Sasural Simar Ka

Sasural Simar Ka
Genre	Drama
Created by	Rashmi Sharma
Directed by	Pawan Kumar Marut
Starring	Dipika Kakar Avika Gor Shoaib Ibrahim Dheeraj Dhoopar Manish Raisinghan Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar Mazher Sayed Vaishali Takkar Krissann Barretto Varun Sharma Rohan Mehra Nikki Sharma Monica Sharma
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	2,063
Production
Producers	Rashmi Sharma Pawan Kumar Marut
Running time	approx. 20 minutes
Production company	Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited
Original release
Network	Colors TV
Release	25 April 2011 (2011-04-25) – 2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)

Sasural Simar Ka (English: Simar's In-Laws) is an Indian soap opera that aired Monday to Friday on Colors TV. The show premiered on 25 April 2011, produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. The show initially starred Dipika Kakar & Avika Gor as simar and roli as two sisters but after death of roli the story finally reached to its end with the story of simar and her sasural the show culminated on 2 March 2018.

It is sixth longest-running Indian series. The show ended on 2 March 2018 completing 2,063 episodes.

Plot

The story revolves around the married lives of two sisters from Vrindavan, Simar (Dipika Kakar) and Roli (Avika Gor) who get married to Prem (Shoaib Ibrahim) and Siddhant (Manish Raisinghani) (the sons of the Bharadwaj Family) respectively, and how they become the perfect daughter-in-laws of Bharadwaj household by managing various difficult situations, solving various problems and defeating evil people coming to destroy their family.

Simar dreams of becoming a Hindu dancer but her conservative parents are against her dream, considering dancing as an improper and obscene occupation. Instead, they are planning to get their daughter married to wealthy businessman Prem Bharadwaj. At the day of the wedding, there's a great dancing contest and to allow Simar to participate in it without disturbing their parents, Roli takes Simar's place until the latter returns. However, Simar is late and thus, dressed up and veiled Roli is forced to marry Prem. This creates problems, as Simar and Prem love each other and Roli is in love with Siddhand. After some time, everybody unites with the person he/she loves and both Simar and Roli are accepted in Bharadwaj House. Later, Roli has a car accident and unintentionally runs over a woman named Sunaina. While looking around the place of the accident for clues, Simar is kidnapped by Sunaina's husband Vikrant and forced to leave her family and look after his daughter Sanjana.

2 years later

Simar returns to her family to find out Prem (Dheeraj Dhoopar) has remarried another woman called Surabhi. Simar, Roli, Prem and Siddhand also have to cope up with a supernatural creature: Sunaina's spirit who has returned for a revenge, and also with Vikrant, who falls in love with Simar, 's jealousy. Eventually, Sunaina and Surabhi (who tries to kill Simar), are banished. Vikrant tries to murder Prem and is sent to jail. His daughter Sanjana is adopted by Simar and Prem.

The story revolves around Simar, Roli, Prem and Siddhant and how they protect Bharadwaj House from some supernatural creatures who want to destroy them. These supernatural creatures include Sunaina's soul, an ichchhadhari naagin named Maya, daayans named Mohini and Indravati, Patali Devi-Gayatri, ghosts named Maalti, Madhavi and Chhoti Dulhan (Young Bride), Shaitan named Kaal, a Moon Jewel (Princess) named Chandramani and another 2 daayans named Mahamaya and Kamya. During defeating Patali Devi-Gayatri and Kaal, Simar's life gets in danger. In order to protect her elder sister, Roli sacrifices her life and she dies. After Roli's sad demise, Siddhant is remarried to Prerna (Mansi Srivastava), Simar's childhood friend and moves abroad with her. To gain his powers back and return to Earth, Kaal, with the help of some witches casts a spell on Simar and impregnates her with a child possessing evil powers. Simar has no other option but to leave Bharadwaj House with her newborn son Piyush.

16 years later

After a major time leap, the story shows Simar (Dipika Kakar/Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar) and Piyush (Varun Sharma) returning to Bharadwaj House and reuniting with their family. Simar and Prem's daughter Anjali (Vaishali Takkar), brought up by Bharadvaj's treacherous and crafty daughter-in-law Khushi (Jyotsna Chandola), has grown up to be spoilt and selfish fashionista, who hates her mother, blaming her for abandoning her. Simar and Prem together help their children in their life. Later, they marry Anjali to Vikram Sanjeev Agarwal (Siddharth Shivpuri) and Piyush to Roshni Sumit Kapoor (Nikki Sharma). After Simar helps Anjali managing her marriage, Anjali makes up with her mother. But later, she is divorced due to a series of misunderstandings created by her aunt-in-law and a new woman entering Vikram's life who's also unwillingly involved in the intrigues, and returns to Bharadwaj House. Simar brings Sanjana (Krissann Barretto) to the Bharadwaj House from London, where she was sent years back to pursue higher studies. Sanjana is married to Sameer Dhanraj Kapoor (Rohan Mehra). In this way, Simar and Prem together manage their children's lives. But later Anjali tries to kill the Bharadwajs and so is arrested. The Saga of Mystery Box begins leading to Aaliya killing Roshni by shooting her with a gun and Roshni sadly dies leaving the family in sadness and making Piyush mad. Simar is again completely heartbroken.

The show takes a leap of 6 months in January 2018. 6 months have passed after Roshni's sad demise. The show portrays the story of Simar and Prem (Mazher Sayed) managing the life of their mad son Piyush (who has lost his memories due to the shock of seeing his wife dying 6 months prior), and managing the married life of their adopted daughter, Sanjana. A new girl named Avni (Monica Sharma) enters Piyush's life and helps him in overcoming his sadness. In an accident, Sanjana loses her unborn child, leading to her and the family members' sadness. But after some time Simar comes to know about the evil plans of Sameer's mother Bhairavi (Vandana Vithlani) who turned witch and wants to destroy her family. After many struggles Simar kills Bhairavi and Piyush regains his memory and marries Avni. In the end, the Bharadvajs worship Matarani and celebrate togetherness. Simar also remembers her sister Roli and the family matriarch Nirmala (Jayati Bhatia) says that her Bharadwaj Family is not only a family but a thought and it will always be remembered as The In-Laws of Simar. On this happy note Sasural Simar Ka completes its journey.

Cast

Main

• Dipika Kakar as Simar Prem Bharadwaj (née Dwivedi) (2011–2017)
• Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar as Simar Prem Bharadwaj (née Dwivedi) (2017–2018)
• Shoaib Ibrahim as Prem Bharadwaj (2011–2013) – Simar's husband
• Dheeraj Dhoopar as Prem Bharadwaj (2013–2017)
• Mazher Sayed as Prem Bharadwaj (2017–2018)
• Jayati Bhatia as Nirmala Devi Kumud Bharadwaj / Mataji – Matriarch of Bharadwaj House
• Avika Gor as Roli Siddhant Bharadwaj (née Dwivedi) – Simar's sister and Siddhant's wife
• Manish Raisinghan as Siddhant Rajendra Bharadwaj – Prem's brother and Roli's husband
• Varun Sharma as Piyush Prem Bharadwaj – Simar and Prem's son, Roshni's widower and Avni's husband
• Nikki Sharma as Roshni Piyush Bharadwaj (née Kapoor) – Piyush's first wife (dead)
• Monica Sharma as Avni Piyush Bharadwaj - Piyush's Second Wife

Recurring

• Krissann Barretto as Sanjana Sameer Kapoor (née Bharadwaj) – Simar and Prem's adopted daughter and Sameer's Second Wife
• Rohan Mehra as Sameer Dhanraj Kapoor – Anjali's and Sanjana's husband
• Shweta Sinha as Pari Shailendra Bharadwaj -Shailendra's wife
• Vandana Vithlani as Bhairavi Dhanraj Kapoor -Sameer's mother
• Vaishali Takkar as Anjali Sameer Kapoor (née Bharadwaj) – Simar and Prem's eldest daughter and Sameer's first wife
• Ritwi Jain / Sneha Chauhan as Anjali Prem Bharadwaj – Simar's daughter
• Tvisha Jain as Sanjana Prem Bharadwaj – Vikrant and Sunaina's daughter
• Ishani Sharma as Aaliya
• Mansi Srivastava as Prerna – Simar's childhood friend
• Aadarsh Gautam as Rajendra Doddoji Bharadwaj – Prem's father
• Ashu Sharma as Satyendra Rajendra Bharadwaj – Prem's eldest brother
• Snehal Sahay as Uma Satyendra Bharadwaj – Satyendra's wife
• Sahil Anand as Shailendra Bharadwaj (2011) – Prem's second eldest brother
• Ssumier Pasricha as Shailendra Bharadwaj (2011-2015)
• Vishal Nayak as Shailendra Bharadwaj (2015-2017)
• Nimisha Vakharia as Manoranjan Singh / Mausiji – Nirmala's younger sister
• Nishigandha Wad as Sujata Rajendra Bharadwaj – Prem's mother
• Ashiesh Roy as Suryendra Daddoji Bharadwaj – Nirmala's younger son
• Janvi Vohra as Karuna Suryendra Bharadwaj – Suryendra's wife
• Abhishek Sharma / Aryamann Seth as Sankalp Suryendra Bharadwaj – Suryendra and Karuna's son
• Kanchi Singh as Cherry Suryendra Bharadwaj – Suryendra and Karuna's daughter
• Pankaj Dheer as Jamnalal Dwivedi – Simar and Roli's father
• Jaya Ojha as Meena Jamnalal Dwivedi – Simar and Roli's mother
• Himani Shivpuri as Rajjo Dwivedi – Simar and Roli's paternal aunt
• Rakshit Wahi as Gautam Jamnalal Dwivedi – Simar and Roli's younger brother
• Jyotsna Chandola as Khushi Sankalp Bharadwaj – Sankalp's wife
• Priyamvada Kant as Anisha – Prem's friend
• Vishal Aditya Singh as Veeru – Khushi's partner
• Falaq Naaz as Jhanvi Amar Malhotra (née Bharadwaj) – Prem's sister
• Swati Chitnis as Shobha – Shakti's mother
• Sana Amin Sheikh as Naina – Siddhant's fiance
• Rohit Khurana as Shaurya Singhania – Jhanvi's first husband
• Shikha Singh as Meghna Singhania – Shaurya's sister
• Shalini Sahuta as Sonia Oberoi – Simar's friend
• Aruna Singhal / Roma Bali as Archala – Pari's mother
• Alan Kapoor as Amar Malhotra – Prem's friend and Jhanvi's third husband
• Bobby Darling as Bobby (2014) – Khushi's partner
• Karuna Verma as Shanti Arora (2014) – Anurag's mother
• Shivangi Sharma as Bhakti (2014) – Anurag's childhood friend
• Kanika Shivpuri as Shanti's sister-in-law / Bua Ji – Anurag's paternal aunt
• Amita Khopkar as Jwala Devi – Land Mafia
• Anshul Trivedi as Baba – Jwala Devi's son
• Meera Deosthale as Priya – Vikrant's employee
• Arun Bakshi as Gandhi – Priest
• Dolly Chawla as Sejal Gandhi – Gandhi's daughter
• Aadesh Chaudhary as Vikrant Mehta – Sunaina's husband and Sanjana's father
• Minal Karpe as Savita Mehta / Baa – Vikrant's mother
• Pratik Shukla as Karthick Mehta – Vikrant's younger brother
• Sadhanaa Sharma as Kavya Karthick Mehta – Karthick's wife
• Neha Lakshmi Iyer as Surabhi Prem Bharadwaj – Pari's sister and Prem's second wife
• Pratap Sachdeo as Sarpanch – Dharampur's chief
• Priyanka Bhole as Leela – Sarpanch's daughter
• Mughda Shah as Daksha Baa – Dharampur's resident
• Khyati Keswani as Vaishnavi – Goddess Kali's worshipper
• Shyam Mashalkar as Calendar – Amar's assistant
• Anirudh Singh as Dr. Anurag Arora – Jhanvi's second husband
• Jeetendra Trehan as Mr. Jatin Verma – Maya's employee
• Unknown as Mrs. Sushma Verma – Maya's employee
• Unknown as Brijesh – Rajveer's assistant
• Siddharth Vasudev as Rai Bahadur Rajveer Singh – Manoranjan's son
• Sayantani Ghosh as Rajkumari Rajeshwari – Rajveer's partner
• Kunika as Thakurain – Mohini's enemy
• Hemant Chaudhary as Gajendra Singh – Indravati and Padmavati's father
• Pratichee Mishra as Guru Maa – Priest
• Abinandan Jindal as Rohan Sumit Kapoor – Roshni's brother
• Kajol Srivastava as Vaidehi Saxena / Laila – Piyush's first love interest
• Rushad Rana as Sumit Kapoor – Roshni's father
• Jasveer Kaur as Rita Sumit Kapoor – Roshni's mother
• Sanjeev Jogtiyani as Ravikant Agarwal – Vikram's paternal uncle
• Shweta Gautam as Saroj Ravikant Agarwal – Ravikant's wife
• Vikas Sethi as Sanjeev Agarwal – Vikram's father
• Siddharth Shivpuri as Vikram Sanjeev Agarwal – Anjali's first husband
• Khushwant Walia as Aarav Shailendra Bharadwaj ) – Shaillendra and Pari's son
• Kenisha Bharadwaj as Ananya Aarav Bharadwaj – Aarav's wife
• Sneha Shah as Tanvi Vikram Agarwal (née Sharma) – Vikram's second wife
• Kinjal Pandya as Miss. Lily Oberoi – Competition's owner
• Preetika Chauhan as Ridhima – Ananya's elder sister
• Vandana Vithlani as Bhairavi Kapoor (Dayan) (2017)

Guest

• Gaurav Khanna as Himself (2011) – Host of dance competition
• Vipul Roy as Himself (2014) – Host of competition
• Neeta Shetty as Aditi Shah / Sunaina Vikrant Mehta (2014) – Ghost
• Sara Khan as Maya / Roli (Fake) (2014–15) – Shape Shifting Serpent
• Pratyusha Banerjee† as Mohini / Manvi (2015) – Witch
• Anjali Gupta as Sunanda / Anita Pathak (2015) – Witch
• Unknown as Jhumpa Khanna (2015) – Half Witch
• Reshmi Ghosh as Indrawati Gajendra Singh (2015) – Witch
• Jayshree T. as Badi Dayaan (2015) – Witch
• Deblina Chatterjee as Devika Prem Bharadwaj / Patali Devi (2015–16) – Queen of Patal
• Meghna Naidu as Gayatri / Patali Devi (2015–16) – Witches's Godess
• Shagufta Ali as Suganda (Fake) / Maalti (2016) – Ghost
• Aarti Singh as Madhavi (2016) – Ghost
• Kashvi Kothari as Choti Dulhan (Young Bride)(2016) – Ghost turned Human
• Ali Hassan as Shaitan (Kaal) (2016) – Devil
• Vindhya Tiwari as Chandramani (2016) – Moon's Jewel
• Dipika Kakar as Simar (Fake) / Ghoonghatwali (2016) – Headless Witch
• Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Mahamaya (2016) – Witch
• Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Kamya (2016) (Captured) – Witch
• Sujata Vaishnav as Mehendi Wali (2016) – Witch turned Human
• Dipika Kakar/Varun Sharma as Kaal
• Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar as Durga Maa
• Vandana Vithlani as Bhairavi Kapoor (2017) Woman turned Witch
• Shahrukh Khan as the judge of Simar Dance Performance (2011)
• Urmila Matondkar as the judge of Simar Dance Performance (2011)
• Terrence Lewis as the judge of Simar Dance Performance (2011)
• Sanjeev Kapoor for giving a challenge for Bahu No.1 competition. (2014)
• Kapil Sharma for giving challenges for Bahu No.1 competition. (2014)
• Salman Khan to promote his film, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. (2015)
• Sonam Kapoor to promote her film, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. (2015)

Production

Casting

The series first starred Dipika Kakar, Shoaib Ibrahim, Avika Gor, Manish Raisinghan as Simar, Prem, Roli and Siddhant, respectively in main leads. Shoaib left the show in 2013 as makers weren't giving his character much importance and Dheeraj Dhoopar replaced him in same year. In April 2016, Avika left the show as she had problems with her shooting schedule, so the character of Roli was ended. Mansi Srivastava entered the series as Prerna, Simar's childhood friend. In July 2016, Mansi and Manish also left the show. In August 2016, Vaishali Takkar and Varun Sharma entered the show as Anjali and Piyush, respectively. In March 2017, both Dipika and Dheeraj quit the show. That same month, Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar replaced Dipika in the role of Simar. In June 2017, Krissann Barretto entered the show as Sanjana. At the end of August 2017, Mazher Sayed enter the show in the role of Prem.

Crossover episodes

Episodes	Air Date	Serial	Plot
5	May 14 – 18, 2012	Kairi — Rishta Khatta Meetha	Imarti Devi comes to attend Sankalp's wedding with Khushi along with her family.
1	March 2, 2015	Shastri Sisters — Dil Eik Dhadkan	Anushka and Devyani helps Simar to get the keys of red door from Maya where she had kept Roli.
2	July 27 & 28, 2015	Swaragini — Jodein Rishton Ka Sur	Ragini calls Mohini to do black magic on Swara to break her marriage with Laksh. She takes Prem with her. Prem is saved by Swara and she herself, is saved by Sanskar.
2	November 30 & December 1, 2015		Simar goes to Kolkata to tells Swara as Ragini had married to Laksh. Devika who is possessed by Patali Devi tries to kill Simar, Swara and Sanskar but fails.
1	March 4, 2016	Balika Vadhu — Kachi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte	Simar goes to a famous temple of Lord Shiva on Shivratri. She meets Anandi there.
1	April 15, 2016	Swaragini — Jodein Rishton Ka Sur	Swara comes to celebrate Baisakhi with Simar. Everyone suddenly goes missing. Swara buries Chandarmaani in sand famous for melting bad powers.
1	October 2, 2016		Anjali asks Simar and Prem to go Kolkata. They go to Swara's house. Swara tries to take the videotape from Khushi and Anjali but fails. Simar succeeds in taking keys from Parvati and gives it to Swara.
1	April 21, 2017	Ek Shringaar — Swabhiman	Piyush who is possessed by Kaal goes missing and Roshni tries to find her but fails but succeeds when Naina helps her. Simar motivates her when she tells her that she is going to compete against her sister.
1	April 28, 2017	Shakti — Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki	Piyush who is possessed by Kaal takes Aditya with him. Harman follows him but he is proved innocent. Aditya is found but taken by Mr. Chadda. Simar gives them money but they refuse as they had arranged it earlier.

Trishakti episodes

Tri means three and Shakti means power, thus Trishakti means Power of Three. In each Trishakti, three serials were broke down into parts and were shown one by one.

Sr No.	Air Date	Serials
1	February 19, 2016	Ishq Ka Rang Safed	Thapki Pyar Ki	Sasural Simar Ka
2	March 10, 2016	Ishq Ka Rang Safed	Thapki Pyar Ki	Sasural Simar Ka
3	March 17, 2016	Thapki Pyar Ki	Sasural Simar Ka	Balika Vadhu
4	March 29, 2016	Thapki Pyar Ki	Sasural Simar Ka	Udaan
5	April 08, 2016	Thapki Pyar Ki	Sasural Simar Ka	Udaan
6	April 21, 2016	Ishq Ka Rang Safed	Thapki Pyar Ki	Sasural Simar Ka
7	May 12, 2016	Sasural Simar Ka	Udaan	Swaragini
8	May 20, 2016	Thapki Pyar Ki	Sasural Simar Ka	Udaan
9	May 26, 2016	Thapki Pyar Ki	Sasural Simar Ka	Balika Vadhu

Adaptations

The show was broadcast by Geo Kahani but stopped after few episodes.It airs on Colors sister channel Rishtey. This serial is also adapted in Tamil by Polimer TV as Moondru Mudichu and as Sithara in Malayalam by Surya TV. The show dubbed Vietnamese in Vietnam by Echannel VTV Cab 5.It was airing in Pakistan on Urdu 1 until October 2016. The show is airing in Bulgaria on Diema Family and on Nova television (Bulgaria) as “Ритъмът на Мечтите”.

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
2011	1st Colors Golden Petal Awards	Most Mazedar Personality	Himani Shivpuri	Won
		Most Lokpriya Dharavaahik	Sasural Simar Ka	Nominated
		Most Lokpriya Face–Male	Shoaib Ibrahim
		Most Lokpriya Face–Female	Dipika Kakar
		Most Sanskaari Personality	Avika Gor
		Most Lokpriya Family	Mataji & Family
2012	11th Indian Telly Awards	Best Drama Series	Sasural Simar Ka
	2nd Colors Golden Petal Awards	Most Damdaar Personality	Jayati Bhatia
		Most Tez-Tarar Personality	Jyotsna Chandola
		Most Lokpriya Jodi	Shoaib Ibrahim & Dipika Kakar
		Most Lokpriya Family	Bhardwaj Family
		Most Lokpriya Face – Male	Shoaib Ibrahim
		Most Lokpriya Face – Female	Dipika Kakar
		Most Anubhavi Personality	Jayati Bhatia
		Most Jaanbaaz Personality	Avika Gor
		Most Chahita Personality	Manish Raisinghani
		Most Bhavuk Personality	Avika Gor	Won
		Sanskaari Vyaktitva	Dipika Kakar
		Most Mazedaar Personality	Nimisha Vakharia
		Best Story (fiction)	Team
		Most Lokpriya Dharavaahik	Sasural Simar Ka	Nominated
		Best Show	Team
	Star Guild Awards	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Shoaib Ibrahim
		Best Writer	Ved Raj
2013	3rd Colors Golden Petal Awards	Most Lokpriya face – Male	Manish Raisinghan	Won
		Most Damdar Personality	Jayati Bhatia
		Best Parivaar	Bhardwaj Family
		Most Bhaavuk Personality	Dipika Kakar
		Most Janbaaz Personality	Avika Gor
		Best Show	Sasural Simar Ka	Nominated
		Most Lokpriya Face – Female	Dipika Kakar & Avika Gor
		Favourite Jodi	Dheeraj Dhoopar & Dipika Kakar
	Star Guild Awards	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Shoaib Ibrahim
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Avika Gor
		Best Actress in a Negative Role	Jyostna Chandola
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Jayati Bhatia
		Best Drama Series	Rashmi Sharma	Won
2014	Indian Telly Awards	Best Drama Series	Rashmi Sharma
2015	Indian Television Academy Awards	Rishte-Naate Awards	Dheeraj Dhoopar, Avika Gor & Manish Raisinghan
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Dipika Kakar	Nominated
		Best Daily Serial	Rashmi Sharma
	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	Most Entertaining Television Actor – Female	Avika Gor
	Zee Gold Awards	Best Jodi	Dipika Kakar & Dheeraj Dhoopar
		Best Fiction Show	Rashmi Sharma
		Best Actress	Dipika Kakar	Won
		Best Actress in Supporting Role	Jayati Bhatia
2016	4th Colors Golden Petal Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Manish Raisinghan
		Supernatural Personality	Meghna Naidu
			Pratyusha Banerjee†	Nominated
			Reshmi Ghosh
		Best Show	Rashmi Sharma
		Best Actor-Male	Dheeraj Dhoopar
		Best Actress-Female	Dipika Kakar
2017	5th Colors Golden Petal Awards	Best Negative Actor	Vaishali Takkar
		Best Supporting Actor	Varun Sharma
		Best Actress in a Comic Role	Snehal Sahay & Shweta Sinha	Won