Maddam Sir

Maddam Sir is an Indian Hindi-language comedy action television series which aired from 24 February 2020 to 18 February 2023 on Sony SAB and digitally streamed on SonyLIV. Produced by Jay Mehta for Jay Productions, it stars Gulki Joshi, Yukti Kapoor, Sonali Naik and Bhavika Sharma.

Plot
Four Lucknow-based female police officers and a male officer work at a Mahila police station: SHO Haseena Mallik, SI Karishma Singh, Head Constable Pushpa Singh, Constables Santosh Sharma and Cheeteshwar Chaturvedi. They are helped by prisoner-turned-spy Billeshwar Champat. Karishma Singh is short-tempered, while Haseena Malik is emotional in solving cases, creating conflicts between them.

DSP Anubhav Singh, a negotiation specialist, a secret agent of IB and Karishma's cousin arrives at the station and sorts out the differences between them, leading to the duo's reconciliation. Love blossoms between him and Haseena. Haseena proposes to Anubhav but later learns that he pretended to love her for a national-security mission. She soon discovers that Anubhav has changed and was behind her attempted killing to avenge the Police Department of his father's death. Haseena confronts and shoots him, and rejoins her team.

Soon, Cheeta and Santosh declare their love. However, Cheetah makes a mistake while solving a case which could get him suspended, but Santosh takes the blame and is suspended instead. The team continues solving several cases in their unique ways, successfully.

Shaziya Siddiqui, an aspiring police officer, arrives at the MPT. Claiming to be Haseena’s cousin, Shaziya actually escaped from the village of Devariya, ruled by two brothers who forbid women pursuing their ambitions. The MPT team rescues Shaziya and Nagma with the help of Santosh, Mira G, Misri and Shivani, who reforms and is a lawyer at the Allahabad High Court. Haseena and Karishma expose the failure of Devariya's MLA in maintaining law and order, and he vows revenge. Haseena is promoted to DSP and the MPT station is bombed, with the media assuming that the team is dead. Haseena narrates her journey with the MPT team several months later, indicating that she survived the blast.

Cast

Main
 Gulki Joshi as SHO Haseena Malik, a.k.a. Maddam Sir (2020–2023): Shahjahan and Noorjahan's daughter; Anubhav's ex-fiancée; Karishma's mentor and close friend, and Naina's friend and batchmate. At the end of series, she is promoted to DSP and indicates that she survived the fatal blast at MPT.
 Yukti Kapoor as
SI Karishma Singh (2020–2023): Kaushalya's twin sister; Anubhav's cousin; Pushpa and Pyare's daughter-in-law, and Haseena's protective, close friend.
Kaushalya Singh, alias Kareena (2022): An actress, Karishma's twin sister, and Anubhav's cousin.
 Bhavika Sharma as Cybercrime Specialist Constable Santosh "Santu" Sharma (2020–2023): Cheetah's love interest, who is suspended due to his negligence.
 Sonali Pandit Naik as head constable Pushpa Singh (2020–2023): MPT's oldest member, Pyare's widow, and Karishma's mother-in-law.
 Yashkant Sharma as Constable Cheeteshwar "Cheetah" Chaturvedi (2020): A women's psychologist at MPT and Santu's love interest
Priyanshu Singh replaced Yashkant as Constable Cheteshwar "Cheetah" Chaturvedi (2020-2023).
 Ajay Jadhav as
 Billeshwar "Billu" Champat (2020–2023): A thief turned spy, who enjoys living in jail because he has no other place to live.
 Commissioner Vikram Ghosh (2023): Billu's lookalike, Lucknow's new commissioner, and Shobhna's husband.

Recurring
 Satyapal Landge as Badnaam (2020–2023): Tea vendor near the MPT.
 Ashwani Rathore as Iqbal (2020–2023): The local barber.
 Darpan Shrivastava as Usman (2020): A local biriyani vendor; replaced by Harveer Singh.
 Gaurav Wadhwa as Sunny Chaddha (2020, 2022): A reporter who has a crush on Santosh; 
Jatin Arora replaced Wadhwa as Sunny Chaddha. (2020–2021)
 Rajesh Dubey as DSP Mahesh Singh (2020–2023): Anubhav's predecessor as DSP.
 Umesh Bajpai as Fassruddin Nawab Sahab (2020–2023): Owner of the MPT building and Raees and Zeenat's father, who has a crush on Head Constable Pushpa Singh.
 Nimesh Soni as
 Bulbul Pandey (2020–2023): SHO of Jankipooram Police Thana, Pallavi's husband, and Champak's senior and brother-in-law, who is temporarily transferred to MPT.
 Kartik Bajaj (2020): Misogynistic owner of a cab company.
 Balli (2020): Dishonest owner of the LPJ diet-plan company.
 Amit Kumar Sinha as Champak Chaudhary (2020–2023): A Jankipooram Police Thaana constable, Pallavi's brother, and Bulbul's junior and brother-in-law.
 Disha Savla as Pallavi Pandey (2020, 2022–2023): Champak's sister and Bulbul's wife.
 Rahil Azam as DSP Anubhav Singh(2020–2022): An IB negotiation specialist and Lucknow DSP, Karishma and Kaushalya 's cousin, and Haseena's ex-fiancé. When he turns evil, Karishma and Haseena kill him.
 Esha Kansara as SI/SHO Misri Pandey (2020, 2022–2023): A corrupt police officer who temporarily comes to MPT.
 Roopa Divetia as Noorjahan Malik (2021): Haseena's mother; replaced 2021–2023 by Utkarsha Naik.
 Salman Shaikh as Rajvir Tomar, a.k.a. Computer (2021): Head constable of Jankipooram Police Thaana who has a crush on Karishma Singh, not knowing that she is married.
 Jignesh Modi as Chedi (2021): Jankipooram Police Thaana constable.
 Pankhuri Awasthy Rode as ASI Mira (2021–2023): A humanoid robot police officer invented by C.A.R.D. Research Institute, who was sent to MPT for a 90-day trial to learn emotions under Karishma Singh. She shoots Haseena, and returns to the MPT as Mira G.
 Prakash Ramchandani as Secret Agent Ajay Bakshi (2021–2023): Anubhav's senior, who saves Haseena's life and asks her to pose as Mumbai vada pav vendor Urmila Mahadev Mhatre to catch the people who tried to murder her for the hard disk.
 Savi Thakur as SHO Amar Vidrohi (2022): Yogita's younger brother and Bunty's adoptive father who is temporarily in charge of the MPT.
 Jay Pathak as Harendra Singh, a.k.a. Deewan Ji (2022): MPT head constable under Amar Vidrohi.
 Rachana Parulkar as Advocate Shivani Pawar, a.k.a. Shivani Tai (2022–2023): Chingaari Gang leader turned Allahabad High Court advocate.
 Prachi Bohra as Binny Chaudhary (2022): Chingaari Gang member.
 Sulabha Arya as Saira Begum (2022): Founder of the Chingaari Gang, who is accidentally shot dead by Shivani.

Guests
 Divyangana Jain as:
Rani (2020–2021), a career criminal.
Cherry (2023), a criminal mastermind who is arrested by Haseena and Karishma.
Shilpa Shinde as ACP Naina Mathur (2023), Haseena's batchmate and friend.
 Vaishali Thakkar as Head Constable Babita Sarkar (2020), a temporary replacement for Pushpa who had trained Haseena and Karishma.
 Roopam Sharma as Mona (2021), a corrupt clinical psychologist.
 Lakshya Handa as Avtaar Kapoor (2021), Karishma's boss.
 Kavita Kaushik as IPS Chandramukhi Chautala from F.I.R. (2022).
 Shubhangi Gokhale as Cheeteshwar's aunt (2022).
 Simmi Ghoshal as Binno, a victim of noise pollution (2021).
 Guru Saran Tiwari as Yash Kapoor, director of Kareena's film, who is involved with terrorist group which tried to use Kareena as a suicide bomber (2022).
 Tanya Abrol as Dipti, a female wrestler who is the victim of discrimination.
 Trishna Vivek as
 Dr. Archana Nagar, who performed illegal gender tests (2020).
 Sudha Narayan, an NCG officer who suspected that Haseena was a drug smuggler (2020).
 Mahi Sharma as 
 Mahi, the fake Karishma Singh (2020).
 Nisha Amrit, Roshni's mother, a social-media blogger accused of involvement in a terrorist association (2021).
 Neha Tiwari as Chandu, the fake Santosh Sharma (2020).
 Shefali Rana as the fake Pushpa Singh (2020).
 Ananya Dwivedi as Zoya, a child with kidney disease whose doctor donates a kidney to her (2020).
 Rishikesh Ingley as 
 Dr. Vikas, Zoya's doctor. 
 Rahul, a dishonest cashier (2021).
 Pallavi Pradhan as Savitri Singh, Ajay's mother (2020).
 Govind Khatri as Mahipal Singh (2021): Genda's husband, Mansi's father, Haseena's adoptive uncle, and owner of Prasuti Charitable Hospital.
 Hunar Hali Gandhi as Genda Rani (2021): Mahipal's wife and Mansi's adoptive mother, mastermind of the conspiracy to inject a virus into pregnant women at Prasuti Charitable Hospital.
 Swasti Katyal as Mansi Singh, Mahipal's daughter and Genda's adopted daughter (2021).
 Tarka Pednekar as
 Gauri, Asthana's sister (2020).
 Manu, Rani's right hand and advisor (2021).
 Dolly, a divorcee who is harassed by her boss (2021).
 Anupama Prakash as Ileana, Billu's girlfriend (2020).
 Manoj Chandila as
 Ajay Kumar, an actor who insults Pushpa Singh and the police (2020).
 Manav, Keshav's boss (2020).
 Kareena's co-star in her film (2022).
 Pranay Dixit as
 An actor who is invited to Santosh Sharma's fake wedding (2020).
 Mr. Joseph, head chef of the Yo Kabab company (2020).
 Victor, Nancy's husband who is involved with the dangerous criminal Musa (2020).
 Shankar, Haldi's first husband who blackmails her (2020).
 Shekhar, who wants his wife Pallavi to focus on herself instead of her family (2021).
 Rohit, Chandrika's husband (2021).
 Abhinav Jasuja, a gym owner falsely accused of domestic violence by his wife (2021).
 Mukesh aka Qaidi Zameer, a detective-novel writer (2021).
 Subod, Jharna's husband (2021).
Rohit, Mayui's husband who cheats on her (2022).
 Arun, a man who pretends to be blind (2022).
 Narayan, Dhanalakshmi's husband, who hides his phone from his wife to conceal his financial problems (2022).
 Barkha's husband, who tortured his wife (2023).
 Preeti Shukhla as
 Sona, Montu's wife (2020).
 Simran, Rahul's wife, who brought a bomb to MPT (2020).
 Chandrika, Rohit's wife, who hires a detective to investigate her husband (2021).
 Rupa Jasuja, Abhinav's wife, who falsely accuses her husband of domestic violence (2021).
 Jharna, Subod's wife (2021).
 Manju, a nurse pressured by her career and family (2022).
 Trisha, who has hallucinations (2022).
 Meethi Shukla, who seizes her landlord's house with her mother-in-law (2022).
 Kunnal Sheth as
 Monty Sharma, Sona's husband, who created App Zara to replace wives (2020).
 Radhe, Haseena's helper who was denied paternity leave (2020).
 Gopal, fake husbands of Nawab Sahab's unmarried tenants (2020).
 Keshav, pressured by his boss to work at the expense of his wife (2021).
 Kailash, cheated by an online friend (2021).
 Jaidev, an actor in pan masala advertisements (2021).
 Manu, Tanu's husband who is five years younger (2022).
 Rohan Acharya, owner of the Ummidhai website where poor people receive medical help (2022).
 Kamal Sharma, an amnesiac abandoned by his brother (2022).
 Urvi Gor as
 Alia, mistreated by her brother-in-law (2021).
 Trisha Gulati, kidnapped on New Year's Eve (2021).
 Chorni, a thief with a sham marriage to Cheetah Chaturvedi (2022).
 Soneer Vadhera as
 Rahul Mallya, Simran's husband who threatened to explode a bomb to gain his in-laws' respect (2020).
 Shekhar, Shikha's husband, whose newborn child was stolen (2020).
 Ashok, an alcoholic who annoyed his wife (2021).
 Rajesh, Indu's husband (2022).
 Urmila Tiwari as
 Anita Chauhan, Vijay's wife (2020).
 Shalini, a beauty-parlour owner who is cheated in a dating app (2021).
 Pratha, a girl forced to follow superstitious rituals by her mother (2021).
 Priyali Singh, the fake Aparna Bansal (2021).
 Nafeesa Ansari, a female don who conducted fake crowdfunding campaigns (2022).
 Asha, Badnam's sister (2022).
 Shrashti Maheshwari as Riya, the commissioner's daughter who came to MPT to write about the station (2022).
 Piya Valecha as Mrs. Malkhani, owner of the Batterfly club (2021).
 Amit Mistry as Vijay Chauhan, Anita's husband (2020).
 Dolly Chawla as
 Haldi, Brijesh's wife, who was mistreated by her ex-husband's parents (2020).
 Indu, Rajesh's wife (2022).
 Apara Jariwala as Sarita Singh, Pushpa's aunt-in-law; Karishma's grand-aunt-in-law (2022).
 Tejal Adivarekar as Malaika, Pushpa and Karishma's home help (2021–2022).
 Ashish Pawar as Sajan, Urmila's (Haseena's) supporter, friend and admirer (2022).
 Prem Vallabh as Mr. Chaturvedi, Cheeta's father (2022).
 Anju Rajiv as Mrs. Chaturvedi, Cheeta's mother (2022).
 Anupama Solanki as Dipti, a creative director with an advertising agency (2022).
 Abhay Bhadoriya as Bunty, a blackmailing teenager addicted to pizza (2022).
 Aman Mishra as Adil Shaikh, an arms dealer chosen by Haseena for her marriage (2022).
 Akansha Sharma as Rama, Karishma's best friend in childhood (2022).
 Rakhi Sawant as Begum, a thief along with her lover, Badshah.
 Ketan Singh as Badshah, a thief along with his lover, Begum.
 Tunisha Sharma as ASP Aditi Jammwal from Hero - Gayab Mode On (2021).
 Deepak Pareek as Honourable Secretary Advocate Dakshesh Joshipura from Wagle Ki Duniya - Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey.
 Sayantani Ghosh as Daljeet Bagga from Tera Yaar Hoon Main.
 Vijay Kashyap as Col. Pushpinder Batra, director of Parakram SAF from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Gulfam Khan as Mrs. Batra from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Karan Veer Mehra as Abhay, Koel's husband from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Prathmesh Sharma as Bala, Parakram SAF cadet from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Shaleen Malhotra as Special Agent Karan Shergill from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Kaveri Priyam as Cadet Dr. Monami Mahajan from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Kunal Karan Kapoor as Cadet Siddharth Ganju from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Diljot Kaur Chhabra as Special Agent Sanjana Dubey from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Aditya Deshmukh as Special Agent Faizuddin Siddiqui from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Simple Kaul as Cadet Koel Roy from Ziddi Dil Maane Na.
 Ankit Bathla as Kabir (2020).

Production

Development
Before its premiere, the series was entitled Mahila Police Thana. In early February 2020, the main cast promoted it in Lucknow.

Casting
Bhavika Sharma left the series in 2022 because she was unhappy with the development of her character.

Controversy
Shilpa Shinde, cast as Naina Mathur, said that the crew was "not being serious about work" and accused the producers of "not giving [a] satisfactory role to her" days after her arrival. Joshi and Sonali Naik responded, "If we were so unprofessional then the show wouldn't have existed for three long years." Joshi added, "Audience is the best judge and all the fifteen minutes of fame can rest in peace." 

Shinde later posted a three-minute video on Instagram, and accused Joshi and Naik of insulting her:  Joshi responded,

Crossovers
The Big Shanivaar was a mahasangam (crossover) of all Sony SAB's on-going shows (except Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah) telecast on 9 October 2021 to promote Sony SAB's Saturday lineup. 

Another edition of The Big Shanivaar was telecast on 20 November 2021 to celebrate Diwali in the  Parakram SAF and to help its cadet, Koel Roy, escape from her husband. 

Shaam Shaandar, a one-hour New Year's special, was broadcast on 31 December 2021 with Ziddi Dil Maane Na and Wagle Ki Duniya – Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey. 

In March 2022, Kavita Kaushik from F.I.R. appeared as a guest reprising the role of Chandramukhi Chautala.

In October 2023, Gulki Joshi appeared as a guest in Vanshaj reprising the role of Haseena Malik.

Sequel
After a three-year run, the series went off the air on 18 February 2023. Producer Kinnari Mehta later announced that it would return for a second season. At the end of the final episode, it was revealed that Haseena had survived the fatal blast. The cast, as Team MPT, later announced their return for season two.

Awards and nominations

See also 
 List of Hindi comedy shows

References

External links 
 
 Maddam Sir on SonyLIV

Sony SAB original programming
2020 Indian television series debuts
Indian television sitcoms
Television shows set in Uttar Pradesh
Fictional portrayals of police departments in India