''Shaadi Mubarak'' () is an Indian drama television series produced under
Shashi Sumeet Productions
Shashi Sumeet Productions Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian company founded by Shashi Mittal and Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal which produces Indian soap operas, entertainment and reality programming on Indian television. Some of its notable works include: '' ...
. It premiered on 24 August 2020 on
Star Plus. It stars
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 ...
and
Manav Gohil
Manav Gohil (born 9 November 1974) is an Indian television actor. He has been active in the Hindi film industry for more than a decade and is best known for his roles in Hindi television shows, including the soap opera ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', ...
. The final episode was broadcast on 20 April 2021.
Plot
Preeti, a simple and caring woman, wishes to earn self-respect by working as a wedding planner after her son, Tarun, and his wife, Rati, deserted and throw her out of the house.
On the other side, KT, who appears happy, hides a deep wound within. When Chanda Rathore, a prospective bride for KT, insults him because he rejected her, KT's uncle Sushant motivates him to work again.
KT offers a partnership to Preeti, which she initially denies but agrees when KT stands for her before a wretched client. They face many issues in their initial days of business, but this leads them to develop a bond of friendship, trust, and respect.
Tarun puts forth a challenge before Preeti where, in 25 days, she will have to prove herself capable of becoming a businesswoman. With KT's help, she wins.
While organizing Bua Sa and Fufa Sa's 50th wedding anniversary, misunderstandings occur, leading Preeti to break her partnership with KT after finishing an event with a mysterious client.
On the day of the wedding event, the mysterious client turns out to be KT's ex-wife, Nandini. To get his revenge, KT marries Preeti. However, Preeti knows that their relationship is respect for each other.
After their marriage, Preeti falls in love with KT, and they collaborate to discover Nandini's motive.
On the day of
Makar Sankranti, Nandini discloses Arjun is an orphan. KT is caught in a fire but is saved by Preeti. Nandini is arrested but vows to return. Later, Tarun and Arjun apologize to Preeti for mistreating her.
Preeti then confesses her love to KT. He initially tells Preeti that he love her too but he confessed to Neel that he lied.
Kusum breaks ties with Preeti when Neel denies having any feelings for Priyanka and becomes engaged to Shika. Neel tells KT and Preeti that Kushaala pressured him to marry as they went through a business crisis. Preeti and KT arrange the money through Shaadi Mubarak. Kusum apologizes to Preeti and gives her blessings to Priyanka and Neel. Preeti and KT both agree to divorce, as KT doesn't love Preeti.
While Preeti leaves for Mumbai, KT realizes he is in love with her. Desperate to win her back, KT rushes to Preeti and declares his love for her publicly, and they reconcile.
Kusum goes abroad with Aastha for her studies. Preeti is heartbroken after being diagnosed with
ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is a cancerous tumor of an ovary. It may originate from the ovary itself or more commonly from communicating nearby structures such as fallopian tubes or the inner lining of the abdomen. The ovary is made up of three different c ...
. KT and Peeeti long for a child so they chose Phurti, a carefree bubbly girl who dreams of settling in London, as a surrogate in return for sending her to London. Phurti becomes pregnant with KT and Preeti's child through
IVF
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation where an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating an individual's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) f ...
. Preeti introduces Phurti as her sister to the family as she begins to live in the Tibrewal Mansion.
The Tibrewals are in turmoil following the revelations regarding Phurti's pregnancy as KT accepts the baby as his and Preeti's. Kushaala criticizes Preeti for taking her son away from her after KT takes a stand on his and Preeti's decision to choose surrogacy to get KT and the family a child. After some tension, the family eventually accepts the surrogacy situation.
Eight months later
Juhi finds a doctor that can cure Preeti. While KT and Preeti's baby shower occurs, Kushaala finds Preeti in pain after slipping in the bathroom and admits her to the hospital. After seeing Preeti at the cancer hospital in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...
on the news, KT confronts Juhi, revealing about Preeti's illness. Phurti goes into
premature labor
Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. Extreme preterm is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between ...
and delivers a girl. Preeti's surgery is successful, but she is suffering from
amnesia. While the hospital catches on fire, Preeti helps a pregnant Shikha and is taken in by her and her husband, Vishal.Priyanka gives birth to her son,Beer.
Five years Later
KT has an emotional outburst when he does not find Preeti and blames Kushaala for not caring for her. Vishal and Shikha go to the hospital to find out about Preeti's family, but some confusion leads them to think that Preeti is a different patient, Mohi Bansal. Shikha delivers a baby girl but asks Mohi to take care of her after an accident. Vishal hates Mohi, thinking she is the reason for Shikha's death. KT stops his family from performing Preeti's last rituals and states that she will return.
KT is an RJ and a doting father of his and Preeti's daughter, Kirti. Preeti, who still thinks she is ‘Mohi,’ moves to
Udaipur
Udaipur () ( ISO 15919: ''Udayapura''), historically named as Udayapura, is a city and municipal corporation in Udaipur district of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is the administrative headquarter of Udaipur district. It is the historic cap ...
. Shikha and Vishal's daughter, also named Preeti, and Kirti is admitted to the same school. Kirti, not knowing Mohi is her mother, dislikes her when she makes her clean the school floor. Mohi hates KT when he rusticates her after Kirti complains to him about her.
Mohi calls KT to confront him about his decision, but he does not answer, so she goes to the Tibrewal mansion. The Tibrewals are happily celebrating
Holi
Holi (), also known as the Festival of Colours, the Festival of Spring, and the Festival of Love,The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) p. 874 "Holi /'həʊli:/ noun a Hindu spring festival ...". is an ancient Hindu religious festival ...
while KT feels Mohi's presence and searches for her. KT encounters Mohi, and she warns him to retract his complaint. Everyone becomes emotional seeing her while she furiously goes from there.
KT learns about Mohi's past and befriends her, but he hides his identity and goes by the name "Keertan". Mohi accepts Keertan's request to join Shaadi Mubarak, but after learning that the owner is none other than KT she immediately declines the job offer. Keertan makes Mohi realize that KT is not a bad person and she rejoins the office.
KT is frozen to his place after Kirti gets stuck in a fire and remembers the hospital incident. Mohi rescues her while KT scolds Kirti for not respecting Mohi. Vishal plans vengeance on Mohi for separating his daughter from him. Mohi suspects Keertan's intentions after he takes KT's side whenever he lands into trouble. Kushaala confronts Priyanka and Neel after overhearing their conversation to separate Mohi and little Preeti. Priyanka stands her ground by stating that she feels Mohi isn't getting what she deserves and reveals that she has suffered from two miscarriages and is only doing what's best for the family. Mohi witnesses Kirti and little Preeti being kidnapped, and rescues them. The show ends with Mohi getting attacked and becoming unconscious.
Cast
Main
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Rajshree Thakur
Rajshree Thakur (born 22 September 1981) is an Indian actress best known for her role as Saloni in the Hindi television drama ''Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar'' and Preeti Jindal in ''Shaadi Mubarak'' She was born in Mumbai. Before ''Saat Phere: ...
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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 ...
as Preeti Jindal Tibrewal: A widow who starts the wedding company, "Shaadi Mubarak" with Keertan Tibrewal. Juhi, Tarun and Kirti's mother; KT's wife and business partner; Preeti's foster mother; Arjun's adoptive mother.(2020)/(2020-2021)
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Manav Gohil
Manav Gohil (born 9 November 1974) is an Indian television actor. He has been active in the Hindi film industry for more than a decade and is best known for his roles in Hindi television shows, including the soap opera ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', ...
as Keertan "KT" Tibrewal: Former Rajasthani film star; an RJ; Preeti's husband and business partner; Kushala and JP's son; Nandini's former husband; Kirti's father; Arjun's adoptive father (2020–2021)
Recurring
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Rajeshwari Sachdev as Kusum Kothari: Sumedh, Priyanka,Aastha and Kajal's mother. Neel and Juhi's mother-in-law. She supports Preeti and is KT's biggest fan. (2020-2021)
*Shefali Singh Soni as Juhi Jindal Kothari: Preeti's daughter, Tarun and Arjun's elder sister, and Sumedh's wife. She always supports her mother in everything. (2020–2021)
*Barbiee Sharma as Kirti Tibrewal: KT and Preeti's daughter (2021)
*Puvika Gupta as Junior Preeti Agrawal: Vishal and Shikha's daughter; Preeti's adoptive daughter (2021)
*Sandeep Mehta as Jay Prakash "JP" Tibrewal: Sushant's brother and Kushaala's husband; KT's father, Preeti's father-in-law. He is the owner of the Tibrewal Antiques and is a successful businessman. (2020–2021)
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Dolly Minhas
Dolly Mattoo (née Minhas) (born 8 February 1968) is an Indian actress and former model, well known for winning the Miss India Universe contest in 1988. She has acted in Hindi, Punjabi, and Kannada films. She has also worked in Hindi TV shows ...
as Kushaala Tibrewal: JP's wife, KT's mother, Preeti's mother-in-law. She belongs to a wealthy family and is a high-society woman who judges people by their wealth and appearance. (2020–2021)
*Manu Malik as Sushant Tibrewal: Sneha's husband, KT's paternal uncle, Neel's father, and Priyanka's father-in-law. He helps and handles the business with his elder brother JP. (2020–2021)
*Priyamvada Singh as Sneha Tibrewal: Sushant's wife, Neel's mother, Priyanka's mother-in-law, and KT's aunt. (2020-2021)
*Kabeer Kumar as Neel "NT" Tibrewal: KT's cousin brother, Sneha, and Sushant's son, Shika's ex-fiancé, Priyanka's husband. (2020-2021)
*Aleya Ghosh as Priyanka "Pihu" Kothari Tibrewal: Kusum's eldest daughter, Sumedh, Aastha and Choti's sister, Preeti and Juhi's sister-in-law, Amit's ex-fiancée, Neel's wife and Tibrewal's younger daughter-in-law. (2020–2021)
*Gaurav Sharmaa as Tarun Jindal: Preeti's son; Juhi's younger brother; Arjun's adoptive older brother; Kirti's half-brother, Rati's husband. He used to lose his cool on his mother and berate her but later he realizes his mistake. (2020–2021)
*Akansha Sareen as Rati Jindal: Tarun's wife. She wants to make Preeti a maid to take care of Tarun's and her house. (2020–2021)
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Nisha Rawal as Chanda Rathore: Rati's boss and the owner of Dream Bell Event Planning company. Wanted to ruin Preeti and KT's wedding bureau. (2020-2021)
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Barkha Sengupta as Nandini Chitrubal(formerly Tibrewal): KT's former wife, Arjun's former adoptive mother. She ran away with KT's best friend and returned to his life 17 years later, using Arjun to get revenge. (2020–2021)
*Naman Gor as Arjun "AT" Tibrewal: KT and Preeti's adoptive son, Tarun and Juhi's adoptive younger brother. (2020–2021)
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Pracheen Chauhan
Pracheen Chauhan, is an Indian television actor.
Career
Pracheen made his television debut with the Star Plus popular show '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'' as Subroto Basu. After that, he did '' Kuchh Jhuki Palkain'', '' Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka'' '' S ...
as Vishal Agrawal: Shikha's widower; Junior Preeti's father. (2021)
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Achherr Bhaardwaj
Achherr Bhaardwaj is an Indian television actor, known for his role Mukund Agarwal in '' Tu Mera Hero''.
Television
References
External links
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as Sumedh Kothari: Kusum's son, Priyanka, Aastha and Kajal's brother, and Juhi's husband. (2020–2021)
*Ayushi Bhatia as Aastha Kothari: Kusum's second daughter, Sumedh and Priyanka's younger sister, and Juhi's sister-in-law. (2020)
*Trupti Mishra as Kajal "Choti" Kothari: Kusum's third and youngest daughter, Juhi's sister-in-law, Sumedh, Priyanka, and Aastha's youngest sister. (2020)
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Aashish Kaul
Aashish Kaul (born July 25) is an Indian television actor, who has been associated with the Indian film and television industry since 1995. He is known for a wide variety of roles in popular Hindi television shows including '' Ghutan'', ''Kkus ...
as Mr. Nathmal: Business tycoon who chooses Dream Bell for his daughter's wedding as KT and Preeti fail to show their presentation. (2020)
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Vaishnavi Mahant
Vaishnavi Macdonald (née Mahant) is an Indian film and TV actress who is best known for playing Geeta Viswas in Mukesh Khanna's television series '' Shaktimaan'', telecasted on Doordarshan. She is currently seen in Dangal's recently launched ...
as Mrs. Gopalani: Who wants her son's wedding in a grandiose way and doesn't like people who have no grooming sense so dislikes Preeti. Breaks the contract after having an argument with KT. (2020)
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Rohit Suchanti as Aryan Mantri: Wants everything to be trendy and cool. Later decides to do a court marriage after his father's dirty act. (2020)
*Nasirr Khan as Mr. Mantri: Aryan's father (2020)
*Heli Daruwala as Tiya: Dancer at Aryan's cocktail party (2020)
*Ashwini Shukla as Sheena: Shaadi Mubarak's secretary. (2020–2021)
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Neelu Vaghela as Bua: Preeti's former aunt-in-law (2020)
*Yashodhan Bal as Fufa: Preeti's former uncle-in-law (2020)
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Dnyanada Ramtirthkar as Phurti: A con woman who deceives people to get money. However is a bubbly girl who dreams of going to
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
. Kirti's surrogate mother. (2021)
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Shweta Gulati
Shweta Gulati is an Indian television actress best known for playing the role of Tia Ahuja in ''Remix'' and Dr. Nikita Malhotra in '' Dill Mill Gayye''.
Career
Her first advertisement was directed by Prahlad Kakkar. Later more commercial a ...
as Shikha Agrawal: Vishal's late wife. Junior Preeti's mother. (2021)
*Deepak Soni as Inspector Deshmukh: He helps find the kidnappers of Preeti and KT's child. (2021)
Production
Development
The shooting of the series was supposed to begin in March 2020. However, due to the
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
outbreak in India, all the television and film shootings were indefinitely stalled from 19 March 2020, and the series shooting was postponed.
After four months, the shooting of the series began in July 2020.
On 16 September 2020, the shoot was stalled after
Rajeshwari Sachdev tested positive for COVID-19. Sachdev shot for her sequences from her home until she recovered. The show took a five-year leap on 28 March 2021.
On 13 April 2021,
Manav Gohil
Manav Gohil (born 9 November 1974) is an Indian television actor. He has been active in the Hindi film industry for more than a decade and is best known for his roles in Hindi television shows, including the soap opera ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', ...
tested positive for COVID-19. On the same day, Chief Minister of
Maharashtra,
Uddhav Thackeray
Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: d̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022. He was also the president of Shiv Sena prior to ...
, announced a sudden curfew from 15 April 2021, and the series' shooting was halted. Later, it was reported that the show would be shifted to
Bikaner
Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division.
Formerly the capital of ...
to continue shooting. After many discussions with the team about further shooting, the producers decided to wait until lockdown completes in
Maharashtra and then continue shooting once Gohil recovers. On 20 April 2021, the last of the show's 206 episodes was broadcast.
Release
The first promo was released on 30 July 2020 featuring the leads and premiered on 24 August 2020 at 7:30 pm time slot on
StarPlus.
On 21 April 2021, due to the sudden halt in the series' shooting, its 7.30 slot was given to another
StarPlus show,
Pandya Store
''Pandya Store'' () is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama television series that premiered on 25 January 2021 on Star Plus. It streams digitally on Disney+ Hotstar. Produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa and Commal Waddhwa under their banner Sp ...
.
Casting
Initially, Kabeer Kumar was cast for playing the character of Preeti's son, Tarun. However, he was replaced by Gaurav Sharma in July 2020. Later, he was offered the role of Keertan's cousin.
In the middle of October 2020, lead actress
Rajshree Thakur
Rajshree Thakur (born 22 September 1981) is an Indian actress best known for her role as Saloni in the Hindi television drama ''Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar'' and Preeti Jindal in ''Shaadi Mubarak'' She was born in Mumbai. Before ''Saat Phere: ...
quit to take care of her health, mentioning the hectic schedule of the series and was immediately replaced by
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 ...
. Thakur played her role for 54 episodes.
Reception
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...
stated, "Rajashree Thakur’s fight to earn respect, Manav Gohil’s charismatic presence and Rajeshwari Sachdev steals the show."
References
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2020 Indian television series debuts
2021 Indian television series endings
StarPlus original programming
Hindi-language television shows
Indian television soap operas
Television shows set in Rajasthan