Meet (2021 Series)

''Meet'' is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on August 23, 2021, on Zee TV and digitally streams on ZEE5, produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions. The show stars Ashi Singh and Shagun Pandey in the lead-roles. It is a remake of Zee Sarthak's ''Sindura Bindu.''

Plot

The show explores the story of Meet Hooda, a spirited young tomboyish girl from Haryana who is the sole breadwinner of her family but also breaks societal rule books of gender roles by serving as a delivery agent. Her father was a police officer who sacrificed his life while in service, due to which Meet takes up all the responsibilities of her house.

Meet Hooda meets Meet Ahlawat. Though they initially are at loggerheads, but soon become friends. Ahlawat falls in love with Hooda's sister Manushi and their wedding is arranged. Ahlawat breaks his friendship with Meet because of a misunderstanding. On the wedding day, Manushi runs away and marries Kunal leading Meet Hooda to marry Meet Ahlawat. No one's happy about this and Meet Ahlawat is unwilling to accept her as his wife. Eventually the Ahlawat family start accepting Meet Hooda and Meet Ahlawat wishes to start a new life with her.

Meet decides to join the police force and goes for a nine month police training and is designated as a sub-inspector.

Soon Meet's pregnancy is announced. After a few months, Meet goes into labor and she delivers a baby. Manushi kidnaps the newborn and bribes a nurse to inform Babita that the baby is born dead. A shattered Babita is manipulated by Masoom and she informs Meet about the baby and also begs her to leave her son forever. Meet somehow discovers her baby is alive and has been kidnapped by Manushi. She rushes for her baby but Manushi burns down the place and Meet gets caught in it. Meet is presumed to be dead by everyone.

One year later

Meet is actually alive. She is in the form of Manjari Desai who hails from Vadodara to find her baby. She is all set to take seek revenge from Manushi, Kunal and Masoom for taking away her family, husband and child. Soon the duo, Meet and Meet, unite and are again expecting a baby. Unfortunately after a series of events, Meet Hooda and Meet Ahlawat loose their baby in a tragic accident where Meet Hooda's mother ending up in coma.

Cast

Main

* Ashi Singh as Meet Hooda / Manjari Desai: Anubha and Ashok's younger daughter; Manushi's younger sister; Meet Ahlawat's wife (2021–present)
* Shagun Pandey as Meet Ahlawat: Rajvardhan and Babita's youngest son; Masoom and Tej's younger brother; Shantanu, Esha and Kunal's cousin; Meet Hooda's Husband(2021–present)

Recurring

* Abha Parmar as Mrs. Hooda: Ashok's mother; Manushi and Meet's grandmother (2021–present)
* Vaishnavi Macdonald as Anubha Ashok Hooda: Ashok's widow; Manushi and Meet's mother (2021–present)
* Sharain Khanduja as Manushi Hooda: Anubha and Ashok's elder daughter; Meet's elder sister; Kunal's wife (2021–2022) (Jailed)
* Ravi Gossain as Inspector Ashok Hooda: Mrs. Hooda's son; Anubha's husband; Manushi and Meet's father (2021) (Dead)
* Pratham Kunwar as Kunal: Rajvardhan and Ram's nephew; Meet, Tej, Masoom and Esha's cousin; Manushi's husband (2021–2022) (Jailed)
* Sooraj Thapar as Rajvardhan Ahlawat: Ram's elder brother; Babita's husband; Masoom, Tej and Meet Ahlawat's father; Isha's aunt; Duggu's maternal grandfather (2021–present)
* Sonica Handa as Babita Ahlawat (née Rana): Rajvardhan's wife; Abhay's younger sister; Shantanu's aunt; Masoom, Tej and Meet Ahlawat's mother; Isha's aunt; Duggu's maternal grandmother (2021–present)
* Nisha Rawal / Parakh Madan as Masoom (née Ahlawat): Rajvardhan and Babita's daughter; Tej and Meet Ahlawat's elder sister; Hoshiyar's wife; Duggu's mother; Esha and Shantanu's cousin (2021–2022) / (2022–present)
* Adityarao Nuniwal as Hoshiyar: Rajvardhan and Babita's son-in-law; Masoom's husband; Duggu's father (2021–present)
* Het Makwana as Duggu: Masoom and Hoshiyar's son; Isha, Tej and Meet Ahlawat's nephew; Rajvardhan and Babita's grandson (2021–present)
* Vishal Gandhi as Tej Ahlawat: Rajvardhan and Babita's elder son; Meet's elder and Masoom's younger brother; Sunaina's husband; Esha, Shantanu's cousin; Ram and Lakhan's adoptive father (2021–present)
* Riyanka Chanda as Sunaina Ahlawat: Tej's wife; Ram and Lakhan's adoptive mother (2021–present)
* Afzaal Khan as Ram Ahlawat: Rajvardhan's younger brother; Ragini's husband; Ishani and Esha's father (2021–present)
* Preeti Puri as Ragini Ahlawat: Ram's wife; Ishani's step-mother; Esha's mother (2021–present)
* Tamanna Jaiswal as Esha Beniwal (née Ahlawat) : Ram and Ragini's daughter; Masoom, Tej, Meet Ahlawat and Kunal's cousin; Shantanu's ex-wife; Deep's widow (2021–present)
* Ashutosh Semwal as Deep Beniwal: Rajvardhan's employee; Meet Ahlawat's colleague and childhood friend; Esha's husband; Barfi Devi's son; Neelam's elder brother (2021–2022) (Dead)
* Vaidik Poriya as Lakhan Ahlawat: Tej and Sunaina's younger adopted son (2022–present)
* Dhairya Dwivedi as Ram Ahlawat: Tej and Sunaina's elder adopted son (2022–present)
* Shalini Mahal as Chhavi: Hoshiyaar's younger sister; Masoom's sister-in-law (2021–2022)
* Manish Khanna as Jaypratap Singh: Sunaina's father; Tej's father-in-law (2021-2022)
* Manoj Kolhatkar as Inspector Hawa Singh (2022)
* Chandan Anand as Minister Abhay Rana: Babita's brother; Shantanu's father; Meet Ahlawat, Tej and Masoom's maternal uncle; Ashok's killer (2022) (Jailed)
* Ankit Vyas as Shantanu "Shanty" Rana: Abhay Rana's son; Esha's ex-husband; Babita's nephew; Meet Ahlawat, Tej and Masoom's cousin (2022) (Jailed)
* Gazal Sood as Tanya: Meet Ahlawat's college friend (2022)
* Asmita Sharma as Barfi Beniwal: Deep and Neelam's mother (2022)
* Gouri Agarwal as Neelam Beniwal: Deep's sister; Barfi Devi's daughter (2022)
* Surbhi Talodiya as Ishani Ahlawat: Ram and Sushma Mehrotra's daughter; Ragini's step-daughter; Isha's half-sister; Masoom, Tej and Meet Ahlawat's cousin (2022–present)

Guests

Production

Development

The marriage track in the show was a high-budget track, probably the most spent track in the series.

Release

In August 2021, Zee TV announced two new shows at their early slots namely ''Meet'' and '' Rishton Ka Manjha'' and both the shows were launched on the same date.

Awards and nominations

Adaptations

References

{{Zee TV Programmes

2021 Indian television series debuts
Hindi-language television shows
Indian drama television series
Indian television soap operas
Television shows set in Mumbai
Zee TV original programming