''Chotti Bahu'' is an Indian drama television series produced by

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. Season one aired from 8 December 2008 to 17 September 2010 and season two aired from 15 February 2011 to 18 May 2012 on

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. It starred

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as Dev and

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as Radhika.

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Serial was inspired by this story .

Plot

Choti Bahu is the love saga of two soulmates Dev and Radhika.

Season 1

Shastriji and Devki live in a

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, and they have two daughters, Radhika (

), who is an adopted child, and Vishakha Shashtri (

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). Radhika is simple and dutiful, whereas Vishakha wants to be an actress in

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. She is headstrong and selfish. Vishakha and Radhika share a close bond. The Purohits are a well to do from

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and have their ancestral home in Vrindavan. They have two sons - Vivek and Dev (

). The Purohits have great expectations from Dev who falls in love with Radhika. But fate wills otherwise, and he thinks he marries Vishakha due to a confusion. The story takes a dramatic turn when Radhika enters Dev's house, and the stage is set for an unusual love triangle, with each character grappling with peculiar dilemmas.

Season 2

Ruby Bhardwaj (

), a

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by birth, was adopted and brought up by a family of weavers in a small town called Rawal. Dev (

), whose family has been in the service of Rajpurohits for generations, visits Rawal as a child on the occasion of Radhashtami. Dev and Radhika meet each other and become good friends. Radhika and Dev get married at a young age whilst playing.

Cast

Season 1

Main

as Radhika Purohit/ Imarti *

as Devraj "Dev" Purohit

Recurring

* Gopi Desai as Vinodini "Ammaji" Shastri *

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as Mrinalini Vivek Purohit * Rajeev Kumar as Vivek Purohit *

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as Vikram *

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as Shantanu Purohit
Harjot Singh Dhaliwal
as Chota Purohit * Prabha Sinha as Vaishali Raj Purohit * Priyanka Tiwari as Vishakha Shastri * Rishi Khurana as Birju * Snehal Sahay as Mrs Purohit *

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as Shanti Purohit * Samta Sagar as Devaki Brijmohan Shastri *

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as Pandit Brijmohan Shastri * Raj Logani as Arjun Purohit * Sanjay Batra as Sushil Purohit * Darshan Kumar as Purab * Shashank Sethi as Keshav Chaubey *

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as Raj Purohit *

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as Kanika Yaduvanshi * Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Rajjan Yaduvanshi *

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as Katyani Yaduvanshi *

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(Guest) *

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as Vidya * Prachi Desai as Bani * Ankita Lokhande as Archana * Rajshree Thakur as Saloni

Season 2

Main

as Radhika Purohit *

as Devraj "Dev" Purohit

Recurring

* Gopi Desai as Dai Maa * Benaf Dadachandji as Barkha * Sourav Chakraborty as Rohan Harinath Purohit * Micckie Dudaaney as Virat Gopaldas Purohit * Sushmita Daan as Padma Harinath Purohit *

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as Dadaji * Sangeeta Kapure as Mohini Virat Purohit * Chayan Trivedi as Gopaldas Purohit *

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as Mansaram * Sidharth Sen as Chhenu * Garima Shrivastav as Shanti Radhika's stepmother * Shivam Jagtap as Chhenu (youngage) *

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/ Pracheen Chauhan as Lord

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* Aman Verma as Asur / Vishwanath * Vinay Jain as Rishikesh Bhardwaj (RB) *

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as Sonia Rishikesh Bhardwaj *

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as Jolly Bhardwaj * Srishty Rode as

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Rani / Madhvi Ahmad Harhash as Ranjeet Roy Bhardwaj

Series overview

The show had two seasons titled ''Chotti Bahu – Sindoor Bin Suhagan'' and ''Chhoti Bahu - Sawar Ke Rang Rachi''. Chotti Bahu season one created history by extending the prime time slot to early prime time 7:30 pm. The second season was brought back on public demand with a new plot and same lead actors.

Distribution

The series was popular in Mauritius, West Indies, Romania, USA, Trinidad, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda,Guyana and South Africa. Chotti Bahu season rerun was aired in

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in India and Zee Lamhe in the UK during 2014 and 2015. The show was also broadcast on

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in Mauritius. Dubbed version of the serial was telecast in

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as Chinna Marumagal in

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. It was remade twice in

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as ''Chinna Kodalu'' and ''Vaidehi Parinayam'' which aired on

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and remade in Kannada as Radha Kalyana which aired on Zee Kannada. The series currently airs on

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from 23 May 2016 under the title

Vrindawan ki Radhika Vrindavan (; ), also spelt Vrindaban and Brindaban, is a historical city in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located in the Braj, Braj Bhoomi region and holds religious importance in Hinduism as Krishna spent most of his chi ...

. The channel has picked the show as it features a universal theme, which is a reflection of the channel's brand promise of providing its viewers with Bemisal Kahaniyan. The Series Running on

since 29 April 2019 to 5 January 2020 the Series Again Running on

from 16 August 2019. The series again re-ran on

since 10 June 2020. Season 2 started re-running on Big Magic from 14 December 2020.

References

External links

Official Website
{{Zee TV Programmes Indian television soap operas Zee TV original programming 2008 Indian television series debuts 2011 Indian television series debuts 2010 Indian television series endings 2012 Indian television series endings Television shows set in Uttar Pradesh