Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani

Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani
Genre	Drama
Developed by	StarPlus Leena Gangopadhyay
Written by	Satyam Tripathi
Screenplay by	Ila Bedi Dutta
Story by	Ila Bedi Dutta
Directed by	Imtiaz Punjabi Samir Kulkarni
Creative director	Shweta Bishnoi
Starring	Debattama Saha Karanvir Sharma
Theme music composer	Sargam Jassu Nakash Aziz
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	38
Production
Producers	Tony Singh Deeya Singh Jashan Singh Gia Singh
Cinematography	Hanoz Kerawala Raju Gauli
Editors	Jaskaran Singh Omkar Singh
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company	DJ's a Creative Unit
Original release
Network	Star Plus
Release	21 December 2020 (2020-12-21) – present
Related
Mohor

Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani (transl. Shaurya and Anokhi's story) is an Indian television drama series that premiered on 21 December 2020 on StarPlus. The series is a remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Mohor. Produced under DJ's a Creative Unit, it stars Debattama Saha and Karanvir Sharma.

Plot

Shaurya belongs to an affluent family in Chandigarh. He is a modern-day misogynist and believes that women should be restricted from studying and working. He has such a nature because his mother left him in his childhood unwillingly, to pursue her career in order to aid and support her old aged parents, while he was influenced by his uncle and aunt forming him to what he is now. On the other hand, Anokhi is an ambitious and headstrong girl, willing to make a mark on the society. Having a completely different ideology, she feels that the society is patriarchal and women should strive to life on their own terms.

The story begins with Shaurya's engagement with his long time girlfriend, Shagun. However, on the engagement day, Shagun reveals to Shaurya that she is willing to go to Cambridge to study further. A reluctant Shaurya asks her to choose between her married life and Cambridge. Shagun chooses to follow her dream while an infuriated Shaurya breaks the engagement. On the other hand, Anokhi studies in the same college in which Shaurya's mother, Aastha is a professor, who's highly supportive towards Anokhi. She participates in a debate competition where she speaks up about the need of women to become independent. Although she wins, much to the extreme infuriation of her father who's hell bent on getting her married .

Finally, Anokhi's marriage is fixed with an orthodox and alcoholic person, Monty much to Anokhi, Babli and Rama's reluctance. Anokhi's in-laws permits her to continue her studies after marriage at Toronto, Canada. But, the true colours of the family are revealed when she overhears Monty's conversation wherein he addresses wives as 'Glorified Servants' and reveals his unwillingness to allow Anokhi to study. Anokhi tries to persuade her father to stop her marriage, but the latter locks her up in her room. Later, Babli and Rama get to know about Monty's ugly side. They decide to free Anokhi from this forced relation and helps her to run away. After many hurdles, Anokhi finally manages to escape her marriage and reach Aastha's house. Aastha helps her get admission at Sabherwal Institute of Arts and Commerce Institute (SIAC) by requesting her estranged husband, Shaan.

Shaurya bombards Anokhi with questions, but she cracks the interview with flying colours. The confidence with which she answered all the question, astonished all panel members. Later, Anokhi get tensed as she has to arrange for her Transfer Certificate and fifty thousand rupees for her admission. Babli tries to help Anokhi by lending her gold bangles, which she can mortgage. But, Vineet foils their plan and insults them. Shaurya accuses Anokhi of theft and refuses to provide her admission. But, Aastha proves Anokhi's innocence and thus after several hurdles, Anokhi finally gets admission in SIAC.

Anokhi finds it difficult in adjusting with her new classmates at SIAC. Kitty and Bebo along with other students insult Anokhi and instigate Shaurya against Anokhi.

Cast

Main

• Debattama Saha as Anokhi Bhalla: Rama and Ramesh's daughter; Babli and Raja's younger sister. Anokhi is an undergraduate, all-rounder and headstrong student, who aspires to be very successful one day. When her father forces her to get married, Anokhi embarks upon an extraordinary journey to pursue her dreams. (2020–present)
• Karanvir Sharma as Shaurya Sabherwal: Aastha and Shaan's son; Devi and Tej's nephew turned foster son. Professor at Sabherwal Institute of Arts and Commerce. Shaurya is prejudiced against women and feels that they are good only for the life of domesticity. Shaurya has such irritable nature towards women because he believes mother abandoned him to pursue her career. (2020–present)

Recurring

• Alka Kaushal as Devi Sabherwal: Tej's wife; Shaurya's elder aunt, She was the only who raised Shaurya after his mother left him and has a mysterious motive as she always makes Shaurya and Shaan realise that she has no child of her own as she treats Shaurya as her own son. She instilled in Shaurya deep hatred for his mother Aastha who left him to pursue her dreams. (2020–present)
• Sooraj Thapar as Tej Sabherwal: Devi's husband; Shaurya's elder uncle. He is the patriarch of Sabherwal household and also the Chairman of Sabherwal Institute of Arts and Commerce (SIAC). He treats Shaurya as his own son. He always taunts Shaan for being a drunkard and an irresponsible father. (2020–present)
• Khalid Siddiqui as Shaan Sabherwal: Shaurya's father; Aastha's estranged husband; Tej’s younger brother. He deeply loves Aastha and became depressed when the latter left him. After getting separated from his wife, he could neither concentrate on his child nor on his work. As a result, he is frequently insulted by Shaurya. (2020–present)
• Deepa Parab as Aastha Sabherwal: Shaan's estranged wife; Shaurya's mother. She deeply loves Shaan and Shaurya. She wanted to provide financial help to her aged parents when her brother passed away. Tej and Devi opposed her decision which forced her to leave her husband and son. She treats Anokhi as her own daughter and helps her pursue her dreams. (2020–present)
• Pankaj Kalra as Ramesh Bhalla: Babli, Raja and Anokhi's father; Rama's husband. He is an orthodox person who considers daughters as nothing but a burden. He always discouraged Anokhi from participating in competitions and pursuing her ambitions. He fixed her marriage with a drunkard, and refused to cancel the alliance when Anokhi informed him about the misdeeds of her prospective husband. (2020–present)
• Pyumori Mehta Ghosh as Rama Bhalla: Babli, Raja and Anokhi's mother; Ramesh's wife. She supports Anokhi to achieve her dreams by bearing the agony of her husband. She even helped Anokhi to escape her forced marriage. (2020–present)
• Harsh Vashisht as Alok Sabherwal: Gayatri's husband; Kitty, Yash and Bebo's father; Shaurya's younger uncle; Tej and Shaan's younger brother (2020–present)
• Eva Ahuja as Gayatri Sabherwal: Alok's wife; Kitty, Yash and Bebo's mother; Shaurya's younger aunt (2020–present)
• Gulshan Nain as Yash Sabherwal: Gayatri and Alok's son; Kanchan's husband; Shaurya's younger cousin brother (2020-present)
• Reema Vohra as Kanchan Sabherwal: Yash's wife, Shaurya's cousin sister-in-law (2020–present)
• Trishala Idnani as Kitty Sabherwal: Gayatri and Alok's daughter; Yash and Bebo's sister; Shaurya's younger cousin sister (2020–present)
• Sindhu Reddy as Bebo Sabherwal: Gayatri and Alok's daughter; Yash and Kitty's sister; Shaurya's younger cousin sister (2020–present)
• Falaq Naaz as Babli Bhatia: Rama and Ramesh's daughter; Raja and Anokhi's elder sister; Vineet's wife (2020–present)
• Anuj Kohli as Vineet Bhatia: Babli's husband (2020–present)
• Rajvir Chauhan as Pawan "Raja" Bhalla: Rama and Ramesh's son; Anokhi's elder brother (2020–present)
• Poonam Sirnaik as Beeji: Babli, Raja and Anokhi's paternal grandmother; Ramesh's mother (2020–present)
• Bhavna Chauhan as Shagun Kapoor: Shaurya's ex fiánce and love interest (2020)
• Shilpa Kataria Singh as Mrs. Kapoor: Shagun's mother (2020)
• Arup Pal as Mr. Kapoor: Shagun's father (2020)

Production

Development

Before its premiere, it was titled as Shaurya – Ek Anokhi Kahani and the first promo of the series was released, but soon was changed to Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani.

On 20 December 2020, fire broke out on the sets of the series and the shoot was disrupted for a while.

Filming

Based on the backdrop of Punjab, the series is mainly filmed at the sets at Film City in Mumbai while the initial sequences were shot in Patiala in early December 2020.

Release

The first promo of the series was released on 2 December 2020 featuring the leads Debattama Saha and Karanvir Sharma.

Reception

Ratings

UK

The series had its peak viewership in UK with 76.2 K viewership on 23 January 2021 being the second most watched Indian television series in UK. The viewership further increased to 80.6 K in 26 January 2021, occupying third position.

Adaptations

Star Jalsha's Bengali series Mohor is adapted in various Indian languages including this series as listed below.

Language	Title	Network(s)	Airing date	Notes
Bengali	Mohor	Star Jalsha	28 October 2019–present	Original
Kannada	Sarasu	Star Suvarna	11 November 2020–present	Remake
Telugu	Guppedantha Manasu	Star Maa	7 December 2020–present	Remake
Malayalam	Koodevide	Asianet	4 January 2021-present	Remake
Tamil	Katrukenna Veli	Star Vijay	18 January 2021 - present	Remake
Marathi	Swabhimaan - Shodh Astitvacha	Star Pravah	Coming Soon	Remake

External links

• Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani on IMDb
• Shaurya Aur Anokhi Ki Kahani on Hotstar