Ziddi Dil Maane Na

Ziddi Dil Maane Na
Genre	Romance Drama
Created by	Seema Sahani Sharma Sudhir Sharma
Screenplay by	Nishikant Roy Ira Arya
Story by	Shivani Shah
Directed by	Amit D Malik
Creative director	Mani Dixit
Starring	Shaleen Malhotra Kaveri Priyam Kunal Karan Kapoor Diljot Kaur Chhabra Aditya Deshmukh Simple Kaul
Theme music composer	Shalin Sharma
Opening theme	Dil Ziddi Hai
Ending theme	Dil Ziddi Hai
Composer	Divya Limbasia
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	166
Production
Producers	Sudhir Sharma Seema Sahani Sharma
Editors	Jaskaran Singh Omkar Singh
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	23-28 minutes
Production company	Sunshine Productions
Distributor	Sony Pictures Networks
Release
Original network	Sony SAB
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080i
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	30 August 2021 (2021-08-30) – present
External links
SAB TV

Ziddi Dil Maane Na (English: The Stubborn Heart Doesn't Agree ) is an Indian Hindi-language youth based drama television series which airs on Sony SAB. It stars Shaleen Malhotra, Kaveri Priyam, Kunal Karan Kapoor, Diljot Kaur Chhabra, Aditya Deshmukh and Simple Kaul.^[1] Its story revolves around a young team of SAF (Special Action Force), who find love while fulfilling their aspirations at the camp. The show is being made under the banner of Sunshine Productions.

Plot

Colonel Pushpendra Batra, founder of Parakram SAF Academy comes out of retirement and starts a civilian training program due to the increased terrorist activities and promises the minister that if he fails in his mission he would return all his medals to the ministry which he has earned in his life. He chooses his 3 best special agents to carry out this program: Special Agent Karan Shergill, a very strict and brave commando; Special Agent Sanjana Dubey, a rough and tough commando and Special Agent Faizuddin Siddiqui, a cheerful and flirt guy who has his commitment reserved only for his country. The academy is in Deolali.

Dr. Monami Mahajan is of kind-hearted and helpful nature and has decided to join the training against her father's wishes. Her best friend is Siddharth Ganju, a comfort & drone flying lover and happy-go-lucky guy, and he is her world. Both of them are quite close. She sees Karan who is trying to stop Bala, a pick pocketer who has stolen his wallet and picks up a fight with him thinking him to be a bully and creates a terrible first impression. The recruits arrive and Karan asks them to trek in the forest to enter the academy. He thinks that while trekking the weak recruits will quit. All the recruits come inside the academy by the allotted time but Monami, who almost reaches the gate, goes back to help Koel, another recruit, and gets late by 30 seconds. Karan doesn't allow her but Monami convinces Colonel Batra that she is fit for the academy and she too is admitted. She earns the name "Monami Tsunami" from the trainers and "Rani Sahiba" from Karan for her privilege while she calls Karan "Khadoos Shergill".

Problems increase for her as Sid arrives at the academy and claims her to be his fiancée. She denies it but as Sanjana beats him, she accepts it. Sid claims to be suffering from a rare heart disease and Mrs. Batra throws an engagement party for Sid and Monami. Sid likes Sanjana but Sanjana rejects him and his gifts as she is already engaged though she doesn't mention it. Karan gets angry and locks up Sid and doesn't give him food or water. Sid gets unconscious and the cadets divide into two teams as they take sides: one saying Sid is at fault and the other saying Karan is too strict and it's his fault. Ambar Rawat, who hates Karan for his medals and qualifications gets a video of the fight in the academy between Karan and Monami and asks the minister for an enquiry against Karan. Karan is set free of the inquiry after a few events.

After some events, Monami falls in love with Karan and becomes friends with him while Siddharth and Sanjana too become close. The cadets too become like family. Karan too starts to feel for Monami but ignores them due to his past trauma of losing his brother whom he loved very much. Koel is helped by the cadets and trainers to set herself free from her abusive husband. Monami proposes Karan but he refuses to it, though not saying that he doesn't feel for her. Faizi and Koel come closer while Monami gathers herself and puts a strong face and after some events gets to know Karan's whole past and she sets him free from her love to not become a burden on him. Karan starts realizing his love and soon accepts being in love with Monami in front of Faizi. Here enters the scene Sanjana's regressive fiancé Kundan and Sid and Monami's good friend Dr. Aneesh who loves Monami from their college days, making Karan jealous, insecure and possessive, and even brings out a new lover boy side of his. Sid gets heartbroken upon learning about Kundan and Sanjana. Karan and Monami console Sanju and Sid over this while Sanju leaves the academy. Karan-Monami spend some quality time together while Sid takes a break from the academy to overcome the recent happenings. Seeing them close, Aneesh conspires to create misunderstandings between them in which he succeeds leading to Karan-Monami having a heated argument. Karan realizes his intentions to degrade him in front of Monami. Later, Karan along with other SAF trainers and cadets go on a rescue mission during a landslide. Karan was worried about Monami being stuck in the landslide but he soon finds her safe, much to his relief. The duo again become close and soon Monami becomes inconsolable after finding Sid's hoodie and wallet on the site. Kundan is revealed to be involved in illegal activities. Soon Sid calls Monami and informs about him being fit and fine. Aneesh plans to kill Karan by trapping him inside a very weak cave but Monami sees Karan going inside and follows him. The duo gets close and Karan confesses his love for her but she gets unconscious due to hypothermia. Both of them are rescued while Karan starts doubting Aneesh.

Later, an attack is expected on Parakram SAF on Republic Day by Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), an extremist organization. It's leader Kanu Pandya (KP)'s daughter Dhanu takes the guise of Pushpa and manages to enter the academy as an event manager by killing the real one to kill Karan as he failed their plans and almost arrested KP two years back.

Karan learns that Monami didn't hear his confession and gets upset while she is confused by his changed behavior towards her. Sid too figures out that Sanjana isn't happy with her marriage and loves him and reaches her village to stop her wedding.

In Republic Day's function, Karan finds bomb in the mike which get defused timely and the other one too is defused. Pushpa decides to kill Karan anyhow but Faizi finds out her reality and is injured by her. Monami somehow figures out the truth from Faizi and informs Karan but is held hostage at gunpoint by Pushpa. She manages to run away using Monami as a pawn. Monami recalls the cave incident but wants Karan to confess again and pesters him, and he gives into it after some pestering and confesses his love. Monami is elated while Sid starts to implement his plan. Monami and Karan share some cute and romantic moments together and go on a date while Sid is determined to break Sanju's marriage. He later learns Kundan's truth but Sanju's disbelieves him. Aneesh vows to separate Karan and Monami and pretends injured to keep Monami occupied, which Karan learns of. Aneesh calls Dr. Deepak, Monami's father, to the academy who manages to create misunderstandings between her and Karan while Kundan's boss KD enters. Kundan realizes about Sid and Sanjana and kidnaps him, who vows to not let the marriage happen at any cost. Sanjana goes to rescue Sid in which she succeeds but gets caught by KD. Karan and Monami finds Sid. They with the help of Koel and other SAF members rescue Sanjana and other girls and gets Kundan and KD arrested. Sid tries to make Sanjana accept her love while Karan and Monami sort out their differences and hug, angering Aneesh and Dr. Deepak.

Dhanu finds Karan's look-alike Balli, a truck driver and plans to disguise him as Karan and send him to academy to take his place. Col. Batra informs Karan about Dhanu planning something big, which he hides from Monami for his duty while Balli gets smitten by her. Karan and Monami share few romantic moments. Aneesh conspires against them and captures their intimate moment and gets their photos exposed publicly in a bad light in women's day press conference with the help of a journalist. The journalist humiliates Karan and Monami which leads Karan to accept their love infront of everyone. They find out that it was Aneesh's conspiracy and he is thrown out while Col. Batra and others support Karan and Monami. Karan's bhabhi does Monami's roka and gifts her Karan's medal, who decides to ring her after Param's barsi but gets trapped by Dhanu, Charu and their men. Karan shoots Dhanu in the ensuing fight due to which she slips into coma but gets kidnapped by Charu after meeting an accident due to Balli. Balli swaps his place with Karan while Monami grows anxious for Karan's safety. Balli's activities makes Monami and others suspicious about him.

Cast

Main

• Shaleen Malhotra^[2] as
  • Special Agent Karan Shergill: Param's Brother, Barkha's brother-in-law, Soumya's uncle and best friend, Faizi's childhood best friend, Monami's fiancé. He loves Monami and his family the most. (2021–present)
  • Balli: A punjabi truck driver, Karan's lookalike appointed by Dhanu to take his place, Has a crush on Monami (2022–present)
• Kaveri Priyam^[3] as Dr. Monami Mahajan aka Monu/Mo: Deepak and Juhi's daughter, Sid's best and childhood friend, Doctor in Mahajan Multispecialty Hospital, Cadet at Parakram SAF, Aneesh's college friend and junior, Karan's fiancée, Balli's crush. She loves Karan and the academy the most.(2021–present)
• Kunal Karan Kapoor^[4] as Siddharth Ganju aka Sid: Avinash's son, Monami's childhood best friend, Cadet at Parakram SAF, Sanju's love interest (2021–present)
• Diljot Kaur Chhabra^[5] as Special Agent Sanjana Dubey aka Sanju: Kundan's ex-fiancée, Sid's love interest (2021–present)
• Aditya Deshmukh as Special Agent Faizuddin Siddiqui aka Faizi: Karan's childhood best friend, Koel's love interest (2021–present)
• Simple Kaul^[6] as Koel Roy: Abhay's ex-wife, Nikhil's mother, Cadet at Parakram SAF, Faizi's love interest (2021–present)

Recurring

• Surbhi Talodiya/Abigail Pande as Charu: Dhanu's younger sister and Kanu's daughter (2022-present)
• Bhamini Oza Gandhi as Dhanu Pandya aka Pushpa: Leader of RPF Kanu's daughter and Charu's elder sister, Karan's enemy who wants to kill him but got shot by him and slipped into coma (2022–present)
• Amitt K Singh as Dr. Aneesh Malhotra: A successful doctor who has just returned from U.S.A, Monami's college friend and obsessive one-sided lover, a good poet, newly joined Parakram SAF, Karan's rival who joins hands with Dhanu and Charu to swap Karan and Balli (2021–present)
• Darshan Gurjar as Tilli: Dhanu and Charu's close associate who wanted to be a commando earlier, He doesn't identifies himself or RPF as terrorists (2022–present)
• Nirbhay Thakur as Nikhil Mehra: Koel and Abhay's son (2021–present)
• Satyaketi Mishra as Suman Tiwari a.k.a Sumanji: A cadet, Wife of Rajesh Tiwari, rival-turned-friend of Koel (2021–present)
• Nirisha Basneet as Chitra: A cadet (2021–present)
• Raju Shreshta as Prem Deshpremi a.k.a Premji: An actor who joins the academy to show his children that he is something without TV shows too and even he has an identity of his own (2021–present)
• Prathmesh Sharma as Bala: An ex-pickpocketer who joins the academy due to Karan, A cadet, Siddharth's good friend (2021–present)
• Subodh Gulati as Banta Singh a.k.a Ustad Ji (2021–present)
• Vijay Kashyap^[7] as Col. Pushpinder Batra: director of Parakram SAF and Civilian Training Project (2021–present)
• Gulfam Khan^[8] as Mrs. Batra: Col. Batra's wife, Sid's motherly figure (2021–present)
• Amarkant Dubey as Dilbag Ji: A cook and in charge of the mess in Parakram SAF (2021–present)
• Varsha Dhagat as Sanjana's Mother (2021–present)
• Aarzu Soni as Soumya "Baby" Shergill: Param and Barkha's daughter, Karan's niece and best friend (2021–present)
• Shriya Jha as Barkha Shergill: Param's widow, Soumya's mother, Karan's sister-in-law (2021–present)
• Aashish Kaul as Avinash Ganju: Sid's Father (2021–present)
• Jiten Lalwani as Dr. Deepak Mahajan: Monami's father, Juhi's widower, founder and CEO of Mahajan Multispecialty Hospital (2021–present)
• Abhishek Rawat as Commander and Special Agent Param Shergill: Karan's martyred brother, Barkha's husband, Soumya's father - Shown in images and flashbacks only. He was made Major posthumously. (2021–present)
• Kimmy Kaur as Lieutenant General Dr. Gunjan Bhushan: Late Dr. Juhi Mahajan's friend who motivates Monami and gifts her the brooch which Dr. Juhi gifted her. (2021–present)
• Davir Mirza as Jeetu: Karan's informer who is killed by Dhanu (2022)
• Angad Hasija^[9] as Kundan: Sanjana's orthodox and regressive ex-fiancé, he is involved in human trafficking racket and works under KD (2021–2022)
• Vinay Bhatia as KD: Head of the Human Trafficking Racket, Kundan's boss (2022)
• Simran Choudhary as Kritika: Lakshmi and Sanju's best friend in Bundelkhand who looks up to Sanju as her inspiration, She had a crush on Sid (2022)
• Deepra Mishra as Lakshmi: Sanju and Kritika's best friend, she was kidnapped by Kundan along with many girls for human trafficking (2022)
• Maleeka R Ghai as Amma Ji: Kundan's mother, a regressive and orthodox lady (2021–2022)
• Karanveer Mehra^[10] as Abhay Mehra: Koel's ex-husband, Nikhil's father, a businessman (2021)
• Sushant Kandya as Ambar Rawat (2021)
• Vinit Kakar^[11] as Chirag: A contractor, Head of the illegal organ trade racket in the City Care Hospital, a psycho (2021)

Guest cast

• Gulki Joshi as S.H.O. Haseena Malik (from Maddam Sir)
• Tunisha Sharma as ASP Aditi Jammwal (from Hero: Gayab Mode On)
• Rakhi Sawant as Begum Chorni
• Ketan Singh as Badshah Chor
• Yukti Kapoor as S.I. Karishma Singh (from Maddam Sir)
• Sumeet Raghavan as Rajesh Wagle (from Wagle Ki Duniya)
• Sheehan Kapahi as Atharva Wagle (from Wagle Ki Duniya)

Production

Development

The series was announced by Sunshine Productions and was confirmed to be releasing in August 2021 by Sony SAB. Its first promo was launched on 26 July 2021.^[12]

Casting

Shaleen Malhotra and Kaveri Priyam were cast to play the leads.^[13]Kunal Karan Kapoor,Diljot Kaur Chhabra, Aditya Deshmukh and Simple Kaul were cast in supporting roles.^[14]

Release

Show's first promo was released on 26 July 2021 introducing the main leads Kaveri Priyam and Shaleen Malhotra. On 29 July 2021, introducing supporting leads Kunal Karan Kapoor & Diljot Kaur Chhabra and Aditya Deshmukh & Simple Kaul respectively. The series was launched on 30 August 2021

Crossover

• THE BIG SHANIVAAR: First crossover of Sony Sab shows on the occasion of Sab Shows' episodes starting to be aired on Saturdays as well. (9 October 2021)
• THE MAHASANGAM (/BIG SHANIVAAR): Crossover of Sony Sab Shows on the occasion of Diwali in Parakram SAF and to help Cadet Koel Roy in escaping from her husband. (20 November 2021)

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Sony SAB

External links

• Ziddi Dil Maane Na at IMDb
• Ziddi Dil Maane Na on SonyLIV
• Ziddi Dil Maane Na on Sony SAB

References