Doli Armaano Ki
Doli Armaanon Ki, ( Palanquin of dreams) (International title: Lies of the Heart), was an Indian television drama series. It premiered on 2 December 2013, and ran until 25 September 2015. It was aired on ZEE TV Monday through Friday. Plot. Urmi Singh, a girl in Jhansi, dreams of marrying 'the perfect' man who might be her 'prince charming'. Her marriage is arranged with a wealthy businessman, Samrat Singh Rathore, who is selfish, arrogant, and short tempered, unbeknownst to Urmi, as she was told by Samrat's best friend, Ishaan Sinha, that he is a gentleman. During the  wedding preparations, Urmi's cousin, Trisha, sees many red flags in Samrat, but Urmi ignores her and is finally married to Samrat. On their wedding night, Samrat shows his true colours and Urmi is devastated. He begins abusing Urmi, making her life hell as no one in Samrat's family is willing to stand up to him for her because even they are scared of his temper. His father, Rudra Singh Rathore and his brother, Dewaker , try helping Urmi, but as always, he ignores them and loses his temper. Ishaan soon finds out that he is deceiving Urmi by abusing  and cheating on her, so he breaks ties with Samrat and flees abroad. Urmi leaves Samrat's house on the day of Holi and goes back to her parents house, but soon returns after finding out that she is pregnant with Samrat's child. 5 years later. Urmi and Samrat have a son, Shaurya. On Shaurya's birthday, Urmi has an argument with an old man and is surprised to know that he is Samrat's uncle. helps Urmi to stand up for herself but it angers Samrat. Urmi files a case against Samrat and finds him cheating on her  and leaves with Shaurya. Ishaan returns back to India and helps Urmi to get divorce from Samrat. Samrat is sentenced to 6 years in prison. 6 years later. Urmi owns a restaurant with Ishaan's help. Ishaan proposes to Urmi. Samrat returns to take revenge on Urmi and Ishaan. He marries Ishaan's sister, Taani to get closer to them. Urmi is revealed to be pregnant. Samrat tries to kill her but Ishaan dies while saving Samrat. Samrat kills himself feeling guilty. Ishaan's mother, Damini blames Urmi for Ishaan's death. 20 years later. Urmi's children, Shaurya and  Ishaani are grown up. Manipulated by Damini, Ishaani hates Urmi believing she killed Ishaan. Shaurya falls in love with Diya and they get married. Ishaani realizes Damini's reality and reconciles with Urmi. Damini is sent to jail. She returns and tries to kill entire family. Without having any option, Urmi shoots Damini and the family is reunited. Production. Initially Mohit Malik rejected the role then Rahil Azam was signed for the show but was eventually replaced by Mohit Malik. Chhavi Pandey auditioned for Parvati Sehgal's role but got rejected by the makers. Karan Tacker was approached for Ishaan 's role before finalizing Vibhav Roy in it but Karan rejected the role because of some personal issues. Nikita Sharma was offered a role in the show which was earlier played by Priya Shinde in the show. Falaq Naaz was chosen for playing the elder Anushka in the show after the five-year leap replacing Mehendi Jain as the younger one which was a strong character of an IPS Officer in the show but the makers scrapped her role because of too many characters in the six-year leap. Mohit Malik was to play the role of adult Shaurya after  leap but he quit the show because of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa. Saurabh Raaj Jain was offered Shaurya's role which was later played by Kunal Karan Kapoor in the show. Kanchi Singh was offered Nalini Negi's role but declined it as she thought it was a negative character. Rajat Tokas was approached for the show but declined the part Gaurav Chopra played the part later.