Virrudh

Virrudh - Har Rishta Ek Kurukshetra
250px The promotional logo image of "Virrudh".
Created by	Ugraya Entertainment & Applause Entertainment
Written by	Kamlesh Pandey, Jitesh Patel & Garima Goyal
Directed by	Santram Verma
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Virrudh" by
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	165
Production
Producer(s)	Smriti Zubin Irani
Production location(s)	Mumbai
Cinematography	Raju Halasagi
Editor(s)	Dhirendra Singh & Narem Majiaha
Running time	approx. 21 minutes
Release
Original network	Sony Entertainment Television India
Picture format	480i (SDTV),
Original release	26 March 2007 – 17 January 2008
External links
Website

Virrudh (Against) is a Hindi Indian soap opera that premiered on Sony TV on 26 March 2007. The series is jointly produced by Smriti Irani's production house Ugraya Entertainment and Aditya Birla Group's media arm Applause Entertainment, and starrs Smriti Irani in the main lead along with Achint Kaur & Mihika Verma. It has been critically acclaimed for its unique storyline and power-packed performances. It has been promoted under the tagline "Har rishta ek kurukshetra" (every relationship is a battle).

Plot

Virrudh's story revolves around Vasudha who is torn between her father Dhirendra Rai Singhania and her love Sushant. Dhirendra is a power hungry media baron who has political connections and is passionate about his newspaper business entitled "Dainik Darpan". Vasudha blindly trusts her father's innocent make believe identity and is unaware of his dark past. Astound by his daughters' loyalty, Dhirendra decides to get her to lead his business in the future but is in constant fear that his secret bearers will reveal his evildoings to her, hence devastating his future plans. His secret bearers include some of his own family members, Shushant (Vasudha's fiancee and the chief crime reporter of Dainik Darpan) and his mother, and his political associate Sinha.

Cast

• Vikram Gokhale ... Dhirendra Raisinghaniya
• Sushant Singh ... Sushant Sharma (Vasudha's Husband)
• Smriti Irani ... Vasudha Sharma
• Achint Kaur ... Vedika Raisinghaniya
• Karan Mehra ... Vedant Raisinghaniya
• Mihika Verma ... Shreya Raisinghaniya
• Ashwini Kalsekar ... Devyani
• Govind G. Namdeo ... Mr. Sinha
• Zarina Wahab ... Shalini - Vasudha's mother
• Mohan Bhandari ... Virendar Raisinghaniya (Dhirendra's younger brother)
• Anand Suryavanshi ... Dhairya (Virender's younger son)
• Chetan Hansraj ... Rudraksh (Virender's elder son, antagonist)
• Apara Mehta ... Uttara (Sushant's mother)
• Anoop Soni ... Vikram
• Niyati Joshi ... Aarti
• Pariva Pranati ... Sandhya
• Aashka Goradia ... Naina Chopra
• Usha Nadkarni... Nani
• Bharti Achrekar... Bua
• Anjjan Shrivastav... Pandeyji
• Sanjeet Bedi... Siddharth

Awards

The Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards, 2007

• Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Achint Kaur

• Best Director (Drama) - Santram Verma

• Best Dialogues - Kamlesh Pandey

Indian Telly Awards, 2007

• Best Actress (Critics' Choice) - Smriti Irani

• Best Ensemble Cast - Virrudh

• Best Dialogues - Kamlesh Pandey

Balaji Global Awards

• Best Actor in a Negative Role - Vikram Gokhale

External links

• Official Site