Lajwanti (TV series)

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}

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| creator =

| developer =

| writer = Rajinder Singh Bedi

| story = Ila Bedi Dutta

| screenplay = Ila Bedi Dutta

| director = Ravind Gautam & Ravindar Singh Suri

| creative_director = Shafali Lall and Indrajeet Mukharjee

| starring = see below

| theme_music_composer = Som Dasgupta

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| country = India

| language = Hindi
Punjabi
Urdu

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 95{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

| producer = Rohit Vaid
Ila Bedi Dutta
Rajat Bedi{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-timeless-wonder/article7665540.ece | title=A timeless wonder | publisher=The Hindu | work=The Hindu Group | date=18 September 2015 | accessdate=21 March 2016 | author=Diksha, Awasthi}}

| cinematography =

| location = Mumbai
Kashmir
Patiala

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = Approx. 22 minutes

| company = Trilogy Media

| network = Zee TV

| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2015|09|28}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|2016|02|05}}

| genre = Historical period drama

| based_on = {{based on|Lajwanti, Land of five rivers|Rajinder Singh Bedi}}

| editor = K. Rajgopal Sanjay das

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Lajwanti is an Indian television drama show, which premiered on 28 September 2015 on Zee TV. The story is loosely based on Rajinder Singh Bedi's 1956 book titled Lajwanti, Land of five rivers and is set during Partition of India.{{Cite web|title = TV adaptation of Rajinder Singh Bedi's 'Lajwanti' launched|date = 15 September 2015|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/tv-adaptation-of-rajinder-singh-bedis-lajwanti-launched/|accessdate = 2015-09-28}}{{Cite web|title = Such a Long Journey: 'Lajwanti' to premiere soon|date = 28 September 2015|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/such-a-long-journey-14/|accessdate = 2015-09-28}} The show was produced by Trilogy Media.{{Cite web|title = Sid Makkar to play the lead in Ila Bedi Dutta's 'Lajwanti' on Zee TV|url = http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/sid-makkar-play-the-lead-ila-bedi-dutta-s-lajwanti-zee-tv-150428|website = www.tellychakkar.com|accessdate = 2015-09-29|first = Tellychakkar|last = Team}}

The show is about the relationship between Sunderlal Bharadwaj and Lajwanti (Lajo) living in Badami Bagh Lahore. Sunderlal first time meet on well when he went to Rohranwala Village to attend Marriage Ceremony of his friend Lalchand Baniya. They face many perils throughout the course of their relationship. The series ended on 5 February 2016, where Sunder, who had previously lost his memory and wandered away, reunites with Lajo, and is stopped from marrying Gunwanti. Lajo and Sunder proceed to get married again, jubilantly ending the show.

==Cast==

• Ankitta Sharma as Lajwanti Kaur Bhardwaj / Fareb Jaan in Peshawar / Aeisha Begum/ Adaa Jaan in Heera Mandi.
• Sid Makkar as Sunderlal Bharadwaj{{Cite web|title = 'Lajwanti' is a proper story with a finite end: Sid Makkar on his new show based on partition|date = 23 September 2015|url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/love-in-the-time-of-partition/|accessdate = 2015-09-28}}
• Rohit Khurana as Jamal Peshawari
• Sonam Bisht as Dulari Bharadwaj/ Wafa Jaan in Heera Mandi
• Nisha Nagpal as Gunwanti
• Deepali Pansare as Nooran Bibi
• Suraj Kakkar as Chaman Kishan Lal Bharadwaj
• Shiny Dixit as Indumati
• Andy von Eich as Officer Eric Burns
• Viraj Kapoor as Iqbal
• Alexander (Sasha) Dolbenko as Officer Preston
• Vidur Anand as Lalchand
• Pankaj Pareek as Safaraz Alam
• Niilam Paanchal as Shakunta Kishan Lal Bharadwaj
• Vishal Ganatra as Amrish Bharadwaj
• Harsh Singh as Kishan Lal Bharadwaj
• Aakash Pandey as Anwar
• Razia Sukhbir as Virmati Kishori Lal Bharadwaj