Bandini (TV series)
| Bandini | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Balaji Telefilms |
| Written by | Story & Screenplay R. M. Joshi, Binita Desai, Swati Pande, Mahesh Pandey, Vipul Mehta, Anand Vardhan & Manish Paliwal Dialogues Dilip Rawal, Hussaini Dawawala, Vinod Sharma & Rekkha Modi |
| Directed by | Santram Verma, Kaushik Ghatak, Partho Mitra, Ravindra Gautam, Vikrant Parmar, Santosh Kohle, Praveen Suden, Suraj Rao, Hemant Prabhu, Qaeed Kuwajerwala, Fahad Kashmiri, Ashish Shrivastav, Maqbool Khan & Deepak Chavan |
| Creative director(s) | Sandiip Sikcand |
| Starring | See Below |
| Opening theme | "Bandini" by Reecha Tripathi |
| Country of origin | India |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | total 520 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ekta Kapoor & Shobha Kapoor |
| Editor(s) | Mohd Salim, Nishit Shah, Vikas Sharma, Khursheed Rizvi, Prem Raaj & Rajeev Yadav |
| Cinematography | Mahesh Talkad & Sanjay Malwankar |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Balaji Telefilms |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Imagine TV |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original run | January 19, 2009 – January 29, 2011 |
Imagine TV's longest running show, Bandini, was an Indian soap opera that aired every Monday to Friday at the 10:30pm prime times slot. It was produced by the Indian soap queen Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms. It was also Imagine TV's most-watched and awarded show.
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[edit] Synopsis
Bandini is the tale of Santu, a young woman who is forced into a marriage of convenience with an elderly man more than twice her age. Set in the backdrop of rural India, the narrative traces the journey of Santu and her tryst with destiny. This TV series featured debutant Aasiya Kazi as Santu alongside popular actor Ronit Roy as her husband Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi.
[edit] Ratings
| Series | Time slot (IST) | Series premiere | Series finale | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10:30pm | January 19, 2009 | January 29, 2011 | 19.77 |
On January 29, 2011 more than 19 million viewers in India watched Bandini's finale on Imagine TV, It was one of the highest ratings of Imagine TV since the finale of "Rakhi Ka Swayamvaar"
| Series | Time slot | Series premiere | Series finale | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:00pm GMT, 9:30pm EST, 10:00pm CST & 12:30am PST | February 16, 2009 | February 18, 2011 | 21.32 |
[edit] Bandini Re-Air in the UK
| Series premiere | Concluded |
|---|---|
| February 16, 2009 | February 18, 2011 |
| Re-air | Concluding |
| February 21, 2011 | February 2013 |
[edit] Cast
- Ronit Roy ...Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi a.k.a. DM
- Aasiya Kazi ...Santu Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi
- Sameer Kakkar ...Saurabh Bhai (Bapuji)
- Tarla Joshi ...Vasudha Ben (Baa)
- Rasika Joshi ...Tarulata Mahiyavanshi a.k.a. Tarulata Kanji Waghela ("Ben Ba")
- Kunal Thakkur ...Arjan Dharmaraj Mahiyavanshi
- Leena Jumani ...Khemi Arjan Mahiyavanshi
- Mrunal Jain ... Hiten Dharmaraj Mahiyavanshi
- Riddhi Nayak/Vibhuti Thakur ... Toral Hiten Mahiyavanshi
- Shardul Pandit ...Maulik Mahiyavanshi a.k.a. Maulik Kanji Waghela
- Prerna Wanvari ...Kadambari
- Bharat Chawla/Ajay Krish ...Shashank
- Kimberly Jain/Hritu Dudani ... Birva Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi
- Yash Dasgupta...Suraj Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi
- Ali Merchant/Shailesh Gulabani ...Vishaal Mehra a.k.a. Vishaal Dharmaraj Mahiyavanshi
- Monika Singh ...Meghna, mother of Shashank
- Avinash Sahijwani ... Rasik, father of Shashank
- Surendra Rajan ...Madhav Solanki, maternal grandfather of Santu
- Abigail ... Mongi Waghela
- Sarita Shivaskar ...Champakali
- Prashant Narayanan ...Kanji Waghela
- Chhavi Mittal ...Subhadra Dharmaraj Mahiyavanshi/Anamika
- Firdaus Dadi ...Megha Mehra
- Akshay Anand...Manish Sabharwal
- Sumeet Sachdev ...Rudra
- Karan Sharma ...Krishna Arjan Mahiyavanshi
- Mohit Raina ...Rishabh Hiten Mahiyavanshi
- Yash Choudhary ...Nakul Hiten Mahiyavanshi
- Ashish Kapoor ...Vikram Suraj Mahiyavanshi
- Megha Israni...Nandini, Shashank and Kadambari's daughter
- Mickie Dudaaney...Danish, Shashank and Kadambari's son
- Ritvik Dhanjani ...Parth, Shashank and Kadambari's son
- Jia Mustafa ... Triveni Vishaal Mahiyavanshi
