Suhani Si Ek Ladki

Suhani Si Ek Ladki is an Indian television soap opera which was premiered on Star Plus from 9 June 2014 to 21 May 2017.[2][3] It starred Sahil Mehta, Rajshri Rani and Karan Jotwani.[4]

Suhani Si Ek Ladki
Genre	Soap opera
Created by	Suzana Ghai
Written by	Ved Raj Sudhir Kumar Singh Sharad Tripathi, Abhijith singha
Directed by	Aman Deep Singh Ranjeet Singh Rathore Rahul Tiwari
Starring	Sahil Mehta Rajshri Rani Pandey Karan Jotwani Srishti Jain
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1,013[1]
Production
Producer(s)	Suzana Ghai Hemant Ruprell Ranjeet Thakur
Production location(s)	Allahabad Mumbai Goa
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 21 minutes
Production company(s)	Panorama Entertainment
Release
Original network	Star Plus
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	9 June 2014 – 21 May 2017

Plot

Suhani Srivastav, an average looking yet free-spirited and kindhearted girl comes from a middle-class family in Allahabad. Her best friend Soumya Ahuja is a beautiful and slightly vain girl. Yuvraj Birla, a rich boy who values beauty above all else falls in love with Soumya.

Yuvraj confesses his love to Soumya who is shocked since she had assumed he loved Suhani because of being in love with Krishna Mathur. Soumya marries him against her mother's wishes but his mother Latika and sister Rakhi hate her causing frequent arguments between the couple.

Desperate to settle Suhani into a comfortable household, her father Pankaj works up a plan to blackmail Yuvraj into marrying Suhani and succeeds though his grandmother Chandrakala hates Suhani thinking her beauty is enough.

Yuvraj's sisters-in-law Menaka and Ragini convince Chandrakala to bring Soumya into Yuvraj's life. Suhani brings Soumya believing Krishna tortures her. Chandrakala, Ragini and Menaka try to get Soumya and Yuvraj together. Soumya falls in love with Yuvraj and confesses but he reveals he now has no feelings for her.

Adamant, Soumya continues her efforts. Yuvraj discovers her intentions. Suhani finds out and is heartbroken but works closely with Yuvraj to get Soumya back with Krishna and eventually succeeds. She leaves the house believing there is no love in her marriage.

However, Suhani agrees to return when a man named Mr. Saxena threatens the family. She succeeds in saving the family and its reputation. Chandrakala's close relative Rohan, a lawyer falls for Suhani. They decide to marry but Yuvraj realises he loves Suhani. Rohan steps back.

Suhani's sister Bhavna gets widowed as her husband Amit Joshi dies. Yuvraj's cousin Sharad marries Bhavna and brings her and her baby. Chandrakala tries to create rift between Suhani and Bhavna. At an outing, a young girl saves Suhani's life. Suhani discovers her being Yuvraj's long-lost sister Gauri.

Suhani and Yuvraj work hard to prove Gauri's identity. As Gauri falls in love with Suhani's brother Aditya and they marry, Suhani and Yuvraj decide to use a surrogate through a woman Barbie who tries to separate them and later abducts Suhani who everyone presume dead.

Chandrakala forces Yuvraj to marry Barbie. Suhani returns and reveals Barbie is faking her pregnancy who is thrown out of the house. Suhani and Soumya are revealed to be pregnant. Barbie and her brother Saajan plant a bomb in the Birla house. Krishna and Gauri die.

Seven years later

Suhani has twins Yuvaan and Yuvaani. Because of separation, Yuvaan lives with Suhani and Yuvaani lives with Yuvraj. Soumya lives with the Birlas with her daughter who is also named Krishna. Yuvraj left Suhani holding her responsible for the bomb blast because she had let Saajan stay.

Suhani has become a successful fashion designer, discovers that Yuvaani is alive and visits the Birlas. Yuvraj and Suhani decide to remarry for the sake of their children. On the wedding day, Chandrakala replaces Yuvraj with a man named Sambhav Salvi and Suhani marries him in a state of shock. Chandrakala tries to kill Suhani.

Yuvraj tries to find the culprit but Sambhav protects Chandrakala. Then it is revealed the real culprit is Chandrakala's evil twin sister Lavanya who was keeping the real Chandrakala in captivity. Suhani exposes Lavanya who is sent to jail.

Not knowing Sambhav's role in the conspiracy, he remains married to Suhani and mistreats her. He threatens her with harming Yuvraj to make her obey him. Yuvraj discovers his plan and rescues Suhani, but Sambhav shoots him in the leg and rapes Suhani. Suhani and Yuvraj burn him alive.

Twenty years later

Suhani lives in Goa with Yuvraj's mother Pratima and Krishna. Yuvraj is in jail for Sambhav's murder and returns in disguise. Suhani has a son with Sambhav, named Sayyam who comes to avenge Sambhav's death. Yuvraj's true identity is revealed. Sayyam tries to kill him on several occasions but Suhani intervenes each time.

Sayyam forces Suhani to get him married to an unwilling Krishna who has been in love with Yuvaan but Suhani is forced to relent. Krishna starts detesting Suhani who gets Sayyam's former girlfriend Baby married to Yuvaan.

It is revealed Sambhav is alive, disguised as Yuvraj. The real Yuvraj is held in captivity by Sambav. Suhani and Chandrakala discover this. They join to free Yuvraj and expose Sambhav. Sayyam tries to kill Sambhav but is stopped by Yuvraj and Suhani.

Gradually, Sayyam and Krishna develop feelings for each other. Yuvaan is unhappy having Sayyam living with them and tries to have him leave. Later, he accepts Sayyam and realises he has made a mistake by marrying Baby. He tries to win back Krishna's love and finds out Krishna is falling for Saiyyam.

Yuvaan tries to create rift between Saiyyam and Krishna but it brings them closer. Baby tries to create misunderstandings between Chandrakala and Suhani. Everyone work together to deal with Baby. Krishna and Sayyam get intimate for the first time. Krishna becomes pregnant.

Baby kills Yuvaan. Suhani tries to get rid of Baby but is accused of killing Yuvaan. Baby blackmails Yuvraj to marry her. Suhani is heartbroken and Krishna miscarries. Yuvraj and Suhani join hands to solve the situation.

Baby shoots Yuvraj to death and gets arrested. Suhani is revealed to be pregnant with Yuvraj's child and gives it to Krishna and Sayyam. Chandrakala accepts Suhani. The whole family gets together and Suhani remembers Yuvraj.

Cast and characters

• Rajshri Rani as Suhani Birla– Lata and Pankaj's daughter; Aditya and Bhavna's sister; Yuvraj's wife; Sambhav's former wife; Yuvaan, Yuvaani and Sayyam's mother[5]
• Sahil Mehta as Yuvraj Birla– Pratima and Devraj's son; Saurabh, Anuj and Gauri's brother; Sharad's cousin; Suhani's husband; Yuvaan and Yuvaani's father[6]
• Neha Yadav as Soumya Mathur– Suhani's friend; Yuvraj's former love; Krishna's wife; second Krishna's mother
• Ankur Verma as Krishna Mathur– Latika's son; Rakhi's brother; Soumya's husband; second Krishna's father
• Alekh Sangal as Sambhav Salvi– Suhani's former husband; Sayyam's father
• Shashi Sharma as Chandrakala Birla alias Dadi– Lavanya's twin; Devraj's mother; Yuvraj, Saurabh, Anuj and Gauri's grandmother/Lavanya Gadodia– Chandrakala's twin; Devraj's aunt; Yuvraj, Saurabh, Anuj and Gauri's grandaunt
• Rajoshi Vidyarthi as Pratima Birla– Devraj's widowed wife; Yuvraj, Saurabh, Anuj and Gauri's mother; Sharad's aunt
• Vijay Tilani/Nikhil Sharma as Saurabh Birla– Pratima and Devraj's son; Yuvraj, Anuj and Gauri's brother; Sharad's cousin; Ragini's husband
• Sonu Chandrapal/Diya Sindhi as Ragini Birla alias Rags– Saurabh's wife[7]
• Leenesh Mattoo as Anuj Birla– Pratima and Devraj's son; Yuvraj, Saurabh and Gauri's brother; Sharad's cousin; Menaka's husband
• Debashree Biswas as Menaka Birla– Anuj's wife[8]
• Ekroop Bedi as Gauri Srivastav– Pratima and Devraj's daughter; Yuvraj, Saurabh and Anuj's sister; Sharad's cousin; Aditya's wife
• Chandresh Singh as Pankaj Srivastav– Lata's husband; Suhani, Aditya and Bhavna's father
• Unknown as Lata Srivastav– Pankaj's wife; Suhani, Aditya and Bhavna's mother
• Divjot Sabarwal as Bhavna Mishra– Lata and Pankaj's daughter; Suhani and Aditya's sister; Amit's widowed wife; Sharad's wife
• Gaurav Mukesh as Sharad Mishra– Yuvraj, Saurabh, Anuj and Gauri's cousin; Bhavna's husband
• Vikas Grover as Aditya Srivastav– Lata and Pankaj's son; Suhani and Bhavna's brother; Gauri's husband
• Mridul Kabir as Yuvaan Birla– Suhani and Yuvraj's son; Yuvaani's twin brother; Sayyam's half-brother; Baby's husband
  • Mridul Kabir as Young Yuvaan
• Srishti Jain as Krishna Salvi alias second Krishna– Soumya and Krishna's daughter; Sayyam's wife
  • Sia Bhatia as Young Krishna
• Karan Jotwani as Sayyam Salvi– Suhani and Sambhav's son; Yuvaan and Yuvaani's half-brother; second Krishna's husband
• Sharmin Kazi as Yuvaani Birla– Suhani and Yuvraj's daughter; Yuvaan's sister; Sayyam's half-sister
• Poulomi Das as Baby Birla– Yuvaan's wife[9]
• Hetal Yadav as Latika Mathur– Krishna and Rakhi's mother; second Krishna's grandmother
• Shital Dimri/Diya Makhija as Rakhi Mathur– Latika's daughter; Krishna's sister; second Krishna's aunt
• Mohit Keswani as Amit Joshi– Bhavna's former late husband
• Sonam Bisht as Balwinder Chawla alias Barbie
• Rohit Khurana as Rohan Bhattacharya– Lawyer; Suhani's former fiancé
• Rahul Dwivedi as Ramesh

Production

Development

The show was produced by Panorama Entertainment, Suzana Ghai and started on 9 June 2014.[10] The show replaced the popular show Ek Ghar Banaunga.[11]

Talking about the show, Nikhil Madhok, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Programming Strategy, Star Plus said, “With Suhaani Si Ek Ladki, we hope to further strengthen our bond with the youth. Over the last one year, Star Plus' viewership amongst all demographics has increased significantly on the back of fresh engaging content. However, progressive young women have forged a especially strong bond with us. This show will resonate with them, highlighting their dreams and aspirations and a take on love that they will find refreshing.”[12]

Speaking about her role, Rajshri Pandey said, "Suhani is simple, innocent, pure at heart. She finds good in everyone and loves her family but what makes her different from other characters is that she is funny, cracks jokes and does not cry. Suhani is soft spoken but gives back to people, if they are mean to her, she sweetly tells them off."[13] Neha Yadav stated taking inspiration from Kareena Kapoor's character Geet in Jab We Met for her role of Soumya.[14] Sahil Mehta made his television debut with the series after his bollywood career did not succeed.[15]

Casting

Due to the twenty years leap in September 2016, lead Sahil Mehta quit as he refused ageing.[16] But on popular demand, he returned back. However in February 2017, he quit with his character being killed.[17] Owing to the same reason, lead Neha Yadav and Debashree Biswas also quit[16][8] while Ankita Sharma was roped as adult Krishna.[18] As she met with an accident day before the shoot, Sristi Jain was immediately cast. Sharmin Kazi and Mridul Kabir were cast as Yuvaani and Yuvaan.[18][19] After Mehta's exit, Gaurav Mukesh quit in March 2017.[20]

References

1. "Telly Hypnotists: What Makes A Mega Serial Tick, What Keeps It Running For Years?". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020.
2. "Suhani Si Ek Ladki is a tale of friendship and romance - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
3. Baddhan, Raj (31 May 2014). "'Suhani Si Ek Ladki' to replace 'Ek Ghar Banaunga' on Star Plus". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Events and Music. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
4. Desk, ABP News Web. "SUHANI SI EK LADKI: SHOCKING! Show to go OFF AIR in may". Retrieved 7 June 2017.
5. "I was very clear of the kind of roles that I wanted to do - Rajshri Rani Pandey".
6. Desk, ABP News Web (28 February 2017). "'Suhani Si Ek Ladki' Actor Sahil Mehta is now OUT of the show". www.abplive.in. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
7. "Sonu Chandrapal out, Deiya Sandhi steps in 'Suhani Si Ek Ladki' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
8. "Debashree Biswas quits Suhani Si Ek Ladki - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
9. TellychakkarTeam (10 November 2016). "India's Next Top Model's Poulomi Das in Suhani Si Ek Ladki". Tellychakkar.com. Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
10. "Star Plus to launch new fiction show 'Suhani Si Ek Ladki'". Retrieved 3 June 2014.
11. "Star Plus to replace 'Ek Ghar Banaunga' with 'Suhani Si Ek Ladki'". Retrieved 2 June 2017.
12. "Star Plus launches a tale of Friendship & Love with Suhani Si Ek Ladki".
13. "My character is in 'Suhani Si Ek Ladki' is unlike other TV protagonists: Rajshri". The Indian Express. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
14. "I took inspiration from 'Jab We Met', says 'Suhani Si Ek Ladki' actress Neha Yadav". The Indian Express.
15. "Post Bollywood failure, Sahil Mehta pins hope on TV show". The Indian Express.
16. "Suhaani Si Ek Ladki to take 15-year leap; Lead actors decide to QUIT the show". ABP News.
17. "'Suhani Si Ek Ladki' Actor Sahil Mehta is now OUT of the show". ABP News.
18. "Srishti Jain to play the grown-up Krishna in 'Suhani Si Ek Ladki' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
19. Team, Tellychakkar. "Karan Jotwani, Sharmin Kazi and Mradul Kabir join the cast of Suhani Si Ek Ladki". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
20. "Another prominent actor QUITS 'Suhani Si Ek Ladki'". ABP News.

External links

• Suhani Si Ek Ladki Streaming on Hotstar.