Balika Vadhu

Balika Vadhu
Show Type: Drama	Show Timing: Mon - Sat 8:00 pm
Language : Hindi	Channel: Colors TV
Launched: 21st July 2008	Production company: Sphere Origins
Director: Siddharth Sen Gupta, Pradeep Yadav	Producer: Sunjoy Waddhwa, Comal Sunjoy Waddhwa
Written: Purnendu Shekhar	Created by: Purnendu Shekhar

Story

Set in rural Rajasthan, 'Balika Vadhu' traces the arduous journey of child bride Anandi from the brink of childhood to womanhood. Married at the tender age of eight, Anandi had 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 itself. Now, as a young adult, she faces new challenges as she tries to carve out her own identity in the world. 'Balika Vadhu' very sensitively portrays the plight of children who are unwittingly forced into marriage, in the name of tradition, and have to bear the repercussions for the rest of their lives.

Cast
Toral Rasputra as Anandi Shivraj Shekhar	Siddharth Shukla as Shivraj Alok Shekhar
Shashank Vyas as Jagdish Bhairon Singh	Sargun Mehta as Ganga Jagdish Singh
Roop Durgapal as Sanchi Alok Shekhar	Surekha Sikri as Kalyani Devi
Anup Soni as Bhairon Dharamveer Singh	Smita Bansal as Sumitra Bhairon Singh
Satyajit Sharma as Basant Mahavir Singh	Nivedita Kohli as Gehna Basant Singh
Khushmeet Gill as Amol Shivraj Shekhar	Sanjay Basak as Nandakishor Basant Singh a.k.a Nandu
Janvi Chheda as Sugna Shyam Singh	Sachin Shroff as Shyam Madan Singh
Rishabh Sharma as Varun Shyam Madan Singh	Sudhir Pandey as Premkishor Shekhar a.k.a Daadu
Jaineeraj Rajpurohit as Alok Premkishor Shekhar	Sonal Jha as Iravati Alok Shekhar a.k.a Ira
Anita Kulkarni as Meenakshi Anoop Shekhar a.k.a Meenu	Abhishek Tewari as Mahi Anoop Shekhar
Avinash Wadhawan as Anoopraj Premkishor Shekhar / Pasha

TRP / TVM Ratings

March
Week 11	9th March 2014 to 15th March 2014	-
Week 10	2nd March 2014 to 8th March 2014	5.6 TVM

February
Week 9	23rd February 2014 to 1st March 2014	6.0 TVM
Week 8	16th February 2014 to 22nd February 2014	6.4 TVM
Week 7	9th February 2014 to 15th February 2014	6.8 TVM
Week 6	2nd February 2014 to 8th February 2014	5.8 TVM

January
Week 5	26th January 2014 to 1st February 2014	6.5 TRP
Week 4	19th January 2014 to 25th January 2014	7.2 TVM
Week 3	12th January 2014 to 18th January 2014	6.3 TVM
Week 2	5th January 2014 to 11th January 2014	6.4 TVM
Week 1	31st December 2014 to 6th January 2014	6.6 TVM