Gustakh Dil

*Gustakh Dil*
Gustakh Dil
Genre	Drama
Created by	Ravi Ojha Productions
Written by	Mitali Bhattacharya
Directed by	Rakesh Kumar ; Inder Das
Starring	Sana Amin Sheikh ; Vibhav Roy ; Parvati Sehgal ; Ankush Arora ; Soni Singh ; Meghna Malik ; Rajiv Kumar ; Shritama Mukherjee ; Rumi Khan ; Scott Adkins
Opening theme	Gustakh dil
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	334
Production
Executive producers	Tapasya ; Farheen Amber
Producers	Mitali Bhattacharya ; Ravi Ojha
Editor	Janak Chauhan
Running time	24 Approx.
Production company	Ravi Ojha Productions
Original release
Network	Life OK
Release	5 August 2013 –; 4 November 2014
Related
	Bou Kotha Kao

Gustakh Dil (transl. Audacious Heart) is an Indian television soap opera which premiered on 5 August 2013 and ended on 4 November 2014.^[1] It is a remake of Bengali series Bou Kotha Kao and was aired on Life OK during weekdays.^[2] It showed the stories of Laajo, Nikhil and Ishana.

Laajo is a simpleton from a village, and Nikhil is a cool guy who is madly in love with his childhood sweetheart Ishana. Laajo becomes a second woman in Nikhil's life.^[3]

Plot

Nikhil plans to celebrate his birthday in Sonbarsa where Nikhil's grandfather and aunt (bua) live. He plans to go with his childhood sweetheart Ishana but she refuses. There he meets a challenging but simple girl named Laajo who lives with her mother and sisters. Nikhil and Laajo clash playfully on several occasions. A number of circumstances lead Nikhil to unwillingly marry Laajo and bring her to the city with him.

Laajo struggles to fit in with Nikhil and his family, unaware of how things in a modern house work. Gradually, she tries to build an equation with him and his family.

Nikhil becomes annoyed with Laajo for not informing him about her trip to Sonbarsa. Kunal wishes to get engaged to Ishana. Nikhil reads Laajo's letter becoming dejected on learning that Laajo has left him so he can reunite with Ishana. He visits Sonbarsa and after many attempts, wins Laajo's heart. The two are deeply in love while Barkha has sworn to never let Laajo return to her house. Laajo becomes a star with the help of Sagar and Anjali. She takes up the stage name of Trishna. At last Barkha accepts Laajo. Ayesha marries Adhiraj.The show ends on a happy note with Radha and LD coming to promote their show Mere Rang Mein Rangne Waali which replaced Gustakh Dil.

Cast

Sana Amin Sheikh as Laajwanti "Laajo" Bhardwaj / Trishna
Vibhav Roy as Nikhil Bhardwaj
Parvati Sehgal as Ishana, Nikhil's girlfriend
Shritama Mukherjee as Jasmine
Soni Singh as Anaya
Rumi Khan as Indrasena
Meghna Malik as Barkha Bhardwaj, Nikhil's mother^[4]^[5]
Indraneel Bhattacharya as Inder Bhardwaj, Nikhil's father^[6]
Rajiv Kumar as Samrat, Nikhil's uncle
Ankita Sharma as Nikhil's Maami
Garima Vikrant Singh as Saraswati, Laajo's mother
Sushil Bounthiyal as Ram Bachan, Laajo's father
Siddhant Karnick as Sagar Khurana, Superstar and Laajo's mentor
Shraddha Jaiswal as Ayesha Adhiraj Ranawat
Jyoti Sharma as Gunja Bhardwaj
Eva Ahuja as Anjali, Samrat's ex-wife
Ankush Arora as Rishi, Samrat's son
Leena Jumani as Ratri Sharma
Scott Adkins as Bhattacharya
Tanushree Kaushal / Anushka Singh as Aditi, Ishana's mother
Sayantani Ghosh as Aarohi Sagar Khurana
Sharhaan Singh as Siddharth
Simmi Ghoshal as Neighbor
Faisal Raza Khan as Kabir
Chaitanya Choudhury
Namrata Thapa
Iqbal Azad
Anita Kanwal as Nanima
Shahrukh Sadri as Sagar's manager

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Bengali	Bou Kotha Kao বৰ কথা কও	5 January 2009	Star Jalsha	14 January 2012	Original
Marathi	Man Udhan Varyache मन उधाण वाऱ्याचे	27 July 2009	Star Pravah	1 October 2011	Remake
Hindi	Gustakh Dil गुस्ताख दिल	5 August 2013	Life OK	4 November 2014	Remake