Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon
| Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Drama Romance |
| Written by |
Sonali Jaffar Shivani Shah Abhishek Kumar Nishikant Roy Janaki V Gautam Hegde Ravindra Gautam |
| Directed by | Ravindra Gautam |
| Creative director(s) | Yoma Shreshth |
| Starring | Drashti Dhami |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 648 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Abhinav Shukla |
| Cinematography | Ganesh Sankla |
| Editor(s) | Rochak Ahuja |
| Production company(s) | Nautanki Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | Colors TV |
| Picture format |
576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | 28 May 2012 – 9 August 2014 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (English: Madhubala — A Love, A Passion) is an Indian television series that premiered on 28 May 2012 and ran through until 9 August 2014, Produced to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema, it aired on Colors TV Monday through Saturday evenings.
Plot
'Madhubala' is the story of Madhubala who was born on a film set. While working as a beautician to fund her family she encounters Bollywood superstar Rishab Kundra (RK) . The encounter eventually leads to a marriage. Madhubala encounters quite a lot of struggles post the marriage, but does eventually fall in love with RK genuinely. On the other hand, RK was pretending to love her and walks out on her. This sets the wheels for a revenge game, however eventually they do get married genuinely as RK realizes his love for Madhubala. Later she becomes the heroine opposite RK in "Ishq" a movie produced by RK. The movie ends up being a huge success and places Madhubala in the limelight. RK lashes out on Madhubala. Madhubala loses her baby thereafter due to stress inflicted by RK and family. Eventually Madhubala does give birth to a daughter who is also born on the film set and she is also named Madhubala. However, in an explosion everyone perishes including Madhubala and RK except for baby Madhubala and RK's mother.
The story then takes 20 years time leap and follows the journey of baby Madhubala. The younger Madhubala falls in love with Abhay Kapoor, a rival of RK. Madhubala loves Abhay Kapoor but on her wedding day she is tricked and ends up getting married to a look-alike of RK named Raja Kushwaha. At the end both Madhubala and Raja become actors and the promise of her mother Madhubala and father RK, continues there after by their generations and neverending love.
Cast
- Drashti Dhami as Madhubala Rishabh Kundra /Raja Khushwa
- Vivian Dsena as Rishabh Kundra / Raja Keval Khushwa
- Pallavi Purohit as Padmini Malik
- Aarti Puri as Trishna Chaudhary
- Rakhee Tandon as Roma Malik
- Bhupinder Singh as Shamsher Malik
- Raza Murad as Kulbhushan Bhatia
- Shama Deshpande as Radha Kulbhushan Bhatia
- Sikander Kharbanda as Sikander Kulbhushan Bhatia
- Seema Mishra as Deepali Sikander Bhatia
- Navneet Nishan / Seema Kapoor as Pabbo
- Avinesh Rekhi as Sultan
- Zarina Wahab as Meera Mohan Kundra
- Siddarth Vasudev as Bhujang Shastri
- Raj Zutshi as Balraj Chaudhary
- Shagufta Ali as Badi Chaudhrain
- Lalit Parimoo as Guruji
- Sushmita Mukherjee as Dai Maa
- Ravi Khanvilkar as Jugnu Kushwa
- Shraddha Jaiswal as Agni Kushwa
- Shalini Arora / Jaya Bhattacharya as Baiji Kushwa
- Sheetal Thakkar as Tara Bhanu Pratap Singh
- Jaswant Menaria as Bhanu Pratap Singh
- Pooja Sahu as Faguni Kushwa
- Indresh Malik as Bittu Sharma
- Swati Anand as Leelwati Sharma
- Shweta Vyal / Tanvi Thakkar as Sweety Sharma
- Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Riya
- Manini Mishra as Ila
- Usha Nadkarni as Mrs. Dixit
- Manish Naggdev as Mukund Dixit
- Ahsaas Channa as Swati Dixit
- Neelu Kohli as Bebee
- Arbaaz Ali Khan as Harshvardhan Kapoor
- Deepshika as Mohini Kapoor
- Kishwar Merchant as Ananya Lamba
- Gunjan Utreja as Abhay Kapoor
- Puneet Sachdev as Nikhil Lamba
- Utkarsha Naik as Dolly Kapoor
- Fenil Umrigar as Aisha Kapoor
- Vinay Apte as Shivdutt Marathe (Cameo)
- Anita Hassanandani as Sanya (Cameo)
Soundtrack
| Madhubala-Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Arijit Singh, Komal Rizvi, Saurabh Kalsi | |
| Genre | Theme song |
| Length | 17:32 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Producer | Abhinabh Shukla |
The theme song "Hum Hai Deewane" and "Ishq Tu Hi Hai Mera" was composed by Shalin Sharma, while "Ishq Hai" was composed by Saurabh Kalsi. The songs were sung by Arijit Singh, Komal Rizvi and Saurabh Kalsi, the lyrics were done by Veebha Tiwari. Other type of musics and backgrounds were composed by Ashish Rego.
| Tracklist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Hum Hai Deewane male" | Arijit Singh | 02:20 |
| 2. | "Ishq Tu Hi Hai Mera Male" | 03:44 | |
| 3. | "Ishq Hai Ishq Hai" | Saurabh Kalsi | 01:46 |
| 4. | "Ishq Tu Hi Hai Mera Female" | Komal Rizvi | 02:13 |
| 5. | "Hum Hai Deewane Sad Male" | Arijit Singh | 01:37 |
| 6. | "Hum Hai Deewane Sad Female" | ||
| 7. | "Hoslon se veer Hoon" | Komal Rizvi | 01:00 |
| 8. | "Hum Hai Deewane Female" | Komal Rizvi | 02:22 |
Total length: |
17:32 | ||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | People's Choice Awards India[1] | Favourite New TV Drama | Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | Won |
| Indian Television Academy Awards[2] | Gr8! Performer of the Year | Vivian Dsena | Won | |
| 2013 | ||||
| Indian Telly Awards[3] | Actress in a Lead Role | Drashti Dhami | Nominated | |
| Actor in a Lead Role | Vivian Dsena | |||
| Actor in a Negative Role | Raj Zutshi | |||
| Actress in a Negative Role | Seema Mishra | |||
| Daily Serial | Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | |||
| Drama Series | Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | |||
| Best Jodi | Vivian Dsena and Drashti Dhami | Won | ||
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Pallavi Purohit | |||
| Show Packaging(Fiction) | Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek Junoon | |||
| Zee Gold Awards[4] | Best Actor(Jury) | Vivian Dsena |
Dubbing Versions
The serial was dubbed in Tamil and released as Madhubala — Konjam Ishtam Konjam Kashtam. It premiered on Polimer TV in February 2013. The Telugu version, Madhubala — O Prema O Paga, aired from 8 July 2014 - 5 February 2016 on Gemini TV. The series was also dubbed in Malayalam and released as Madhubala on Surya TV. The series was also broadcast on the Kurdish network Kurdmax TV as Madhubala Yek Ishq Yek Shety.
References
- ↑ "People's Choice Awards: Fan Favorites in Movies, TV, Music & Sports – PeoplesChoiceIndia.co". Peopleschoiceindia.com.
- ↑ "IndianTelevisionAcademy.com". IndianTelevisionAcademy.com.
- ↑ http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k13/poll/winners.php
- ↑ Narayan, Girija (23 July 2013). "Photos: 2013 Boroplus Gold Awards Winners List! – Oneindia Entertainment". Entertainment.oneindia.in.