Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali

''Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali'' is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on 15 February 2021 on StarPlus. It is loosely based on the Star Maa's Telugu series ''Gorintaku''. Produced by SOL Productions and Sandiip Films, it stars Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao.

Plot

The story revolves around a hardworking widowed woman named Pallavi who loves her in-laws very much and sacrifices everything to fulfil all their needs.

Widowed Pallavi is devoted to her in-laws while loner Raghav, a business magnate, is devoted to money. Pallavi was widowed young, while Raghav was cheated out of love. Raghav lives a lonely life because of his bitter experience with love, but his belief in love doesn’t end completely. Pallavi isn’t ready to accept anyone in her life so soon Due to some circumstances both of them meet and because of the consequences they face they hate each other. One of the incidents makes Raghav's mom and sister go behind bars and the evidence points towards Pallavi even though she is innocent. Therefore, defames her in front of her entire family which makes her family kick her out of the house and sever all ties with her. Pallavi warns Raghav that she will ruin him as he has ruined her life. Raghav's mom and sister loathe him because of a past event he has done and his mother agrees to come back into his life if he marries Pallavi. For this reason, Raghav blackmails Pallavi and marries her.

After marrying Pallavi he gets to know that Pallavi wasn't the one who made his mom and sister go behind bars but it was actually her aunt. After this incident, Pallavi decides to leave Hyderabad and go to Kolhapur. Raghav stops Pallavi from leaving by telling her that he will make everything go back to normal and asks her to give him 30 days if he doesn't do that he tells that he will sign on the divorce papers.
How they manage their marital life against all odds forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Main

* Shivangi Khedkar as Pallavi Rao (formerly Deshmukh) (née Sawant): Raghav's wife; Mandar's former wife; caretaker of Deshmukh Saree Emporium (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)
* Sayali 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)
* 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

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".

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.

On 13 April 2021, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray announced a sudden curfew due to increased COVID-19 cases, and the production halted on 14 April 2021. The series team decided to temporarily move their shooting location to Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad until the next hearing.

Release

It premiered on 15 February 2021 at the 6:30 PM on StarPlus. However, on 11 October 2021, it was shifted to the early-evening slot of 5:30 PM to accommodate upcoming show, Vidrohi.

Adaptations

Reception

The series went off air on 27 November 2021, after 246 episodes.

Soundtrack

The title song "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali" was composed by Shubham Sundaram, written by Aditya Chakravarty, and sung by Anweshaa.

References

External links

Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali
on Hotstar

{{StarPlus Shows

2021 Indian television series debuts
StarPlus original programming
Hindi-language television shows
Indian television soap operas
Television shows set in Hyderabad, India