Musakaan ( Smile) is an Indian television series produced by Rashmi Sharma, under the banner of Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Pvt. Ltd., which premiered on 29 May 2018 on Star Bharat, replacing Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki. It starred 
Sharad Malhotra and Yesha Rughani.

Plot
The story is about Aarti, a bar-dancer and her daughter Muskaan, who faces social ostracism because of Aarti's profession and yearns to stay with her. Muskaan studies in Darjeeling; Aarti is in Kolkata. Later, Muskaan starts to live with Aarti, in her brothel. Aarti fears about Muskaan's future. Aarti is framed for a murder and is jaled. Teerath Singh aka Sir Ji and brothel owner, Tabassum ask Aarti to separate from Muskaan if she wants Muskaan to study. Unwillingly, Aarti agrees and parts ways from Muskaan.

14 years later
Muskaan grows up to be timid and strong-minded, dedicated to her studies. She collides with Raunak Singh, and they fall in love and face many hurdles along the way. Aarti has lost her memory and thinks that Muskaan is still a child. Raunak turns out to be Teerath's son. Eventually, Aarti regains her memory and reunites with Muskaan. But, she dies in a bomb blast planned by Teerath. With Raunak's help, Muskaan trains to become a police officer to give Teerath his utmost punishment. Later, Raunak and Muskaan happily get married. Muskaan delivers twin daughters, but Teerath escapes with one of them, bribing the nurse to lie that baby has died. Later, Muskaan and Raunak meet with an accident and Muskaan is presumed dead.

6 years later
Muskaan is alive and lives as Mira Bose in Bangladesh hiding from the police, as falsely framed for a murder, and returns to find Raunak. Teerath lives with Muskaan and Raunak's daughter, Roshni while Raunak has married to woman named Nisha to take care of his daughter, Khushi. Eventually, Muskaan and Raunak meet each other and find about Roshni. Nisha tries to separate them, but is exposed and apologises from Raunak and Muskaan. Teerath is arrested for his crimes. Finally, Muskaan and Raunak get married again and live happily ever after with Khushi and Roshni.

Cast

Main
 Yesha Rughani as Muskaan Bose Singh – Arati's daughter; Raunak's wife; Khushi and Roshni's mother. 
 Sonakshi Save as Child Muskaan Bose
 Sharad Malhotra as Raunak Singh – Gayatri and Teerath's son; Dolly and Lovely's brother; Nisha's ex-husband; Muskaan's husband; Khushi and Roshni's father.

Recurring
 Avyana Chhorwani as Khushi Singh – Muskaan and Raunak's elder daughter; Nisha's foster daughter; Roshni's twin sister. 
 Maahi Soni as Roshni Singh – Muskaan and Raunak's younger daughter; Khushi's twin sister. 
 Arina Dey as Aarti Farazi Bose – Former bar-dancer; Suzanne's sister; Musakaan's mother; Khushi and Roshni's grandmother. (Dead)
 Sudesh Berry as Teerath Singh aka Sirji – A brothel owner; Gayatri's husband; Dolly, Lovely and Raunak's father; Khushi and Roshni's grandfather. 
 Moonmoon Banerjee as Gayatri Singh – Teerath's wife; Dolly, Lovely and Raunak's mother; Khushi and Roshni's grandmother.
 Devanshee Vyas as Damini "Dolly" Singh – Gayatri and Teerath's elder daughter; Lovely and Raunak's sister.
 Vandana Singh as Lovely Singh – Gayatri and Teerath's younger daughter; Dolly and Raunak's sister. (Dead)
 Shital Antani as Sheetal Singh Bhatia – Bunty's mother; Raunak's aunt
 Tarun Khurana as Hanumant Yadav – Raunak's close friend
 Puneesh Sharma as Balbir "Bunty" Bhatia – Dolly, Lovely and Raunak's cousin
 Anamika Tiwari as Tabassum – Brothel owner
 Lavina Tandon as Suzzane Farazi – Aarti's sister; Musakaan's aunt
 Karam Rajpal as Sujoy Das – Rakhi's son; Sapna's brother; Musakaan's lover
 Jyotsna Chandola as Sapna Das – Rakhi's daughter; Sujoy's sister
 Richa Soni as Rakhi Das – Sujoy and Sapna's mother
 Aaditya Bajpayee as Rahul Patel – Raunak's colleague
 Tanu Khan as Kajal Bisht – Balraj and Pramila's daughter; Raunak's lover
 Rushad Rana as Balraj Bisht – Pramila's husband; Kajal's father
 Preeti Puri as Pramila Bisht – Balraj's wife; Kajal's mother
 Sangeeta Panwar as Kamlesh – Hukum and Malik's mother
 Shaurya Vardhan Sharma as Inspector Manohar Basu
 Aashish Kaul as Dinesh Sinha – A V.I.P. Guest
 Amit Kher as Mahesh Chaddha – Bar Head
 Sanarika as Kriti – bar dancer
 Himanshi Jain / Preetika Chauhan as Jaya
 Shivam Singh Raghuvanshi as Mr.Raichand (Jaya's groom-to-be)
 Monisha Doley as Lomi
 Aishana Singh as Deepa
 Avinash Singh Chouhan as Bouncer
 Mahi Khan as Neha
 Deepraj Rana as Malik

References

External links 

 

Star Bharat original programming
2018 Indian television series debuts
2020 Indian television series endings
Indian drama television series
Prostitution in television
Works about prostitution in India