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Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon

Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (Translation:
Madhubala — A love, a passion) is an Indian television series Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek
that premiered on 28 May 2012[1] and ran through until 9 Junoon
August 2014,[3] Produced to celebrate 100 years of Indian
cinema, it aired on Colors TV Monday to Friday (later
Saturday) evenings.[4]

Contents
Plot
Twenty years later
Genre Drama
Cast Romance
Main
Written by Saurabh Tewari
Recurring
Abhishek
Broadcast
Kumar
Music
Nishikant Roy
Awards and nominations Janaki V
References Sharad Tripathi
External links Gautam Hegde
Directed by Ravindra
Plot Gautam
Amit D Malik
Madhubala "Madhu" Choudhary was born on a film set and Prasad
destined to become a heroine but works in a parlour whereas bhagwan yadav
her family works as junior artists in the Mumbai film industry. Devashish
One fateful encounter brings her standing against Bollywood Dhar
superstar Rishabh Kundra alias RK. She fights a case of hit
Creative director(s) Yoma Shreshth
and run on behalf of her friend Mukund against RK and sends
him to jail. Starring Vivian Dsena
Drashti Dhami
Mukund proposes Madhu and they get engaged. RK
Country of origin India
insinuates that Madhu is his girlfriend and humiliates her
mother Padmini and guardian Shamsher Malik’s relationship. Original language(s) Hindi
He says they are having a secret affair for the last 20 years. No. of seasons 1
Mukund breaks off his engagement thinking Madhu has an
No. of episodes 648[1]
affair with RK.
Production
Madhu visits RK’s set and slaps him who puts forward an offer
Producer(s) Saurabh Tewari
of forty lakh rupees for her father Balraj’s treatment as he was
badly beaten up on RK’s set after he had shown up to kill RK Abhinav Shukla
after a public stunt. RK asks Madhu to marry him which she Cinematography Ganesh Sankla
Editor(s) Rochak Ahuja

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accepts. Rude and egotistical, RK becomes hell-bent on Production Nautanki Films

ruining Madhubala’s life and tries to insult her in any way he company(s)
can but is possessive of her.
Release
Eventually, things turn normal and Madhu falls in love with Original network Colors TV
RK. RK's half-brother Sikandar Bhatia's wife Deepali, who is
Picture format 576i SDTV
in fact RK's ex-girlfriend had married Sikandar as he was
being launched in a big-budgeted film and RK was a 1080i HDTV
struggling actor at that time. She wants Madhu to leave RK Original release 28 May
but in vain.
2012[1] –
Shamsher is determined to kill RK who had forcefully kept 9 August
Madhu captive at his home. Unaware of the changed scenario, 2014[2]
he shoots RK who is saved by Madhu as she donates blood to External links
him. She witnesses a big change in her feelings for RK who too
develops a soft corner for Madhu and is no longer rude to her. Official website (http://colors.in.com/in/s
She brings a lot of changes in RK’s life like she restores his hows/madhubala-ek-ishq-ek-junoon-34
faith in God and his relationship with his mother. 85.html)

Madhu teaches RK many other lessons of life and everyone is thankful to her for this. They confess
their love. RK helps Padmini and Shamsher in getting married and even when Balraj abducts all but
is shot to death by Padmini. RK asks Madhu to leave her family and come away with him to lead a
peaceful life because he needs a break and wants to spend his time with her.

Madhu blindly agrees and RK says he wants to marry her properly before leaving so that they can
take their relationship forward. During the marriage, RK suddenly stops and tells he had never loved
her; it was his plan to entangle her in his love and then destroy her life when he leaves her.

Devastated, Madhu decides to part her ways. Everyone is furious at RK for deserting Madhu and tries
to convince him to bring her back as he is nothing without her but he doesn’t budge on his decision.
Madhu gets a job as a hairstylist at RK’s film set. He is once again rude to her and adamant to make
her leave, trying to play hard but she has answers.

RK regrets his decision to leave Madhu when he suspects her getting ahead with a mysterious man.
He cannot stand the thought of Madhu with someone else and realizes his mistake; he decides to win
her back and abducts her to forcefully make her live with him at his home. Earlier, Madhu not
relents.

Later, Madhu decides to play along and this time she would leave RK with help from Sultan, the
mystery man who RK assumes to be Madhu's lover. She wants to teach RK a lesson and make him
realize the pain of a broken heart. He is unable to accept his feelings for Madhu. Wanting her plan to
succeed, Madhu leaves saying she won't come back unless he confesses his love.

As per Madhu's expectations, RK confesses his love and proposes her in front of all. Madhu agrees
and the preparation for the grand wedding begins. Just a few days before the wedding, Madhu
realizes she cannot execute her plan because she loves RK and cannot leave him. Sultan wants Madhu
to back off because he thinks that RK will kill Madhu when he learns her evil plan.

Madhu changes her mind and breaks Sultan's heart as he loves her too. Although heartbroken after
learning Madhu’s plan, RK decides to leave all the bad memories behind, forgive Madhubala and then
officially marry her. Sultan, who hates RK for taking away Madhu, seeks revenge. He discovers being
RK’s half-brother and uses this as a device to humiliate him in public.

Sultan refers to RK as a bastard whose father Mohan had first married Meera who gave birth to
Sultan. RK realizes Sultan is doing all this to win Madhu and accidentally kills him. He is sent to jail.
Madhu finds out Sultan is alive and it was a plan to send RK to jail and take her away.
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Sultan realizes RK wouldn’t so easily let Madhu go and now so on tortures her to get a divorce from
RK and come to him in order to save him. Helpless, Madhu agrees. Enraged, RK refuses but later
connects all dots and learns that it is Sultan who is behind all this drama and forcing Madhu to
divorce him.

RK eventually kills Sultan with the police's help and saves Madhu. Due to his inability to shoot for
movies owing to personal problems and slapping producer Amar Bahl, RK is banned from Bollywood
and decides to produce his own film. Veteran director Mehul Chopra agrees to help him and chooses
Madhu as the heroine but RK refuses and is actually fascinated by the idea of her being his heroine.

RK finds a heroine but is dissatisfied and vows not to pressurize Madhu to sign the film. On
inauguration day, the heroine is rendered unable to attend the inaugural conference by Amar Bahl
and RK's stepfather Kulbhushan Bhatia who hates him. Thinking that his career is over, RK is about
to commit suicide when his assistant Bittu Sharma calls and informs him Madhu has stepped in as
the heroine.

Super excited, RK appears as the leading actor of his film in front of media with Madhu who marks
her entry into Bollywood. He confesses in front of all that he loves Madhu and thanks to her for
becoming his heroine. RK’s aunt Paabo is told by a saint that Madhu is not right for him. Madhu is
brainwashed by Paabo and made to perform some perilous religious tasks but later finds out it was all
Paabo and Deepali’s plot to oust her from RK’s life.

Madhu refuses to leave RK. During shooting, RK gets injured and suffers paralysis. Madhu decides to
take over and complete the movie. RK develops insecurity towards her due to her rising fame and
being ignored by everyone because he is handicapped. Madhu becomes pregnant but RK doesn’t want
a baby when he is going through a lot of trouble. This breaks Madhu’s heart and she is unhappy with
his wishes.

The movie “Ishq Ek Junoon” becomes a superhit, bringing RK out of his financial and career
problems. Due to stress, Madhu suffers a miscarriage and blames RK. He misunderstands her
thought of becoming a superstar like him and tries his best to avert her mind from getting into the
film industry. Later, everything gets all right and Madhu becomes a heroine like she was destined to
be.

Enters RK's doppelganger Keval Ram Kushwaha alias KRK, who is hired by Kulbhushan to avenge all
the insults RK had thrown at him. Kulbhushan wants KRK to steal away all RK’s money and render
him bankrupt. KRK agrees to take RK’s place in need of money. He is a nobleman and decides to
leave RK’s life when he realizes of separating him from Madhu.

KRK returns back to his hometown with prize money from RK for speaking up the truth and showing
decency. Kulbhushan is arrested and sent to jail. Madhu is revealed to be pregnant once again and
gives birth to a girl whom RK also names Madhubala. He prophesies that she will become a superstar
like her parents.

Twenty years later

RK and Madhu are dead in the bomb blast. RK' mother escapes with RK and Madhu's infant
'Madhubala' and raises her without the shadow of cinema industry as it would become a threat for
Junior Madhubala. Radha gets unwell and, Their grown-up daughter Madhubala looks like just
Madhu and works for Abhay Kapoor who makes her fall in love with him. They announce their
marriage, but Abhay gets Madhubala married to Raja, a mentally challenged and second look-alike of
RK. Abhay reveals he wanted to avenge the death of his father Harshvardhan who committed suicide
after being incriminated for killing RK and Madhu.

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Raja turns out to be KRK's son and finally becomes a normal person. Due to his lifestyle of a gangster,
Madhubala hates, insults and accuses him by crossing her all limits. She raises the question on his
manhood. Angry, dejected and drunk, Raja gets doped and instigated by his brother-in-law who tells
him to punish Madhubala for unnecessarily raising questions.

This leads to the raging Raja raping Madhubala who files a case against him and gets him jailed but
withdraws it after some time. Raja’s aunt Baiji dies. Being in jail and unable to donate blood to save
her life, he thinks Madhubala is responsible for it and begins hating and torturing her. It is revealed
Raja's brother-in-law plotted this to take over the family property.

Madhubala gets pregnant with Raja's child and later requests him to forgive her which Raja does;
they remarry and begin living separately from his family. Raja opens a garage to start earning a living.
One night, a producer assumes him as RK and proposes to do a film with him that the producer had
wanted to do with RK and Madhu.

Madhubala reads Madhu’s diary, learning that Madhu’s last wish was to make a film on her and RK’s
life. Madhubala convinces Raja to sign the film; they start their career and appear as Madhu and RK,
giving the first shot of their film. Raja states it is not the end but the beginning of a new life as they
were always destined to live and be superstars together.

Cast

Main
Drashti Dhami as
Madhubala "Madhu" Rishabh Kundra /Choudhary/Malik/Biwi– Padmini and Balraj's daughter,
Shamsher Malik's adoptive daughter, Trishna's Yonger sister, RK's wife,Junior Madhubala's
mother (2012–2014)
Junior Madhubala Kundra– Madhu/Rani and RK's daughter, Raja's wife (2014)
Vivian Dsena as
Rishabh Kundra "RK" / KRK – Radha and Mohan's son, Sultan and Sikandar's half-brother,
Madhu's husband, Junior Madhubala's father (2012–2014)
Keval Ram Kushwaha/ KRK– Jugnu's brother, Kulbhushan's accomplice, Raja’s father (2013–
2014)
Raja Kushwaha/ Raj Kumar/ Raju– KRK's son, Junior Madhubala's husband (2014)
Spandan Chaturvedi as Young Madhubala Kundra (2014)

Recurring
Pallavi Purohit as Padmini Shekhari/Shamsher Malik– Balraj's ex-wife, Madhu and Trishna's
mother, Shamsher's wife, Junior Madhubala's maternal grandmother
Aarti Puri as Trishna Chaudhary /Shamsher Malik– Padmini and Balraj's daughter, Shamsher
Malik's adoptive daughter, Madhu's elder sister, Junior Madhubala's sororal aunt
Shama Deshpande as Radha Upadhyay– Mohan's widowed/second wife, Kulbhushan's wife, RK
and Sikandar's mother, Madhubala's paternal grandmother
Indresh Malik as Bittu Sharma– RK's personal secretary, Leela's husband, Junior Madhubala's
uncle
Raza Murad as Kulbhushan Bhatia/ Kukku– Radha's second husband, Sikandar's father
Sikandar Kharbanda as Sikandar Bhatia– Radha and Kulbhushan's son, RK's half-brother,
Deepali's husband

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Seema Mishra as Deepali Singh– RK's ex-girlfriend, Sikandar's wife

Navneet Nishan/Seema Kapoor as Pabbo– RK's paternal aunt
Avinesh Rekhi as Sultan Kundra– Meera and Mohan's son, RK's half-brother, Madhu's obsessive
lover
Siddharth Vasudev as Bhujang Shastri
Zarina Wahab as Meera Malik– Mohan's ex-wife, Sultan's mother
Kannan Arunachalam as Rashid Baig– Mohan's ex-driver
Raj Zutshi as Balraj Choudhary– Padmini's ex-husband, Madhu and Trishna's father, Junior
Madhubala's maternal grandfather
Shagufta Ali as Badi Chaudhrain
Lalit Parimoo as Guruji
Sushmita Mukherjee as Dai Maa
Rakhee Tandon as Roma Malik– Shamsher's sister,
Bhupinder Singh as Shamsher Malik– Roma's brother, Padmini's second husband, Madhu and
Trishna's stepfather
Prashant Chawla as Sunny Sharma
Swati Anand as Leelavati Agashey/ Leela– Bittu's wife
Shweta Vyal/Tanvi Thakkar as Sweety Sharma
Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Riya
Manini Mishra as Ila Ramani - Journalist
Usha Nadkarni as Sonali Devi– Mukund and Swati's mother
Manish Naggdev as Mukund Dixit– Sonali's son; Swati’s brother; Madhu's ex-fiancé
Ahsaas Channa as Swati Dixit– Sonali's daughter; Mukund's sister
Anita Hassanandani as Sanya
Vinay Apte as Shivdutt Marathe
Neelu Kohli as Harjeet Kapoor– Harshvardhan and Umesh's mother; Abhay and Ananya's
grandmother
Arbaaz Ali Khan as Director Harshvardhan Kapoor– Harjeet's son; Umesh's brother; « Pam »'s
husband; Abhay and Ananya's father
Deepshikha Nagpal as « Pam »– Harshvardhan's wife; Abhay’s stepmother and Ananya's mother
Puneet Sachdev as Nikhil Lamba– Ananya's husband
Kishwer Merchant as Ananya Kapoor– Pam and Harshvardhan's daughter; Abhay's half-sister;
Nikhil's wife
Gunjan Utreja as Abhay Kapoor– Harshvardhan's son; Pam’s stepson ; Ananya's half-brother;
Madhubala's ex-fiancé; Aisha's husband
Rajesh Balwani as Umesh Kapoor– Harjeet's son; Harshvardhan's brother; Dolly's husband;
Abhay and Ananya's paternal uncle
Utkarsha Naik as Dolly Kaur Singh– Umesh's wife; Abhay and Ananya's paternal aunt
Fenil Umrigar as Aisha Kapoor– Abhay's cousin
Ravi Khanvilkar as Jugnesh Ram Kushwaha/ Jugnu– KRK's brother; Raja’s paternal uncle; Baiji's
husband; Agni's father
Shraddha Jaiswal as Agni Kushwaha– Baiji and Jugnu's daughter; Raja’s paternal cousin
Shalini Arora/Jaya Bhattacharya as Baiji Devi– Jugnu's wife; Raja’s paternal aunt; Agni's mother
Shital Thakkar as Tara
Jaswant Menaria as Bhanu Pratap Singh
Pooja Sahu as Faguni Kushwaha

Broadcast
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The show has several versions including dubs and remakes in the following Indian languages and
other languages:

Sl.no Language Title Network (s) Format

1 Tamil Madhubala Konjam Istham Konjam Kastham Polimer TV Dubbed
2 Telugu Madhubala oo prema oo paga Gemini TV Dubbed
3 Malayalam Madhubala Surya TV Dubbed
4 Kannada Aswini Nakshatra ETV Kannada Remake
5 Arabic Hayaat Lana TV Dubbed
6 Kurdish Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Shetty Kurdmax TV Dubbed
7 Pashto Madhubala Lemar TV Dubbed
8 Bosnian Madhubala Hayat Plus Hayat TV Dubbed
9 Serbian Madhubala Happy TV ATV Dubbed
10 Kazhakstan Madhubala Astana TV Dubbed
11 Urdu Madhubala Urdu1 Dubbed
12 Pushto Madhubala Yawa Meena Yaw Leewantub Namar TV Dubbed
13 Turkish Yalanci Bahar Kanal 7 Dubbed
14 Thailand Madhubala Mayaram JKN TV Dubbed
15 Vietnamese Ten Em Hoa Don "Madhubala" Style TV Dubbed
16 Montaha Al-Ishq Mbc Bollywood Dubbed
17 Armenian Madhubala Arm TV Dubbed
18 Malaysia Madhubala Tara Hd Dubbed
19 Madhubala Slbl Dubbed
20 Indonesia Madhubala An TV Dubbed
21 Pakistan Madhubala H TV Dubbed
22 Arabic Madhubala Mbc drama Dubbed
23 Dari Madhubala Tolo TV Dubbed

Music
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 music and backgrounds were
composed by Ashish Rego.

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Sl.no Title Singer(s) Length

1 Hum Hai Deewane Male Arijit Singh 02:20
2 Hum Hai Deewane Female Komal Rizvi 02:22
3 Hum Hai Deewane Sad Male Arijit Singh 01:37
4 Hum Hai Deewane Sad Female 02:30
5 Ishq Tu Hi Hai Mera Male 03:44
6 Ishq Tu Hi Hai Mera Female Komal Rizvi 02:13
7 Ishq Hai Ishq Hai Male Saurabh Kalsi 01:46
8 Hoslon se veer Hoon Komal Rizvi 01:00

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek
People's Choice Awards India[5] Favourite New TV Drama Won
Junoon
2012
Indian Television Academy Gr8! Performer of the
Vivian Dsena Won
Awards[6] Year

Actress in a Lead Role Drashti Dhami

Actor in a Lead Role Vivian Dsena
Actor in a Negative Role Raj Zutshi
Actress in a Negative
Seema Mishra Nominated
Role
Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek
Daily Serial
Junoon
Indian Telly Awards[7]
2013 Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek
Drama Series
Junoon
Vivian Dsena and Drashti
Best Jodi
Dhami
Actress in a Supporting
Pallavi Purohit
Role Won
Madhubala — Ek Ishq Ek
Show Packaging(Fiction)
Junoon

Zee Gold Awards[8] Best Actor(Jury) Vivian Dsena

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External links
Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2939026/) on IMDb
Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon (https://www.voot.com/shows/madhubala-ek-ishq-ek-junoon/1/36
5229) on Voot

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