Rishton Ka Saudagar – Baazigar

Rishton Ka Saudagar – Baazigar (transl. Gambler: The Merchant of Relationships) is an Indian Hindi drama television series of Life OK which premiered on 20 June 2016 and ended on 23 September 2016 owing to lower viewership.^[1][2] Produced by Dhaval Gada and Gurudev Bhalla, it starred Vatsal Sheth, Ishita Dutta.^[3] and Aalisha Panwar,

Rishton Ka Saudagar – Baazigar
Also known as	Ek Chutki Sindoor
Genre	Drama
Created by	Dhaval Gada Guroudev Bhalla
Written by	Dhaval Gada Gurudev Bhalla
Starring	Vatsal Sheth Ishita Dutta Aalisha Panwar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	70
Production
Producers	Dhaval Gada Gurudev Bhalla
Production locations	Mumbai, India
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Original release
Network	Life OK
Release	20 June (2016-06-20) – 23 September 2016 (2016-09-23)

Plot

The story revolves around Aarav and Arundati, who're shown to be very much in love at the start of the show. Aarav seizes every opportunity to surprise Arundhati and make her happy. Soon their wedding preparations begin but on the wedding day, it is revealed that Aarav hates Arundati and was marrying her just to take revenge as Arundhati slapped him in the past (flashback). Aarav leaves the mandap leaving everyone shocked. Arundati who's still in a trauma turns out to be pregnant with Aarav's child but later suffers a miscarriage. She decides to take revenge and gain back her lost respect and forcefully enters Aarav's house as his wife and starts living with him. Aarav plots against Arundati in order to kick her out of his house but fails every time. Aarav meanwhile murders his own father. Soon it is revealed that Aarav also killed his mother by poisoning her because she was unhappy with his father and they constantly fought and Aarav wanted to ease her sufferings. Arundati soon realizes that Aarav has some hidden bitter past which greatly affects his present actions and that past is linked to the happenings of his 9th birthday party. She arranges a birthday party similar to that of Aarav's 9th birthday and during the party a wooden door falls on Aarav and he suffers from a trauma which leads to his mind turning to that of a 9 year old. Arundati cares for him while all the other family members doubt her intentions. She finds out that on his 9th birthday Aarav saw his father with his Masi (now his step mom), also he was raped by the house servant. Aarav's dadi and Arundati contact a doctor over Aarav's condition and the doctor asks them to bring the same servant in front of Aarav in order to reverse his trauma. On the other hand it is revealed that Aarav's step mom is plotting to kill both Aarav and Arundati in order to gain hold of the entire property. Aarav regain his memory and decide to trap his step's mom and have her arrested with the help of Arundati. Finally, Aarav and Arundati have a happy reunion.

Cast

Main

• Vatsal Sheth as Aarav Trivedi, Arundhati’s husband
• Ishita Dutta as Arundhati Trivedi, Aarav’s wife
• Aalisha Panwar as Kritika

Recurring

• Lalit Parimoo
• Shital Thakkar as Parul Kailashnath Trivedi
• Pankaj Dheer as Kailashnath Trivedi
• Shresth Kumar
• Debashish Naha
• Piyali Munshi
• Ekta Mukherjee
• Pyumori Mehta
• Jhuma Biswas
• Kapil Arya as Siddhant, Arundhati’s best friend
• Sumukhi Pendse
• Rudra Kaushish as Aarav's Fufa

References

1. "'Rishton Ka Saudagar - Baazigar' is a different show, says Vatsal Seth". DNA India.
2. "Rishton Ka Saudagar...Baazigar to go off air". The Times of India.
3. "Ishita Dutta to romance Vatsal Seth in 'Rishton Ka Saudagar Baazigar'". Mid-Day. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.