Choti Sarrdaarni:
Choti Sardarni (transl. Young Choti Sardarni) is an Indian Hindi language romantic drama television series produced by Cockcrow and Shaika Entertainment. It premiered on 1 July 2019 on Colors TV and ended on 10 June 2022 completing 810 episodes. It starred Nimrit Ahluwalia, Avinesh Rekhi, and Mahir Pandhi.
Plot:
Carefree and bubbly, Meher Kaur Dhillon falls in love with Manav Sharma and gets pregnant with his child. Choti Sardarni’s mother, Kulwant Kaur Dhillon, who is the sarpanch of the village, and also a very proud and arrogant woman refuses to accept financially unstable Manav and thus stabs him and throws him into a river. She forces Meher to marry Sarabjit Singh Gill, Choti Sardarni widowed president of Amritsar, who also has a 5-year-old son Paramjit so that she could become the MLA and also ensure Meher gets married into a rich and secure family. To save her unborn child from Kulwant, Choti Sardarni agrees to the marriage.
On the wedding night, Choti Sardarni reveals her pregnancy to Sarab, who initially gets very upset. Meher however develops a very close bond with Param. Meher intends to leave the two and reside in Serbia with her unborn son, however, she and Sarab realize their love for each other. Sarab accepts her child. Sarab’s sister, Harleen finds out the truth about Meher’s pregnancy and pretends to accept it for Sarab. Choti Sardarni gives birth to a son, Karanjit Singh Gill. Manav and Sarab’s half-sister, Aditi, comes into Sarab and Meher’s life. Many trials and tribulations occur, including the fight over Karan’s custody, nonetheless, everything is sorted out in the end. Aditi and Manav fall in love and marry and Karan remains with Sarab and Meher. Later on, Choti Sardarni is jailed for the allegation of murdering her brother Jagga and Sarab fails to save her.
Cast:
Meher Kaur Dhillon Gill – Kulwant and Trilochan’s daughter; Jagga, Bittu, and Rana’s sister; Manav’s former lover; Sarab’s second wife; Karan and Seher’s mother; Param’s step-mother; Prince’s adoptive grandmother. (2019–2021) (Dead)
Amandeep Sidhu as Mannat Kaur Dhillon Randhawa – Bittu and Harnoor’s daughter; Jeeto’s step-daughter; Gullu’s half-sister; Yuvi, Karan, Sehe,r and Cherry’s cousin; Param’s step-cousin; Zorawar’s wife. (2022)
Zara Khan as Child Mannat Kaur Dhillon (2022)
Gaurav Bajaj as Zorawar “Zorro” Singh Randhawa – Simrat and Inderpal’s son; Kiara’s brother; Khushi, Param and Seher’s cousin; Karan’s step-cousin; Mannat’s husband. (2022)
Vihaan Thakkar as Child Zorawar Singh Randhawa (2022)
Recurring:
Anita Raj as Kulwant Kaur Dhillon – Trilochan’s widow; Jagga, Bittu, Ran, and Meher’s mother; Yuvi, Karan, Seher, Mannat, Gullu, and Cherry’s grandmother; Param’s step-grandmother; Prince’s adoptive great-grandmother. (2019–2022)
Shehzada Dhami / Vineet Raina / Hitanshu Jinsi as Paramjeet “Param” Singh Gill – Sarab and Simran’s son; Meher’s step-son; Seher’s half-brother; Karan’s step-brother; Khushi, Kiara and Zorawar’s cousin; Yuvi, Mannat, Gullu and Cherry’s step-cousin; Devika’s ex-fiancé. (2021) / (2021–2022) / (2022)
Aekam Binjwe as Teenage Param Singh Gill (2021)
Kevina Tak as Child Param Singh Gill (2019–2021)
Special appearances:
Unknown as Simran Kohli Kaur Gill – Neerja and Avtaar’s daughter; Sarab’s first wife; Param’s mother Seher step-mother (2019) (Dead)
Shefali Rana as Shekhar Kaul’s mother (2021)
Unknown as Trilochan Singh Dhillon: Kulwant’s husband; Jagga, Meher, Bitt,u and Ranna’s father; Yuvi, Karan, Seher, Mannat, Gul, Lu, and Cherry’s grandfather; Param’s step-grandfather; Prince’s adoptive great-grandfather. (2021)
Prakash Ramchandani as Kuljeet Singh Gadgill: Harshdeep’s husband (2021)
Arpita Pandey as Sukhpreet “Sukhi” Kaur Grewal: Nimmi’s friend (2021)
Unknown as Pushpa Rathore: Jaswant’s wife; Ajit’s mother; Devika’s fake mother (2022)
Ajay Dutt as Jaswant Rathore: Pushpa’s husband; Ajit’s father; Devika’s fake father (2022)
Shubh Karaan as Ajit Rathore: Pushpa and Jaswant’s son; Devika’s fake brother (2022)
Guests:
Devoleena Bhattacharjee in a dance performance at Sarab and Meher’s sangeet (2019)
Meera Deosthale as Vidya Singh from Vidya (2019)
Namish Taneja as Vivek Singh from Vidya (2019)
Salman Khan to promote Dabangg 3 (2019)
Sonakshi Sinha to promote Dabangg 3 (2019)
Sai Manjrekar to promote Dabangg 3 (2019)
Arjit Taneja as Azaan Mirza from Bahu Begum (2019)
Samiksha Jaiswal as Noor Mirza from Bahu Begum (2019)
Taapsee Pannu to promote Thappad (2020)
Filming:
The production and airing of the show was halted indefinitely in late March 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The filming resumed after three months and the show started airing again on 13 July 2020. During the break, the main actors Rekhi, Ahluwalia, and Tak shot a few episodes from their homes during the nationwide lockdown which streamed under Lockdown Special Episodes on Colors TV’s official digital platform Voot.
Ratings:
Choti Sardarni in week 41 of 2020, became the fourth most-watched Hindi show in urban with 5.281 million impressions.