Balika Vadhu

Season 1

Balika Vadhu traced the life journey of Anandi and Jagdish, who were married in childhood. Anandi at the age of eight had to accept and accustom herself to a new family of strangers and accept her roles as a friend, lover, wife and a daughter-in-law during childhood itself. When they grew up, Anandi fell in love with Jagdish, but Jagdish at the other hand fell in love with his college mate named Gauri. He divorced Anandi and married Gauri. Jagdish's family strictly followed the child marriage custom and refused to accept Jagdish's marriage with Gauri. Because of the rejection from her in law's Gauri became vengeful towards them which created problems in their marital life. Anandi on the other hand faced new challenges as she tried to carve out her own identity in the world. She met district Collector Shivraj Shekhar, whom Jagdish's family wanted her to get married to. Jagdish divorced Gauri after realising his mistake and wanted to return to his family and Anandi. But as he returned , he got the biggest shock of his life by getting the news of Anandi and Shivraj's marriage. After getting married with Shivraj, Anandi finally forgives Jagdish and they remained as good friends. After some time Jagdish met an girl named Ganga, who was also a victim of child marriage during childhood, and domestic violence by her in-laws. Jagdish helped her becoming free from her in-laws, supported her so she could fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse and eventually married her after realizing his love for her. He accepted her son Mahendra as his own and later became the father of her child named Abhimanyu. Meanwhile, Anandi and Shivraj adopted an orphan and gave him the love and affection of real parents. After two years of a happy married life, Shivraj died while trying to save Udaipur from a terrorist attack and Anandi shortly after that incident gave birth to their twins - Shivam and Nandini. Ganga furthered her studies to becomes a doctor with the help of Jagdish. Nandini later got kidnapped by a man named Akhiraj Singh who eventually married her to his son, Kundan. After twelve years of searching, Jagdish finally found Nandini and reunited her with her mother. Anandi and Jagdish got Akhiraj arrested but he later on ran away from the jail only to get his revenge against Anandi. After several unsuccessful attempts to kill Jagdish, Anandi, Nimboli/Nandini and his other "enemies" he kidnaps Ganga and wants to exchange her life for those of Jagdish, Anandi, Nimboli/Nandini and her aunt. In the ensuing action Jagdish shoots Akhiraj to death and the family is finally free from Akhiraj's harassment but is it?.

Season 2

Balika Vadhu - Lamhe Pyaar Ke traced the life journey of Dr. Nandini after the death of her mother Anandi. After a series of incident which eventually led to the separation between her and her brother Shivam, Nandini ended up getting adopted by Mr. Shekawat, who raised her and let her dream come true about becoming a doctor after fifteen years. Nandini made a promise to her deceased mother that she would fullfill her wish about opening medical treatments in every corner of Rajasthan, that Nandini herself wanted to name Anandi Memorial. She got a big support by her mentor Dr. Amit Naresh Goel who had feelings for her. Shivam Becomes a gangster and hideout from Nandini. Nandini later met a man named Krish who tried to win her heart and he eventually succeeded as she started developing great feelings for him. Nandini later married Krish, only to get the surprise that the stepfather of Krish Abhayram was none other than her ex-husband Kundan who wanted exact revenge against her for being responsible for his father's death. Kundan beats Shivam badly and he loses his memory. After that he helps Sudha from her in-laws and slowly for her. At the end everyone including Krish and his mother Karuna got to know that the man claiming himself to be Abhayram's true intentions and that he was one behind Nandini's traumatic past. Nandini, together with her family stopped Kundan which eventually led to his death by the hands of the police when he was trying to kill her. Nandini later got to know that the man whom she wanted her adopted sister Sudha to marry was none other than her own biological brother Shivam due to them growing together, and the children's of Anandi finally got reunited. The story of Balika Vadhu ended with Nandini summarizing the whole story through her mother Anandi's childhood to her present life, which she wrote down in a book by the same name.

The End...

Crossover Episodes

Trishakti

Trishakti was a segment in which three serials were involved. This was not a crossover but each serial was broke down into smaller parts. All serials part were shown one after another. There are total of 9 Trishakti.

Dubbed versions

A dubbed version of the serial is being telecasted in Tamil language as Mann Vasanai on Raj TV @ 7.30 pm every Monday to Saturday

A dubbed version of the serial is being telecasted in Telugu language as Chinnari Pellikuthuru on MAA TV @ 6:30 pm every Monday to Saturday

A dubbed version of the serial is being telecasted in Malayalam language as Balika Vadhu on Surya TV @ 4:30pm every Monday to Friday

International broadcast

Chhoti Anandi

An animated series "Chhoti Anandi" was launched in 2016.The show focuses on the adventures of eight years old anandi and her friends. It was simulcasted on Colors tv and Rishtey from january to april 2016. The animation was provided by HopMotion animation studio.

Awards

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