''Justujoo'' is an Indian

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which aired on Zee TV on Tuesday evenings in 2002. Justajoo went off air after 50 episodes. According to the producer, "with Justajoo we covered only office expenses and made no profit." Justujoo is re-telecasted on 9X channel in 2013.

Plot

Justujoo is about a lawyer, Lalit Sharma (

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), his wife Leela (

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) and her sister Neerja (Arpita Pandey). The story revolves about how Lalit is fed up with his uneducated and old fashioned wife. He gets drawn towards his educated, career-oriented, modern sister-in-law, Neerja (Arpita Pandey). Neerja is married to Mehul (

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) but their relationship does not last. Later, Neerja gets pregnant after getting into a relationship with her brother-in-law. She has a baby girl, but dies soon after that. Leela raises Neerja's daughter as her own child, along with her own two daughters. Leela and Lalit already have two daughters of their own; they grow up and get married. Leela's elder daughter does not like her stepsister. Neerja's daughter never finds the truth that Leela is not her real mother. The story ends with Leela, her husband and Neerja's daughter looking at the stars in the sky.

Cast

as Lalit Sharma *

as Leela Sharma * Arpita Pandey as Neeraja *

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as Satish *

as Mehul * Karan Lukha as Moksh * Eva sher ali as Shruti * Madhavi Kumar as Deepa *

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as Jeweller * Ghanshyam Nayak as Lalit's client *

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as Anurag *

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as Nagesh *

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as Kavita *

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as Doctor *

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as Mehul's Mother * Mahroo Sheikh as Mehul's Director *

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as Mehul's makeup artist * Melanie Nazareth as Priya * Atul Srivastava as Lalit's Assistant *

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as Leela's cousin * Ishtiaque Khan as Neeraja's Boss * Sonalia Kapadia as Neeraja's daughter * Aditi Pandya as Older Rima *

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as Neeraja's Professor *

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as Neeraja's Aunt *

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as House Dealer * Zubeda Khan as Victim * Jaspir Thandi as Isha *

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as Younger Bhavna *

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as Younger Rima *

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as Hotel Receptionist *

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as Lalit's Colleague

References

External links

* {{Zee TV Programmes Indian television soap operas Serial drama television series Zee TV original programming 2002 Indian television series debuts