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{{short description|Indian soap opera}}
{{short description|Indian drama television series}}
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{{infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name                    = Balika Vadhu
| image               =  
| image                   = Balika_Vadhu.png
| caption             = <!--Please don't use captions for obvious title cards. See Template:Infobox television instructions-->
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| alt_name             = {{ubl|Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte|Balika Vadhu – Lamhe Pyaar Ke}}
| alt_name                 = {{ubl|''Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte''|''Balika Vadhu – Lamhe Pyaar Ke''}}
| genre               = [[Soap opera]]
| genre                   = [[Soap opera]]
| creative_director   = Siddhartha Vankar
| creative_director       = Siddhartha Vankar
| writer               = {{ubl|Purnendu Shekhar|[[Gajra Kottary]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Balika Vadhu writer on how to get a break in TV|url=https://m.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-careers-balika-vadhu-writer-on-how-to-get-a-break-in-tv/20110504.htm|website=Rediff.com}}</ref>|Rajesh Dubey|Emraan|Usha Dixit|Raghuvir Tomagola|Manisha Singh|[[Kovid Gupta]]|Raman Manaktala}}
| writer                   = {{ubl|Purnendu Shekhar|[[Gajra Kottary]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Balika Vadhu writer on how to get a break in TV|url=https://m.rediff.com/getahead/slide-show/slide-show-1-careers-balika-vadhu-writer-on-how-to-get-a-break-in-tv/20110504.htm|website=Rediff.com}}</ref>|Rajesh Dubey|Emraan|Usha Dixit|Raghuvir Tomagola|Manisha Singh|[[Kovid Gupta]]|Raman Manaktala}}
| director             = {{ubl|[[Sidharth Sengupta]]|Pradeep Yadav}}
| director                 = {{ubl|[[Sidharth Sengupta]]|Pradeep Yadav}}
| starring             =  
| starring                 =  
| country             = India
| country                 = [[Television in India|India]]
| language             = Hindi
| language                 = [[Hindi]]
| num_seasons         = 2
| num_seasons             = 1
| num_episodes         = 2,248
| num_episodes             = 2248
| executive_producer   = {{ubl|Zakir Shaikh|Sachin Chavan|Fuzel Khan}}
| executive_producer       = {{ubl|Zakir Shaikh|Sachin Chavan|Fuzel Khan}}
| producer             = {{ubl|Sunjoy Waddhwa|Comall Sunjoy W.}}
| producer                 = {{ubl|Sunjoy Waddhwa|Comall Sunjoy W.}}
| cinematography       = {{ubl|Sanjay K. Memane|Anil Katke}}
| location                = [[Jaitsar]]<br/>[[Jodhpur]]<br/> [[Mumbai]]<br/> [[Udaipur]]<br/> [[Srinagar]]<br/> [[Jaipur]]<br/> [[Naigaon]]<br/> [[New Delhi]]
| editor               = {{ubl|Santosh Singh|Janak Chauhan}}
| cinematography           = {{ubl|Sanjay K. Memane|Anil Katke}}
| camera               = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multi-camera]]
| editor                   = {{ubl|Santosh Singh|Janak Chauhan}}
| runtime             = 20 minutes
| camera                   = [[Multi-camera]]
| company             = [[Sphere Origins]]
| runtime                 = 20 minutes
| picture_format       = {{ubl|[[576i]]|[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])}}
| company                 = [[Sphere Origins]]
| first_aired         = {{start date|df=yes|2008|7|21}}
| picture_format           = {{ubl|[[576i]]|[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|df=yes|2016|7|31}}
| first_aired             = {{start date|df=yes|2008|7|21}}
| channel             = [[Colors TV]]
| last_aired               = {{end date|df=yes|2016|7|31}}
| related             = [[Chhoti Anandi]]<br>[[Balika Vadhu 2]]
| website                  = http://colors.in.com/mena/shows/balika-vadhu-kacchi-umar-ke-pakke-rishte-12.html
| channel                 = [[Colors TV]]
| related                 = ''[[Chhoti Anandi]]''
}}
}}


'''''Balika Vadhu''''' (English: ''Child Bride'') is an [[Indian soap opera]] that aired on [[Colors TV]] between 21&nbsp;July 2008 and 31&nbsp;July 2016 and ran for 2248 episodes becoming the [[List of longest-running Indian television series|longest running Indian television series]] on [[Colors TV]]. The story is set in rural [[Rajasthan]] and revolves around the life of a [[Child marriage|child bride]] transitioning from her [[child]]hood to [[woman]]hood.
'''''Balika Vadhu''''' (English: The Child Bride) is an [[Indian soap opera]] that was aired on [[Colors TV]] between 21 July 2008 and 31 July 2016 with 2,245 episodes. The story is set in rural [[Rajasthan]] and revolves around the life of a [[Child marriage|child bride]] from childhood to womanhood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why TV shows like Astitva: Ek Prem Kahani and Balika Vadhu stood out |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/why-tv-shows-like-astitva-ek-prem-kahani-and-balika-vadhu-stood-out/cid/1895477 |access-date=2022-11-14|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>


The soap opera's first season focuses on Anandi and Jagdish, who were married in childhood. The second season reflects on the life of Anandi's daughter, Dr. Nandini ({{a.k.a.}} Nimboli) who was also a child bride.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.colorstv.com/ap/shows/balika-vadhu-kacchi-umar-ke-pakke-rishte-12.html|title=Colors TV Show/Serial - episodes, videos online on Colors|website=aapkacolors.com|access-date=2016-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508124625/http://www.colorstv.com/ap/shows/balika-vadhu-kacchi-umar-ke-pakke-rishte-12.html|archive-date=8 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Balika Vadhu was credited as the first Indian drama to complete 2000 episodes.
==Background==


The show is divided into two seasons titled '''''Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte''''' (English: ''Child Bride – Strong Relationships of Tender Age''), and '''''Balika Vadhu – Lamhe Pyaar Ke''''' (English: ''Child Bride – Moments of Love'').<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://cinespeaks.com/a-pinch-of-love-a-blend-of-emotionsa-prescription-for-happiness-balika-vadhulamhe-pyaar-ke/|title=A Pinch of Love; A Blend of Emotions…A Prescription for Happiness Balika Vadhu…Lamhe Pyaar Ke {{!}} Cine Speaks|website=cinespeaks.com|access-date=2016-04-24}}</ref>
The show consists of two parts. The first part, ''Balika Vadhu - Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte'' (English: ''Child Bride - Strong Relationships of Tender Age'') ran for 2,164 episodes, and focused on Anandi and Jagdish, who were married during childhood. The second part, ''Balika Vadhu - Lamhe Pyaar Ke'' (English: ''Child Bride - Moments of Love'') which ran for 84 episodes, reflects the life of Anandi's daughter, Dr. Nandini, also known as Nimboli, another child bride.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.colorstv.com/ap/shows/balika-vadhu-kacchi-umar-ke-pakke-rishte-12.html|title=Colors TV Show/Serial - episodes, videos online on Colors|website=aapkacolors.com|access-date=2016-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508124625/http://www.colorstv.com/ap/shows/balika-vadhu-kacchi-umar-ke-pakke-rishte-12.html|archive-date=8 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Series overview ==
==Plot==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Balika Vadhu follows the lives of Anandi and Jagdish, who were married as children, and the challenges they and their families face over several decades.
 
==Cast==
 
===Main===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Actor
!Character
!Role
!Years present
|-
|[[Pratyusha Banerjee]] / [[Toral Rasputra]]
|Anandi Shivraj Shekhar / Anandi Jagdish Singh
|Khajaan and Bhagwati's daughter; Jagdish's ex-wife; Shivraj's wife; Nandini and Shivam's mother; Amol's adoptive mother; Krish and Sudha's mother-in-law
|2010–2016
|-
|[[Avika Gor]]
|Child Anandi Singh
|
|2008–2010
|-
|[[Shashank Vyas]] / [[Shakti Anand]]
|Dr. Jagdish "Jagya" Singh
|Bhairon and Sumitra's son; Sugna's brother; Anandi and Gauri's ex-husband; Ganga's husband; Abhimanyu's father; Mannu's step-father
|2010–2016
|-
|[[Avinash Mukherjee]]
|Child Jagdish Singh
|
|2008–2010
|-
|[[Sidharth Shukla]]
|IAS Shivraj "Shiv" Shekhar
|Anoop and Meenakshi's son; Mahi's brother; Sanchi's cousin; Anandi's second husband; Nandini and Shivam's father; Amol's adoptive father; Krish and Sudha's father-in-law
|2012–2015
|-
|[[Surekha Sikri]]
|Kalyani Devi Singh
|Dharamveer's widow; Bhairon's mother; Basant's foster mother; Jagdish and Sugna's grandmother; Nandu and Bhairavi's foster grandmother; Abhimanyu, Varun and Shagun's great-grand mother
|2008–2016
|-
|[[Sriti Jha]] / [[Sargun Mehta]] / [[Aasiya Kazi]]
|Ganga Singh
|Ratan's ex-wife; Jagdish's third wife; Mannu and Abhimanyu's mother
|2013–2016
|-
|[[Roshni Walia]]
|Child Ganga Singh
|
|2013
|-
|Anjum Farooki / [[Deblina Chatterjee]]
|Dr. Gauri Singh
|Jagdish's ex-wife
|2010–2012, 2014
|-
|-
! style="padding: 0 8px" colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Season
|[[Mahima Makwana]]
! style="padding: 0 8px" rowspan="2" | No. of episodes
|Chlid Gauri Singh
! colspan="2" | Originally broadcast <small>([[India]])</small>
|
|2010
|-
|-
! style="padding: 0 8px" | Series premiere
|[[Mahhi Vij]]
! style="padding: 0 8px" | Series finale
|Dr. Nandini Shekhar Malhotra
|Anandi and Shivraj's daughter; Naren and Jamuna's foster daughter; Shivam's twin-sister; amol's foster-sister; Iravati and aloop's grand daughter; Meenakshi and anoop's grand daughter and great-grand daughter of premkishore, Sudha's foster sister; Kundan's ex-wife; Krish's wife
|2016
|-
|-
|style="background:#00FF00"|
|[[Gracy Goswami]]
|align="center"| 1
|Child Nandini "Nimboli" Shekhar
|align="center"| 2,248
|
|align="center"| {{start date|df=yes|2008|7|21}}
|2015–2016
|align="center"| {{end date|df=yes|2016|7|31}}
|-
|-
|style="background:#FF0000"|
|[[Ruslaan Mumtaz]]
|align="center"| 2
|Dr. Krish Malhotra
|align="center"|
|Kundan's step-son; Nandini's husband
|align="center"| {{start date|df=yes|||}}
|2016
|align="center"| {{end date|df=yes|||}}
|}
|}
==Plot==
===''Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte''===
The story starts off by showing an 8-year old girl named Anandi who is about to be married at a young age. At the other hand, Sandhya who is Anandi's teacher againsts her marriage. She tries her best to stop the marriage by calling the police on the wedding night. Eventually she gives up as everyone becomes against her. Anandi is married to Jagdish Singh, whereas Sandhya leaves Anandi's village forever. After that Jagdish uncle Basant not having child since last 20 years but this time again he tried and his aunt Jamuna become pregnant for sixth time with many complications but to save child she died and child was also no more. After that for child Basant married to Gehna who was also 'Balika Vadhu' like Anandi and half age to him. Jagdish's widowed sister Sugna faces difficulty remarrying as she is pregnant. Though Shyam (a bachelor) ends up asking Sugna's hand. Jagdish switches his exam results with Anandi's, then runs away and is kidnapped. Anandi confronts Jagdish and is shot. Jagdish's grandmother gets him remarried to a girl named Gauri but Bhairon opposes the marriage and the panchayat announces their marriage as unlawful. Anandi returns to her home village. Since both Jagdish and Anandi are going through changes, their families decide that they should stay away from each other until they're both adolescents. Anandi returns to her home with her parents. However Jagdish misses her and goes to visit her, where they meet for the last time.
5 years later, Anandi returns to the Singh ''[[haveli]]'' but Jagdish insults her for being uneducated. She goes to the village's temple where she meets Sandhya who inspires her to raise her voice. When Anandi hits her head on a rock and gets injured, Jagdish takes her to the hospital but finds no doctor there. This motivates him to become a doctor and he goes to Mumbai to study. He meets Gauri there and falls in love with her. Jagdish wants to marry Gauri so he decides to leave Anandi. Bhairon breaks ties with Jagdish for cheating Anandi. Gauri marries Jagdish, believing that his child marriage is invalid, but Jagdish's family won't accept his new marriage. Anandi refuses to file a lawsuit.
Gauri becomes pregnant but miscarries and becomes vengeful against the family. Anandi educates village girls, campaigns against child marriage, and becomes the Sarpanch Bitiya of Jaitsar, sends divorce papers to Jagdish, which he angrily signs. Jagdish and Anandi get divorced and Anandi tries to move on. In an event, Anandi impresses [[district collector]] Shivraj Shekhar. Meanwhile, Jagdish gets to know how Gauri had separated him from his family and divorces her for cheating and vows to reunite with Anandi. Despite Jagdish's interference, Anandi and Shivraj are married and move to [[Udaipur]].
Jagdish meets former child bride Ganga and helps her to become a nurse. Sanchi, Shivraj's sister, develops a crush on Jagdish. Due to a misunderstanding, he agrees to marry her. Sanchi tries to turn Sumitra, Jagdish's mother, against Ganga. Ratan, Ganga's abusive husband, attacks Jagdish's family, leading Ganga to divorce him. Sanchi and Jagdish become engaged and Jagdish returns to Mumbai to study. Ganga goes to study in [[Mangalore]] where she is attacked and wrongly jailed.
6 months later, Jagdish completes his studies. After realizing that Sanchi wants to marry him in spite of Anandi, Jagdish cancels their engagement but won't tell the family why. He marries Ganga, causing conflict with the family. Sanchi files a lawsuit against Jagdish but Ganga records a phone call from Sanchi which proves her evil plans and Jagdish is cleared of all charges.
Sanchi comes under bad influences, drinks alcohol, and has an affair with Saurabh who rapes her and blackmails her. Anandi encourages her to have lawyer Vivek sue Saurabh. Vivek initially works against her, as he is Saurabh's older brother, but later provides evidence which results in Saurabh being jailed and Vivek disowned. Vivek and Sanchi are married.
Jagdish runs for political office and becomes the Vidhya of Jaitsar. Painter Prakash comes to the village and becomes obsessed with Anandi, who is the likeness of his portrait of Venus. He abducts her under the cover of the [[Diwali]] fireworks but is stopped by Shivraj who has him deported back to France.
Shivraj dies while trying to stop a terrorist attack. Then, Anandi delivers twins Nandini and Shivam. Akhiraj, a goon, kidnaps Nandini and renames her Nimboli for marriage to her son Kundan, as revenge for Anandi blocking Kundan's previous child marriage.
11 years later, Nandini, who known as Nimboli, faces domestic violence under Kundan's cruelty. Jagdish finds Nandini and Anandi is reunited with her daughter. Akhiraj is arrested but escapes custody and attempts to kill Anandi's family. Anandi is killed while protecting her children. Jagdish fatally shoots Akhiraj while Nandini and Shivram fall into a river and, presumed dead, are put into an orphanage. They are separated when Shivam is arrested for murdering a man who tried to rape Nandini.
===''Lamhe Pyaar Ke''===
15 years later, Nandini is a physician, adopted into the family of Naren Shekhawat, driven by a promise to her dying mother to provide medical treatment throughout [[Rajasthan]]. She receives support for Anandi Memorial Hospital from physician Amit Goel, who falls in love with her.
Nandini marries medical student Krish Malhotra, who she later learns is the stepson of Kundan. She also finds that the groom she approved for her adoptive sister Sudha is actually Shivam, who has become a gangster. Nandini reunites with Shivam. Kundan kidnaps Nandini to force her to remarry him, and is killed by the police.
In the epilogue, Nandini summarizes her family history from Anandi's childhood to her present in a book titled ''Balika Vadhu''.
==Cast==
===Main===
* [[Pratyusha Banerjee]] / [[Toral Rasputra]] as Anandi Singh / Shekhar: Khajaan and Bhagwati's daughter; Jagdish's former wife; Shivraj's wife; Amol's adoptive mother; Nandini and Shivam's mother (2010–13, 2013–16) (Dead)
** [[Avika Gor]] as Young Anandi (2008–10)
* [[Shashank Vyas]] / [[Shakti Anand]] as Dr. Jagdish "Jagya" Singh: Bhairon and Sumitra's son; Sugna's brother; Anandi's former husband; Ganga's husband; Mannu's step-father; Abhimanyu's father (2010–2015, 2015–16)
** [[Avinash Mukherjee]] as Young Jagdish (2008–10)
* [[Sidharth Shukla]] as Shivraj "Shiv" Shekhar: Anoop and Meenakshi's son; Sanchi's and Mahi's brother; Anandi's second husband; Amol's adoptive father; Nandini and Shivam's father (2012–15) (Dead)
* [[Mahhi Vij]] as Dr. Nandini Shekar / Malhotra: Anandi and Shivraj's daughter; Naren and Jamuna's adopted daughter; Shivam's sister; Kundan's ex-wife; Krish's wife (2016)
** [[Gracy Goswami]] as Young Nandini "Nimboli" Shekar (2015–16)
* [[Ruslaan Mumtaz]] as Dr. Krish Malhotra: Kundan's step-son; Nandini's husband (2016)
* [[Surekha Sikri]] as Kalyani Devi Singh: Dharamveer's wife; Bhairon and Basant's mother; Jagdish and Sugna's grandmother (2008–16) (Dead)
** [[Heeba Shah]] as Young Kalyani Devi
* [[Sriti Jha]] / [[Sargun Mehta]] / [[Aasiya Kazi]] as Dr. Ganga Singh: Ratan's former wife; Jagdish's second wife; Mannu and Abhimanyu's mother (2013, 2013–14, 2014–16)
** [[Roshni Walia]] as Child Ganga (2013)
* [[Anjum Farooki]] / [[Deblina Chatterjee]] as Dr. Gauri Singh: Jagdish's ex fiancée (2010–12, 2014)
** [[Mahima Makwana]] as Child Gauri (2010)
* [[Anup Soni]] as Bhairon Singh: Dharamveer and Kalyani's son; Basant's brother; Sumitra's husband; Jagdish and Sugna's father (2008–14)
* [[Smita Bansal]] as Sumitra Singh: Bhairon's wife; Jagdish and Sugna's mother (2008–14)
* [[Chetanya Adib]] as Khajaan Singh: Bhagwati's husband; Anandi's father (2008–15)
* [[Bhairavi Raichura]] as Bhagwati Singh: Khajaan's wife; Anandi's mother (2008–12) (Dead)


===Recurring===
===Recurring===
* [[Dishank Arora]] as Shivam Shekhar: Anandi and Shivraj's son; Nandini's brother; Sudha's husband (2016)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
** [[Viren Vazirani]] as Young Shivam (2015–16)
!Actor
* [[Vineet Kumar Chaudhary]] as Kundan Singh: Akhiraj and Harki's son; Kamli's brother; Nandini, Urmila and Karuna's former husband; Krish's step-father (2016)
!Character
** Sparsh Srivastav / Karan Pahwa as Young Kundan (2015–16)
!Role
* [[Yukti Kapoor]] as Sudha Shekhar: Naren and Jamuna's daughter; Shivam's wife (2016)
!Years present
* [[Shahab Khan]] as Naren Shekhawat: Jamuna's husband; Nandini's adopted father; Sudha's father (2016)
|-
* [[Neetu Pandey]] as Jamuna Shekhawat: Naren's wife; Nandini's adopted mother; Sudha's mother (2016)
|[[Anup Soni]]
* [[Roop Durgapal]] as Sanchi Kabra: Alok and Iravati's daughter; Shivraj's sister; Vivek's wife (2012–15)
|Bhairon Singh
* [[Jaineeraj Rajpurohit]] as Alok Shekhar: Premkishore's son; Anoop's brother; Iravati's husband; Shivraj (adoptive) and Sanchi's father (2012–15)
|Dharamveer and Kalyani's son; Sumitra's husband; Jagdish and Sugna's father; Abhimanyu, Varun and Shagun's grandfather
* [[Sonal Jha]] as Iravati Shekhar: Alok's wife; Shivraj (adoptive) and Sanchi's mother (2012–15)
|2008–2014
* [[Anita Kulkarni]] as Meenakshi Shekhar: Anoop's wife, Shivraj and Mahi's mother (2012–15)
|-
* [[Avinash Wadhawan]]/[[Akshay Anand]] as Anoop Shekhar: Premkishore's son; Meenakshi's husband, Shivraj and Mahi father (2013–2014, 2014–2015)
|[[Smita Bansal]]
* [[Shubham Jha]] as Amol Shekhar: Shivraj and Anandi's adopted son (2014–2015)
|Sumitra Bhairon Singh
* [[Satyajit Sharma]] as Basant Singh / Mahaveer Singh: Jamuna's husband, Gehna's former husband, Nandu and Bhaivri's father, Jagdish and Sugna's Uncle (2008–2014)
|Jagdish and Sugna's mother, Abhimanyu, Varun and Shagun's grandmother
* [[Geeta Tyagi]] as Jamuna Singh: Basant's wife; Jagdish and Sugna's aunt (2008)
|2008–2014
* [[Neha Marda]] / [[Sheetal Khandal]] as Gehna Singh: Basant's former second wife, Niranjan's wife, Nandu and Bhaivri's mother (2008–2012, 2012–2015)
|-
* [[Sanjay Basak]] as Nandkishore Singh a.k.a. Nandu: Basant and Gehna son, Bhaivri brother (2012–2015)
|[[Satyajit Sharma]]
* [[Rahul Lohani]] as Niranjan Singh: Gehna's second husband; Nandu and Bhaivri's step-father (2009–2010; 2014–2015)
|Vasant Dharamveer Singh / Mahaveer Singh
* [[Sunil Singh]] as Akhiraj Singh: Harki's husband; Kundan and Kamli's father (2015–2016)
|Jamuna and Gehna husband; Nandu and Bhairavi father
* [[Rudrakshi Gupta]] as Harki Singh: Akhiraj's wife; Kundan and Kamli's mother (2015–16)
|2008–2014
* [[Farah Hussain]] as Kamli Singh: Akhiraj and Harki's daughter; Kundan's sister; Pushkar's wife (2015–16)
|-
* [[Tisha Kapoor]] as Urmila Singh: Kundan's former wife (2015–16)
|[[Neha Marda]] / [[Sheetal Khandal]]
* [[Sudhir Pandey]] as Premkishore Shekhar: Alok and Anoop father, Iravati and Meena father in-law, Shiv, Sanchi and Mahi grandfather (2012–2015)
|Gehna Basant Singh / Gehna Niranjan Singh
* [[Sushmita Mukherjee]] as Subhadra, Hardik grandmother  (2014–15)
|Basant former wife, Niranjan's wife,Nandu and Bhairvi mother
* [[Gaurav Bajaj]] as Hardik, Subhadra grandson, Gulli husband (2014)
|2008–2015
* [[Nidhi Jha]] / [[Sonam Lamba]] as Gulli, Hardik's wife; Champa's daughter (2011–2013, 2014)
|-
* [[Mohit Abrol]] as Anuj (2014)
|[[Vibha Anand]] / [[Janvi Chheda]]  
* [[Vimarsh Roshan]] as Advocate Vivek Kabra: Roshan and Suman son, Saurabh and Rakhi brother, Sanchi husband (2013–2015)
|Sugna Singh
* [[Sonal Handa]] as Saurabh Kabra (2013–2014)
|Bhairon and Sumitra's daughter; Jagdish's sister; Shyam's wife; Varun and Shagun's mother
* [[Bobby Parvez]] as Roshan Kabra (2014)
|2008–2010, 2011–2013
* [[Shalini Arora]] as Suman Kabra (2014–2015)
|-
* [[Farhina Parvez]] as Rakhi Kabra (2014)
|[[Vikrant Massey]] / [[Sachin Shroff]]
* [[Abhishek Tiwari]] as Mahi Shekhar (2012–2014)
|Shyam Singh
* [[Reena Aggarwal]] as Ashima (2012–2013)
|Sugna's husband; Varun's foster father; Shagun's father
* [[Chandresh Singh]] as Ratan Singh (2013–2015)
|2009–2010, 2011–2013
* [[Vibha Anand]] / [[Janvi Chheda]] as Sugna Singh: Bhairon and Sumitra's daughter; Jagdish's sister; Shyam's wife; Varun's mother (2008–2010, 2011–2013)
|-
* [[Vikrant Massey]] / [[Sachin Shroff]] as Shyam Singh: Madan's son; Sugna's husband; Varun's step-father (2009–2010, 2011–2013)
|Dishank Arora
* [[Rudra Soni]] as Varun Singh: Pratap and Sugna's son; Shyam's step-son (2011–2013)
|Shivam Shekhar
** [[Shivansh Kotia]] as Young Varun (2010)
|Anandi and Shivraj's son; Amol's foster brother; grandson of Iravati and alok; anoop and Meenakshi's grandson; and great grandson of premkishor; Nandini's younger twin brother; Sudha's love interest turned husband
* [[Amar Sharma]] as Madan Singh: Shyam's father (2008–2014)
|2016
* [[Abhijit Lahiri]] as Ramcharan Singh (2009–2010)
|-
* [[Asmita Sharma]] as Radha Singh: Shyam's wife (2008–2010)
|Viren Vazirani
* [[Neha Gosain]] as Asha Singh (2011–2013)
|Child Shivam Shekhar
* [[Ankit Gupta]] as Abhishek Singh (2012–2013)
|
* [[Rajeshwari Sachdev]] as Mangaladevi Singh / Disa (2015–2016)
|2015–2016
* [[Rishi Dev]] as Gopal (2015)
|-
* [[Rajendra Gupta]] as Mahaveer Singh (2009–2012)
|[[Yukti Kapoor]]
* [[Parichay Sharma]] as Pushkar Singh: Kamli's husband (2015–2016)
|Sudha Shekhawat Shekhar
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Dr. Anant: A [[Pediatrics|Pediatric doctor]]; Nidhi's father (2015–2016)
|Naren and Jamuna's daughter; Nandini's younger foster sister; Premal's ex-wife; Shivam's love interest turned wife
* [[Vidhi Pandya]] as Nidhi: Anant's daughter (2015–16)
|2016
* [[Farida Jalal]] as Vasundhara Devi a.k.a. Badi Jiji / Badi Masiji (2009, 2012)
|-
* [[Faiza Faiz]] / [[Mamta Chaturya]] as Phooli Singh: Anandi's childhood friend (2008–2010) (2010–2012)
|Tisha Kapoor
* [[Shivshakti Sachdev]] as Champa: Anandi's childhood friend; Gulli's mother (2008)
|Urmila
* [[Arpit Joshi]] as Lal Singh (2010–2012)
|Kundan's former wife
* [[Masshe Uddin Qureshi]] as Brijesh Sanghvi (2010–2012)
|2015
* [[Farnaz Shetty]] as Kanchan (2013)
|-
* [[Nivedita Bhattacharya]] as Shivani Rajadhyaksha (2011; 2014)
|[[Vineet Kumar Chaudhary]]
* [[Harsh Chhaya]] as Palash Scindia (2014)
|Kundan Singh
* [[Kamalika Guha Thakurta]] as Pramila (2014)
|Akhiraj and Harki's son; Kamali's younger brother; Urmila and Nandini's former husband; Krish's stepfather
* [[Sadiya Siddiqui]] as Sandhya (2008–2013)
|2016
* [[Sakshi Tanwar]] as Tiipri (2010)
|-
* [[Jehangir Vakil]] as Pratap Singh (2008–2009)
|Sparsh Srivastav / Karan Pahwa
* [[Karmveer Choudhary]] as Shambhu Singh
|Teenage Kundan Singh
* [[Geetanjali Mishra]] as Sona / Kkusum (2014–2015)
|
* [[Simran Natekar]] as Pooja (2015)
|2015–2016
* [[Harsh Mehta]] as Mahendra "Mannu" Singh: Gauri and Ratan's son; Jagdish's step-son; Abhimanyu's half-brother (2015–2016)
** Dhairya Ashani as Child Mannu
* [[Sonia Shah]] as Karuna Malhotra (2016)
* [[Avinash Sachdev]] as Dr. Amit Goel (2016)
* Prithvi Sankhala as Dr. Naresh Goel (2016)
* [[Smrirti Khanna]] as Dr. Vandana Mittal (2016)
* [[Ayush Anand]] as Premal Singh (2016)
* Hetal Yadav as Pavitra Singh (2016)
 
==Crossover episodes==
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*''[[Sasural Simar Ka]]''
*''[[Udaan (2014 TV series)|Udaan]]''
 
===''Trishakti''===
In each ''Trishakti'' cross-over, three serials were broken down into parts and aired successively.
 
====Trishakti episodes====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! {{abbr|No.|Number}}
|Shahab Khan
! Air Date
|Naren Shekhawat
! colspan="3" | Serials
|Jamuna's husband; Sudah's father; Nandini's foster father
|-
|2016
| 1
| 19 February 2016
| rowspan="2" |''[[Thapki Pyar Ki]]''
| rowspan="2" |''[[Sasural Simar Ka]]''
| rowspan="2" |''[[Ishq Ka Rang Safed]]''
|-
|-
| 2
|Neetu Pandey
| 10 March 2016
|Jamuna Shekhawat
|Naren's wife; Sudha's mother; Nandini's foster mother
|2016
|-
|-
| 3
|[[Shivansh Kotia]] / [[Rudra Soni]]
| 17 March 2016
|Varun Singh
|''Thapki Pyar Ki''
|Pratap and Sugna's son; Shyam's foster son and Shagun's brother
|''Sasural Simar Ka''
|2010, 2011–2013
|''Balika Vadhu''
|-
|-
| 4
|[[Roop Durgapal]]
| 29 March 2016
|Sanchi Kabra ({{Nee|Shekhar}})
| rowspan="2" |''Thapki Pyar Ki''
|Alok and Iravati's daughter; Shivraj and Mahi's sister; Vivek's wife
| rowspan="2" |''Sasural Simar Ka''
|2012–2015
| rowspan="2" |''[[Udaan (2014 TV series)|Udaan]]''
|-
|-
| 5
|[[Jaineeraj Rajpurohit]]
| 8 April 2016
|Alok Shekhar
|Premkishore's son; Anoop's brother; Iravati's husband; Sanchi's father, Shivraj and Mahi's uncle
|2012–2015
|-
|-
| 6
|[[Sonal Jha]]
| 21 April 2016
|Iravati Shekhar
|''Thapki Pyar Ki''
|Alok's wife; Sanchi's mother, Shivraj and Mahi aunt
|''Sasural Simar Ka''
|2012–2015
|''Ishq Ka Rang Safed''
|-
|-
| 7
|[[Anita Kulkarni]]
| 12 May 2016
|Meenakshi Shekhar
|[[Swaragini]]
|Anoop's wife, Shivaraj and Mahi's mother, Sanchi's aunt,Shivam and Nandini's grandmother
|''Sasural Simar Ka''
|2012–2015
|''Udaan''
|-
|-
| 8
|[[Avinash Wadhawan]] / [[Akshay Anand]]
| 20 May 2016
|Anoop Shekhar
|''Thapki Pyar Ki''
|Premkishore's son; Meenakshi's husband, Shivraj and Mahi's father, Sanchi's uncle,Shivam and Nandini's grandfather
|''Sasural Simar Ka''
|2013–2015
|''Udaan''
|-
|-
| 9
|Shubham Jha
| 26 May 2016
|Amol Shekhar
|''Thapki Pyar Ki''
|Shivraj and Anandi's adopted son; Iravati and Anoop's adopted niece and anoop and Meenakshi adoptive niece and premkishor's great-grandson shivam and nimboli's adopted brother
|''Sasural Simar Ka''
|2014–2015
| ''Balika Vadhu''
|-
|-
| 10
|Sanjay Basak
| 13 June 2016
|Nandkishore Basant Singh (Nandu)
|''Ishq Ka Rang Safed''
|Basant and Gehna's son
|''Sasural Simar Ka''
|2012–2015
| ''Balika Vadhu''
|}
 
== Distribution ==
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=== Dubbed versions and remakes ===
Dubbed versions of the serial were telecast in [[Tamil language]] as ''Mann Vasanai'' on [[Raj TV]], in [[Telugu language]] as ''Chinnari Pellikuthuru'' on [[MAA TV]], and in [[Malayalam language]] as ''Balika Vadhu'' on [[Surya TV]].
 
It was remade in [[Kannada|Kannada language]] as ''[[Putta Gowri Maduve]]'' and telecast on [[Colors Kannada]].
 
==Reception==
===Ratings===
 
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''Balika Vadhu''{{'}}s premiere had a very low rating of 0.7 television rating points (TVR).<ref name="Telly"/> Five weeks after launch, it entered the top 5 most-watched Hindi GEC{{expand acronym|date=May 2021}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Balika Vadhu slides to No 3|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/balika-vadhu-slides-to-no-3/480296/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> and the most-watched program of Colors TV.<ref name="Telly"/> The show helped the newly launched channel to gain first position in Hindi GEC, breaking the nine-year run of [[StarPlus|Star Plus]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Balika Vadhu"s TRP journey|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/balika-vadhu-s-trp-journey-52105-2009-07-14|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Girl child woos viewers on Indian television|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-39235620090424|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> ''Balika Vadhu'' often held top position on the ratings charts through its first 1400 episodes.<ref name="Telly"/>
 
In week 28, during February 2009, it garnered its highest weekly rating of 10 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TV Toppers|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/y2k9/mar/4mar/news_balika.php}}</ref>  In 11 week of 2009, it occupied third position with 5.9 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ekta show opens well, Colors loses momentum|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ekta-show-opens-well-colors-loses-momentum/439348/2|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> In week ending 13 June 2009, it was at fourth position with 5.3 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=STAR Plus back in number 1 position|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/star-plus-back-in-number-1-position-109061900096_1.html|website=Business Standard}}</ref>
 
In week 30 of 2010, it occupied the top position with 6.9 TVR.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/27826_gec-watch-five-colors-shows-in-top-10-sony-gains|title=Balika Vadhu TRP 2010}}</ref>
 
In the week ending 28 May 2011, it occupied the top position with 4.91 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Balika Vadhu regains its top position|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/Balika-Vadhu-regains-its-top-position/articleshow/8713485.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref> In week 24 of 2011, it was at second position with 4.81 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=It's Pavitra Rishta versus Balika Vadhu|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/Its-Pavitra-Rishta-versus-Balika-Vadhu/articleshow/8913906.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref> In first two weeks of August 2011, it garnered 6.1 and 5.2 TVRs, maintaining its top position.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Balika Vadhu shifts focus, risks TRPs|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/balika-vadhu-shifts-focus-risks-trps/story-Y9GArvrhn1HxROdydt9SeM.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
 
In the first week of 2012, it occupied the second position with 4.76 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The show CID telecast on Sony Entertainment Television, has outpaced Balika Vadhu|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/The-show-CID-telecast-on-Sony-Entertainment-Television-has-outpaced-the-Colors-show-Balika-Vadhu-as-it-got-a-TVR-of-4-97-during-the-week-of-January-1-to-January-7-2012-TAM-Peoplemeter-System-While-Balika-Vadhu-gets-a-TVR-of-4-76-for-the-week-/articleshow/11458995.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
 
In the last week of July 2013, it was at second position with 3.9 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title='Balika Vadhu' zooms up to number 2 on TRP chart|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/Five-year-old-TV-show-Balika-Vadhu-zooms-up-to-number-2-on-TRP-chart-Jhalak-Dikhhla-Jaa/articleshow/21550914.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
 
===Critical reception===
''Balika Vadhu'' opened to mixed reviews from critics. While some appreciated the series for portraying the issues of child marriage, which had not been shown before on Indian television, others criticised it for glorifying child marriage.<ref name="Telly">{{Cite web|title=Telly's top 10|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/telly-s-top-10/cid/524150|website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Life after death|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20081124-life-after-death-738248-2008-11-14|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Child bride show attracts viewers, critics|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/india.tv/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=CNN}}</ref>
 
===Censorship===
In 2009, the series was criticized in Indian Parliament, prompting the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] to suspend its telecast and condemn the series for portraying child marriage in contravention of Indian constitutional law.<ref>https://m.timesofindia.com/india/Ambika-Soni-promises-inquiry-into-Balika-Vadhu/articleshow/4777289.cms</ref><ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/balika-vadhu-storms-into-lok-sabha/story-c1HPVPMqfrAPhS9F2yDnyN.html</ref><ref>https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tv-truth-comes-under-scrutiny-in-parliament-1276440</ref>
 
==Awards==
The series has won the following awards:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
! align="center" |Year
|Sunil Singh
! align="center" |Category
|Akhiraj Singh
! align="center" |Recipient(s)
|Harki's husband; Kundan and Kamli's father
|2015–2016, dead
|-
|-
! colspan="3"|[[Indian Television Academy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita.php|title=ITA Awards}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2021}}
|Rudrakshi Gupta
|Harki Singh
|Akhiraj's wife; Kundan and Kamil's mother
|2015–2016
|-
|-
|rowspan="10"|2008
|Farah Hussain
| Best Serial Drama
|Kamli Singh
| Sphere Origin
|Akhiraj and Harki's daughter; Kundan's sister, Pushkar's wife
|2015–2016
|-
|-
| Best Director Drama
|Tisha Kapoor
| Siddharth Sen Gupta, Pradeep Yadav
|Urmila Singh
|Kundan's former wife
|2015
|-
|-
| Best Actress Drama
|[[Sudhir Pandey]]
| rowspan="2"|Avika Gor
|Premikishore Shekhar
|Alok and Anoop's father, Iravati and Meena's father-in-law; Shiv, Sanchi, and Mahi's grandfather; Nandini and Shivam's great-grandfather
|2012–2015
|-
|-
| Best Child Artist
|[[Sushmita Mukherjee]]
|Subhadra
|Premkishore's sister, Hardik's grandmother
|2014–2015
|-
|-
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role
|[[Gaurav Bajaj]]
| Sadia Siddiqui
|Hardik
|Subhadra's grandson, Gulli's husband
|2014
|-
|-
| Best Actress in a Negative Role
|[[Nidhi Jha]] / [[Sonam Lamba]]
| Surekha Sikri
|Gulli
|Champa's daughter, Hardik's wife
|2011–2013, 2014
|-
|-
| Best Title Track
|[[Mohit Abrol]]
| Lalit Sen
|Anuj
|
|2014
|-
|-
| Best Teleplay
|[[Vimarsh Roshan]]
| Purnendu Shekhar, Gajra Kottary, Rajesh Dubey
|Advocate Vivek Kabra
|Roshan and Shalini's elder son, Saurabh and Rakhi's brother, Sanchi's husband
|2013–2015
|-
|-
| Best Dialogue
|Sonal Handa
| Raghuvir Shekhawat
|Saurabh Kabra
|Roshan and Shalini's younger son, Vivek and Rakhi's brother, Sanchi's rapist and brother-in-law
|2013–2014
|-
|-
| Best Videography
|Bobby Parvez
| Sanjay Memane
|Roshan Kabra
|Shalini's husband, Vivek, Saurabh, and Rakhi's father; Sanchi's father-in-law
|2014
|-
|-
| rowspan="9"| 2009
|Pankaj Jha
| Best Serial Drama
|Kashyap
| Sphere Origin
|Phooli's brother
|
|-
|-
| Best Director Drama
|[[Shalini Arora]]
| Siddharth Sen Gupta, Pradeep Yadav
|Shalini Kabra
|Roshan's wife; Vivek, Saurabh, and Rakhi's mother; Sanchi's mother-in-law
|2014–2015
|-
|-
| Best Child Artist
|Farhina Parvez
| Avika Gor
|Rakhi Kabra
|Roshan and Shalini's daughter,Vivek and Saurabh's sister,Sanchi's sister-in-law
|2014
|-
|-
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role
|[[Abhishek Tiwari|Abishek Tiwari]]
| Smita Bansal
|Mahi Anoop Shekhar
|Anoop and Meenakahi's younger son; Shivraj's brother,Sanchi's cousin brother, Anandi's brother-in-law, Shivam & Nandini uncle
|2012–2014
|-
|-
| Best Actress in a Negative Role
|[[Reena Aggarwal]]
| Surekha Sikri
|Ashima
|
|2012–2013
|-
|-
| Best Title Track
|[[Chandresh Singh]]
| Lalit Sen
|Ratan Singh
|
|2013–2015
|-
|-
| Best Teleplay
|Amar Sharma
| Purnendu Shekhar, Gajra Kottary, Rajesh Dubey
|Madan Singh
|Shyam's father
|2008–2014
|-
|-
| Best Dialogue
|Abhijeet Lahiri
| Usha Dixit
|Ramcharan Singh
|
|2009–2010
|-
|-
| Best Videography
|Asmita Sharma
| Sanjay Memane, Anil Katke
|Radha Singh
|Madan's wife
|2008–2010
|-
|-
|rowspan="7"|2010
|Neha Gosain
| Best Actress Drama
|Asha Singh
| Surekha Sikri
|
|2011–2013
|-
|-
| Best Child Artist
|[[Ankit Gupta]]
| Avika Gor
|Abhishek Singh
|
|2012–2013
|-
|-
|Gr8! Laurel For Ensemble Acting
|[[Rajeshwari Sachdev]]
| Balika Vadhu
|Mangaladevi Singh / Disa
|
|2015–2016
|-
|-
| Best Teleplay
|Rishidev Sharma
| Purnendu Shekhar, Gajra Kottary, Rajesh Dubey
|Gopal
|
|2015
|-
|-
| Best Dialogue
|[[Rajendra Gupta]]
| Usha Dixit
|Mahaveer Singh
|
|2009–2012
|-
|-
| Best Costumes
|[[Parichay Sharma]]
| Winnie Malhotra, Neelu Shroff
|Pushkar Singh
|
|2015–2016
|-
|-
| Best Audiography
|[[Hiten Tejwani]]
| Suhas Rane
|Dr. Anant Maheshwari
|[[Pediatrics|Pediatric doctor]]; Kiran's father
|2015–2016
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|2011
|[[Vidhi Pandya]]
| Best Actress Drama
|Kiran Maheshwari
| Surekha Sikri
|Anant's daughter
|2015–2016
|-
|-
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
|[[Chetanya Adib]]
| Anup Soni
|Khajaan Singh
|Bhagwati's husband; Anadi's father
|2008–2015
|-
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2012
|[[Bhairavi Raichura]]
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
|Bhagwati Singh
| Anup Soni
|Khajaan's wife; Anadi's mother
|2008–2012
|-
|-
| Best Title Track
|[[Farida Jalal]]
| Lalit Sen
|Vasundhara Devi
|
|2009, 2012
|-
|-
| Best Dialogue
|[[Faiza Faiz]] / [[Mamta Chaturya]]
| Usha Dixit
|Phooli Singh
|
|2008–2010, 2010–2012
|-
|-
| Best Costumes
|[[Arpit Joshi]]
| Winnie Malhotra, Neelu Shroff
|Lal Singh
|
|2010–2012
|-
|-
| Best Videography
|[[Masshe uddin Qureshi]]
| Sanjay Memane
|Brijesh Shanghvi
|
|2010–2012
|-
|-
|[[Farnaz Shetty]]
|Kanchan
|
|2013
|2013
|GR8! Face of the Year – Male
| Siddharth Shukla
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|2014
|[[Nivedita Bhattacharya]]
| Best Actress Drama
|Shivani Rajadhyaksha
| Surekha Sikri
|
|2011, 2014
|-
|[[Harsh Chhaya]]
|Palash Scindia
|
|2014
|-
|[[Kamalika Guha Thakurta]]
|Pramila
|
|2014
|-
|[[Sadiya Siddiqui]]
|Sandhya
|
|2008–2013
|-
|[[Sakshi Tanwar]]
|Tiipri
|
|2010
|-
|[[Jehangir Vakil]]
|Pratap Singh
|Sugna's first husband
|2008–2009
|-
|[[Shivshakti Sachdev]]
|Champa
|Anadi's friend, Gulli's mother
|2008
|-
|[[Geeta Tyagi]]
|Jamuna Singh
|Basant's first wife
|2008
|-
|[[Karmveer Choudhary]]
|Niranjan Singh
|Gehna's second husband, Nandu and Bhairavi's step father
|2009–2010, 2014–2015
|-
|Unknown
|Brijesh
|
|2014
|-
|Shweta Mahadik
|Rasika
|
|2014
|-
|[[Geetanjali Mishra|Geetanjai Mishra]]
|Sona / Khusum
|
|2014–2015
|-
|[[Simran Natekar]]
|Pooja
|
|2015
|-
|Harsh Mehta
|Mahendra Singh (Mannu)
|Ganga and Ratan's son; Jagdish's step-son; Abhimanyu's half-brother
|2015–2016
|-
|[[Sonia Shah]]
|Karuna Malhotra
|
|2016
|-
|[[Avinash Sachdev]]
|Dr. Amit Goel
|
|2016
|-
|Prithvi Sankhala
|Dr. Naresh Goel
|
|2016
|-
|[[Smriti Khanna]]
|Dr. Vandana Mittal
|
|2016
|-
|[[Ayush Anand]]
|Premal Singh
|
|2016
|-
|Hetal Yadav
|Pavitra Singh
|
|2016
|-
|-
| Best Teleplay
|Ahmad Harhash
| Purnendu Shekhar, Gajra Kottary, Rajesh Dubey
|Rajeev Singh
|
|2016
|}
 
== Adaptations ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="background:LightBlue;"|Language
!style="background:LightBlue;"|Title
!style="background:LightBlue;"|Original release
!style="background:LightBlue;"|Network(s)
!style="background:LightBlue;"|Last aired
!style="background:LightBlue;"|Notes
|-
|-
| 2015
| [[Kannada]]
| Special Recognition
| ''[[Putta Gowri Maduve]]'' (''ಪುಟ್ಟ ಗೌರಿ ಮದುವೆ)''
| Siddharth Sen Gupta, Aasiya Kazi, Gracy Goswami
| 12 March 2012
| [[Colors Kannada]]
| 9 October 2022
| rowspan="2" | Remake
|-
|-
| 2021
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| ITA Milestone Award
| ''Gouridaan'' (''গৌরিডান)''
| Balika Vadhu
| 15 April 2014
| [[Colors Bangla]]
| 19 September 2015
|}
|}


==Spin-off==
==Reception==
{{Main|Chhoti Anandi}}
===Ratings===
An animated series, ''[[Chhoti Anandi]]'', was launched in 2016 and focuses on the adventures of 8-year-old Anandi and her friends. It was simulcasted on Colors TV and [[Rishtey (TV channel)|Rishtey]] from January to April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Chhoti-Anandi-to-enter-small-screen-world-soon/articleshow/50463353.cms|title='Chhoti Anandi' to enter small screen world soon|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 January 2016|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> The animation was provided by HopMotion animation studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hopmotion.com/colors-tv-to-launch-chhoti-anandi/|title=Colors TV to launch Chhoti Anandi|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref>
''Balika Vadhu'' became one of the most watched Hindi GEC in its runtime and is one of the shows which helped get newly launched channel [[Colors TV]] to the first position in [[Hindi General entertainment channels|Hindi GEC]], beating the nine years top position maintained by [[StarPlus|Star Plus]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Balika Vadhu"s TRP journey|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/balika-vadhu-s-trp-journey-52105-2009-07-14|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=24 April 2009|title=Girl child woos viewers on Indian television|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-39235620090424|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
 
''Balika Vadhu'' was met with mixed responses. While some appreciated it for portraying the issues of child marriage, some criticised the show for glorifying it.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Child bride show attracts viewers, critics |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/india.tv/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=CNN}}</ref> The series had a very low initial rating of 0.7 TVR, but by five weeks after launch, it had entered the top five most-watched Hindi GEC and had become [[Colors TV]]'s top programme.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Balika Vadhu slides to No 3|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/balika-vadhu-slides-to-no-3/480296/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Telly's top 10 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/telly-s-top-10/cid/524150 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Life after death |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20081124-life-after-death-738248-2008-11-14 |website=India Today}}</ref>
 
In five weeks after launch, it entered the top five most-watched Hindi GEC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Balika Vadhu slides to No 3|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/balika-vadhu-slides-to-no-3/480296/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> Thus, Balika Vadhu helped Colors TV's top positioning a lot. ''Balika Vadhu'' often held top position mostly on the ratings charts from 2008 to 2013.
 
In week 11 of 2009, it occupied third position with 5.9 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ekta show opens well, Colors loses momentum|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/ekta-show-opens-well-colors-loses-momentum/439348/2|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> On 13 June 2009, it was at fourth position with 5.3 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=STAR Plus back in number 1 position|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/star-plus-back-in-number-1-position-109061900096_1.html|website=Business Standard|date=18 June 2009|access-date=5 August 2020|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127144607/http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/star-plus-back-in-number-1-position-109061900096_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In week 11 of 2010, it occupied top position and garnered 7.7 TVR.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/26571_colors-star-plus-at-par-balika-vadhu-is-at-the-top|title=Balika Vadhu top position with 7.7 TVR|date=19 March 2010|access-date=28 October 2021|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028080931/https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/26571_colors-star-plus-at-par-balika-vadhu-is-at-the-top|url-status=live}}</ref> In week 30 of 2010, it occupied with the top position with 6.9 TVR.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/27826_gec-watch-five-colors-shows-in-top-10-sony-gains|title=Balika Vadhu TRP 2010|date=29 July 2010|access-date=30 April 2021|archive-date=30 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430231521/https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/27826_gec-watch-five-colors-shows-in-top-10-sony-gains|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On 28 May 2011, it occupied the top position with 4.91 TVR.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Balika Vadhu regains its top position|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/Balika-Vadhu-regains-its-top-position/articleshow/8713485.cms|website=The Times of India|date=3 June 2011 }}</ref> In week 24 of 2011, it was at second position with 4.81 TVR.<ref>{{Cite news|title=It's Pavitra Rishta versus Balika Vadhu|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/Its-Pavitra-Rishta-versus-Balika-Vadhu/articleshow/8913906.cms|website=The Times of India|date=19 June 2011|access-date=5 August 2020|archive-date=18 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118073751/https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/its-pavitra-rishta-versus-balika-vadhu/articleshow/8913906.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> In first two weeks of August 2011, it garnered 6.1 and 5.2 TVRs maintaining its top position.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=18 August 2011|title=Balika Vadhu shifts focus, risks TRPs|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/balika-vadhu-shifts-focus-risks-trps/story-Y9GArvrhn1HxROdydt9SeM.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028072858/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/balika-vadhu-shifts-focus-risks-trps/story-Y9GArvrhn1HxROdydt9SeM.html|archive-date=28 October 2021|access-date=|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> In the first week of 2012, it occupied the second position with 4.76 TVR.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The show CID telecast on Sony Entertainment Television, has outpaced Balika Vadhu|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/The-show-CID-telecast-on-Sony-Entertainment-Television-has-outpaced-the-Colors-show-Balika-Vadhu-as-it-got-a-TVR-of-4-97-during-the-week-of-January-1-to-January-7-2012-TAM-Peoplemeter-System-While-Balika-Vadhu-gets-a-TVR-of-4-76-for-the-week-/articleshow/11458995.cms|website=The Times of India|date=12 January 2012 }}</ref> In week 50 of 2012, it was at top position with 5.8 TVR.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/celebrity-gossip/bigg-boss-ratings-fall-behind-melodramatic-indian-tv-soap-s-2012-12-27-1.488682|title=Balika Vadhu top position|date=27 December 2012|access-date=28 October 2021|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028074332/https://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/celebrity-gossip/bigg-boss-ratings-fall-behind-melodramatic-indian-tv-soap-s-2012-12-27-1.488682|url-status=live}}</ref> In last week of July 2013, it was at second position with 3.9 TVR.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=3 August 2013|title='Balika Vadhu' zooms up to number 2 on TRP chart|url=https://www.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/Five-year-old-TV-show-Balika-Vadhu-zooms-up-to-number-2-on-TRP-chart-Jhalak-Dikhhla-Jaa/articleshow/21550914.cms|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
 
===Critics===
The series was addressed in Indian Parliaments during 2009, prompting the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] to stop its telecast, condemning it for portraying child marriage against the [[Constitution of India|Indian constitutional law]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 15, 2009 |title=Ambika Soni promises inquiry into 'Balika Vadhu' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ambika-soni-promises-inquiry-into-balika-vadhu/articleshow/4777289.cms |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716202053/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ambika-soni-promises-inquiry-into-balika-vadhu/articleshow/4777289.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-07-14 |title=Balika Vadhu, storms into Lok Sabha |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/balika-vadhu-storms-into-lok-sabha/story-c1HPVPMqfrAPhS9F2yDnyN.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214135222/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/balika-vadhu-storms-into-lok-sabha/story-c1HPVPMqfrAPhS9F2yDnyN.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=TV truth comes under scrutiny in parliament |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tv-truth-comes-under-scrutiny-in-parliament-1276440 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=DNA India |language=en |archive-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/20210210074819/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tv-truth-comes-under-scrutiny-in-parliament-1276440 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Season 2==
==Sequel and spin-off==
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A [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of the show, named ''[[Balika Vadhu 2]]'', aired on the [[Colors TV|same channel]] from 9 August 2021 to 29 March 2022.
A sequel of the series was in production as of February 2021 and is set to air on [[Colors TV]]. The first promo of the series was released officially on 27th June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoVjGzhAET/?utm_medium=copy_link|title=Balika Vadhu 2 Coming Soon on Colors TV|work=[[Colors TV]]|date=27 June 2021|access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref>
 
An animated series, ''[[Chhoti Anandi]]'', was launched in 2016. The show focuses on the adventures of an eight year old Anandi and her friends. It was simulcasted on Colors TV and [[Rishtey (TV channel)|Rishtey]] from January to April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Chhoti-Anandi-to-enter-small-screen-world-soon/articleshow/50463353.cms|title='Chhoti Anandi' to enter small screen world soon|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=6 January 2016|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110185713/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//tv/news/hindi/Chhoti-Anandi-to-enter-small-screen-world-soon/articleshow/50463353.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The animation was provided by HopMotion animation studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hopmotion.com/colors-tv-to-launch-chhoti-anandi/|title=Colors TV to launch Chhoti Anandi|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803005506/http://hopmotion.com/colors-tv-to-launch-chhoti-anandi/|url-status=live}}</ref>


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Balika Vadhu (English: The Child Bride) is an Indian soap opera that was aired on Colors TV between 21 July 2008 and 31 July 2016 with 2,245 episodes. The story is set in rural Rajasthan and revolves around the life of a child bride from childhood to womanhood.[2]

Balika Vadhu
Also known as
  • Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte
  • Balika Vadhu – Lamhe Pyaar Ke
GenreSoap opera
Written by
Directed by
Creative directorSiddhartha Vankar
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes2,248
Production
Executive producers
  • Zakir Shaikh
  • Sachin Chavan
  • Fuzel Khan
Producers
  • Sunjoy Waddhwa
  • Comall Sunjoy W.
Cinematography
  • Sanjay K. Memane
  • Anil Katke
Editors
  • Santosh Singh
  • Janak Chauhan
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20 minutes
Production companySphere Origins
Release
Original networkColors TV
Picture format
Original release21 July 2008 (2008-07-21) –
31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)
Chronology
Related showsChhoti Anandi
Balika Vadhu 2
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

BackgroundEdit

The show consists of two parts. The first part, Balika Vadhu - Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte (English: Child Bride - Strong Relationships of Tender Age) ran for 2,164 episodes, and focused on Anandi and Jagdish, who were married during childhood. The second part, Balika Vadhu - Lamhe Pyaar Ke (English: Child Bride - Moments of Love) which ran for 84 episodes, reflects the life of Anandi's daughter, Dr. Nandini, also known as Nimboli, another child bride.[3]

PlotEdit

Balika Vadhu follows the lives of Anandi and Jagdish, who were married as children, and the challenges they and their families face over several decades.

CastEdit

MainEdit

Actor Character Role Years present
Pratyusha Banerjee / Toral Rasputra Anandi Shivraj Shekhar / Anandi Jagdish Singh Khajaan and Bhagwati's daughter; Jagdish's ex-wife; Shivraj's wife; Nandini and Shivam's mother; Amol's adoptive mother; Krish and Sudha's mother-in-law 2010–2016
Avika Gor Child Anandi Singh 2008–2010
Shashank Vyas / Shakti Anand Dr. Jagdish "Jagya" Singh Bhairon and Sumitra's son; Sugna's brother; Anandi and Gauri's ex-husband; Ganga's husband; Abhimanyu's father; Mannu's step-father 2010–2016
Avinash Mukherjee Child Jagdish Singh 2008–2010
Sidharth Shukla IAS Shivraj "Shiv" Shekhar Anoop and Meenakshi's son; Mahi's brother; Sanchi's cousin; Anandi's second husband; Nandini and Shivam's father; Amol's adoptive father; Krish and Sudha's father-in-law 2012–2015
Surekha Sikri Kalyani Devi Singh Dharamveer's widow; Bhairon's mother; Basant's foster mother; Jagdish and Sugna's grandmother; Nandu and Bhairavi's foster grandmother; Abhimanyu, Varun and Shagun's great-grand mother 2008–2016
Sriti Jha / Sargun Mehta / Aasiya Kazi Ganga Singh Ratan's ex-wife; Jagdish's third wife; Mannu and Abhimanyu's mother 2013–2016
Roshni Walia Child Ganga Singh 2013
Anjum Farooki / Deblina Chatterjee Dr. Gauri Singh Jagdish's ex-wife 2010–2012, 2014
Mahima Makwana Chlid Gauri Singh 2010
Mahhi Vij Dr. Nandini Shekhar Malhotra Anandi and Shivraj's daughter; Naren and Jamuna's foster daughter; Shivam's twin-sister; amol's foster-sister; Iravati and aloop's grand daughter; Meenakshi and anoop's grand daughter and great-grand daughter of premkishore, Sudha's foster sister; Kundan's ex-wife; Krish's wife 2016
Gracy Goswami Child Nandini "Nimboli" Shekhar 2015–2016
Ruslaan Mumtaz Dr. Krish Malhotra Kundan's step-son; Nandini's husband 2016

RecurringEdit

Actor Character Role Years present
Anup Soni Bhairon Singh Dharamveer and Kalyani's son; Sumitra's husband; Jagdish and Sugna's father; Abhimanyu, Varun and Shagun's grandfather 2008–2014
Smita Bansal Sumitra Bhairon Singh Jagdish and Sugna's mother, Abhimanyu, Varun and Shagun's grandmother 2008–2014
Satyajit Sharma Vasant Dharamveer Singh / Mahaveer Singh Jamuna and Gehna husband; Nandu and Bhairavi father 2008–2014
Neha Marda / Sheetal Khandal Gehna Basant Singh / Gehna Niranjan Singh Basant former wife, Niranjan's wife,Nandu and Bhairvi mother 2008–2015
Vibha Anand / Janvi Chheda Sugna Singh Bhairon and Sumitra's daughter; Jagdish's sister; Shyam's wife; Varun and Shagun's mother 2008–2010, 2011–2013
Vikrant Massey / Sachin Shroff Shyam Singh Sugna's husband; Varun's foster father; Shagun's father 2009–2010, 2011–2013
Dishank Arora Shivam Shekhar Anandi and Shivraj's son; Amol's foster brother; grandson of Iravati and alok; anoop and Meenakshi's grandson; and great grandson of premkishor; Nandini's younger twin brother; Sudha's love interest turned husband 2016
Viren Vazirani Child Shivam Shekhar 2015–2016
Yukti Kapoor Sudha Shekhawat Shekhar Naren and Jamuna's daughter; Nandini's younger foster sister; Premal's ex-wife; Shivam's love interest turned wife 2016
Tisha Kapoor Urmila Kundan's former wife 2015
Vineet Kumar Chaudhary Kundan Singh Akhiraj and Harki's son; Kamali's younger brother; Urmila and Nandini's former husband; Krish's stepfather 2016
Sparsh Srivastav / Karan Pahwa Teenage Kundan Singh 2015–2016
Shahab Khan Naren Shekhawat Jamuna's husband; Sudah's father; Nandini's foster father 2016
Neetu Pandey Jamuna Shekhawat Naren's wife; Sudha's mother; Nandini's foster mother 2016
Shivansh Kotia / Rudra Soni Varun Singh Pratap and Sugna's son; Shyam's foster son and Shagun's brother 2010, 2011–2013
Roop Durgapal Sanchi Kabra (née Shekhar) Alok and Iravati's daughter; Shivraj and Mahi's sister; Vivek's wife 2012–2015
Jaineeraj Rajpurohit Alok Shekhar Premkishore's son; Anoop's brother; Iravati's husband; Sanchi's father, Shivraj and Mahi's uncle 2012–2015
Sonal Jha Iravati Shekhar Alok's wife; Sanchi's mother, Shivraj and Mahi aunt 2012–2015
Anita Kulkarni Meenakshi Shekhar Anoop's wife, Shivaraj and Mahi's mother, Sanchi's aunt,Shivam and Nandini's grandmother 2012–2015
Avinash Wadhawan / Akshay Anand Anoop Shekhar Premkishore's son; Meenakshi's husband, Shivraj and Mahi's father, Sanchi's uncle,Shivam and Nandini's grandfather 2013–2015
Shubham Jha Amol Shekhar Shivraj and Anandi's adopted son; Iravati and Anoop's adopted niece and anoop and Meenakshi adoptive niece and premkishor's great-grandson shivam and nimboli's adopted brother 2014–2015
Sanjay Basak Nandkishore Basant Singh (Nandu) Basant and Gehna's son 2012–2015
Sunil Singh Akhiraj Singh Harki's husband; Kundan and Kamli's father 2015–2016, dead
Rudrakshi Gupta Harki Singh Akhiraj's wife; Kundan and Kamil's mother 2015–2016
Farah Hussain Kamli Singh Akhiraj and Harki's daughter; Kundan's sister, Pushkar's wife 2015–2016
Tisha Kapoor Urmila Singh Kundan's former wife 2015
Sudhir Pandey Premikishore Shekhar Alok and Anoop's father, Iravati and Meena's father-in-law; Shiv, Sanchi, and Mahi's grandfather; Nandini and Shivam's great-grandfather 2012–2015
Sushmita Mukherjee Subhadra Premkishore's sister, Hardik's grandmother 2014–2015
Gaurav Bajaj Hardik Subhadra's grandson, Gulli's husband 2014
Nidhi Jha / Sonam Lamba Gulli Champa's daughter, Hardik's wife 2011–2013, 2014
Mohit Abrol Anuj 2014
Vimarsh Roshan Advocate Vivek Kabra Roshan and Shalini's elder son, Saurabh and Rakhi's brother, Sanchi's husband 2013–2015
Sonal Handa Saurabh Kabra Roshan and Shalini's younger son, Vivek and Rakhi's brother, Sanchi's rapist and brother-in-law 2013–2014
Bobby Parvez Roshan Kabra Shalini's husband, Vivek, Saurabh, and Rakhi's father; Sanchi's father-in-law 2014
Pankaj Jha Kashyap Phooli's brother
Shalini Arora Shalini Kabra Roshan's wife; Vivek, Saurabh, and Rakhi's mother; Sanchi's mother-in-law 2014–2015
Farhina Parvez Rakhi Kabra Roshan and Shalini's daughter,Vivek and Saurabh's sister,Sanchi's sister-in-law 2014
Abishek Tiwari Mahi Anoop Shekhar Anoop and Meenakahi's younger son; Shivraj's brother,Sanchi's cousin brother, Anandi's brother-in-law, Shivam & Nandini uncle 2012–2014
Reena Aggarwal Ashima 2012–2013
Chandresh Singh Ratan Singh 2013–2015
Amar Sharma Madan Singh Shyam's father 2008–2014
Abhijeet Lahiri Ramcharan Singh 2009–2010
Asmita Sharma Radha Singh Madan's wife 2008–2010
Neha Gosain Asha Singh 2011–2013
Ankit Gupta Abhishek Singh 2012–2013
Rajeshwari Sachdev Mangaladevi Singh / Disa 2015–2016
Rishidev Sharma Gopal 2015
Rajendra Gupta Mahaveer Singh 2009–2012
Parichay Sharma Pushkar Singh 2015–2016
Hiten Tejwani Dr. Anant Maheshwari Pediatric doctor; Kiran's father 2015–2016
Vidhi Pandya Kiran Maheshwari Anant's daughter 2015–2016
Chetanya Adib Khajaan Singh Bhagwati's husband; Anadi's father 2008–2015
Bhairavi Raichura Bhagwati Singh Khajaan's wife; Anadi's mother 2008–2012
Farida Jalal Vasundhara Devi 2009, 2012
Faiza Faiz / Mamta Chaturya Phooli Singh 2008–2010, 2010–2012
Arpit Joshi Lal Singh 2010–2012
Masshe uddin Qureshi Brijesh Shanghvi 2010–2012
Farnaz Shetty Kanchan 2013
Nivedita Bhattacharya Shivani Rajadhyaksha 2011, 2014
Harsh Chhaya Palash Scindia 2014
Kamalika Guha Thakurta Pramila 2014
Sadiya Siddiqui Sandhya 2008–2013
Sakshi Tanwar Tiipri 2010
Jehangir Vakil Pratap Singh Sugna's first husband 2008–2009
Shivshakti Sachdev Champa Anadi's friend, Gulli's mother 2008
Geeta Tyagi Jamuna Singh Basant's first wife 2008
Karmveer Choudhary Niranjan Singh Gehna's second husband, Nandu and Bhairavi's step father 2009–2010, 2014–2015
Unknown Brijesh 2014
Shweta Mahadik Rasika 2014
Geetanjai Mishra Sona / Khusum 2014–2015
Simran Natekar Pooja 2015
Harsh Mehta Mahendra Singh (Mannu) Ganga and Ratan's son; Jagdish's step-son; Abhimanyu's half-brother 2015–2016
Sonia Shah Karuna Malhotra 2016
Avinash Sachdev Dr. Amit Goel 2016
Prithvi Sankhala Dr. Naresh Goel 2016
Smriti Khanna Dr. Vandana Mittal 2016
Ayush Anand Premal Singh 2016
Hetal Yadav Pavitra Singh 2016
Ahmad Harhash Rajeev Singh 2016

AdaptationsEdit

Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Kannada Putta Gowri Maduve (ಪುಟ್ಟ ಗೌರಿ ಮದುವೆ) 12 March 2012 Colors Kannada 9 October 2022 Remake
Bengali Gouridaan (গৌরিডান) 15 April 2014 Colors Bangla 19 September 2015

ReceptionEdit

RatingsEdit

Balika Vadhu became one of the most watched Hindi GEC in its runtime and is one of the shows which helped get newly launched channel Colors TV to the first position in Hindi GEC, beating the nine years top position maintained by Star Plus.[4][5]

Balika Vadhu was met with mixed responses. While some appreciated it for portraying the issues of child marriage, some criticised the show for glorifying it.[6] The series had a very low initial rating of 0.7 TVR, but by five weeks after launch, it had entered the top five most-watched Hindi GEC and had become Colors TV's top programme.[7][8][9]

In five weeks after launch, it entered the top five most-watched Hindi GEC.[10] Thus, Balika Vadhu helped Colors TV's top positioning a lot. Balika Vadhu often held top position mostly on the ratings charts from 2008 to 2013.

In week 11 of 2009, it occupied third position with 5.9 TVR.[11] On 13 June 2009, it was at fourth position with 5.3 TVR.[12] In week 11 of 2010, it occupied top position and garnered 7.7 TVR.[13] In week 30 of 2010, it occupied with the top position with 6.9 TVR.[14]

On 28 May 2011, it occupied the top position with 4.91 TVR.[15] In week 24 of 2011, it was at second position with 4.81 TVR.[16] In first two weeks of August 2011, it garnered 6.1 and 5.2 TVRs maintaining its top position.[17] In the first week of 2012, it occupied the second position with 4.76 TVR.[18] In week 50 of 2012, it was at top position with 5.8 TVR.[19] In last week of July 2013, it was at second position with 3.9 TVR.[20]

CriticsEdit

The series was addressed in Indian Parliaments during 2009, prompting the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to stop its telecast, condemning it for portraying child marriage against the Indian constitutional law.[21][22][23]

Sequel and spin-offEdit

A reboot of the show, named Balika Vadhu 2, aired on the same channel from 9 August 2021 to 29 March 2022.

An animated series, Chhoti Anandi, was launched in 2016. The show focuses on the adventures of an eight year old Anandi and her friends. It was simulcasted on Colors TV and Rishtey from January to April 2016.[24] The animation was provided by HopMotion animation studio.[25]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Balika Vadhu writer on how to get a break in TV". Rediff.com.
  2. ↑ "Why TV shows like Astitva: Ek Prem Kahani and Balika Vadhu stood out". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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