Ek Hasina Thi (TV series)

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This article is about the 2014 TV series. For the 2004 film, see Ek Hasina Thi (film).
Ek Hasina Thi
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Genre Suspense thriller
Crime drama
Mystery
Created by Cinevistaas Limited
Written by Sameer Arora
Creative director(s) Siddharth Malhotra
Starring Sanjeeda Sheikh
Vatsal Sheth
Simone Singh
Ayub Khan
Opening theme "Ek Hasina Thi" by Sunidhi Chauhan[1]
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi (primary)
Bengali and English (minor)
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 216[2]
Production
Producer(s) Prem Krishen
Production location(s) Kolkata (setting)
Mumbai (filming)
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 20 minutes
Release
Original network Star Plus Urdu 1
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release April 14 (2014-04-14) –
December 20, 2014 (2014-12-20)
External links
Website

Ek Hasina Thi (English: There was a beautiful woman) is a Crime thriller television series created by Cinevistaas Limited for the channel Star Plus from 14 April 2014 to 20 December 2014 getting replaced by Tu Mera Hero.[3] Produced by Prem Krishen, Ek Hasina Thi is loosely based on the American series Revenge.[4] The series has Sanjeeda Sheikh and Vatsal Sheth as leads and, Simone Singh and Ayub Khan in supportive roles.[5] The show is set in Kolkata, but is filmed in Mumbai.[6] The series was earlier titled Daag.[4] Simone Singh's performance has been lauded.[7][8][9][10]

It was dubbed into various languages: into Telugu as "Durga", into Malayalam as "Oru shishirathinte ormakku" and into Arabic as "Laheeb Al-Huqd / لهيب الحقد" (English: Flames of hatred) on MBC Bollywood.It was also dubbed into Sinhala as "Sulanga wage avidin".[11][12]

Summary

The plot opens with Durga Thakur (Sanjeeda Sheikh), an ambitious and confident young woman who has recently returned from the United States and encounters with Goenka family who are the crème de la crème in Kolkata. Rajnath (Ayub Khan) and Sakshi Goenka (Simone Singh) are the parents of Shaurya Goenka (Vatsal Sheth), a very good-looking spoiled brat and a womanizer who is besotted by Durga. After talking with his friends, they decide that Shaurya has to win Durga for a bet for a one-night stand and he is willing to go to any extent for it. Durga, however, has some other plans and is the caretaker of Payal Mitra (Teena Chopra), a mental patient who has a mysterious past with Goenka family and loses her mental equilibrium whenever she sees Shaurya. Shaurya and Durga go on a series of dates and spends maximum of their time together upsetting Sakshi. Sakshi feels restless near Durga because Durga has a growing influence on Shaurya, who does not consciously realizes this fact. Also, Sakshi speculates that everytime Durga is near her son he gets in some kind of trouble.

It is revealed that Durga is actually Nitya (Aditi Sajwan) who got her face changed through a plastic surgery operation after she was hit by the car of Dr. Dayal Thakur (Bhupinder Singh). Through a series of flashbacks, it is revealed that two years ago, Shaurya and his friends had raped Payal to avenge Nitya. The sisters (Nitya and Payal) lost the case against Shaurya as all of the proofs and witnesses were in Shaurya's favor. Now, Durga has come to seek revenge. Later on, Dev (Bhuvnesh Mann), Shaurya's cousin, returns from America to know about the happenings two years ago.

After a series of events, Durga realizes that Dev is in love with Nitya, but keeping her objective (to destroy Goenka family) in her mind, she distances herself from Dev. To get closer to her revenge, Durga creates a situation where Shaurya professes his love for her by faking a suicide attempt. Durga and Shaurya get engaged to each other but Durga and her dad orders Akash (Mihir Mishra), Sakshi's employee (actually Durga's companion who was spying on Sakshi), to hire some goons to paralyze Shaurya in which they succeed.

The two are to get married but Shaurya walks out of the marriage on wedding day due to his mom's extreme manipulations. To impede further insult, Sakshi suggests Dev's name as the bridegroom but Dev refuses to marry Durga. Dr. Thakur gives Dev an offer of faking a marriage with Durga and in return he will tell him the whereabouts of Nitya to which Dev agrees; and the two pretend to be married. Meanwhile, Rajnath impersonates Akram Rehmat Khan (aka Akash), Sakshi's step-son, to get the video tape (revealing that Rajnath shot his brother Arnav, Dev's father) through which Sakshi blackmailed Rajnath to marry her, killing her husband -Rehmat Khan; who was the only witness of the incident- to clear all the obstacles.

Things take a turn when Sakshi learns that Raj and her best friend, Raima (Kishwar Merchant) are having an affair. Sakshi confronts and shoots Raima in which she goes to coma. Sakshi frames Dev for the murder. Because of the fear that Raima will testify against her in the court, she bribes a nurse to change her medicines which will worsen her health. Durga tries to prove Dev innocent and he eventually gets acquitted from the murder. In the meantime, Shaurya finds out that D. Thakur was involved in his paralysis attack, and shoots him. This provokes Durga for her revenge, in which she tries to create rift between Goenka family in which she doesn't succeed.

Sakshi fakes Shaurya's death in an accident which is executed successfully. Shaurya tracks down Payal and kills Akash and Rishi in the process; however, it turns out that they are alive. Having strong evidence against Goenka family, Durga gets the family arrested. The judge convicts Shaurya and Karan. However, the show has an open ending with Shaurya calling Durga hence demonstrating that he was never in jail. The last scene ends with Durga hearing Shaurya whistle. [2][13]

Cast and characters

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Among the cast members, Singh's portrayal of Sakshi Goenka has been appreciated. A review carried by The Indian Express noted that "her attitude and elegance comes across distinctly in her character".[4]
  • Sanjeeda Sheikh portrays Durga Thakur / Nitya Mitra / Durga Dev Goenka. The real Durga is in fact dead, Nitya Mitra had a facial plastic surgery under the supervision of Dr. Thakur (father of the real Durga Thakur and Nitya's adoptive father)[14]
  • Vatsal Sheth portrays Shaurya Rajnath Goenka, the main male lead, a rich, womanizing heir of Goenka family. Being under the influence of his family, he can get anything he want and is not used to hear the word "no".[15]
  • Simone Singh portrays Sakshi Rajnath Goenka, the main female antagonist who is beautiful, powerful and has a dynamic personality. She enjoys being the center of attention in Kolkata. She can go to any length to protect her two children—Shaurya and Kangana—her only weakness.[16][17][18]
  • Ayub Khan portrays Rajnath Goenka, the second male antagonist who is extremely ambitious and ruthless man who is amongst the elite in Kolkata business and social circles. To maintain his social status, he can go to any length.[19]
  • Bhuvnesh Mann portrays Dev Arnab Goenka, the cousin of Shaurya and the best friend of Nitya. He comes back from US to find out what happened 2 years back. [20]
  • Aditi Sajwan portrays Nitya Mitra, the best friend and lover of Dev. (Before facial plastic surgery)[21]
  • Kishwar Merchant portrays Raima Maheshwari, the best friend of Sakshi who has an extramarital relationship with her husband, Rajnath.[22]
  • Jyoti Gauba portrays Suchitra Arnab Goenka, the mother of Dev who is a kind-hearted woman and believes in social work.[23]
  • Diyali Chauhan / Poonam Preet portrays Kangana Rajnath Goenka, the only daughter of Goenka family. The character is inspired from the Indian actress Kangana Ranaut's role in the 2014 comedy-drama Queen.[24]
  • Mihir Mishra portrays Akram Rehmat Khan / Akash Roy, the step-son of Sakshi whose father was killed by her. Akram Rehmat Khan returns as Akash Roy to seek revenge on Sakshi and is accompanied by Durga in his revenge.[25]
  • Teena Chopra portrays Payal Mitra
  • Vicky Arora portrays Karan Basu
  • Vikram Singh Chauhan portrays Rishi
  • Aliraza Namdar portrays Girish Basu
  • Bhupinder Singh portrays Dr. Dayal Thakur
  • Amit Behl portrays Navin Mathur, the loyal man of Goenka family who is accused of betrayal and is jailed.[26]
  • Aamir Ali portrays Dr. Neil Bhattacharya. Ali made a special appearance; he portrayed Neil who has a false engagement with Durga.[27][28][29]
  • Shalmalee Desai portrays Sagarika Ganguly, a girl whose mother is the victim of spousal abuse.[30][31]

Awards

STAR Parivaar Awards 2014
Indian Telly Awards 2014
Indian Television Academy Awards 2014

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Tied with Ashwini Kalsekar for Jodha Akbar.[33]

References

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