Shubharambh

Shubharambh (transl. Auspicious beginning) is an Indian drama series produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions which aired from 2 December 2019 to 13 November 2020 on Colors TV.[2] It stars Mahima Makwana and Akshit Sukhija.[3] The show is developed and written by Pankhuri Gangwal and Vaishali Naik.

Shubharambh
Written byPankhuri Gangwal
StarringMahima Makwana
Akshit Sukhija
Voices ofAntara Mitara
Tushar Joshi[1]
Opening themeShubharambh
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes175
Production
ProducersShashi Mittal
Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal
Om Ahmed
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time24 minutes
Production companyShashi Sumeet Productions
DistributorViacom 18
Release
Original networkColors TV
Picture format
First shown inIndia
Original release2 December 2019 (2019-12-02) –
13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)
External links
Voot

Plot

Raja Reshammiya, a son from a wealthy family lacks self-confidence and Rani Dave, a sharp girl belongs to a poor family. Raja and Rani meet and start off on a conflicting note but later fall in love.

Misunderstanding Rani's family to be rich, Raja's mother Asha brings a marriage proposal to Rani's house. After their marriage, Asha finds out the truth about Rani's poor family background. She constantly tries to cause problems in their relationship. Later on, Rani and Raja come up with several situations, and Raja's uncle and aunt want them to be under their control. Meanwhile, Kesha (Raja's uncle and Aunt's daughter) falls for Ustav's Boss, and decides to marry him without informing her family. She was pregnant. Later on, Utsav reveals the truth of his boss to Kesha. His boss was already married. Heartbroken, Kesha comes back home with Utsav's advice. With misunderstanding, the family blames Utsav, except Rani. When she enquires Utsav, he agreed the blame. Kesha's father decides that she must leave the house as she did not obey his wish for her marriage with his business friend, Mukesh Shah's son. After that, Raja and Rani participate in a competition of shoemakers called 'Mera Jutha hai Hindustani' as the winner of the competition gets a loan from the government to start their shoe factory. They both fail in the selection round. So, they decided to go with the wild card entry and along with them Kesha participates, as she had a deal with her father that if Raja and Rani were out of the competition, she can come home. So, with Utsav's trust she goes to competition. Meanwhile, Raja gets badly injured in the eye while he makes the soles of the shoes with a chemical glue. Both Raja and Rani work hard to win the competition as a false statement was given for not attending the interview with their name that they will be separated if they lose the competition. They work very hard. Competitor Mihika and Kesha tried very hard to make them lose but failed. Kesha fakes her illness and after seeing Raja's kindness, she tells the truth on how she tried to sabotage them. Raja is hurt on his foot and they both try to go to the competition. Raja's uncle and aunt send goons after them. Raja gets injured and tells Rani to go to the competition. Raja and Rani won the competition. As Raja gets injured due to Gunvant's evil plot Rani's ex-lover Mihir enter their life as his doctor much to her dismay. Mihir blackmails her to marry him and he will save Raja. A helpless Rani agrees. After Raja's second surgery, Rani tells the family the truth. She decided to commit suicide by drinking poison. Mihir sees how much Rani loves Raja and leaves Rani. Raja is recovered.

One year later

Raja and Rani have become very successful. Raja's uncle and aunt want to kill Rani. His uncle decides to lit them on fire, but instead both him and his wife are caught in the circle of fire. Raja and Rani jump in the circle trying to save them. His uncle and aunt gives the keys of his father's shop to Raja and Rani. And finally, the family reunites and takes a family selfie together.

Cast

Main
  • Mahima Makwana as Rani Dave Reshammiya: Vrinda's daughter; Utsav's and Chukki's sister; Raja's wife (2019−2020)
  • Akshit Sukhija as Raja Reshammiya: Asha's and Dhanwant's son; Rani's husband (2019−2020)

Recurring
  • Shubhangi Latkar as Vrinda Dave: Rani, Utsav and Chukki's mother (2019−2020)
  • Pallavi Rao as Asha Reshammiya: Dhanwant's wife; Raja's mother (2019−2020)
  • Rakesh Kukreti as Dhanwant Reshammiya: Gunvant's brother; Asha's husband; Raja's father (2019) (Dead)
  • Meghan Jadhav as Utsav Dave: Vrinda's son, Rani and Chukki's brother; Kesha's husband (2019−2020)
  • Vaidehi Dharmecha as Chukki Dave: Vrinda's daughter, Rani and Utsav's sister; Popat's wife (2019−2020)
  • Rahul Patel as Popat Shah: Chukki's husband (2019−2020)
  • Jiten Lalwani as Gunvant Reshammiya: Dhanwant's brother; Kirtida's husband; Hitank, Mehul and Kesha's father (2019−2020)
  • Chhaya Vora as Kirtida Reshammiya: Gunvant's wife; Hitank, Mehul and Kesha's mother (2019−2020)
  • Padmesh Pandit as Chagan Dave: Vrinda's husband; chukki, utsav and Rani's father (2019-2020)
  • Vikas Tripathi as Hitank Reshammiya: Kirtida and Gunvant's son; Mehul's and Kesha's brother; Darshana's husband (2019−2020)
    • Meer Ali replaced Tripathi as Hitank Reshammiya (2020)[5]
  • Dipna Patel as Darshana Reshammiya: Hitank's wife (2019−2020)
  • Aarjav Trivedi as Mehul Reshammiya: Kirtida and Gunvant's son; Hitank's and Kesha's brother; Jharna's husband (2019−2020)
  • Astha Agarwal as Jharna Reshammiya: Mehul's wife (2019−2020)
  • Vaibhavi Mahajan as Kesha Reshammiya: Kirtida and Gunvant's daughter; Hitank's and Mehul's sister; Utsav's wife (2019−2020)
  • Roopa Divetia as Dhanvant and Gunvant's aunt (2019−2020)
  • Karan Mehra as Bharat Hasija ;main judge (2020) (cameo)
  • Deepti Bhatnagar Badoni as Meena Nayak co-judge in Mera Joota Hai Hindustani (2020)
  • Prachi Bohara as Sweety Singhaniya; host for the competition (2020)
  • Helly Thakkar as Mihika Raichand;competitor in the competition.(2020)
  • Raaj bhavsar as Aashish Patel; competition in competition. (2020)
  • Shagun Pandey as Dr. Mihir Doshi; Rani's ex-lover (2020)

Production

The production and airing of the show was halted indefinitely in late March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India.[7] Because of the outbreak, the filming of television series and films was halted on 19 March 2020 and expected to resume on 1 April 2020 but could not and the series was last broadcast on 1 April 2020 when the remaining episodes were aired.[8][9] The production resumed on 25 June 2020.[10] Owing the halt, the cast of the series took 25% payment cut for six months.[11] On 27 September, the shooting halted when Akshit Sukhija tested positive for COVID-19. The storyline was tweaked during Akshit Sukhija break. Akshit Sukhija resumed shooting on 12 October 2020.

Reception

Ratings

Shubharambh premiered on 2 December 2019 at 9 p.m. IST.

According to BARC ratings, with an impression of 3,539 the show entered the top 20 list in week 49 of 2019.[12]

Simultaneously, it has maintained its place in week 1 of 2020 and week 3 of 2020 occupying 19th spot respectively in all India Hindi GEC shows with the ratings of 1.7 and 1.6, respectively.[13][14] The ratings kept on fluctuating with a rating of 1.4[15] however it returned to the top 20 list in week 9, 2020[16] and continued till week 10 and week 11,2020.[17]

In week 12, 2020 the show entered the top 10 chart.[18]

References
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  2. "Shubh Aarambh to air soon, know when and where to watch the show". Republic World.
  3. "Shubharambh: Mahima Makwana becomes a choreographer, teaches Akshit Sukhija garba". The Times of India.
  4. Suthar, Author: Manisha (2020-08-25). "Vaishnavi MacDonald to enter Colors' show Shubharambh". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. "Mir Ali about entering Subharambh mid-way". toi.
  6. "Zalaka Desai to enter Colors TV Subharambh". toi.
  7. "Television Industry in a Slump With the Lockdown". The Quint.
  8. "Coronavirus outbreak: Film and television shootings to stop till March 31". India Today.
  9. "COVID-19 impact: TV industry braces for loss as production stalled". Live Mint.
  10. "Shooting of popular shows 'Barrister Babu' and 'Shubharambh' commences after lockdown". Republic World.
  11. "Shubharambh actors asked to take 25 per cent pay cut for six months, confirms actress Mahima Makwana". India Today.
  12. "BARC ratings week 49,2019: Kundali bhagya overtake Yeh Jadu Hai Jin ka". Iwmbuzz.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  13. "BARC ratings: Week 01(2020)". Iwmbuzz.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  14. "BARC ratings: Week 03(2020)". Iwmbuzz.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  15. "BARC weekly ratings:Kundali bhagya grabs its spot". The quint. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  16. "BARC ratings: India's best dancers shows great opening, naagin sees drop and Shubharambh back in charts". Tellychakar.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  17. "BARC India ratings: Week 11 (2020)". Iwmbuzz.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  18. "HIT OR FLOP: Barrister Babu, Shubharambh, Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 Or Shakti Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki?". Spot boy.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
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