# Vidya (TV series)

Vidya ({{translation|Education) is an Indian social drama television series that has been broadcast since 9 September 2019 on Colors TV. Produced by Mahesh Pandey it stars Namish Taneja and Meera Deosthale.
The show was taken off the air abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in India on 30 March 2020. Later, it was announced that the show will not be brought back after the lockdown bringing the show to an abrupt ending.

## Premise

Vidya is a quaint and superstitious widow who awaits a letter from the government regarding her job. However, her luck takes a turn for the worse when she gets the job of teaching English at a school. But unknown to the world she is an illiterate. IAS Vivek Vardhaan Singh, a righteous officer, takes over the charge of the city as the new District Magistrate. He respects Vidya a lot and gradually starts falling in love with her despite her being a widow. Then there is a corrupt politician Nanku Singh creating hurdles in the ways of both of them in many tasks of development. When Vidya reveals she is illiterate Vivek is furious and hurt. By then even she had fallen in love with him and tries to explain her situation and the whole story to him how she was married off and on the very day of her wedding her husband an army officer was called for the duty and got martyred. So to support her in laws she was forced to take up the job. Vivek accepts Vidya and promises to teach her. Vivek's mother lays a condition of accepting Vidya only if she becomes a teacher in reality with all the necessary qualifications. Here begins the journey of Vidya of completing her education.

## Cast
### Main

* Meera Deosthale as Vidya Vivek Singh:
** Ramesh and Durga's daughter; Mohan's sister; Ram's former wife; Vivek's wife ; Mamta's daughter-in-law ; Mahek's friend turned adoptive sister-in-law ; A government school teacher; Nanaku's Enemy (2019–2020)
* Katori Devi: Nanaku's fake homehelper; She had gone to Nanaku's house in disguise with Vivek to find evidence against him
** Ayat Shaikh as Young Vidya Singh (2019)
* Namish Taneja as DM. Vivek Singh:
** Mamta and Vardhan's son; Vidya's husband; Mohan's brother in law; Durga and Ramesh's son in law ; Mahek's adoptive brother; Nanaku's Enemy (2019–2020)
* Ramu Kaka: Nanaku's fake homehelper; He had gone to Nanaku's house in disguise with Vidya to find evidence against him
* A Sardar ji (just on the day of independence day celebration, to save the children from the bomb which was set by nanaku's goons in the school )
* Tufan Singh : Prabhatiya's fake nephew (He had come in disguise to tell Vidya the truth about Sandeep )
* Prem Pratap Banaras waale: A Juggler; ( Vivek had entered by changing his appearance and name so that he could collect information about Nanaku )
* Lord Krishna: By becoming Krishna, he explained the importance of education to Vidya and the villagers.

### Recurring

* Vaquar Shaikh as Nanku Singh – Ranjana's brother; Kalindi's husband; Pari's father; Vidya's admirer turned enemy; Vivek's Enemy; Jagat's brother-in-law ; Dm Sharma's murderer (2019–2020)
* Anshu Shrivastav as Kalindi Singh – Nanku's wife ; Ranjana's sister in law; Jagat's sister; Parvati's daughter-in-law; Pari's mother (2019–2020)
* Aaloak Kapoor as Ramesh Singh – Durga's husband; Vidya and Mohan's father; Vivek's father in law; Keerti's father-in-law ; Ram's ex father-in-law (2019)
* Sanya Dutt as Durga Singh – Ramesh's wife; Vidya and Mohan's mother; Vivek's mother in law; Keerti's mother-in-law; Ram's ex mother-in-law (2019)
* Anamika Kadamb as Ranjana Thakur – Nanku's sister ; Kalindi's sister in law; Parvati's daughter; Prem Pratap's admirer turned enemy; Pari's aunt(2019–2020) (Jailed)
* Sanjay Pandey as Dharam Singh – Parbatiya's husband; Ram and Bablu's father; Vidya's former Father in law ; Nanaku's Slave ; a greedy man (2019–2020)
* Uma Basu as Parbatiya Devi – Dharam's wife; Ram and Bablu's mother; Vidya's former mother-in-law (2019–2020)
* Mansi Srivastava as Mehak Verma – Vivek's adoptive sister; Avatar's love interest ; Vidya's friend turned sister-in-law; Vardhan and Mamata's adoptive daughter (2020)
* Manmohan Tiwari as Ram Singh – Parbatiya and Dharam's son; Vidya's former husband ; An army officer; Ramesh 's and Durga's ex son-in-law (2019) (Cameo)
* Geeta Tyagi as Mamta Singh - Vardhan's wife; Vivek's mother ; Vidya's mother-in-law ; Mahek's adoptive mother
* Akash Mukherjee as Bablu Singh – Parbhatiya and Dharam's son; Ram's brother ; Vidya's former brother in law; Nanaku's Slave; a greedy boy(2019–2020)
* Sudhanshu Sharan as Mohan Singh– Durga and Ramesh's son; Vidya's brother; Keerti's husband (2019)
* Rasika Singh as Keerti Singh – Mohan's wife; Vidya's sister in law; Durga and Ramesh's daughter-in-law (2019)
* Garima Gupta as Principal Monali Verma (2019–2020)
* Jeetendra Trehan as DM Sharma (2019) (Dead)
* Zarina Roshan Khan as Parvati Singh – Nanku and Ranjana's mother; Kalindi's mother-in-law ; Pari's grandmother (2019) (Dead)
* Vikrant Singh Rajpoot as Avtaar Singh – Politician; Vidya's brother; Mehak's love interest (2019–2020)
* Mohit Sharma as Anand – Vivek's assistant (2019–2020)
* Lilliput as School Principal Manohar Mishra (2019–2020)
* Swadesh Mishra as Jagat ; Kalindi's brother; nanaku's brother in law ; Parvati's murderer; Pari's maternal uncle (2019–2020)
* Mohit Abrol as Sandeep; Vidya's ex fiancee; Nanaku's goon turned enemy
* Ahmad Harhash as Ansh

### Special appearances

* Sara Khan to promote Dance Performed in School Party (2019)
* Jigyasa Singh as Heer Singh from Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki (2020)

## Cancellation

Due to low TRP's at 7 pm time slot, the show went off-air during COVID-19 pandemic. The show went off air without completing its story on 30 March 2020. This show was eventually replaced by Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 on 13 July 2020.