Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann

Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann
The promotional logo image for Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann.
Format	Drama
Created by	Creative Eye Limited
Directed by	Rajan Shahi
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann" by Sunidhi Chauhan
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	513
Production
Producer(s)	Dheeraj Kumar & Zuby Kochhar
Running time	approximately 23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Zee TV
Picture format	576i (SDTV),
Original run	September 26, 2006 – August 27, 2009
External links
Website

Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann (also known as Betiyann) is a Hindi language television drama-series that aired on Zee TV. It premiered on September 26, 2006 and was directed by the famous television director, Rajan Shahi.^[1] The serial ended on 27 August 2009.

This serial was a success and hit among viewers because of the storyline and character portrayal winning them prestigious awards in award functions. This serial along with Maayka were under the banner of Creative Eye Ltd.

Plot

Suryakant Garodia is married to Savitri. They have four daughters: Saraswati, Durga, Gauri and Laxmi. Owing to medical problems, Savitri can't have any more children. Suryakant wants a male child and decides to take a second wife. He gets married to Menaka, who gives birth to a son, Yuvraj. Suryakant pampers his son and neglects his daughters. He also pays Menaka more attention than Savitri.

As his four daughters grow up, they have to struggle hard to fulfill their dreams. On the other hand, Yuvraj gets everything on a platter and starts abusing his father's trust in him. Much later, they learn that Menaka had given birth to a daughter and, knowing Suryakant's desire for son, she secretly exchanged the baby girl with a boy. Hence, Yuvraj is not Suryakant's son. Menaka's daughter is traced to a brothel. She comes back home and eventually joins her four elder sister in the fight for the rights of daughters.

Cast

• Rohini Hattangadi / Nayan Bhatt ... Gayatri Baa (the matriarch of the Garodia family; Suryakant, Halki and Phulki's mother; mother-in-law of Savitri and Menaka. Grandmother of Saraswati, Gauri, Durga, Lakshmi, Janvi and Yuvraj. Now Protagonist.)
• Yatin Karyekar ... Suryakant Garodia (Gayatri Baa's eldest child; the patriarch of the family; Savitri's and Menaka's husband, the father of all 5 daughters and Yuvraj's adoptive dad; father-in-law of Karan, Kshitij and Ranbeer; brother of Halki and Phulki and brother-in-law of Hasmukh)
• Aishwarya Narkar ... Savitri Garodia (mother of Saraswati, Gauri, Durga, Lakshmi; Jahnvi and Yuvraj's stepmother; first wife of Suryakant Garodia; Ba's elder daughter-in-law; mother-in-law of Karan, Kshitij, Ranbeer and Niyati; Kiran's grandmother, protagonist)
• Tanushree Kaushal ... Menka Garodia (second wife of Suryakant Garodia; now Suryakant's ex-wife, Jhumki's mom, but raised Yuvraj; jealous of Savitri; Niyati's mother-in-law, main antagonist)
• Kshitee Jog ... Saraswati Garodia/Gandhi (eldest daughter of Savitri and Suryakant; ex-wife of Bhavishya, now Kshitij's wife; has one daughter (Kiran) with Bhavishya)
  
• Neeta Shetty / Aleeza Khan ... Gauri Garodia / Shah (second eldest daughter of Suryakant and Savitri, marries Akash, protagonist)
• Smriti Mohan ... Durga Garodia/Dhawan (third daughter of Suryakant and Savitri, marries Ranbir, who is an exactly look-alike of Bhavishya, Saraswati's ex-husband)
• Twinkle Bajpai / Gunjan Walia ... Lakshmi Garodia/Mathur (youngest daughter of Suryakant and Savitri; was engaged to Satyakam who died on wedding day; Karan's widow; later marries Rohan, a mentally challenged guy)
• Romit Raj ... Yuvraj Garodia (born on the same day as Lakshmi and Janvi; adopted son of Suryakant and Menka; actual child of Rasik; ex-husband of Kajri/Pavitra; now Niyati's husband, protagonist)
• Vikrant Rai / Hemant Thatte ... Kshitij Gandhi (Saraswati's first love before marrying Bhavishiya; now Saraswati's second husband; stepfather of Saraswati's daughter (Kiran), protagonist)
• Yuvraj Mehra ... Punit Gandhi (Kshitij's brother)
• Yuvraj Malhotra ... Karan Mathur (Lakshmi's husband; Kavita and Rahul's brother; antagonist, now protagonist; murdered by Rasik)
• Manini De ... Chanchal (Savitri's sister who doesn't like Suryakant for being unfair to the daughters, protagonist)
• Kartik Sabharwal ... Bhavishya Kapadia/Ranbir Dhawan (eldest son of Dhara and Nekchand; brother of Satyakam; Saraswati's ex-husband; Kiran's real father, main antagonist; used to be in mental asylum; murdered by Saraswati/Ranbir Dhawan (Durga's husband, protagonist))
• Shishir Sharma ... Nekchand Kapadia (Dhara's husband, Bhavishya and Satyakam's father, antagonist, was in jail along with his wife, bailed out by Kajri)
• Natasha Rana ... Dhara Kapadia (wife of Neckhand Kapadia, Bhavishya and Satyakam's mother, antagonist, was in jail with her husband, has been bailed out by Kajri)
• Sid Makkar ... Satyakam Kapadia (Bhavishya's younger brother, son of Dhara and Nekchand, Lakshmi's first love, murdered by a mystery person on wedding day)
• Chhavi Mittal ... Preeti (Bhavishya's old-girlfriend who was murdered by Bhavishiya, protagonist)
• Jasveer Kaur ... Kajri Bai/Pavitra (changed her name to Pavitra, Yuvraj's ex-wife, now has a child with Yuvraj, prostitute, main antagonist)
• Gulfam Khan ... Rasili Bai (Kajri's partner, antagonist)
• Nupur Alankar ... Halki Bhen (eldest daughter of Gayatri Baa, wife of Hasmukh, antagonist)
• Suchitra Bandrekar ... Phulki Garodia (youngest child of Gayatri Baa, Suryakant's unmarried sister who is always blaming and criticizing the daughters, antagonist)
• Shekhar Shukla ... Hasmukh Bhai (Halki's husband, protagonist)
• Rajendra Chawla ... Rasik Bai (Meneka's brother, Yuvraj's real dad, murderer of Karan and his dad, in jail, antagonist)
• ... Kiran (Saraswati and Bhavishya's biological daughter, Kshitij's step daughter)
• ... Mrs. Mathur (Karan, Kavita, and Rahul's mother, widow of Raman Mathur who was a worker in Suryakant's mill)
• Amit Dolawat ... Prince/Dev (a helper and friend of the Garodia family who helps reveal Pavitra's truth to Yuvraj)
• Niyati Joshi ... Niyati (orphan who grew up with Ranbir, Yuvraj's second wife, had a miscarraige, protagonist)
• Narayani Shastri ... Damini Verma (Saraswati's lawyer in the case of burning Bhavishya alive, wins the case in Saraswati's favor)
• Gaurav Chopra ... Kapil Singhania (Damini's ex-husband and opponent)
• Alka Ashlesha ... Mrs. Verma (Damini's mother)
• Soni Singh ... Jhumki Rani/Jhanvi Garodia (Meneka and Suryakant's daughter, raised by Rasik, has same birthday as Yuvraj and Lakshmi, used to be a prostitute because she was sold off to a brothel, was engaged to Siddharth, protagonist)
• Yash Pandit ... Siddharth (Jahnvi's ex-fiance who breaks the relationship after knowing that she used to be a prostitute)
• Karan Hukku ... Nikhil Singhania (a rich businessman, whose dream was to create a mall on a land that has Radhaji's dance school; later marries Jhanvi, antagonist, now protagonist)
• Jatin Shah ... Akash Shah (a business tycoon, Gauri's husband, antagonist, but later turns protagonist when he realizes how much Gauri cares for his family)
• Mahru Sheikh ... Devyani Shah (Akash's mother, Gauri's mother-in-law, protagonist)
• Nimai Bali ... Dada Thakur (Nikhil's father and Jahnvi's father-in-law)
• Prakash R. ... (Nikhil's elder brother and Jhanvi's brother-in-law)
• Shweta Gautam ... Suman (Nikhil's sister-in-law, his brother's wife)

Awards

2007 Zee Rishton Ka Utsav

Favourite Maa-Beti Rishta - Savitri & Saraswati

Favourite Khatta-Methaa Rishta - Halki & Phulki

Favourite Baap-Beti Rishta - Suryakant & the daughters

2007 Sansui Awards

Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Male) - Yatin Karyekar

2006 RAPA Awards

Serial Of The Year - Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann