Lajwanti (TV series)

*Lajwanti*
Lajwanti
Genre	Historical period drama
Based on	Lajwanti, Land of five rivers; by Rajinder Singh Bedi
Written by	Rajinder Singh Bedi
Screenplay by	Ila Bedi Dutta
Story by	Ila Bedi Dutta
Directed by	Ravind Gautam & Ravindar Singh Suri
Creative directors	Shafali Lall and Indrajeet Mukharjee
Starring	see below
Theme music composer	Som Dasgupta
Country of origin	India
Original languages	Hindi; Punjabi; Urdu
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	95[citation needed]
Production
Producers	Rohit Vaid ; Ila Bedi Dutta ; Rajat Bedi
Production locations	Mumbai; Kashmir; Patiala
Editor	K. Rajgopal Sanjay das
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 22 minutes
Production company	Trilogy Media
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	28 September 2015 –; 5 February 2016

Lajwanti is an Indian television drama show, which premiered on 28 September 2015 on Zee TV. The story is loosely based on Rajinder Singh Bedi's 1956 book titled Lajwanti, Land of five rivers and is set during Partition of India.^[2]^[3] The show was produced by Trilogy Media.^[4] The show is about the relationship between Sunderlal Bharadwaj and Lajwanti (Lajo) living in Badami Bagh Lahore. Sunderlal first time meet on well when he went to Rohranwala Village to attend Marriage Ceremony of his friend Lalchand Baniya. They face many perils throughout the course of their relationship. The series ended on 5 February 2016, where Sunder, who had previously lost his memory and wandered away, reunites with Lajo, and is stopped from marrying Gunwanti. Lajo and Sunder proceed to get married again, jubilantly ending the show.

Cast

Ankitta Sharma as Lajwanti Kaur Bhardwaj / Fareb Jaan in Peshawar / Aeisha Begum/ Adaa Jaan in Heera Mandi.
Sid Makkar as Sunderlal Bharadwaj^[5]
Rohit Khurana as Jamal Peshawari
Sonam Bisht as Dulari Bharadwaj/ Wafa Jaan in Heera Mandi
Nisha Nagpal as Gunwanti
Deepali Pansare as Nooran Bibi
Suraj Kakkar as Chaman Kishan Lal Bharadwaj
Shiny Dixit as Indumati
Andy von Eich as Officer Eric Burns
Viraj Kapoor as Iqbal
Alexander (Sasha) Dolbenko as Officer Preston
Vidur Anand as Lalchand
Pankaj Pareek as Safaraz Alam
Niilam Paanchal as Shakunta Kishan Lal Bharadwaj
Vishal Ganatra as Amrish Bharadwaj
Harsh Singh as Kishan Lal Bharadwaj
Aakash Pandey as Anwar
Razia Sukhbir as Virmati Kishori Lal Bharadwaj

References

^ Diksha, Awasthi (18 September 2015). "A timeless wonder". The Hindu Group. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "TV adaptation of Rajinder Singh Bedi's 'Lajwanti' launched". 15 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ "Such a Long Journey: 'Lajwanti' to premiere soon". 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
^ Team, Tellychakkar. "Sid Makkar to play the lead in Ila Bedi Dutta's 'Lajwanti' on Zee TV". www.tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
^ "'Lajwanti' is a proper story with a finite end: Sid Makkar on his new show based on partition". 23 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

External links

[1] Diksha, Awasthi (18 September 2015). "A timeless wonder". The Hindu Group. The Hindu. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[2] "TV adaptation of Rajinder Singh Bedi's 'Lajwanti' launched". 15 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

[3] "Such a Long Journey: 'Lajwanti' to premiere soon". 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

[4] Team, Tellychakkar. "Sid Makkar to play the lead in Ila Bedi Dutta's 'Lajwanti' on Zee TV". www.tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

[5] "'Lajwanti' is a proper story with a finite end: Sid Makkar on his new show based on partition". 23 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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