Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji

Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji
Directed by	Arif Ali Ansari
Starring	Jasmin Bhasin Ansh Bagri Rohit Purohit Donal Bisht Aru Krishansh Verma
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	148
Production
Producers	Gul Khan Nilanjana Purkayasstha Karishma Jain
Production location	Mumbai
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	22 min approx
Production companies	4 Lions Films Invictus T Mediaworks
Distributor	Star India
Release
Original network	Star Plus
Picture format	576i 1080i HDTV
Original release	15 January (2019-01-15) – 9 August 2019 (2019-08-09)
External links
Hotstar
Production website

Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji is an Indian drama television series co-produced by Gul Khan's banner 4 Lions Films and available on Hotstar.^[1] It was telecasted from 15 January to 9 August 2019 on Star Plus.^[2] It stars Jasmin Bhasin, Ansh Bagri, Rohit Purohit and Aru Krishansh Verma.^[3] Bhasin was later replaced by Donal Bisht.^[4]

Plot[]

Happy Mehra is a free-spirited middle-class girl. Rocky Khosla is a playboy and an arrogant goon. His elder kind-hearted brother Chintu falls in love with Happy and befriends her. Happy constantly fights with Rocky. She and Chintu get married as she learns about his feelings. However, he dies in an accident.

Chintu and Rocky's father Kulwant blames Rocky and disowns him. Rocky sets up a hotel to fulfill Chintu's dream. Happy joins him; they slowly become friends. Ranvijay Shroff, a dapper famous lawyer fighting for righteousness of society starts falling for Happy. Rocky is falsely accused of molesting Happy's sister Smiley and jailed for ten years.

3 years later[]

Happy is running the hotel successfully and has a friendship with Ranvijay. After escaping, Rocky is jealous seeing them together and proves his innocence. He realises his feelings for Happy and decides to confess it. Obsessed with Happy, Ranvijay dies after killing his brother Ranveer and girlfriend Anaya. Happy fakes her death to leave the city. Rocky is heartbroken.

6 years later[]

Happy is a RJ, known as Khushi (which is the Hindi word for 'Happy'). Rocky has a wife Harleen but hates her and still mourns Happy. Harleen hates their son Honey as she never wanted a child. Honey runs away and meets Happy who looks after him. She finds out about him being Rocky's son. Rocky learns that Happy is alive. Kumar tries to shoot Honey. Harleen comes in between to save him and dies. Happy proposes Rocky and they get married.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Jasmin Bhasin/Donal Bisht as Happy Saluja: Sandhya and Harshdeep's elder daughter; Smiley's sister; Dinky, Neha, Anjali, Kajal and Rupinder's cousin; Chintu's widow; Rocky's second wife; Honey's adoptive mother
• Ansh Bagri as Rocky Saluja: Madhu and Kulwant's adopted son; Chintu, Simmi and Guggi's foster brother; Harleen's widower; Happy's second husband; Honey's father
• Aru K Verma as Chintu Khosla: Madhu and Kulwant's son; Rocky's foster brother; Simmi and Guggi's brother; Daddu's cousin; Happy's first husband
• Rohit Purohit as Ranvijay "RV" Shroff: Ranveer's brother; Anaya's boyfriend
• Purvi Mundada as Harleen Rocky Saluja: Rocky's first wife; Honey's mother
• Ajinkya Mishra as Honey Rocky Saluja: Harleen and Rocky's son; Happy's adoptive son

Recurring[]

• Iris Maity as Anaya Grover: Sanjay's daughter; RV's girlfriend
• Geetu Bawa as Sandhya Mehra: Harshdeep's widow; Happy and Smiley's mother
• Ankushi Gagneja as Smiley Mehra: Sandhya and Harshdeep's younger daughter; Happy's sister; Dinky, Neha, Anjali, Kajal and Rupinder's cousin; Daddu's fiancè
• Geetanjali Singh as Diana "Dinky" Mehra: Jasvir's daughter; Anjali and Neha's sister; Happy, Smiley, Kajal and Rupinder's cousin
• Aruna Irani^[5] as Sushmita Devi Khosla: Brijwant's widow; Kulwant and Balwant's mother; Chintu, Simmi, Daddu and Guggi's grandmother; Rocky's foster grandmother
• Satyajit Sharma as Kulwant Khosla: Sushmita and Trilok's elder son; Balwant's brother; Madhu's husband; Chintu, Simmi and Guggi's father; Rocky's adoptive father
• Rudrakshi Gupta as Madhavi "Madhu" Khosla: Kulwant's wife; Chintu, Simmi and Guggi's mother; Rocky's adoptive mother
• Sejal Sharma as Simran "Simmi" Khosla: Madhu and Kulwant's twin daughter; Chintu and Guggi's sister; Rocky's adoptive sister
• Khushi Mishra as Gurdeep "Guggi" Khosla: Madhu and Kulwant's twin daughter; Chintu and Simmi's sister; Rocky's adoptive sister
• Minoli Nandwana as Anjali Mehra
• Neha Luthra as Neha Mehra
• Akshita Vatsayan as Kajal Mehra
• Karan Singh Chabbra as Timmi
• Shubham Chandna as Sachin
• Hitanshu Jinsi as Baldeep

Khosla

• Karan Taneja as Rupinder Mehra^[6]
• Manish Khanna as Shyamnik Bhatia
• Shresth Kumar as Ranveer Shroff
• Akansha Sareen as Sania Shyamnik Bhatia
• Anang Desai as Sanjay Grover
• Romanch Mehta as Kabir

Development[]

Talking about her show Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji, Jasmin Bhasin stated, “In a time when supernatural dramas are taking charge, Dil Toh Happy Hai Ji is a slice-of-life story. I have grown up watching such shows and I am sure the audience will love it too. We are making it with full honesty and heart. I am sure everyone will relate to it and enjoy it.”^[7]

In June 2019, on introduction of a 6 years leap in storyline, Jasmin Bhasin was uncomfortable playing a mother and thus she was replaced by Donal Bisht.^[8] Producer Gul Khan confirmed, "Jasmin was not okay bonding with a child in the show. Even though she had agreed on the story line, on scene level she was uncomfortable. We do not want any actor to be uncomfortable or unhappy while shooting. So we amicably parted ways. We wish her all the best."^[8]

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