Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki
{{short description|Indian television series}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| runtime = 21 minutes approx.
| creator = Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal
Shashi Mittal
| creative_director =
| writer = {{ubl|Shashi Mittal|Dilip Jha|Archita Biswas Jha|Shobhit Jaiswal|Meenal Jaiswal}}
| director = {{ubl|Jai Singh|Rishi Tyagi}}
| producer = Shashi Mittal
Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal
| starring = See Below
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme =
| company = Shashi Sumeet Productions
| cinematography = Sudesh Kotian
| network = Life OK
| country = India
| location = Kanpur
| language = Hindi
| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2011|12|19}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|2012|10|21}}
| related = Dream Girl (TV series)
| num_episodes = 258
}}
Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki is an Indian television series that aired on Life OK from 19 December 2011 to 21 October 2012. It stars Shraddha Arya and Sudeep Sahir. The show jumps forward eight years where Lakshmi dies giving birth to a baby girl, and the show takes another seven-year time jump and focuses on the life of Kanchi, Lakshmi's lookalike.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Lakshmi-to-die-in-Main-Lakshmi-Tere-Aangan-Ki/articleshow/15544645.cms|title=Lakshmi to die in Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki|website=Times of India|date=19 August 2012 }}
A sequel titled Dream Girl started airing on 9 March 2015 on Life OK.{{cite web|title=Dream Girl Serial Wiki, Story & Star Cast – Life Ok|url=http://www.missmahi.com/tv-show/new-serial/dream-girl-serial-wiki-life-0k/|publisher=MissMahi|accessdate=28 February 2014|archive-date=7 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307162135/http://www.missmahi.com/tv-show/new-serial/dream-girl-serial-wiki-life-0k/|url-status=usurped}}
Synopsis
Lakshmi, a middle-class young girl aims at earning money as her mom died of pneumonia and they failed to afford her treatment. At the age of 9, she has a crush on and wishes to marry Arjun Agnihotri but he moves to London for 10 years to complete his studies.
=12 years later=
Arjun returns to India, in disguise of Ajay Sharma. He meets and also falls in love with Lakshmi, knowing about her crush of marrying him. As she learns Ajay is Arjun, Lakshmi proposes to him. Eventually he also confesses his feelings and they marry but Lakshmi feels neglected, misunderstanding that Arjun loves his former fiancée Saumya, so she leaves him.
=3 months later=
As Lakshmi uncovers the past truth, Arjun forgives her and helps family to get her back. Saumya is exposed to be only wanting Arjun's money and leaves. Arjun and Lakshmi get remarried.
=1 year later=
Arjun and Lakshmi have a daughter Jiyana, whom Lakshmi gave birth to before dying. She knew about her pregnancy complications but never informed Arjun.
=7 years later=
Lakshmi's lookalike Kaanchi Kashyap is introduced. Jiyana is now 8 is raised by Arjun. Astonished that Kaanchi looks like Lakshmi, she brings her to see Arjun under pretext of bringing a delivery. In time, Arjun and Kaanchi fall in love. They confess their love.
Cast
=Main=
- Shraddha Arya as
- Lakshmi Agnihotri – Saraswati's sister; Arjun's wife, Jiyana's mother. (2011–2012)
- Kaanchi Kashyap – Arjun's love interest. (2012)
- Sudeep Sahir as Arjun Agnihotri, Lakshmi's widower, Jiyana's father. Kaanchi's love interest. (2011–2012)
=Recurring=
- Aadesh Chaudhary as Aditya
- Nisha Rawal as Soumya Diwan
- Abhishek Tiwari/Anuj Thakur as Ajay Agnihotri/Saravana
- Gurpreet Kaur as Swati{{cite web|title=Gurpreet Kaur is unhappy with Main Laxmi Tere Aangan Ki|url=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/gurpreet-kaur-unhappy-main-laxmi-tere-aangan-ki|publisher=Telly Chakkar|accessdate=29 September 2012|archive-date=24 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424123835/http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/gurpreet-kaur-unhappy-main-laxmi-tere-aangan-ki|url-status=live}}
- Heena Parmar as Saraswati Vishal Chaturvedi-elder sister of Lakshmi.Wife of Vishal Chaturvedi.Massi of Jiyana.
- Anshul Trivedi as Vishal Chaturvedi
- Ajay Arya/Dishank Arora as Akaash Agnihotri
- Aruna Irani as Dadiji
- Anil Dhawan as Lakshmi's father
- Vinny Arora as Ginnu{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/vinny-arora-enters-main-lakshmi-tere-aangan-ki/articleshow/14560617.cms|title=Vinny Arora enters Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki|website=Times of India|date=July 2012 }}
- Pallavi Rao as Kishori
- Aarya Rawal as Renuka Agnihotri
- Arbaaz Ali Khan as Rajvardhan Agnihotri
- Simran Khanna as Purva
- Roshni Walia as Jiyana Agnihotri-Lakshmi and Arjun's daughter
- Dinesh Kaushik
- Ali Zafar as Nikhil (cameo)
- Madhuri Dixit (special appearance for Lakshmi's marriage){{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/madhuri-dixit-and-malaika-aroras-tv-cameo/articleshow/12704230.cms|title=Madhuri Dixit and Malaika Arora's TV cameo|website=Times of India|date=17 April 2012 }}
- Malaika Arora (special appearance for Lakshmi's marriage)
References
{{reflist}}
{{Life OK Programmes}}
{{Shashi Sumeet Productions}}
Category:Indian drama television series
Category:Indian television soap operas
Category:2011 Indian television series debuts
Category:2012 Indian television series endings