''Gustakh Dil'' ( ''Audacious Heart'') is an Indian television
soap opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
which premiered on 5 August 2013 and ended on 14 November 2014. It is a remake of Bengali series ''
Bou Kotha Kao
''Bou Kotha Kao'' () is a television serial that aired on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha. It was produced by '' Ravi Ojha Productions'' and was directed by Tathagata Mukherjee. It starred Riju Biswas and Manali Dey in the lead roles, and Ridhima Ghosh ...
'' and was aired on
Life OK
Life OK was an Indian pay television channel owned by Star India.
It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One.
It also started airing in the United States on 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 May of that s ...
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
Sonbarsa is a Village development committee (Nepal), village development committee in Parsa District in the Narayani Zone of southern Nepal.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 7,158 people living in 1114 in ...
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'' ( ''The One Who Will Be Colored in My Colors'') is an Indian youth soap opera on Life OK, produced by Rajshri Productions. Starring Samridh Bawa and Pranali Ghogare, it premiered on 17 November 2014 and went of ...
'' which replaced ''Gustakh Dil.''
Cast
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Sana Amin Sheikh
Sana Amin Sheikh 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 serials, and has esta ...
as Laajwanti "Laajo" Bhardwaj / Trishna; Saraswati and Ram Bachan's elder daughter; Dhani's elder sister; Nikhil's wife; Sagar 's bestfriend
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Vibhav Roy as Nikhil Bhardwaj; Barkha and Inder's son; Ayeash and Gunja's brother; Laajwanti's husband; Ishana's boyfriend
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Parvati Sehgal
Parvati Sehgal (born 23 August 1980) is an Indian television actress who appeared in the Hindi television drama series like '' Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya'', in which she played the main character of ''Komal Singh Thakur Saxena''. She also appeare ...
as Ishana, Nikhil's girlfriend
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Shritama Mukherjee
Shritama Mukherjee (born 3 November 1993) is an Indian television actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Rajkumari Jainandini in the show '' Dekha Ek Khwaab'' and Koyal in Kuch Toh Hai Tere Mere Darmiyaan. Mukherjee played the role of M ...
as Jasmine
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Soni Singh as Anaya
* Rumi Khan as Indrasena
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Meghna Malik
Meghna Malik is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television and films. She is popularly known as the high-handed Ammaji of Colors TV's popular show ''Na Aana Is Des Laado''. The show dealt with the issue of female infanticide and other a ...
as Barkha Bhardwaj, Nikhil's mother
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Indraneel Bhattacharya
Indraneel Bhattacharya, better known as Aarya Bhatta (born 14 October 1970) is an Indian film and television actor. He began his career as a background artist in films. He is married to actress Anjali Mukhi since 30 April 2005.[Ankita Sharma
Ankita Sharma is an Indian television actress. She worked in Sony Entertainment Television's show ''Baat Hamari Pakki Hai'' as Sanchi Shravan Jaiswal, ''Amrit Manthan'' as Rajkumari Nimrit Sodhi Malik / Natasha Oberoi, '' Rangrasiya'' as Laila ...]
as Nikhil's Maami
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Garima Vikrant Singh
Garima Vikrant Singh (born Garima Srivastav; 27 April 1979) 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), ...
as Saraswati, Laajo's mother
* Sushil Bounthiyal as Ram Bachan, Laajo's father
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Siddhant Karnick
Siddhant Karnick (born 15 March 1983) is an Indian actor. He made his television debut playing Arjun Khanna in romantic teen drama show ''Remix'' (2004–2006) but gained popularity and became a household name with his portrayal of Rana Indrav ...
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
Eva Shirali (born 16 July 1980) is an Indian Hindi actress from Mumbai, best known for her roles in Gujarati language, Gujarati and Hindi soap operas. She played the role of Garima in ''Divya Drishti'' and Gayatri Alok Sabharwal in ''Shaurya A ...
as Anjali, Samrat's ex-wife
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Ankush Arora as Rishi, Samrat's son
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Leena Jumani
Leena Jumani is an Indian actress and model, best known as Tanushree Mehta in ''Kumkum Bhagya''.
She played Khemi, a poor village girl, in the television series '' Bandini''. This was followed with the role of Suhasi in the show '' Koi Aane K ...
as Ratri Sharma
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Scott Adkins
Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976) is an English actor and martial artist. He gained prominence with his portrayal of the Russian prison fighter Yuri Boyka in the American martial arts film '' Undisputed II: Last Man Standing'' (2006), a ro ...
as Bhattacharya
* Tanushree Kaushal /
Anushka Singh as Aditi, Ishana's mother
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Sayantani Ghosh
Sayantani Ghosh (born 6 September 1983) is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi television serials. In 2012, she also participated in '' Bigg Boss 6''.
Early life and career
Sayantani Ghosh won the Miss Calcutta beauty pageant and f ...
as Aarohi Sagar Khurana
* Sharhaan Singh as Siddharth
* Simmi Ghoshal as Neighbor
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Faisal Raza Khan as Kabir
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Chaitanya Choudhury
Chaitannya Choudhry is an Indian television actor known for playing Harsh in ''Aahat'', Kanha Chatterjee in ''Uttaran'' and Shardul Sinha in Star Plus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel o ...
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Namrata Thapa
Namrata Thapa is an Indian film and television actress. She appeared in '' Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli'' as Swarnlata Raj Singhania.
Personal life
Thapa was born in Delhi and now resides in Mumbai. She graduated from Delhi University.
Career
...
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Iqbal Azad
Iqbal Azad is an Indian film and television actor who works mainly in the television Industry including in serials like ''Nadaniyaan'', ''Tedi Medi Family'' and ''Bepannah''.
He has also worked in films like ''Mukt'' (2001), ''340'' (2009), an ...
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Anita Kanwal
Anita Kanwal is an Indian television actress and producer who has acted in television serials such as ''Chanakya'', '' Shanti'' and '' Sonpari''. She is best known for her negative role of Mrs. Seth, the mother who gets her own son killed, in t ...
as Nanima
* Shahrukh Sadri as Sagar's manager
Adaptations
References
External links
Gustakh Dilon
Hotstar
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