# Bhagya Lakshmi

Bhagya Lakshmi (transl. Lakshmi's Fate) is an Indian television series that premiered on 3 August 2021 on Zee TV. Produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms, the series stars Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti.

## Plot

Lakshmi Bajwa is a kind-hearted naïve girl from Gurdaspur, a village in Punjab. After her parents' death, she and her sisters are taken to Mumbai by their greedy aunt, Rano, who decides to have Lakshmi quickly marry anyone so she can fulfil Lakshmi's father's will and take his property. Rano fixes her marriage with Balwinder (a drunkard goon) who gets obsessed with her but the marriage is cancelled. However, Lakshmi marries businessman Rishi Oberoi. It is revealed that Rishi was coerced by his parents, especially by his mother Neelam, to marry Lakshmi for one year as they believed that Lakshmi, a girl with good luck who is referred as Bhagya Lakshmi could save him from death (predicted by his horoscope) as told by their priest. Rishi has a girlfriend named Malishka, who initially consented to this arrangement but as their marriage progresses, Malishka notices a shift in Rishi's behaviour – he's grown fond of Lakshmi. Rishi falls for Lakshmi because of her good nature but is unaware of his feelings. He feels committed towards Malishka. Before the year is up, Lakshmi learns the truth and leaves, despite Neelam's pleas. In court, Lakshmi and Rishi are told to stay together for three months before the divorce is finalized seeing Rishi and Lakshmi's bond. During the three months, Rishi falls in love with Lakshmi and soon realises this, but Malishka makes it seem like Rishi slept with her although he didn't, leading to Lakshmi finalizing her divorce and leaving Rishi. Rishi and Malishka's marriage is fixed.
However, Rishi brings Lakshmi back claiming that he will marry her to a nice man and help her get settled as a friend. However, Rishi proposes to Lakshmi and tells Malishka that he only loves Lakshmi, but Lakshmi rejects it after thinking about Malishka. Lakshmi's marriage is fixed with Vikrant, but it turns out that Vikrant was planning to deceive Lakshmi, he already had a wife but was marrying Lakshmi in order to make her surrogate to their child. They get to know about him on the day of the wedding, and the wedding is called off. Lakshmi again leaves the house due to being insulted. On Rishi and Malishka's wedding day, Rishi reveals his love for Lakshmi and cancels his wedding with Malishka. Rishi chooses Lakshmi over his mother and leaves his house with her. Finally, Lakshmi accepts her love for Rishi. Rishi and Lakshmi get married. As they leave for their honeymoon, Malishka causes Rishi and Lakshmi's accident and tries to kill them in anger. Both of them are saved, and Neelam finally accepts them and calls them back home. In their house once again, Rishi and Lakshmi are to marry, but Lakshmi faints just before the marriage, and turns out that Lakshmi has lost her mental stability.
However, Malishka plots against Lakshmi due to which she forcibly ends up in a mental asylum against Rishi's will. However she was brought back but Malishka again plots against Lakshmi and makes it look like Lakshmi has made Virendra's car's brakes fail.
Virendra and Lakshmi get into a car accident, leaving Virendra comatose. Lakshmi regains her mental stability but everyone, including Rishi, blames her for Virendra's state and throw her out of the house, much to Malishka's triumph. Lakshmi boards a train to return to her village but her train crashes and she is presumed dead by Rishi and his family but Lakshmi survives and finds herself pregnant with Rishi's child. Lakshmi returns to her village Gurdaspur and decides to raise her child single-handedly.

### 7 years later

Lakshmi now lives in Gurdaspur and raises her and Rishi's daughter, Parvati "Paro". Shalu (Lakshmi's sister) is also living with Lakshmi and Parvati. Rishi, on the other hand, is now a tough business tycoon and has an adopted son, Rohan and is married to Malishka but doesn't share a husband-wife relation. Virendra is shown dead. Rishi, along with Rohan, visit a village school where they meet Parvati, but Rishi is unaware that Parvati is his daughter. Lakshmi also meets Rohan, but she is also unaware that Rohan is connected to Rishi. Parvati and Rohan become close friends. Rohan stays at the village and lives with Lakshmi, while Parvati goes to the city with Rishi, for a school exchange program. Neelam, who still hates Lakshmi, begins to despise Parvati, after their first meeting. Neelam rebukes Parvati's mother, unaware that it's Lakshmi.
It is revealed that Lakshmi had a son born with Paro but she lost her son due to a riot in the village. Malishka and Rishi are shown married for seven years. However, Rishi still lives with Lakshmi's memories, and Parvati's behaviour reminds him of her. Ayush (Rishi's cousin) has also married Anushka, though they don't love each other. Soon the student exchange program comes to an end with Rohan and Paro returning to their homes. When Paro receives a scholarship from Rohan's school, Lakshmi decides to shift back to Mumbai, much to Shalu's disapproval, to ensure a brighter future for Paro. The three shift back to Mumbai and start living with Rano while Lakshmi starts working as a teacher at Rohan's school. Rishi and Lakshmi finally meet each other when Rishi had saved her from a goon and her one-sided obsessive lover, Ranjeet whom wanted to marry Lakshmi to obtain her property.
Rishi is happy to see Lakshmi alive. Lakshmi rejects Rishi and his love as she feels betrayed when she sees that Rishi and Malishka are married. The Oberoi family learn that Lakshmi is alive and Paro is her daughter. Anushka becomes insecure due to Ayush's attention towards Shalu. Shalu and Ayush grows close to each other due to constant meeting.
Malishka's insecurity intensifies upon Lakshmi's return and Rishi's growing affection for Paro. Malishka orchestrates a frame-up, accusing Paro of attempting to murder Neelam. Consequently, Neelam is hospitalized. Paro is arrested, but Shalu intervenes by orchestrating her escape from court. Neelam's sister, Aanchal, and Malishka conspire to transfer Paro to a juvenile detention facility. However, Lakshmi and Paro, with Shalu's assistance, flee to another city. Rishi also joins them, but Malishka's machinations lead to their capture by the police. Malishka manipulates Lakshmi into believing that Rishi has contacted the police. In a moment of selflessness, Lakshmi takes the blame for Neelam's condition, stating that it was her attempt, not Paro's.
Soon, Neelam discovers that Paro is her granddaughter and subsequently withdraws the case. She subsequently files a petition for Paro's custody from Lakshmi. Paro learns that Rishi is her father and informs the judge that she desires to reside with both her parents. The judge stipulates that Rishi and Lakshmi must cohabitate for a minimum of three months to facilitate Paro's well-being. An insecure Malishka regains her composure and devises a plan to oust Lakshmi from Rishi's life. Lakshmi and Rishi rekindle their love for one another, but Malishka attempts to convince Lakshmi that Rishi is solely using her for Paro's custody. Balwinder, who still harbors feelings for Lakshmi, returns after seven years, aided by Malishka. During a playful moment, Rohan falls from the stair railing despite Lakshmi's warnings and sustains internal bleeding. Malishka's attempts to frame Lakshmi fail as Paro reveals the truth. In a selfless act, Lakshmi secretly donates her blood to Rohan. Rohan subsequently learns about his adoption and confides in Lakshmi his desire to locate his biological parents. Paro is abducted by Balwinder due to Malishka's plan, leading Rishi and Lakshmi to accuse each other of Paro's disappearance. Rishi and Lakshmi resolve to cease their struggles, as Malishka engages in a physical altercation with Balwinder but ultimately succumbs to his advances, resulting in her pregnancy. Malishka devises a plan to murder Lakshmi on Diwali, but her scheme is thwarted when Kiran discovers Malishka's pregnancy. Assuming the child to be Rishi's, she announces her pregnancy to the entire family, causing widespread shock and confusion. This revelation strains the relationship between Rishi and Lakshmi. Rishi vows to reconcile with Lakshmi and confesses his love for her in an intoxicated state. After a kiss, they consummate their relationship, much to Malishka's dismay.
Kiran discovers the truth so she decided to help her after Balwinder threats them. After Rishi and Lakshmi consummate their relationship, Malishka discovers them sleeping together and devises a plan to take Lakshmi's place. Malishka induces Lakshmi into unconsciousness and removes her from the bedroom. Seizing the opportunity, Malishka replaces Lakshmi and fabricates a narrative to make it appear as though she was intimate with Rishi. Exploiting Rishi's intoxicated state and lack of recollection, Malishka convinces everyone that she was the one who spent the night with him.
Subsequently, Rishi attempts to prevent Lakshmi from leaving, but Lakshmi insists on her departure. He pleads with her to allow him an opportunity to explain his innocence and deny any involvement in the incident. However, Lakshmi, visibly distraught, refuses to believe him. She accuses him not only of breaking her heart but also of extinguishing her will to live. In a moment of despair, she abruptly leaves the Oberoi household, convinced that Rishi has betrayed her and was contemplating suicide. Fortunately, she is rescued by strangers who implore her to reconsider her actions and consider the well-being of her children. Lakshmi subsequently discovers that she is pregnant with Rishi's child. As a result, she decides to reconcile with Rishi. However, Malishka deceives Rishi and the Oberoi's by revealing that she is also pregnant with Rishi's child, but the child is actually conceived with Balwinder.
Consequently, Lakshmi chooses to keep her pregnancy a secret from both the Oberoi's and Rishi. Malishka's baby shower preparations are underway, and Lakshmi, despite her initial discontent, is attempting to maintain a composed demeanor. However, unbeknownst to her, Anushka's ex-husband, Neel, has arrived at the venue to meet Anushka and blackmail her for money. Shalu overhears and records their conversation and decides to use the evidence to expose her but Anushka foils her plan and orders Neel to kidnap and kill Shalu. Lakshmi is mistakenly kidnapped but is saved by Rishi thus discovering Anushka and Neel's truth. Anuksha is eventually exposed by Shalu, Rishi and Lakshmi and is ousted from their lives. Ayush decides to begin his life again with Shalu but she fears ruining his relations with his family so she avoids him.
Meanwhile, Lakshmi finds out it is difficult to hide her pregnancy when Garimacharya, a powerful sorceress discovers it on Lohri. Garimacharya discovers Malishka is pregnant with Balwinder's child not Rishi's after Rishi confesses his love for Lakshmi in front of the entire family leaving Malishka envious and hurt. Anushka and Neel decided to take revenge and they try to rob the Oberoi's but are discovered by the family. Anushka tries to kill Shalu as she blames her for her misery but Ayush defends her and is injured. Ayush confesses his love for Shalu and declares his love by filling her hairline with his blood.
Anushka and Neel are arrested and Ayush's condition is critical, so afraid to lose him, Shalu admits her feelings for Ayush to Lakshmi. Neelam asks Lakshmi to leave the house and Rishi's life forever to accept Shalu and Ayush's marriage. Lakshmi agrees and sacrifices her love for her sister's happiness. Malishka discovers Lakshmi's pregnancy and goes to Garimacharya to determine whether it is Rishi's. When she tries to bribe her to keep it secret, Garimacharya threatens Malishka to expose the truth about her pregnancy to the Oberoi's. Anushka decided to take revenge against on Shalu and tries many problems as she then plans to stop Ayush from marrying Shalu after she becomes obsessive towards on him. Lakshmi begins to suspect Malishka's pregnancy truth as she sees Balwinder hovering around.
After 20 years, his daughter Paro returns from Missouri to Mumbai to take revenge on Malishka and Rishi because she believes that they deceived Lakshmi and expelled her from the Oberoi family palace. During her return to take revenge, she confronts Shalu’s son and Ayush Rajveer. He became a well-known businessman and competes with Rishi and also returned to Mumbai to take revenge. Lakshmi's son, Paro, recognizes him but does not know that he is her cousin Shalu's son.

## Cast
### Main

* Aishwarya Khare as Lakshmi Bajwa Oberoi: Kuljeet and Manoj's eldest daughter; Shalini and Bani's sister; Neha's cousin; Rishi's wife; Rohan and Parvati's mother (2021–present)
* Rohit Suchanti as Rishi Oberoi: Neelam and Virendra's son; Sonia's brother; Lakshmi's husband; Ayushmaan, Devika and Ahana's cousin; Rohan and Parvati's father (2021–present)

### Recurring

* Maera Mishra / Megha Prasad as Malishka Bedi: Kiran and Abhay's daughter (2021–2025) / (2025–present)
* Trisha Sarda as Parvati "Paro" Oberoi: Lakshmi and Rishi's daughter; Rohan's twin sister (2024)
* Hanish Kaushal / Shreyansh Kaurav as Rohan Oberoi: Lakshmi and Rishi's son; Parvati's twin brother (2024) / (2024)
* Aman Gandhi as Ayushmaan "Ayush" Chopra: Karishma and Avinash's son; Ahana's brother; Rishi, Devika and Sonia's cousin; Anushka's ex-husband; Shalini's best friend and love-interest (2021–present)
* Krutika Khira as Anushka Chopra: Ayushmaan's ex-wife; Neel's wife; Ansh's sister; Karishma and Avinash's ex-daughter-in-law; Rishi, Sonia and Ahana's ex-sister-in-law (2024–present)
* Munira Kudrati as Shalini "Shalu" Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's second daughter; Lakshmi and Bani's sister; Neha's cousin; Rohan and Parvati's aunt; Ayushmaan's love-interest (2021–present)
* Manasi Bhanushali as Bani Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's youngest daughter; Lakshmi and Shalu's sister; Neha's cousin; Rohan and Parvati's aunt (2021–present)
* Uday Tikekar as Virendra "Veer" Oberoi: Harleen and Vishwas's younger son; Karishma and Mahendra's brother; Neelam's husband; Rishi and Sonia's father; Rohan and Parvati's grandfather (2021–2024)
* Smita Bansal as Neelam Oberoi: Aanchal's sister; Virendra's wife; Rishi and Sonia's mother; Rohan and Parvati's grandmother (2021–present)
* Neena Cheema as Harleen Oberoi: Vishwas's widow; matriarch of the Oberois; Karishma, Virendra and Mahendra's mother; Rishi, Sonia, Ahana, Ayushmaan and Devika's grandmother; Rohan and Parvati's great-grandmother (2021–present)
* Shivani Jha as Sonia Oberoi: Neelam and Virendra's daughter; Rishi's sister; Ahana, Ayushmaan and Devika's cousin (2021–2023; 2024)
* Parul Chaudhary as Karishma Oberoi Chopra: Harleen and Vishwas's daughter; Virendra and Mahendra's sister; Avinash's wife; Ayushmaan and Ahana's mother (2021–present)
* Aditi Shetty as Ahana Chopra: Karishma and Avinash's daughter; Ayushmaan's sister; Rishi, Sonia and Devika's cousin (2021–2023)
* Bebika Dhurve as Devika Oberoi: Mahendra's daughter; Rishi, Sonia, Ayush and Ahana's cousin (2021–2023)
* Veerendra Saxena as Manoj Bajwa: Preetam's brother; Kuljeet's husband; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's father; Neha's uncle; Parvati and Rohan's grandfather (2021)
* Neelu Dogra as Kuljeet Bajwa: Manoj's wife; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's mother; Neha's aunt; Parvati and Rohan's grandmother (2021)
* Massheuddin Qureshi as Preetam Bajwa: Manoj's brother; Rano's husband; Neha's father; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's uncle (2021–2022; 2024–present)
* Neha Prajapati as Rano Bajwa: Preetam's wife; Neha's mother; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's aunt (2021–present)
* Avantika Chaudhary / Tasneem Khan / Urmimala Sinha Roy as Neha Bajwa: Rano and Preetam's daughter; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's cousin (2021–2022) / (2022) / (2022–present)
* Karan Kaushal Sharma / Deepjyoti Das as Abhay Singh Bedi: Kiran's husband; Malishka's father; Rohan's adoptive grandfather (2021–2023) / (2023–2024)
* Karuna Verma as Kiran Singh Bedi: Abhay's wife; Malishka's mother; Rohan's adoptive grandmother (2021–present)
* Mohit Malhotra as Vikrant Kakkar: Anjana and Puneet's son; Saloni's husband; Lakshmi's ex-fiancé (2023)
* Kavita Banerjee as Sonal: Malishka's best friend (2022–present)
* Ankit Bhatia as Balwinder "Ballu" Sood: Lakshmi's ex-fiancé and obsessive one-sided lover; Rishi's former driver; Kamli's husband (2021–present)
* Unknown as Ranjeet: Lakshmi's one-sided obsessive lover (2024)
* Melanie Pais as Inspector Durga (2022)
* Akash Choudhary as Viraj Singhania: Malishka's former best friend and ex-fiancée (2021)
* Kaushal Kapoor as Darshan: Lakshmi's employer (2022)
* Mridula Oberoi as Kalyani: Lakshmi's boss (2022)
* Firdaus as Arnav: A talented kick boxer and swimmer (2022)
* Syed Ashraf Karim as Gurucharan Anand: Manoj's friend and accountant (2021)
* Jyoti Mukherjee / Rajani Gupta as Anjana Kakkar: Puneet's wife; Vikrant's mother (2023) / (2023)
* Shraddha Jaiswal as Saloni Kakkar: Vikrant's wife (2023)
* Sandeep Kapoor as Puneet Kakkar: Anjana's husband; Vikrant's father (2023)
* Girish Thapar as Pandit: Neelam consulted him for Rishi's safety (2021)
* Ajay Raju as Pandit Ji (September 2023)
* Manu Malik as Avinash Chopra: Karishma's husband; Ayushmaan and Ahana's father (2024–present)
* Parakh Madan as Aanchal: Neelam's sister; Rishi and Sonia's aunt (2024—present)
* Varsha Bhagwani as Ishita: Lakshmi's close friend (2024–present)
* Shashank Chandra as Goon's Aide (2024)

### Special appearances

* Sriti Jha as Pragya Abhishek Mehra (2021)
* Shabir Ahluwalia as Abhishek Mehra(2021)
* Shraddha Arya as Dr. Preeta Karan Luthra (2021)
* Dheeraj Dhoopar as Karan Luthra (2021)
* Anjum Fakih as Srishti Arora Luthra (2021)
* Manit Joura as Rishabh Luthra (2021)
* Supriya Shukla as Sarla Arora (2021)
* Anisha Hinduja as Rakhi Luthra (2021)
* Abhishek Kapoor as Sameer Luthra (2021)

## Production

Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti were finalised to reprise their roles as leads in May 2021 itself, but due to the lockdown in Maharashtra, they signed the contract only in June. The filming and production began on 14 June 2021 in Film City, Mumbai.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2022 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Story | Anil Nagpal | Won |
| 2022 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actress in Supporting Role - TV (Popular) | Munira Kudrati | Nominated |
| 2022 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actor in Supporting Role - TV (Popular) | Aman Gandhi | Nominated |
| 2022 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actor in Lead Role (Popular) | Rohit Suchanti | Nominated |
| 2022 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular) | Aishwarya Khare | Nominated |
| 2022 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Television Show - Fiction (Popular) | Ekta Kapoor | Nominated |