Shaadi Mubarak

''Shaadi Mubarak'' () is an Indian drama television series produced under Shashi Sumeet Productions. It premiered on 24 August 2020 on Star Plus. It stars Rati Pandey and Manav Gohil. The final episode was broadcast on 20 April 2021.

Plot

Preeti, a simple and caring woman, wishes to earn self-respect by working as a wedding planner after her son, Tarun, and his wife, Rati, deserted and throw her out of the house.

On the other side, KT, who appears happy, hides a deep wound within. When Chanda Rathore, a prospective bride for KT, insults him because he rejected her, KT's uncle Sushant motivates him to work again.

KT offers a partnership to Preeti, which she initially denies but agrees when KT stands for her before a wretched client. They face many issues in their initial days of business, but this leads them to develop a bond of friendship, trust, and respect.

Tarun puts forth a challenge before Preeti where, in 25 days, she will have to prove herself capable of becoming a businesswoman. With KT's help, she wins.

While organizing Bua Sa and Fufa Sa's 50th wedding anniversary, misunderstandings occur, leading Preeti to break her partnership with KT after finishing an event with a mysterious client.

On the day of the wedding event, the mysterious client turns out to be KT's ex-wife, Nandini. To get his revenge, KT marries Preeti. However, Preeti knows that their relationship is respect for each other.

After their marriage, Preeti falls in love with KT, and they collaborate to discover Nandini's motive.

On the day of Makar Sankranti, Nandini discloses Arjun is an orphan. KT is caught in a fire but is saved by Preeti. Nandini is arrested but vows to return. Later, Tarun and Arjun apologize to Preeti for mistreating her.
Preeti then confesses her love to KT. He initially tells Preeti that he love her too but he confessed to Neel that he lied.

Kusum breaks ties with Preeti when Neel denies having any feelings for Priyanka and becomes engaged to Shika. Neel tells KT and Preeti that Kushaala pressured him to marry as they went through a business crisis. Preeti and KT arrange the money through Shaadi Mubarak. Kusum apologizes to Preeti and gives her blessings to Priyanka and Neel. Preeti and KT both agree to divorce, as KT doesn't love Preeti.

While Preeti leaves for Mumbai, KT realizes he is in love with her. Desperate to win her back, KT rushes to Preeti and declares his love for her publicly, and they reconcile.

Kusum goes abroad with Aastha for her studies. Preeti is heartbroken after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer. KT and Peeeti long for a child so they chose Phurti, a carefree bubbly girl who dreams of settling in London, as a surrogate in return for sending her to London. Phurti becomes pregnant with KT and Preeti's child through IVF. Preeti introduces Phurti as her sister to the family as she begins to live in the Tibrewal Mansion.

The Tibrewals are in turmoil following the revelations regarding Phurti's pregnancy as KT accepts the baby as his and Preeti's. Kushaala criticizes Preeti for taking her son away from her after KT takes a stand on his and Preeti's decision to choose surrogacy to get KT and the family a child. After some tension, the family eventually accepts the surrogacy situation.

Eight months later

Juhi finds a doctor that can cure Preeti. While KT and Preeti's baby shower occurs, Kushaala finds Preeti in pain after slipping in the bathroom and admits her to the hospital. After seeing Preeti at the cancer hospital in Delhi on the news, KT confronts Juhi, revealing about Preeti's illness. Phurti goes into premature labor and delivers a girl. Preeti's surgery is successful, but she is suffering from amnesia. While the hospital catches on fire, Preeti helps a pregnant Shikha and is taken in by her and her husband, Vishal.Priyanka gives birth to her son,Beer.

Five years Later

KT has an emotional outburst when he does not find Preeti and blames Kushaala for not caring for her. Vishal and Shikha go to the hospital to find out about Preeti's family, but some confusion leads them to think that Preeti is a different patient, Mohi Bansal. Shikha delivers a baby girl but asks Mohi to take care of her after an accident. Vishal hates Mohi, thinking she is the reason for Shikha's death. KT stops his family from performing Preeti's last rituals and states that she will return.

KT is an RJ and a doting father of his and Preeti's daughter, Kirti. Preeti, who still thinks she is ‘Mohi,’ moves to Udaipur. Shikha and Vishal's daughter, also named Preeti, and Kirti is admitted to the same school. Kirti, not knowing Mohi is her mother, dislikes her when she makes her clean the school floor. Mohi hates KT when he rusticates her after Kirti complains to him about her.

Mohi calls KT to confront him about his decision, but he does not answer, so she goes to the Tibrewal mansion. The Tibrewals are happily celebrating Holi while KT feels Mohi's presence and searches for her. KT encounters Mohi, and she warns him to retract his complaint. Everyone becomes emotional seeing her while she furiously goes from there.

KT learns about Mohi's past and befriends her, but he hides his identity and goes by the name "Keertan". Mohi accepts Keertan's request to join Shaadi Mubarak, but after learning that the owner is none other than KT she immediately declines the job offer. Keertan makes Mohi realize that KT is not a bad person and she rejoins the office.

KT is frozen to his place after Kirti gets stuck in a fire and remembers the hospital incident. Mohi rescues her while KT scolds Kirti for not respecting Mohi. Vishal plans vengeance on Mohi for separating his daughter from him. Mohi suspects Keertan's intentions after he takes KT's side whenever he lands into trouble. Kushaala confronts Priyanka and Neel after overhearing their conversation to separate Mohi and little Preeti. Priyanka stands her ground by stating that she feels Mohi isn't getting what she deserves and reveals that she has suffered from two miscarriages and is only doing what's best for the family. Mohi witnesses Kirti and little Preeti being kidnapped, and rescues them. The show ends with Mohi getting attacked and becoming unconscious.

Cast

Main

* Rajshree Thakur/ Rati Pandey as Preeti Jindal Tibrewal: A widow who starts the wedding company, "Shaadi Mubarak" with Keertan Tibrewal. Juhi, Tarun and Kirti's mother; KT's wife and business partner; Preeti's foster mother; Arjun's adoptive mother.(2020)/(2020-2021)
* Manav Gohil as Keertan "KT" Tibrewal: Former Rajasthani film star; an RJ; Preeti's husband and business partner; Kushala and JP's son; Nandini's former husband; Kirti's father; Arjun's adoptive father (2020–2021)

Recurring

* Rajeshwari Sachdev as Kusum Kothari: Sumedh, Priyanka,Aastha and Kajal's mother. Neel and Juhi's mother-in-law. She supports Preeti and is KT's biggest fan. (2020-2021)
*Shefali Singh Soni as Juhi Jindal Kothari: Preeti's daughter, Tarun and Arjun's elder sister, and Sumedh's wife. She always supports her mother in everything. (2020–2021)
*Barbiee Sharma as Kirti Tibrewal: KT and Preeti's daughter (2021)
*Puvika Gupta as Junior Preeti Agrawal: Vishal and Shikha's daughter; Preeti's adoptive daughter (2021)
*Sandeep Mehta as Jay Prakash "JP" Tibrewal: Sushant's brother and Kushaala's husband; KT's father, Preeti's father-in-law. He is the owner of the Tibrewal Antiques and is a successful businessman. (2020–2021)
* Dolly Minhas as Kushaala Tibrewal: JP's wife, KT's mother, Preeti's mother-in-law. She belongs to a wealthy family and is a high-society woman who judges people by their wealth and appearance. (2020–2021)
*Manu Malik as Sushant Tibrewal: Sneha's husband, KT's paternal uncle, Neel's father, and Priyanka's father-in-law. He helps and handles the business with his elder brother JP. (2020–2021)
*Priyamvada Singh as Sneha Tibrewal: Sushant's wife, Neel's mother, Priyanka's mother-in-law, and KT's aunt. (2020-2021)
*Kabeer Kumar as Neel "NT" Tibrewal: KT's cousin brother, Sneha, and Sushant's son, Shika's ex-fiancé, Priyanka's husband. (2020-2021)
*Aleya Ghosh as Priyanka "Pihu" Kothari Tibrewal: Kusum's eldest daughter, Sumedh, Aastha and Choti's sister, Preeti and Juhi's sister-in-law, Amit's ex-fiancée, Neel's wife and Tibrewal's younger daughter-in-law. (2020–2021)
*Gaurav Sharmaa as Tarun Jindal: Preeti's son; Juhi's younger brother; Arjun's adoptive older brother; Kirti's half-brother, Rati's husband. He used to lose his cool on his mother and berate her but later he realizes his mistake. (2020–2021)
*Akansha Sareen as Rati Jindal: Tarun's wife. She wants to make Preeti a maid to take care of Tarun's and her house. (2020–2021)
* Nisha Rawal as Chanda Rathore: Rati's boss and the owner of Dream Bell Event Planning company. Wanted to ruin Preeti and KT's wedding bureau. (2020-2021)
*Barkha Sengupta as Nandini Chitrubal(formerly Tibrewal): KT's former wife, Arjun's former adoptive mother. She ran away with KT's best friend and returned to his life 17 years later, using Arjun to get revenge. (2020–2021)
*Naman Gor as Arjun "AT" Tibrewal: KT and Preeti's adoptive son, Tarun and Juhi's adoptive younger brother. (2020–2021)
* Pracheen Chauhan as Vishal Agrawal: Shikha's widower; Junior Preeti's father. (2021)
* Achherr Bhaardwaj as Sumedh Kothari: Kusum's son, Priyanka, Aastha and Kajal's brother, and Juhi's husband. (2020–2021)
*Ayushi Bhatia as Aastha Kothari: Kusum's second daughter, Sumedh and Priyanka's younger sister, and Juhi's sister-in-law. (2020)
*Trupti Mishra as Kajal "Choti" Kothari: Kusum's third and youngest daughter, Juhi's sister-in-law, Sumedh, Priyanka, and Aastha's youngest sister. (2020)
* Aashish Kaul as Mr. Nathmal: Business tycoon who chooses Dream Bell for his daughter's wedding as KT and Preeti fail to show their presentation. (2020)
*Vaishnavi Mahant as Mrs. Gopalani: Who wants her son's wedding in a grandiose way and doesn't like people who have no grooming sense so dislikes Preeti. Breaks the contract after having an argument with KT. (2020)
* Rohit Suchanti as Aryan Mantri: Wants everything to be trendy and cool. Later decides to do a court marriage after his father's dirty act. (2020)
*Nasirr Khan as Mr. Mantri: Aryan's father (2020)
*Heli Daruwala as Tiya: Dancer at Aryan's cocktail party (2020)
*Ashwini Shukla as Sheena: Shaadi Mubarak's secretary. (2020–2021)
* Neelu Vaghela as Bua: Preeti's former aunt-in-law (2020)
*Yashodhan Bal as Fufa: Preeti's former uncle-in-law (2020)
*Dnyanada Ramtirthkar as Phurti: A con woman who deceives people to get money. However is a bubbly girl who dreams of going to London. Kirti's surrogate mother. (2021)
* Shweta Gulati as Shikha Agrawal: Vishal's late wife. Junior Preeti's mother. (2021)
*Deepak Soni as Inspector Deshmukh: He helps find the kidnappers of Preeti and KT's child. (2021)

Production

Development

The shooting of the series was supposed to begin in March 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India, all the television and film shootings were indefinitely stalled from 19 March 2020, and the series shooting was postponed. After four months, the shooting of the series began in July 2020.

On 16 September 2020, the shoot was stalled after  Rajeshwari Sachdev tested positive for COVID-19. Sachdev shot for her sequences from her home until she recovered. The show took a five-year leap on 28 March 2021.

On 13 April 2021,  Manav Gohil tested positive for COVID-19. On the same day, Chief Minister of  Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray, announced a sudden curfew from 15 April 2021, and the series' shooting was halted. Later, it was reported that the show would be shifted to Bikaner to continue shooting. After many discussions with the team about further shooting, the producers decided to wait until lockdown completes in Maharashtra and then continue shooting once Gohil recovers. On 20 April 2021, the last of the show's 206 episodes was broadcast.

Release

The first promo was released on 30 July 2020 featuring the leads and premiered on 24 August 2020 at 7:30 pm time slot on StarPlus.

On 21 April 2021, due to the sudden halt in the series' shooting, its 7.30 slot was given to another StarPlus show, Pandya Store.

Casting

Initially, Kabeer Kumar was cast for playing the character of Preeti's son, Tarun. However, he was replaced by Gaurav Sharma in July 2020. Later, he was offered the role of Keertan's cousin.

In the middle of October 2020, lead actress Rajshree Thakur quit to take care of her health, mentioning the hectic schedule of the series and was immediately replaced by Rati Pandey. Thakur played her role for 54 episodes.

Reception

The Times of India stated, "Rajashree Thakur’s fight to earn respect, Manav Gohil’s charismatic presence and Rajeshwari Sachdev steals the show."

References

{{StarPlus Shows

2020 Indian television series debuts
2021 Indian television series endings
StarPlus original programming
Hindi-language television shows
Indian television soap operas
Television shows set in Rajasthan