Balika Vadhu 2

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Balika Vadhu 2
Genre	Drama
Written by	Purnendu Shekhar Gajra Kottari Usha Dikshit Rajesh Dubey Shipra Arora Lakshmi Jaikumar Yash Sharda
Directed by	Pradeep Yadhav
Creative director	Aman Jain
Starring	Shivangi Joshi Randeep Rai Samridh Bawa
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	160
Production
Producers	Sunjoy Waddhwa Comall Sunjoy W.
Production locations	Rajasthan Gujarat Mumbai
Cinematography	Sandeep Yadav Rajan Gupta
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	55-58 minutes
Production company	Sphere Origins
Release
Original network	Colors TV (2021–2021) Voot (2022–present)
Picture format	576i 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	9 August 2021 (2021-08-09) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Balika Vadhu

Balika Vadhu 2 (transl. The Child Bride season 2) is an Indian social drama series that premiered on 9 August 2021 on Colors TV. It is dubbed into Tamil as Meendum Manvasanai on Colors Tamil.^[1] It is a reboot of the long-running social drama series Balika Vadhu.^[2] Produced by Sphere Origins, the series stars Shivangi Joshi, Randeep Rai and Samridh Bawa in prominent roles.^[3]

Plot[]

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Khimji and Premji are best friends living in Devgarh. Khimji is the sarpanch of the village. His wife, Ratan is pregnant with their second child. Premji has 2 sons: Gopal and Jigar. Khimji has one son, named Kalpesh. The friends hope that the child born is a girl in order to marry off the baby girl to Jigar, cementing their relationship. Both families agree and hope for the birth of a baby girl. Nagesh, a member of their village is a foe of both the friends and constantly tries to take over their businesses. Ratan's brother is an alcoholic and his wife, Leela fails to conceive causing domestic violence in their house every day. No one knows about this. Premji is very possessive about the unborn baby and holds a puja every day to ensure safety. The village is in talks about how much hard work Premji is putting into having a baby girl. As Ratan is about to give birth, some complications arise and Premji burns a 'jot' on his hand, so the baby survives. This makes their friendship even stronger. Eventually, the baby is safe and so is the mother. They name the child Anandi. Premji is obsessed with Anandi. Jigar sees this and starts developing jealousy towards her. Gopal, on the other hand, usually likes dressing like a girl because Premji wanted to have a girl and likes Anandi. Once Anandi falls out of her crib because of Jigar, though she survives. When Anandi turns 40 days, a greedy Premji asks for Anandi's hand in marriage because the timing is very auspicious. An old lady named Karwi Maa (Meethi Maa) and Anandi's doctor, Sharda, are against the customs of child marriage. Thinking of the sacrifices Premji has made for the birth of Anandi, Khimji agrees and weds Anandi in a moving truck, to avoid the police. It is later revealed that Premji was living in the village due to a fight with his family, specifically his sister and is very rich. His mother is sick and they all go to see her, taking Anandi. She sees Anandi and is rejuvenated. Premji decides to move back with his parents.

8 years later[]

Anandi and Jigar are now 8 and 13 years old respectively. Jigar knows about the marriage but Anandi doesn't. Anandi often fights with her brother Kalpesh but still cares about him. Anandi is a mischievous and naughty child who likes to go to school and play with her best friend Dhingli, but also respects her elders. On the other hand, Premji's mother is still sick and her health condition is deteriorating day by day due to her mean elder daughter, Diwali. So, she asks Premji for her last wish as the Gauna of Anandi. Khimji's family is kicked out of their house due to Nagesh who purchased their house from Khimji's brother-in-law. Premji goes to Khimji to bring the family to his new haveli (house).

Anandi is very happy to go to Kaku's house without knowing that her Gauna is occurring. But, Anandi's parents are very upset and sad about their daughter's child marriage and think they have committed a very big mistake. All the family goes to Khimji's house and marriage customs start. She is forced to keep a 24-hour fast and also cook which is very painful. Seeing this Premji's mother looks very happy and her health also maintains well. Diwali does not like Premji and his family and now also starts hating Anandi and makes her life miserable after her Gauna. Anandi is asked to live in Premji's house due to the request of Premji's mother. Anandi's family leaves a sad Anandi to Premji's house. But her Kaku and Kaki make her happy and Jigar, who initially didn't like Anandi, begins to care for her. Now Maddi Baa (Taye), comes and Anandi tackles her by mistake unaware of her personality. Maadi Baa ill-treats Anandi and scolds her. Maadi Baa had come to see Premji's mother as she heard about her sickness. When Maadi Baa goes to her nephew Premji's house, she gets to know that Anandi is her Paut Bahu (grandniece-in-law) and Jigar's wife. She is surprised to know this and begins to treat her badly. Maadi Baa loves Diwali and her daughter but doesn't like Premji and his family. Anandi has a desperate want to go home after the torture and runs away from home. Though, Jigar saves her. After knowing that Anandi doesn't know about her marriage, Madi Baa starts developing a soft side for Anandi. She goes back home with her parents. Soon, Premji's mother dies and Anandi comes back to Kaku's house. Madi Baa, advises Premji to keep Anandi here as their Bahu. Premji tries to convince Khemji and Anandi, but a traumatized Anandi goes back home and Premji breaks all ties with them. Ratan, also discovers that her brother beats his wife every day because she cannot conceive. Though the doctor tells him that the man is sterile. In anger, he beats her more and Anandi discovers it and calls her mom. Leela decides to consider Dhingli as her daughter because she doesn't have a mother. Dhingli's mother was Leela's sister. Soon, Premji's business fails. Madi Baa tells Premji to bring back Anandi as she is their 'Bhagya Lakshi'. Anandi gets kidnapped by Premji. Initially wanting to go back home, Anandi learns of the marriage and makes a final decision of staying at her in-law's house, thinking that her parents have lied to her.

After some days, Premji's business partner Mehul and Bhairavi come to Premji's house from the U.S, to invest in his business. Their son, Anand, and Anandi meet in the way of saving a puppy. Premji and his family enjoy Anand's company. Anand is staying at Anandi's house to celebrate his first Indian Diwali. He also makes Anandi laugh and be happy, who has been depressed after leaving her parent's house. Anand and Anandi grow close and consider each other as their best friends. Jiger often plots against Anand to break their friendship, because Anand is better than him in all aspects. Jigar and Anandi's marriage is kept a secret because Bhairavi is a woman's activist and runs an NGO.

After a few days, a marriage proposal comes for Kanku who is in love with Madhav, her classmate. Kanku has a 'dosh' in her horoscope and is asked by the pandit to marry a tree. Anand is distracted from the scene and Kanku is married to a tree. Afterwards, Anand is told that there was a puja in the house. Anandi is told to clean up and Anand decides to help her. They take 7 rounds around the 'Agni' while collecting the flowers. Kanku, upset with her wedding talks asks for help from Anand, Jigar, and Anandi. Anand plans to help Kanku and Madhav elope with the help of Anandi, who dislikes the plan. Jigar who refuses to help hears the conversation and uses this to drive a wedge between Anand and Anandi. The plan fails when Madhav declares that he will wed Kanku only with her family's permission, and brings Kanku to the temple. Everyone including Jigar accuses Anand of causing the entire problem while Madhav vows that only he will marry Kanku when he is successful and leaves. On the other hand, A heartbroken Anandi, asks a shocked Anand to leave and never return and breaks all ties with him.

10 years later[]

Anand (Randeep Rai), Anandi (Shivangi Joshi), and Jigar (Samridh Bawa) have all grown up. Anand is a sweet and intelligent young man, motivating everyone to do what their heart desires, and has come back to India for the first time in 10 years. On the other hand, Jigar is a hooligan and teases women down the street. Anandi, is almost 18 and is constantly reminded by Jigar, that she is his wife and in a couple of days they will consummate their relationship, and that is her only job for the rest of her life. Premji and his family are invited for Anand's sister, Diya's engagement to Vikrant. At the engagement, Jigar misbehaves with Anandi and Anand sees this, but he couldn't recognize who they were. Anand's parents introduce him to Anandi and Jigar, who he realizes are the same couple. He remembers the happy moments of him with Anandi, but Anandi vows that she will never forgive Anand for what he did to Kanku, who didn't get any marriage proposal for 10 years. During the engagement, Kanku's family tries to arrange her marriage, but Anandi brings the whole charade out which causes the arrangement to fail. It turns out that Madhav has gotten married to someone else. After some days Anandi passes her entrance exam for a college in Ahmedabad with a scholarship and requests Sejal that she wants to stay in Ahmedabad and study. Jigar overhears their conversation and disagrees with Anandi's decision. Anand motivates her to do what she wants and offers her help her but she refuses. She confronts Jigar and pleads him to give her just 3 years, but he says that if she pleases him on their first night, he will think about her admission. He even gifts her some lingerie, leaving Anandi embarrassed. She is left with no choice but to go home. Anand tries to talk to his mother, to help Anandi study, but she refuses to help due to the bad attitude of the Anjaariya's towards their family and their outdated customs. When Anandi is leaving, Anand gifts her some books and gives her his number but Jigar throws the books out of the window of the car.

Back home, Anandi is gifted a wedding dress, along with sindoor, mangalsutra, and other things a wedded woman should wear, for her 18th birthday, as she is now officially the bahu of the family. Madi Baa holds a wedding reception for her and Jigar, which Anandi does not appreciate. After the party, she is told by Madi Baa, that a wife's only job is to please her husband and serve her in-laws. Anandi requests Jigar that they should start their relationship as friends, but he refuses and tries to force Anandi into a physical relationship. She gives him the milk which he throws at the mirror, leaving glass all over the floor. Anandi runs away from home, with pieces of glass stabbing her feet. Anand leaves for the airport and is feeling some sort of discomfort in the car. She almost meets with an accident in front of Anand's car. Anand is shocked to see Anandi in a wedding dress and questions her about the sindoor and her bride look. She asks him for help and faints. Anand carries her to the hospital and also invites the NGO workers and Bhairavi to support Anandi. Though, Anandi saves Jigar in front of the workers and is taken home. Anandi revolts and refuses to be with Jigar and requests 3 years to study before she takes responsibility for the family. Premji supports her to study, so the NGO workers or the police do not know of Anandi's child marriage with Jigar. Anand secretly comes to meet Anandi after the issues at the hospital and questions why she did not speak up against Jigar and why she even married him. She says that this is none of his business and begins to feel sick. Anand leaves as he thinks Anandi feels stressed. As he is about to leave, Anandi thanks him and tries to be friends with him like they were in their childhood, but he is reminded of the hospital sequence and leaves without friending her, leaving Anandi shocked.

A few days later, Anand disguises himself as 'Jignesh' and enters Anandi's house and pretends he is an NGO worker and tries to see whether Anandi is fine and is not being tortured by her family and even convinces them to let her study. Premji agrees and lets Anandi go to Ahmedabad. They convince Bhairavi to let Anandi stay at her house and Madi Baa comes along with her. Jigar is annoyed and insecure that Anandi has left him to study and is now living in Anand's house. Premji advises Jigar to treat Anandi with love and to not force her into the relationship. Anandi works out that Anand was Jignesh, though they keep it a secret. Anand decides not to go back to the U.S. as Anandi may need his help. Anand's relationship with his mom is also not going well. On the first day of college, Anandi is made fun of due to her 'behenji look', but she gives back to them. Jigar comes to her college and proposes her with flowers and a banner, leaving her embarrassed in front of the whole college. Anand also enrolls in the same college. Similarly, Kiara, Diya's husband's sister also enrolls in the same college and is enticed by Anand's looks and friends Anandi. Jigar sees Anand and is mad that he did not leave for the U.S and gets into a fight with him, though he is removed from the campus as he is not a student. Jigar tries to get Anand rusticated from the college by framing him into a sexual assault case. His friend pays someone in the university to falsely accuse Anand of molestation. Anandi believes that Anand cannot do anything wrong. She works out that Jigar is the reason behind this and is challenged by him to choose between her husband and Anand. She eventually exposes the girl 'Shreya' with the help of Kiara as she is always with the truth. She gets Anand back in college and does not let Jigar's name come out, helping both.

A couple of days later, a fresher's party is thrown at the university, though Anandi is not able to go. Her seniors rag her and make her set up the entire party. Anand wants Anandi to see what is a freshers night is like. Over the phone, he pretends to be the principal and tells Anandi to bring the cake to the party or her grades are cut. She is left with no choice and requests Anand to take her to the party. Diya dresses up as Anandi to massage Madi Baa's feet. Anand gets on his bike and asks Anandi to hold him so she is safe. At the party, Anandi is told to dance for the freshers vs seniors. She presents a great performance and wins, so the jealous senior girls hide her bag. Jigar also comes to the party and sees Anandi. Anand and Anandi get locked in a storeroom by the senior girls. As she is looking for a place to escape from, her magalsutra breaks and she panics. Anand tells her to relax and questions her why this is so important. He also questions her why she married Jigar. He says that he has seen her discomfort around Jigar and she definitely does not love him. She tells him that this marriage was in her destiny and she has no choice. Some feathers come into the storeroom and Anandi starts dancing and as Jigar opens the room, Anandi falls on Anand. Jigar acts very nice to Anandi and supports her when Madi Baa scolds her. Anandi gets sick and Jigar takes care of her. Anand sees this and gets sad. He is unable to realize why he is sad because Jigar and Anandi are husband-wife. He cuts himself while cutting an apple. Diya comes and gives him first aid. She questions what is the problem with him. He tells her that his heart hurts to see Anandi suffer. Diya is worried that Anand has fallen in love with Anandi and tells him that he is doing the wrong thing as she is already married. Anand spends all night outside Anandi's room as he does not trust Jigar. Jigar challenges Anand that he is trying to make a relationship with his wife and that no one can break their relationship.

The next day, Anandi is nowhere to be seen. It turns out that she is kidnapped in her parent's home in Devgarh by Jigar. Anand checks the CCTV footage and tries to find Anandi. He eventually works out that Jigar is behind this and also where Anandi might be kept. Anandi frees herself from the ties and presses the buzzer on Anand's app. On the way, Anand is thinking of Anandi and almost runs over a child and has an accident. He is beaten by the villagers, which was preempted and arranged by Jigar. Anand, all beaten up, eventually finds Anandi. But as he opens the door, the cylinder gas releases and a blast occurs and the house is on fire. Jigar comes to save Anandi and hits Anand on the leg due to which he cannot get up. He forcefully picks up Anandi and Anand then hits him in the leg. During this, a photo of Jigar and Anandi's child marriage fly's over to Anand and he makes sense of all that Anandi has been saying to him. As Jigar picks up the rod to hit Anand, Anandi hits him in the head and the police arrive. Anandi files a complaint against Jigar, making Anand happy. During this charade, it turns out that Vikrant is stealing from Diya to overcome his debt. Jigar is in the lockup. Jigar's family give Anandi medicine to make her unconscious and try to take her back to Raigarh, but the lawyer arrives in time. Sejal and Madi Baa try to burn Ratan's letter for Anandi but she finds it as it does not burn. The letter reveals that if she is not happy with her marriage she can end it. Anandi, angry at her family, dresses up in her mom's saree and goes to meet Jigar. Jigar is out of the lockup and puts Anandi in the lockup in an attempt to murder case. Anand reaches there and gets beaten by the police officers and is also in the lockup. Anandi cries a lot and Anand tells her not the cry. He doesn't sleep the entire night looking at Anandi. In the morning, Mehul comes and bails out Anand and not Anandi as Madi Baa had blamed Anand and his family for the whole drama. Anand refuses to go without Anandi. Jigar then comes and bails out Anandi. She pours water on herself to remove the sindoor and breaks all ties with Jigar. She files an annulment case, which angers her family. Anand is happy that she did this for herself.

On the day of uttarayan, Anandi and Anand and Jigar and his friend have a kite flying competition and Anandi wins. Jigar's family breaks all ties with Anandi. Madi Baa blames Anand and Bhairavi for this, leading to Bhairavi and Mehul asking Madi Baa and everyone to leave the house. They break all personal ties with the Anjaariyas and decide to only keep a professional relationship. Bhairavi then asks Anandi to leave as she has promised the Anjariyas not to interfere in Anandi's life, much to Anand's disagreement. Anand begs his mom to let Anandi stay but she refuses. She asks him to take an oath upon their mother-son relationship to not ever meet Anandi. He is left with no choice and cries a lot to see Anandi leave. Anandi understands Anand's situation and leaves. Anand informs Kiara to help Anandi and give her stay in her house. Anandi goes to Kiara's house. The next day, Anandi's lawyer backs out because Bhairavi does not pay for the case. Anand then gets mad at his mom for doing this. She questions him as to why he gets hyper about everything Anandi is involved in. She also asks whether there is something between him and Anandi, as Jigar suggested. He answers yes, saying that there is friendship between them. Accidentally, he also reveals that he has one-sided feelings for Anandi and she is not involved. She tells Anand that he will not help her and to not use her money to help her. Anand feels sad and returns all his cash and cards and says thank you to his mom.

Anandi meets an annulment expert lawyer-Usha Sachdeva- who agrees to fight her case if she can arrange money for paperwork. She sees her mum's photo and realises her mom's jewellry is still at Raigarh and she can go there and get them to sell it to get some money. Anand also tries to sell his women empowerment app, saying that what is the point of the app, if he cannot help a girl in need. Anandi dresses up as a mandali dancer and enters the house to get her mom's jewellery. She asks Kanku for help. Anand also reaches there to help Anandi, disguised as a flower vendor. Anandi manages to get the jewellery but gets caught. Anand saves her by throwing kumkum in Jigar's eyes. She reaches the terrace and jumps into the flower truck. Anand then drives her away. Anandi realises that Anand helped her and gets somewhat angry, that he didn't pick up her calls. He doesn't tell her about the oath. Back at Kiara's house, Anandi accidentally cuts her wrist with broken glass. Kiara gets worried and calls Anand. Anandi asks Anand for her and Jigar's photo of child marriage since the first hearing of the case is the next day. He leaves and at night, he sends balloons with an envelope, with her child marriage photos. The next day, Anandi gets late for her case hearing and Jigar troubles her on the way, by harassing her and trying to get the evidence. Kanku calls Anand and tells him that Jigar is planning to do something wrong with Anandi. Anandi manages to reach court late but as she is presenting the photo, it turns out that Jigar changed the photo. Jigar tells the court that their wedding was conducted on Anandi's 18th birthday by showing the photos of the reception and a new date is given for the case. Anandi's lawyer tells her that she needs to find a witness to her child marriage. It is revealed that Anand is Mehul and Bhairavi's adopted son as Jigar threatens to pronounce the truth to everyone. Anandi faints and Anand brings her to his home, much to his mom's dismay. Anand's mom gets angry and asks him why he bought her here. She tells him to move back to the U.S. but he refuses. He tells his mom that he loves Anandi and everyone is shocked. Anandi gains consciousness and asks to go to Devgarh. Anand tells her not to move from the bed and goes to Devgarh himself. During Bhairavi and Mehul's conversation, it is also revealed that Anand's real mother is alive, and in fact, Mehul was the one who got her pregnant at the age of 17. Anand's biological mother is financially supported by Bhairavi as she was her NGO's rescue worker. Bhairavi is afraid that Anand has gone to Devgarh since his mother lives there. Anand meets his mother in Devgarh by someone's reference, unknown to him that she is his mother. His mother's friend- Gauri- shows the video of Anandi's child marriage in the moving truck. He convinces them to come to court. Anand gives Anandi the good news. The court's hearing is set for the next day. Anand goes to pick up the witnesses and Jigar organises a person to make the car break down on the way. The car breaks down. Anand eventually reaches court. Anandi wins the case and her marriage is annulled. Bhairavi tells Sheela (Anand's biological mother) to stay away from them but she eventually realizes Anand is her son, but doesn't meet him due to his lifestyle. Later in the day, Anand confesses his love and proposes Anandi to marry him. As she is about to tell him she always considered him as a friend, Jigar comes and ruins the moment. Anand and Jigar get into a fight and Anand pushes Jigar over. Bhairavi sees this and plugs in the wires, causing Jigar to get a current. She does this so Anand doesn't find out about his biological mother, as Jigar was blackmailing her. Anandi and Anand take Jigar to the hospital and inform Sejal and his family. As they are about to leave, a blast happens in their house due to a gas leak and Madi Baa and Premji die. Anand asks Anandi to settle in the U.S. with him, even as friends, but she refuses and decides to take care of a traumatized Sejal. Jigar falls into a coma. Anand refuses to go to the U.S, but is requested by Anandi to do so as she cannot give him anything more than friendship. A heartbroken Anand leaves Anandi after friending her.

3 years later[]

Anandi is running a somewhat successful boutique while also taking care of Jigar and Sejal. It is revealed that Bhairavi has made her a partner in their business and also keeps them in her outhouse. Anandi pays the rent by the earnings of the boutique and also pays for Jigar's treatment, who is now paralyzed but is getting better. This is done by Bhairavi so she can manipulate Jigar to not tell Anand about his original mother when he gets treated. It turns out that Anand is the rape child of Mehul and Sheela. All of Mehul's and Bhairavi's businesses are going into loss except for the boutique. A moneylender comes and asks Bhairavi and Mehul to return all their loans as they are now in debt. He gives them 3 months or their house is going to get auctioned. Anand comes back from the U.S. and tells them not to worry as they still have 3 months. Anand breaks his friendship with Anandi, who chose Jigar over Anand. Anand behaves rudely with Anandi.Soon Ishana Anand's friend return to India.It is later shown that Bhairavi and Ishana know each other.Where Bhairavi wishes Ishana to be her daughter-in-law.Soon Anandi experiences feelings for Anand.When Bhairavi announces Anand marriage with Ishana.Anand

Cast[]

Main[]

• Shivangi Joshi as Anandi Bhujaariya – Ratan and Khimji's daughter; Kalpesh's sister; Jigar's ex-wife; Anand's girlfriend (2021–present)
  • Shreya Patel as Child Anandi Bhujaariya (2021)
• Randeep Rai as Anand Chaturvedi – Sheela's son; Bhairavi and Mehul's adoptive son; Diya's adoptive brother; Anandi's boyfriend (2021–present)
  • Krish Chauhan as Teenage Anand Chaturvedi (2021)
• Samridh Bawa as Jigar Anjaariya – Sejal and Premji's elder son; Gopal's brother; Kanku's cousin; Anandi's ex-husband (2021–present)
  • Vansh Sayani as Teenage Jigar Anjaariya (2021)

Recurring[]

• Manasi Salvi as Bhairavi Chaturvedi – Mehul's wife; Diya's mother; Anand's adoptive mother (2021–present)
• Vimarsh Roshan as Mehul Chaturvedi – Bhairavi's husband; Diya's father; Anand's father; Premji's business partner (2021–present)
• Ankita Bahuguna as Diya Chaturvedi – Bharaivi and Mehul's daughter; Anand's adoptive sister;vikrant ex wife (2022–present)
• Ketki Dave as Gomati "Maadi Baa" Devi Anjaariya – Dharamraj's wife; Diwali and Premji's aunt; Jigar, Kanku and Gopal's grandaunt (2021–2022) (Dead)
• Mehul Buch as Devraj Anjaariya – Dharamraj's brother; Bhanumati's husband; Diwali and Premji's father; Jigar, Gopal and Kanku's grandfather (2021) (assumed dead)
• Meenakshi Verma as Bhanumati "Bhanu" Anjaariya – Devraj's wife; Diwali and Premji's mother; Jigar, Gopal and Kanku's grandmother (2021) (Dead)
• Sunny Pancholi / Manu Malik as Premji Anjaariya – Devraj and Bhanumati's son; Diwali's brother; Sejal's husband; Jigar and Gopal's father; Khimji's best friend; Mehul's business partner (2021-2022) (Dead)
• Anshul Trivedi as Khimji Bhujaariya – Premji's best friend; Ratan's husband; Kalpesh and Anandi's father (2021) (Dead)
• Riddhi Nayak Shukla as Ratan Sangwan Bhujaariya – Pawan's sister; Khimji's wife; Kalpesh and Anandi's mother (2021) (Dead)
• Shiju Kataria / Payal Shukla as Sejal Anjaariya – Premji's widow; Jigar and Gopal's mother (2021–present)
• Seema Mishra as Diwali Anjaariya Chauksia – Bhanumati and Devraj's daughter; Premji's sister; Lakhan's wife; Kanku's mother (2021)
• Chandan Rai as Lakhan Singh Chauksia – Diwali's husband; Kanku's father (2021)
• Trupti Mishra as Kanak "Kanku" Chauksia – Diwali and Lakhan's daughter; Jigar and Gopal's cousin; Madhav's ex-girlfriend (2021–present)
• Sagar Parekh as Madhav Jha – Kanku's ex-boyfriend (2021)
• Chirag Kukreja as Kalpesh Bhujaariya – Ratan and Khimji's son; Jigar's friend; Anandi's brother (2021)
• Arisht Jain as Gopal Anjaariya – Premji and Sejal's younger son; Jigar's brother (2021)
• Shekar Choudhary as Pawan Kumar Sangwan – Ratan's brother; Leela's ex-husband (2021–present)
• Rashmi Gupta as Leela Jain Sangwan – Pawan's wife (2021–present)
• Kumkum Das as Mitali "Mitaben" Jain – Leela's grandmother (2021–present)
• Vikas Grover as Vikrant– Diya's ex-husband (2021–2022)
• Pratiksha Rai as Kiara
• Melanie Pais as Dr. Sharda (2021)
• Sharhaan Singh as Varun (2022–present)

Production[]

Development[]

The reboot of Balika Vadhu was confirmed in early 2021.^[4] The casting was halted in April 2021 due to imposed lockdown in Maharashtra because of COVID-19 pandemic, and it resumed in June 2021.^[5] The teaser of the series was released officially on 27 June 2021.^[6] The first promo of the series was released on 18 July 2021 featuring Shreya Patel and confirming the premiere date.^[7]

In November 2021, the makers decided to introduce a time-leap in the show. Actress Shivangi Joshi was cast to play adult Anandi.^[8] Kinshuk Vaidya was earlier considered to play adult Jigar.^[9] However, the makers roped-in Randeep Rai to play the role opposite Joshi.^[10] Actor Samridh Bawa was cast to play adult Jigar in the show.^[11] The show was shifted to OTT platform Voot from 28 February 2022 and was replaced by Swaran Ghar.^[12][13]

Filming[]

The filming began in June 2021 where some initial sequences were shot at Rajasthan. The series is mainly filmed at the sets in Mumbai, Maharashtra.^[14]

References[]