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| Also known as | Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte Balika Vadhu – Lamhe Pyaar Ke |
| Genre |
Indian soap opera Drama Entertainment |
| Created by | Sphere Origins |
| Written by | Purnendu Shekhar Gajra Kottary Rajesh Dubey Usha Dixit Raghuvir Tomagola Manisha Singh Kovid Gupta Raman Manaktala |
| Directed by | Sidharth Sengupta Pradeep Yadav |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 2,248 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Zakir Shaikh Sachin Chavan Fuzel Khan |
| Producer(s) | Sunjoy Waddhwa Comall Sunjoy W. |
| Location(s) |
Jaitsar Jodhpur Mumbai Udaipur Srinagar Jaipur Naigaon Jhalara |
| Cinematography | Sanjay K. Memane Anil Katke |
| Editor(s) | Santosh Singh Janak Chauhan |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Sphere Origins |
| Release | |
| Original network | Colors TV |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 21 July 2008 – 31 July 2016 |
| External links | |
| Website | colors |
Balika Vadhu (English: Child Bride, Child Marriage) is an Indian soap opera that aired on Colors TV. It aired between 21 July 2008 and 31 July 2016 with 2,248 episodes, thus ending a long 8-year saga on Indian television. The story which is set in rural Rajasthan traced the arduous journey of a child bride from the brink of childhood to womanhood. First season focuses on the life journey of Anandi and Jagdish, who were married in childhood. The second season reflects the lives of Anandi's daughter Dr. Nandini who was also a child bride. Balika Vadhu very sensitively portrays the plight of children who are unwittingly forced into marriage, in the name of tradition, and have to bear the repercussions for the rest of their lives
It has been credited as the first Indian fiction show to complete 2,000 episodes.
The show had two seasons titled Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte (English: Child Bride — Strong Relationships of Tender Age, Child Marriage — Strong Relationship of Tender Age) and Balika Vadhu — Lamhe Pyaar Ke (English: Child Bride — Moments of Love, Child Marriage — Moments of Love).
Balika Vadhu traced the life journey of Anandi and Jagdish, who were married in childhood. Anandi at the age of eight had to accept and accustom herself to a new family of strangers and accept her roles as a friend, lover, wife and a daughter-in-law during childhood itself. When they grew up, Anandi fell in love with Jagdish, but Jagdish at the other hand fell in love with his college mate named Gauri. He divorced Anandi and married Gauri. Jagdish's family strictly followed the child marriage custom and refused to accept Jagdish's marriage with Gauri. Because of the rejection from her in-law, Gauri became vengeful towards them which created problems in their marital life. Anandi on the other hand faced new challenges as she tried to carve out her own identity in the world. She met district Collector Shivraj Shekhar, whom Jagdish's family wanted her to get married to. Jagdish divorced Gauri after realising his mistake and wanted to return to his family and Anandi. But as he returned, he got the biggest shock of his life by getting the news of Anandi and Shivraj's marriage. After getting married with Shivraj, Anandi finally forgives Jagdish and they remained as good friends. After some time Jagdish met an girl named Ganga, who was also a victim of child marriage during childhood, and domestic violence by her in-laws. Jagdish helped her becoming free from her in-laws, supported her so she could fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse and eventually married her after realizing his love for her. He accepted her son Mahendra as his own and later became the father of her child named Abhimanyu. Meanwhile, Anandi and Shivraj adopted an orphan and gave him the love and affection of real parents. After two years of a happy married life, Shivraj died while trying to save Udaipur from a terrorist attack and Anandi shortly after that incident gave birth to their twins - Shivam and Nandini. Ganga furthered her studies to become a doctor with the help of Jagdish. Nandini later got kidnapped by a man named Akhiraj Singh who eventually married her to his son, Kundan. After twelve years of searching, Jagdish finally found Nandini and reunited her with her mother. Anandi and Jagdish got Akhiraj arrested but he later on ran away from the jail only to get his revenge against Anandi. After several unsuccessful attempts to kill Jagdish, Anandi, Nimboli/Nandini and his other "enemies" he kidnaps Ganga and wants to exchange her life for those of Jagdish, Anandi, Nimboli/Nandini and her aunt. He tries to kill Anandi, Shivam and Nandini but only succeeds in killing Annadi as she protects her children. In the ensuing action Jagdish shoots Akhiraj to death.
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