Bhagya Lakshmi

Bhagya Lakshmi (International title:Un..fortunate love)is an Indian television series which premiered from 3 August 2021 on Zee TV. Produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms, the series stars Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti in lead while Aman Gandhi and Munira Kudrati play pivotal roles.

Plot
Lakshmi Bajwa is a kind-hearted naïve girl from Gurdaspur, a village in Punjab. After her parents' death, she and her sisters are taken to Mumbai by their greedy aunt, Rano, who decides to have Lakshmi quickly marry anyone so she can fulfil Lakshmi's father's will and take his property. However, Lakshmi marries a businessman, Rishi Oberoi. It is revealed that Rishi was coerced by his parents, especially by his mother Neelam, to marry Lakshmi for one year as they believed that Lakshmi could save him from bad luck or death as told by their priest. Rishi also has a girlfriend named Malishka, who initially consented to this arrangement but as their marriage progresses, Malishka notices a shift in Rishi's behaviour – he's grown fond of Lakshmi. Before the year is up, Lakshmi learns the truth and leaves, despite Neelam's pleas. In court, Lakshmi and Rishi are told to stay together for six months before the divorce is finalized seeing Rishi and Lakshmi's bonding. During the six months, Rishi falls in love with Lakshmi, but Malishka makes it seem like Rishi slept with her although he didn't, leading to Lakshmi finalizing her divorce and leaving Rishi. Rishi and Malishka's marriage is fixed.

However, Rishi brings Lakshmi back claiming that he will marry her to a nice man and help her get settled as a friend. However, Rishi proposes to Lakshmi and tells Malishka that he only loves Lakshmi, but Lakshmi rejects it after thinking about Malishka. Lakshmi's marriage is fixed with Vikrant, but it turns out that Vikrant was planning to deceive Lakshmi, he already had a wife but was marrying Lakshmi only for a child. They get to know about him on the day of the wedding, and the wedding is called off. Lakshmi again leaves the house due to being insulted. On Rishi and Malishka's wedding day, Rishi reveals his love for Lakshmi and breaks his wedding with Malishka. Rishi chooses Lakshmi over his mother and leaves his house with her. Finally, Lakshmi accepts her love for Rishi. Rishi and Lakshmi get married. As they leave for their honeymoon, Malishka causes Rishi and Lakshmi's accident and tries to kill them. Both of them are saved, and Neelam finally accepts them and calls them back home. In their house once again, Rishi and Lakshmi are to marry, but Lakshmi faints just before the marriage, and turns out that Lakshmi has lost her mental stability.

However, Malishka plots against Lakshmi due to which she forcibly ends up in a mental asylum against Rishi's will. Malishka again plots against Lakshmi and manages to secretly have Virendra's car's brakes fail so that Lakshmi is blamed. Virendra and Lakshmi get into a car accident, leaving Virendra comatose. Lakshmi regains her mental stability but everyone, including Rishi, blames her for Virendra's state and throw her out of the house, much to Malishka's triumph. Lakshmi boards a train to return to her village but the train gets into an accident. Lakshmi is presumed dead by Rishi and his family but she survives and finds herself pregnant with Rishi's child. Lakshmi returns to her village and decides to raise her child single-handedly.

7 years later
Lakshmi now lives in her village and raises her and Rishi's daughter, Parvati "Paro". Shalu is also living with Lakshmi and Parvati in the village. Rishi, on the other hand, is now a tough business tycoon and has an adopted son, Rohan. Rishi, along with Rohan, visit a village school where they meet Parvati, but Rishi is unaware that Parvati is his daughter. Lakshmi also meets Rohan, but she is also unaware that Rohan is connected to Rishi. Parvati and Rohan become close friends. Rohan stays at the village and lives with Lakshmi, while Parvati goes to the city with Rishi, for a school exchange program. Neelam, who still hates Lakshmi, begins to despise Parvati, after their first meeting. Neelam rebukes Parvati's mother, unaware that it's Lakshmi.

Rohan is revealed to be Rishi and Lakshmi's twin son and Parvati's twin brother. Five years ago, there was a riot in Lakshmi's village, which led to goons beating up Lakshmi and stealing Rohan from her. The goon's bike exploded, so Rohan was presumed dead. Malishka and Rishi have been married for seven years. However, Rishi still lives with Lakshmi's memories, and Parvati's behaviour reminds him of her. Ayush has also married Anushka, they don't love each other as it is a secret deal marriage however it is shown they care about each other. Soon the student exchange program comes to an end with Rohan and Paro returning to their homes. When Paro receives a scholarship from Rohan's school, Lakshmi decides to shift back to Mumbai, much to Shalu's disapproval, to ensure a brighter future for Paro. The three shift back to Mumbai and start living with Rano while Lakshmi starts working as a teacher at Rohan's school. Rishi and Lakshmi finally meets each other when Rishi had saved her from an goon and her one-sided obsessive lover, Ranjeet.

Lakshmi rejects Rishi and his love as she still feels hurt and betrayed by the way he treated her seven years ago. Lakshmi feels betrayed when she sees that Rishi and Malishka are married. The Oberoi family learn that Lakshmi is alive and Paro is her daughter. Anushka becomes insecure due to Shalu's return and Ayush's attention on Shalu. Shalu also behaves closely with Ayush despite knowing that he is a married man.

Malishka gets insecure due to the return of Lakshmi and also Rishi's bond towards on Paro while Neelam's sister, Aanchal returns and also she hates both Lakshmi and Paro while Ayush learns Paro is Rishi and Lakshmi's daughter as Rishi claims that Paro is his daughter but Lakshmi doesn’t allows them to reveal Paro's identity. Malishka gets enraged and she frames Paro for attempting to murdering Neelam as Malishka pushes a decoration by falling towards on Neelam and gets injured as Paro gets arrested but Shalu helps Paro by escaping from court. Then, Lakshmi and Paro escape to Kerala with Lakshmi's friend Ishita for Ishita's wedding.

Main

 * Aishwarya Khare as Lakshmi Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's eldest daughter; Shalu and Bani's sister; Neha's cousin; Rishi's estranged wife; Rohan and Parvati's mother (2021–present)
 * Rohit Suchanti as Rishi Oberoi: Neelam and Virendra's son; Sonia's brother; Lakshmi's estranged husband; Malishka’s husband; Ayush, Devika and Ahana's cousin; Rohan and Parvati's father (2021–present)
 * Aman Gandhi as Ayushmaan "Ayush" Chopra: Karishma and Avinash's son; Ahana's brother; Anushka's husband; Rishi, Devika and Sonia's cousin; Rohan and Parvati’s uncle (2021–present)
 * Munira Kudrati as Shalini "Shalu" Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's second daughter; Lakshmi and Bani's sister; Neha's cousin; Rohan and Parvati's aunt (2021–present)

Recurring

 * Trisha Sarda as Parvati "Paro" Bajwa Oberoi: Lakshmi and Rishi‘s daughter; Rohan's twin sister (2024–present)
 * Hanish Kaushal / Shreyansh Kaurav as Rohan Oberoi: Lakshmi and Rishi's son; Malishka's adopted son; Parvati's twin brother (2024–present)
 * Krutika Khire as Anushka Chopra: Ayush's wife; Rohan and Parvati's aunt (2024–present)
 * Maera Mishra as Malishka Bedi Oberoi: Kiran and Abhay's daughter; Rohan's adoptive mother; Rishi's wife (2021–present)
 * Manasi Bhanushali as Bani Bajwa: Kuljeet and Manoj's youngest daughter; Lakshmi and Shalu's sister; Neha's cousin; Rohan and Parvati's aunt (2021–present)
 * Smita Bansal as Neelam Oberoi: Aanchal's sister; Virendra's wife; Rishi and Sonia's mother; Rohan and Parvati's grandmother (2021–present)
 * Uday Tikekar as Virendra "Veer" Oberoi: Harleen and Vishwas's younger son; Karishma and Mahendra's brother; Neelam's husband; Rishi and Sonia's father; Rohan and Parvati's grandfather (2021–2024)
 * Neena Cheema as Harleen Oberoi: Vishwas's widow; Karishma, Virendra and Mahendra's mother; Rishi, Sonia, Ahana, Ayush and Devika's grandmother; Rohan and Parvati's great-grandmother (2021–present)
 * Shivani Jha as Sonia Oberoi: Neelam and Virendra's daughter; Rishi's sister; Ahana, Ayush and Devika's cousin; Rohan and Parvati’s aunt (2021–present)
 * Parul Chaudhary as Karishma Oberoi Chopra: Harleen and Vishwas's daughter; Virendra and Mahendra's sister; Avinash's wife; Ayush and Ahana's mother (2021–present)
 * Aditi Shetty as Ahana Chopra: Karishma and Avinash's daughter; Ayushmaan's younger sister; Rishi, Sonia and Devika's cousin; Rohan and Parvati’s aunt (2021–2023)
 * Bebika Dhurve as Devika Oberoi: Mahendra's daughter; Rishi, Sonia, Ayush and Ahana's cousin; Rohan and Parvati's aunt (2021–2023)
 * Veerendra Saxena as Manoj Bajwa: Preetam's brother; Kuljeet's husband; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's father; Neha's uncle; Parvati and Rohan’s grandfather (2021) (Dead)
 * Neelu Dogra as Kuljeet Bajwa: Manoj's wife; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's mother; Neha's aunt; Parvati and Rohan’s grandmother (2021) (Dead)
 * Massheuddin Qureshi as Preetam Bajwa: Manoj's brother; Rano's husband; Neha's father; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's uncle (2021–2022; 2024–present)
 * Neha Prajapati as Rano Bajwa: Preetam's wife; Neha's mother; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's aunt (2021–present)
 * Avantika Chaudhary / Tasneem Khan / Urmimala Sinha Roy as Neha Bajwa: Rano and Preetam's daughter; Lakshmi, Shalini and Bani's cousin; Parvati and Rohan's aunt (2021–2022) / (2022) / (2022–present)
 * Karan Kaushal Sharma / Deepjyoti Das as Abhay Singh Bedi: Kiran's husband; Malishka's father; Rohan's adoptive grandfather (2021–2023) / (2023–2024)
 * Karuna Verma as Kiran Singh Bedi: Abhay's wife; Malishka's mother; Rohan's adoptive grandmother; Neelam's friend (2021–present)
 * Mohit Malhotra as Vikrant Kakkar: Anjana and Puneet's son; Saloni's husband; Lakshmi's ex–fiance (2023)
 * Kavita Banerjee as Sonal: Malishka's best friend (2022–2024)
 * Ankit Bhatia as Balwinder "Ballu" Sood: Lakshmi's ex-fiancé and obsessive one-sided lover; Rishi's former driver; Kamli's husband (2021–2024)
 * Unknown as Ranjeet: Lakshmi's one-sided obsessive lover (2024)
 * Melanie Pais as Inspector Durga (2022)
 * Akash Choudhary as Viraj Singhania: Malishka's former best friend and ex-fiancée (2021)
 * Kaushal Kapoor as Darshan: Lakshmi's employer (2022)
 * Mridula Oberoi as Kalyani: Lakshmi's boss (2022)
 * Firdaus as Arnav: A talented kick boxer and swimmer (2022)
 * Syed Ashraf Karim as Gurucharan Anand: Manoj's friend and accountant (2021)
 * Jyoti Mukherjee / Rajani Gupta as Anjana Kakkar: Puneet's wife; Vikrant's mother (2023) / (2023)
 * Shraddha Jaiswal as Saloni Kakkar: Vikrant's wife (2023)
 * Sandeep Kapoor as Puneet Kakkar: Anjana's husband; Vikrant's father (2023)
 * Girish Thapar as Pandit: Neelam consulted him for Rishi's safety (2021)
 * Ajay Raju as Pandit Ji (September 2023)
 * Allu Arjun as rama (2024)
 * Manu Malik as Avinash Chopra: Karishma's husband; Ayushmaan and Ahana's father (2024–present)
 * Parakh Madan as Aanchal: Neelam's sister; Rishi and Sonia's aunt (2024—present)
 * Varsha Bhagwani as Ishita: Lakshmi's close friend (2024–present)
 * Lakshmi Mehta

Special appearances

 * Sriti Jha as Pragya Abhishek Mehra
 * Shabir Ahluwalia as Abhishek Mehra
 * Shraddha Arya as Dr. Preeta Karan Luthra
 * Dheeraj Dhoopar as Karan Luthra
 * Anjum Fakih as Srishti Arora Luthra
 * Manit Joura as Rishabh Luthra
 * Supriya Shukla as Sarla Arora
 * Anisha Hinduja as Rakhi Luthra
 * Abhishek Kapoor as Sameer Luthra

Production
Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti were finalised to reprise their roles as leads in May 2021 itself, but due to the lockdown in Maharashtra, they signed the contract only in June. The filming and production began on 14 June 2021 in Film City, Mumbai.