Broken But Beautiful
| Broken But Beautiful | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Web series Romance |
| Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Developed by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Written by | Reshu Nath |
| Directed by | Santosh Singh |
| Creative directors | Sanjay Kumar Daryani Bhavna Rawail (ALTBalaji) |
| Starring | see below |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Nath |
| Opening theme | Ye Kya Hua |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Hindi, English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Yukti Anand |
| Producers | Sarita Tanwar Muraj Khetani Ashwin Varde Niraj Kishore Kothari |
| Cinematography | Jitan Harmeet Singh |
| Editor | Unnikrishnan. P. P. |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 18-23 minutes |
| Production companies | Roaring River Productions Cine 1 Studios Inglorious Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ALT Balaji |
| Release | 27 November 2018 |
Broken But Beautiful is a 2018 Hindi romance web series, created by Ekta Kapoor for her video on demand platform, ALTBalaji. The series revolves around love, heartbreaks and never ending romance between two individuals.[1][2] The series stars Vikrant Massey and Harleen Sethi for the first two seasons[3] and third season would feature Sidharth Shukla and Sonia Rathee as protagonists.[4]
The series is available for streaming on the ZEE5 & ALT Balaji App and associated websites since its release.[5] The series was renewed for a second season and filming began in July 2019.[6][7][8] On 3rd December 2020, third season of the series was announced with Sidharth Shukla and Sonia Rathee as the main leads.[4]
Plot
Season 1
Broken But Beautiful is Veer and Sameera's story, where their hearts were left broken. Veer lost his wife Alina in a road accident 3 years ago but still hasn't been able to cope. Veer begins to hallucinate Alina and talks to her in his imagination. Alina's sister, Ishanvi and her husband Adil are motivating him to move on in his life and try to spend time with him. Due to unavoidable circumstances Veer has to buy his cousin Karthik's house. Kartik broke up with his girlfriend Sameera 8 months ago and moved on to date Ananya. Sameera has been unable to forget Kartik and stalks him everywhere, unable to move on. Since the house belonged to Karthik and Sameera, Veer needs Sameera's signatures on the sale papers. When she signs the papers, Veer promises her to let her speak to Kartik one last time.
Veer and Sameera come up with a plan and pretend they are together to make Karthik jealous. The show then revolves around the budding relationship between Sameera and Veer.
Season 2
Veer meets Debbie and Sameera meets Ahan. Both Veer and Sameera decide to get married to Debbie and Ahan respectively. Then the show revolves around the realisation of love for both Veer and Sameera towards each other.
Cast
| Actor | Role(s) | Description | Appearances | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | |||
| Vikrant Massey | Veer Shekhawat | Main | |||
| Harleen Sethi | Sameera Joshi | Main | |||
| Sheetal Thakur | Alina | Veer's dead wife | Recurring | ||
| Poppy Jabbal | Ishanvi | Alina's sister and Veer's sister-in-law | Recurring | ||
| Nikhil Sabhrawal | Adil | Ishanvi's husband | Recurring | ||
| Pooja Bhamrah | Porno | Sameera's friend | Recurring | ||
| Akriti Singh | Agni | Sameera's friend | Recurring | ||
| Meherzan Mazda | Parth | Agni's husband | Recurring | ||
| Jitin Gulati | Kartik | Veer's cousin and Sameera's ex | Recurring | ||
| Simran Kaur Mundi | Ananya | Kartik's girlfriend | Recurring | ||
| Gaurav Arora | Ahan Chaterji | Sameera's boyfriend | Recurring | ||
| Anuja Joshi | Debbie | Veer's girlfriend | Recurring | ||
| Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues | Ahan's Dad | Recurring | |||
| Sameer Roy | Neil | Debbie's brother | Recurring | ||
| Sidharth Shukla | Agastya | Main | |||
| Sonia Rathee | Rumi | Main | |||
Episodes
Season 1
| Year | Episode No. | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | Bleeding Memories of the Happily Ever after |
| 2 | Haunting Of the Heart | |
| 3 | Broken Damaged Deranged | |
| 4 | Scared and Alone | |
| 5 | Found A Doppelganger Soul | |
| 6 | To Make Me Whole | |
| 7 | To Mend My Heart | |
| 8 | And Drown the Pain | |
| 9 | So I Breathe Again | |
| 10 | Closure | |
| 11 | Season Finale: If I Said I Love You |
Season 2
| Year | Episode No. | Episode Name |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | I Made You Up Inside My Head |
| 2 | Happily Ever After | |
| 3 | Puppy Love | |
| 4 | The Penny Drops | |
| 5 | Little Death | |
| 6 | Loves Me, Loves Me Not | |
| 7 | Addicted to Love | |
| 8 | Walk Away | |
| 9 | The Perfect Mistake | |
| 10 | Season Finale: Broken But Beautiful |
Soundtrack
Season 1
| Broken But Beautiful | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 16 November 2018 |
| Genre | Web series soundtrack |
| Length | 8:21 |
| Label | Sony Music India |
| Producer | Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ye Kya Hua" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Rana Mazumder | Shreya Ghoshal, Dev Negi | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Laute Nahi" | Yash Narvekar | Yash Narvekar | Papon | 4:09 |
| Total length: | 8:21 | ||||
Season 2
| Broken But Beautiful - Season 2 | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 30 May 2020 |
| Genre | Web series soundtrack |
| Length | 14:25 |
| Label | Zee Music Company |
| Producer | Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor |
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Teri Hogaiyaan" | Vishal Mishra | Vishal Mishra | Vishal Mishra | 2:55 |
| 2. | "O Saajna" | Akhil Sachdeva | Akhil Sachdeva | Akhil Sachdeva | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Shaamein" | Manoj Muntashir | Amaal Mallik | Armaan Malik | 3:13 |
| 4. | "Boureya" | Akshay Shinde | Sandman | Anusha Mani | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 14:25 | ||||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Streaming Awards - December Edition | Best Actor | Vikrant Massey | Nominated[9] |
| Best Director | Santosh Singh | |||
| Best Web-series | ||||
| Best Breakthrough | Vikrant Massey | Won[10] | ||
| Best Debut | Harleen Sethi |
References
- ^ "Vikrant Massey Can associate with heartbreak". Mid-day. 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Broken is About Love That Heal The Heart Says Ekta Kapoor - Bollywood Galiyara English". Dailyhunt.
- ^ Rajesh, Srividya (27 February 2018). "Vikrant Massey to play lead in ALTBalaji's web-series, 'Broken'". IWMBuzz.
- ^ a b "Sidharth Shukla and Sonia Rathee to star in Ekta Kapoor's Broken But Beautiful 3". The Indian Express. 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Shooting for ALTBalaji web series Broken commences". The Digital Hash. 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Vikrant Massey and Harleen Sethi's Broken But Beautiful begins filming for season 2". The Envoy. 3 July 2019.
- ^ "ALTBalaji show Broken But Beautiful, featuring Vikrant Massey, Harleen Sethi, to return for season 2". Firstpost. 3 July 2019.
- ^ "Ekta Kapoor announces second season of Vikrant Massey, Harleen Sethi starrer Broken But Beautiful". India Today. 3 July 2019.
- ^ "List of Nominees: Streaming Awards, December 2018 Edition".
- ^ "List of Winners: Streaming Awards, December 2018 Edition".
