Mann Sundar

{{short description|Indian drama television series}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Mann-Sundar.jpg

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| genre = Drama
Romance

| screenplay = Bhavna Vyas
Anupriya Tripathi
Sonali Gupta Shrivastava (Dialogue)

| story = Vivek Behl

| starring = See below

| open_theme = Dil Se Dekho Toh Jaano Kitna Hai Mann Sundar

| theme_music_composer = Nilesh Kehrir
Elvish Valentine
Anuj Shashank

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| num_seasons = 2

| num_episodes =

| producer = Suzana Ghai

| director = Faheim Ahmad Inamdar

| cinematography = Sudesh Kotian
Jeetendra Manohar Kadam

| location = Mumbai

| runtime = 20-21 min approx.

| company = Panorama Entertainment

| network = Dangal

| first_aired = {{start date|2021|10|18|df=yes}}

| last_aired = present

| related = Mann Atisundar

}}

Mann Sundar ({{translation|Beauty of the Heart}}) is an Indian romantic drama television series produced by Suzana Ghai under the banner of Panorama Entertainment.{{cite web|title=Child artist Asmi Deo to be a part of Dangal TV's Mann Sundar|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/child-artist-asmi-deo-be-part-of-dangal-tv-s-mann-sundar-211011?amp|accessdate=11 October 2021}} It premiered on 18 October 2021 on Dangal.{{Cite web |title=Mann Sundar's cast celebrates 100 episodes; here is what the cast has to say {{!}} TV - Times of India Videos |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/tv/hindi/mann-sundars-cast-celebrates-100-episodes-here-is-what-the-cast-has-to-say/videoshow/89499516.cms |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |language=en}} The series formerly starred Shruti Anand and Shivam Khajuria.{{Cite web |title=TV: धारावाहिक 'मन सुंदर' की कहानी में दिलचस्प मोड़, सांवली सलोनी रुचिता का समाज से सीधा सामना |url=https://www.amarujala.com/photo-gallery/entertainment/television/dangal-tv-serial-mann-sundar-is-getting-good-response-from-audience-now-getting-a-new-twist-in-upcoming-episode |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}{{cite web|title=एंटरटेनमेंट अपडेट:दंगल टीवी के सीरियल 'मन सुंदर' में आया नया मोड़|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/jaipur/news/dangal-tv-serial-man-sundar-has-a-new-twist-129077575.html|work=Dainikbhaskar|date=31 October 2021 |accessdate=12 November 2021}}

Currently, it stars Nancy Roy and Dev Aditya{{Cite news |title=Exclusive - Dev Aditya shares his experience of facing the camera for the first time |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-dev-aditya-shares-his-experience-of-facing-the-camera-for-the-first-time-i-was-excited-because-i-got-a-show-unexpectedly-and-nervous-because/articleshow/103253074.cms |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} in the second generation.

Plot

Ruchita is an idealistic woman who does not care about her dark skin. She works at her father's friend's company, which was owned by Naresh Goyal. Nihar, the youngest son of Naresh is in love with Amrita who is his brother Prateek's wife and Ritu's sister. The family fixes Ruchita and Nihar's marriage but Nihar opposes and tries to elope with Amrita but fails as Amrita leaves to London causing Nihar to marry Ruchita. But he blames Ruchita for this and starts to hate her.

Nihar's mother, Poonam, and his grandmother do not accept Ruchita due to her dark skin and try to separate her from Nihar. After many struggles, Nihar starts to fall for Ruchita but Amrita returns to separate them. She collaborates with Poonam and Dadi (grandmother) and has her expelled from the house by framing her for Dadi's accident. It turns out to be a plot done by Amrita and Dadi. Ruchita discovers Amrita and Dadi's truth as she tries to expose her but Amrita poisons Ruchita and makes the family to believe Ruchita is dead. Ruchita survives and scares, Amrita as a ghost but she fakes her pregnancy causing Nihar to announce his marriage. Dadi realizes here mistake and accepts Ruchita and helps her to expose Amrita. Ruchita exposes Amrita to the family by stopping Nihar from marrying Amrita. Nihar ends his relationship, with Amrita and Ruchita expels Amrita. Bua Sa, Naresh's grandaunt enters in their life as she initially dislikes Ruchita, unaware of Ruchita and Nihar's marriage. Bua Sa finally discovers their truth but her intention is to snatch the Goyal's property but the family retrieves their wealth as Bua Sa apologiess and leaves.

Amrita seeks revenge and fakes her own death and leading to Nihar's arrest. Meera, Amrita's mother, turns Ritu against them and she uses her by destroying all of the evidence against them so that they don't want Nihar to be released from jail. Ruchita finds and discovers Amrita and Meera's true nature. Ruchita exposes Amrita and Meera and has them arrested by bailing Nihar. Preeti, Poonam and Naresh's long-lost daughter seeks revenge and creates problems as Dadi had hides her truth. Ruchita discovers and exposes Preeti and Dadi's truth to everyone as Dadi reveals how her uncle does not accept Preeti as she was a girl so the family accepts Preeti but is unaware of the truth that Preeti came for the property. Preeti's machinations divide Pratik and Nihar. Ruchita exposes Preeti and Preeti is confined in a mental asylum.

Cast

= Main =

  • Shruti Anand{{Cite web |title=सीरियल 'मन सुंदर' में हाई वोल्टेज ड्रामा, फिर हो रही रुचिता-निहार की शादी |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/video/tv/high-voltage-drama-in-serial-mann-sunder-ruchita-nihar-getting-married-again/videoshow/90497029.cms |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}} as Ruchita Mittal Goyal: Shreedhar and Usha's eldest daughter (2021–2023; 2024) (Dead) (appears in flashback after 2023)
  • Pataal Devi in Ruchita's form (2023)
  • Shivam Khajuria as Nihar Goyal: Naresh and Poonam's youngest son (2021–2023; 2024) (Dead) (appears in flashbacks after 2023)
  • Pataal Devi in Nihar's form (2022)
  • Babu: Lalita's son; Apsara's husband; Nihar's look-alike (2023) (Dead)
  • Terrorist: Nihar's look-alike who works with Monica (2023) (Dead)
  • Nancy Roy as Ruhi Nahar Goenka ( néeGoyal): Madhubala's biological daughter Ruchita and Nihar's adopteddaughter(2023–present)
  • Yashasvi Prajapati as Child Ruhi (2023)
  • Dev Aditya{{Cite news |title=Exclusive - Dev Aditya shares his experience of facing the camera for the first time|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-dev-aditya-shares-his-experience-of-facing-the-camera-for-the-first-time-i-was-excited-because-i-got-a-show-unexpectedly-and-nervous-because/articleshow/103253074.cms |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} as Nahar Goenka: Ratan and Sakshi's son (2023–present)

= Recurring =

== The Goenka family ==

  • Reshma J Merchant as Sumitra Goenka: Ratan's mother (2023–present)
  • Shikhar Sharma as Ratan Goenka: Sumitra's son (2023–present)
  • Sushmita Vishwas as Nandini Goenka: Ratan's first wife (2024) (Dead/Ghost)
  • Jyoti Tiwari / Madhushree Sharma as Soni Goenka: Ratan's second wife (2023) / (2023–present)
  • Alisha Tunge as Avni Goenka: Ratan and Soni's daughter (2023–present)
  • Nitesh Parashar as Romil Goenka: Avni's husband (2023–present)
  • Ujjwal Sharma / Somesh Sharma as Samar Goenka: Ratan and Soni's son (2023–2024) / (2024–present)
  • Simran Tomar as Juhi Goyal Goenka: Nihar and Ruchita's elder daughter (2023–present)
  • Roneisha Sharma as Child Juhi (2023)
  • Simran Sharma as Roli Goenka: Madhubala's younger daughter (2025—present)
  • Yami Khandelwal as Ashi Goenka: Nahar, Avni and Samar's niece (2023)
  • Nivaan Nanda as Ruhaan Goenka: Agni's surrogate son; Ruhi and Nahar's son (2025–present)

== The Goyal family ==

  • Neena Cheema as Bua Sa: Mrs. Goyal's elder sister (2022)
  • Mamata Luthra as Mrs. Goyal / Dadi: Bua Sa's younger sister (2021–2023)
  • Sanjay Bhatia as Naresh Goyal: Poonam's husband (2021–present)
  • Aparna Ghoshal as Poonam Goyal: Naresh's wife (2021–present)
  • Suraj Punjabi / Sapan Chaudhary as Prateek Goyal: Poonam and Naresh's eldest son (2021–2023) / (2023–2024)
  • Manisha Saxena / Preeti Singhania as Ritu Goenka Goyal: Meera's adopted daughter (2021–2023) / (2023) (Dead)
  • Asmi Deo as Priya Goyal: Prateek and Ritu's daughter (2021)
  • Priyanka Shukla as Disha Goyal: Prateek's former lover; Pinku's mother (2023)
  • Mukesh Choudhary as Pinku Goyal: Prateek and Disha's son (2023–present)
  • Kavirr Amoli as Child Pinku
  • Ayanshi Sharma as Baby Pinku (2023)
  • Madhura Joshi / Manpreet Kaur as Palak Goyal / Malishka Malhotra: Pinku's wife (2023) / (2023–present)
  • Ayushi Rao as Preeti Goyal: Poonam and Naresh's long-lost daughter (2022)

== The Mittal family ==

  • Kajal Khanchandani as Mrs. Mittal: Shreedhar's mother (2021–2023)
  • Amitabh Ghanekar as Shreedhar Mittal: Usha's husband (2021–2022)
  • Geeta Bisht{{Cite web |title=Geeta Bisht talks about Mann Sundar |url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/lifestyle/geeta-bisht-on-mann-sundar-435435 |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Tribuneindia News Service |language=en}} as Usha Mittal: Anuradha's sister (2021–2022)
  • Krushag Ghuge as Vivek Mittal: Shreedhar and Usha's youngest son (2021–2022)

== Other recurring cast ==

  • Ananya Samarth as Agni Rathore: Nahar's ex-girlfriend (2023–2025)
  • Urmila Sharma as Palak / Malishka's mother (2024—present)
  • Anuradha Singh as Madhubala: Roli and Ruhi's mother (2025—present)
  • Shweta Thakur as Lisa: Pinku's one-sided obsessive lover (2025–present)
  • Dinesh Agarwal as Deepak (2021)
  • Palak Jain as Jyoti: Ruchita's friend (2021)
  • Akshay Bhagat as Ravi (2021)
  • Sampark Lele as Nihar's friend (2021)
  • Ayushi Khurana as Amrita Goenka: Meera's daughter (2021–2022)
  • Sheetal Antani as Meera Goenka: Amrita's mother (2022)
  • Ekta Sharma as Tai Maa: Aanchal's aunt; Ruchita's rival (2022)
  • Shivanshi Das as Aanchal Meghwal: Tai Maa's nephew (2022)
  • Pratik Parihar as Sambhav: Poonam's nephew (2022)
  • Inder Shergill
  • Gursharanpreet Singh
  • Riya Gupta as Ritika Ahuja: A NRI (2022)
  • Krishnakant Singh Bundela as Baba (2022)
  • Ali Abbas as Rakesh Chauhan / Thief (2023)
  • Suraj Kalyankar as Thief / Goon (2023)
  • Anuradha Sharma as Lalita: Babu's mother; Ruchita's rival (2023)
  • Kajal Chonkar as Apsara: Babu's widow; Ruchita's rival (2023)
  • Subhalaxmi Das as Guru Maa (2023)
  • Abhinav Gautam as NRI Businessman: He tries to receive Juhi from Guru Maa (2023)
  • Neetha Shetty as Monica Khanna (alias): A terrorist; Prateek's ex-girlfriend; Nihar's murderer (2023)
  • Kunal Verma as A.C.P. Ved Vardhan: Ruchita's classmate and childhood friend (2023)
  • Anasuya Chakravorty as Ruhi and Juhi's principal (2023)
  • Meenakshi Gupta as Sangeeta (2023)
  • Nandini Karmakar as Munni (2024) (Dead) (Used her body possessed by Nahar's mother, Nandini)
  • Oshi Sahu as Sitara / Ruhi Goenka (fake): Ruhi’s fake identity and rival; Nahar's one-sided obsessive lover; Sumitra's accomplice (2024–2025)

Production

=Casting=

Shruti Anand and Shivam Khajuria were signed as leads.{{Cite news |title='I never thought of becoming an actress,' says Mann Sundar actress Shruti Anand |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/i-never-thought-of-becoming-an-actress-says-mann-sundar-actress-shruti-anand/articleshow/92745807.cms |access-date=2024-02-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |title=सीरियल 'मन सुंदर' में हाई वोल्टेज ड्रामा, फिर हो रही रुचिता-निहार की शादी |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/video/tv/high-voltage-drama-in-serial-mann-sunder-ruchita-nihar-getting-married-again/videoshow/90497029.cms |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}

=Release=

The first promo was released on 2 October 2021. It was released on 18 October 2021.{{Citation |title=Mann Sundar {{!}} मन सुंदर {{!}} सोमवार 18 अक्टूबर से सिर्फ दंगल टीवी पर {{!}} New Show Promo | date=8 October 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPYhMI1_VbE |access-date=2024-02-15 |language=en}}

Spin-off

= Mann Atisundar =

{{Main|Mann Atisundar}}

After the success of this show, it had a spin-off television series titled Mann Atisundar as this story portrayed Radhika, a plus-size woman who is Ruchita's cousin who wants to marry a man of her choice.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

References

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