Set in rural Rajasthan, 'Balika Vadhu' traces the arduous journey of child bride Anandi from the brink of childhood to womanhood. Married at the tender age of eight, Anandi 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. Now, as a young adult, she faces new challenges as she tries to carve out her own identity in the world. '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.
Cast :Anandi - Pratyusha Banerjee
Jagdish - Shashank Vyas
Gauri - Anjum Farooki
Kalyani Devi / Dadisa - Surekha Sikri
Shivraj Shekhar- Siddharth Shukla
Bhairon Singh - Anup Soni
Sumitra Singh - Smita Bansal
Basant Singh - Satyajit Sharma
Gehna Singh - Nivedita Sadib
Shyam - Sachin Shroff
Suguna - Jhanvi Chheda
Khajaan Singh - Chaitanya Adib
Bhagwati Singh - Bhairavi Raichura
Nandkishor (Nandu) - Sanjay Basak Directed By :Siddharth Sen Gupta
Pradeep Yadav Written By :Purnendu Shekhar - Concept and Story
Rajesh Dubey - Screenplay
Usha Dixit, Raghuveer Shekhawat - Dialogue
Gajara Kottary - Story and Development
Produced By :Sunjoy Waddhwa
Comal Sunjoy Waddhwa Music By :Ashish Rego - Background Score
Lalit Sen - Title Song Release Date :July 21 2008 IMDB Rating :5.6/10 Awards :Golden Petal Awards (2011)
Most Damdaar Personality - Pratyusha Banerjee as Anandi Jagdish Singh
Most Lokpriya Face (Female) - Pratyusha Banerjee as Anandi Jagdish Singh
Most Lokpriya Family - Balika Vadhu
Most Lokpriya Dharavaahik - Balika Vadhu
Most Sanskaari Personality - Pratyusha Banerjee As Anandi Jagdish Singh
Most Chahita Personality - Anup Soni as Bhairon Dharamveer Singh
Most Anubhavi Personality - Surekha Sikri as Kalyani Dharamveer Singh
Most Bhavuk Personality - Smita Bansal as Sumitra Bhairon Singh
Face Of Progress - Pratyusha Banerjee as Anandi Jagdish Singh
11th Indian Telly Awards 2011
Best Actress - Surekha Sikri as Kalyani Dharamveer Singh
Best Actor In A Supporting Role - Anup Soni as Bhairon Dharamveer Singh
10th Indian Telly Awards 2010
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male) Jury - Anup Soni & Satyajit Sharma as Bhairon Dharamveer Singh & Basant Mahaveer Singh
Best Actor (Female) Jury - Avika Gor as Anandi Jagdish Singh
Best Music Director - Lalit Sen
9th Indian Telly Awards 2009
Best Music Director - Lalit Sen
Popular Child Artist (Male) - Avinash Mukherjee as Jagdish Bhairon Singh
Popular Child Artist (Female) - Avika Gor as Anandi Jagdish Singh
Popular Supporting Actor (Male) - Anup Soni as Bhairon Dharamveer Singh
Popular Daily Serial - Balika Vadhu
8th Indian Telly Awards 2008
Best Child Artist (Female) - Avika Gor as Anandi Jagdish Singh
Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Female) - Smita Bansal as Sumitra Bhairon Singh
Best Actor In A Negative Role (Female) - Surekha Sikri as Kalyani Dharamveer Singh
Best Fresh New Face (Female) - Avika Gor As Anandi Jagdish Singh
Best Programme With A Social Message - Balika Vadhu Nominated For :Golden Petal Awards (2011) Most Lokpriya Face (Male) - Jagadish Trivia :Shashank Vyas a.k.a Jagya of Balika Vadhu is happy with all the attention he's been getting from all over. But there's one complaint, apparently young girls aren't the ones that are showering attention but 40 plus women who have been pampering him!
