Vidya (TV series)

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Vidya
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Created byMahesh Pandey
Developed byMahesh Pandey
Creative directorsChhaya Chauhan
Atul Kumar Sharma (Creative Head)
StarringNamish Taneja
Meera Deosthale
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes163
Production
ProducersMahesh Pandey
Madhu Pandey[1]
Running time21 minutes
Production companyMahesh Pandey Productions LLP
Release
Original networkColors TV
Original release9 September 2019 (2019-09-09) –
30 March 2020 (2020-03-30)
External links
Website

Vidya (transl. Education) was an Indian social drama television series that has been broadcast since 9 September 2019 on Colors TV.[2] Produced by Mahesh Pandey,[3] it stars Namish Taneja and Meera Deosthale.[4]

The show was taken off the air abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India on 30 March 2020. Later, it was announced that the show will not be brought back after the lockdown bringing the show to an abrupt ending.

Premise[]

Vidya is a quaint and superstitious widow who awaits a letter from the government regarding her job. However, her luck takes a turn for the worse when she gets the job of teaching English at a school. But unknown to the world she is an illiterate. Enters IAS Vivek Vardhaan Singh, a righteous officer who takes over the charge of the city as the new District Magistrate. He respects Vidya a lot and gradually starts falling in love with her despite of her being a widow. Then there is a corrupt politician Nanku Singh creating hurdles in the ways of both of them in many tasks of development. When Vidya reveals she is illiterate Vivek is furious and hurt. By then even she had fallen in love with him and tries to explain her situation and the whole story to him how she was married off and on the very day of her wedding her husband an army officer was called for the duty and got martyred. So to support her in laws she was forced to take up the job. Vivek accepts Vidya and promises to teach her. Vivek's mother lays a condition of accepting Vidya only if she becomes a teacher in the reality with all the necessary qualifications. Here begins the journey of Vidya of completing her education.......

Cast[]

Main[]

  • Meera Deosthale as Vidya Singh – Ramesh and Durga's daughter; Harsh's sister; Ram's former wife; Vivek's wife (2019–2020)
    • Ayat Shaikh as Young Vidya Singh (2019)
  • Namish Taneja as DM. Vivek Singh – Suhasini and Vardhan's son; Vidya's husband (2019–2020)

Recurring[]

  • Vaquar Shaikh as Nanku Singh – Ranjana's brother; Kalindi's husband (2019–2020)
  • Anshu Shrivastav as Kalindi Singh – Nanku's wife (2019–2020)
  • Aaloak Kapoor as Ramesh Singh – Durga's husband; Vidya and Harsh's father (2019)
  • Sanya Dutt as Durga Singh – Ramesh's wife; Vidya and Harsh's mother (2019)
  • Anamika Kadamb as Ranjana Thakur – Nanku's sister (2019–2020) (Jailed)
  • Sanjay Pandey as Dharam Singh – Parbatiya's husband; Ram and Bablu's father (2019–2020)
  • Uma Basu as Parbatiya Devi – Dharam's wife; Ram and Bablu's mother (2019–2020)
  • Mansi Srivastava as Mehak – Vivek's childhood friend; Avatar's love interest (2020)
  • Manmohan Tiwari as Ram Singh – Parbatiya and Dharam's son; Vidya's former husband (2019) (Cameo)
  • Geeta Tyagi as Suhasini Singh - Vardhan's wife; Vivek's mother
  • Akash Mukherjee as Bablu Singh – Parbatiya and Dharam's son; Ram's brother (2019–2020)
  • Sudhanshu Sharan as Harsh Singh– Durga and Ramesh's son; Vidya's brother; Keerti's husband (2019)
  • Rasika Singh as Keerti Singh – Harsh's wife (2019)
  • Garima Gupta as Principal Monali Verma (2019–2020)
  • Jeetendra Trehan as DM Sharma (2019) (Dead)
  • Zarina Roshan Khan as Parvati Singh – Nanku and Ranjana's mother (2019) (Dead)
  • Vikrant Singh Rajpoot as Avtaar Singh – Politician (2019–2020)
  • Mohit Sharma as Anand – Vivek's assistant (2019–2020)
  • Lilliput as School Principal Manohar Mishra (2019–2020)
  • Swadesh Mishra as Jagat (2019–2020)

Special appearances[]

Cancellation[]

Due to low TRP's at 7 pm time slot, the show went off-air during COVID-19 pandemic. The show went off air without completing it's story on 30 March 2020. This show was eventually replaced by Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 on 13 July 2020.

References[]

  1. ^ "Meera 'Chakor' Deosthale to play the heroine in Mahesh Pandey's 'Vidya'". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Colors to premiere new show 'Vidya' on Sept 9". Indian Television Dot Com. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Mahesh Pandey: I feel that simple storytelling and high drama is what works today – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Namish Taneja to play Meera Deosthale's love interest in 'Vidya'". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

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