Vanshaj

Vanshaj () is an Indian family drama series that premiered on 12 June 2023 on Sony SAB and streams digitally on Sony LIV. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary under Swastik Productions, It stars Anjali Tatrari, Mahir Pandhi, Puneet Issar and Mohit Kumar in key roles.

Plot
Digvijay Mahajan, the heir of business group Mahajan Empire, an aimless and egoistic man upsets his uncle Bhanupratap Mahajan by firing 1200 employees after taking over a media company. Bhanupratap's trusted employee Vidur Bharadwaj visits Rishikesh to take advice of Mahajans' family priest unknowing to the fact that Bhanupratap's youngest half-brother and former CEO of Mahajan Empire, Premraj Mahajan who separated from his family lives there with his wife Bhoomi, elder daughter Yuvika and twins Arjun and Isha by assuming a fake identity. Yuvika is a happy go lucky girl but is extremely careless. Soon, Yuvika comes across her real birth certificate and questions her parents which results in Premraj suffering a heart attack and a brain injury which forces Bhumi to take help of Vidur ultimately leading to Mahajans taking Premraj and his family back to their home. Premraj's surgery gets successful but a reporter Jogi leaks Premraj and his family's return to media making Dhanraj and Gargi insecure. Premraj dies and Yuvika fights for her rights to do her father's last rites when Dhanraj stops her from doing so. Later they return to Rishikesh and Gargi being insecure leaks the news about Premraj being charged with sexual harassment case of an employee in his term as CEO which makes people disown Yuvika, Arjun and Isha. Yuvika vows to prove her father's innocence by returning to Mahajans and breaks up with her childhood sweetheart Kartik and comes back to Delhi with her siblings and Bhumi with a mission to clear her father's name which makes Gargi and Dhanraj insecure again. They decide to not tell anyone about their mission.

After coming to Delhi, Yuvika starts investigate about her father's scandal. She meets a journalist, Lajpal Singh Chowdhary  who says that when he was working on this scandal, felt something fishy. He understood that the person who tried to defame Premraj is a very influential person. He also warns her to not trust Mahajan family as it can be anyone between them. Later she collides with Neil Bharadwaj (Son of Vidur Bharadwaj), whom she met a few years ago on Rishikesh.

Cast

Main
 Anjali Tatrari as Yuvika "Yuvi" Mahajan: Premraj and Bhoomi's elder daughter; Arjun and Isha's sister; Digvijay, Miraya and Shanaya's cousin; Kartik's childhood friend and ex-girlfriend; Neil's love interest. (2023–present)
 Mahir Pandhi as Digvijay "DJ" Mahajan: Crown Prince of Mahajan Empire; Dhanraj and Gargi's son; Miraya's brother; Yuvika, Arjun, Isha and Shanaya's cousin; Simone's ex-boyfriend; Ruhi's husband. (2023–present)
 Puneet Issar as Bhanupratap "Dada Babu" Mahajan: Chairman of Mahajans Empire; Shanti Prasad's eldest son; Shobhana's step-son; Shubhadra, Dhanraj and Premraj's half-brother and father-figure. (2023–present)
 Mohit Kumar as Neil Bharadwaj: Vidur's son; Yuvika's friend. (2023–present)

Recurring
 Kavita Kapoor as Shobhana Mahajan: Shanti Prasad's widow; Shubhadra and Dhanraj's mother; Bhanupratap and Premraj's step-mother and murderer; Digvijay, Miraya and Shanaya's grandmother; Yuvika, Arjun and Isha's step-grandmother. (2023–present)
 Leena Balodi as Devyani Verma: Shanti Prasad's ex–lover; Premraj's mother; Yuvika, Arjun and Isha's grandmother. (2023–present)
 Gireesh Sahdev as Dhanraj Mahajan: CEO of Mahajans Empire; Shanti Prasad and Shobhana's son; Shubhadra's brother; Bhanupratap and Premraj's half-brother; Gargi's husband; Digvijay and Miraya's father. (2023–present)
 Parinita Seth as Gargi Mahajan: Dhanraj's wife; Digvijay and Miraya's mother. (2023–present)
 Gurdeep Kohli as Bhoomi Mahajan: Premraj's widow; Yuvika, Arjun and Isha's mother. (2023–present)
 Buneet Kapoor as Arjun Mahajan: Premraj and Bhoomi's son; Yuvika and Isha's brother; Digvijay, Miraya and Shanaya's cousin; Simone's friend. (2023–present)
 Kanchan Dubey as Isha "Ishu" Mahajan: Premraj and Bhoomi's younger daughter; Yuvika and Arjun's sister; Digvijay, Miraya and Shanaya's cousin. (2023–present)
 Aliraza Namdar as Vidur Bharadwaj: Mahajans' trusted employee and Premraj's friend; Neil's father. (2023–present)
Praneet Bhat as Jogi Singh: A reporter keenly interested in Mahajans (2023–present)
Sheena Bajaj as Ruhi Shroff Mahajan: Digvijay's wife (2023–present)
 Mamata Verma as Shubhadra (nee: Mahajan): Shanti Prasad and Shobhana's daughter; Dhanraj's sister; Bhanupratap and Premraj's half-sister; Shanaya's mother (2023–present)
Prerna Khawas as Miraya Mahajan: Dhanraj and Gargi's daughter; Digvijay's sister; Yuvika, Arjun, Isha and Shanaya's cousin. (2023–present)
 Aarzoo Bathla as Shanaya: Subhadra's daughter; Digvijay, Yuvika, Miraya, Arjun and Isha's cousin. (2023–present) 
 Harveer Singh as Diamond Singh: Mahajans' househelp (2023–present)
 Akshay Anand as Premraj "Prem" Mahajan: Former CEO of Mahajan Empire; Shanti Prasad and Devyani Verma's son; Shobhana's step-son; Bhanupratap, Subhadra and Dhanraj's half-brother; Bhoomi's husband; Yuvika, Arjun and Isha's father. (2023) (Dead)
 Zaan Khan as Kartik: Yuvika's childhood friend and ex–boyfriend (2023)
 Sheetal Tiwari as Simone: Digvijay's ex–girlfriend; Arjun's love-interest; A professional photographer (2023–present)
 Shweta Dadhich as Avni D'Souza: Prem's former secretary (2023–present)

Guest
 Gulki Joshi as S.H.O. Haseena Malik from Maddam Sir. (2023)

Production

Filming
The filming of the series began in May 2023 in Rishikesh.
The family drama series took inspiration from the epic Mahabharata where the lead and recurring characters shares the same characteristics as Mahabharata characters.

Crossover
In October 2023, Gulki Joshi from Maddam Sir appeared as a guest reprising the role of Haseena Malik.

References

2023 Indian television series debuts
Sony SAB original programming