Doree (TV series)

Doree is an Indian Hindi-language  drama television series that aired from 6 November 2023 to 26 June 2024 on Colors TV and digitally streams on Jio Cinema. The series aims to promote awareness on the issue of girl child abandonment. The series stars Mahi Bhanushali, Amar Upadhyay and Sudha Chandran.

Plot
The story centers around Doree, an adorable six year old girl who resides in the Bunkar Mohalla of Banaras with her foster father, Ganga Prasad after being abandoned at birth by her biological family because she was not born male.

Doree comes from a high-ranking family in her village, her biological family is headed by Kailashi Thakur who sees young girls as burdens and despises them. Kailashi Thakur forbade her sons from having daughters at the risk of losing their inheritance. Her eldest son and his wife cannot have children which causes Kailashi to have a bitter relationship with them and her second son Anand Thakur is none other than Doree's biological father. He is a greedy and cruel man who did not hesitate for a moment to take his daughter from the hands of his wife, Mansi Thakur to get rid of her and exchange her with a boy named Vansh. Doree is saved by a disabled man named Ganga Prasad who decided to raise her despite opposition from his mother.

6 years later
Doree and her father are very close. Doree goes to a temple disguised as Mahadev and Kailashi also goes to the temple where she ends up meeting Doree and was about to give her offering when Doree tells her that there are other children in line before me which makes Kailashi angry and asks the priest how a girl can dress up as Mahadev and Doree asks him why a girl can't dress up as Mahadev and she tells him that the place for girls is in the kitchen and if a girl refuses being in the kitchen she will go to hell but Doree tells her that her father always told her that People were equal which provokes even more anger from Kailashi who takes a pot of water to clean Doree's disguise and her breaks the pot and at the same time a post is about to fall on her head but Doree saves her. Instead of being grateful she became furious and she says to him why did she touch her. Doree replies that the pole was going to fall on her. Kailashi told her that it was better to let her die than to ruin her precious sari. She is about to hit her but Ganga comes and stops her. He says please forgive her she didn't want to trouble you and he says come to Bunkar Mohalla so that his grandmother will clean her saree but She says even if it was the end of the world she would never go to this dirty neighborhood and she tells him to tell Doree that she is a girl and that she must learn to fear the world and only manage the house.

Main

 * Mahi Bhanushali as Doree Thakur: Manasi and Anand's daughter; Ganga's niece and adopted daughter (2023–2024)
 * Amar Upadhyay as Ganga "Agni" Thakur: Mahendra and Kailashi's son; Rukmani's stepson; Yash, Anand and Raj's half-brother; Neelu's fake husband; Pavitra's ex–boyfriend and fake husband; Flora's fake father; Doree's uncle and adoptive father; Manasi's second husband (2023–2024)
 * Sudha Chandran as
 * Rukmani Thakur: Kailashi's twin sister; Mahendra's second wife; Yash, Anand and Raj's mother; Ganga's stepmother; Doree's grandmother; Vansh's adoptive grandmother (2023–2024)
 * Kailashi Thakur: Rukmani's twin sister; Mahendra's first wife; Ganga's mother; Yash, Anand and Raj's stepmother; Doree's step-grandmother (2024)

Recurring

 * Toral Rasputra as Manasi Singh Thakur: Veerendra's younger sister; Anand's ex-wife; Doree's mother; Vansh's adoptive mother; Ganga's second wife (2023–2024)
 * Anurag Sharma as Anand Thakur: Mahendra and Rukmani's second son; Kailashi's stepson; Yash and Raj's brother; Ganga's half-brother; Manasi's ex–husband; Doree's father; Vansh's adoptive father; Neelu's lover (2023–2024)
 * Atharv Jhonny as Vansh "Lalla" Thakur: Anand and Manasi's adopted son (2023–2024)
 * Uma Basu as Nani: Ganga's adoptive grandmother (2023–2024)
 * Mehul Buch as Mahendra Thakur: Kailashi and Rukmani's husband; Ganga, Yash, Anand and Raj's father; Doree's grandfather; Vansh's adoptive grandfather (2023–2024)
 * Soni Singh as Neelu: Anand’s lover; Doree’s enemy; Ganga's fake wife (2023–2024)
 * Haelyn Shastri as Komal Thakur: Raj's wife (2023–2024)
 * Anurag Vyas as Raj Thakur: Mahendra and Rukmani's youngest son; Kailashi's stepson; Yash and Anand's brother; Ganga's half-brother; Komal's husband (2023–2024)
 * Sugandha Srivastava as Sudha Thakur: Yash's wife (2023–2024)
 * Mehul Kajaria as Yash Thakur: Mahendra and Rukmani's eldest son; Kailashi's stepson; Anand and Raj's brother; Ganga's half-brother; Sudha's husband (2023–2024)
 * Moonmoon Banerjee as Maya: Agni's (Ganga) fake sister; Rukmani's daughter (2024) (Dead)
 * Ashwani Rathore as Chakaram: Thakur's maid (2023–2024)
 * Hardik Mehta as Sattu: Doree's friend (2023–2024)
 * Anuradha Nandini as Inspector Bhairavi Tomar: A police officer (2023–2024)
 * Milan Dhamecha as Reporter (2024)
 * Sonal Vengurlekar as Pavitra: Ganga's ex–girlfriend and fake wife; Flora's mother (2024) (Dead)
 * Mahi Bhadra as Flora: Pavitra's daughter; Ganga's fake daughter (2024)
 * Hemant Choudhary as Veerendra Singh: Manasi's elder brother (2024)

Production
Colors TV joined hands with Ministry of Women and Child Development to promote Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative. Colors TV will also promote the 24-hour emergency toll free Childline India helpline number (1098). The filming of the drama series took places at many places in Varanasi - Gai Ghat, Darbhanga Ghat, Mahmoorganj area.

Due to decrease in TRP, the show is scheduled to last aired on 26th June 2024. But however it is also planned to bring up the second season showcasing a new grown up Doree and her challenges against women empowerment.

In June 2024 after 15 year leap Niharika Chouksey as Grown Up Doree