Jhanak

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Jhanak
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Genre Romance
Created by Leena Gangopadhyay
Written by Leena Gangopadhyay (original dialogues)
Screenplay by Leena Gangopadhyay
Story by Leena Gangopadhyay
Directed by
  • Shaibal Banerjee
  • Sujit Pyne
Creative directorGarima Dimri
Starring Hiba Nawab
Krushal Ahuja
Riya Sharma
Arjit Taneja
Twinkle Arora
Theme music composerDebojyoti Mishra
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes622
Production
Executive producersDebolina Mukhopadhyay & Arabinda Dasgupta (Magic Moments Motion Pictures)
Taniya, Supriyo & Shayak (StarPlus)
ProducersSaibal Banerjee
Leena Gangopadhyay
CinematographyPankaj Saha
EditorJanak Chauhan
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time40 minutes
Production company Magic Moments Motion Pictures
Original release
Network StarPlus
Release20 November 2023 (2023-11-20) –
present
Related
Jol Nupur
Ishti Kutum

Jhanak is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on StarPlus on 20 November 2023 and streams digitally on Disney+ Hotstar. [1] [2] Produced under Magic Moments Motion Pictures, it is an inspiration of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Jol Nupur . The series formerly had Hiba Nawab and Krushal Ahuja in lead roles. [3] Since June 2025, it has Riya Sharma in the titular role as Jhanak (Hiba Nawab)'s daughter, Jhanak 2.0 and also stars Arjit Taneja and Twinkle Arora. [4] The second generation is a loose adaptation of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Ishti Kutum . The show also featured Megha Chakraborty as Ishani in a parallel storyline. [5] Following the positive response to Ishani's storyline, it was developed into a standalone show titled Ishani from 3 July 2025 onwards. [6]

Contents

Plot

After her mother's death, Jhanak is forced to marry her cousin Arshi’s fiancé, Aniruddh, to escape her stalker, Tejas. Though Aniruddh and Arshi were together for seven years, Jhanak enters their lives under distressing circumstances and begins working as a maid in the Bose household. While some treat her kindly, many insult her. Despite Arshi’s presence, Jhanak and Aniruddh grow close and become intimate while he is intoxicated in Kashmir.

Their secret marriage is exposed, causing tension, but Arshi stays. Jhanak moves to Mumbai to pursue dance and later returns claiming she is pregnant with Aniruddh's child. This turns out to be a tumour. Aniruddh suffers a heart attack, and Jhanak is presumed dead after being targeted by Srishti and Tejas. She is rescued by Kulbhushan, Brijbhushan’s look-alike, and learns Brijbhushan is her real father. Kulbhushan had stolen his identity with Srishti and Urvashi's help. Determined to expose them, Jhanak returns disguised as Nutan. During an anniversary celebration, their truth is revealed. Kulbhushan murders Brijbhushan, and Aniruddh, still in love, falsely claims he has cancer to marry Jhanak. When she finds out the truth, she leaves for Mumbai with Aditya Kapoor.

Kulbhushan's goons kidnap Jhanak, but she escapes. Meanwhile, Bose family property disputes arise, and Jhanak ends up in Gujarat disguised as Vihaan's late wife Avni. She is shocked to discover that Aniruddh is Vihaan's friend. At a family wedding, Arshi reveals Jhanak’s real identity. A wedding is arranged for Jhanak and Vihaan, but she flees.

Captured again by Kulbhushan's men, Jhanak is saved by an elderly couple and ends up in a red-light area, escaping to a police station. Choton brings her back to the Bose house, shocking the family. At Arshi's baby shower, Srishti publicly apologises and claims to be Jhanak's mother. Later, Jhanak becomes caretaker for Arshi's baby and faces abuse from the family. Jhanak continues to suffer humiliation until she learns Arshi's baby was swapped. During Holi, she exposes the baby swap and searches for the real child. Meanwhile, Laal divorces Bipasha after her father, Sarveshwar, reappears. Bipasha conspires with him to send Jhanak to Banaras.

Jhanak finds the man who stole Arshi's baby and tries to expose him. Meanwhile, Mimi and Anirban plan their wedding, and a false case is filed against Jhanak. She is arrested, but Aniruddh and Mimi testify in her support, exposing the constant mental abuse Jhanak faced in the Bose household. Inspector Sanjay Sarkar also reveals that certain police officers had aided Shubho, Tanuja and Arshi in framing Jhanak by suppressing evidence. The judge ultimately dismisses the case due to lack of evidence and clears Jhanak of all accusations. Shubho, Tanuja and Arshi are left humiliated as the truth comes out and justice prevails for Jhanak.

Arshi meets Siddharth Chatterjee and quickly falls for him, while Ani leaves the Bose house and starts living in a live-in relationship with Jhanak. When Ani discovers Arshi's growing closeness with Sid, he insists that Arshi divorce him so he can marry Jhanak and she can be with Sid. The divorce proceedings almost reach completion, but Sid betrays Arshi and runs away with his girlfriend, leaving her devastated. Ani and Jhanak return to the Bose house and begin their marriage functions. But on the wedding day, Arshi arrives back at the house and refuses to grant Ani the divorce. Heartbroken, Jhanak runs away and on her way, finds Arshi and Ani's kidnapped daughter, Aditi, who has been nickname "Moon". She rescues her, boards a bus and meets Parashar, who saves both Jhanak and Moon from Kulbhushan's goons, and takes them to Shimulbuni. Overtime, Jhanak and Parashar grow close as he supports her, and helps raise Moon like his own daughter.

5 years later

Ani and Arshi are still married, but they share a cold and distant relationship. Ani remains heartbroken, living in the memories of Jhanak, while in Shimulbuni, Parashar has become a father-figure to Moon and Jhanak raises her as her own child. Ani, who is unaware of Jhanak's presence in Shimulbuni, arrives there for an office project. The two meet again and share an intimate moment. The next day, Ani hears a rumor that Jhanak is Parashar's wife and feels deeply betrayed. Jhanak then reveals the truth that; Moon is actually Ani and Arshi's daughter.

Wanting the best for Moon, Jhanak sends her away with Ani to Kolkata despite her own pain. Soon after, Jhanak is poisoned in the village and rushed to the hospital by Parashar and the villagers. Ani arrives, learns the truth that Jhanak and Parashar were never married, and decides to marry Jhanak in the village. Parashar, who is secretly in love with Jhanak, is heartbroken but hides his pain and supports their union.

Ani and Jhanak successfully marry, and soon after, Jhanak confides that she is pregnant with Ani's child. But Ani refuses to believe her, accusing Parashar of being the father. Enraged, disgusted, and shattered by Ani questioning her character and honesty, Jhanak cuts all ties with him forever, after realizing that Ani is unworthy of her love and the two go their separate ways.

25 years later

Jhanak has renamed herself Nutan, and has been raising her and Anirudh's daughter, Jhanak who's nickname is "Phool", with love and care. Phool wants to become an officer in order to give her mother, Nutan a better life. Arshi and Anirudh have shifted to London along with the Bose family. Grown-up, Aditi is in relationship with a police officer, named Rishi.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guests

Production

Development

Jhanak is produced by Leena Gangopadhyay and Saibal Banerjee under Magic Moments Motion Pictures. [7] It is inspired from Jol Nupur. [8] [9]

Casting

Hiba Nawab was cast in the titular role of Jhanak. [10] [11] Krushal Ahuja was cast as Aniruddha Bose opposite Hiba Nawab. [12] Chandni Sharma was cast as Arshi, the parallel lead. [13] [14] Dolly Sohi was cast as Arshi's mother Srishti, [15] while Kajal Pisal was cast as Aniruddh's mother Tanuja. [16] [17] Rishi Kaushik was cast as Tejas, Jhanak's obsessive lover. [18] [19]

In January 2024, Sohi quit the show and was replaced by Poorva Gokhale. [20] [21] In April 2024, Deepali Pansare was cast as Mrinalini, opposite Puneet Panjwani. [22]

Zohaib Siddiqui and Erica Fernandes [23] were approached to play the new leads post the generation leap, but Riya Sharma, Arjit Taneja and Twinkle Arora were finalized. [24] Krushal Ahuja was replaced by Sumeet Sachdev as the older Anirudh, while Parvati Sehgal took over the role of the older Jhanak, replacing Nawab. Ashlesha Sawant replaced Chandni Sharma. [25]

Filming

The shooting of the series began in September 2023. [26] It was primarily based in Kashmir and Kolkata, and some initial episodes were shot in both locations. [27] [28]

Nawab had learned to row a shikara within two days for the role of Jhanak. [29]

Release

In June 2025, A promo for the 20 year leap was released featuring Riya Sharma and Arjit Taneja as new leads, respectively playing Jhanak and Rishi. [30]

Adaptations

LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotes
Hindi Jhanak
झनक		20 November 2023 StarPlus OngoingOriginal
Bengali Roshnai
রোশনাই		25 April 2024 Star Jalsha 20 July 2025Remake

See also

References

  1. ↑ "An intriguing promo of the upcoming show Jhanak highlights how main protagonist Jhanak will overcome all the obstacles in life". The Times of India. 5 November 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jhanak: Promo of new serial is out, Watch Hiba Nawab beautifully embracing the sad scene | Hot News". news.abplive.com. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hiba Nawab and Krushal Ahuja from the show Jhanak, give a sneak peek about their on-screen and off-screen bond!". The Times of India. 18 November 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Sehgal, Chirag (24 May 2025). "Arjit Taneja, Twinkle Arora, And Riya Sharma In Talks To Play Lead In Jhanak". News 18 . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Megha Chakraborty joins the cast of Jhanak". The Times of India. 14 May 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "StarPlus to launch Ishani!".
  7. ↑ "Krushal-Hiba's Jhanak: Not a remake! In Leena's Hindi serial, hero Krushal, villain Rishi Kaushik! Shooting started in Kolkata". Hindustantimes Bangla (in Bengali). 1 September 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (20 November 2023). "Ahead of Jhanak's television premiere, Krushal Ahuja, aka Aniruddh gives a glimpse of Jhanak's journey; says, "Audience will witness the journey of trio and the complexities of emotions and relationships" : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "An intriguing promo of the upcoming show Jhanak highlights how main protagonist Jhanak will overcome all the obstacles in life". The Times of India. 5 November 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "After Woh Toh Hai Albelaa, Hiba Nawab returns with a new show 'Jhanak'". The Times of India. 18 October 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Jhanak EXCLUSIVE: Hiba Nawab on show completing 100 episodes: I wish someday we top the TRP chart". Pinkvilla. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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  14. ↑ "Chandni Sharma, aka Arshi gives an insight into her character in Jhanak, says "We are both ambitious and passionate about dance"". The Times of India. 15 November 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Dolly Sohi makes a comeback". The Tribune.
  16. ↑ "Dolly Sohi got severe skin problems while shooting for TV show 'Jhanak' in Kolkata". The Times of India. 4 September 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Kajal Pisal celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi in Bengali attire, says 'My upcoming show Jhanak helped me with the idea'". The Times of India. 25 September 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  18. ↑ Bajpai, Manushri (20 November 2023). "आज से छोटे पर्दे पर दस्तक देगा 'झनक', अनिरुद्ध और अर्शी की कहानी जीतेगी आपका दिल". Zee News Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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  20. ↑ "Dolly Sohi quits Jhanak due to health condition". The Times of India. 2 February 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  21. ↑ "Dolly Sohi death: 'Jhanak' actress passes away at 48, a day after her sister's demise". The Economic Times. 8 March 2024. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  22. ↑ Dishya Sharma (April 2024). "Deepali Pansare has this to say about her character in Jhanak". News18 India. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  23. ↑ "Exclusive- Zohaib Siddiqui, Erica Fernandes and Riya Sharma to be the new leads of Jhanak?". The Times of India . 16 May 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
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  25. ↑ "I choose shows with good roles, not ratings: Ashlesha Sawant on joining Jhanak". The Times of India. 10 June 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  26. ↑ "Leena Ganguly and Saibal Banerjee start shoot for their new Hindi serial". The Times of India. 2 September 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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  28. ↑ "Exclusive! Kajal Pisal joins the cast of Hiba Nawab and Krushal Ahuja, will travel to Kolkata for the shoot". The Times of India. 26 August 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  29. ↑ "Going all the way". The Tribune.
  30. ↑ "'End This Sh*T Show': Jhanak Leap Promo Fails To Impress Netizens; Riya Sharma And Arjit Taneja Enter As Leads". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
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