Sasural Simar Ka

Sasural Simar Ka
Genre	Drama Supernatural Fantasy
Created by	Rashmi Sharma
Written by	Akashdeep Pooja Shrivastav Mahesh Pandey Ved Raj Sudhir Kumar Sammohana Alva Virendra Shahane Shruti Tiwari Saba Mumtaz
Directed by	Pawan Kumar Marut Pawan Sahu Deelip Kumar
Creative director	Dolly Mazumdar
Starring	Dipika Kakar Dheeraj Dhoopar Avika Gor Shoaib Ibrahim Manish Raisinghan Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	2054
Production
Producers	Rashmi Sharma Pawan Kumar Marut
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	21 minutes
Production company	Rashmi Sharma Telefilms
Original release
Network	Colors TV
Release	25 April 2011 (2011-04-25) – 2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)
Related
Sasural Simar Ka 2

Sasural Simar Ka (transl. Simar's In-Laws) is an Indian Hindi-language television soap opera produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms that aired from 25 April 2011 to 2 March 2018 on Colors TV. It is the second longest-running Indian television series on Colors TV, after Balika Vadhu.

Plot

Roli and Simar are two sisters in Vrindavan, and Siddhant and Prem are two brothers in Delhi. Simar aspires to be a dancer. Her marriage is fixed with a wealthy businessman, Prem Bharadwaj. On the wedding day, Simar participates in a dance competition and Roli is forced to marry Prem. Prem told the whole family the truth that he is married to Roli. Mata ji then decides that Prem will remarry Roli in front of Simar. This creates problems as Simar and Prem start loving each other. Prem's brother, Siddhant marries Roli. Eventually, the Bhardwaj family finally accept Simar and Roli as their daughters-in-law. Mata ji then worry that Simar and Roli will rule the house instead of her so Mata Ji decide that she will do something to stop them doing the housework. Mata Ji put a wrong medicine on Sujata drink so she can accuse Simar and Roli of being so careless and stop them doing the housework.

Khushi, who wants revenge for her sister's death, marries Siddhant and Prem's cousin, Sankalp. Roli tries to expose Khushi truth but fails every time. Simar told Roli to leave the house because everyone in the family believe that Roli is lying. Simar find out that Khushi sold all her jewellery and replaced them with fake gold jewellery. Khushi told her boyfriend Veeru to unlock the lock and steal the fake gold jewellery. Simar saw that and tries to snatch the bag from Veeru but fall of the stairs. Simar has a miscarriage, which makes her to never conceive and become a mother. Khushi becomes the surrogacy mother of Prem and Simar's child and blackmails Simar to sign the property papers. On Khushi birthday party, Khushi was exposed about her reality to the whole family and was arrested by the police but Mata Ji took back the case and is spared by the police. Khushi gives birth to their daughter, Anjali and grabs Bharadwajs' property with her lover, Veeru. Roli tricks Veeru and manages to retrieve the property papers. Enraged, Veeru shoots Roli who is presumed dead. Eventually, Simar finds Roli alive, held captive by Veeru and brings her home. Siddhant and Roli are happily remarried.

Simar and Roli find their long-lost sister-in-law, Jhanvi. Jhanvi kills her husband, Shaurya and later marries Dr. Anurag. Roli is kidnapped by a politician, Jwala Devi. She escapes and unintentionally runs over a woman named Sunaina, who dies. Sunaina's husband, Vikrant Mehta, asks Simar to live with them as Sunaina, faking her death. Simar too agrees to save Roli.

2 years later

Simar now lives as Sunaina, raises Vikrant's daughter, Sanjana, while Roli takes care of Anjali. Simar returns to Bharadwajs' after meeting her sister coincidentally at the summer camp and meets Sunaina's spirit, who seeks vengeance on the Mehtas', who were behind her death. Prem, Roli and Siddhant also join Simar. Eventually, Sunaina and Surabhi are banished. Vikrant tries to murder Prem for his love for Simar but is eventually jailed after her kidnapping. Sanjana is adopted by Simar and Prem.

Later, the story revolves around Simar, Roli, Prem and Siddhant and how they protect the Bharadwaj house from some supernatural creatures who want to destroy the Bhardwaj family. These supernatural creatures include the shapeshifting female serpent Maya, Dayans Mohini and Indravati, Patali Devi-Gayatri, ghosts Maalti, Madhavi and Chhoti Dulhan, Shaitan (Kaal), Moon Jewel Princess Chandramani and another two Dayans Mahamaya and Kamya. While defeating Patali Devi and Shaitan, Simar's life becomes endangered. Roli sacrifices her life to save Simar. After Roli's sad demise, Siddhant becomes depressed and moves abroad. Due to Chandramani's notorious plan to get rid of Simar so her lost powers are regained from Siddhant, she makes Simar search the Chandrakant in a jungle where Simar faces a curse from a Saint Baba to reincarnate as a housefly. Simultaneously, Prerna and Mataji reveal the truth of Fake Simar residing in the house and save Simar on time back as a human leading to the end of Chandrakatha. After the gem Chandramani being buried at a misunderstood time by Simar, Mahamaya steals it so the Chudails' deity Kali regains his powers and returns to the world. Mahamaya and Kamya (who resides inside the Bharadwaj house as Prem's childhood mate to assist her mother) casts a spell on Simar that impregnates her with a child possessing evil powers. Simar becomes aware of this mysterious plan and soon witnesses Kamya's real vintage. The family learns of this, too. Simar and Prem have a son, Piyush. Being in doubt of the baby's spookiness, the family asks Simar to donate the child. Simar refuses and leaves her in-laws with Piyush.

15 years later

Simar and Piyush return to the Bharadwaj house and reunite with their family. Anjali, brought up by Khushi, has grown up to be a spoilt fashionista and blames Simar for abandoning her. Simar and Prem together help their children in their lives. Anjali marries Vikram Agarwal and Piyush marries his best friend, Roshni Kapoor. Anjali eventually accepts Simar. Vikram marries Tanvi, divorcing Anjali. Sanjana returns and is about to marry her college friend, Sameer. Anjali discovers that Sameer conspires against the Bharadwajs and marries him to spare herself from the same fate. She falls into a coma, after being shot by Simar.

Sameer's mother, Bhairavi is revealed to have shot Anjali. She turns into a daayan, absorbing supernatural powers and kills Simar. Mother Goddess Durga, deeply worshipped by the Bharadwaj family, enters their household in the form of Simar, to destroy Bhairavi and bring Simar back to life. Sameer repents for his mistakes and the Bharadwajs forgive him.

Anjali recovers and sets the Bharadwaj Mansion afire, and is arrested. Simar and the others disown her. Roshni is shot to death by Aliya, who wants revenge for her father's death. Piyush turns mad due to Roshni's demise and goes missing.

6 months later

Pari now rules the Bharadwaj family. Simar brings Piyush back with Avni and her mother, Hema, who took care of him. Bhairavi has returned from jail and Sanjana miscarries. Piyush regains his memory.

In the end, Simar kills Bhairavi and Piyush marries Avni. The Bharadwajs' worship the Mother Goddess and celebrate togetherness. Pari apologises to Simar for her past mistakes.Prem misses Siddhant and Simar misses Roli and Nirmala says that the Bharadwaj family is not only a family but a thought. With this, the show ends.

Cast

Main

• Dipika Kakar Ibrahim/Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar as Simar Bharadwaj: Meena and Jamnalal's elder daughter; Roli and Gautam's sister; Prem's wife; Anjali, Piyush and Sanjana's mother (2011–2017) / (2017–2018)
• Shoaib Ibrahim / Dheeraj Dhoopar / Mazher Sayed as Prem Bharadwaj: Sujata and Rajendra's youngest son; Satyendra, Shailendra and Siddhant's younger brother; elder brother of Jhanvi, Sankalp,and Cherry.Simar's husband; Anjali, Piyush, and Sanjana's father (2011–2013) (2013–2017) / (2017–2018)
• Avika Gor as Roli Dwivedi Bharadwaj: Meena and Jamnalal's younger daughter; Simar and Gautam's sister; Siddhant's wife (2011–2016) (Dead)
• Manish Raisinghan as Siddhant Bharadwaj: Sujata and Rajendra's third son; Satyendra, Shailendra, Prem, Sankalp, Cherry, and Jhanvi's elder brother; Roli's husband (2011–2016)

Recurring

• Jayati Bhatia as Nirmala Devi "Mataji" Bharadwaj: Matriarch of Bharadwajs; Manoranjan's sister; Rajendra and Suryendra's mother; Satyendra, Shailendra, Siddhant, Prem, Sankalp, Jhanvi and Cherry's grandmother; Sanjana, Anjali, Aarav, Nirvaan, Pratham and Piyush's great-grandmother (2011–2018)
• Vaishali Takkar as Anjali Bharadwaj: Simar and Prem's daughter; Khushi's surrogate daughter; Piyush's elder sister; Sanjana's adoptive sister; Vikram and Sameer's ex-wife (2016–2017)
  • Sneha Chauhan as Teenage Anjali (2016)
  • Ritvi Jain as Child Anjali (2014–2016)
• Varun Sharma as Piyush Bharadwaj: Simar and Prem's son; Anjali's younger brother; Sanjana's adoptive brother; Roshni's widower; Avni's husband (2016–2018)
  • Heer Morabia as Child Piyush (2016)
• Nikki Sharma as Roshni Bharadwaj: Rita and Sumit's daughter; Rohan's sister; Piyush's first wife (2016–2018) (Dead)
  • Bhakti Vasani as Child Roshni (2016)
• Krissann Barretto as Sanjana "Sanju" Kapoor: Vikrant and Sunaina's daughter; Simar and Prem's adopted daughter; Sameer's wife (2017–2018)
  • Tvisha Jain as Child Sanjana (2014–2016)
• Rohan Mehra as Sameer Kapoor: Bhairavi and Dhanraj's son; Anjali's ex-husband; Sanjana's husband (2017–2018)
• Monica Sharma as Avni Bharadwaj: Hema's daughter; Piyush's second wife (2018)
• Siddharth Shivpuri as Vikram Agarwal: Sanjeev's son; Anjali's ex-husband; Tanvi's husband (2016–2017)
• Jyotsna Chandola as Khushi Bharadwaj: Anisha's sister; Sankalp's wife; Anjali's surrogate mother; Pratham's mother (2012–2017)
• Shweta Sinha as Pari Bharadwaj: Archala's elder daughter; Surbhi's sister; Shailendra's wife; Aarav's mother (2011–2018)
• Ashu Sharma as Satyendra "Sattu" Bhardwaj: Sujata and Rajendra's eldest son; Shailendra, Siddhant, Prem and Jhanvi's brother; Uma's husband (2011–2017)
• Snehal Sahay as Uma Bharadwaj: Satyendra's wife (2011–2017)
• Adarsh Gautam as Rajendra Bhardwaj: Nirmala's elder son; Suryendra's brother; Sujata's widower; Satyendra, Shailendra, Siddhant, Prem and Jhanvi's father; Anjali, Aarav, Nirvaan and Piyush's grandfather; Sanjana's adoptive grandfather (2011–2017)
• Nishigandha Wad as Sujata Bhardwaj: Rajendra's wife; Satyendra, Shailendra, Siddhant, Prem and Jhanvi's mother; Anjali, Aarav, Nirvaan and Piyush's grandmother; Sanjana's adoptive grandmother (2011–2016)
• Ashiesh Roy as Suryendra Bhardwaj: Nirmala's younger son; Rajendra's brother; Sankalp and Cherry's father; Pratham's grandfather (2011–2013)
• Jhanvi Vohra as Karuna Bhardwaj: Suryendra's wife; Sankalp and Cherry's mother; Pratham's grandmother (2011–2016)
• Sahil Anand / Ssumier Pasricha / Vishal Nayak as Shailendra "Shailu" Bhardwaj: Sujata and Rajendra's second son; Satyendra, Siddhant, Prem and Jhanvi's brother; Pari's husband; Aarav's father (2011) / (2011–2015) / (2015–2017)
• Falaq Naaz as Jhanvi Malhotra: Sujata and Rajendra's daughter; Siddhant, Satyendra, Shailendra and Prem's sister; Shaurya and Anurag's ex-wife; Amar's wife; Nirvaan's mother (2013–2017)
• Alan Kapoor as Amar Malhotra: Siddhant and Prem's friend; Jhanvi's third husband; Nirvaan's step-father (2015–2017)
• Mansi Srivastava as Prerna Bharadwaj: Simar and Roli's childhood friend; Siddhant's second wife (2016)
• Kanchi Singh as Cherry Bhardwaj: Suryendra and Karuna's daughter; Sankalp's sister (2011–2012)
• Abhishek Sharma / Aryamann Seth as Sankalp Bhardwaj: Suryendra and Karuna's son; Cherry's brother; Satyendra, Shailendra, Siddhant, Prem and Jhanvi's cousin; Khushi's husband; Pratham's father (2011–2017)
• Runav Shah as Baby Pratham Bharadwaj: Khushi and Sankalp's son (2015)
• Priyamvada Kant as Anisha: Khushi's sister (2012) (Dead)
• Nimisha Vakharia as Manoranjan Singh: Nirmala's sister; Rajveer's mother (2011–2012; 2015)
• Rohit Khurana as Shaurya Singhania: Meghna's brother; Jhanvi's ex-husband (2013) (Dead)
• Shikha Singh as Meghna Singhania: Shaurya's sister (2013–2014)
• Aniruddh Singh as Dr. Anurag Arora: Shanti's son; Jhanvi's ex-husband; Nirvaan's father (2014–2015)
• Karuna Verma as Shanti Arora: Anurag's mother (2013–2014)
• Shivangi Sharma as Bhakti Jaiswal: Anurag's friend (2014)
• Kanika Shivpuri as Pratima Arora: Anurag's aunt (2014)
• Pankaj Dheer as Jamnalal Dwivedi: Rajjo's brother; Meena's husband; Simar, Roli and Gautam's father; Anjali and Piyush's grandfather; Sanjana's adoptive grandfather (2011–2012)
• Jaya Ojha as Meena Dwivedi: Jamnalal's wife; Simar, Roli and Gautam's mother; Anjali and Piyush's grandmother; Sanjana's adoptive grandmother (2011–2013; 2014; 2016)
• Himani Shivpuri as Rajjo Dwivedi: Jamnalal's sister (2011–2012)
• Rakshit Wahi as Gautam Dwivedi: Meena and Jamnalal's son; Simar and Roli's brother (2011–2012; 2014)
• Abhinandan Jindal as Rohan Kapoor: Rita and Sumit's son; Roshni's brother (2016)
  • Bhavesh Babani as Child Rohan (2016)
• Khushwant Walia as Aarav Bhardwaj: Pari and Shailendra's son; Ananya's husband (2017)
• Kenisha Bharadwaj as Ananya Bhardwaj: Ridhima's sister; Aarav's wife (2017)
• Ishani Sharma as Aliya Chaudhary Bharadwaj: Roshni's murderer; Piyush second wife (2017–2018)
• Vishal Bharadwaj as Arjun Trivedi: Anjali's boyfriend (2017)
• Rushad Rana as Sumit Kapoor: Rita's husband; Rohan and Roshni's father (2016–2017)
• Jasveer Kaur as Rita Kapoor: Sumit's wife; Rohan and Roshni's mother (2016–2017)
• Vikas Sethi as Sanjeev Agarwal: Ravikant's brother; Vikram's father (2016–2017)
• Sanjeev Jogityani as Ravikant Agarwal: Sanjeev's brother; Saroj's husband (2016–2017)
• Shweta Gautam as Saroj Agarwal: Ravikant's wife (2016–2017)
• Sneha Shah as Tanvi Agarwal: Vikram's wife (2017)
• Preetika Chauhan as Riddhima: Ananya's sister (2017)
• Kajol Srivastav as Vaidehi Saxena: Piyush's ex-fiancée (2016–2017)
• Vandana Vithlani as Bhairavi Kapoor: Dhanraj's widow and murderer; Sameer's mother (2017–2018) (Dead)
• Sujata Vaishnav as Hema Sabharwal: Avni's mother (2018)
• Shabaaz Abdullah Badi as Rahul Arora: Avni's friend (2018)
• Vishal Aditya Singh as Veeru (2012–2013)
• Bobby Darling as Bobby (2013)
• Swati Chitnis as Shobha (2013)
• Sana Amin Sheikh as Naina Kapoor: Siddhant's ex-fiancée (2012–2013)
• Shalini Sahuta as Sonia Oberoi (2014)
• Aruna Singhal/Roma Bali as Archala: Pari and Surbhi's mother (2014)
• Nehalaxmi Iyer as Surbhi Bharadwaj: Pari's sister; Prem's ex-wife (2014)
• Amita Khopkar as Jwala Devi (2014)
• Anshul Trivedi as Shrikant: Jwala's son (2014)
• Sara Khan as Maya / Fake Roli: Shapeshifting serpent "Naagin"; Roli's impostor (2014–2015) (Dead)
• Meera Deosthale as Priya: Vikrant's employee (2014)
• Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh as Advocate Anup Roy (2014)
• Arun Bakshi as Balwant Gandhi
• Dolly Chawla as Sejal Gandhi
• Aadesh Chaudhary as Vikrant Mehta: Savita's elder son; Kartik's brother; Sunaina's widower; Sanjana's father; Simar's obsessed lover (2014)
• Neetha Shetty as Sunaina Mehta / Aditi Shah: Vikrant's wife; Sanjana's mother (2014) (Dead)
• Minal Karpe as Savita Mehta: Vikrant and Kartik's mother; Sanjana's grandmother (2014)
• Pratik Shukla as Kartik Mehta: Savita's younger son; Vikrant's brother; Kavya's husband (2014)
• Sadhana Sharma as Kavya Mehta: Karthik's wife (2014)
• Priyanka Bhole as Leela
• Khyati Keswani as Guru Maa (2015)
• Siddharth Vasudev as Rajveer Singh: Manoranjan's son (2015)
• Sayantani Ghosh as Rajeshwari Parmar (2015)
• Kunika as Thakurain (2015)
• Pratyusha Banerjee as Mohini: Witch; Sunanda's daughter; Indravati's disciple (2015) (Dead)
• Anjali Gupta as Sunanda: Witch; Mohini's mother (2015) (Dead)
• Reshmi Ghosh as Indravati: Witch; Simar's sister from her previous birth Padmavati; Gajendra's lover (2015) (Dead)
• Hemant Choudhary as Simar's father from her previous birth Padmavati (2015) (Dead)
• Meghna Naidu as Patali Devi Gayatri (2015–2016) (Dead)
• Deblina Chatterjee as Devika Bharadwaj: Simar's helper; Prem's third wife (2015–2016)
• Ali Hassan as Shaitaan (2016) (Dead)
• Arti Singh as Madhavi (2016)
• Shagufta Ali as Malti (Fake Sugandha) (2016)
• Kashvi Kothari as Choti Dulhan/Ruhi (2016) (Dead)
• Vindhya Tiwari as Chandramani (2016)
• Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Kamya Raichand (2016)
• Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Mahamaya (2016)

Special appearances

• Shah Rukh Khan
• Mahhi Vij as Nakusha Laagi Tujhse Lagan
• Emraan Hashmi from Murder 2
• Jacqueline Fernandez from Murder 2
• Ranbir Kapoor from Rockstar
• Nargis Fakhri from Rockstar
• Karan Tacker as Viren from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
• Kushal Tandon as Virat from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
• Krystle D'Souza as Jeevika from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
• Nia Sharma as Maanvi from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
• Barun Sobti as Arnav Singh Raizada from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon
• Sanaya Irani as Khushi Gupta Kumari Singh Raizada from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon
• Gurmeet Choudhary as Yash Scindia from Punar Vivaah – Zindagi Milegi Dobara
• Kratika Sengar as Aarti Yash Scindia from Punar Vivaah – Zindagi Milegi Dobara
• Sidharth Malhotra from Ek Villain (2014)
• Shraddha Kapoor from Ek Villain (2014)
• Varun Dhawan from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014)
• Alia Bhatt from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014)
• Drashti Dhami as Madhubala Kundra from Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon
• Vivian Dsena as Rishabh Kundra (RK) from Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon
• Tina Dutta as Ichha Singh Bundela from Uttaran
• Rashami Desai as Tapasya Pratap Rathore from Uttaran
• Gaurav Chopra as Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore from Uttaran
• Nandish Sandhu as Veer Singh Bundela from Uttaran
• Toral Rasputra as Anandi Shekhar from Balika Vadhu
• Sidharth Shukla as Shivraj Shekhar from Balika Vadhu
• Ashish Sharma as Rudra Pratap Ranawat from Rangrasiya
• Sanaya Irani as Paro from Rangrasiya
• Harshad Arora as Zain Abdullah from Beintehaa
• Preetika Rao as Aaliya Zain Abdullah from Beintehaa
• Helly Shah as Swara Maheshwari from Swaragini
• Varun Kapoor as Sanskaar Maheshwari from Swaragini
• Namish Taneja as Lakshya Maheshwari from Swaragini
• Tejasswi Prakash as Ragini Maheshwari from Swaragini
• Manish Goplani as Bihaan from Thapki Pyaar Ki
• Jigyasa Singh as Thapki from Thapki Pyaar Ki
• Surbhi Jyoti as Zoya Farooqi Ahmed Khan from Qubool Hai
• Karan Singh Grover as Asad Ahmet Khan from Qubool Hai
• Shabir Ahluwalia as Abhishek "Abhi" Prem Mehra from Kumkum Bhagya
• Sriti Jha as Pragya Arora Mehra from Kumkum Bhagya
• Karan Veer Mehra as Naren Karmarkar from Pavitra Rishta
• Ankita Lokhande as Ankita Naren Karmarkar from Pavitra Rishta
• Rithvik Dhanjani as Arjun Kirloskar from Pavitra Rishta
• Asha Negi as Purvi Deshmukh Kirloskar from Pavitra Rishta
• Karan Patel as Raman Bhalla from Yeh Hai Mohabbatein
• Divyanka Tripathi as Ishita Bhalla from Yeh Hai Mohabbatein
• Avinash Sachdev as Shlok Agnigotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir
• Shrenu Parikh as Aastha Shlok Agnigotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir
• Ronit Roy as Dr Nachiket "Neil" Khanna from Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar
• Pallavi Kulkarni as Dr Ragini Khanna from Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar
• Shakti Arora as Ranveer Raghvela from Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi
• Radhika Madan as Ishani Ranveer Raghvela from Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi
• Mouni Roy as Shivanya Singh from Naagin 1
• Rubina Dilaik as Soumya Singh from Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
• Ankitta Sharma as Naina Singh Chauhan from Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman

Sequel

Main article: Sasural Simar Ka 2

A sequel of the show, named Sasural Simar Ka 2, has been telecast on the same channel Colours TV since 26 April 2021, ten years after the first season debuted.

Production

Casting

It first starred Dipika Kakar, Shoaib Ibrahim, Avika Gor and Manish Raisinghan as Simar, Prem, Roli and Siddhant, respectively. Jayati Bhatia played the role of Mataji. Shoaib Ibrahim left the show in 2013 as makers were not giving his character much screen space disappointment with the creative independence of the character. He was replaced by Dheeraj Dhoopar who played the role of Prem after Shoaib's exit from the show. In April 2016, Avika Gor left the show as she wanted a break after working non-stop for 5 years. Thus, her character Roli died. Mansi Srivastava entered the show as Prerna as Simar childhood friend. In July 2016, Mansi Srivastava and Manish Raisinghan also left the show. So, their respective characters of Prerna and Siddhant were shown to have shifted abroad. In August 2016, Vaishali Takkar and Varun Sharma entered the show as Anjali and Piyush, respectively. In February 2017, Dipika Kakar and Dheeraj Dhoopar left the show, so their respective characters of Simar and Prem were shown to go on a business trip. In May 2017, Krissann Barretto entered the show as Sanjana. At the end of May 2017 Mazher Sayed joined the show as Prem. In July 2017, Vaishali Takkar left the show. So her character of Anjali was arrested. In January 2018, Nikki Sharma also left the show. So her character of Roshni died. In the same month, Monica Sharma entered the show in the role of Avni.

Genre

The series began and ran as a normal television drama until in 2014 when it included supernatural spirits, serpents and witches and fantasy genres with tracks inspired from Game of Thrones and Eega.

Cancellation and sequel

The series was confirmed going off air on 2 March 2018 owing its declining ratings and the climax was decided but days before the shooting was about to complete, it received an extension on last minute discussions between the channel and production house and the script was reworked. In February 2021, the series was confirmed returning with a new season titled, Sasural Simar Ka 2, featuring Dipika Kakar and Jayati Bhatia from the former season and Radhika Muthukumar, Tanya Sharma, Avinash Mukherjee and Karan Sharma as the new leads of the show.

Location

Based on Delhi as backdrop, Sasural Simar Ka was mainly filmed at the sets in Cine Classic Studios at Mira Road. Some episodes are shot in Hong Kong for their 1000th episodes celebration.

Crossover episodes

Episodes	Air Date	Serial	Plot
5	14–18 May 2012	Kairi – Rishta Khatta Meetha	Imarti Devi comes to attend Sankalp's wedding with Khushi along with her family.
1	2 March 2015	Shastri Sisters — Chaar Dil Ek Dhadkan	Anushka and Devyani help Simar to get the keys of the red door from Roli where she had kept Shruti.
2	27 & 28 July 2015	Swaragini — Jodein Rishton Ke Sur	Ragini calls Mohini to do black magic on Swara to break her marriage with Laksh. She takes Prem with her. Prem is saved by Swara and she herself, is saved by Sanskar.
2	30 November & 1 December 2015		Simar goes to Kolkata to tells Swara as Ragini had married to Laksh. Devika who is possessed by Patali Devi tries to kill Simar, Swara and Sanskar but fails.
1	4 March 2016	Balika Vadhu — Kakchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte	Simar goes to a famous temple of Lord Shiva on Shivratri. She meets Anandi there.
1	15 April 2016	Swaragini — Jodein Rishton Ke Sur	Swara comes to celebrate Baisakhi with Simar. Everyone suddenly goes missing. Swara buries Chandarmaani in sand famous for melting bad powers.
1	2 October 2016		Anjali asks Simar and Prem to go Kolkata. They go to Swara's house. Swara tries to take the videotape from Khushi and Anjali but fails. Simar succeeds in taking the keys from Parvati and gives them to Swara.
1	21 April 2017	Ek Shringaar – Swabhimaan	Piyush who is possessed by Kaal goes missing and Roshni tries to find her but fails but succeeds when Naina helps her. Simar motivates her when she tells her that she is going to compete against her sister.
1	28 April 2017	Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki	Piyush who is possessed by Kaal takes Aditya with him. Harman follows him but he is proved innocent. Aditya is found but taken by Mr. Chadda. Simar gives them money but they refuse as they had arranged it earlier.

Reception

The series became one of the most watched Hindi GECs during its run time. In week 52 of 2015 it was at fifth position garnering 12.33 million impressions. In week 2 of 2016, it was at third position with 13.46 million impressions.

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
2012	11th Indian Telly Awards	Best Drama Series	Sasural Simar Ka
	Star Guild Awards	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Shoaib Ibrahim
		Best Writer	Ved Raj
2013		Best Actor in a Drama Series	Shoaib Ibrahim
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Avika Gor
		Best Actress in a Negative Role	Jyostna Chandola
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Jayati Bhatia
		Best Drama Series	Rashmi Sharma	Won
2014	Indian Telly Awards	Best Drama Series	Rashmi Sharma
2015	Indian Television Academy Awards	Rishte-Naate Awards	Dheeraj Dhoopar, Avika Gor & Manish Raisinghan
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Dipika Kakar	Nominated
		Best Daily Serial	Rashmi Sharma
	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	Most Entertaining Television Actor – Female	Avika Gor
	Gold Awards	Best Jodi	Dipika Kakar & Dheeraj Dhoopar
		Best Fiction Show	Rashmi Sharma
		Best Actress	Dipika Kakar	Won
		Best Actress in Supporting Role	Jayati Bhatia

External links

• Sasural Simar Ka at IMDb