Virrudh (Against) is a Hindi language Indian soap opera that premiered on

Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony. SET India's You ...

on 26 March 2007 and ended on 17 January 2008. The series is jointly produced by

Smriti Irani Smriti Zubin Irani (''née'' Malhotra; born 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician and a former television actress and producer. She is a Minister in Union Cabinet of India since May 2019 currently administrating the Ministries of Women and C ...

's production house ''Ugraya Entertainment'' and

Aditya Birla Group Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. It operates in 100 countries with more than 1,40,000 employees directly and indirectly. The group was founded by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla in 1857. The group ha ...

's media arm ''Applause Entertainment'', and starrs

, Achint Kaur and Mihika Verma.

Plot

Virrudh's story revolves around Vasudha who is torn between her father Dhirendra Raisinghania and her love Sushant. Dhirendra is a power hungry media baron who has political connections and is passionate about his newspaper business entitled "Dainik Darpan". Vasudha blindly trusts her father's innocent make believe identity and is unaware of his dark past. Astound by his daughters' loyalty, Dhirendra decides to get her to lead his business in the future but is in constant fear that his secret bearers will reveal his evildoings to her, hence devastating his future plans. His secret bearers include some of his own family members, Sushant (Vasudha's fiancée and the chief crime reporter of Dainik Darpan) and his mother, and his political associate Sinha.

Cast

Vikram Gokhale Vikram Gokhale (14 November 1945 – 26 November 2022) was an Indian film, television and stage actor, noted for his roles in Marathi theatre, Hindi films and television. He was the son of the Veteran Marathi theater and film actor, Chandrakant ...

as Dhirendra Raisinghania *

Sushant Singh Sushant Singh (born 9 March 1972) is an Indian character actor, television actor, author and Television presenter, presenter known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and Telugu cinema. He made his screen debut in 1998 with Ram Gopal V ...

as Sushant Sharma (Vasudha's Husband) *

as Vasudha Raisinghania / Vasudha Sushant Sharma * Achint Kaur as Vedika Raisinghania * Karan Veer Mehra as Vedant Raisinghania * Mihika Verma as Shreya Raisinghania / Shreya Siddharth Chopra * Ashwini Kalsekar as Devyani *

Govind Namdev Govind Namdev (born 3 September 1954) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Namdev made his debut as a corrupt cop in David Dhawan's ''Shola Aur Shabnam (1992 film), Shola Aur Shabnam'' (1992). He has acted in numerous movies, often as ...

as Mr. Sinha * Zarina Wahab as Shalini (Vasudha's Mother) * Mohan Bhandari as Virendra Raisinghania (Dhirendra's Younger Brother) *

Anand Suryavanshi Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi (15 December 1975 – 11 November 2022), also known as Anand Suryavanshi, was an Indian television actor. He appeared in over 25 Hindi television shows during his 21-year career and was known for his roles in '' Mamt ...

as Dhairya Raisinghania (Virendra's Younger Son) *

Chetan Hansraj Chetan Hansraj (born 15 June 1972) is an Indian film and television actor. Career Hansraj started his career as a child actor in 1980, doing over 250 press advertisements and 30 ad films, and his debut film ''Kook Doo Koo'' was selected for th ...

as Rudraksh Raisinghania (Virendra's Elder Son) * Apara Mehta as Uttara Sharma (Sushant's Mother) *

Anup Soni Anup Soni (born 30 January 1975) is an Indian actor and anchor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Soni began his career with roles in television serials such as '' Sea Hawks'' and '' Saaya''. He then took a break from television ...

as Vikram * Niyati Joshi as Aarti *

Pariva Pranati Pariva Pranati is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Hindi soap operas. She has acted in''Vaada Raha'', ''With Love, Delhi''. Most recently, she was playing Amrita in the series ''Hamari Sister Didi''. She is currently starring as Vandana ...

as Sandhya Vedant Raisinghania *

Aashka Goradia Aashka Goradia is a former Indian television actor and model. She has walked the ramp in several fashion events and has acted in various Hindi television serials. She became popular after portraying the role of Kumud in '' Kkusum'' and Kalavati ...

as Naina Siddharth Chopra * Usha Nadkarni as Nani * Bharti Achrekar as Bua * Aanjjan Srivastav as Pandey Ji *

Sanjeet Bedi Sanjit Bedi (8 May 1977 – 23 June 2015) was an Indian television actor. He was majorly known for playing the role of Dr. Omi Joshi in Indian television show '' Sanjivani''. He began his career as a model, before transitioning into theatre and, ...

as Siddharth Chopra

Awards

The Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards, 2007

* Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Achint Kaur * Best Director (Drama) - Santram Verma * Best Dialogues - Kamlesh Pandey

Indian Telly Awards, 2007

* Best Actress (Critics' Choice) -

* Best Ensemble Cast - Virrudh * Best Dialogues - Kamlesh Pandey

References

External links

Official Site
{{SET Shows Indian television soap operas Sony Entertainment Television original programming 2007 Indian television series debuts 2008 Indian television series endings