''Gustakh Dil'' ( ''Audacious Heart'') is an Indian
television
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soap opera
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which premiered on 5 August 2013 and ended on 4 November 2014. It is a remake of Bengali series ''
Bou Kotha Kao
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'' and was aired on Life OK during weekdays. It showed the stories of Laajo, Nikhil and Ishana.
Laajo is a simpleton from a village, and Nikhil is a cool guy who is madly in love with his childhood sweetheart Ishana. Laajo becomes a second woman in Nikhil's life.
Plot
Nikhil plans to celebrate his birthday in Sonbarsa where Nikhil's grandfather and aunt (''bua)'' live. He plans to go with his childhood sweetheart Ishana but she refuses. There he meets a challenging but simple girl named Laajo who lives with her mother and sisters. Nikhil and Laajo clash playfully on several occasions. A number of circumstances lead Nikhil to unwillingly marry Laajo and bring her to the city with him.
Laajo struggles to fit in with Nikhil and his family, unaware of how things in a modern house work. Gradually, she tries to build an equation with him and his family.
Nikhil becomes annoyed with Laajo for not informing him about her trip to Sonbarsa. Kunal wishes to get engaged to Ishana. Nikhil reads Laajo's letter becoming dejected on learning that Laajo has left him so he can reunite with Ishana. He visits Sonbarsa and after many attempts, wins Laajo's heart. The two are deeply in love while Barkha has sworn to never let Laajo return to her house. Laajo becomes a star with the help of Sagar and Anjali. She takes up the stage name of Trishna. At last Barkha accepts Laajo. Ayesha marries Adhiraj.
The show ends on a happy note with Radha and LD coming to promote their show ''
Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali
''Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali'' (English: The one who will be colored in my colors , Hindi : मेरे रंग में रंगने वाली ) is an Indian youth soap opera on Life OK, produced by Rajshri Productions. Starring Sam ...
'' which replaced ''Gustakh Dil.''
Cast
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Sana Amin Sheikh Sana Amin Sheikh (born 10 August 1989) is an Indian actress and radio jockey, who appears mainly in Hindi television shows and films. Sana made her acting debut with ''Kya Mast Hai Life'' playing Ritu Shah. She has appeared in over 30 television ser ...
as Laajwanti "Laajo" Bhardwaj / Trishna
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Vibhav Roy
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as Nikhil Bhardwaj
* Parvati Sehgal as Ishana, Nikhil's girlfriend
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Shritama Mukherjee
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as Jasmine
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Soni Singh
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as Anaya
* Rumi Khan as Indrasena
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Meghna Malik
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as Barkha Bhardwaj, Nikhil's mother
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Indraneel Bhattacharya
Indraneel Bhattacharya (born 14 October 1970) is an Indian film and television actor.Ankita Sharma as Nikhil's Maami
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Garima Vikrant Singh
Garima Vikrant Singh (Garima Srivastava) is an Indian actress best known for her role as Saraswati in Life OK's ''Gustakh Dil''. She appeared in shows like, ''Choti Bahu'' Season 2, (Zee TV), '' Phir Subah Hogi'' (Zee TV), ''Rahe Tera Aasheerv ...
as Saraswati, Laajo's mother
* Sushil Bounthiyal as Ram Bachan, Laajo's father
* Siddhant Karnick as Sagar Khurana, Superstar and Laajo's mentor
* Shraddha Jaiswal as Ayesha Adhiraj Ranawat
* Jyoti Sharma as Gunja Bhardwaj
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Eva Ahuja
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as Anjali, Samrat's ex-wife
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Ankush Arora
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Career
Arora started off his television journey as he took on to portray Rishi Bhardwaj in Life OK's ''Gustakh Dil'' from 201 ...
as Rishi, Samrat's son
* Leena Jumani as Ratri Sharma
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Scott Adkins
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as Bhattacharya
* Tanushree Kaushal /
Anushka Singh
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Television
References
Indian soap opera actresses
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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as Aditi, Ishana's mother
* Sayantani Ghosh as Aarohi Sagar Khurana
* Sharhaan Singh as Siddharth
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Faisal Raza Khan
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as Kabir
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Chaitanya Choudhury
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Iqbal Azad
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Anita Kanwal
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Hotstar
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