# Doli Armaano Ki

Doli Armaanon Ki (transl. Palanquin of Dreams), internationally titled Lies of the Heart, is an Indian television drama series which premiered on 2 December 2013, and ran until 25 September 2015. It aired on ZEE TV Monday through Friday. It stars Neha Marda and Mohit Malik in the lead roles.

## Plot

Urmi Singh, a girl in Jhansi, dreams of marrying 'the perfect' man who might be her 'prince charming'. Her marriage is arranged with a wealthy businessman, Samrat Singh Rathore, who is selfish, arrogant, and short-tempered, unbeknownst to Urmi, as she was told by Samrat's best friend, Ishaan Sinha, that he is a gentleman. During the wedding preparations, Urmi's cousin, Trisha, sees many red flags in Samrat, but Urmi ignores her and marries Samrat.
On their wedding night, Samrat shows his true colours and Urmi is devastated. He begins abusing Urmi, as no one in Samrat's family is willing to stand up to him for her because even they fear his temper. His father, Rudra Singh Rathore and his brother, Dewaker, try to help Urmi, but he ignores them and loses his temper. Ishaan discovers he is deceiving Urmi by abusing and cheating on her, so he breaks ties with Urmi and flees abroad. Urmi leaves Samrat's house on the day of Holi and returns to her parents' house, but soon returns after finding out that she is pregnant with Samrat's child.

### 4 years later

Urmi and Samrat have a son, Shaurya. On Shaurya's birthday, Urmi has an argument with an old man and is surprised to know that he is Samrat's uncle. He helps Urmi to stand up for herself, but it angers Samrat. Samrat beats up Urmi badly. Urmi files a case against Samrat accusing domestic Violence but retracts it due to her and his family's pressure. With advice from his uncle, Samrat begins changing his rude and disgusting behaviour with love towards Urmi, only for it to be revealed later on, that he was faking it just so she can stay with him. Urmi falls for Samrats tricks and decides to forgive him one more time. However, a while later, she finds him cheating on her and that becomes the last straw for her. She leaves the house with Shaurya. Samrat begins to make Urmis life hell, and even begins manipulating Shaurya just so she can return but this time Urmi stays firm. Ishaan returns to India and helps Urmi to get a divorce. Samrat is sentenced to six years in prison.

### 6 years later

Urmi owns a restaurant with Ishaan's help. Ishaan proposes to Urmi. Samrat returns to take revenge on Urmi and Ishaan. He marries Ishaan's sister, Taani to get closer to them. Urmi is revealed to be pregnant. Samrat tries to kill her but Ishaan dies while saving Samrat. Overcome by guilt, Samrat kills himself. Ishaan's mother, Damini blames Urmi for Ishaan's death.

### 20 years later

Urmi's children, Shaurya and Ishaani are grown up. Manipulated by Damini, Ishaani hates Urmi believing she killed Ishaan. Shaurya falls in love with Diya and they marry. Ishaani realizes Damini's reality and reconciles with Urmi. Damini is imprisoned. She returns and tries to kill the entire family, but Urmi shoots Damini and the family is reunited.

## Cast
### Main

* Neha Marda / Manasi Salvi as Urmi Singh Sinha – Saroj and Devi's elder daughter; Gaurav and Anushka's sister; Trisha's cousin; Samrat's ex-wife; Ishaan's widow; Shaurya and Ishaani's mother (2013–2015) / (2015)
* Mohit Malik as Samrat Singh Rathore – Shashikala and Rudra's younger son; Diwaker and Aditi's brother; Rashmi's cousin; Ishaan's ex-best friend; Urmi's ex-husband; Taani's husband; Shaurya's father (2013–2015) (Dead)
* Siddharth Arora / Vibhav Roy as Ishaan Sinha – Anirudh and Damini's son; Taani and Ratti's brother; Rohit and Neharika's half brother; Samrat's ex-best friend; Urmi's second husband; Ishaani's father; Shaurya's step-father (2013–2014) / (2014–2015) (Dead)

### Recurring

* Kunal Karan Kapoor as Shaurya Sinha – Urmi and Samrat's son; Ishaan's step-son; Ishaani's half-brother; Mandira and Chiku's cousin; Diya's husband (2015)
** Yash Pandey as Teenge Shaurya (2015)
** Mitansh Gera as Child Shaurya (2014)
* Neha Sargam as Diya Tiwari Sinha – Mr. Tiwari's daughter; Shaurya's wife (2015)
* Parvati Sehgal as Taani Sinha Singh Rathore – Anirudh and Damini's elder daughter; Ishaan and Ratti's sister; Rohit and Neharika's half sister; Samrat's widow (2015)
* Geeta Tyagi as Shashikala Singh Rathore – Rudra's widow; Diwakar, Samrat and Aditi's mother; Mandira and Shaurya's grandmother (2013-2015)
* Jeetendra Trehan as Rudra Singh Rathore – Garjan's brother; Shashikala's husband; Diwakar, Samrat and Aditi's father; Mandira and Shaurya's grandfather (2013–2014) (Dead)
* Gaurav Rana as Diwakar Singh Rathore – Shashikala and Rudra's elder son; Samrat and Aditi's brother; Rashmi's cousin; Kanchan's husband; Mandira's father (2013–2015)
* Vibhuti Thakur as Kanchan Singh Rathore – Diwakar's wife; Mandira's mother (2013–2015)
* Saachi Tiwari as Mandira Singh Rathore – Diwakar and Kanchan's daughter; Shaurya's cousin (2014)
* Ragini Gakhar as Aditi Singh Rathore Chauhan – Shashikala and Rudra's daughter; Diwakar and Samrat's sister; Rashmi's cousin; Amrit's wife (2013–2014)
* Aadesh Chaudhary / Harsh Vashisht as Amrit Singh Chauhan – Aditi's husband (2013–2014) / (2014)
* Anupam Shyam as Garjan Singh Rathore – Rudra's brother; Diwakar, Samrat and Aditi's uncle (2014)
* Manisha Thakkar as Rashmi Singh Rathore – Diwakar, Samrat and Aditi's cousin; Gaurav's ex-wife (2013-2014)
* Nalini Negi as Ishaani Sinha – Urmi and Ishaan's daughter; Shaurya's half-sister; Chiku's cousin (2015)
* Sonia Kapoor as Anita Sinha - Anirudh's late wife; Rohit and Neharika's mother Ishaan, Taani and Ratti's stepmother (2015) (Dead)
* Avinash Wadhawan as Anirudh Sinha – Anita's Widower; Damini's husband; Rohit, Neharika, Ishaan, Taani and Ratti's father; Arjun, Niyati and Ishaani's grandfather; Shaurya's step-grandfather (2015)
* Kamya Panjabi as Damini Sinha –
Anirudh's wife; Ishaan, Taani and Ratti's mother; Rohit and Neharika's Stepmother; Ishaani's grandmother; Arjun, Niyati and Shaurya's step- grandmother (2015) (Dead)
* Rajat Tokas/Amit Pachori as Rohit Sinha - IAS Anirudh and Anita's son Damini's Stepson ;Neharika's brother Ishaan, Taani and Ratti's half brother ;Pooja's husband Arjun and Niyati's father (2015)
* Falaq Naaz as Pooja Sinha - Rohit's wife; Arjun and Niyati's mother (2015)
* Gulfisha Mirza as Neharika Garg - Anirudh and Anita's daughter; Damini's stepdaughter; Rohit's sister ;Ishaan, Taani and Ratti's half sister Abhishek's wife (2015)
* Karan Suchak as Abhishek Garg - Neharika's husband (2015)
* Rohit Khurana as Arjun Sinha - Rohit and Pooja's son Niyati's brother Shaurya's half cousin Ishaani's cousin Amrita's husband (2015)
* Deblina Chatterjee as Amrita Sinha - Arjun's wife; Rohit and Pooja's daughter in law (2015)
* Shilpa Raizada as Niyati Sinha -Rohit and Pooja's daughter ;Arjun's sister Shaurya's half cousin Ishaani's cousin (2015)
* Ayesha Singh as Ratti Sinha – Anirudh and Damini's younger daughter; Ishaan and Taani's sister Rohit and Neharika's half sister(2015)
* Amita Udgata as Gayatri Singh – Devi's mother; Gaurav, Urmi and Anushka's grandmother; Shaurya, Chiku and Ishaani's great-grandmother (2013-2015)
* Anjali Mukhi as Saroj Singh – Nirmala's sister; Devi's wife; Gaurav, Urmi and Anushka's mother; Shaurya, Chiku and Ishaani's grandmother (2013-2015)
* Jayant Rawal as Devi Singh – Gayatri's son; Saroj's husband; Gaurav, Urmi and Anushka's father; Shaurya, Chiku and Ishaani's grandfather (2013-2015)
* Hemant Thatte as Gaurav Singh – Saroj and Devi's son; Urmi and Anushka's brother; Rashmi's ex-husband; Asha's husband; Chiku's father (2013-2015)
* Sameeksha Sud as Asha Singh – Gaurav's second wife; Chiku's mother (2014-2015)
* Kunal Jaisingh / Shashank Sethi as Chiku Singh – Asha and Gaurav's son; Shaurya and Ishaani's cousin (2015)
* Mehendi Jain as Anushka "Anu" Singh – Saroj and Devi's younger daughter; Gaurav and Urmi's sister; Trisha's cousin (2013-2014)
* Snigdha Srivastava as Trisha Singh – Nirmala and Mr. Singh's daughter; Urmi, Gaurav and Anushka's cousin (2013-2014)
* Massheuddin Qureshi as Mr. Singh – Nirmala's husband; Trisha's father (2013-2014)
* Guddi Maruti as Snidhu Bua (2013-2014)
* Shaji Chaudhary as Inspector Anshuman Singh(2014)
* Varun Sharma as Karan (Anushka's ex-fiancé and friend)(2014)
* Priya Shinde as Urmi 's NRI friend Natasha(2014)
* Vertika Verma as Payal (Urmi's friend)(2014)
* Deepali Saini as Meena (Urmi's hostel friend)(2014)
* Ayush Mehra as Ravi Darshan Tiwari(2014)
* Himani Shivpuri as Sushma Tiwari(2014)
* Raju Kher as Darshan Tiwari(2014)
* Vishal Puri as Niranjan Khanna(2014-2015)
* Nidhi Jha as Nidhi Khanna (2014)
* Shruti Kanwar as Radha, Kanchan's cousin sister(2014)
* Swati Nanda as Sanaya Seth (Urmi's Mumbai friend, Samrat's former lover)(2015)
* Shashwita Sharma as Sandhiya Sinha(2015)
* Rajesh Balwani as Alok Sinha(2015)
* Mehul Kajaria as Sundar Sinha – Ishaan's cousin(2015)
* Keith Sequeira as James (blackmailer)(2015)
* Neetha Shetty as Kiran, Samrat's love interest(2015)
* Vikram Chatterjee as Yash Singhania(2015)
* Kapil Arya as Karan Tripathi(2015)
* Pankaj Dheer as Mr. Jaamdar(2015)
* Gaurav Chopra as Akash Kumar(2015)
* Pallavi Dutt as Sheeba Kumar; Mrs. Akash Kumar (2015)
* Mohit Shrivastava as Prathanesh Sharma(2015)
* Shahab Khan as Mr Tiwari (Diya's father)(2015)
* Sunayana Fozdar as Simran (Mr Akash Kumar's fashion designer)(2015)
* Krishnam Sharma as Rahul(2015)
* Karan Mishra as Deepak (2015)
* GUEST APPEARANCES
* Shabir Ahluwalia as Abhishek “Abhi” Prem Mehra from Kumkum Bhagya
* Sriti Jha as Pragya Arora Mehra from Kumkum bhagya
* Shikha Singh as Aaliya Mehra from Kumkum Bhagya
* Toral Rasputra as Anandi Singh from Balika Vadhu
* Shashank Vyas as Jagdish Singh from Balika Vadhu
* Sidharth Shukla as Shivraj Singh from Balika Vadhu
* Sargun Mehta as Ganga Singh from Balika Vadhu
* Ashish Sharma as Rudra Pratap Ranawat from Rangrasiya
* Sanaya Irani as Paro Ranawat from Rangrasiya
* Avinash Sachdev as Shlok Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doom? Ek Baar Phir
* Shrenu Parikh as Aastha Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doom? Ek Baar Phir
* Sameer Sharma as Varad Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doom? Ek Baar Phir
* Shalmalee Desai as Sonal Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doom? Ek Baar Phir
* Harshad Arora as Zain Abdullah from Beintehaa
* Preetika Rao as Aaliya Zain Abdullah from Beintehaa
* Mrunal Jain as Akash from Uttaran
* Tina Datta as Meethi from Uttaran
* Ankita Lokhande as Ankita Naren Karmarkar from Pavitra rishta
* Karan Veer Mehra as Naren Karmarkar from Pavitra Rishta
* Rithvik Dhanjani as Arjun Deshmukh Kirloskar from Pavitra Rishta
* Asha Negi as Purvi Deshmukh Kirloskar from Pavitra Rishta
* Karan Patel as Raman Bhalla from Ye hai Mohabbatein
* Divyanka Tripathi as Ishita Raman Bhalla from Ye hai Mohabbatein
* Shakti Arora as Ranveer Vaghela from Meri Aashiqui tumse hi
* Radhika Madan as Ishani Parekh from Meri Aashiqui tumse hi
* Dheeraj Dhoopar as Prem Bharadwaj from Sasural Simar ka
* Dipika Kakar Ibrahim as Simar Prem Bharadwaj from Sasural Simar Ka
* Avika Gor as Roli Bharadwaj from Sasural Simar ka
* Manish Raisinghan as Siddhant Bharadwaj from Sasural Simar ka
* Ronit Roy as Dr.Nachiket Khanna from Itna Karo Na Muhje Pyaar
* Pallavi Kulkarini as Dr.Ragini Khanna from Itna Karo Na Muhje Pyaar
* Surbhi Jyoti as Sanam Ahmed Khan from Qubool hai
* Karanvir Bohra as Aahil Raza Ibrahim from Qubool hai

## Series overview

| Seasons | Episodes | First Aired | Last Aired |
| 1 | 482 | 2 December 2013 | 25 September 2015 |

## Production

Initially Mohit Malik rejected the role then Rahil Azam was signed for the show but was eventually replaced by Mohit Malik.
Chhavi Pandey auditioned for Parvati Sehgal's role but was rejected by the makers.
Karan Tacker was approached for Ishaan's role before finalizing Vibhav Roy in it but Karan rejected the role because of some personal issues.
Nikita Sharma was offered a role in the show which was earlier played by Priya Shinde in the show.
Falaq Naaz was chosen for playing the elder Anushka in the show after the five-year leap replacing Mehendi Jain as the younger one which was a strong character of an IPS Officer in the show but the makers scrapped her role because of excess characters in the six-year leap.
Mohit Malik was to play the role of adult Shaurya after leap but he quit the show because of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa.
Saurabh Raaj Jain was offered Shaurya's role which was later played by Kunal Karan Kapoor in the show.
Kanchi Singh was offered Nalini Negi's role but declined it as she thought it was a negative character.
Rajat Tokas was approached for the show but declined the part Gaurav Chopra played the part later.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Beti | Neha Marda (favourite jodi along with Mohit Malik) | Won |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Nayi Jodi | Neha Marda (favourite jodi along with Mohit Malik) | Nominated |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Behen | Neha Marda (favourite jodi along with Mohit Malik) | Nominated |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Jodi | Neha Marda (favourite jodi along with Mohit Malik) | Nominated |
| 2014 | Indian Television Academy Awards | GR8! Performer of the Year – Female | Neha Marda (favourite jodi along with Mohit Malik) | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Gold Awards | Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male) | Mohit Malik | Won |
| 2015 | ITA Award | Best Actor In A Negative Role (Male) | Mohit Malik | Won |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Khalnayak | Mohit Malik | Won |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Saas-Sasur | Geeta Tyagi (Along with Jetendra Trehan) | Nomimated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Best Dialogue | Shanti Bhushan | Won |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Best Dialogue | Pearl Grey | Won |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Dharavahik (Fiction) | Spellbound Productions | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Behen | Ragini Ghakar (along with Neha Marda) | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Beta | Mohit Malik | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Parivaar | Doli Armaanon ki | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | ITA Awards | GR8! Performer of the year- Male | Mohit Malik | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Bhai | Hemant Thatte | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Popular Face - Male | Mohit Malik | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Saas- Jamai | Mohit Malik (along with Anjali Mukhi) | Nominated |
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favourite Naya Sadasya | Neha Marda | Nominated |