Imlie

Imlie is an Indian television drama series that premiered on 16 November 2020 on Star Plus.[1] Produced by Gul Khan and Karishma Jain under 4 Lions Films, it stars Sumbul Touqeer Khan, Gashmeer Mahajani and Mayuri Deshmukh.[2] The series is remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Ishti Kutum.[3]

Imlie
GenreDrama
Developed byStarPlus
Leena Gangopadhyay
Written byDialogue
Divy Sharma
Aparajita Sharma
Story byVed Raj
Vera Raina
Aakriti Atreja
Directed byAtif Khan
Creative directorMuskan Bajaj
Starring
Theme music composerTapas Relia
Opening themeImlie
ComposerNishant Raja
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes72
Production
ProducersGul Khan
Karishma Jain
CinematographyNidhin Valard
EditorsShashank H. Singh
Rakesh Lal Das
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22–25 minutes
Production company4 Lions Films
DistributorStar India
Release
Original networkStar Plus
Picture format576i
1080i(HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original release16 November 2020 (2020-11-16) –
present
Chronology
Related showsIshti Kutum
External links
Hotstar
Production website

Plot

A famous journalist Aditya from Delhi visits Imlie's village to interview Satyakam Dadda. One stormy night Imlie is forced to spend the night in the cottage with Aditya. Though both are innocent, the locals force Aditya to marry Imlie. Aditya, previously engaged to his girlfriend Malini in the city, refuses to recognise the ceremony and asks Imlie to decide what she wants to do. Imlie was devastated to know that her husband was reluctant to accept her as a wife and she was just a liability to him. Imlie at first was placed in the care of an NGO, but later circumstances forced Aditya to take her to his home.

There, Imlie introduced herself as a domestic servant who accompanied Aditya to search for a job in the city. In no time, Imlie got adjusted to the family and everyone started liking her because of her jovial and bubbly nature. Meanwhile, Aditya tries to tell Malini what all happened at Pagdandia, but he failed to do so.

The Chaturvedi's and the Tripathi's start preparation for Aditya and Malini's wedding celebration, while at the same time Imlie embarks on a new journey to find her estranged father who left her mother years ago in the village. Aditya's family insists Imlie pursue education further, after learning that Imlie is literate. Later, during wedding celebrations, Imlie is kidnapped by a child-trafficking group but was later rescued by Aditya. Aditya and Malini get engaged in a ceremony at the Chaturvedi Mansion. Imlie's constant interference in Aditya's family and the ruckus caused by her on the engagement day made Aditya take a firm decision to send Imlie back to Pagdandia.

Finally, the wedding day of Aditya and Malini arrives. Meethi and Satyakam reach Delhi to meet Imlie. Anu confronts Imlie and asks about her father and grows suspicious thereafter. Later, Imlie takes a firm stand and refuses to go back to Pagdandia. She accuses Aditya of undermining her which makes him angry. An infuriated Aditya decides to reveal the truth about Imlie to the entire family. He tries to tell the truth but fails to do so. Meethi and Satyakam reach the hotel where the wedding is going on. Imlie meets them and insults them to prevent them from learning the truth. Seeing Aditya and Malini happy together, Imlie makes a sacrifice and lets them get married.

Finally, Aditya and Malini get married. Dev and Anu bid a tearful adieu to Malini. Imlie helps Malini to complete her wedding rituals. Seeing Imlie's interest in studying, Malini offers her to take admission to her university. Aditya plans to visit Pagdandia again, to cover a media report. He asks Imlie to accompany him to Pagdandia. Imlie is heartbroken upon listening to this, as she is deeply attached to Aditya's Family.

Imlie is emotional as she leaves for Pagdandia, but the family is still unaware of the fact that Imlie won't return. On reaching Pagdandia, Aditya offers money to Imlie instead of the services rendered by her at his house as a maid. But, she refused to accept the amount as she did the work considering it as her own house. A dejected Aditya then leaves for the lodge where he'll be staying. Imlie is welcomed by her mother, Meethi and Satykam. Both Imlie and her mother share some emotional moments while villagers enquire about Aditya. Feeling guilty, villagers express their desire to seek forgiveness from Aditya for forcefully getting him married. They quickly rush to the lodge where Aditya is staying and persuade him to accompany them. Though unwilling, Aditya gives his consent and accompany them to the village. Villagers welcome him with great pomp and show and address him as "Jamai Babu" or beloved son-in-law. They get them married again, which irks Aditya. Aditya is disgusted by the odd-behavior of villagers and criticises Imlie as he feels that she is the only one responsible for this nuisance. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Rupali (Ruby) was betrayed by her husband and the latter was not faithful to her.

Aditya and Imlie are forced to do rituals together, much to Aditya's infuriation. Meanwhile, Anu tries to provoke Malini against Aditya. Dulari Devi gets suspicious about Aditya when the latter accidentally spoke Malini's name but Imlie tries to convince her. Later, the police try to trap Satyakaam. Later, Aditya is emotional as he leaves for Delhi. Soon, Imlie gets wounded as she tries to save Aditya from an intruder.

Cast

Main
  • Sumbul Touqeer Khan as Imlie: Meethi and Dev's daughter; Anu's step daughter; Aditya's wife; Malini's sister. She is a village girl who wishes to be a policewoman one day. Imlie is a fun-loving and jolly girl who takes care of everyone. She loves to study and aspires to become very successful someday. However, all her dreams came to standstill when she forcefully got married to Aditya. (2020–present)[4]
  • Gashmeer Mahajani as Aditya Kumar Tripathi: Aparna and Pankaj's son; Malini and Imlie's husband. He is an honest and dedicated journalist. He is a dutiful and assiduous person. However, due to certain circumstances, he got married to Imlie. He always deprived Imlie of her privileges and never accepted her as his wife. (2020–present)
  • Mayuri Deshmukh as Malini Chaturvedi: Anu and Dev's daughter; Aditya's wife; Imlie's sister. She is a good-natured university professor. She is kind-hearted and has unconditional love towards Aditya and his entire family. Oblivious to the fact that Imlie is her sister, she still treats her nicely and always stands by her. (2020–present)

Recurring
  • Jyoti Gauba as Anuja Chaturvedi: Malini's mother; Dev's loving wife. She is sophisticated and criticises her husband for not being faithful and committed towards her after returning from Pagdandia as she feels that something happened there that changed her husband for always and also condemns the traditional values of Tripathi's and feels that joint families are nothing but a mess where one has to sacrifice something as she had to when Dev cheated on her and she does not want her daughter to experience what she had to in her married life. (2020–present)
  • Indraneel Bhattacharya as Dev Chaturvedi: Malini and Imlie's caring father; Anu's husband; Meeth's lover. He is an established artist who cheated on Anu when he went to Pagdandia years ago and fell in love with Meethi but abandoned her and left Pagdandia, he was unaware that they have a daughter together named Imlie but later got to know. He always supports Malini.(2020–present)
  • Chandresh Singh as Pankaj Tripathi: Aditya's father; Aparna's husband. (2020–present)
  • Ritu Chaudhary as Aparna Tripathi: Aditya's mother; Pankaj's wife. (2020–present)
  • Meena Naithani as Dulari Devi: Imlie's maternal grandmother Meethi's stepmother. She is an orthodox lady who leaves no chance to reprimand and criticise Meethi and Imlie. She was the one who instigated everyone against Aditya and forced him to marry Imlie. (2020–present)
  • Kiran Khoje as Meethi: Dulari's stepdaughter; Imlie's mother and Dev's lover. Meethi is a helpless woman who is always abused and dominated by her mother for having an affair and giving birth to an illegitimate daughter. However, she is very particular about her daughter's education. (2020–present)
  • Vijay Kumar as Satyakam aka 'Dadda': He is a tribal leader, activist, and rebel who condemns societal norms and beliefs. However, he too loves Meethi and treats Imlie as his own daughter. He also provides financial support for Imlie's education. (2020–present)
  • Faisal Sayed as Dhruv Tripathi: Rupali and Nishant's brother; Aditya's cousin brother; Nidhi's husband; Sunny's father. (2020–present)
  • Astha Agarwal as Nidhi Tripathi: Dhruv's wife; Sunny's mother. (2020–present)
  • Preet Kaur Madhan as Rupali (Rupi): Dhruv and Nishant's sister; Pranav's wife; Radha's elder daughter; Aditya's cousin sister; Twinkle's mother. She had a bitter marital experience and therefore has an irritable nature. (2020–present)
  • Vijaylaxmi Singh as Radha Tripathi: Dhruv, Nishant, and Rupali's mother (2020–present)
  • Jared Saville as Sunny Tripathi: Dhruv and Nidhi's son (2020–present)
  • Rakesh Maudgal as Harish Tripathi (Badke Kaka): Rupali, Nishant and Dhruv's father; Radha's husband (2020–present)
  • Tasheen Shah as Twinkle: Rupali's daughter (2020–present)
  • Gaurav Mukesh as Sundar: Domestic helper at Tripathi Sadan (2020–present)
  • Suraj Sonik as Shashank: Anu and Dev's nephew; Malini's cousin brother who tried to molest Imlie. (2020)

Production

Development

Star Jalsha's Bengali series Ishti Kutum was remade in Hindi language on StarPlus as Mohi by White Horse Productions which aired from 2015–2016 which did not garner good viewership.[5] However by 4 Lions Films, producer Gul Khan remade the series again as Imlie for StarPlus stating, "I know you have heard and seen this before, many times, but we’ll play it more real."[6]

The filming of the series began in October 2020.[7] The series is based on the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh.[8]

Release

The first promo of the series was released on 27 October 2020 featuring the leads.[9]

Reception

Critical reception

ThePrint praised the series along with few other few Hindi series as revolutionary saying, "They appear to have taken a few tentative steps out of their dream bubble and hit the ground stumbling, just like Imlie did as she raced through the fields on her way to the village school, her grandmother’s admonishments hastening her strides."[10]

Ratings
Week and year Episodes BARC viewership (Hindi GEC urban) BARC viewership (Hindi GEC overall) Ref(s)
Impressions (in millions) Ranking Impressions (in millions) Ranking
Week 46, 2020 1-5 5.594 4 8.489 5 [11][12]
Week 48, 2020 12-17 5.832 4 9.05 5 [13][14]
Week 49, 2020 18-23 6.74 3 10.61 4 [15][16]
Week 50, 2020 24-29 6.98 3 10.51 5 [17][18][19]
Week 51, 2020 30-35 7.078 3 10.601 5 [20][21]
Week 52, 2020 36-41 7.573 2 11.464 3 [22][23][24]
Week 1, 2021 42-47 7.753 2 11.753 3 [25][26]
Week 2, 2021 48-53 7.223 2 10.912 3 [27][28]
Week 3, 2021 54-59 7.240 2 11.265 3 [29][30]

Adaptations
S.no. Language Title Airing Date Network(s) Notes Ref(s)
1 Bengali Ishti Kutum
 24 October 2011–13 December 2015 Star Jalsha Original
2 Hindi Mohi
मोही		 10 August 2015– 27 February 2016 Star Plus Remake [31]
3 Telugu Kongumudi
 19 December 2016–17 June 2017 Star Maa Remake [32]
4 Malayalam Neelakkuyil
നീലക്കുയിൽ		 26 February 2018-6 April 2020 Asianet Remake [33]
5 Tamil Neelakuyil
நீல குயீல்		 17 December 2018–24 August 2019 Star Vijay Remake [34]

References
  1. "TV Rating War sees new show Imlie and Ekta Kapoor's Yeh Hai Chahatein enter Top 5". India Today.
  2. "Gashmeer Mahajani spills the beans on his small screen debut for the upcoming TV Show 'Imlie'". The Times of India.
  3. "Gashmeer Mahajani plays an urban character in Imlie". The Times of India.
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  5. "TV shows that are going off air". The Times of India. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  6. "A new love story Imlie to replace Yehh Jadu Hai Jinn Ka starring Sumbul Touqeer, Gashmeer Mahajani and Mayuri Deshmukh". Mumbai Mirror. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021.
  7. "Sumbul Touqeer Khan opens up on her preparations to essay the role of Imlie". The Tribune.
  8. "Into a new zone: Gashmeer Mahajani talks about his small screen debut". The Tribune.
  9. "In Video: Star Plus releases first promo of new show Imlie". BizAsia.
  10. "Guddan, Mayura, Molkki, Imlie — Hindi TV series are finally doing something revolutionary". ThePrint.
  11. "Imlie opens to big numbers, Anupamaa continues to top TRP list". The Indian Express.
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  13. "WEEK 48 - DATA: Saturday, 28th November 2020 To Friday, 4th December 2020". BARC India.
  14. "BARC TRP Report Week 48". CNN News18.
  15. "Imlie and Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Mein gain traction on TRP chart". The Indian Express.
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