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. The show premiered on 22 November 2021 on

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. It stars Tejas Gowda and Tonisha Kapileswarapu in lead roles along with

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and Lakshmi Priya in pivotal roles. It aires on Asianet and on-demand through

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. It is an official remake of Bengali TV series ''

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''. The show ended on 30 December 2022.

Synopsis

Worlds and values clash when headstrong and rich girl Nila meets aristocratic Deepak, a scientist. Adding fuel to this fiery combination in his family

Cast

Main

* Tejas Gowda/ Tanuj Menon as Deepak: A young scientist * Kushi Sampath Kumar / Tonisha Kapileswarapu as Nila: Deepak's wife * Anjali Hari as scientist Arunima: who loves Deepak

Recurring

as Yadhu: Deepak's elder brother *

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Anirudhan: Nila's father * Anjali Hari as Arunima * Lakshmi Priya as Anuradha: Anirudhan's sister and Arunima's mother * KPAC Rajkumar as Janardhanan * Siva Kavitha as Padma Prabha * Vijayan Karanthoor as Mukundan: Yadhu's father * Lakshmi Balagopal as Karthika: Yadhu's wife * Rasitha Aneesh as Saumini * Ala S Nayana as

Vimala: Nila's mother * Jolly Easo as Saradha: Yadhu's mother * Julie Hendry as Salma: Arunima's best friend * Anjali Vinod as Samantha: Deepak's friend * Sreekanth as 'Vadival' Sajeevan *Sumi santhosh as Pavithra * Roshna Thiyyath * Jeeja Surendran

Guest

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as Nikhil: Nila's elder brother (died in the serial) *

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as herself * Devika Unni * Julie Henry as Salma

Adaptations

Reception

The show launched on 22 November 2021 at 8:30 PM

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. From beginning it doesn't got a good viewership. On 27 March 2022, the show is moved to afternoon slot of 1:30 PM due to low TRP and launch of Bigg Boss Season 4. The show ended on 30 December 2022 due to poor viewership.

References

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