Mannat – Har Khushi Paane Ki

Mannat – Har Khushi Paane Ki is an Indian Hindi-language television romantic drama series that premiered on Colors TV on 6 January 2025 and streams digitally on Disney+ Hotstar. Produced by Mukta Dhond under Malhar Content Creations, it stars Ayesha Singh, Adnan Khan, and Mona Vasu.^[1][2][3][4]

Mannat – Har Khushi Paane Ki
Genre	Drama Romance Social issue
Created by	Mukta Dhond
Starring	Ayesha Singh Adnan Khan Mona Vasu
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	161
Production
Producer	Mukta Dhond
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	21-30 minutes
Production company	Malhar Content Creations
Original release
Network	Colors TV
Release	6 January 2025 (2025-01-06) – present

Plot

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Mumbai, the story begins 22 years ago when Mannat was abandoned by her biological mother, Sonia Khanna at Marine Drive, but was saved by a young boy, named Aman, and was taken in and raised by her maternal aunt, Shruti. After abandoning Mannat, Sonia had changed her name to Aishwarya and had moved to London, where she had married a businessman, named Gagan Raisingh. Due to Gagan's mistakes in business, his father, Rajendra had handed over the business and household responsibilities to Aishwarya which upset Gagan's mother, Keerat.

Overtime, Gagan began to see Aishwarya's true colours and he began to drink to cope. After graduating from culinary college, Mannat now embarks on her professional journey as a chef. She lands her first job at a high-end restaurant "Mezbaani" that, is owned by Aishwarya and her business partner, Vikrant Saluja. Unbeknownst to anyone, Mannat and Aishwarya share a deep connection. When Aishwarya discovers Mannat's disadvantaged background, and the growing bond between Mannat and Vikrant, she fires Mannat. But Vikrant sees Mannat's potential and culinary talent, re-hiring her, despite Aishwarya's opposition.

Vikrant is unaware that his identity is a fabrication. He is actually Aman, who had once saved Mannat at Marine Drive. The real Vikrant had died in childhood, a tragedy that drove Neetu to attempt suicide. Aman's mother had died trying to save Neetu, after which Neetu and Ronny had adopted Aman and gave him their late son's identity, a secret known only to Ronny's brother, Bobby and his wife, Raveena. Aman has no memory of his past, but after returning to India from London, fragments of his memories begin resurfacing. Fearing his recall of the truth, Neetu begins secretly drugging him. At the restaurant, Mannat is humiliated by the head chef and Vikrant's arrogant cousin, Puneet, but she remains determined to keep her job.

Aishwarya, who is seeking to strengthen her business ties with Vikrant, wants her second daughter, Malla to get engaged to him. Malla is also a close college friend of Mannat, unlike Aishwarya, she is initially Mannat's well-wisher. On Holi, Sonia discovers that the daughter she had once abandoned has been adopted by Shruti. Terrified that her past might come to light, she sets fire to Mannat's chawl in an attempt to kill Shruti and Mannat, and bury her former life. After setting the fire, she learns that Mannat is her biological daughter, who was not present at the time.

Shruti is gravely injured and falls into a coma. The chawl residents blame Mannat for the fire, arrogantly disowning her, but Vikrant brings her home and offers her shelter in the outhouse, upsetting Neetu. Aishwarya instigates Neetu against Mannat, who is then mistreated by Neetu and discouraged from getting close to Vikrant. Meanwhile, Malla begins to fall for Vikrant and grows jealous of his bond with Mannat. To halt Mannat's investigation into her identity, Sonia bribes a Mezbaani employee, Sunita to impersonate her.

In Mezbaani's kitchen, Aishwarya's assistant, Shalini is raped by Bobby. To protect the reputation of Mezbaani, Aishwarya forces Shalini into silence and falsely accuses a chef, Derek of the crime. Mannat learns the truth and despite opposition, and losing her job, publicly confronts Bobby. Ronny decides to report him to the police, but Raveena blackmails Ronny into silence by threatening to reveal Aman's actual identity to him. Meanwhile, Puneet's sister, Anu is about to get engaged. To permanently silence Shalini, Aishwarya arranges her engagement to Puneet, who is forced into it after learning of his father's crime. Despite being egoistic, Puneet condemns Bobby's actions and feels ashamed of him, but he goes along with the decision for Anu's sake.

On the day of the engagement, Bobby attempts to assault Mannat again, but Vikrant catches him in the act, intervenes and beats Bobby up, bringing him before the family. Shocked to learn that his parents knew the truth all along, Vikrant feels betrayed. Vikrant gets Bobby arrested, Shalini's wedding is called off and Anu's fiancé breaks the engagement, due to the scandal. When Raveena tries to stop Vikrant from testifying by blackmailing Neetu, Neetu attempts suicide. Aishwarya steals the evidence, but she is forced to testify against Bobby after Mannat threatens to file an attempted murder charge for previously locking her in a freezer. Bobby is found guilty, and sentenced to 14 years in prison. Vikrant restores Anu's reputation by convincing her fiancé's family to accept her.

After Vikrant realizes his love for Mannat, he decides to propose to her, with Ronny's support. Meanwhile, Mannat uncovers Sunita's real identity and Aishwarya's role in the chawl fire. She joins forces with Gagan to expose Aishwarya's motives. Vikrant confides his feelings for Mannat to Malla, who feels heartbroken but pretends to help by advising him to make Mannat jealous. Secretly, she plans to separate them. Following her suggestion, Vikrant proposes to Malla in front of Mannat.

Mannat gets upset because of this but decides to support Malla after Malla emotionally blackmails her. Later, Mannat finds out about Neetu drugging Vikrant and Keerat reveals the truth to the family, but Aishwarya erases the evidence. Confronted by Aishwarya, Neetu reveals Aman's identity. Aishwarya then blackmails Neetu into supporting Vikrant's marriage to Malla. Sunita dies in front of Mannat because of the accident planned by Aishwarya. In her wedding ceremonies, Malla plots against Mannat to keep her away from Vikrant, but he protects her each time. Eventually, Mannat leaves Vikrant's house when he ousts her, due to Neetu's scheme. Devastated by her departure, Vikrant drinks and tries to reach out.

Mannat discovers that Shruti needs a liver transplant within 24 hours and only Sonia can be the donor. She kidnaps Aishwarya and brings her to the site where she was abandoned, demanding the truth about Sonia or threatening to drown her. Afraid, Sonia confesses that she is Mannat's biological mother, never wanted her and still refuses to accept her. Devastated, Mannat stays strong, saying she does not need a mother, who never wanted her. Sonia agrees to donate her liver to Shruti on the condition that Mannat must break Vikrant's heart so Malla can take her place.

Mannat reluctantly complies, breaking Vikrant's heart. Malla comforts him and fakes a one-night stand, leading the family to force them into marriage for reputation's sake. Vikrant is guilt-ridden. Sonia donates her liver and Shruti regains consciousness. Mannat and Shruti prepare to leave the city as part of the deal, but Sonia sends goons to kill them. But Mannat outsmarts her, revealing that she had tricked Sonia into signing documents transferring all her shares to Mannat, as she had suspected that Sonia would never keep her end of the deal. She also tells her they will now live with dignity in Saluja mansion and blackmails her with the video of the liver donation. Sonia is left completely helpless.

Vikrant marries Malla, and Mannat arrives at the greh pravesh as Vikrant's new business partner. The family is stunned, and Aishwarya is questioned. Mannat again blackmails her and tells everyone that Aishwarya willingly gave up her shares to separate her from Vikrant for Malla's sake. Aishwarya faces the family's fury. Vikrant feels betrayed by Mannat and she is equally devastated to learn about his supposed one-night stand with Malla.

Mannat takes over Aishwarya's room and forces her to shift to Malla's. She reveals to Gagan that Aishwarya is her biological mother which shocks him. Gagan wants to confront Aishwarya, but Mannat stops him, fearing Aishwarya's retaliation. Aishwarya attempts to contact a businessman to reclaim her shares, unaware that the businessman is Aniruddh, Mannat's biological father, who she greatly fears. Mannat discovers that Malla had fabricated her one-night stand with Vikrant, deceiving both him and their families. Overcome with guilt for not trusting Vikrant and disgusted by Malla's appalling behaviour, Mannat ends her friendship with her half-sister forever and decides to expose Malla's true colours.

Mannat also tries to win Vikrant back, but he tells her that he is now married and accuses her of selling his love for money. Malla discovers that Mannat is Aishwarya's daughter, which devastates her. She vows to ruin Mannat. Feeling undermined by Mannat's dominance at work, Puneet joins Malla to frame her for endagering orphan kids by feeding them poisoned flour at Mezbaani's charity event leading to Mannat's is arrest. Aniruddh discovers that Mannat is Sonia's daughter and bails her out. Mannat returns home and exposes Malla's misdeeds.

Malla and Aishwarya face the wrath of the Salujas and Raisinghs. Vikrant completely loses any trust and respect that he once had towards Malla, and decides to end their relationship forever. To stop him from doing so, Malla fakes a suicide attempt, but Mannat learns about it and exposes her. Everyone in the family is shocked and repulsed by Malla. Gagan slaps her, stating that he is ashamed of her. Vikrant, now filled with even more hatred towards Malla, confronts and criticizes both of his parents for forcing him to marry her over just one mistake.

Aishwarya is criticized for Malla's poor upbringing and even Neetu rebukes Malla for her heinous acts. Neetu decides to support Vikrant's decision, but Aishwarya blackmails her by threatening to expose Aman's truth, forcing Neetu to side with Malla. Neetu, Keerat, Aishwarya and Malla accuse Vikrant of never giving Malla the respect of a wife and blame his closeness to Mannat for pushing Malla into such actions just to get his attention. But Vikrant puts all of them in their place, saying that he had tried his best and that Malla's behavior clearly proves, who had actually failed in fulfilling the duties of a spouse.

Meanwhile, Aishwarya comes face-to-face with Aniruddh, who threatens to destroy her for sending him to jail years ago. He also reveals that he knows Mannat that is their daughter. Aishwarya is completely shocked and frightened. In a horrifying attempt to take revenge on Mannat, Malla sends goons to rape her, record the act and make the video viral to destroy her dignity. When the goons try to molest Mannat at Mezbaani, Aishwarya arrives just in time, fights them off, and reveals herself as Mannat’s mother. She gets injured while protecting her.

Mannat is left stunned by Aishwarya's actions and begins to reflect on her words about not letting history repeat itself. Aishwarya begs Mannat not to expose Malla, but Mannat confronts Malla and threatens to expose her. Everyone is confused as to why Aishwarya would risk her life for someone believed to be her enemy. Malla feels utterly betrayed by Aishwarya and believes she has lost everything, her husband, Vikrant and now her mother, Aishwarya to Mannat.

In retaliation, Malla reveals that Mannat is Aishwarya's illegitimate daughter to the entire family. Shruti adds that Aishwarya had abandoned Mannat at birth, leaving everyone in shock. Aishwarya explains the situation by claiming that Mannat was the result of Aniruddh raping her during her hostel days. She says this trauma led her to abandon her past, including Mannat and adopt a new identity. She apologizes to both Mannat and Shruti.

While Keerat harshly rebukes Aishwarya for having an illegitimate child, hiding the truth for years and living under a false identity, demanding that she be thrown out of the house, Malla is already furious with her. But Mannat, Vikrant, Gagan and Shruti empathize with her. Mannat, devastated, begins to see herself as a product of rape. Shruti and Gagan feel guilty for failing to recognize Aishwarya's trauma. After learning everything, Vikrant is guilt-ridden for not trusting Mannat and for assuming that she was a gold digger while she was actually struggling. He apologizes to her and confides that his parents emotionally blackmailed him into marrying Malla. He also shares his decision to end the marriage, as he is tired of being used as her scapegoat.

Later, Aniruddh arrives at the Saluja mansion intending to expose Sonia and declares himself as Mannat's father, unaware that Sonia has already twisted the truth about him. Mannat confronts him, denounces his alleged actions and throws him out. Aniruddh tries to defend himself, insisting that Sonia is lying.

Cast

Main

• Ayesha Singh as Mannat Khanna: An honest chef turned businesswoman and the co-owner of Mezbaani; Sonia and Aniruddh's daughter; Gagan's step-daughter; Shruti's adopted daughter; Mallika's half-sister; Aman's love interest; Sonia, Mallika, Puneet, Neetu and Bobby's enemy (2025–present)
• Adnan Khan as Aman "Vikrant" Saluja: An honest businessman and the owner of Mezbaani; Neetu and Ronnie's adopted son; Vikrant's namesake; Mannat's love interest; Mallika's estranged husband (2025–present)
  • Advik Singh Rana as Child Aman (2025)
• Mona Vasu as Sonia "Aishwarya" Khanna Raisingh: A dishonest businesswoman and the former co-owner of Mezbaani; Shruti's sister; Aniruddh's alleged rape victim; Gagan's estranged wife; Mannat and Mallika's mother; Sunita's murderer; Shruti, Gagan, Aniruddh and Mannat's enemy (2025–present)

Recurring

• Mamata Verma as Shruti Khanna: Sonia's sister; Mannat's adoptive mother; Sonia and Mallika's enemy (2025–present)
• Sharain Khanduja as Mallika "Malla" Raisingh Saluja: Sonia and Gagan's daughter; Mannat's half-sister; Aman's estranged wife and one-sided obsessive love interest; Mannat and Shruti's enemy (2025–present)
• Hasan Zaidi as Gagan Raisingh: An honest former businessman; Keerat and Rajendra's son; Sonia's estranged husband and enemy; Mallika's estranged father; Mannat's step-father and well-wisher (2025–present)
• Roopa Divetia as Keerat Raisingh: Rajendra's wife; Gagan's mother; Mallika's grandmother; Mannat's step-grandmother (2025–present)
• Pradeep Shukla as Rajendra Raisingh: Keerat's husband; Gagan's father; Mallika's grandfather; Mannat's step-grandfather (2025–present)
• Abeer Singh Godhwani as Puneet Saluja: Bobby and Raveena's son; Anisha's brother; Mannat's enemy (2025–present)
• Swati Anand as Neetu Saluja: Ronnie's wife; Vikrant's mother; Aman's adoptive mother; Mannat's enemy (2025–present)
• Rushad Rana as Ronnie Saluja: Bobby's estranged brother; Neetu's husband; Vikrant's father; Aman's adoptive father; Mannat's well-wisher (2025–present)
• Sanjay Swaraj as Aniruddh Saxena: A businessman; Sonia's alleged rapist and enemy; Mannat's father (2025-present)
• Bhavya Shinde as Varun: Aman's brother; Aniruddh's assistant (2025-present)
• Ashu Sharma as Bobby Saluja: Ronnie's estranged brother; Raveena's husband; Puneet and Anisha's estranged father; Shalini's rapist and enemy; Mannat's enemy (2025)
• Janvi Vora as Raveena Saluja: Bobby's wife; Puneet and Anisha's mother (2025–present)
• Aparna Mishra as Anisha "Anu" Saluja: Bobby and Raveena's daughter; Puneet's sister; Nikhil's fiancée (2025–present)
• Pankaj Bijlani as Nikhil: Anisha's fiancé (2025–present)
• Delnaaz Irani as Harneet Singh: Shruti's best friend (2025–present)
• Puja Kshatriya as Kandan: Shruti and Mannat's former neighbour; Dolly and Gudiya's mother (2025)
• Kimmi Sharma as Dolly: Kandan's daughter; Gudiya's twin sister; Shruti and Mannat's former neighbour (2025)
• Niyati Karnawat as Gudiya: Kandan's daughter; Dolly's twin sister; Shruti and Mannat's former neighbour (2025)
• Rashmikant Surve as Pintu: Shruti and Mannat's former neighbour (2025)
• Unknown as Samneshwar "Sam": Aman's personal assistant (2025-present)
• Deepa Rao as Shalini Sirohi: Aditya's sister; Sonia's former personal assistant; Bobby's enemy and rape victim; Mannat's well-wisher (2025)
• Aditya Solanki as Aditya Sirohi: Shalini's brother (2025)
• Gulshan Shivani as Laksh: A chef at Mezbaani; Mannat's former mean co-worker turned friend (2025–present)
• Sapan Gulati as Derek: A chef at Mezbaani; Mannat's former mean co-worker turned friend (2025–present)
• Pinky Chinoy as Mrs. Burman: A food inspector (2025)
• Hiral Jain as Sunita: Servant at Saluja mansion; Mannat's fake mother; Sonia's murder victim (2025)

Production

Development

In early December 2024, Colors TV unveiled a teaser to introduce the new show titled Mannat – Har Khushi Paane Ki with Ayesha Singh and Mona Vasu.^[5]

Casting

Ayesha Singh was roped in as the female lead, Mannat Khanna.^[6] Adnan Khan was selected to play the male lead, Vikrant Saluja.^[7] Mona Vasu was cast the main female antagonist, Aishwarya Raisingh.^[8] Delnaaz Irani were roped as Harneet.^[9]