''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 Radhika and

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as Dev.

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Serial was inspired by this story. The show had two seasons with discrete plots.

Plot

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

Season 1

Shastriji and Devaki live in a

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, and they have two daughters, Radhika (

), who is an adopted child, and Vishakha Shastri (Priyanka Tiwari). 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 *

as Dev Purohit

Recurring

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as Vikram * Gopi Desai as Vinodini "Ammaji" Shastri *

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as Mrinalini Vivek Purohit * Rajeev Kumar as Vivek Purohit *

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as Shantanu Purohit
Harjot Singh Dhaliwal
as Chota Purohit *

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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 *

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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 *

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as Rajjan Yaduvanshi *

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as Katyani Yaduvanshi *

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(Guest) * Divyanka Tripathi as Vidya *

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as Bani *

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as Archana *

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as Saloni

Season 2

Main

as ** Radhika Purohit; Rishikesh's elder daughter; Rudy's sister; Sonia's stepdaughter; Jolly's stepsister; Dev's wife ** Ruby Bhardwaj; Rishikesh's younger daughter; Radhika's sister; Sonia's stepdaughter Jolly's stepsister *

as Dev Raj Purohit; Harinath's son; Rohan's stepbrother; Radhika's husband

Recurring

* Gopi Desai as Dai Maa *

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as Barkha * Sourav Chakraborty as Rohan Harinath Purohit * Micckie Dudaaney as Virat Gopaldas Purohit * Sushmita Daan as Padma Harinath Purohit * Rakesh Pandey 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 (young age) *

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/ Pracheen Chauhan as Lord

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

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as Sonia Rishikesh Bhardwaj *

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as Jolly Bhardwaj *

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Rani / Madhvi

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, the West Indies, Romania, the United States, Trinidad, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, Guyana and South Africa. Chotti Bahu season rerun was aired in Zee Anmol in India and Zee Lamhe in the UK during 2014 and 2015. The show was also broadcast on MBC Digital 4 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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, remade in Kannada as ''Radha Kalyana'' which aired on

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, remade in

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as Snehapoorvam Shyama a sequel to Shyamambaram on

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. The series currently airs on

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from 23 May 2016 under the title '' Vrindawan ki Radhika''. 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 is running on Zee Anmol since 29 April 2019 to 5 January 2020 the series again ran on

from 16 August 2019. The series again re-ran on Zee Anmol since 10 June 2020. Season 2 started re-running on Big Magic from 14 December 2020. In 2024 Serial again started in 2024 on

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References

External links

Official Website
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