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Balika Vadhu

Balika Vadhu

Balika Vadhu (English: Child Bride) is an Indian soap opera that aired on Colors TV. It aired between 21 July 2008 and 31 July 2016 with 2,245 episodes. The story which is set in rural Rajasthan revolved around the life of a child bride from childhood to womanhood. The first season focused on 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.[1]

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).[2]

Balika Vadhu
Also known as
  • Balika Vadhu – Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte
  • Balika Vadhu – Lamhe Pyaar Ke
GenreSoap Opera
Written by
  • Purnendu Shekhar
  • Gajra Kottary
  • Rajesh Dubey
  • Emraan
  • Usha Dixit
  • Raghuvir Tomagola
  • Manisha
  • Singh
  • Kovid Gupta
  • Raman Manaktala
Directed by
  • Sidharth Sengupta
  • Pradeep Yadav
Creativedirector(s)Siddhartha Vankar
Country of originIndia
Originallanguage(s)Hindi
No.of seasons2
No.of episodes2,245
Production
Executiveproducer(s)
  • Zakir Shaikh
  • Sachin Chavan
  • Fuzel Khan
Producer(s)
  • Sunjoy Waddhwa
  • Comall Sunjoy W.
Production location(s)
Cinematography
  • Sanjay K. Memane
  • Anil Katke
Editor(s)
  • Santosh Singh
  • Janak Chauhan
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20 minutes
Productioncompany(s)Sphere Origins
Release
Original networkColors TV
Picture format
  • 576i
  • 1080i (HDTV)
Original release21 July 2008 (2008-07-21) –
31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)
Chronology
Related showsChhoti Anandi
External links
Website [13]

Series overview

SeasonNo. of episodesOriginally broadcast (India)
Series premiereSeries finale
12,16521 July 2008 (2008-07-21)22 April 2016 (2016-04-22)
28025 April 2016 (2016-04-25)31 July 2016 (2016-07-31)

Balika Vadhu: Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte

Balika Vadhu: Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte traces the life journey of Anandi (Avika Gor) and Jagdish (Avinash Mukherjee), who are married in childhood. Anandi, at the age of 8, has 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.

5 years later

As they grow up, Anandi (Pratyusha Banerjee/Toral Rasputra) falls in love with Jagdish (Shashank Vyas). Jagdish, too, considering her as his best friend and wife until he goes to Mumbai for college education and falls in love with his college mate named Gauri (Mahima Makwana/Anjum Farooki/Deblina Chatterjee). He divorces Anandi and marries Gauri.

Jagdish's family refuses to abandon Anandi and accept Jagdish's marriage with Gauri. Because of the rejection from her in-laws, Gauri becomes vengeful towards them which creates problems in her marital life with Jagdish. Anandi, on the other hand faces new challenges as she tries to carve her own identity out in the world — starting an NGO to educate girls and fighting against child marriage. She meets the new district collector Shivraj Shekhar (Siddharth Shukla), who is impressed with her. Jagdish's family wants her to marry Shivraj and move on.

Jagdish divorces Gauri, realising his mistake and wants to return to his family and Anandi. But as he returns, he gets the greatest shock of his life by getting the news of Anandi and Shivraj's marriage. After getting married to Shivraj, Anandi forgives Jagdish and they remain good friends. After some time, Jagdish meets a woman named Ganga (Sriti Jha/Sargun Mehta/Aasiya Kazi), who was also a victim of child marriage and domestic violence by her in-laws. Jagdish helps her become free from her in-laws, supports her so she can fulfill her dream of being educated and she becomes a nurse. He eventually marries her after realizing his love for her. He accepts her son Mahendra as his own and later the two have a child named Abhimanyu.

Anandi and Shivraj adopt an orphan named Amol who suffers from osteoarthritis and give him the love and affection of parents. They even help him regain his ability to walk but later, the boy is found by his biological parents who had never abandoned, but lost him thinking he was dead and take him to Dubai. After 2 years of a happy married life, Shivraj dies while trying to save Udaipur from a terrorist attack and Anandi shortly after that incident gives birth to their twins — Nandini and Shivam. Ganga furthers her studies to become a doctor with the help of Jagdish. Nandini who is 3 months old gets kidnapped by a man named Akhiraj Singh (Sunil Singh) who names her Nimboli and traps her into slavery by getting her married to his son, Kundan to avenge Anandi for preventing 5 year old Kundan and another infant bride's marriage.

11 years later

Nandini (Gracy Goswami) is facing hardships of child marriage and domestic violence, while Kundan (Sparsh Shrivastav/Karan Pahwa) becomes more and more cruel towards his wife while he grows up as a result of the wrong precedent set by the society around him. All these years the search for Nandini continues. Jagdish (Shashank Vyas/Shakti Anand) finally finds Nandini and reunites her with her mother. Anandi and Jagdish get Akhiraj arrested but he manages to escape from jail only to get his revenge against Anandi.

After several unsuccessful attempts of killing 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 Jagdish's grandmother, Kalyani (Surekha Sikri), Anandi's former enemy and initiator of Anandi and Jagdish's premature alliance in the 1-st place but changed throughout the years to be Anandi's greatest support.

Akhiraj tries to kill Anandi, Shivam and Nandini but only succeeds in killing Anandi as she protects her children. In the ensuing action, Jagdish shoots Akhiraj to death. Nandini and Shivam fall into a river together with Anandi (whose death is shown through a flashback scene in Lamhe Pyaar Ke) and Jagdish and Ganga presume them dead.

Balika Vadhu: Lamhe Pyaar Ke

15 years later

Balika Vadhu: Lamhe Pyaar Ke traces the life journey of Doctor Nandini (Mahhi Vij) after the death of her mother Anandi. It is shown how Nandini and Shivam were put in an orphanage and how Shivam was separated from his sister after murdering a man who was training to rape her. Nandini ended up getting adopted by Mr. Shekhawat, who raised her and let her dream come true of becoming a doctor after 15 years. Nandini made a promise to deceasing Anandi that she would fulfill her wish about opening medical treatments in every corner of Rajasthan, that Nandini wanted to name Anandi Memorial. She gets a great support by her mentor Doctor Amit Naresh Goel (Avinash Sachdev) who has feelings for her. Shivam (Dishank Arora) has grown up to be a gangster and hideout from Nandini as he's mad at her because she told him to leave after the accident at the orphanage.

Nandini meets a medical student named Krish (Ruslaan Mumtaz) who tries to win her heart. He eventually succeeds as she starts developing feelings for him. Nandini marries Krish, only to find out that Krish's stepfather, Abhayram (Vineet Kumar Chaudhary) is none other than her ex-husband Kundan. After a lot of turn of events Nandini learns that the man whom she wants her adoptive sister Sudha (Yukti Kapoor) to marry is none other than her own biological brother Shivam and the children of Anandi are reunited. The police kills Kundan after he kidnaps Nandini to forcefully remarry her while threatening Sudha's life and good prevails evil.

The story of Balika Vadhu ends with Nandini summarizing the whole story through her mother Anandi's childhood to her present life, which she writes down in a book by the same name.

Cast

Balika Vadhu: Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte

  • Avika Gor as Young Anandi Khajaan Singh/Anandi Jagdish Singh (2008–10)

  • Pratyusha Banerjee/Toral Rasputra as Anandi Khajaan Singh/Anandi Jagdish Singh/Anandi Shivraj Shekhar (2010–13) (2013-16)

  • Avinash Mukherjee as Young Jagdish Bhairon Singh/Jagya (2008-10)

  • Shashank Vyas/Shakti Anand as Dr. Jagdish Bhairon Singh/Jagya/Jagat (2010–15) (2015-16)

  • Sriti Jha/Sargun Mehta/Aasiya Kazi as Ganga Ratan Singh/Dr.Ganga Jagdish Singh (2013) (2013-14) (2014-16)

  • Surekha Sikri as Kalyani Devi Dharamveer Singh/Dadisa (2008–16)

  • Siddharth Shukla as Shivraj Alok Shekhar/Shivraj Anoop Shekhar/Shiv (2012–15)

  • Roop Durgapal as Sanchi Alok Shekhar/Sanchi Vivek Kabra (2012–15)

  • Gracy Goswami as Young Nandini Shivraj Shekhar/Nimboli Kundan Singh (2015–16)

  • Anjum Farooki/Deblina Chatterjee as Gauri/Dr. Gauri Jagdish Singh/Gauri Singh (2010–12)/(2014)

  • Mahima Makwana as Child Gauri (2010)

  • Jehangir Vakil as Pratap (2008–09)

  • Anup Soni as Bhairon Dharamveer Singh (2008–14)

  • Smita Bansal as Sumitra Bhairon Singh (2008–14)

  • Satyajit Sharma as Basant Dharamveer Singh/Basant Mahaveer Singh (2008–14)

  • Neha Marda/Sheetal Khandal as Gehna Basant Singh/Gehna Niranjan Singh (2008–12) (2012-15)

  • Sanjay Basak as Nandkishore Basant Singh/Nandu (2012–15)

  • Viren Vazirani as Young Shivam Shivraj Shekhar (2015–16)

  • Sunil Singh as Akhiraj Singh (2015–16)

  • Rudrakshi Gupta as Harki Akhiraj Singh (2015-16)

  • Sparsh Shrivastav/Karan Pahwa as Young Kundan Akhiraj Singh (2015–16)

  • Tisha Kapoor as Urmila Kundan Singh (2015–16)

  • Sudhir Pandey as Premkishore Shekhar (2012–15)

  • Sushmita Mukherjee as Subhadra (2014–15)

  • Gaurav Bajaj as Hardik (2014)

  • Nidhi Jha/Sonam Lamba as Gulli (2011-13) (2014)

  • Jayneeraj Rajpurohit as Alok Premkishore Shekhar (2012-15)

  • Sonal Jha as Iravati Alok Shekhar (2012–15)

  • Anita Kulkarni as Meenakshi Anoop Shekhar (2012–15)

  • Avinash Wadhawan/Akshay Anand as Anoop Premkishore Shekhar (2013-14) (2014-15)

  • Shbuham Jha as Amol Shivraj Shekhar (2014-2015)

  • Mohit Abrol as Anuj (2014)

  • Vimarsh Roshan as Advocate Vivek Roshan Kabra (2013–15)

  • Sonal Handa as Saurabh Kabra (2013-14)

  • Bobby Parvez as Roshan Kabra (2014)

  • Shalini Arora as Suman Roshan Kabra (2014-15)

  • Farhina Parvez Jarimari as Rakhi Kabra (2014)

  • Abhishek Tiwari as Mahi Anoop Shekhar (2012–14)

  • Reena Aggarwal as Ashima (2012-13)

  • Chandresh Singh as Ratan Singh (2013–15)

  • Vibha Anand/Janvi Chheda as Sugna Bhairon Singh/Sugna Shyam Singh (2008–10) (2011-13)

  • Vikrant Massey/Sachin Shroff as Shyam Madan Singh (2009–10) (2011-13)

  • Shivansh Kotia as Varun Shyam Singh (2010)

  • Amar Sharma as Madan Singh (2008-14)

  • Asmita Sharma as Radha Madan Singh (2008-10)

  • Neha Gosain as Asha Abhishek Singh (2011-13)

  • Ankit Gupta as Abhishek Singh (2012-13)

  • Rajeshwari Sachdev as Mangala Devi Singh/Disa (2015–16)

  • Farah Hussain as Kamli Akhiraj Singh/Kamli Pushkar Singh (2015–16)

  • Rishi Dev as Gopal (2015)

  • Rajendra Gupta as Mahaveer Singh (2009–12)

  • Parichay Sharma as Pushkar Jata Shankar Singh (2015–16)

  • Hiten Tejwani as Dr. Anant (2015-16)

  • Chetanya Adib as Khajaan Singh (2008–15)

  • Bhairavi Raichura as Bhagwati Khajaan Singh (2008–12)

  • Farida Jalal as Vasundhara Devi/Badi Jiji/Badi Mausi ji (2009, 2012)

  • Faiza Faiz/Mamta Chaturya as Phooli Jagan Singh (2008–10) (2010-12)

  • Arpit Joshi as Lal Singh (2010-12)

  • Farnaz Shetty as Kanchan (2013)

  • Nivedita Bhattacharya as Shivani Rajadhyaksha (2011, 14)

  • Harsh Chhaya as Palash Scindia (2014)

  • Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Pramila (2014)

  • Sadiya Siddiqui as Sandhya/Teacher Ji (2008–13)

  • Sakshi Tanwar as Teepri (2010)

  • Shivshakti Sachdev as Champa (2008)

  • Geeta Tyagi as Jamuna Basant Singh (2008)

  • Karmveer Choudhary as Sambhu Singh

  • Rahoul Lohani as Niranjan Singh (2009-10, 2014-15)

  • Geetanjali Mishra as Sona/Kusum (2014-15)

  • Simran Natekar as Pooja (2015)

  • Harsh Mehta as Mahendra Ratan Singh/Mahendra Jagdish Singh/Mannu (2015-2016)

Balika Vadhu: Lamhe Pyaar Ke

  • Mahhi Vij as Dr. Nandini Krish Malhotra/Nandini Shekhawat/Nandini Shivraj Shekhar(2016)

  • Ruslaan Mumtaz as Krish Malhotra (2016)

  • Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Abhayram/Kundan Akhiraj Singh (2016)

  • Dishank Arora as Shivam Shivraj Shekhar/Shankar Singh (2016)

  • Yukti Kapoor as Sudha Shekhawat/Sudha Premal Singh (2016)

  • Sonia Shah as Karuna Malhotra (2016)

  • Nimisha Vakharia as Triveni (2016)

  • Avinash Sachdev as Dr. Amit Naresh Goel (2016)

  • Smriti Khanna as Dr. Vandana Mittal (2016)

  • Shahab Khan as Mr. Shekhawat (2016)

  • Neetu Pandey as Jamuna Shekhawat (2016)

  • Ayush Anand as Premal Singh (2016)

  • Hetal Yadav as Mrs. Singh (2016)

  • Prithvi Sankhala as Dr. Naresh Goel (2016)

Crossover episodes

  • Sasural Simar Ka

  • Udaan

Trishakti

Tri means three and shakti means power, thus trishakti means Power of Three. In each Trishakti, three serials were broke down into parts and were shown one by one.

Trishakti episodes

No.Air DateSerials
119 February 2016Ishq Ka Rang SafedThapki Pyar KiSasural Simar Ka
210 March 2016Ishq Ka Rang SafedThapki Pyar KiSasural Simar Ka
317 March 2016Thapki Pyar KiSasural Simar KaBalika Vadhu
429 March 2016Thapki Pyar KiSasural Simar KaUdaan
58 April 2016Thapki Pyar KiSasural Simar KaUdaan
621 April 2016Ishq Ka Rang SafedThapki Pyar KiSasural Simar Ka
712 May 2016Sasural Simar KaUdaanSwaragini
820 May 2016Thapki Pyar KiSasural Simar KaUdaan
926 May 2016Thapki Pyar KiSasural Simar KaBalika Vadhu
1013 June 2016Ishq Ka Rang SafedSasural Simar KaBalika Vadhu

Distribution

Dubbed versions and remakes

A dubbed version of the serial is telecast in Tamil language as Mann Vasanai on Raj TV.(8.00 p.m. IST)A dubbed version of the serial is telecast in Telugu language as Chinnari Pellikuthuru on MAA TV.

A dubbed version of the serial is telecast in Malayalam language as Balika Vadhu on Surya TV.

It is remade in Kannada Language as Putta Gowri Maduve on Colors Kannada.

International broadcast

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  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x|Nepal|h20|w16|flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Nepal, it began airing from 2018 on ,DH Ramailo TV under the title; Aanandi. It broadcast every Monday to Friday at 8:30 PM NST,but after 17th August 2018 it was broadcast at 9:00 PM.

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x|Croatia|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Croatia, it began airing on Doma TV from Monday to Friday at 8:10 am (Central European time) under the title Mala nevjesta (Little bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x|Bulgaria|h14|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Bulgaria, it began airing on Nova TV from Monday to Friday at 4:30 pm (Central European time) under the title Малката булка (Little bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x|Romania|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Romania, it began airing on National TV under the title Mica mireasa (Little bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x|Serbia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Serbia, it began airing on RTV Pink from Monday to Friday at 4 pm (Central European time) under the title Mala nevesta (Little bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png 2x|Bosnia and Herzegovina|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it aired on Pink BH under the title Mala nevjesta (Little bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 2x|Republic of Macedonia|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Macedonia, it aired on Sitel TV under the title Малечката невеста (Little bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x|Montenegro|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Montenegro, it began airing on Pink M under the title Mala nevjesta (Little bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x|Indonesia|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Indonesia, it began airing on ANTV from 15 March 2016 under the title Anandhi but was airing from Monday to Friday at 4 pm (Indonesia Western Time) and Saturday to Sunday at 4:30 pm (Indonesia Western Time).[3]

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x|Kyrgyzstan|h14|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Kyrgyzstan, it began airing on KTRK under the title Келин (Bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x|Kazakhstan|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Kazakhstan, it airs under the title Келін (Bride) and broadcast on TV channel, Kazakhstan.[4]

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x|Vietnam|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Vietnam, the drama began airing under the title Cô Dâu 8 Tuổi (8-Year-Old Bride) on TodayTV from 11 November 2014 and ended on 11 February 2017. The drama has enjoyed immense popularity in Vietnam and during its run had been the number one show in the country since its premiere.[5] The show's popularity resulted in the show's actress, Avika Gor, receiving an award from the channel head of TodayTV.[6] Gor also visited Vietnam on a two-day trip to the country due to the success of the show; other cast members including Avinash Mukherjee and Smita Bansal also visited the country.[7] The show was the ninth most searched item in 2015 in Vietnam on Google as confirmed by the annual Google Trends end-of-year report.[8] The popularity of Balika Vadhu is part of a wider interest in Asian dramas in Vietnam, which experts say have a "cultural edge over their Western counterparts" due to cultural similarities that are found in soap operas imported from South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia.[9]

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x|Sri Lanka|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Sri Lanka, it began airing on TV 1 from Monday to Friday at 7 pm on 15 August 2016 under the title Punchi Manaali (Little bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x|Lithuania|h14|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Lithuania, the drama began airing under the title "Pažadėtoji" (The promised) on TV3 Lietuva in 28 December 2016. The drama started show after finishing other Indian drama Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai (Mažoji nuotaka (Little bride)). The drama show from Monday to Friday 2:30 pm and 3 pm.

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x|United Kingdom|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In the UK, The series is translated into English as Child Bride and airs on Colors TV and Rishtey (TV Channel).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x|South Africa|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In South Africa, the series is dubbed in English is called Young Love and airs on Glow TV (DStv 167).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x|Armenia|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Armenia, On Shant TV the series began in 2017 (every day at 8 pm) and is dubbed in Armenian: Հարսիկը (Harsike) (Little Bride).

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x|Azerbaijan|h12|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Azerbaijan On Dalga TV Balika Vadhu.On Name Small Bride

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x|Japan|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Japan On Nittele Plus & LaLa TV, the series is dubbed in Japan is called "子供の花嫁"

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x|South Korea|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In South Korea On DRAMACube and BtvN, the series is dubbed in South Korea is called "아이 신부"

  • [[INLINE_IMAGE|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png|//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x|Thailand|h15|w23|thumbborder flagicon-img flagicon-img]] In Thailand, , it began airing on 5 HD1 from 2 January 2019 - 2019 Every Monday to Friday at 14:05 - 15:00 (Thai Time) under the title นันทินี ม่านรัก ม่านประเพณี.

Chhoti Anandi

An animated series,Chhoti Anandi, was launched in 2016. The show focuses on the adventures of 8-year-old Anandi and her friends. It was simulcasted on Colors TV and Rishtey from January to April 2016.[10] The animation was provided by HopMotion animation studio.[11]

Awards

Winner

YearAwardCategoryRecipient(s)
2008Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Drama Series (Jury)Sphere Origins
Best DirectorSiddharth Sen Gupta
Pradeep Yadav
Best Actress Drama Series (Jury)Avika Gor
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleSadiya Siddiqui
Best Actress in a Negative RoleSurekha Sikri
Best Child ArtistAvika Gor
Best Title TrackLalit Sen
Best TeleplayPurnendu Shekhar
Rajesh Duby
Gajra Kotheri
Best DialogueRaghuver Shekhawat
Best VideographySanjay Memane
2009Best Drama Series (Jury)Sphere Origins
Best DirectorSiddharth Sen Gupta
Pradeep Yadav
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleSmita Bansal
Best Actress in a Negative RoleSurekha Sikri
Best Child ArtistAvika Gor
Best DialogueUsha Dixit
Best TeleplayPurnendu Shekhar
Rajesh Duby
Gajra Kotheri
Best Title TrackLalit Sen
Best VideographySanjay Memane
Anil Katke
2010Best Actress Drama (Jury)Surekha Sikri
Best Child ArtistAvika Gor
Best DialogueUsha Dixit
Best TeleplayRaghuvir Shekhawat
Rajesh Duby
Gajra Kotheri
Best Costume DesignerWinnie Malhotra
Neelu Shroff
2011Best Actress Drama (Jury)Surekha Sikri
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAnup Soni
2012Best Title TrackLalit Sen
Best Costume DesignerWinnie Malhotra
Neelu Shroff
Best DialogueUsha Dixit
Best VideographySanjay Memane
2013Gr8! Performer of the YearSiddharth Shukla
2014Best Actress Drama (Jury)Surekha Sikri
Best StoryPurnendu Shekhar
Gajra Kotheri
2015Special RecognitionAasiya Kazi, Gracy Goswami
Siddharth Sen Gupta
2008Indian Telly AwardsBest Child ArtistAvika Gor
Best Actress in a Supporting roleSmita Bansal
Best Actress in a Negative RoleSurekha Sikri
Best Fresh New Face (female)Avika Gor
Best Programming on Social IssueSphere Origins
2009Best Popular Drama SeriesSphere Origins
Best Child Artist (male)Avinash Mukherjee
Avika Gor
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAnup Soni
Best Title TrackLalit Sen
2010Best Title TrackLalit Sen
Best Actress Drama Series (Jury)Avika Gor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jury)Anup Soni
Satyajit Sharma
2012Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAnup Soni
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleSurekha Sikri
Best Drama SeriesSphere Origins
2013Best ActressSurekha Sikri
2014Best StoryPurnendu Shekhar
Gajra Kotheri
Best Continuing TV ProgrammeSphere Origins

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