Balika Vadhu

Anandi returns to her in-laws. Jagdish and Anandi are in love. Basants father returns. Jagdish goes to Mumbai for his college education. In meantime, he falls in love with his colleague, Gauri and insults Anandi for being uneducated.

Jagdish completes his MBBS and wants to work at Mumbai. Jagdish wants to marry Gauri, so he confesses the truth to Anandi that he doesn't love her, actually, he didn't his self knows that whether he loved Gauri or just impressed by her. Bhairon slaps and breaks all his ties with Jagdish stating that he has cheated Anandi. Gauri comes to know that Jagat is married and also that he lives in Jaitsar, not in Jaipur, ruined her life in childhood by marrying her with him and rejects her. So she wants to leave him.

Later she accepts Jagdish. Jagdish marries Gauri thinking that his marriage with Anandi was not valid as they were married in childhood and he comes back home with Gauri where family refuses to accept their marriage except Anandi. Bhairon asks Anandi to file a case against Jagdish by claiming that she is his legally wedded wife as according to the law if you are married in childhood and continue your marriage even after teenage then your marriage is considered legal. Anandi Singh refuses to do so and allows Jagdish to live with Gauri by thinking that marriage should be believed by heart and not forcefully.

After sometime Gauri gets pregnant but miscarries the baby which is then blamed to Anandi by brainwashing Jagdish. Because of the rejection from her in-laws, Gauri becomes vengeful towards them creating problems in her marital life with Jagdish. Anandi faces new challenges trying to carve her identity out in the world. She starts to educate the village girls, fights against child marriage, and becomes Sarpanch Bitiya of Jaitsar. Anandi decides to move on by giving divorce to Jagdish, soon she sends divorce papers to Jagdish which makes Jagdish furious and he asks for his share in the property in spite of the divorce because of Gauri's attempt of brainwashing him. Anandi refuses to do so by saying if he will not divorce her without asking any share then she will file a complaint against him for illegally marrying Gauri. By hearing this Gauri steps back and asks him to sign the divorce papers without asking for anything. Anandi meets district collector Shivraj Shekhar, who is impressed with her.

Jagdish's family wants Anandi to marry Shivraj. Jagdish and Gauri have constant fights and finally, he comes to know that Gauri is cheating on him. He divorces her and realizes his mistakes. Jagdish vows to reunite with Anandi but is shocked learning about her wedding with Shiv. He tries to create misunderstandings between Shiv and Anandi but fails. Anandi marries Shiv and forgives Jagdish and they remain friends.

Jagdish meets Ganga, another victim of child marriage and domestic violence and helps her in fulfilling her dream of being educated and becoming a nurse. Later Jagdish goes to Mumbai to complete his MS and Anandi moves to Udaipur with Shivraj.

After Anandi moves to Udaipur, Saanchi started hanging out with Jagdish and eventually developed a crush on him. She proposed the idea of marrying Jagdish to her parents and family and they agreed to talk to Jagdish's family. Jagdish agreed to marry Saanchi and the preparations for their marriage started. He actually did not want so, but thinking that the proposal came from the in-laws of Anandi, and that he did not want Anandi to suffer upon his rejection, and seeing that his family was too in favour of the marriage, he is left with no option but to agree.

Saanchi thought that Ganga might be an obstacle to her marriage and tried to turn Sumitra against Ganga. A few days later, Ratan Singh (Ganga's husband) attacked Jagdish's family for Ganga's son, completely turning Sumitra against Ganga. However, Ratan Singh ended up getting arrested by the police and Ganga divorced him.

Sanchi wanted to marry Jagdish but later Jagdish come to know that Sanchi is just acting that she liked their family and to live in the village. Saanchi and Jagdish get engaged and Ganga goes to Mangalore for further studies. In order to complete his MS, and to stop his feelings for Ganga, Jagdish also goes to Mumbai. But in Mangalore, a bad guy named Bala tries to rape her. Ganga tries to seek help of the police, but she ended up being in jail.

Jagdish completes his MS and returns home. When the coffee shop incident (when Sanchi reavels the real truth infront of her friends) takes place, Jagdish goes to Sanchi's home and confesses that he'll not marry Sanchi; without telling the actual reason to Anandi's in-laws.

Anandi's in-laws are left in distraught and are highly offended at Jagdish. Meanwhile, he feels that Ganga is the most suitable wife for him, who also reflects the qualities of Anandi, and he marries Ganga. His family (especially his mother Sumitra) does not accept Ganga as their daughter-in-law. But gradually, Jagdish's father Bhairon, Basant and Gehna feel compassion towards Jagdish. Sanchi gets so offended that she becomes ready to get Jagdish arrested by filing a court case. A respected lawyer, Mr. Vivek Kabra fights the case on Jagdish's behalf. Anandi discloses the fact that she too was there with Jagdish in the coffee shop where Sanchi had revealed her inner truth. Also, Ganga records the bad words of Sanchi in her phone when she had met her outside her house, which serves as a good proof for Jagdish to win the case. Both the families come to know that Jagdish was completely innocent and Sanchi was the one who had such evil plans. Later on, Jagdish and his family also accepts Ganga's son Mannu and later Ganga gives birth to Abhimanyu. After some time Alok and Meenakshi confess the truth that Shiv is not the son of Alok And Iravati, but he is son Of Anoop and Meenakshi. Later family comes to know that Anoop is Alive and Anoop returns. Anandi and Shivraj adopt an orphan named Amol who suffers from osteoarthritis giving him love and affection. Meanwhile, Sanchi comes under the influence of bad friends, who encourage her to consume alcohol. She falls in love with a bad guy named Saurabh. But later on, Saurabh got physical with her and records the whole activity in his mobile phone. He starts blackmailing Sanchi with that video. This time, Sanchi really accepts that she had always been a bad person. She got very emotional when her family still supported her. She realises all her mistakes and wholeheartedly accepts Anandi. Anandi encourages her to raise her voice against the injustice that Saurabh had done with her. Sanchi suggests the name of the lawyer Mr. Vivek Kabra who had previously fought the case against her (being Jagdish's lawyer). Sanchi feels that he can fight her case because even on the past, Mr. Kabra did not disrespect her family. When Shiv goes to Mr. Kabra's office, he is shocked to know that Mr. Vivek Kabra was the elder brother of Saurabh who had raped Sanchi! Vivek fights for his brother for few days, but when he comes to know the real truth that his brother was a rapist, he fights for Sanchi by providing the video that Saurabh had made as the proof. He sends Saurabh to Jail for 7 years. But in spite of doing the right thing, Vivek's parents get really offended and Vivek has no choice but to leave them. Later on, he gets really impressed by Sanchi by seeing how courageously she fought against the fake news spread by media. He goes to Sanchi's family and says that if they are ready, then he himself would marry Sanchi. After some time, Sanchi wholeheartedly accepts Vivek and marries him. After some time, Amol gets kidnapped, but Anandi and Shiv fortunately find him. Jagdish enters into politics and starts campaigning with his family and Anandi also. Jagdish has to face many obstacles set forth by bad politicians and people. One day, when a girl name Gulli, who was a friend of Anandi and was helping Jagdish in his campaigning, gets stuck in the middle of a deserted road in the car. She is told by Kaliyani devi on phone to go and wait for her to arrive in a nearby mandir. When Gulli walks towards the mandir, she spots Het Singh's son Ajey, consuming alcohol with his friends in a small hut like structure. Gulli spies on him and starts recording their activities in her mobile phone. But unfortunately, a person from the gang spots Gulli and Ajey and his friends abduct her and try to get physical with her. Just at that moment, Kaliyani Devi comes in the scene without Ajey's knowledge. She pick up the gun and ultimately frees Gulli and locks the bad guys in the room. When she and Gulli are about to leave from the site, Ajey comes on his motor cycle in full speed and throws a heavy rod to injure Gulli and Kaliyani Devi. Just at that moment, Kaliyani Devi, without a second thought fires the gun and shots Ajey dead on his motor cycle. She then takes injured Gulli to the hospital and in the way, realized that what she had done was a violent act that must not have been done by her. She regrets her fault and self-surrenders herself in the police station all by herself. She is locked up in the jail, and Gulli goes into coma. A court case is filed but at the end, with full evidences to support Kaliyani's point, she is declared innocent by the court in respect of self-protection. Soon, Jagdish successfully becomes the "vidhayak ji" of Jaitsar.

Basant meets with an accident and dies, Gehna is left distraught with the news.

Kalyani and all her family go to the Mandir to pray and whilst there, they hear someone singing and his voice is so soothing, Kalyank asks the (pandit) priest who's voice it is and the pandit pointed up at the stairs and said that he did not know his name but he is such a devotee to the Mandir, that he doesn't speak to anyone, he just cleans, eats and sleeps there. Kalyani looks up at the stairs and called him to come down and as the devotee looked down he slips on some water on the stairs and comes rolling down the stairs, Shiv and Jagdish run towards him and as they turn him over, they realized it's Gehna's music (guru) teacher Niranjan and they take him home to take care of him.

A painter Pralash comes to the village, Shiv shows him around. He has a portrait of Anandi in his room which he calls Venus, and when he Shiv first introduces Anandi to Pralash, he thinks its Venus and starts to pester her to make her life hell, from calling her constantly to following her to work and threatens to take her away from Shiv. Diwali night, everyone is enjoying the fireworks display as well as sparklers, the fireworks are so loud that Pralash kidnaps Anadi from under Shiv's nose. Shivraj and Anandi help Amol regain his ability to walk. Shivraj dies while trying to Udaipur from a terrorist attack. Amol is found by his real parents who had never abandoned him but lost him thinking he was dead, but they Give Anandi Amol Back.

Shortly after his death, Anandi gives birth to their twin children, Nandini and Shivam, but Akhiraj Singh kidnaps Nandini who is renamed Nimboli and made a slave by marrying his son Kundan as he wants to avenge Anandi for preventing Kundan's wedding with a child bride.

Nandini faces hardships of child marriage and domestic violence.They call her nimboli [sour]. Kundan is cruel towards her and grows up as a result of the wrong precedent set by the society around him. Anandi and Jagdish are searching for Nandini. Kundan gets remarried to a girl call Urmi. Urmi decides to try and be cruel until one day that she becomes nice to her. Kundans sister Kamli lives with them after her in-laws dies in a car accident by his younger brother [which is explained in episode 495]. Jagdish finally finds Nandini, but she says that she doesn't like her mother. Later she comes to know that she was kidnapped.

Akhiraj is arrested but manages to escape from jail to avenge Anandi. He tries to kill Anandi, Jagdish, Nandini and Shivam but fails and then kidnaps Ganga, wanting to exchange her life for those of Jagdish, Anandi, Nandini and Kalyani in the first place.

Akhiraj succeeds in killing Anandi who protects Nandini and Shivam. 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). Elsewhere Jagdish and Ganga presume them dead.

Nandini has become a physician after Anandi's death and was adopted by a man named Naren Shekhawat, who raised her. She recalls her past where she and Shivam were put in an orphanage, a few days later, Shivam was arrested for murdering a man who was trying to rape Nandini and hence they got separated.

Nandini made a promise to the decreasing Anandi that she would fulfil her wish about opening medical treatments in every corner of Rajasthan and name it as Anandi Memorial. She gets great support by her mentor and another physician Amit Goel, who later falls in love with her.

Shivam, now a gangster is mad because Nandini asked him to leave after the rape at the orphanage. Nandini meets medical student Krish Malhotra. They fall in love and marry. Nandini finds out that Krish's stepfather is actually Kundan and the groom she chose for Naren's daughter Sudha is actually Shivam.

Nandini reunites with Shivam. The police kills Kundan after he kidnaps Nandini to forcefully remarry her while threatening Sudha's life and good prevails evil. In the epilogue, Nandini summarizes the whole story through Anandi's childhood to her present and writes it down in a book named Balika Vadhu.

• Avika Gor as Anandi Khajaan Singh / Anandi Jagdish Singh (young) (2008–10)
• Pratyusha Banerjee / Toral Rasputra as Anandi Jagdish Singh / Anandi Shivraj Shekhar (2010–13) (2013–16)
• Avinash Mukherjee as Jagdish “Jagya” Bhairon Singh (young) (2008–10)
• Shashank Vyas / Shakti Anand as Dr. Jagdish “Jagya” Bhairon Singh (2010–15) (2015-16)
• Sidharth Shukla as Shivraj “Shiv” Shekhar (2012-15)
• Surekha Sikri as Kalyani Devi Dharamveer Singh (2008–16)
• Sriti Jha / Sargun Mehta / Aasiya Kazi as Ganga Ratan Singh / Dr. Ganga Jagdish Singh (2013) (2013–14) (2014–15)
• Anjum Farooki / Deblina Chatterjee as Dr. Gauri Jagdish Singh (2010–12) (2014)
• Anup Soni as Bhairon Dharamveer Singh (2008–14)
• Smita Bansal as Sumitra Bhairon Singh (2008–14)
• Gracy Goswami as Nandini Shivraj Shekhar / Nimboli Kindan Singh (2015–16)

• 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)
• Roop Durgapal as Sanchi Alok Shekhar/Sanchi Vivek Kabra (2012–15)
• Roshni Walia as Child Ganga Ratan Singh (2013)
• Mahima Makwana as Child Gauri Singh (2010)
• Sanjay Basak as Nandkishore Basant Singh / Nandu (2012–15)
• Viren Vazirani as Young Shivam Shivam 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)
• Jaineeraj 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 Roshan Kabra (2013–14)
• Bobby Parvez as Roshan Kabra (2014)
• Shalini Arora as Suman Roshan Kabra (2014–15)
• Farhina Parvez as Rakhi Roshan 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 / Rudra Soni as Varun Pratap Singh / Varun Shyam Singh (2010) (2011-13)
• Amar Sharma as Madan Singh (2008–14)
• Abhijit Lahiri as Ramcharan Singh (2009–10)
• 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 Mangaladevi 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 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 Masiji (2009, 2012)
• Faiza Faiz / Mamta Chaturya as Phooli Jagan Singh/Phooli Bharat Singh (2008–10) (2010–12)
• Arpit Joshi as Lal Singh (2010–12)
• Masshe Uddin Qureshi as Brijesh Sanghvi (2010–12)
• Farnaz Shetty as Kanchan (2013)
• Nivedita Bhattacharya as Shivani Rajadhyaksha (2011, 2014)
• Harsh Chhaya as Palash Scindia (2014)
• Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Pramila (2014)
• Sadiya Siddiqui as Sandhya / Teacher Ji (2008–13)
• Sakshi Tanwar as Tiipri (2010)
• Jehangir Vakil as Pratap Singh (2008–09)
• Shivshakti Sachdev as Champa (2008)
• Geeta Tyagi as Jamuna Basant Singh (2008)
• Karmveer Choudhary as Shambhu Singh
• Rahul Lohani as Niranjan Singh (2009–10, 2014–15)
• Geetanjali Mishra as Sona / Kkusum (2014–15)
• Simran Natekar as Pooja (2015)
• Harsh Mehta as Mahendra Ratan Singh / Mahendra Jagdish Singh / Mannu (2015-2016)

• Mahhi Vij as Dr. Nandini Krish Malhotra/Nandini Naren Shekhawat/Nandini Shivraj Shekhar (2016)
• Ruslaan Mumtaz as Dr.Krish Malhotra (2016)
• Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Kundan Akhiraj Singh/Abhayram (2016)
• Dishank Arora as Shivam Shivraj Shekhar/Shankar Singh (2016)
• Yukti Kapoor as Sudha Naren 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)
• Neetu Pandey as Jamuna Naren Shekhawat (2016)
• Shahab Khan as Naren Shekhawat (2016)
• Ayush Anand as Premal Singh (2016)
• Hetal Yadav as Pavitra Singh (2016)
• Prithvi Sankhala as Dr. Naresh Goel (2016)
• Drashti Dhami as Madhu (Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon; 2012)
• Akanksha Singh as Megha (Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha; 2012)
• Rashami Desai as Tapasya (Uttaran; 2013)
• Tina Datta as Iccha (Uttaran; 2013)
• Dipika Kakar as Simar (Sasural Simar Ka; 2013)
• Sanaya Irani as Parvati (Rangrasiya; 2014)
• Mouni Roy as Shivanya (Naagin 1; 2015)
• Adaa Khan as Shesha (Naagin 1; 2015)
• Helly Shah as Swara (Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur; 2016)
• Tejasswi Prakash (Swaragini - Jodein Rishton Ke Sur; 2016)

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In each Trishakti cross-over, three serials were broken down into parts and aired successively.

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 was remade in Kannada Language as Putta Gowri Maduve on Colors Kannada.

• In Turkey, it began airing on Kanal 7 from Sept 2018 everyday at 16:10 (Turkish Time) under the title Ikimizin Yerine.
• 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 17 August 2018 it was broadcast at 9:00 PM.
• 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).
• 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).
• In Romania, it began airing on National TV under the title Mica mireasă (Little bride).
• 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).[4]
• In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it aired on Pink BH under the title Mala nevjesta (Little bride).
• In North Macedonia, it aired on Sitel TV under the title Малечката невеста (Little bride).
• In Montenegro, it began airing on Pink M under the title Mala nevjesta (Little bride).
• 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).[5]
• In Kyrgyzstan, it began airing on KTRK under the title Келин (Bride).
• In Kazakhstan, it airs under the title Келін (Bride) and broadcast on TV channel, Kazakhstan.[6]
• 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.[7] The show's popularity resulted in the show's actress, Avika Gor, receiving an award from the channel head of TodayTV.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]
• 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).
• 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 1:00 pm and 3 pm.
• In the UK, The series is translated into English as Child Bride and airs on Colors TV and Rishtey (TV Channel).
• In South Africa, the series is dubbed in English is called Young Love and airs on Glow TV (DStv 167).
• In Armenia, On Shant TV the series began in 2017 (every day at 8 pm) and is dubbed in Armenian: Հարսիկը (Harsike) (Little Bride).
• In Azerbaijan On Dalga TV Balika Vadhu.On Name Small Bride
• In Japan On Nittele Plus & LaLa TV, the series is dubbed in Japan is called "子供の花嫁"
• In South Korea On DRAMACube and BtvN, the series is dubbed in South Korea is called "아이 신부"
• In Thailand, it began airing on 5HD1 from January 2, 2019 - December 27, 2019 Every Monday to Friday at 14:00 - 15:00 (Thai Time) under the title นันทินี ม่านรัก ม่านประเพณี.

Balika Vadhu became one of the most watched Hindi GEC in its runtime and is one of the shows which made newly launched channel Colors TV to get first position in Hindi GEC, beating the nine years top position maintained by Star Plus.[12][13]

Balika Vadhu opened with aThe seires received a mix of both positive and negative response. While some appreciated for portraying the issues of child marriage some criticised for glorifying child marriage in the series. very low rating of 0.7 TVR but soon became one of the top rated Hindi GEC and number one program of Colors which was a newly launched channel then.[14][15] In five weeks after launch, it entered the top 5 most watched Hindi GEC.[16] Thus, Balika Vadhu helped Colors TV's top positioning a lot.

In week 28 February 2009, it garnered its highest weekly rating of 10 TVR.[17] In 11 week of 2009, it occupied third position with 5.9 TVR.[18] In week ending 13 June 2009, it was at fourth position with 5.3 TVR.[19]

In week ending 28 May 2011, it occupied the top position with 4.91 TVR.[20] In week 24 of 2011, it was at second position with 4.81 TVR.[21] In first two weeks of August 2011, it garnered 6.1 and 5.2 TVRs maintaining its top position.[22]

In first week of 2012, it occupied second position with 4.76 TVR.[23]

In last week of July 2013, it was at second position with 3.9 TVR.[24]

The series received a mix of both positive and negative response. While some applauded the series for portraying the issues of child marriage which was never before shown in Indian television, some criticized the series glorifying child marriage.[25]

The series was also addressed in Indian Parliaments during 2009 prompting Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to stop its telecast condemning for portraying child marriage against the Indian constitutional law.[26][27][28]