Vidya (TV series)
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Created by | Mahesh Pandey |
Developed by | Mahesh Pandey |
Starring | Namish Taneja Meera Deosthale |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 163 |
Production | |
Producers | Mahesh Pandey Madhu Pandey[1] |
Running time | 21 minutes |
Production company | Mahesh Pandey Productions LLP |
Original release | |
Network | Colors TV |
Release | 9 September 2019 30 March 2020 | –
Vidya (transl. Education) is an Indian social drama television series that has been broadcast since 9 September 2019 on Colors TV.[2] Produced by Mahesh Pandey,[3] it stars Namish Taneja and Meera Deosthale.[4]
The show was taken off the air abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India on 30 March 2020. Later, it was announced that the show will not be brought back after the lockdown bringing the show to an abrupt ending.
Premise
Vidya is a quaint and superstitious woman who awaits a letter from the government regarding her job. However, her luck takes a turn for the worse when she gets the job of teaching English at a school. Enter Avatar, a local politician who threatens to end Vidya's family if she does not accept the offer. Nanku Singh tries to trouble Vidya as much as possible by giving her deadlines and asks her to do multiple tasks.
Cast
Main
- Namish Taneja as Vivek Vardhan Singh (District Manager)– Vidya's husband (2019–2020)
- Meera Deosthale as Vidya Vivek Vardhan Singh– Vivek's wife (2019–2020)
Recurring
- Vaquar Shaikh as Nanku Singh– Ranjana's brother; Kalindi's husband (2019–2020)
- Anshu Shrivastav as Kalindi Singh– Nanku's wife (2019–2020)
- Aaloak Kapoor as Ramesh Singh– Durga's husband; Vidya's father (2019)
- Sanya Dutt as Durga Singh– Ramesh's wife; Vidya's mother (2019)
- Anamika Kadamb as Ranjana Thakur– Nanku's sister (2019–2020) (Jailed)
- Sanjay Pandey as Dharam Singh– Parbatiya's husband; Ram and Bablu's father (2019–2020)
- Uma Basu as Parbatiya Devi– Dharam's wife; Ram and Bablu's mother (2019–2020)
- Mansi Srivastava as Mehak– Vivek's childhood friend (2020)
- Manmohan Tiwari as Ram Singh– Parbatiya and Dharam's son; Vidya's former husband (2019) (Cameo)
- Geeta Tyagi as Suhasini Singh-Vivek's mother
- Akash Mukherjee as Bablu Singh– Parbatiya and Dharam's son; Ram's brother (2019–2020)
- Sudhanshu Sharan as Harsh Singh– Durga and Ramesh's son; Vidya's brother; Keerti's husband (2019)
- Rasika Singh as Keerti Singh– Harsh's wife (2019)
- Garima Gupta as Principal Monali Verma (2019–2020)
- Jeetendra Trehan as DM Sharma (2019) (Dead)
- Zarina Roshan Khan as Parvati Singh– Nanku and Ranjana's mother (2019) (Dead)
- Vikrant Singh Rajpoot as Avtaar Singh– Politician (2019–2020)
- Mohit Sharma as Anand– Vivek’s assistant (2019–2020)
- Lilliput as School Principal Manohar Mishra (2019–2020)
- Ayat Shaikh as young Vidya Singh– Durga and Ramesh's daughter; Harsh's sister (2019)
- Swadesh Mishra as Jagat (2019–2020)
Special appearances
- Sara Khan to promote Dance Performed in School Party (2019)
- Jigyasa Singh as Heer Singh from Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki (2020)
References
- ^ "Meera 'Chakor' Deosthale to play the heroine in Mahesh Pandey's 'Vidya'". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ "Colors to premiere new show 'Vidya' on Sept 9". Indian Television Dot Com. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ^ "Mahesh Pandey: I feel that simple storytelling and high drama is what works today - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ "Namish Taneja to play Meera Deosthale's love interest in 'Vidya'". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
External links
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- Official website
- Vidya at IMDb
- Vidya on Voot