Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil (transl. My Heart Is in a Foreign Land) (International title: Chasing My Heart)[3] is an Indian television series produced by Ekta Kapoor under her banner Balaji Telefilms for Star Plus.[4] The story, set in Austria, is inspired by the 1997 film Pardes and Manju Kapur's 2008 novel The Immigrant.[5] It was shot in locations in India, Vienna and Innsbruck.[6][7] The series stars Drashti Dhami as Naina Vivek Batra, Arjun Bijlani as Raghav Rajesh Mehra and Vineet Raina as Rehaan Karan Khurana.[8] It went off air on 30 June 2017 with 170 episodes.[9] It was replaced by Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3.[10]
| Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Developed by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Written by | Ritu Bhatia Aayush Agrawal |
| Directed by |
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| Creative director | Sandiip Sickand |
| Starring | |
| Composer | Pamela Jain |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 170 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Aayush Agrawal |
| Producers | Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor |
| Production locations | Austria Mumbai |
| Cinematography | Ravi Mishra |
| Editors |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | Balaji Telefilms |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Plus |
| Release | 7 November 2016 – 30 June 2017[2] |
Plot
editSet in Austria, Raghav Mehra works in his rich Indian family. He was adopted by Mehra family but only Indumati (dadi) loves him. He loves the spoilt Sanjana who ignores him. Sanjana is his Aunt Parmeshwari's niece. Parmeshwari wants to marry Sanjana to Veer to get hold of business. Naina Batra, a woman close to her family breaks up with her fiancé Amit due to her heart patient mother Asha's illness and leaves to Austria for the operation.
Naina and Raghav become friends. Raghav's grandmother Indumati fixes Naina's marriage with his cousin Veer. On the wedding day, Veer leaves, after which Raghav sacrifices his love and marries Naina who feels betrayed but soon trusts him.
Sanjana is pregnant with Veer's child. Indumati allows Veer back in the family and announces his marriage with Sanjana. Veer feels jealous of Naina and Raghav. Indumati goes into a coma. Raghav starts a new business but he needs money for that. A buyer Rehaan Khanna enters. Naina meets his wife Ahana and agrees to become a surrogate mother. Naina gives that money to Raghav to start his business.
Due to a misunderstanding, Raghav thinks that Naina has an affair and carries someone else's baby.
Without justification, Raghav divorces Naina. Ahana meets with a car accident planned by Rehaan's stepmother Harjeet, and dies after telling Naina that the baby is in danger.
6 months later
editRaghav has become rich but arrogant business man. The Mehra family has lost all their money and Mehra mansion in auction. Raghav now rich buys Mehra mansion.
Naina now lives in India. She works in Raghav's company. Indumati wakes up from coma and mistakes Ahana's baby to be of Raghav and Naina. Indumati tells Raghav the reason for her coma. Raghav is infuriated and rushes to Veer and beats him and gets him arrested. Rehaan learns that Ahana hired a surrogate so he began searching her and also told about this to Harjeet who now wants to kill Ahana's baby.
Naina gives premature birth to a baby boy Ahaan. Naina and Raghav grow closer and confesses their love. Rehaan attacks Raghav thinking he had kidnapped the baby. Raghav presumably dies thinking Naina cheated on him and Rehaan is Ahaan's father.
Naina marries Rehaan to look after Ahaan, and acts to be possessed by Ahana's ghost. Naina reveals Harjeet's true intentions. She tells Indumati that her marriage with Rehaan is real. Harjeet is arrested and tries to shoot Naina but Rehaan sacrifices himself,
7 years later
editNaina, Ahaan and Indumati live happily. Naina works as a tuition teacher and points towards Raghav's photo when her students question about her love story. She tells them that Raghav is her life as he told her the meaning of love and she will be united with him in heaven.
Cast
editMain
edit- Drashti Dhami as Naina Batra Khurana / Naina Batra Mehra: Asha's daughter; Rajeev's sister; Raghav's widow; Rehaan's wife; Ishaan and Neil's mother; Ahaan's surrogate mother (2016–2017)
- Arjun Bijlani as Raghav Mehra: Swaraj's son; Sanjana's ex-lover; Naina's first husband; Ishaan's father (2016–2017) (Dead)
- Vineet Raina as Rehaan Khurana: Armaan's half-brother; Ahana's widower; Naina's husband; Ahaan and Neil's father (2017)
Recurring
edit- Surekha Sikri as Indumati Mehra: Madan, Swaraj and Balraj's mother; Veer, Akash, Shaurya, Ira and Raghav's grandmother (2016–2017)
- Alka Amin as Asha Batra: Rajeev and Naina's mother; Ayaan's grandmother (2016–2017)
- Adaa Khan as Ahana Khurana: Rehaan's first wife; Ahaan's mother (2017) (Dead)
- Sudha Chandran as Harjeet Khurana: Armaan's mother; Rehaan's step-mother (2017)
- Alok Narula as Rajeev Batra: Asha's son; Naina's elder brother; Chanchal's husband; Ayaan's father (2016–2017)
- Unknown as Ayaan Batra: Rajeev and Chanchal's son
- Sangeeta Kapure as Chanchal Batra: Rajeev's wife; Ayaan's mother (2016–2017)
- Rakesh Kukreti as Madan Mehra: Indumati's son; Swaraj and Balraj's brother; Sudha's husband; Veer and Akash's father (2016–2017)
- Manini Mishra as Sudha Mehra: Madan's wife; Veer and Akash's mother (2016–2017)
- Laksh Lalwani as Veer Mehra: Madan and Sudha's son; Akash's brother; Naina's ex-fiancé; Sanjana's husband; Veera's father (2016–2017) (Dead)
- Additi Gupta as Sanjana Mehra: Raghav's ex-lover; Veer's wife; Veera's mother (2016–2017)
- Gauri Singh as Seema (2017)
- Unknown as Veera Mehra: Veer and Sanjana's daughter
- Lovekesh Solanki as Akash Mehra: Madan and Sudha's son; Veer's brother; Soumya's husband; Aman's father (2016–2017)
- Unknown as Soumya Mehra: Akash's wife; Aman's mother
- Unknown as Aman Mehra: Akash and Soumya's son
- Manish Khanna as Balraj Mehra: Indumati's son; Swaraj and Madan's brother; Parmeshwari's husband; Shaurya and Ira's father (2016–2017)
- Sonia Rakkar as Parmeshwari Mehra: Balraj's wife; Shaurya and Ira's mother (2016–2017)
- Ankit Shah as Sikandar "Shaurya" Mehra: Balraj and Parmeshwari's son; Ira's brother; Pragya's husband; Prayag's father (2016–2017)
- Unknown as Pragya Mehra: Shaurya's wife; Prayag's mother
- Unknown as Prayag Mehra: Shaurya and Pragya's son
- Rini Das as Iranjali "Ira" Khurana: Balraj and Parmeshwari's daughter; Shaurya's sister; Armaan's wife; Imraan's mother (2016–2017)
- Pulkit Bangia as Armaan Khurana: Harjeet's son; Rehaan's half-brother; Ira's husband; Imraan's father (2017)
- Parveen Kaur as Amit's mother (2016)
- Vicky Arora as Amit Vishwakarma: Naina's ex-fiancé; Bella's boyfriend (2016)
- Lucinda Nicholas as Bella D'Costa: Amit's girlfriend (2016)
References
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- ^ "Vineet Raina, Drashti Dhami in Vienna, Austria with the team of Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Vineet Raina-Drashti Dhami to redefine romance on television". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Star Plus confirms 'Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3' to replace 'Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil'". 8 June 2017. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "'Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? 3' to replace 'Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil' on Star Plus this month". 2 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.