Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali
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| Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali | |
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| Genre | Romance Drama |
| Created by | Sandiip Sikcand |
| Written by | Sonali Gupta Shrivastav |
| Screenplay by | Nidhi Singh |
| Story by | Abhijeet Guru Santshree Sarkar Nishchal Shome Sonakshi Khandelwal |
| Directed by | Hemant R Prabhu Jignesh Vaishnav Rohit Phulari Zafar Sheikh |
| Creative directors | Sandiip Sikcand Kadambari S Dogrey Nichita Roy Upadhyay |
| Starring | Shivangi Khedkar Sai Ketan Rao |
| Theme music composer | Prakash Gaiakwad |
| Opening theme | Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali |
| Composer | Shubham Sundaram |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 138 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Fazila Allana Sandiip Sikcand Kamna Menezes |
| Production location | Kolhapur |
| Cinematography | Sadanand Pillai |
| Editors | Prerit Vyas Swapnikal S Nerukar Akshat Jaimini Om Tale Mohit Varshney |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production companies | SOL Productions Sandiip Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | StarPlus |
| Release | 15 February 2021 – present |
Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali is an Indian television drama series that premiered on 15 February 2021 on StarPlus.[1] The series is based on Star Maa's Telugu series Gorintaku.[2] Produced by SOL Productions and Sandiip Films, it stars Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao.[3]
Plot
The story is about two individuals Pallavi Deshmukh and Raghav Rao. Pallavi is a widow but still lives with her loving in-laws and is scared of getting married again due to the tragic death of her husband. On the contrary, Raghav is an arrogant playboy and a rich businessman who also has a bitter past.
For the latter, it is shown that years ago Raghav's house was burned down which killed his father and brother due to his arrogant self to the townspeople. His mother abandoned and hated him because of it and she left the home along with her daughter, Keerti. Pallavi owns a saree shop, she lies about the profit to make her in-laws family happy after her husband's death. She manages to get enough money to pay the rent but her aunt-in-law, Sulochana, meddles to get money. She speaks to the owner to not let Pallavi pay so she begges her for the money and is forced to give her portion of the house in order to save her shop. Pallavi struggles to manage her sister in law, Mansi’s wedding because of the high budget and Sulochana’s constant demands. Pallavi and Raghav soon meet and get off to a bitter start. After a heated argument, Raghav burns all of Pallavi’s hard work and she has a breakdown as this was the final option for her to overcome her financial issues. Pallavi misunderstands a situation where she thinks Raghav was hitting a kid and an old man for his own pleasure and she slaps him in front of a crowd.
Raghav meets Anjali who is engaged to someone else but infatuated with Raghav. Raghav flirts with her only to expose her truth to her fiancée. Raghav gathers some information about Pallavi and comes to know she owns a sari shop. He comes to her shop to teach her a lesson. Amruta, Pallavi’s sister in law is a huge fan of Raghav and has a big crush on him. Raghav still has a strained relationship with his mother and sister who orders him to leave them alone as he constantly keeps check on them. He tries to prove to them he is changing. He decides to bring his family back to their home as his mother is ill but she straightaway refuses calling him a murderer. But after some convincing from Raghav’s sister, Keerti, his mother puts forward a condition; for two days she doesn’t want to hear anything about him from people or on the news.
Pallavi takes a catering order at an elderly home which is actually owned by Raghav. In reality, Raghav is actually a kind man and has a secret life and lives in two completely different worlds; one with him being an underworld mafia don and the other with him helping the poor and elderly under an identity; Ramaswamy. Raghav sees Pallavi at the old age home and he later sees her helping the elderly and begins to see a different side to her. Anjali in disguise also comes to the home and she hears Pallavi’s conversation about giving food to Ramaswamy. She puts some powder in his tiffin and when Raghav eats it he feels dizzy and falls unconscious. Anjali takes pictures of him in a compromising position with her and makes it viral. When the news reaches the Raos, Raghav’s mother collapses and is sent to hospital. Pallavi and Keerti are also revealed to be friends and when Pallavi sees that her friend’s mother is in need of blood she donates her blood to her anonymously. Raghav who is searching the entire city for the person who shares the same blood group as his mother but he is unsuccessful. He gets a call from Farhad who tells him an anonymous person donated blood already; unaware it was Pallavi. Raghav feels highly indebted to this person.
To get revenge on the person who caused his mom to end up in hospital, Raghav reminisces the past events in which he saw Pallavi handing out food in the elderly home and he comes across a photo of her speaking to Anjali which was taken by Raghav’s men. He misunderstands the situation and thinks Pallavi is the one responsible and is working with Anjali to humiliate and bring him down.
Soon, a very big allegation is put against Pallavi by Sulochana. Sulochana claims that Pallavi was pregnant with Raghav Rao's baby and went for abortion. The family is shocked as the doctor too claims that Pallavi aborted her child. Soon, Raghav clears the air and the doctor confesses that she was blackmailed by Sulochana and that Amruta was the actual one who did the abortion. Pallavi still gets furious saying that she doesn't need Raghav's help. Soon, the Deshmukh Family confronts Sulochana. Later, Milind slaps Sulochana for trying to play the victim card and pinning the blame on Pallavi.
Cast
Main
- Shivangi Khedkar as Pallavi Raghav Rao: Raghav's wife, Mandar's former wife, Siddhesh's sister (2021–present)
- Sai Ketan Rao as Raghav Rao: Pallavi's husband, Jaya and Ajit's son, Arjun and Kirti's brother. Founder and owner of Jayati Jewels (2021-present)
Recurring
- Ashok Phal Dessai as Mandar Deshmukh: Pallavi's former husband, Sharda and Vijay's son, Nikhil's elder brother (2021-present)
- Milind Phatak as Vijay Deshmukh: Sharda's husband, Mandar and Nikhil's father (2021)
- Sameer Deshpande replaced Milind Phatak as Vijay Deshmukh (2021–present)
- Asmita Ajgaonkar as Sharda Deshmukh: Pallavi's ex-mother-in-law, Vijay's wife, Mandar and Nikhil's mother (2021–present)
- Karan Manocha as Nikhil Deshmukh: Vijay and Sharda's son, Mandar's younger brother, Pallavi's ex-brother-in-law (2021–present)
- Ajinkya Joshi as Milind Deshmukh: Vijay's younger brother, Sulochana's husband, Amruta and Mansi's father, Pallavi's uncle-in-law (2021–present)
- Snehal Reddy as Sulochana Deshmukh: Milind's wife, Amruta and Mansi's mother, Pallavi's aunt-in-law (2021–present)
- Rutuja Sawant as Mansi Deshmukh: Milind and Sulochana's elder daughter, Amruta's older sister, Rahul's ex-fiancée, Pallavi's sister-in-law (2021–present)
- Priyanka Dhavale as Amruta Deshmukh: Milind and Sulochana's younger daughter, Mansi's younger sister, Pallavi's sister-in-law (2021–present)
- 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 as Jaya Rao. (2021–present)
- Sayli Salunkhe as Kirti Rao: Raghav's younger sister, Jaya's daughter, Pallavi's friend turned sister-in-law, Sunny's girlfriend. (2021–present)
- Unknown as Ajit Rao: Raghav, Kirti and Arjun's deceased father, Jaya's deceased husband, Pallavi's father-in-law. He died ten years ago (2021)
- Unknown (child) as Arjun Rao: Raghav and Kirti's deceased younger brother, Pallavi's brother-in-law. He died ten years ago along with his father (2021)
- Himanshu Bamzai as Farhad Nawaz: Raghav's secretary, right-hand man and friend (2021–present)
- Krishna Kaurav as Harish Reddy: Raghav's bodyguard and friend (2021)
- Jeet Pol as Madan: Raghav's bodyguard and friend (2021-present)
- Snehal Borkar as Krishna: Pallavi's saree shop assistant and friend (2021–present)
- 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 and Kirti's friend (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–present)
- Payal Singh as Pawani Sawant: Siddhesh's wife, Pallavi's sister-in-law, Raghav's sister-in-law (2021–present)
- Ankit Gulati as Vedant (Ved) aka Lion: Raghav's past business partner cum best friend who turned enemy due to business differences (2021–present)
- Kushagre Dua as Sunny Ahuja: Kirti's boyfriend (2021–present)[4]
- Abhay Verma as Rocky: Sunny's friend (2021)
- Ishrat Khan as Dr. Ramya: Mandar/Raja's doctor turn into Amma (2021-present)
- Supreet Nikam as Vishnu: Mandar/Raja's friend (2021-present)
Production
Preparation
Shivangi Khedkar was cast as Pallavi preparing for which she 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".[5]
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.[6][7]
On 13 April 2021, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray announced a sudden curfew due to increased COVID-19 cases, while the production halted from 14 April 2021. Soon, the team of the series decided to move their shooting location to Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad until the next hearing.[8] Hence, the production location was shifted temporarily.[9]
Release
The first promo of the series was released on 26 January 2021 featuring the leads Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao.[10]
Reception
Ratings
In UK, the series launched with 74.6 thousand viewers being the third most watched Indian television series.[11] On 30 March 2021, it was the most watched series with the viewership of 38.2 thousand .[12] On week ending 12 April 2021, it was the second most watched series with 98.3 thousand viewers.[13] The viewership further increased to 77 thousand on 17 April 2021, being the most watched series.[14] The viewership increased on 25 May 2021 with 89.1 thousand viewers.[15]The viewership then increased more on week ending Sunday 13 June 2021 with 92,400 thousand viewers, it was the second most watched series. [16]
Soundtrack
| Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali Original Soundtrack | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Shubham Sundaram | |
| Released | 15 February 2021 |
| Genre | Romance Soundtrack |
| Length | 2:18 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Star India |
| Producer | Sandiip Sikcand |
The title song "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali" composed by Shubham Sundaram, written by Aditya Chakravarty is sung by Anweshaa.
| No. | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali" | Anweshaa | 2:18 |
Adaptations
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Time (IST) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telugu | Gorintaku గోరింటాకు[17] |
29 July 2019 | Star Maa | 24 April 2021 | 12.30 pm | Original |
| Kannada | Matte Vasanta ಮತ್ತೆ ವಸಂತ |
2 March 2020 | Star Suvarna | Ongoing | 2.30 pm | Remake |
| Bengali | Khelaghor খেলাঘর |
30 November 2020 | Star Jalsha | Ongoing | 6.00 pm | Remake |
References
- ^ "Star Plus confirms launch date of 'Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali'". Biz Asia. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali: Producer spills beans about remaking Telugu show Gorintaku in Hindi". India TV News. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao talk about their debut in Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali: Interview". India Today. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Kushagre Dua to play a tattoo artist in StarPlus' Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali".
- ^ "Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao talk about their debut in Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali: Interview". India Today. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Shooting in prime locations of Hyderabad for the upcoming show 'Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali'". Mayapuri. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Star Plus' upcoming show Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali shoots in prime locations of Hyderabad". Bollywood Hungama. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Exclusive - Gashmeer Mahajani and Sumbul Touqeer's 'Imlie' and Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao's 'Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali' to shift their shooting locations to Hyderabad?". The Times Of India. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Imlie to Anupamaa; TV shows shift shoots to Goa, Hyderabad and other locations". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "In Video: First promo of 'Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali' on Star Plus". Biz Asia. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Overnights: Utsav Plus thrashes rivals with strong output on Monday in UK". Biz Asia. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Overnights: Utsav Plus' marginal lead continues on Tuesday in UK". Biz Asia. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "UK Ratings: 'Anupamaa' drops but stays at No.1 in weekly chart". Biz Asia. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Overnights: Utsav Plus & Sony TV join No.1 spot on Saturday in UK". Biz Asia. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ "Overnights: Utsav Plus surges ahead with jump in share on Monday in UK". Biz Asia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "UK Ratings: 'Anupamaa' holds on tight to No.1 in weekly chart". Biz Asia. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Telugu show Gorintaku resumes shoot, creative producer says team ecstatic to be back on set". The Indian Express. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.