Shaadi Mubarak
| Shaadi Mubarak | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Shashi Mittal |
| Screenplay by | Harneet Singh |
| Story by | Seema Mantri |
| Directed by | Ashish Srivastava |
| Creative director | Yashvardhan Shukla |
| Starring | Manav Gohil Rati Pandey |
| Opening theme | Iktara by Kavita Seth |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 140 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Shashi Mittal Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal Om Gehlot |
| Editor | Jay B Ghadiali |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 24–25 minutes |
| Production company | Shashi Sumeet Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | StarPlus |
| Release | 24 August 2020 – present |
Shaadi Mubarak (transl. Congrats on the marriage) is an Indian drama television series produced under Shashi Sumeet Productions.[1] It premiered on 24 August 2020 on Star Plus.[2] It stars Manav Gohil and Rati Pandey.[3]
Plot
Tarun, Preeti's son, and his wife Rati believe Preeti is nothing more than a mere servant and throws her out of the house. Preeti then wishes to earn self-respect by working as a Wedding Planner.
On the other side, Keertan, who looks happy on the surface, is hiding a deep wound within. When Chanda Rathore, a prospective bride for Keertan, insults him because he rejected her, Keertan's uncle Sushant motivates him to work.
Keertan offers a business partnership to Preeti, which she initially denies. Later, she agrees when he takes a stand for her before a wretched client. Preeti and Keertan face many issues in the initial days of their business, but as a result, Preeti and Keertan develop a bond of friendship, trust & respect.
Tarun puts forth a challenge before Preeti where, in 25 days, she will have to prove herself capable of becoming a businesswoman, and if she fails, she will have to come back and look after his house. With the help of Keertan, she wins.
Preeti and Keertan get an offer to organize a pre-committed event with a mysterious client. On the day of the wedding, the client turns out to be Nandini. To get his revenge, Keertan marries Preeti. Though Preeti knows their relationship is only respect for each other.
After their marriage, Preeti and Keertan work in cahoots to determine Nandini's motive and expose her before the family, especially before Arjun. They spend some happy moments amidst all the chaos. Nandini finds out about this and decides to take her revenge from 17 years back.
On the day of Makar Sankranti, Nandini discloses that Arjun is adopted, forcing Keertan to commit suicide, but he gets saved by Preeti. Nandini gets arrested but vows to return and get her revenge.
Preeti is shocked when she finds out that Keertan pretended to be in love with her, and when Kusum breaks all ties with her after witnessing Neel and Shika’s engagement.
Keertan feels guilty for breaking Preeti’s heart so he tries to fix things between her and Kusum. Later Preeti decides to divorce Keertan.
Cast
Main
- Rajshree Thakur/Rati Pandey as Preeti Jindal: Juhi and Tarun's mother; Arjun's adoptive mother; Keertan's wife. While Juhi respects her, Tarun always abuses and degrades her. (2020–present)
- Manav Gohil as Keertan "KT" Tibrewal: Former Rajasthani film star; Sumati and Shivraj's son; Nandini's former husband; Arjun's adoptive father; Preeti's husband. He is a carefree and joyful man. (2020–present)
Recurring
- Gaurav Sharma as Tarun Jindal: Preeti's son; Juhi's younger brother; Arjun's older brother; Rati's husband. He always loses his cool on his mother and berates her. (2020–present)
- 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–present)
- Ashwini Shukla as Sheena: Preeti and Keertan's secretary of Shaadi Mubarak. (2020–present)
- Rajeshwari Sachdev as Kusum Kothari: Sumedh, Pihu, Choti, Aastha's mother. She always takes a stand for Preeti and is Keertan's biggest fan. (2020–present)
- Achherr Bhaardwaj as Sumedh Kothari: Kusum's son, Pihu, Choti, Aastha's brother, and Juhi's husband (2020–present)
- Shefali Singh Soni as Juhi Jindal: Preeti's daughter, Tarun and Arjun's older sister, and Sumedh's wife. She always supports her mother in everything. (2020–present)
- Barkha Sengupta as Nandini Chitrubal: Keertan's former wife, Arjun's former adoptive mother. She returned to Keertan's life, using Arjun to get revenge on Keertan. (2020–present)
- Naman Gor as Arjun "AT" Tibrewal: Keertan and Preeti's adopted son, Tarun and Juhi's younger brother. (2020–present)
- Hitesh Makhija as Neel "NT" Tibrewal: Keertan's cousin brother, Sneha, and Sushant's son, Shika's ex-fiancé, Priyanka's love interest. A gentleman. (2020-present)
- Sandeep Mehta as JP Tibrewal: Sushant's brother, Sumati, and Kushaala's husband, Keertan's father. He is the owner of the Tibrewal Antiques and is a successful businessman and his first and legal wife is Sumati whom he still loves wholeheartedly and his second wife is Kushaala. (2020–present)
- Anjali Gupta as Sumati JP Tibrewal: JP's first wife, Keertan's mother. A caring and happy go lucky woman who was disowned by her in-law's under the false blame of intentional miscarriage. (2020–present)
- Dolly Minhas as Kushaala Tibrewal: JP's second wife, Keertan's step-mother. She belongs to a wealthy family and is a high society woman who always judges people through their wealth and appearance. (2020–present)
- Manu Malik as Sushant Tibrewal: JP's brother, Sneha's husband, Keertan's paternal uncle, and Neel's father. Being an obedient brother, he also helps and handles the business with his elder brother JP. (2020–present)
- Priyamvada Singh as Sneha Tibrewal: Sushant's wife, Neel's mother, and Keertan's aunt. (2020-present)
- Aleya Ghosh as Priyanka "Pihu" Kothari: Kusum's first and eldest daughter, Sumedh, Aastha and Choti's sister, Juhi's sister-in-law, Amit’s ex-fiancée, Neel's love interest. (2020–present)
- Ayushi Bhatia as Aastha Kothari: Kusum's second daughter, Sumedh and Priyanka's younger sister, and Juhi's sister-in-law. (2020–present)
- 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–present)
- Nisha Rawal as Chanda Rathore: Rati's boss and the owner of Dream Bell Event Planning company. (2020-present)
- Neelu Vaghela as Bua: Preeti's aunt-in-law (2020-present)[4]
- Yashodhan Bal as Fufa: Preeti's uncle-in-law (2020-present)
Special appearances
- Aashish Kaul as Mr. Nathmal: Business tycoon who chooses Dream Bell for his daughter's wedding as Keertan and Preeti fail to show their presentation. (2020)
- Vaishnavi Mahant 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 Keertan. (2020)
- Rohit Suchanti as Aryan Mantri: Who wants everything to be trendy and cool. Later decides to do a court marriage after his fathers dirty act. (2020)
- Nasirr Khan as Mr. Mantri: Aryan's father (2020)
- Heli Daruwala as Tiya: Item dancer at Aryan's cocktail party. (2020)
Production
Development
The shooting of the series was supposed to begin in March 2020. However, due to COVID-19 outbreak in India, all the television and film shootings were indefinitely stalled from 19 March 2020 and the series shooting was postponed.[5][6] After four months, the shooting of the series began in July 2020.[6]
On 16 September 2020, the shoot was stalled after Rajeshwari Sachdev tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. Despite, her absence for the past five days, as a precaution, the sets were sanitized.[7] Sachdev shot for her sequences from her home until she recovered and returned to the sets.[8]
Release
The first promo was released on 30 July 2020 featuring the leads.[9]
Casting
Initially Kabeer Kumar was cast for playing the character of Preeti's son Tarun but was replaced before shootings resumed in July 2020 by Gaurav Sharma owing the COVID-19 pandemic and then later he was given the character of Keertan's cousin.[10]
In the middle of October 2020, lead actress Rajshree Thakur playing Preeti quit to take care of their health stating hectic schedule of the series and was immediately replaced by Rati Pandey.[11] Soon then, Barkha Sengupta was cast as Keertan's ex wife.[12]
Reception
The Times of India stated, "Rajashree Thakur’s fight to earn respect, Manav Gohil’s charismatic presence and Rajeshwari Sachdev steals the show."[13]
References
- ^ "'Saat Phere' fame Rajashree Thakur Vaidya returns to TV with Shashi and Sumeet Mittal's next". The Times of India.
- ^ "Shaadi Mubarak to premiere today". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Rajshree Thakur, Manav Gohil to be part of Shaadi Mubarak Ho". ABP Live.
- ^ "Co-star tests COVID positive, but I'm not scared, says Neelu Vaghela". The Times of India.
- ^ "Coronavirus shuts down Bollywood, TV: Industry to lose Rs 80-90 cr every week, daily soaps worst hit". Hindustan Times.
- ^ a b "Shooting for a television show now is a different experience, we are being cautious: Manav Gohil". The Times of India.
- ^ "Rajeshwari Sachdev tests positive for coronavirus". The Indian Express.
- ^ "Rajeshwari Sachdev tests Covid-19 negative: 'I kept telling God I am needed on Earth, I will be a terrible misfit up there'". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "In Video: First promo of Star Plus' 'Shaadi Mubarak'". Biz Asia.
- ^ "Kabeer Kumar opts out of Shashi-Sumeet Mittal's show, Gaurav Sharma steps in". The Times of India.
- ^ "Rajshree Thakur quits Shaadi Mubarak citing hectic schedule". The Indian Express.
- ^ "Telly Tattle: Barkha Bisht Sengupta To Enter Shaadi Mubarak". Mid Day.
- ^ "Shaadi Mubarak review: Rajashree Thakur's fight to earn respect, Manav Gohil's charismatic presence and Rajeshwari Sachdev steals the show". The Times of India.