# Vadalvaat

Vadalvaat (transl. The Road of Storm) is an Indian Marathi language television series which aired on Zee Marathi. It is produced by Shashank Solankiand directed by Mandar Devsthali under the banner of Seventh Sense Media. It starred Aditi Sarangdhar and Lokesh Gupte in lead roles. It premiered from 7 July 2003 by replacing Aabhalmaya. It ended on 9 February 2007 completing 939 episodes.

## Plot

The focal point is the Chaudhari family, spearheaded by Aabasaheb. This dynamic household consists of Aabasaheb's three children—Satyajit, Soham and Shravani—each contributing to the intricate narrative. At the heart of their endeavors is the family-owned newspaper 'Nirbhid'.

## Cast
### Main

* Aditi Sarangdhar as Rama Chaudhari
* Lokesh Gupte as Samar Ajinkya

### Recurring

* Arun Nalawade as Shrikrishna Chaudhari (Aaba)
* Meghana Vaidya as Sulakshana Chaudhari
* Neelam Shirke as Vishakha Chaudhari
* Ashish Kulkarni / Shekhar Phadake as Nikhil Saranjame
* Hemangi Kavi / Shubhada Patankar as Shravani Chaudhari
* Prasad Oak as Bhaskar Chaudhari
* Pooja Nayak as Janhavi Chaudhari
* Umesh Kamat as Soham Chaudhari
* Avinash Narkar as Satyajeet Chaudhari
* Anuradha Rajadhyaksha as Purva Chaudhari
* Sharad Ponkshe as Devram Khandagale
* Pushkar Shrotri as Pratap Khandagale
* Sunil Godse as Shivram Khandagale
* Subodh Bhave as Jaysingh Rajput
* Sukanya Kulkarni as Vaijayanti Barve-Mujumdar
* Chinmay Mandlekar as Samsher Singh
* Kshitee Jog as Alandi Chhatre
* Shweta Shinde as Monika Sardesai
* Anand Abhyankar as Uddhav Gadre
* Vighnesh Joshi as Shree Kalyani
* Prajakta Hanamghar as Shriya Kalyani
* Abhijeet Chavan as Krushna Gunjal
* Akshay Pendse as Parth Vidwans
* Prabhakar Panashikar as Bhaiyya Chaudhari
* Rujuta Deshmukh as Saumya Raichand
* Vibhavari Pradhan as Samidha
* Santosh Juvekar as Shailesh Kavishwar
* Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar as Gayatri Kavishwar
* Pratima Kulkarni as Vasundhara Karkhanis
* Smita Oak as Lalita Kavishwar
* Maithili Jawkar as Champa Khandagale
* Mandar Chandwadkar as Sandesh Kothare
* Milind Shinde as Shrikant Vazalvar
* Mahesh Subhedar as Subhash Salvi
* Pankaj Vishnu as Ajay Nimbalkar
* Angad Mhaskar as Ujjwal
* Bharat Ganeshpure as Baban Ghodghate
* Aastad Kale as Anand Kane
* Ajinkya Joshi as Ulhas
* Nilpari Khanwalkar as Neeta Joshi
* Mandar Devsthali as Vishwambar Pai
* Vinita Kale as Sanjyot Mujumdar
* Ketan Kshirsagar as Anand Rasal
* Rashmi Solanki as Shruti Jahagirdar
* Madhavi Soman as Nirmala Sadafule
* Chaitrali Gupte as Jaya Nikam
* Prashant Choudappa as Abhijeet
* Shubhangi Joshi as Jiji
* Uday Sabnis as Anna
* Anant Jog as Maharav
* Rama Joshi as Asha

## Awards

Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha Awards :
| Year | Category | Recipient | Role |
| 2004 | Best Character Female | Aditi Sarangdhar | Rama Chaudhari |
| 2004 | Best Father | Arun Nalawade | Aaba Chaudhari |
| 2004 | Best Negative Actor | Sharad Ponkshe | Devram Khandagale |
| 2004 | Best Negative Actress | Neelam Shirke | Vishakha Chaudhari |
| 2004 | Best Series | Mandar Devsthali | Director |
| 2005 | Best Actor | Arun Nalawade | Aaba Chaudhari |
| 2005 | Best Father | Arun Nalawade | Aaba Chaudhari |
| 2005 | Best Actress | Aditi Sarangdhar | Rama Chaudhari |
| 2005 | Best Character Female | Aditi Sarangdhar | Rama Chaudhari |
| 2005 | Best Supporting Male | Lokesh Gupte | Samar Ajinkya |
| 2005 | Best Supporting Female | Shubhada Patankar | Shravani Chaudhari |
| 2005 | Best Negative Actor | Sharad Ponkshe | Devram Khandagale |
| 2005 | Best Character Male | Subodh Bhave | Jaysingh Rajput |
| 2005 | Best Mother | Meghana Vaidya | Sulakshana Chaudhari |
| 2005 | Best Couple | Arun Nalawade-Meghana Vaidya | Aaba-Sulakshana |
| 2005 | Best Title Song | Shashank Solanki | Producer |
| 2005 | Best Series | Mandar Devsthali | Director |
| 2005 | Best Family | | Chaudhari Family |
| 2006 | Best Supporting Female | Pooja Nayak | Janhavi Chaudhari |
| 2006 | Best Character Female | Aditi Sarangdhar | Rama Chaudhari |
| 2006 | Best Negative Actor | Sharad Ponkshe | Devram Khandagale |
| 2006 | Best Father | Arun Nalawade | Aaba Chaudhari |
| 2006 | Best Mother | Meghana Vaidya | Sulakshana Chaudhari |
| 2006 | Best Family | | Chaudhari family |