Laado 2 (TV series)
Laado 2 – Veerpur Ki Mardani (; also known as Laado – Ek Nayi Shuruaat) is an Indian television drama show that premiered on 6 November 2017 and aired on the Colors TV channel. It replaced the show Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman from 6 November 2017. It is the season 2 of "Laado (Franchise)". It is a sequel or spin-off of the 2009 series "Na Aana Is Des Laado". The show is produced by Bollywood filmmaker Dhaval Gada. Meghna Malik reprised her role as Ammaji from "Na Aana Is Des Laado" in this show. It starred Meghna Malik, Avika  Gor, Palak Jain, Shaleen Malhotra, Siddharth Arora and Vinny Arora in the lead roles. The first promo for the show was released on 5 October 2017. "Laado" touched upon the sensitive issue of castration. The Series took a Leap of 6 Months in March 2018. The story revolves around Ammaji (Malik), a powerful and conservative matriarch who supported female infanticide in "Na Aana Is Des Laado", is now a transformed woman. She and her elder granddaughter, Anushka (Gor) fight for women's rights as they try to change people's outlooks. It could not face the difficult competition from competing  shows and the channel decided to pull it off-air. The show ended on 23 May 2018, completing 133 episodes. Background. Production. The show is produced by Dhaval Gada of Dhaval Gada Productions. Casting. Earlier, there were rumours that Meghna Malik would be returning as the cruel and strict Ammaji. It was also said that the show will have the same setup with Raghav and Siya's daughter now playing the lead. The concept of the show remains the same as before. The show will have Ekta Kaul and Shoaib Ibrahim playing the protagonists while iMalik will play the antagonist . But later it was officially announced that Malik as well as Avika Gor will be playing the lead roles in the series. It was declared that the show will feature Gor as the protagonist along with Palak Jain as her sister, Jhanvi who will be playing the parallel lead role in the series. It was also declared that Meghna Malik role will be positive in this series. Ammaji in this edition of Laado will be different in mind, body and appearance. She will be seen championing the cause of women and addressing sensitive issues of women's dignity, safety and  rights. Later, Shaleen Malhotra was roped in to play the male lead role in the series. Ratings. The series occupied 17th place, with 1.8 TRP ratings in the first week of its launch. In the 2nd week of 2018, the ratings for the series was 1.5. The show reached the 14th position in the BARC ratings on 24 November 2017.