# Lagira Zala Ji

Lagira Zala Ji is an Indian Marathi language television drama series which aired on Zee Marathi. It premiered from 1 May 2017 by replacing Jai Malhar. It is produced by Shweta Shinde under the banner of Vajra Production. It starred Nitish Chavan and Shivani Baokar in lead roles. It ended on 22 June 2019 completing 682 episodes.

## Plot

It is the story of an orphaned Ajinkya Shinde belonging to a small village near Satara. He is a dedicated follower of Maratha king Shivaji and dreams of joining the Indian Army and serving the nation, for which he is preparing himself to achieve. Ajinkya has already lost his parents in a mine explosion and live with his maternal uncle, aunt, grandma and cousin sister. Since he lost his parents in an explosion, he wants to be in the army and fight against the terrorists. If needed, then he is even ready to sacrifice his own life for his country. That is his ideology. Sheetal is Ajinkya's love interest. Ajinkya and Sheetal, in spite of sparkling chemistry between themselves, cannot stand each other's presence. But slowly they fall in love. Later on, Sheetal's family arranges her marriage with Harshvardhan Deshmukh, who turns out to be an illegal arms businessman. On the other side, Ajinkya gets chance in army training. Ajinkya works with the army to capture Harshvardhan and succeeds. Ajinkya marries Sheetal under the situation.

## Cast
### Main

* Shivani Baokar as Sheetal Surendra Pawar / Sheetal Ajinkya Shinde
* Nitish Chavan as Fauji Ajinkya Shinde (Ajya)

### Recurring
#### Bhoite family

* Kiran Dhane / Purva Shinde as Jayashri Samadhan Bhoite / Jayashri Harshvardhan Deshmukh (Jaydi)
* Vidya Sawale / Kalyani Chaudhari as Pushpa Samadhan Bhoite
* Santosh Patil as Samadhan Bhoite
* Kamal Thoke as Jiji

#### Pawar family

* Devendra Deo as Surendra Shivram Pawar (Nana)
* Daya Eksambekar as Usha Surendra Pawar
* Saurabh Bhise as Saurabh Surendra Pawar
* Dhondiram Karande as Appa Shivram Pawar
* Manjusha Khetri as Neelam Appa Pawar
* Sandip Jangam as Jitendra Shivram Pawar (Jitu)
* Shivani Ghatge as Suman Jitendra Pawar
* Dhruv Gosavi as Dhruv Jitendra Pawar

#### Deshmukh family

* Kiran Gaikwad as Harshvardhan Yuvraj Deshmukh (Bhaiyyasaheb)
* Yogini Pophale as Pratibha Yuvraj Deshmukh / Pratibha Pratapsingh Jagtap (Taisaheb)
* Bharati Dole as Aaisaheb
* Vedraj Anapat as Sangramsingh Pratapsingh Jagtap (Simba)
* Mahesh Jadhav as Mahesh (Talent)

### Others
#### Fauji

* Nikhil Chavan as Vikram Raut (Vikya)
* Vikram Gaikwad aa Dheeraj Nikam
* Pradeep Kothmire as Ajay Desai
* Mahesh Ghag as Hanumant Phadtare
* Shriram Lokhande as Abhay Marane
* Aniket Lad as Pashya
* Varinder Singh as Sardarji
* Amit Kulkarni as K.K.
* Arjun Kusumbe as Shailesh
* Sumeet Pusavale as Sumit
* Rahul Jagtap as Rahul

#### Villagers

* Rahul Magdum as Rahul Ravindra Tate
* Nilima Kamane as Neelima Ravindra Tate
* Amarnath Kharade as Jameer (Jamya)
* Laxmi Vibhute as Yasmin
* Prafullkumar Kamble as Rafiq
* Trupti Navale as Amina
* Saya Kashid as Pooja
* Kiran Dalvi as Gotya
* Rukmini Sutar as Radha
* Sachin Hagavane-Patil
* Shekhar Sawant
* Anita Chavan
* Ashok Gurav
* Bhakti Zanzane
* Abhishek Vernekar

## Reception
### Special episode (1 hour)

* 22 July 2018
* 2 September 2018
* 6 January 2019

### Ratings

| Week | Year | BARC Viewership | BARC Viewership | Ref. |
| Week | Year | TRP | Rank | Ref. |
| Week 27 | 2017 | 2.0 | 5 | |
| Week 31 | 2017 | 2.7 | 4 | |
| Week 37 | 2017 | 3.5 | 3 | |
| Week 49 | 2017 | 3.8 | 3 | |
| Week 15 | 2018 | 2.5 | 4 | |
| Week 19 | 2018 | 3.1 | 3 | |
| Week 34 | 2018 | 3.4 | 5 | |
| Week 25 | 2019 | 3.2 | 4 | |
| Week 26 | 2019 | 5.7 | 1 | |

## Adaptations

| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
| Marathi | Lagira Zala Ji लागिरं झालं जी | 1 May 2017 | Zee Marathi | 22 June 2019 | Original |
| Bengali | Rangiye Diye Jao রাঙিয়ে দিয়ে যাও | 11 December 2017 | Zee Bangla | 15 June 2018 | Remake |
| Punjabi | Kamli Ishq Di ਕਮਲੀ ਇਸ਼ਕ ਦੀ | 13 January 2020 | Zee Punjabi | 11 June 2021 | Remake |

## Awards

Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha Awards :
| Year | Category | Recipient |
| 2017 | Best Series | Shweta Shinde & Sanjay Khambe |
| 2017 | Best Actress | Shivani Baokar |
| 2017 | Best Couple | Shivani Baokar-Nitish Chavan |
| 2017 | Best Title Song | AV Prafullachandra |
| 2017 | Best Character Male | Rahul Magdum |
| 2017 | Best Supporting Male | Nikhil Chavan |
| 2017 | Best Supporting Female | Kiran Dhane |
| 2017 | Best Father | Devendra Deo |
| 2017 | Best Grandmother | Kamal Thoke |
| 2017 | Best Child Character | Dhruv Gosavi |
| 2018 | Best Comedy Character | Rahul Magdum |
| 2018 | Best Negative Actor | Kiran Gaikwad |