Sasural Simar Ka

Sasural Simar Ka
Genre	Drama Romance
Created by	Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited
Written by	Rajesh Dubey Ved Raj Sudhir Kumar Sonali Jaffar Jayesh Patil Damini K Shetty
Directed by	Pawan Kumar Marut
Starring	See below
Country of origin	India
Original languages	Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1588 as of 5th August 2016
Production
Producer	Rashmi Sharma
Production locations	Vrindavan Delhi Mumbai Ahmedabad Hong Kong
Running time	20 minutes
Production company	Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited
Original release
Network	Colors TV , Polimer TV , Surya TV
Release	25 April 2011 (2011-04-25) – Present

Sasural Simar Ka (English: home of Simar's in-laws) is an Indian soap opera that airs Monday through Sunday evenings on Colors TV. The show premiered on 25 April 2011 and is produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. It tells the story of two close sisters, Roli and Simar, who fall in love with two brothers, Siddhant and Prem, and live together as daughters-in-law in the Bharadwaj household. It is aired in Malayalam named Sithara in Surya TV & in Tamil as Moondru muduchi in Polimer TV.

Plot summary

The story revolves around the two brothers, Simar (Dipika Kakar) and Roli (Avika Gor), who marry two brothers Prem Bharadwaj (Dheeraj Dhoopar/Shoaib Ibrahim) and Siddhant Bharadwaj (Manish Raisinghan), respectively, and how the two sisters become perfect daughters-in-law of the Bharadwaj family by handling different problems.

Cast

Main Cast

Main Leads

• Dipika Kakar as Simar Prem Bharadwaj (2011-) (Main Female Lead)
• Dheeraj Dhoopar as Prem Rajendra Bharadwaj (2013-) (Main Male Lead)
• Mansi Srivastava as Prerna Siddhant Bharadwaj (2016-) (2nd Female Lead)
• Manish Raisinghani as Siddhant Rajendra Bharadwaj (2011-) (2nd Main Male Lead)

Supporting Cast

• Jayati Bhatia as Nirmala Daddoji Bharadwaj / Mataji (2011-) (Supporting Female Lead and Protagonist)
• Nishigandha Wad as Sujata Rajendra Bharadwaj (2011-) (Main Protagonist)
• Aadarsh Gautam as Rajendra Daddoji Bharadwaj (2011-) (Protagonist)
• Jyotsna Chandola as Khushi Sankalp Bharadwaj / Billo Rani (2012-) (Main Antagonist)
• Aaryamann Seth as Sankalp Suryendra Bharadwaj (2013-) (Protagonist)
• Jhanvi Vohra as Karuna Suryendra Bharadwaj (2011-)(Antagonist turned Protagonist)
• Snehal Sahay as Uma Satyendra Bharadwaj (2011-)(Antagonist turned Protagonist)
• Ashu Sharma as Satyendra Rajendra Bharadwaj (2011-)(Protagonist)
• Vishal Nayak as Shailendra Rajendra Bharadwaj (2015-)(Protagonist)
• Shweta Sinha as Pari Shailendra Bharadwaj (2011-)(Antagonist turned Protagonist turned out Antagonist)
• Alan Kapoor as Amar Malthora (2014-) (Protagonist)
• Rushad Rana as Mr.Sumit Kapoor (2016-)(Protagonist)
• Jasveer Kaur as Mrs. Rita Kapoor (2016)(Antagonist)
• Vaishali Takkar as Anjali Prem Bharadwaj (2016-) (Antagonist, Simar & Prem's daughter)
• Abhinandan as Rohan Mehra(2016)(Protagonist)
• Nikki Sharma as Roshni Mehra (2016-)(Protagonist)
• Varun Sharma as Piyush Prem Bharadwaj (2016-) (Protagonist/ Prem & Simars son)

Former Cast

• Avika Gor as Roli Siddhant Bharadwaj/Jhumki/Shruti Verma (2011-2016) (Former Main Female Lead and Protagonist) (Dead)
• Shoaib Ibrahim as Former Prem Rajendra Bharadwaj (2011-2013) (Former Main Male Lead and Protagonist) (Replaced)
• Ritwi Jain/Sneha Chauhan as Former Anjali Prem Bharadwaj / Anju (2014-2016) (Prem & Simar's daughter)
• Tvisha Jain as Sanjana Prem Bharadwaj/Sanjana Vikrant Mehta/Sanju (2014-2016)
• Aahekh Sharma as Sankalp Suryendra Bharadwaj (2011-2013)
• Sahil Anand/Sumeir S Pasricha as Shailendra Rajendra Bharadwaj (2011-2015)
• Kanchi Singh as Cherry Suryendra Bharadwaj (2011-2012)
• Ashiesh Roy as Suryendra Dadoji Bharadwaj (2011-2013)
• Aadesh Chaudhary as Vikrant Mehta (2014)
• Kunika as Thakurain (2015)
• Prateek Shukla as Karthik Mehta (2014)
• Sadhana Sharma as Priya Karthik Mehta (2015)
• Anshul Trivedi (actress) as Baa Mehta (2014)
• Anshul Trivedi (actor) as Baba (Jwala Devi's son) (2014) (Dead)
• Nimisha Vakharia as Manoranjan Singh (2011-2015)
• Meera Deosthale as Priya (2014)
• Hemant Choudhary as Gajendra Singh (2015)
• Shraddha Musale (2015)
• Siddharth Vasudev as Rai Bahadur Rajveer Singh (2015)
• Sayantani Ghosh as Rajkumari Rajeshwari (2015)
• Pratichee Mishra as Guru Maa (2016)
• Rohit Khurana as Shaurya Singhania (2013) (Dead)
• Shikha Singh as Meghna Singhania (2013)
• Pankaj Dheer as Jamnalal Dwivedi (2011-2013)
• Himani Shivpuri as Rajjo Dwivedi (2011-2013)
• Jaya Ojha as Meena Jamnalal Dwivedi (2011-2013)/(2014)/(2016)
• Rakshit Wahi as Gautam Jamnalal Dwivedi (2011-2013)
• Khyati Keswani as Vaishnavi (2015) (Dead)
• Pratap Sachdeo as Sarpanch (Leela's father) (2015) (Dead)
• Priyanka Bhole as Leela (2015) (Dead)
• Mughdha Shah as Daksha Baa (2015) (Dead)
• Neha Lakshmi Iyer as Surbhi Prem Bharadwaj (2014)
• Vishal Aditya Singh as Veeru (2012-2014)
• Priyamvada Kant as Anisha (2012) (Dead)
• Swati Chitnis as Shobha (2013)
• Unknown as Shakti (Shobha' s son) (2013)
• Shalini Sahuta as Sonia Oberoi (2013-2014)
• Amita Khopkar as Jwala Devi (2014)
• Unknown as Birju (2014)
• Jetendra as Mr. Jatin Verma (2015)
• Aruna Singhal / Unknown as Pari & Surbhi's mother (2013/(2015)
• Shyam Mashalkar as Calendar (2015)
• Sana Amin Sheikh as Naina (2013)
• Anirudh Singh as Dr. Anurag Arora (2014-2015)
• Karuna Verma as Shanti Arora (2014)
• Shivangi Sharma as Bhakti (2014)
• Kanika Shivpuri as Jhanvi Grandmother-in-law (2014)
• Bobby Darling as Bobby (2014)
• Unknown as Mr. Karan Singhania (Simar's boss at Hong Kong) (2015)
• Unknown as Mr. Singh (Simar's opponent at Hong Kong) (2015)
• Gaurav Khanna as TV Anchor (Simar Dance Performance) (2011)
• Vipul Roy as Anchor (Jhanvi and Bhakti Cooking Competition) (2014)

Supernatural Cast

• Sara Khan as Fake Roli / Maya - Icchadhari Naagin (Antagonist turn Protagonist)
• Pratyusha Banerjee† as Mohini - Daayan (2015) (Antagonist)
• Reshmi Ghosh as Indrawati Gajendra Singh as Daayan Spirit (2015) (Antagonist)
• Vindhya Tiwari as Chandramani/Chanda Prem Bharadwaj - Chand's (Moon) Mani (2016)
• Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Mahamaya - Daayan (2016)
• Sujata Vaishnav as Mehendi Wali - Daayan (2016)
• Deblina Chatterjee as Devika/Devika Prem Bharadwaj - Patali Devi (2015-2016)
• Anjali Gupta as Sunanda (Mohini's mother) - Daayan (2015)
• Neetha Shetty as Aditi/Sunaina Vikrant Mehta - Ghost (2015)
• Ali Hassan as Shaitan - Devil (2016)
• Meghna Naidu as Gayatri - Patali Devi (2015-2016) (Antagonist)
• Jayshree T. as Badi Daayan - Daayan Spirit (2016)
• Shagufta Ali as Fake Sugandha/Maalti/Rubbina - Daayan (2016)
• Aarti Singh as Madhavi - Ghost (2016)
• Kashvi Kothari as Choti Dulhan - Ghost (2016)

Special Appearances

• Shahrukh Khan as Himself (2011)
• Kapil Sharma as Himself (2014)
• Sanjeev Kapoor as Himself (2014)
• Salman Khan as Himself (2015)
• Sonam Kapoor as Herself (2015)

Crossover episodes

Colors TV

• Swaragini
• Shastri Sisters
• Balika Vadhu
• Thapki Pyar Ki
• Ishq Ka Rang Safed
• Udaan

Rishtey

• Swaragini
• Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi
• Udaan

Adaptations

The show is also broadcast by Geo Kahani and Colors sister channel Rishtey. This serial is also adapted in Tamil by Polimer TV and in Malayalam by Surya TV. The show dubbed Vietnamese in Vietnam by Echannel VTVCab 5

Awards & Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2011	Colors Golden Petal Awards	Most Mazedar Personality	Himani Shivpuri	Won
		Most Lokpriya Dharavaahik	Sasural Simar Ka	Nominated
		Most Lokpriya Face–Male	Shoaib Ibrahim
		Most Lokpriya Face–Female	Deepika Samson
		Most Sanskaari Personality	Avika Gor
		Most Lokpriya Family	Mataji & Family
2012	11th Indian Telly Awards	Best Drama Series	Sasural Simar Ka
	Colors Golden Petal Awards	Most Damdaar Personality	Jayati Bhatia	Nominated
		Most Tez-Tarar Personality	Jyostna Chandola	Nominated
		Most Lokpriya Jodi	Shoaib Ibrahim & Dipika Kakar	Nominated
		Most Lokpriya Family	Bhardwaj Family	Nominated
		Most Lokpriya Face – Male	Shoaib Ibrahim	Nominated
		Most Lokpriya Face – Female	Dipika Kakar	Nominated
		Most Mazedaar Personality	Nimisha Vakaria	Won
		Most Anubhavi Personality	Jayati Bhatia	Nominated
		Most Jaanbaaz Personality	Avika Gor	Nominated
		Most Chahita Personality	Manish Raisinghani	Nominated
		Most Bhavuk Personality	Avika Gor	Won
		Sanskaari Vyaktitva	Dipika Kakar	Won
		Most Lokpriya Dharavaahik	Sasural Simar Ka	Nominated
		Best Story (fiction)	Team	Won
		Best Show	Team	Nominated
	Star Guild Awards	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Shoaib Ibrahim	Nominated
		Best Writer	Ved Raj	Nominated
2013	Colors Golden Petal Awards	Most Lokpriya face - Male	Manish Raisinghan	Won
		Most Damdar Personality	Jayati Bhatia	Won
		Best Parivaar	Bhardwaj Family	Won
		Most Bhaavuk Personality	Dipika Kakar	Won
		Most Janbaaz Personality	Avika Gor	Won
		Best Show	Sasural Simar Ka	Nominated
		Most Lokpriya Face - Female	Dipika Kakar & Avika Gor	Nominated
		Favourite Jodi	Dheeraj Dhoopar & Dipika Kakar	Nominated
	Star Guild Awards	Best Actor in a Drama Series	Shoaib Ibrahim	Nominated
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Drama Series	Rashmi Sharma	Won
		Best Actress in a Leading Role	Avika Gor	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Negative Role	Jyostna Chandola	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Jayati Bhatia	Nominated
2014	Indian Telly Awards	Best Drama Series	Rashmi Sharma	Won
2015	Indian Television Academy Awards	Rishte-Naate Awards	Dheeraj Dhoopar, Avika Gor & Manish Raisinghan	Won
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Dipika Kakar	Nominated
		Best Daily Serial	Rashmi Sharma	Nominated
	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	Most Entertaining Television Actor - Female	Avika Gor	Nominated
	Zee Gold Awards	Best Actress	Dipika Kakar	Won
		Best Actress in Supporting Role	Jayati Bhatia	Won
		Best Jodi	Dipika Kakar & Dheeraj Dhoopar	Nominated
		Best Fiction Show	Rashmi Sharma	Nominated