Advocate Anjali Awasthi

Aarti Anjali Awasthi, formerly known as Advocate Anjali Awasthi, is an Indian Hindi language courtroom and romance drama television series that premiered on 8 August 2024 on StarPlus. Produced under Blues Productions, it starred Shritama Mitra as Anjali and Ankit Raizada as Aman in the main roles.^[1][2][3] It is the remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Geeta LL.B.^[4]

Advocate Anjali Awasthi
Genre	Courtroom Drama Romance Social issue
Developed by	Blues Productions
Written by	Snehasish Chakraborty Dialogues and Lyrics Sanjeev Tiwari
Screenplay by	Snehasish Chakraborty
Story by	Snehasish Chakraborty
Directed by	Rupam Baag
Creative director	Snehasish Chakraborty
Starring	Shritama Mitra Ankit Raizada
Theme music composer	Snehasish Chakraborty
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	326
Production
Executive producer	Runa Dey Sarkar
Producer	Snehasish Chakraborty
Production location	Kolkata
Cinematography	Debabrata Mallick
Editor	Bapan Pramanik
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production company	Blues Productions
Original release
Network	StarPlus
Release	8 August 2024 (2024-08-08) – present

On 30th June 2025, the show took a leap and was renamed as "Aarti Anjali Awasthi", which focuses on Aman and Anjali's daughter, Aarti, who is also played by Shritama Mitra.

Plot

A legal drama that chronicles the journey of a brave and determined lawyer, named Anjali Awasthi, who struggling to make a name for herself in the male-dominated field. She chances upon her first case, which is against the "big guns". This case becomes the ultimate test of Anjali's resolve, not only to establish herself in the legal field, but also to challenge deep-rooted inequities.

21 years later

Aman and Anjali's daughter, Aarti has grown up to become a brave and resolute reporter, who is dedicated to seeking justice and standing her ground, regardless of the circumstances that she faces, much like her mother did before Aarti. But Sapna is uneasy about Aarti's choice of career, fearing that her granddaughter may suffer the same tragic fate as Anjali did, who has been in a catatonic state for 21 years.

Aarti's maternal grandparents, Ganesh and Sapna have secretly raised her in their colony, well ensuring that no one outside of its borders knows about her existence, as they aim to protect her from both Chandrabhan Thakur and his son, Yuvraj, as they seek to keep her safe, because Chandrabhan and Yuvraj had plotted to kill Aarti as revenge against Anjali for all the past humiliations. They had believed that Aarti had perished in the accident that they had orchestrated, the incident that had left Anjali in a catatonic state and had led to her father, Aman's death. But unbeknownst to Ganesh and Sapna, both Chandrabhan and Yuvraj were involved in the tragic incident, but Ganesh had only heard Yuvraj speaking on the phone with his father, Chandrabhan in the hospital on the day that accident had happened, as they were plotting to kill Anjali's daughter, Aarti. But Ganesh could not make out who's voice it was.

Driven by a sense of justice, Aarti is determined to uncover the truth behind her father, Aman's death and her mother, Anjali's condition, but Aarti is completely unaware of her father's identity and her paternal lineage at the time, since neither her grandparents, Ganesh and Sapna, nor the former maid of the Rajput family, Padman had ever shared that information. This secrecy is because the entire Rajput family, with the exception of Aarti's aunts, Saniya and Mehek, her great-aunt, Nivedita and her great-uncle, Gaurav, had cut all ties with the Awasthi family forever, due to the fact that they had blamed Anjali for Aman's death. They also have rejected Aarti simply for being Anjali's daughter, completely disregarding the fact that Aarti is also Aman's daughter, as well as the fact that, Anjali is not directly or indirectly responsible for Aman's demise, as he was just simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Raghav has withdrawn from society, since his son, Aman's death, refusing to continue his career as a lawyer, until the person responsible for Aman's death is found and brought to justice, the only ones, who are aware of the details surrounding the accident that had left Anjali in a catatonic state and had led to Aman's death, which was not an accident or a hit-and-run, but an act of attempted murder, are Ganesh, Sapna and Padman, but they have chosen not to inform Raghav and the entire Rajput family of that information. This is because of the way Raghav and the Rajput family, except for Gaurav, Mehek, Nivedita and Saniya, have mistreated Ganesh, Sapna and Anjali, especially after wrongfully blaming Anjali for Aman's demise and rejecting Aarti simply because she is Anjali's daughter, refusing to acknowledge that she is also Aman's daughter.

Anjali is slowly recovering from her catatonic state, as she will eventually regain her ability to move and speak once again.

Kavya sees Aarti and mistakenly believes that she is her mother, Anjali, Kavya becomes terrified, as she realizes that if Anjali has completely regained her faculties from her catatonic state, she will be able to gather solid evidence against her brother, Yuvraj and send him to prison, as Anjali had witnessed Yuvraj driving the truck just moments before it had crashed against the car that both she and her husband, Aman were in, an incident that had left Anjali in a catatonic state and had ultimately led to Aman's death, as Yuvraj is always careless, often leaving behind clues that Anjali could easily follow. Anjali also might uncover the truth about Kavya's father, Chandrabhan being an accomplice in the incident that had incapacitated Anjali and had resulted in Aman's demise, which could lead to his imprisonment as well, since both Yuvraj and Chandrabhan are Anjali's only known enemies, who have a motive to harm her, especially since they had plotted to kill Anjali's daughter, Aarti.

Kavya informs her father, Chandrabhan that Anjali has awakened from her catatonic condition. Concerned, he decides to pay Anjali a visit at her home to see for himself. But after stabbing her in the leg, he realizes that she remains unresponsive. This leads Chandrabhan to conclude that Kavya was just simply imagining things, unaware at the time that the person that Kavya saw was not Anjali at all, but her daughter, Aarti.

Cast

Main

• Shritama Mitra as
  • Advocate Anjali Awasthi Singh Rajput: An aggressive and honest lawyer; Ganesh and Sapna's younger daughter; Gini's sister; Aman's widow; Aarti's mother (2024-present)
  • Aarti Awasthi Singh Rajput: An aggressive and honest reporter; Anjali and Aman's daughter; Ved's ex-fiancée and love interest (2025-present)
• Ankit Raizada as Advocate Aman Singh Rajput: An honest lawyer; Raghav and Nandini's younger son; Abhay and Mehek's brother; Avni and Saniya's cousin; Anjali's late husband; Aarti's father (2024-2025)
• Puneett Chouksey as Ved Rajavanshi: Uday's son; Sonal's brother; Aarti's ex-fiancé and love interest; Kali's fake husband (2025-present)

Recurring

Awasthi family

• Ashim Mukhopadhyay as Advocate Ganesh Awasthi: An honest lawyer; Sapna's husband; Gini and Anjali's father; Aarti's grandfather (2024-present)
• Shoma Akarshan as Sapna Awasthi: Ganesh's wife; Gini and Anjali's mother; Aarti's grandmother (2024-present)

Singh Rajput family

• Umesh Ghadge as Advocate Raghav Singh Rajput: A dishonest lawyer; Gaurav and Vaibhav's brother; Nandini's husband; Abhay, Aman and Mehek's father; Anjali, Ganesh and Sapna's enemy; Aarti's estranged grandfather and enemy (2024-present)
• Ishrat Khan as Nandini Singh Rajput: Raghav's wife; Abhay, Aman and Mehek's mother; Aarti's estranged grandmother (2024-present)
• Dhruvi Ghervada as Mehek Singh Rajput: Raghav and Nandini's estranged daughter; Abhay and Aman's sister; Saniya's cousin; Yuvraj's ex-girlfriend; Anjali's well-wisher; Aarti's aunt and well-wisher (2024-present)
• Vicky Singh Kashyap as Abhay Singh Rajput; Raghav and Nandini's elder son; Aman and Mehek's brother; Saniya's cousin; Anjali's former one-sided love interest and enemy; Gini's estranged husband; Ganesh and Sapna's enemy; Aarti's estranged uncle and enemy (2024-present)
• Priya Rore as Gini Awasthi Singh Rajput: Ganesh and Sapna's elder daughter; Anjali's sister; Abhay's estranged wife (2024-2025)
• Arsh Merchant as Vaibhav Singh Rajput: Raghav and Gaurav's brother; Sadkika's husband; Ishani and Avni's father; Anjali, Ganesh and Sapna's enemy; Aarti's estranged great-uncle and enemy (2024-present)
• Shampa Bandyopadhyay as Sadkika Singh Rajput: Vaibhav's wife; Ishani and Avni's mother; Anjali, Ganesh and Sapna's enemy; Aarti's estranged great-aunt and enemy (2024-2025)
• Koushiki Basu as Ishani Singh Rajput: Sadkika and Vaibhav's elder daughter; Avni's sister; Abhay, Saniya, Aman and Mehek's cousin (2024-2025)
• Srijita Chakraborty as Avni Singh Rajput: Sadkika and Vaibhav's younger daughter; Ishani's sister; Abhay, Saniya, Aman and Mehek's cousin (2024-2025)
• Bhaswar Chatterjee as Gaurav Singh Rajput: Raghav and Vaibhav's estranged brother; Nivedita's husband; Saniya's father; Anjali's well-wisher; Aarti's great-uncle and well-wisher (2024-present)
• Meghna Halder as Nivedita Singh Rajput: Gaurav's wife; Saniya's mother; Anjali's enemy turned well-wisher; Aarti's great-aunt and well-wisher (2024-present)
• Rupsha Chatterjee as Saniya Singh Rajput: Gaurav and Nivedita's daughter; Abhay, Ishani, Avni, Aman and Mehek's cousin; Bhajan's estranged wife; Anjali's well-wisher; Aarti's aunt and well-wisher (2024-present)
• Aman Mishra as Advocate Bhajan Singh: A dishonest lawyer; Saniya's estranged husband; Anjali and Aman's enemy (2024-present)

Thakur family

• Bharat Kaul as Chandrabhan Thakur: A corrupt former politician turned human trafficker; Rati's husband; Yuvraj and Kavya's father; Anjali; Aarti, Aarti and Ganesh's enemy; Aman's enemy and indirect murderer (2024-present)
• Anshul Bammi as Yuvraj Thakur: A criminal; Chandrabhan and Rati's son; Kavya's brother; Mehek's ex-boyfriend; Anjali, Aarti, Ganesh and Padma's enemy; Aman's enemy and murderer (2024-present)
• Indrakshi Dey as Kavya Thakur: Chandrabhan and Rati's daughter; Yuvraj's sister; Aman's former one-sided obsessive love interest; Anjali's enemy (2024-present)
• Unknown as Rati Thakur: Chandrabhan's wife; Yuvraj and Kavya's mother (2024-present)

Rajvanshi family

• Ajay Dutta as Uday Rajvanshi: A corrupt businessman and human trafficker; Pratap's brother; Ved and Sonal's father; Aarti's enemy (2025-present)
• Unknown as Ms Rajvanshi Uday's wife; Ved and Sonal's mother (2025)
• Sonnal Mishra as Sonal Rajvanshi: Uday's daughter; Ved's sister (2025-present)
• Manoj Kaushik as Pratap Rajvanshi: Uday's brother; Aarti's enemy (2025-present)

Other rescuing cast

• Afzal Husain as Daksh (2025-present)
• Aniruddh Roy as Prakash Tripathy (2025-present)
• Simran Singh as Kali: Ved's fake wife (2025-present)
• Shailesh Lodha as Ramesh Patel (2024)
• Vikkas Pareeck as Inspector Pankaj Purohit: A police inspector (2024-present)
• Yukta Upadhyay as Padma Rajak: The Rajput family's former maid; Anjali, Aman and Aarti's well-wisher; Yuvraj's enemy (2024-present)

Guest appearances

• Kanwar Dhillon as Sachin Deshmukh from Udne Ki Aasha (2025)

Reception

The Show Opened With TRP of 2.2 making its way in top 5 shows.In Week 32, the show was included among the top five in the TRP charts.^[5] A week later, it dropped to 6th place with a 2.1 rating.^[6] By Week 48, it regained the 4th position and continued to remain among the top five shows.^[7][8]