Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali
GenreRomance
Drama
Created bySandiip Sikcand
Written bySonali Gupta Shrivastav
Screenplay byNidhi Singh
Story byAbhijeet Guru
Santshree Sarkar
Nishchal Shome
Sonakshi Khandelwal
Vikas Tejpal Sharma
Directed byHemant R Prabhu
Jafar Shaikh
Rohit Phulari
Creative directorsSandiip Sikcand
Kadambari S Dogrey
Twinkle S Pandey
StarringShivangi Khedkar
Sai Ketan Rao
Theme music composerPrakash Gaiakwad
Opening themeMehndi Hai Rachne Waali by Anwesha
ComposerShubham Sundaram
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes246
Production
ProducersFazila Allana
Sandiip Sikcand
Kamna Menezes
Production locationKolhapur
CinematographySadanand Pillai
EditorsPrerit Vyas
Swapnikal S Nerukar
Akshat Jaimini
Om Tale
Mohit Varshney
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesSOL Productions
Sandiip Films
Original release
NetworkStarPlus
Release15 February (2021-02-15) 
27 November 2021 (2021-11-27)

Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on 15 February 2021 on StarPlus.[1] It is loosely based on the Star Maa's Telugu series Gorintaku.[2] Produced by SOL Productions and Sandiip Films, it stars Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao.[3]

Plot

The story revolves around the life of Pallavi Deshmukh, the widowed daughter-in-law of the Deshmukh family. Yet, the family considers her as their own daughter except Sulochana and Amruta who were the wife and daughter of Pallavi's husband's uncle Milind Deshmukh. Pallavi runs the Deshmukh Saree Emporium on behalf of her father in law Vijay Deshmukh. Things went well until Raghav Rao, a business magnate, came into Pallavi's life. Raghav was arrogant and reckless causing them to misunderstand each other's personalities.

Later, it is revealed that the accountant working in Pallavi' s shop is Keerti, who is Raghav's sister. Keerti and her mother Jaya live separately with Raghav due to some past incidents. Raghav tortures Pallavi by misunderstanding that his mother and sister were defamed because of Pallavi. To avenge Pallavi he created evidences to defame Pallavi that he is having a non marital affair with Pallavi. By this Vijay disowns Pallavi and outs her from the house.

Jaya by knowing Pallavi's state demanded Raghav to marry Pallavi if he want them to get back with him. To live with Jaya and Keerti, Raghav proposed Pallavi who reject it without any thought. But Raghav blackmailed Pallavi by putting her brother in law Nikhil in jail. To save Nikhil, Pallavi marries Raghav. After the marriage Jaya and Keerti shifts to Raghav's house. Pallavi became more bold to deal with an arrogant Raghav.

Later Raghav realised the truth that actually Sulochana is the person who defamed Keerti and Jaya. After knowing the truth Pallavi returns to Kolhapur but a guilt ridden Raghav stops her by asking a chance of one month to become a good husband for her. Pallavi agrees the condition. While these days Pallavi and Raghav comes closer and Raghav fell in love with Pallavi. Pallavi got know the fact that Raghav's father died because of a crowd attack that caused by a failed financial business of Raghav. That's why Keerti and Jaya parted from him.

Pallavi clears the misunderstanding with Raghav and Jaya. At this time Keerti's lover, Sunny comes, while Sulochana plots against Raghav and Pallavi which made them more closer. The Rao family rejects Keerti and Sunny's relationship because of his bad nature. Later Pallavi digs the accident of her ex-husband Mandar. Later it is revealed that Mandar met with the accident because of Sunny and Pallavi sends him to jail. By that Keerti started to consider Pallavi as her enemy.

Then it is revealed that Mandar still alive and Pallavi brought him back to the Deshmukh family. Mandar makes many misunderstandings between Pallavi and Raghav to get Pallavi. Meanwhile, Raghav and Pallavi confessed their love for each other. Raghav and Pallavi exposed Mandar in front of the family that he stalked Pallavi during her college days and he killed Pallavi's best friend, Devyani to get her and also tried to kill his own mother by pushing her from terrace for supporting Raghav and Pallavi.

Sunny and Keerti elope and Raghav and Jaya blamed Pallavi for the matter which later solved. But Keerti and sunny came to Raghav's house to live and sunny irked the family in every way. Meanwhile Pallavi get to know Raghav smuggles a diamond, during an encounter with Raghav and police. Pallavi get shot. By tasting the pain of losing Pallavi, Raghav stopped the smuggling.

Then Raghav's ex-girlfriend Esha came who just wanted the money of Raghav made Pallavi believe that she and Raghav slept together. A heartbroken Pallavi breaks all ties with Raghav. But later Pallavi found that Esha is framing Raghav and she exposed her with the help of Raghav and Sunny.

And the show ended with Pallavi and Raghav remarrying with the blessings and love of their respected families. And Sulochana, Amruta and Manasi became good to others. Keerti and Sunny accepted by the Rao family and Keerti become pregnant.

Cast

Main

  • Shivangi Khedkar as Pallavi Sawant Rao: Caretaker of Deshmukh Saree Emporium; Siddhesh's sister; Mandar's ex-wife; Raghav's wife (2021)
  • Sai Ketan Rao as Raghav Rao: Don of Hyderabad; Jewellery Designer and owner of Jayati Jewels; Jaya and Ajit's son; Kirti and Arjun's brother; Pallavi's husband (2021)

Recurring

  • Ashok Phal Dessai as Mandar Deshmukh: Sharda and Vijay's elder son; Nikhil's brother; Mansi and Amruta's cousin; Pallavi's ex-husband; Devyani's murderer (2021)
  • Milind Phatak / Sameer Deshpande as Vijay Deshmukh: Owner of Deshmukh Saree Emporium; Milind's brother; Sharda's husband; Mandar and Nikhil's father (2021)
  • Asmita Ajgaonkar as Sharda Deshmukh: Vijay's wife; Mandar and Nikhil's mother (2021)
  • Karan Manocha as Nikhil Deshmukh: Vijay and Sharda's younger son; Mandar's brother; Mansi and Amruta's cousin (2021)
  • Ajinkya Joshi as Milind Deshmukh: Vijay's brother; Sulochana's husband; Mansi and Amruta's father (2021)
  • Snehal Reddy as Sulochana Deshmukh: Milind's wife; Mansi and Amruta's mother (2021)
  • Rutuja Sawant as Mansi Deshmukh: Milind and Sulochana's elder daughter; Amruta's sister; Mandar and Nikhil's cousin; Rahul's ex-fiancée (2021)
  • Priyanka Dhavale as Amruta Deshmukh: Milind and Sulochana's younger daughter; Mansi's sister; Mandar and Nikhil's cousin (2021)
  • Snehal Borkar as Krishna: Pallavi's friend and assistant at Deshmukh Saree Emporium (2021)
  • Ragini Shah / Geeta Tyagi as Jaya Rao: Ajit's wife; Raghav, Kirti and Arjun's mother (2021)
  • Sayali Salunkhe as Kirti Rao Ahuja: Jaya and Ajit's daughter; Raghav and Arjun's sister; Sunny's wife (2021)
  • Kushagre Dua as Sunny Ahuja: Kirti's husband (2021)[4]
  • Himanshu Bamzai as Farhad Nawaz: Raghav's secretary, right-hand man and friend (2021)
  • Krishna Kaurav as Harish: Raghav's bodyguard (2021)
  • Jeet Pol as Madan: Raghav's bodyguard (2021)
  • Shweta Vyas as Esha Madhavan: Raghav’s former girlfriend and obsessed lover (2021)
  • Jatin Sharma as Sumit: Esha's estranged husband (2021)
  • Sarika Raghwa as Anjali: She tried to get intimate with Raghav despite being engaged to someone else. Later Raghav exposed her in front of her fiancé (2021)
  • Saim Khan as Akash: Kirti's love-interest (2021)
  • Gourav Raj Puri as Rahul: Mansi's ex-fiancé; Asha's son (2021)
  • Sonal Palan as Asha: Rahul's mother (2021)
  • Manoj Kaushik as Siddhesh Sawant: Pallavi's brother; Pawani's husband (2021)
  • Payal Singh as Pawani Sawant: Siddhesh's wife (2021)
  • Ankit Gulati as Vedant (Ved) aka Lion: Raghav's former best friend and business partner who turned enemy due to business differences (2021)
  • Snehal Waghmare as ACP Laxmi Singh: Raghav's enemy (2021)
  • Abhay Verma as Rocky: Sunny's friend (2021)
  • Ishrat Khan as Dr. Ramya: Mandar/Raja's doctor turn into Amma (2021)
  • Supreet Nikam as Vishnu: Mandar/Raja's friend (2021)
  • Deepak Soni as Inspector Nitin reddy (2021)

Awards

Year Organizer Category Nominated Result Ref.
2022 21st Indian Television Academy Awards Popular Show Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali

- Drama

Nominated
Top 5
[5]
Popular Actor

- Drama

Sai Ketan Rao Nominated
Top 20
Popular Actress

- Drama

Shivangi Khedkar Nominated
Top 5
[6]
Iconic Gold Awards Best Debut TV Actress Won [7]
Best Debut TV Actor Sai Ketan Rao Won [8]
14th Gold Awards Best Onscreen Jodi Sai Ketan Rao & Shivangi Khedkar Nominated [9]
Debut in a Lead Role (Male) Sai Ketan Rao Nominated
Debut in a Lead Role (Female) Shivangi Khedkar Nominated
22nd Indian Television Academy Awards Popular Show

- Drama TV

Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali Nominated [10]
Popular Actor

- Drama TV

Sai Ketan Rao Nominated
Popular Actress

- Drama TV

Shivangi Khedkar Nominated

Production

Preparation

Shivangi Khedkar said, "My character is of a Maharashtrian girl, Pallavi. Since our whole team is Marathi, everyone helps me in speaking words in their language. Even I am working hard myself".[11]

Filming

Based on the backdrop of Hyderabad, the series is mainly filmed at sets in Kolhapur in Maharashtra while some initial sequences were shot in Hyderabad in early February 2021.[12][13]

On 13 April 2021, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray announced a sudden curfew due to increased COVID-19 cases, and the production halted on 14 April 2021. The series team decided to temporarily move their shooting location to Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad until the next hearing.[14][15]

Release

It premiered on 15 February 2021 at the 6:30 PM on StarPlus. However, on 11 October 2021, it was shifted to the early-evening slot of 5:30 PM to accommodate upcoming show, Vidrohi.[16][17][18]

Adaptations

Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Telugu Gorintaku
గోరింటాకు
29 July 2019 Star Maa 24 April 2021 Original
Kannada Matte Vasanta
ಮತ್ತೆ ವಸಂತ
2 March 2020 Star Suvarna 8 January 2022 Remake
Hindi Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali
मेंहदी हैं रचने वाली
15 February 2021 StarPlus 27 November 2021

Reception

The series went off air on 27 November 2021, after 246 episodes.

Soundtrack

Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Shubham Sundaram
Released15 February 2021
GenreRomance
Soundtrack
Length2:18
LanguageHindi
LabelStar India
ProducerSandiip Sikcand

The title song "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali" was composed by Shubham Sundaram, written by Aditya Chakravarty, and sung by Anweshaa.

Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali: Tracklisting
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali"Anweshaa2:18

References

  1. "Star Plus confirms launch date of 'Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali'". Biz Asia. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali: Producer spills beans about remaking Telugu show Gorintaku in Hindi". India TV News. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. "Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao talk about their debut in Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali: Interview". India Today. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. "Kushagre Dua to play a tattoo artist in StarPlus' Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali". The Times of India.
  5. "Top 5 Nominees for Popular Show - Drama". ITAA.
  6. "Top 5 Nominees for Popular Actress - Drama". ITAA.
  7. "𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 on Instagram: "It's an Honor to announce Shivangi Khedkar is awarded with the Iconic Best Debut TV Actress of the Year 2022 - Mehandi Hai Rachne Waali Every hard-work and Dedication is to be felicitated and it's the most cherishable moment for us that we can honour @khedkarshivangi with this prestigious Iconic Gold Awards 2022 Our Heartiest congratulations 🎉🎉 . . . #iconicgold2022 #iconicgoldawards #iconicgoldawards2022 #IconicGoldAwards #awardwinning #awards"".
  8. "𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 on Instagram: "It's an Honor to announce #saiketanrao is awarded with the Iconic best debut TV actor of the Year 2022 Mehndi Hain Rachne Waali Every hard-work & Dedication is to be felicitated and it's the most cherishable moment for us that we can honour @saiketanrao with this prestigious #iconicgoldawards2022 Our Heartiest congratulations 🎉🎉 #iconicgoldawards"".
  9. "Voting begins". Gold Awards.
  10. "Voting begins". ITAA.
  11. "Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao talk about their debut in Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali: Interview". India Today. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  12. "Shooting in prime locations of Hyderabad for the upcoming show 'Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali'". Mayapuri. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  13. "Star Plus' upcoming show Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali shoots in prime locations of Hyderabad". Bollywood Hungama. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  14. "Exclusive - Gashmeer Mahajani and Sumbul Touqeer's 'Imlie' and Shivangi Khedkar and Sai Ketan Rao's 'Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali' to shift their shooting locations to Hyderabad?". The Times Of India. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  15. "Imlie to Anupamaa; TV shows shift shoots to Goa, Hyderabad and other locations". The Times of India. 16 April 2021.
  16. "Exclusive: TV Show "Mehndi Hai Arachne Waali" gets a new time-slot". The Times Of India.
  17. "Star Plus to shift "Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali" for "Vidrohi" launch". Biz Asia. 29 September 2021.
  18. "Producer spills beans about remaking Telugu show, Gorintaku". India Today. 8 April 2021.
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