Broken But Beautiful
Broken But Beautiful is a 2018 Hindi romance web series, created by Ekta Kapoor for her video on demand platform, ALTBalaji. The series stars Vikrant Massey and Harleen Sethi as the protagonists.[1] The series revolves around love, heartbreaks and never ending romance between two individuals.[2][3]
| Broken But Beautiful | |
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 Cover photo of Broken But Beautiful | |
| Genre | Web series Romance |
| Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Developed by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Written by | Reshu Nath |
| Directed by | Santosh Singh |
| Creative director(s) | Sanjay Kumar Daryani Bhavna Rawail (ALTBalaji) |
| Starring | see below |
| Theme music composer | Rana Mazumder |
| Opening theme | Ye Kya Hua |
| Composer(s) | Background Score Rahul Dev Nath |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi, English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Yukti Anand (Inglorious Films) |
| Producer(s) | Sarita Tanwar (Roaring River Productions) Muraj Khetani Ashwin Varde (Cine 1 Studios) Niraj Kishore Kothari (Inglorious Films) |
| Production location(s) |  |
| Cinematography | Jitan Harmeet Singh |
| Editor(s) | Unnikrishnan. P. P. |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 18-23 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Roaring River Productions Cine 1 Studios Inglorious Films |
| Distributor | ALT Digital Entertainment Ltd. ZEE5 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ALT Balaji |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital |
| Original release |
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| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
The series is available for streaming on the ZEE5 & ALT Balaji App and associated websites since its release.[4] The series was renewed for a second season and filming began in July 2019.[5][6][7]
Plot
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.
Cast
Season 1
- Vikrant Massey as Veer Shekhawat
- Harleen Sethi as Sameera Joshi
- Sheetal Thakur as Alina, Veer's dead wife
- Pooja Bhamrah as Porno, Sameera's friend
- Akriti Singh as Agni, Sameera's friend
- Meherzan Mazda as Parth, Agni's husband
- Jitin Gulati as Kartik, Veer's cousin and Sameera's ex
- Simran Kaur Mundi as Ananya, Kartik's new girlfriend
- Poppy Jabbal as Ishanvi, Alina's sister and Veer's supportive sister-in-law
- Nikhil Sabhrawal as Adil, Ishanvi's husband
Season 2
- Vikrant Massey as Veer Shekhawat
- Harleen Sethi as Sameera Joshi
- Gaurav Arora as Ahan Chaterji
- Anuja Joshi as Debbie, Veers's ex-fiancé
- Sameer Roy as Neil, Debbie's brother
- Pooja Bhamrah as Rutuparna "Porno"
- Jitin Gulati as Kartik Shekhawat, Veer's cousin
- Poppy Jabbal as Ishanvi
- Nikhil Sabarwal as Adil
- Meherzan Mazda as Parth
Episodes
| 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 |
| 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
| Broken But Beautiful | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 16 November 2018 |
| Genre | Web series soundtrack |
| Length | 24:35 |
| Label | ALT Entertainment |
| Producer | Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor |
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ye Kya Hua" | Shreya Ghoshal,[8] Dev Negi | 4:23 |
| 2. | "Laute Nahi" (Male) | Papon | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Sohnea" (Female) | Miss Pooja, Millind Gaba | 1:38 |
| 4. | "Teri Hogaiyaan" | Vishal Mishra | 2:55 |
| 5. | "O Saajna" | Akhil Sachdeva | 4:44 |
| 6. | "Shaamein" | Armaan Malik | 3:13 |
| 7. | "Boureya" | Anusha Mani, Vivek Hariharan | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 24:35 | ||
| Broken But Beautiful - Season 2 | |
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| 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. | "Boureya" | Akshay Shinde | Sandman | Anusha Mani | 3:33 |
| 2. | "Shaamein" | Manoj Muntashir | Amaal Mallik | Amaal Mallik | 3:13 |
| 3. | "O Saajna" | Akhil Sachdeva | Akhil Sachdeva | Akhil Sachdeva | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Teri Hogaiyaan" | Vishal Mishra | Vishal Mishra | Vishal Mishra | 2:55 |
| Total length: | 14:25 | ||||
Awards
| 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
- Rajesh, Srividya (27 February 2018). "Vikrant Massey to play lead in ALTBalaji's web-series, 'Broken'". IWMBuzz.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Shreya Ghoshal sings for web series 'Broken'". The New Indian Express.
- "List of Nominees: Streaming Awards, December 2018 Edition".
- "List of Winners: Streaming Awards, December 2018 Edition".