggdev as Adarsh Mithilesh Thakur (2016)
* Mukul Raj Singh as Samar Mithilesh Thakur (2016)
* Aalisha Panwar
Aalisha Panwar is an Indian actress who appears in television shows known for her work in Colors TV's thriller '' Ishq Mein Marjawan''. In 2021, she played Avneet in Zee TV's '' Teri Meri Ikk Jindri''.
Early life
Panwar is from Shimla, Himac ...
as Najma Akhtar Khan (2015)
* Sulbha Arya as Nandita Devi Manohar Thakur/Badi Amma (2015–2016)
* Aru Krishansh Verma as Rajkumar Phulan Thakur
* Sudesh Berry as Manohar Rajacharan Thakur/Dadaji (2015)
* Saptrishi Ghosh as SP K N Rai
* Mithli Jain as Mayank Ramakant Mishra
* Madhavi Gokhte as Choti Amma
* Nikhil Mehta as Dalbir "Dolt" Kumar Mahendra Jadhav (2015)
* Ankit Mohan
Ankit Mohan is an Indian film and television actor who mainly works in Marathi cinema. He is known for television shows like ''Mahabharat'', '' Kumkum Bhagya'', ''Naagin 3'', '' Haiwaan'' and '' Kaatelal & Sons'' as well as the Marathi film ' ...
as SP Avinash Srivastav (2015)
* Dheeraj Miglani as Ghungroo
* Vineet Raina
Vineet Raina (born 30 August) is an Indian Bollywood film and television actor.
Filmography
Television
Films
*'' Janani'' as Rahul (Lead Role) Produced by ‘Ultra Distributors Pvt. Ltd
*''The Sholay Girl
''The Sholay Girl'' is ...
as Bhanu (2015)
* Nandini Singh
Nandini Singh (born 7 August 1980) is an Indian television and film actress, who has worked in both Hindi movies and Hindi serials. Nandini began her career as a child artist in the movie ''Jumbish'' in 1986 at the age of six, she worked in ' ...
as Shravani
References
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Hindi-language television shows
2015 Indian television series debuts
2016 Indian television series endings
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Television shows set in Bihar
Swastik Productions television series