Pavitra Bhagya (transl. Sacred fate) is an Indian romantic drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.^[1] It premiered on 2 March 2020 on Colors TV and stars Aneri Vajani and Kunal Jaisingh.^[2]

Plot

An 18 years-old, carefree and happy Pranati Mishra meets and falls in love with Reyansh Khurana, a rich, arrogant playboy who is her classmate. When she informs him about being pregnant, he leaves her, not ready to become a father.

Pranati delivers a daughter in an unconscious condition at home, but her mother Shobha gives baby to an orphanage and lies to her that she had a miscarriage.

8 years later

Pranati has moved on in life. She is set to marry her friend Archit. Reyansh is still a flirty parabolic who fears commitment. Pranati and Reyansh's daughter, Jugnu is a naughty young girl always up to tricks in the orphanage. Pranati finds out about Jugnu being her daughter and files for custody. Pranati and Reyansh are given joint custody of Jugnu for 6 months. Pranati breaks off her engagement with Archit, leaving him heartbroken. Reyansh's grandmother makes a deal asking Pranati to act like Reyansh's wife for the 6 months. Reyansh's grandmother wants Riya to marry Armaan who is Reyansh's cousin. Armaan has an affair with Navya who is Archit's sister. Reyansh and Pranati(Pranati thinks that Riya is Armaan's choice, but she is grandmother's choice) help Armaan woo Riya and they become successful. During Riya and Armaan's engagement, the family forces Pranati and Reyansh to get engaged. Reyansh's grandmother calls Pranati characterless and Armaan says that they need to get married because they already live together which makes Reyansh mad.

Cast

Main

• Aneri Vajani as Pranati Mishra: Shobhna and Madan's daughter, Prabhas and Chetna's sister, Reyansh's fiancée, Archit's ex-fianceè, Jugnu's mother. (2020–present)
• Kunal Jaisingh as Reyansh Khurana: Shamsher and her deceased wife's son , Pranati's fiancé , Jugnu's father. (2020–present)
• Vaishnavi Prajapati / Riva Arora as Jugnu Khurana: Pranati and Reyansh's daughter, Shamsher and his deceased wife's illegitimate granddaughter , Baljeet's illegitimate great-granddaughter.(2020–present)

Recurring

• Vibha Chibber as Baljeet Khurana: Shamsher and Sangram's mother and Vardhan, Bindiya and Shamsher's wife's mother in law, Reyansh, Armaan and Maan's grandmother and Rhea and Anisha's grandmother in law. (2020–present)
• Sherrin Varghese as Shamsher Khurana: A Widower and husband of his deceased wife and Vardhan and Reyansh's mother, Baljeet's son. Vardhan and Reyansh's father. (2020–present)
• Charu Mehra as Anisha Khurana: Vardhan's wife, Reyansh's sister-in -law. (2020–present)
• Jaideep Singh as Sangram Khurana: Baljeet's son, Shamsher’s brother, Bindiya's husband, Armaan and Maan's father. (2020–present)
• Roma Bali as Bindiya Khurana: Sangram's wife, Armaan and Maan's mother. (2020–present)
• Mohit Hiranandani as Armaan Khurana: Bindiya and Sangram's elder son, Maan's brother, Vardhan and Reyansh's cousin brother , Rhea's fiancée and Navya's boyfriend whom he has made pregnant. (2020-present)
• (2020–present)
• Yatin Mehta as Maan Khurana: Bindiya and Sangram's younger son, Armaan's brother, Vardhan and Reyansh's cousin brother. (2020–present)
• Pratiksha Rai as Chetna Mishra: Shobhna and Madan's daughter, Pranati and Prabhas's sister . (2020–present)
• Ruma Rajni as Shobhna Mishra: Madan's wife, Pranati, Prabhas and Chetna's mother. (2020–present)
• Ajay Chakraborty as Madan Mishra: Shobhna's husband, Pranati, Prabhas and Chetna's father. (2020–present)
• Jatin Shah as Prabhas Mishra: Shobhna and Madan's son, Pranati and Chetna's brother, Pallavi's husband. (2020–present)
• Piyali Munsi as Pallavi Mishra: Prabhas's wife, Pranati and Chetna's sister-in-law. (2020–present)
• Abhishek Verma as Archit Ahuja: Sumitra's son, Navya's elder brother, Pranati's ex fiancé. (2020-present)
• Vibha Bhagat / Divyajyotee Sharama as Sumitra Ahuja: Archit, Navya and Nupur's mother. (2020-present)
• Karan Sharma as Mr. Ahuja: Sumitra's husband, Archit, Navya and Nupur's father (2020-present)
• Ruby Bharaj as Nupur Ahuja: Sumitra's daughter; Archit and Navya’s younger sister. (2020-present)
• Param Nagar as Dilsher Singh: Reyansh's best friend. (2020–present)
• Karan Taneja as Matron's assistant. (2020)
• Aashish Kaul as Vishambhar Gehlot: Rhea and Sameer's father, Mallika's father-in-law.(2020-present)
• Vidyut Xavier as Sameer Gehlot: Vishambhar's son, Mallika's would be husband.(2020-present)
• Neha Pednekar as Mallika : Mantri Ji's daughter, Reyansh's ex girlfriend, Sameer's would be wife. (2020-present)

Production

The series is mainly filmed at the sets in Killick Nixon studio.^[3]

The production and airing of the show was halted indefinitely in late March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India.^[4] Because of the outbreak, the filming of the series was halted on 19 March 2020.^[5][6] After three months, the filming resumed and new episodes started airing from 13 July 2020.^[7][8][9] Vaishnavi Prajapati was replaced by Riva Arora as Jugnu.^[10]

On 12 July 2020, the filming of the series was halted for a few days when Parth Samthaan from Kasautii Zindagii Kay, filmed at the same studio, was tested positive for COVID-19.^[11]

Reception

The Times of India quoted that Aneri Vajani and Kunal Jaisingh’s show looks promising; child actor Vaishnavi Prajapati steals the limelight and said, "Jugnu in Pavitra Bhagya stands out as a child actor. Sporting a tomboy look, Jugnu’s level of naughtiness and attitude is level: Boss. With a fresh cast, the storyline of Pavitra Bhagya is also interesting and promising. However, Aneri’s Pranati is a bit over the top when it comes to showing her emotional moments. Abhishek’s character Archit is also quite progressive and we can see in the upcoming episodes if his role stays the same. Kunal Jaisingh is good with the casanova image and he is justifying his role as Reyansh aka Rey."^[12]

References

External links

• Official website on Colors
• Live Episodes