Sasural Simar Ka 2 (Simar's In-Laws 2) is an Indian Hindi-language television series that aired from 26 April 2021 to 7 April 2023 on Colors TV. It is a sequel to the 2011 soap opera Sasural Simar Ka.[1] Produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms, it stars Radhika Muthukumar, Avinash Mukherjee, Tanya Sharma, Karan Sharma and Jayati Bhatia.[2][3]

Sasural Simar Ka 2
GenreDrama
Supernatural
Horror fiction
Created byMartin Lowe
Written byJay Verma
Screenplay by
  • Gautam Hegde
  • Shilpa D'Mello
  • Fatema Rangila
  • Shubham Joshi
  • Dialogues:
  • Khushbu Shrivastav
  • Aanchal Aggarwal Vasani
Directed byYash Sinha
Starring
ComposerNishant-Raja
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes629
Production
Producers
  • Rashmi Sharma
  • Pawan Kumar Marut
CinematographyDanny S
EditorSuraj Singh
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20–35 minutes
Production companyRashmi Sharma Telefilms
Original release
NetworkColors TV
Release26 April 2021 (2021-04-26) –
7 April 2023 (2023-04-07)
Related
Sasural Simar Ka

Plot

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Set in Agra, the story revolves around Simar Narayan and Reema Narayan, two sisters with different personalities. While Simar dreams of becoming a singer, Reema aspires to be a model. Aarav Oswal and Vivaan Oswal are cousins who love and respect each other. They fall for Reema, but Simar falls for Aarav. Reema is chosen to be Aarav's bride but leaves on the wedding day for an event for her modeling career. Because of this, Simar has to marry instead of her sister, but the Oswal family does not accept her as a daughter-in-law .Then Rima and Vivan held a wedding without telling anyone . After a lot of twists and turns, The Oswal family and Geetanjali Devi (Badi Maa) finally accept Simar as their daughter-in-law.

However, Simar and Aarav's relationship is jeopardised when Aarav's old friend Dhami enters their lives. Dhami is obsessed with Aarav and claims to be his first wife. It turns out that Dhami is mentally unstable and she drugs Aarav to marry her. Simar tries to expose Dhami but all her plans backfire. On Geetanjali Devi birthday, Dhami shows a picture of Gopichand Oswal (Geetanjali Devi late husband) and his second wife who is actually Simar's music teacher, Yamini. Simar leaves her musical career for Geetanjali Devi. Dhami decides to commit suicide with Aarav. However, Simar saves Aarav, while Dhami died after falling off the cliff.

Reema leaves The Oswal's mansion to complete her modeling career. However, when she returns, she starts acting strangely. Simar worried about Reema's behaviour. She decides to investigate and finds out that Reema has been captured by a yaksh named Rudra, and the one pretending to be Reema is actually Chhaya, her lookalike and Rudra's wife. Simar frees Reema and brings her back. However, it turns out that Chhaya had swapped places with Reema. Rudra learns that Simar is the reincarnation of Rani Yakshini Damini, the most powerful yakshini. Rudra tries everything to prevent Simar from remembering her past and attaining the power of Damini. However Simar gains the power and kills Rudra.

On their first wedding anniversary, Aarav wants to gift Simar something special. He saw a bangle which was in a statue's hand. The statue has a burn mark on it so no one was willing to buy it. However, Aarav likes it. The statue turned out to be cursed. It killed everyone one who hated it. Reema knows about this after some research that the statue was made by a man named Arindam, who was the heir of a famous Bengali family, The Roy Chaudary's. Arindam was in love with a maid named Labuni. However, The Roy Chaudary's refused their relationship and threw Labuni into fire. Labuni escaped but her face was scarred. Arindam had made a statue similar to Labuni and now Labuni's soul resides in the statue looking for someone who would love her despite the scar on her face. The man happened to be Aarav, and Labuni plotted to marry him in order to become alive. Labuni tries everything she can to marry Aarav. However, Simar manages to burn the statue. Labuni returns in her human form to marry Aarav. She becomes Geetanjali's maid and frames Simar for a murder. Aarav proves Simar is innocence and kills Labuni. Arindam, who falls for Simar, along with his grandmother and Dulba plan to bring back the dead Choudhary family souls into the bodies of the Oswal family but end up being defeated, thanks to Simar.

Gajendra (Aarav's father) had a daughter named Masoomi, from his girlfriend before his marriage with Sandhya (Aarav's mother). He had been raising her secretly in an orphanage for 25 years. A priest told Geetanjali Devi about a sin committed by one of the family members. To repent for the "sin", Geetanjali Devi distributes food to an orphanage which happens to be the same orphanage where Masoomi stays. Gajendra's truth comes out and everyone hates him except Simar. Masoomi overhears the conversation between Gajendra, Simar and Aarav. She comes to know about her father and runs away after Gajendra says that he will leave Masoomi for his wife and children. Masoomi meets Sandhya on the road who brings her to The Oswal's Mansion. Sandhya becomes heart-broken after learning the truth and keeps her distance from Gajendra. Masoomi accuses Aarav of snatching her happiness by stealing her father. Simar visits the orphanage to learn more about Masoomi. She learned that Masoomi had a twin sister named Gunjan who had died. Charulata (Gunjan and Masoomi's mother and Gajendra's ex-girlfriend) is a witch. She summons Gunjan's spirit to avenge The Oswals. However, Simar manages to defeat them. But Gunjan already orders a Naag[additional citation(s) needed] to disguise as Aarav.

The Naag possess Aarav's body to live longer. Simar manages to kill the Naag and free Aarav. However, Naag's wife, Nazar returns to seek revenge. She successfully murders Sandhya. Simar performs a ritual to protect their house from any evil spirit. Nazar manages to break that protection and tricks Aarav into believing that they slept together. Simar reveals to the family that she is pregnant. Many months pass and Nazar enters the house also revealing to everyone that she is also expecting Aarav's child. Simar breaks down on this revelation and goes into labour pain. Nazar too stars experiencing labour pain. A Baba tells Geetanjali Devi that if Simar's child is born between 4:00-4:07 pm then that child will be the cause of Simar's death. Simar gives birth to a daughter at 4:06 pm. Nazar gives birth to a daughter as well and named her Amrit. Aarav snatches away Simar's daughter revealing that she is bad luck. However, Simar makes it clear that if her daughter is being thrown then she will also leave the house. It is revealed that Nazar exchanged the babies. She gets very relaxed that she snatched everything from Aarav and Simar and separated them from each other forever. To her shock, this was a plan of Simar and Aarav and they successfully acquire their daughter from her when Nazar thought that now no one can challenge her. Nazar, held captive, reveals it to everyone that Aarav is not Amrit's father, but her Naag Devta (Snake God) gave her a blessing and made her pregnant. Nazar gets burnt to her death. Simar names her daughter Disha and adopts Amrit. The family accepts the babies and they are happily reunited, With this, the show ends.

Cast

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Main

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  • Radhika Muthukumar as
    • Simar "Choti Simar" Oswal (née Narayan)–A singer; Indu and Avinash's youngest daughter; Roma, Reema, and Gagan's youngest sister; Aarav's wife; Disha's mother (2021–2023)
    • Rani Yakshini Damini–Simar's previous birth; a yakshini; Dev's wife. (2022)
  • Avinash Mukherjee as
    • Aarav Oswal: Sandhya and Gajendra's son; Vivan's brother; Simar's husband; Disha's father (2021–2023)
    • Raja Dev Singh–Aarav's past life; Damini's husband. (2022)
    • Naag–An ichchaddari naag who possessed in Aarav's body; Nazar's husband. (2023)
  • Tanya Sharma as
    • Reema Oswal (née Narayan)–Indu and Avinash's second daughter; Roma's younger sister; Gagan and Simar's elder sister; Vivaan's wife.(2021–2023)
    • Chhaya Rathore–A soul and Rudra's wife. (2022)
  • Karan Sharma as Vivaan Oswal–Chitra and Giriraj's elder son; Reyansh's brother; Lalit, Vivek, Gunjan, Masoomi, Aarav and Aditi's cousin; Reema's husband; Disha and Geet's uncle; Amrit's adoptive uncle; Geetanjali's grandson.(2021–2023)
  • Jayati Bhatia as
    • Geetanjali Devi "Badi Maa" Oswal–Nirmala's twin sister, Manoranjan's sister; Gopichand's widow; Shobha, Gajendra and Giriraj's mother; Lalit, Vivek, Gunjan, Masoomi, Aarav, Aditi, Vivaan and Reyansh's grandmother; Geet and Disha's great-grandmother; Amrit's adoptive great-grandmother. (2021–2023)
    • Nirmala Devi "Mataji" Bharadwaj: Matriarch of Bharadwajs; Geetanjali's Twin Sister, Simar's Mother-in-law (2021) (Cameo from Season 1 to promote the casts)

Recurring

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  • Sumit Bhardwaj as Samar (2021–2022)
  • Shakti Singh as Professor Avinash Narayan–Indu's husband; Roma, Reema, Gagan and Simar's father; Geet and Disha's grandfather; Amrit's adoptive grandfather. (2021–2022)
  • Anita Kulkarni as Indu Narayan–Avinash's wife; Roma, Reema, Gagan and Simar's mother; Geet and Disha's grandmother; Amrit's adoptive grandmother. (2021–2022)
  • Aarav Chowdhary as Gajendra Oswal–Geetanjali and Gopichand's elder son; Shobha and Giriraj's brother; Charulata's ex-lover; Sandhya's widower; Gunjan, Masoomi, Aarav and Aditi's father; Simar and Gagan's father-in-law; Geet and Disha's grandfather; Amrit's adoptive grandfather. (2021–2023)
  • Salman Shaikh as Devesh Agarwal–Reema's photographer, who create many problems in Reema's life, for his revenge (2021) [4]
  • Shital Thakkar/Moon Banerjee as Sandhya Oswal–Gajendra's wife; Aarav and Aditi's mother; Gunjan and Masoomi's stepmother; Geetanjali's daughter-in-law; Simar and Gagan's mother-in-law; Geet and Disha's grandmother; Amrit's adoptive grandmother. (2021–2022)/(2023) (Dead)
  • Vibha Bhagat as Chitra Oswal–Giriraj's wife; Vivaan and Reyansh's mother; Geetanjali's daughter-in-law; Reema and Kavya's mother-in-law. (2021–2023)
  • Rajeev Paul as Giriraj Oswal–Geetanjali and Gopichand's younger son; Shobha and Gajendra's youngest brother; Chitra's husband; Vivaan and Reyansh's father; Reema and Kavya's father-in-law. (2021–2023)
  • Shubhanshi Singh Raghuvanshi as Aditi Narayan (née Oswal)–Sandhya and Gajendra's daughter; Aarav's sister; Gunjan and Masoomi's half-sister; Lalit, Vivek, Vivaan and Reyansh's cousin; Gagan's wife; Mayank's ex-wife; Indu and Avinash's daughter-in-law; Geet's mother; Disha's aunt; Amrit's adoptive aunt. (2021–2023)
  • Akash Jagga/Rupesh Kotwani as Gagan Narayan–Indu and Avinash's son; Roma, Reema and Simar's brother; Aditi's husband; Sandhya and Gajendra's son-in-law; Geet's father; Disha's uncle; Amrit's adoptive uncle. (2021–2022) / (2023)
  • Rakshit Wahi as Reyansh Oswal–Chitra and Giriraj's younger son; Vivaan's brother; Lalit, Vivek, Gunjan, Masoomi, Aarav and Aditi's cousin; Ishita's ex-husband; Kavya's husband. (2021)/(2022–2023)
  • Neha Harsora as Kavya Oswal–Reyansh's wife; Simar's friend and student. (2022)
  • Dolphin Dwivedi Dubey as Yamini Devi Oswal–Classical singer; Gopichand's second widow; Samar's adoptive mother; Geetanjali's enemy; Simar's former teacher. (2021–2022)
  • Leena Prabhu as Shobha Oswal Kashyap–Geetanjali and Gopichand's daughter; Gajendra and Giriraj's sister; Rajendra's wife; Lalit and Vivek's mother, Roma and Divya's daughter-in-law. (2021–2022)
  • Shubhangi Tambale as Roma Narayan Kashyap–Indu and Avinash's eldest daughter; Reema, Gagan and Simar's sister; Lalit's wife, Shobha and Rajendra's daughter-in-law. (2021–2022)
  • Wasim Mushtaq as Lalit Kashyap–Shobha and Rajendra's elder son; Vivek's brother; Gunjan, Masoomi, Aarav, Aditi, Vivaan and Reyansh's cousin; Roma's husband. (2021–2022)
  • Avinash Sahijwani as Dr. Rajendra Kashyap–Shobha's husband; Lalit and Vivek's father; Geetanjali's son-in-law; Roma and Divya's father-in-law. (2021–2022)
  • Prithvi Tanwar as Vivek Kashyap–Shobha and Rajendra's younger son; Lalit's brother; Gunjan, Masoomi, Aarav, Aditi, Vivaan and Reyansh's cousin; Divya's husband. (2021–2022)[5]
  • Giriraj Kabra as Mohit–A local goon; Aditi's ex-fiancé. (2021–2022)
  • Sneha Tomar as Kajal Gupta–Surinder's daughter; Vivaan's ex-fiancée. (2021)
  • Kamal Ghimiral as Surinder Gupta–Oswal's business associate; Kajal's father. (2021)
  • Nidhi Bhavsar as Radhika: Gagan's prospective bride (2022)
  • Sheel Verma as Mayank: Aditi's ex-husband (2022)
  • Sonam Arora as Bhavna–Brothel owner. (2022)
  • Kamal Malik as Rana–Mohit's father; The man who want to buy Aditi. (2022)
  • Adi Irani as Gopichand Oswal–Geetanjali and Yamini's deceased husband; Shoba, Gajendra, and Giriraj's father; Lalit, Vivek, Gunjan, Masoomi, Aarav, Aditi, Vivaan and Reyansh's grandfather. (2021) (Dead)
  • Krutika Desai as Dhami Kapoor–Aarav's psycho friend turned fake wife. (2022) (Dead)
  • Manish Arora as Doctor. (2022)
  • Nishi Singh as Ishita "Ishu" Kapoor–Karan and Pallavi's daughter; Reyansh's ex-wife. (2022)
  • Krishna Soni as Karan Kapoor–Ishita's father; Pallavi's husband. (2022)
  • Heena Soni as Pallavi Kapoor–Ishita's mother; Karan's wife. (2022)
  • Ashish Kapoor[6]/Kapil Arya[7] as Rudra Rathore–Chhaya's husband; Mayakshi's brother; Kamakshi's son; a yaksh. (2022)
  • Farah Lakhani as Mayakshi Rathore–Rudra's younger sister; Kamakshi's daughter; a yakshini. (2022)
  • Arina Dey as Kamakshi Rathore–Rudra and Mayakshi's mother; a yakshini. (2022)
  • Sonam Lamba as Labuni–An evil statue who tried to marry Aarav to become alive. (2022) (Dead)
  • Vishal Bharadwaj as Arindam–Labuni's love interest; a man who made Labuni's statue. (2022–2023)
  • Dubroo Clown as Joker–The evil soft toy; Arindam's friend; Simar killed him but she resurrected him again for asking his help to defeats naagin. (2022-2023)
  • Payal Bhojwani as
    • Gunjan Oswal–Charulata and Gajendra's daughter; Masoomi's twin sister; Aarav and Aditi's half-sister; Lalit, Vivek, Vivaan and Reyansh's cousin. (2023) (Dead)
    • Masoomi Oswal–Charulata and Gajendra's daughter; Gunjan's twin sister; Aarav and Aditi's half-sister; Lalit, Vivek, Vivaan and Reyansh's cousin. (2023)
  • Kajal Pisal as Charulata–A witch; Gajendra's ex-lover; Gunjan and Masoomi's mother. (2023) (Dead)
  • Benazir Shaikh as Tara–A witch; Charulata's friend. (2023)
  • Tushar Kawale as Suraj–Fake Aarav. (2023)
  • Shraddha Jaiswal as Nazar–An ichchaddari naagin; Naag's wife; Amrit's mother. (2023) (Dead)

Guests

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2 cast members from former season (season one), were seen in the episodes during April to June 2021, to introduce the main characters.[8][9]


Production

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Casting

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Via first promo, Dipika Kakar was confirmed to be reprising her role of Simar Bhardwaj. Later it was revealed to be a cameo role of 50 episodes.[8] Jayati Bhatia was signed to play her role as Mataji in cameo and play a new role of Geetanjali Devi Oswal (Badi Maa).[10] Avinash Mukherjee, Tanya Sharma, Radhika Muthukumar and Karan Sharma were selected for new leads.[3]

Aarav Chowdhary, Sheetal Thakkar, Vibha Bhagat, Rakshit Wahi, Rajeev Paul, Leena Prabhu, Anita Kulkarni, Akash Jagga, Shakti Singh and Shubhangi Tambale were cast for recurring roles of the show.[11][12][13] Rakshit Wahi quit the show in 2021 but came back in June 2022. In March 2022, Jaya Prada to join as a cameo for Gajendra and Sandhya's wedding anniversary.[14] Wasim Mushtaq quit the show in April 2022.[15] In August 2022, the storyline changed to a supernatural fantasy genre, just like in the first season.

Filming

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Set against the backdrop of Agra, the series is mainly filmed at the sets in Naigaon, Maharashtra.[16] In April, May and June 2021, several sequences were shot near the Taj Mahal in Agra due to the lockdown in Maharashtra.[17] Filming of the series began on 19 March 2021 and ended on 5 April 2023.[18]

Release

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The pilot episode was released on April 26, 2021, 10 years after the release date of the first season. It aired from Monday to Saturday at 6:30pm. From 22 August 2022, its slot shifted to 6pm and Saavi Ki Savaari started airing at the previous slot.

Cancellation

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The show went off air on 7 April 2023 due to dropping TRP's and serial makers did not want to move the story forward.[additional citation(s) needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Colors confirms launch date for 'Sasural Simar Ka 2'". BizAsia. 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Avinash Mukherjee to play the lead in Sasural Simar Ka 2". The Tribune.
  3. ^ a b "Dipika Kakar, Avinash Mukherjee to Jayati Bhatia; Sasural Simar Ka 2 star cast REVEALED". The Times of India. 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ "EXCLUSIVE! Sasural Simar Ka 2 actor Salman Shaikh ROPED in for Nima Denzongpa".
  5. ^ "Actor Prithvi Tanwar, who hails from Chittorgarh Rajasthan, talks to India TV about his show Sasural Simar Ka 2". June 2021.
  6. ^ "It's not easy for an actor to join a show midway, says Ashish Kapoor who will soon be seen in Sasural Simar Ka 2 - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Trouble alert for Tanya Sharma as Kapil Arya joins the cast of Sasural Simar Ka 2 as the new antagonist - Times of India". The Times of India. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Dipika Kakar to reprise her role in Sasural Simar Ka Season 2". The Tribune.
  9. ^ "Exclusive - Jayati Bhatia on reuniting with Dipika Kakar on Sasural Simar Ka 2: A day before I was to start shoot, Dipika's face and the title track started playing in my head". The Times of India. 21 April 2021.
  10. ^ "After Dipika Kakar, Husband Shoaib Ibrahim To Join Sasural Simar Ka 2 As Prem". ABP Live. 24 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Rajeev Paul to enter Sasural Simar Ka 2". The Times of India.
  12. ^ "Sasural Simar Ka child actor Rakshit Wahi is all grown up and ready to feature as a grown up in second season". The Times of India. 25 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Akash Jagga to enter Sasural Simar Ka's second season". The Times of India. 26 April 2021.
  14. ^ IANS (10 March 2022). "Jaya Prada on making a TV cameo in 'Sasural Simar Ka 2'". Mid-Day. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  15. ^ Maheshwari, Neha (11 April 2022). "Waseem Mushtaq quits Sasural Simar Ka 2 for Spy Bahu, says his character lost its relevance". Times of India. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Sasural Simar Ka 2 cast has gala time shooting in Agra. All pics". India Today. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Sasural Simar Ka 2 cast shoots in Agra". The Tribune. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Dipika Kakar gets nostalgic as she shares Vlog from first day shoot of Sasural Simar Ka 2". India Today. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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