''Mahi Way'' is an Indian comedy drama television series, which premiered on

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on 2 January 2010 and ran till 18 June 2010. The series is written by

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, directed by

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, and produced by

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Plot

The short series tells the story of an overweight chubby girl, Mahi, who is looking for perfect love but insists on being herself rather than changing herself to conform to socially defined narrow standards of beauty. Mahi Talwar is a 25-year-old single woman who writes an advice column in a

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-based fashion magazine where she is always looked down upon but she aspires to be a serious journalist and more confident with her colleagues. She comes from a loud

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family, pampered by her father but sidelined by her mother and beautiful elder sister Anjali. She has a crush on a handsome businessman named Ishan Singh Ahluwalia and tries every way to get closer to him with the help of her friends Sid and Roshni.

Cast

Pushtiie Shakti Pushtiie is an Indian actress best known as playing the lead role of Mahi Talwar in the comedy series '' Mahi Way'' on Sony TV. Personal life She is the sister of actor Vrajesh Hirjee Career Pushtiie appeared in the second season of a famous ...

as Mahi Talwar *

Viraf Patel Viraf Patel (born Viraf Phiroz Patel on 12 June 1980) is an Indian model and television actor. He was a sailor in the merchant navy between 1999 and 2004 and was titled as The Grasim Mr. India 2005. He is best known for his role in the Yashraj ...

as Shiv Deshraj *

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 Indravad ...

as Ishaan Singh Ahluwalia *

Amrita Raichand Amrita Raichand is an Indian actress and celebrity chef who appears in films and TV series. Acting career She made her film debut with ''Humko Ishq Ne Mara'', which released in 1997. The film starred Ashish Chaudhary in the lead, was directe ...

as Anjali Suri, Mahi's elder sister *

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as Ramona Kohli, chief editor of the magazine *Mark Farokh Parekh as Siddharth Kanwar, Mahi's friend *

Monica Khanna Monica Khanna is an Indian television actress and model. She is known for her playing Karishma Joglekar in ''Aasman Se Aage'', Payal Deewan in ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara ...

as Roshni Sen, Mahi's best friend *

Faezeh Jalali Faezeh Jalali (born 1980) is an Indian–Iranian actress, director, writer, producer and activist. She is known for '' Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008), ''Shaitan ' (; ''devils'' or ''demons''), singular: (شَيْطَان) are evil spirits in I ...

as Sona, Mahi's colleague at the magazine *Reema Ramchandani as Mona, Mahi's colleague at the magazine *

Suparna Marwah Suparna Marwah, is an Indian TV and film actress, known for her work in the films '' Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge'' and '' Mere Brother Ki Dulhan''. She appeared on TV's some mega-projects like '' Mahi Way'', which was produced by film producers ...

as Ranjita Talwar *Ikhlaque Khan as Alok Talwar *

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as Mahi's Grandmother *Kanika Dang as Leela *Aditya Pandey as Ankur Talwar, Mahi's younger brother * Olivier Lafont as Dev Gupta *Sharad Jagtiani as Raghu Suri

References

{{YRF Television Shows Sony Entertainment Television original programming Indian television soap operas 2010 Indian television series debuts 2010 Indian television series endings