Mann Sundar

Mann Sundar (transl. Beauty of the Heart) is an Indian romantic drama television series produced by the production company Panorama Entertainment.^[1] It premiered on 18 October 2021 on Dangal.^[2] The series starred Shruti Anand and Shivam Khajuria in the first season and^[3][4] stars Nancy Roy and Dev Aditya^[5] in the second season. The series is directed by Faheim Ahmad Inamdar and the production is headed by Suzana Ghai.

Mann Sundar
Genre	Drama Romance
Screenplay by	Bhavna Vyas Anupriya Tripathi Sonali Gupta Shrivastava (Dialogue)
Story by	Vivek Behl
Directed by	Faheim Ahmad Inamdar
Starring	Shruti Anand Shivam Khajuria Nancy Roy
Theme music composer	Nilesh Kehrir Elvish Valentine Anuj Shashank
Opening theme	Dil Se Dekho Toh Jaano Kitna Hai Mann Sundar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	More than 800
Production
Producer	Suzana Ghai
Production location	Mumbai
Cinematography	Sudesh Kotian Jeetendra Manohar Kadam
Running time	20-21 min approx.
Production company	Panorama Entertainment
Original release
Network	Dangal
Release	18 October 2021 (2021-10-18) – present
Related
Mann Atisundar

Plot

Ruchita is an idealistic and independent woman. She works at her father's friend's company owned by Naresh Goyal. Naresh has two sons - Prateek and Nihar. Prateek is married to Ritu, who has a younger sister, Amrita. Nihar is in love with Amrita and wishes to marry her. But, the Goyal family forcibly decides to get Ruchita and Nihar married. Nihar opposes the marriage and tries to elope with Amrita but fails as Amrita leaves to London. Nihar reluctantly marries Ruchita and blames her for the marriage and starts to hate her.

Nihar's mother, Poonam, and his grandmother (Dadi) do not accept Ruchita due to her dark skin; they try to separate her from Nihar. After many struggles, Nihar starts to love for Ruchita. After some time, Amrita returns to separate them. She collaborates with Poonam and Dadi to expel her from the house by framing her for Dadi's accident. When Ruchita discovers Amrita and Dadi's truth, she tries to expose them. Amrita poisons Ruchita making the family believe that Ruchita is dead. Ruchita survives and scares Amrita as a ghost. Amrita fakes her pregnancy causing Nihar to announce his marriage with her. Dadi realizes here mistake and accepts Ruchita and helps her to expose Amrita. Ruchita exposes Amrita. Nihar ends his relationship with Amrita and Ruchita expels Amrita.

After a while, Amrita seeks revenge and fakes her own death, leading to Nihar's arrest. Meera, Amrita's mother, turns Ritu against the Nihar. Ritu destroys all evidence that would have proven Nihar innocent. Ruchita discovers Amrita and Meera's true plot. She exposes Amrita and Meera and has them arrested. Nihar is released on bail.

Preeti, Poonam and Naresh's long-lost daughter, enters the family and tries to seek revenge. She creates problems for Dadi who had hidden the truth about her existence from the family. Ruchita discovers this and exposes Preeti and Dadi's truth to everyone. Dadi reveals how her uncle did not accept Preeti because she was a girl child. The family accepts Preeti. Preeti wants to cheat the Goyal family by capturing their estate. Preeti's machinations divide Prateek and Nihar. Ruchita exposes Preeti's plans. Preeti is confined to a mental asylum.

Cast

Main

• Shruti Anand^[6] as Ruchita Mittal Goyal
• Shivam Khajuria as Nihar Goyal
• Nancy Roy as Ruhi Goyal Goenka, Nihar and Ruchita's elder adopted daughter
• Dev Aditya^[7] as Nahar Goenka, Ratan and Nandini's son

Recurring

The Goenka family

• Reshma J Merchant as Sumitra Goenka, Ratan's mother
• Shikhar Sharma as Ratan Goenka, Sumitra's son
• Jyoti Tiwari / Madhushree Sharma as Soni Goenka, Ratan's second wife
• Alisha Tunge as Avni Goenka, Ratan and Soni's daughter
• Nitesh Parashar as Romil Goenka, Avni's husband
• Ujjwal Sharma / Somesh Sharma as Samar Goenka, Ratan and Soni's son
• Simran Tomar / Muskaan Kataria as Juhi Goyal Goenka, Nihar and Ruchita's younger daughter
• Roneisha Sharma as Child Juhi
• Yami Khandelwal as Ashi Goenka, Avni and Samar's niece
• Nivaan Nanda as Ruhaan Goenka, Ruhi and Nahar's son

The Goyal family

• Sanjay Bhatia as Naresh Goyal
• Aparna Ghoshal as Poonam Goyal, Naresh's wife
• Neena Cheema as Bua Sa, Mrs. Goyal's elder sister
• Mamata Luthra as Mrs. Goyal / Dadi, Bua Sa's younger sister
• Suraj Punjabi / Sapan Chaudhary as Prateek Goyal, Poonam and Naresh's eldest son
• Manisha Saxena / Preeti Singhania as Ritu Goenka Goyal, Meera's adopted daughter
• Asmi Deo as Priya Goyal, Prateek and Ritu's daughter
• Priyanka Shukla as Disha Goyal, Prateek's former lover
• Mukesh Choudhary as Pinku Goyal, Prateek and Disha's son
• Kavirr Amoli as Child Pinku
• Ayanshi Sharma as Baby Pinku
• Madhura Joshi / Manpreet Kaur as Palak Goyal, Pinku's wife
• Ayushi Rao as Preeti Goyal, Poonam and Naresh's long-lost daughter
• Yashasvi Prajapati as Child Ruhi (2023)

The Mittal family

• Kajal Khanchandani as Mrs. Mittal
• Geeta Bisht^[8] as Usha Mittal
• Amitabh Ghanekar as Shreedhar Mittal, Usha's husband
• Krushag Ghuge as Vivek Mittal, Shreedhar and Usha's youngest son

Other recurring cast

• Ananya Samarth as Agni Rathore, Nahar's ex-girlfriend
• Dinesh Agarwal as Deepak
• Palak Jain as Jyoti, Ruchita's friend
• Akshay Bhagat as Ravi
• Sampark Lele as Nihar's friend
• Ayushi Khurana as Amrita Goenka, Meera's daughter
• Sheetal Antani as Meera Goenka, Amrita's mother
• Ekta Sharma as Tai Maa, Aanchal's aunt
• Shivanshi Das as Aanchal Meghwal, Tai Maa's nephew
• Pratik Parihar as Sambhav, Poonam's nephew
• Inder Shergill as Unknown
• Gursharanpreet Singh as Unknown
• Riya Gupta as Ritika Ahuja
• Krishnakant Singh Bundela as Baba
• Ali Abbas as Rakesh Chauhan
• Suraj Kalyankar as Thief / Goon
• Anuradha Sharma as Lalita, Babu's mother
• Kajal Chonkar as Apsara, Babu's widow
• Subhalaxmi Das as Guru Maa
• Abhinav Gautam as NRI Businessman
• Neetha Shetty as Monica Khanna (alias), A terrorist
• Kunal Verma as A.C.P. Ved Vardhan, Ruchita's childhood friend
• Anasuya Chakravorty as Ruhi and Juhi's principal
• Meenakshi Gupta as Sangeeta
• Nandini Karmakar as Munni
• Urmila Sharma as Palak's mother
• Oshi Sahu as Sitara, Ruhi's identity thief
• Anuradha Singh as Madhubala, Ruhi and Roli's mother
• Simran Sharma as Roli, Madhubala's younger daughter
• Shweta Thakur as Lisaa Pinku's one-sided obsessive lover
• Pradeep Nigam as Lal Kishor, Ruhi's ex-fiancé

Production

Casting

Shruti Anand and Shivam Khajuria were signed as leads.^[9][10]

Release

The first promo was released on 2 October 2021. The first season of the show was released on 18 October 2021.^[11]

Spin-off

Mann Atisundar

Main article: Mann Atisundar

After the success of Mann Sundar, it had a spin-off television series titled Mann Atisundar was launched on Dangal TV. This story is centred around Radhika, a plus-sized woman who is Ruchita's cousin, who wants to marry a man of her choice.^[12]