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''Kaleerein'' is an Indian television series that premiered on 5 February 2018 on
Zee TV ZEE TV also known as Z TV is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched on 1 October 1992 as the oldest privately owned television channel in India. History ...
. Produced by Nikhil and Sohanna Sinha, it starred
Arjit Taneja Arjit Taneja (born 10 November 1992) is an Indian television actor and model. He made his television debut with the reality show '' Splitsvilla 6 '' and starred in several TV fictional shows like ''Kumkum Bhagya'', '' Kaleerein'', ''Bahu Begu ...
and Aditi Sharma. It replaced
Aisi Deewangi Dekhi Nahi Kahi ''Aisi Deewangi Dekhi Nahi Kahi'' (trans: ''haven't seen madness like this'') is an Indian romantic drama television series, produced by Dee Jaa Films, which premiered on 22 May 2017 and ended on 2 February 2018, being replaced by the series ...
in its timeslot. And was replaced by Manmohini .


Plot

Meera Dhingra is a free-spirited, young independent woman who loves to play
Kabaddi Kabaddi (, ) is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players. It is one of the traditional games of South Asia. In this game, a raider enters the opposing half of the court to touch defenders and attempt to return within 30 ...
and does not want to be well-groomed for her future husband. She believes that a woman loses her natural traits after enrolling in a grooming school. However, her mother persistently pressurizes her to marry and shape herself into an ideal, well-groomed, upper-class wife; to fulfil her desire to see her daughter get married after constant proposal rejections. She believes that Meera can only be socially acceptable by changing herself by going to Soni Kudi Academy. However, Meera is strongly against the idea and believes that she should only marry someone who loves her the way she is. Vivaan is a rich business tycoon and an NRI from London. He comes back to India on his sister Amaya's wish and searching for his long-lost mother, Pammi Kapoor, who left them as a child. Although he has a hatred for his biological mother; he secretly yearns to meet her. Vivaan's trust issues stem from his abandonment, and he promises himself never to marry. Vivaan does not believe in marriage, whereas Meera believes that she wants her life partner to love and understand her imperfections. Meera's alliance is fixed with Sumair (Paramvir Cheema), but in a comedy of errors, she ends up meeting Vivaan at the airport. Their opinionated personalities clash, and they argue. It is later revealed that Vivaan is the
landlord A landlord is the owner of property such as a house, apartment, condominium, land, or real estate that is rented or leased to an individual or business, known as a tenant (also called a ''lessee'' or ''renter''). The term landlord appli ...
of Kapoor Mansion, of which the Dhingras are caretakers. While Vivaan and Amaya live in the same house, Meera's wedding preparations begin. While Vivaan believes Meera to be a gold digger, Meera hates Vivaan's egoistic personality. Meera secretly harbours the desire to play a qualifying kabaddi match on her wedding day. Vivaan initially befriends Meera to extract information about a bangle in her possession, which resembles his mother's, but they start caring for each other over time, unbeknownst to themselves. Sumair, who initially understands Meera's stand, is slowly revealed to be a man who has his own expectations from his wife-to-be. Meera complies for the sake of her family and, finding no support from her fiance, decides to groom herself. Vivaan and Meera, on the other hand, constantly bicker, but Vivaan ends up saving her from the sticky situations that she lands in owing to her wedding preparations. While Sumair is gradually shown to be a shallow-minded person, Vivaan comes across as a liberal, open-minded individual, albeit with his own imperfections. Sumair falls in love with Meera's cousin Silky. He has no regard for Meera, and to pull himself out of the wedding, he makes a fake MMS clip of Meera and Vivaan Romancing and airs it on the wedding day. He manipulates Meera into believing that it was Vivaan who made the video for which she slaps Vivaan. Meera is
abused Abuse is the act of improper usage or treatment of a person or thing, often to unfairly or improperly gain benefit. Abuse can come in many forms, such as: physical or verbal maltreatment, injury, assault, violation, rape, unjust practices, ...
and bad mouthed by village goons, but Vivaan saves her. They marry to save Meera's dignity. But they decide to divorce after their wedding as they're not happy. However, they decide to hide their impending divorce from Meera's family till the situation cools down. Meanwhile, Vivaan's stepmother and business partner Roma Kapoor (
Shilpa Saklani Shilpa Saklani Agnihotri (born 5 June) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She is recognised for her portrayal of Ganga Joshi Virani in ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'', Kkusum Deshmukh Kapoor in ''Kkusum'', Vrinda i ...
) comes to live in Kapoor Mansion with the agenda of breaking the couple's relationship. However, Meera and Vivaan become friends and gradually start falling in love, but this irks Roma. She creates many misunderstandings between the couple and manipulates Vivaan, who already has contempt for his birth mother, believing that Pammi Kapoor wants to kill Amaya and him. Meera refuses to believe this, which becomes the root cause of clashes and separation. The divorce keeps coming up between them. Eventually, Pammi Kapoor is revealed as Soni Kudi's owner Mrs Singh. Roma is exposed, and all allegations against Pammi are quelled, and they reunite as one happy family. Vivaan and Meera decide to express their love for each other, but unfortunately, happy times do not last long, and Pammi and Amaya are kidnapped. Vivaan is blackmailed, and a series of events lead to Pammi's death and Amaya being in a coma. Vivaan misunderstands Meera and blames her for interfering in the kidnapping mess and thus causing Pammi's death. Meera tries very hard to prove her innocence to Vivaan but no avail, and he decides to divorce her. He starts hating on Meera when she refuses to divorce him and troubles her to no end with harsh words and actions. But a series of events lead Meera and Vivaan to the alleged kidnapper, where Meera saves Vivaan from being shot at by taking the bullet herself. Vivaan's misunderstandings are cleared, and he tries to win back her love, berating himself for believing a wrong and contrived version of events. Unfortunately, Meera's father gives Meera the ultimatum to choose between himself and Vivaan. Meera chooses her father forcefully and is also hurt by Vivaan's past actions, but this does not stop Vivaan. He enters the Dhingra household as a cook to prove he will do anything for Meera. Meera's father creates many problems for Vivaan and continuously insults him. However, he puts up with it for Meera's sake. Finally, Meera's father finds a good groom for her, also his best friend's son. This marks the entry of Sunny into their lives. Meanwhile, Meera makes the mistake of agreeing to the wedding to teach Vivaan a lesson without realizing the storm that is about to enter their lives. Sunny pretends to be a good guy who wants to ruin Meera and Vivaan's love. Vivaan and Meera fight against Sunny with courage. He tries to separate them by sending Vivaan to jail and blackmailing Meera but in vain. He is arrested by police later. Vivaan and Meera have peaceful life. Meanwhile, the gifts his late mother's Soni Kudi academy to Meera. But his past starts haunting him. Paromita was Vivaan's friend, she was in love with him, but he never loved her. Meera gets visions about how Vivaan was responsible for Paromita's death and decides to expose him in front of the world for causing an innocent's death and for hiding it. She stages a drama narrating the sequence of events at Soni Kudi academy, but later, Vivaan proves himself innocent. But Paromita's sister Tulika (
Swati Kapoor Swati Kapoor is an Indian actress. She made her television debut as Rachana in the serial ''Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha ''Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha'' is an Indian crime thriller series that aired on StarPlus from 13 September 2010 to 18 Marc ...
) comes for revenge from Vivaan as he had refused to marry her sister. Vivaan and Meera
consummate The consummation of a marriage, or simply consummation, is the first officially credited act of sexual intercourse following marriage. In many traditions and statutes of civil or religious law, the definition usually refers to penile–vaginal p ...
their marriage. The show takes a supernatural turn, but at the end, they reunite, and the show ends with Meera being
pregnant Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring gestation, gestates inside a woman's uterus. A multiple birth, multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Conception (biology), Conception usually occurs ...
, silky getting married, and the whole family celebrating.


Cast


Main

*
Arjit Taneja Arjit Taneja (born 10 November 1992) is an Indian television actor and model. He made his television debut with the reality show '' Splitsvilla 6 '' and starred in several TV fictional shows like ''Kumkum Bhagya'', '' Kaleerein'', ''Bahu Begu ...
as Vivaan Kapoor: Pammi Kapoor's son, Amaya's Brother, Meera's husband * Aditi Sharma as Meera Kapoor (née Dhingra): Amar and Dolly's daughter, Nimmo and Prince's sister, Vivaan's wife, Pammi Kapoor's daughter in law


Recurring

* Vishavpreet Kaur as Pammi Kapoor: CEO of Soni Kudi Academy; Vivaan and Amaya's mother; Meera's mother in law * Nisha Nayak as Amaya Kapoor: Pammi's daughter; Vivaan's Sister *
Neena Cheema Neena Cheema is an Indian veteran actress. After a long career in stage plays and Punjabi television, she shifted to Mumbai in 1998 and since has performed in a number of TV serials and Hindi and Punjabi films. Films * ''Mann Mann may refe ...
as Beeji: Amar, Bittu and Laali's mother; Meera, Nimmo, Meher, Prince and Simran and Silky's grandmother * Jaswinder Gardner as Dolly Dhingra: Amar's wife; Meera, Nimmo and Prince's mother * Sagar Saini as Amar Dhingra: Dolly's wife; Meera, Nimmo and Prince's father *
Ekroop Bedi Ekroop Bedi is an Indian television actress, who has appeared in Hindi television series, like '' Suhani Si Ek Ladki'', '' Dharampatni'', '' Rab Se Sohna Isshq'', and '' Bani – Ishq Da Kalma''. She was seen in Star Plus's ''Koi Laut Ke Aay ...
as Nimmo Dhingra: Amar and Dolly's daughter; Meera and Prince's sister, Puppy's girlfriend * Ayush Gupta as Prince Dhingra: Amar and Dolly's son; Meera and Nimmo's brother, Tullika's husband *
Ashu Sharma Ashu Sharma is an Indian television and film actor known for portraying the character of Satyendra Bharadwaj in Colors TV's second-longest-running series, ''Sasural Simar Ka''. He also appears in Sony SAB's ''Tera Yaar Hoon Main''. Career F ...
as Bittu Dhingra: Sweety's husband; Meher and Simran's father * Ritu Vashistha as Sweety Dhingra: Bittu's wife; Meher and Simran's mother * Khushi Mishra as Meher Dhingra: Bittu and Sweety's daughter; Simran's Sister * Snehal Pandey as Simran Dhingra: Bittu and Sweety's daughter; Meher's sister * Mamta Verma as Laali: Amar and Bittu's sister; Silky's mother; Sunny's mother in law * Prachi Bansal as Silky: Laali's daughter; Sunny's wife; Sumer's girlfriend * Aaghnya Bisht as Silky, Meera, Nimmo, Meher, Prince and Simran's cousin , Sumer's girlfriend, Sunny's wife * Paramvir Cheema Singh as Sumer Kapoor: Suman's son; Meera's childhood friend and ex-fiancé; Silky's boyfriend * Tasneem Ali as Suman Kapoor: Sumer's mother * Aditi Rawat as Jaspreet “Preeto” Kaur: Meera's best friend *
Shilpa Saklani Shilpa Saklani Agnihotri (born 5 June) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She is recognised for her portrayal of Ganga Joshi Virani in ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'', Kkusum Deshmukh Kapoor in ''Kkusum'', Vrinda i ...
as Roma Kapoor: Vivaan and Amaya's step-mother, Sunny's mother; Meera's stepmother -in-law *
Manraj Singh Manraj Singh Sarma is an Indian theater and television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Jugal in the web series '' Romil & Jugal''. Early life Manraj believes in spirituality rather than religion. Career Manraj started out as ...
as Sunny Kapoor: Roma's long-lost son, Vivaan and Amaya's step brother, Silky's husband * Nikunj Malik as Paromita, Vivaan's friend who was in love with him; Tulika's Sister *
Swati Kapoor Swati Kapoor is an Indian actress. She made her television debut as Rachana in the serial ''Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha ''Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha'' is an Indian crime thriller series that aired on StarPlus from 13 September 2010 to 18 Marc ...
as Tulika Dhingra: Paromita's sister and Prince's wife * Priom Gujjar Chaudhary as Rohan Malhotra: one of Meera's suitors * Vikas Rao as Sumer's friend * Paras Chhabra as Tommy Singh, a contract killer *
Mrinalini Tyagi ''Pavitra Rishta'' (International title: ''Sacred Relationship'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms that aired on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 to 25 October 2014 starring Ankita Lokhande, Sushan ...
as Sherri Singh, a contract killer * Ambuj Mathur as Pappi, a drug-dealer, Nimmo's “boyfriend”


Guests

* Juhi Aslam as a Black Magic performer *
Amrapali Gupta Amrapali Gupta, also known as Amrapali Yash Sinha, is an Indian television actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the t ...
as a Black Magic performer *
Rithvik Dhanjani Rithvik Dhanjani (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television and web shows. He made his acting debut in 2009, portraying Parth in '' Bandini''. Dhanjani earned wider recognition with his portrayal of Arju ...
and
Asha Negi Asha Negi (born 23 August 1989) is an Indian actress who is known for her work in Hindi television productions. She is best known for playing Purvi Deshmukh Dutt/Kirloskar in Zee TV's soap opera ''Pavitra Rishta'' and Gauravi Karmarkar in Alt B ...
to perform in Sangeet *
Pavitra Punia Neha Singh, (born 22 April 1986) known by her stage name Pavitra Punia, is an Indian actress. She is known for playing Geet Dhillon in '' Love U Zindagi'' and an evil fairy named Timnasa in the sitcom fantasy series ''Baalveer Returns''. She ...
as Vishkanya, a shape-shifting snake


Production


Filming

Based on the backdrop of
Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
, the series was mainly filmed in
Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...
while some initial sequences were shot in
Patiala Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, India, Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak, Patiala, Qila Mubar ...
.


References


External links


Kaleerein
streaming on
ZEE5 ZEE5 or Z5 is an Indian subscription video on demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It was launched in India on 14 February 2018 with content in 12 languages. The ZEE5 mobile app is available on We ...
* * {{Zee TV Programmes 2018 Indian television series debuts Hindi-language television shows Indian drama television series Zee TV original programming Television shows set in Punjab, India Television shows set in Mumbai