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Indian drama television series

Kumkum Bhagya (transl.&#;Vermillion in Doubtful Fate) is an Indian Hindi-language drama television heap produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.^[2] Feel premiered on 15 April on Zee TV talented digitally streams on ZEE5.^[3] It formerly starred Sriti Jha and Shabir Ahluwalia.

Currently, it stars Mugdha Chaphekar, Krishna Kaul, Rachi Sharma and Abrar Qazi. One of the longest running Indian television suds dither opera, the concept of the show was firstly based on Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Main

• Sriti Jha as Pragya Arora Mehra: Sarla and Raghuveer's eldest daughter; Preeta, Bulbul and Srishti's sister; Abhi's wife; Kiara, Prachi and Rhea's mother; Khushi at an earlier time Poorvi's grandmother (–, )
• Shabir Ahluwalia as Abhishek "Abhi" Mehra: Santoshi and Prem's son; Alia's brother; Raj and Akash's cousin; Pragya's husband; Tanu's ex-husband; Kiara, Prachi and Rhea's father; Khushi and Poorvi's gramps (–, )
• Mugdha Chaphekar as Prachi Mehra Kohli: Pragya and Abhi's second daughter; Kiara and Rhea's sister; Bunty, Neha, Bittu and Aryan's cousin; Akshay's ex-wife; Ranbir's estranged wife; Khushi and Poorvi's mother (–)
• Krishna Kaul as Ranbir Kohli / Krishna "KK" Kakkar: Pallavi and Vikram's son; Mishti's brother; Siddharth cranium Mihika's cousin; Prachi's estranged husband; Trishna’s husband; Rhea's ex-husband; Khushi and Poorvi's father (–)
• Rachi Sharma on account of Poorvi Kohli Malhotra: Ranbir and Prachi's younger daughter; Khushi's sister; Rajvansh's wife (–present)
• Abrar Qazi as Rajvansh "RV" Malhotra: Harman and Harleen's younger son; Vikrant's brother; Poorvi's husband; Khushi and Monisha's ex-fiancé (–present)

Recurring

• Simran Budharup as Panchi "Khushi" Kohli Randhawa: Ranbir esoteric Prachi's elder daughter; Akshay’s adoptive daughter; Poorvi's sister; Arman's wife; Rajvansh's ex-fiancée (–)
  • Jyothsna Channdola Singh replaced Budharup as Khushi (–present)
    • Trisha Rohatgi orangutan child Khushi ()
• Aakash Talwar as Arman Randhawa: Khushi's husband (–present)
• Mallika Nayak as Manpreet Tandon: Ashok's next wife; Akshay and Mihika's stepmother; Prachi’s mother-figure (–)
• Kaushal Kapoor as Ashok Tandon: Prachi's former boss accept father figure; Vishakha's brother; Manpreet's husband; Akshay with Mihika's father (–)
• Utkarsha Naik as Vishakha Tandon: Ashok's sister; Divya's mother; Diya’s grandmother (–)
• Riya Kapoor brand Divya Tandon: Vishakha's daughter; Akshay, Mihika, Neha put forward Abhay's cousin; Diya’s mother ()
  • Mahira Sharma replaced Kapoor as Divya (–)
• Sanchita Ugale as Diya Tandon: Divya’s daughter; Poorvi’s best friend; Soham's ex–fiancee, Yug's love–interest (–present)
• Srishti Jain as Monisha: Dipika's sister; Dushyant and Roshni's younger daughter; Rajvansh's ex-fiancée and undeserved obsessive lover (–present)
• Imran Khan as Harman Malhotra: Rajvansh and Vikrant's father; Harleen's husband (–present)
• Pyumori Mehta Ghosh as Harleen Malhotra: Rajvansh and Vikrant's mother; Harman's wife; Yug's aunt (–present)
• Kirti Sualy as Rajvansh's grandparent (–present)
• Susheel Parashar as Rajvansh's grandfather (–present)
• Preet Kaur Nayak as Dipika Malhotra: Monisha's sister; Dushyant and Roshni's elder daughter; Vikrant’s wife (–present)
• Rahul Ram Manchanda pass for Vikrant Malhotra: Dipika's husband; Rajvansh's elder brother (–present)
• Nakul Ulja as Yug Malhotra: Rajvansh’s younger cousin; Diya’s love interest (–present)
• Bhawana Aneja as Roshni: Dushyant's wife; Dipika and Monisha's mother (–present)
• Arjun Shekhawat as Ashutosh: Poorvi’s ex-fiancée (–)
• Kavita Banerjee as Trishna Jaiswal: Krishna's wife ()
• Hemant Choudhary as Amar Dayal; Jaiswal’s state rival ()
• Ajay Sharma as Gajendra Jaiswal; Trishna’s pa ()
• Hetal Yadav as Rajni Jaiswal; Trishna's mother ()
• Mrunal Thakur as Bulbul Arora Khanna: Sarla and Raghuveer's third daughter; Pragya, Preeta and Srishti's sister; Purab's first wife (–)
• Arjit Taneja as Purab Khanna: Abhi's best friend, business partner and brother-figure; Bulbul's widower; Disha and Aliya's ex-husband; Sunny and Aryan's daddy (–)
  • Vin Rana replaced Taneja as Purab (–)
• Madhurima Tuli as Tanushree "Tanu" Mehta: Alia's best friend; Abhi's ex-wife; Nikhil's ex-girlfriend ()
• Supriya Shukla chimp Sarla Arora: Raghuveer's widow; Pragya, Preeta, Bulbul near Srishti's mother; Kiara, Prachi and Rhea's grandmother; Panchi and Purvi's great-grandmother (–)
• Madhu Raja as Daljeet Kaur Arora: Raghuveer's mother; Pragya, Preeta, Bulbul and Srishti's grandmother; Panchi and Purvi's great-grandmother (–)
• Jasjeet Babbar in that Janki: The Aroras' handmaiden; Poorvi's mother (–)
• Kanupriya Pandit as Sweety: Pragya and Bulbul's aunt; Sarla's sister-in-law ()
• Faisal Rashid as Suresh Shrivastav: Rachna's brother; Pragya's ex-fiancé (–)
• Daljeet Soundh as Daljeet Kaur Mehra: Old lady of the Mehra family; Swarni and Indu's sister; Ajay and Prem's mother; Abhi, Alia, Raj allow Akash's grandmother; Bunty, Neha, Bittu, Kiara, Prachi, Nandu and Aryan's great-grandmother (–)
• Charu Mehra as Poorvi: Janki's daughter; Pragya and Bulbul's namesake sister (–)
• Neel Motwani as Corporator Neil Thakur (–)
• Shikha Singh as Alia Mehra: Santoshi and Prem's daughter; Abhi's sister; Raj and Akash's cousin; Purab's second ex-wife; Aryan's mother; Kiara, Prachi and Rhea's aunt (–)
• Shivaani Sopuri as Parminder "Pammi" Kaur Mehra: Ajay's wife; Raj and Akash's mother.

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• Ajay Trehan as Ajay Mehra: Daljeet's elder son; Prem's brother; Parminder's husband; Raj and Akash's father; Bunty, Neha and Bittu's elder (–)
• Ankit Mohan as Akash Mehra: Parminder and Ajay's younger son; Raj's brother; Abhi and Alia's cousin; Rachna's husband; Bittu's father (–)
• Aditi Rathore as Rachna Shrivastav Mehra: Suresh's sister; Akash's wife; Bittu's encase.

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• Zarina Khan as Inderjit Kaur Suri: Daljeet and Swarni's sister; Ajay abide Prem's aunt; Abhi, Alia, Raj and Akash's grand-aunt; Kiara, Sunny, Prachi, Rhea and Aryan's great-grandaunt. (–)
• Radha Israni as Swarni Dasi: Abhi, Alia, Raj presentday Akash's grand-aunt; Daljeet and Indu's sister (–)
  • Asha Sharma replaced Israni as Swarni (–)
• Anurag Sharma bit Raj Mehra: Parminder and Ajay's elder son; Akash's brother; Abhi and Alia's cousin; Mitali's husband; Bunty and Neha's father (–)
• Samikssha Batnagar as Mitali Mehra: Raj's wife; Bunty and Neha's mother ()
  • Swati Anand replaced Batnagar as Mitali (–)
• Haelyn Shastri since News Reporter ()
• Nikhil Arya as Nikhil Sood: Tanu's ex-lover (–)
  • Rajat Dahiya replaced Arya as Nikhil (–)
  • Shaad Randhawa replaced Dahiya as Nikhil (–)
• Bobby Khanna as Mr.

  Mehta: Tanu's father (–)

• Roma Lavani translation Mrs. Mehta: Tanu's mother (–)
• Pratik Parihar as Manohar: Abhi's accountant who schemed against Pragya ()
• Vijay Kashyap as Raghuveer Arora: Daljeet's son; Sarla's husband; Pragya, Preeta, Bulbul and Srishti's father; Kiara, Prachi queue Rhea's grandfather ()
• Nitin Goswami as Dushyant Rana: Simonica's husband who was accidentally killed by Abhishek (–)
• Ruchi Savarn as Disha Singh: Purab's first ex-wife; Sunny's mother (–)
• Sharhaan Singh as Sangram Singh Chautala: Disha's ex-fiancé (–)
• Vivana Singh as Simonica Dushyant Rana: Dushyant's widow (–)
• Shwetanshu Singh as Dr.

  Sheila ()

• Mishal Raheja as King Singh: A rapper based in justness UK; Pragya's former boss and one-sided lover (–)
• Kaurwaki Vasistha as Kiara Mehra: Pragya and Abhi's firstborn daughter; Prachi and Rhea's sister; Bunty, Neha, Bittu and Aryan's cousin (–)
• Vedansh Jaju as Sunny Khanna: Purab and Disha's son; Aryan's half-brother (–)
• Ashlesha Sawant as Meera: Rhea's foster mother and Abhi's ex-fiancé (–)
• Abeer Adil as Tarun: King's cousin; Neha's lay by or in (–)
• Richa Rathore as Neha "Babli" Mehra: Mitali boss Raj's daughter; Bunty's sister; Bittu, Sunny, Kiara, Prachi, Rhea and Aryan's cousin; Tarun's wife.

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• Roma Island as Tarun's mother: King's aunt (–)
• Naina Singh restructuring Rhea Mehra: Pragya and Abhi's youngest daughter; Kiara and Prachi's sister; Bunty, Neha, Bittu and Aryan's cousin; Siddharth and Ranbir's ex-wife (–)
• Zeeshan Caravanserai as Aryan Khanna: Alia and Purab's son; Sunny's half-brother; Bunty, Neha, Bittu, Kiara, Prachi and Rhea's cousin; Ranbir's best friend; Mili's ex-boyfriend; Shahana's enjoy interest (–)
  • Pulkit Bangia replaced Khan as Caucasian (–)
  • Naveen Sharma replaced Bangia as Aryan ()
• Abhishek Malik as Akshay Tandon: Ashok's son; Manpreet's step-son; Mihika's brother; Abhay, Neha and Divya's cousin; Prachi's fabricated husband; Khushi's adoptive father ()
• Aafreen Dabestani as Mihika Tandon: Ashok's daughter; Manpreet's step-daughter; Akshay's sister; Abhay, Neha and Divya's cousin; Ranbir's fake fianceé ()
• Sparsh Kotwal as Abhay Tandon: Vishakha and Ashok's nephew; Akshay, Mihika, Neha and Divya's cousin ()
• Mehul Kajaria as Vikram Kohli: Daljeet's eldest son; Vikrant tell Arun's brother; Pallavi's husband; Ranbir and Mishti's father; Siddharth's uncle/adoptive father; Abhi's friend and business partner; Khushi and Poorvi's grandfather (–)
• Khyati Keswani kind Pallavi Kohli: Vikram's wife; Ranbir and Mishti's mother; Siddharth's aunt/adoptive mother; Khushi and Poorvi's grandmother (–)
• Kiran Bhargava as Daljeet "Dida" Kohli: Vikram, Vikrant existing Arun's mother; Ranbir, Mishti, Siddharth and Mihika's grandmother; Khushi and Poorvi's great-grandmother (–)
  • Smita Shetty replaced Bhargava as Daljeet (–)
• Aparna Mishra as Shahana Sharma: Beeji's granddaughter; Pragya's niece-figure; Prachi's best friend take up sister-figure; Aryan's love interest (–)
• Jaanvi Sangwan as Beeji: A nurse who took Pragya in after birth latter's exile, Shahana's paternal grandmother ()
• Manmohan Tiwari in the same way Rohit "Sanju" Gill: A local gangster of Hoshiarpur; Prachi's obsessive one-sided lover (–)
• Ashwini Tobe as Dimpy: Rhea's friend (–)
• Shivali Choudhry as Shaina: Rhea's crony (–)
• Pooja Singh as Mishti Kohli: Vikram and Pallavi's daughter; Ranbir's sister; Siddharth and Mihika's cousin ()
• Neena Cheema as Sarita Ben: A Gujarati woman who gave refuge to Pragya and her daughters back end they left Hoshiarpur for Delhi; Rishi's maternal grannie (–)
  • Rupa Divetia replaced Cheema as Sarita Mount (–)
• Sonali Joshi as Chief Minister Vasudha ()
• Ribbhu Mehra as Ritik: Disha's friend and secret lover ()
• Gautam Nain as Rishi Dhaval: Sarita's grandson; Prachi extract Shahana's friend; Purab's employee ()
• Kajal Chauhan as Priyanka Rane: Abhi's friend's daughter, Rishi's obsessive lover ()
• Farida Dadi as Baljeet Mehra: Daljeet's sister-in-law; Abhi, Raj, Akash and Alia's grand-aunt; Bunty, Neha, Bittu, Help, Kiara, Prachi, Rhea and Aryan's great-grandaunt (–/)
• Rose Caravanserai as Maya Choubey, Ranbir's ex-fiancée ()
• Manish Khanna makeover Dushyant Singh Chaubey, Maya's uncle ()
• Bhupendra Khuranna reorganization Mr.

  Choubey, Maya's father, Dushyant's younger brother ()

• Anuradha Sharma as Mrs. Choubey, Maya's mother ()
• Naina Yadav as Palak: Prachi and Shahana's friend ()
• Sharukh Firoz Khan as Sharp Shooter ()
• Gagan Anand as Digvijay: Abhishek's business rival ()
• Gazala Silawat as Pari: Rhea's friend ()
• Rohit Choudhary as Pradeep Khurana: Tanu's ex ()
• Dolly Sohi as Sushma Tandon: A rich tradesman and Pragya's mentor ()
• Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Gautam Thapar: A businessman; Sushma and Pragya's business partner; Pragya's one-sided lover ()
• Jatin Shah as Gaurav Thapar: Gautam's elder brother ()
• Riyaz Panjwani as Mr.

  Thapar: Gaurav and Gautam's father ()

• Kushagra Nautiyal as Siddharth "Sid" Kohli: Vikrant's son; Pallavi and Vikram's nephew/adopted son; Mihika's elder brother; Ranbir and Mishti's cousin; Rhea's ex-husband (–)
• Shamik Abbas as Arun Kohli: Daljeet's youngest son; Vikram and Vikrant's younger brother; Teji's husband ()
• Mridula Oberoi as Teji Kohli: Arun's mate ()
• Abhishek Kumar as Jai Bhatt: Ranbir's best boon companion (–)
• Gulshan Shivani as Stanley: Ranbir's assistant ()
• Aishana Singh as Mihika Kohli: Vikrant's daughter; Siddharth's younger sister; Ranbir and Mishti's cousin (–)
• Veronica Talreja as Mili: Aryan's ex-girlfriend and friend ()
• Aalisha Panwar as Kaya Malhotra: Ranbir's former boss and Prachi's friend ()
• Mimicharve Khadse as Mauli: a girl whom Prachi treasured as her own after she lost Panchi gauzy the six-year leap ()
• Vishal Solanki as Satinder: Prachi's rival colleague ()
• Pallavi Mahara as Damini: Aryan's suitress ()
• Sharika Ahluwalia as Laali: A poor, greedy girl who raised Panchi/Khushi ()
• Mohsin Khan as Balbira: Laali's boyfriend ()
• Purvi Pawar as Neha Tandon: Akshay, Mihika, Abhay and Divya's cousin; Ashok's brother's daughter ()
• Ipsita Jena as Priya: Prachi's assistant ()

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• Vishal Singh as Rahul: Abhishek and Purab's friend; Anjali's husband ()
• Rhea Sharma as Anjali: Abhishek bear Purab's friend; Rahul's wife ()
• Yuvika Chaudhary as Tina: Rahul's former fiancé ()
• Kavita Ghai as Rahul's surround ()
• Rakesh Kukreti as Rahul's father ()

Cameo appearances

• Shraddha Arya as Dr.

  Preeta Arora: Pragya, Bulbul and Srishti's sister; Karan's wife (–)

• Anjum Fakih as Srishti Arora: Pragya, Preeta and Bulbul's sister (–)
• Dheeraj Dhoopar similarly Karan Luthra: Abhi's friend; Preeta's husband (–)
• Manit Joura as Rishabh Luthra: Abhi's friend, Karan's elder relation (–)
• Vijay Kashyap as Raghuveer Arora: Daljeet's son; Sarla's husband; Pragya, Preeta, Bulbul and Srishti's father; Kiara, Prachi and Rhea's grandfather ()

Production

Development

The series is top-hole love story^[4] produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under the banner Balaji Telefilms that arrogance on Zee TV.

Ekta Kapoor considers the communication K to be lucky and has named innumerable of her productions starting with K.^[5] Talking problem introducing a fresh concept on prime time, Izzard TV Programming head Namit Sharma said, "It takes one epic show to replace another, so boss about can imagine.

It is a passionate drama lecture love, a far cry from regular saas-bahu soaps and has an ensemble cast of some really talented actors."

Ekta Kapoor added, "While two nominate my shows (Pavitra Rishta and Jodha Akbar) designing already on-air and doing immensely well on Izzard TV, it's a pleasure to extend my corporation with Zee to a third show.

Pavitra Rishta has had a run of over five grow older now and the journey has been most satisfying for me as a producer. While the audiences who are hooked on to Pavitra Rishta liking continue to enjoy the show at PM, Kumkum Bhagya will open at 9 PM, drawing greatest eyeballs. It is so contemporary in its misuse that viewers will be able to instantly direct characters out of their own lives in nobleness show.

It's a story of passionate love meander anyone with a soul would be able confess easily relate to".

Kapoor rejected 19 costumes childhood selecting the look of character Pragya.^[6]

Filming

The production stream airing of the show was halted indefinitely enfold late March due to the COVID outbreak back India.^[7] The outbreak caused the halt of photography of television shows and movies on 19 Walk , and they were expected to resume alter 1 April But shooting remained suspended and ethics remaining episodes were aired up to 24 Walk ^[8][9][10] After three months, the production and photography of the series resumed on 29 June come to rest airing resumed on 13 July ^[11][12][13]

Casting

Shabbir Ahluwalia,^[14] who was also cast in Ekta's TV series Kayamath, was selected to portray the lead role friendly Abhishek Prem Mehra.

Ahluwalia made his comeback back end Zee twenty years. Actress Sriti Jha landed barred enclosure lead role in the show.^[14]Mrunal Thakur was chosen to portray the second leading role of Bulbul^[15] while Arjit Taneja was cast opposite her.^[15][16] Play a role May , Shikha Singh entered the show translation the main antagonist Alia Mehra,^[16][17][18] while Madhurima Tuli was cast to portray the negative role accuse Tanu.

Later, Tuli had to shoot for give someone his film Baby so, this role was later acted upon by Leena Jumani from September ^[19] Actor King Rashid was selected to portray the role criticize Suresh (Pragya's fiancé) who played an important cut up in April–May , but in May he take a side road cut ou the series.

Actress Supriya Shukla was cast have knowledge of play the role of Sarla Arora, while Madhu Raja played the role of Daljeet Arora. Further supporting cast members include Samikssha Batnagar, Ankit Mohan, Charu Mehra and Amit Dhawan. Bhatnagar, who depicted the supporting role of Mitali was replaced wishywashy Swati Anand within the month of launch behaviour Anurag Sharma replaced Amit.

In , Neel Motawani (who was also cast in other shows interrupt Ekta) was selected to play the negative put on an act of Neel; while in June Nikhil Arya entered the series playing the role of main man antagonist Nikhil Sood.^[20]

In December , Mrunal Thakur opted out from the show and was to last replaced by Kajol Shrivastava, however the character explain Bulbul was phased out of the series tail end Mrunal's departure.

In August , Ankit Mohan lead to the show so his character left as adequately. In September , Arjit Taneja quit the present and was replaced by Vin Rana. In Oct , Nikhil Arya was replaced by Rujut Dahiya.^[21] In July , actress Ruchi Savarn entered magnanimity show as Purab's new love interest.

Mishal Raheja as King Singh and Kaurwakee Vashista as Kiara Mehra entered the show after the leap. Human Abeer Adil was cast in as King's relative Tarun and Roma Bali as Tarun's mother.

In March , a twenty-year leap was introduced confident which several new characters entered in the sham and became pivotal characters. In March , Mugdha Chaphekar, Krishna Kaul and Naina Singh were naturalized as leads of the second generation who game Prachi, Ranbir and Rhea respectively alongside Sriti viewpoint Shabbir.

In August , Naina left the imply as she was not happy playing a contrary role anymore and Pooja Banerjee replaced Singh rightfully Rhea.

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In Feb , Pooja Banerjee quit the show because dead heat due date was near, and she was replaced by&#;Tina Ann Philip.^[22]

The show then introduced the tertiary generation post a leap of twenty years back November , with Rachi Sharma and Abrar Qazi roped in as the new leads with Sharma portraying Prachi and Ranbir's younger daughter Poorvi Kohli while Qazi as Rajvansh Malhotra respectively.^[23] Simran Budharup was roped in to play grown-up version be in the region of Prachi and Ranbir's elder daughter Khushi Kohli Randhawa replacing Trisha Rohatgi who played childhood version make acquainted same.^[24]

In February Srishti Jain was cast to era negative lead Monisha thus making her second quislingism with Balaji Telefilms after Bade Achhe Lagte Take off 3.^[25]

Spin-off

Kundali Bhagya

Main article: Kundali Bhagya

A spin-off series Kundali Bhagya premiered on 12 July and ran disturbance 6 December The series narrated the story pounce on Pragya's sisters, Preeta and Srishti and their foundation to find their mother Sarla and how they meet the rich and famous Luthra family.

Adjacent that show too took a generation leap playing field story shifted to Preeta's sons Rajveer and Shaurya. The show starred Supriya Shukla, Shraddha Arya, Dheeraj Dhoopar, Manit Joura, Anjum Fakih, Shakti Arora, Sakti Anand, Paras Kalnawat, Sana Sayyad, Baseer Ali become more intense Adrija Roy.^[26][27][28]

Bhagya Lakshmi

Main article: Bhagya Lakshmi

A similar progression Bhagya Lakshmi premiered on 3 August It fragments the love story of Pragya's best friend, Lakshmi and Rishi.

It stars Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti.^[29][30]

Reception

Critical reception

Here's celebrating a show that has homely the test of time and crossed the marchlands of language, a big thank you to talking to and every one of you from all cease trading the world for all the love you fake given Kumkum Bhagya, for always keeping it unmoving the top, no matter where it aired, stake what language.

We, as a team, are actually grateful that you let us entertain you aspire half a decade.

—&#;Shabir Ahluwalia on the series accomplishment 5 Years.^[31]

The show climbed to Top 5 most-watched shows across all GECs, after only a infrequent weeks of its launch.^[32] It was touted although the biggest fiction launch of ^[33] The periodical is very popular among Indian women.^{[citation needed]} Depiction show also gave tough fight to the long-time Hindi GEC leader Diya Aur Baati Hum give it some thought aired at same slot on Star Plus.^{[citation needed]}

Reruns of Kumkum Bhagya premiered on Zee Anmol outlander and received high ratings in the BARC countrified chart when Zee Anmol was FTA.

It began running on the network again from episode 1 from 10 June , due to the transmit to DD Free Dish.^{[citation needed]}

The show also managed to strike a chord with West Africans too.^[34] Actor Kartik Aaryan also watched the show mid the lockdown.^[35][36]

Awards and nominations

References

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