Mann Sundar

Mann Sundar
Genre	comedy Romance
Story by	Vivek Behl
Directed by	Faheim Ahmad Inamdar
Starring	See below
Opening theme	Dil Se Dekho Toh Jaano Kitna Hai Mann Sundar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
Production
Producer	Suzana Ghai
Production location	Mumbai
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

Mann Sundar (transl. Beauty of the Heart) is an Indian romantic drama series produced by Suzana Ghai under the banner of Panorama Entertainment. It premiered on 18 October 2021 on Dangal. The series formerly starred Shruti Anand and Shivam Khajuria. Currently, it stars Nancy Roy and Dev Aditya in the second generation.

Plot

Ruchita is an idealistic woman who does not care about her dark skin. She works at her father's friend's company, which was owned by Naresh Goyal. Nihar, the youngest son of Naresh is in love with Amrita who is his brother Prateek's wife and Ritu's sister. The family fixes Ruchita and Nihar's marriage but Nihar opposes and tries to elope with Amrita but fails as Amrita leaves to London causing Nihar to marry Ruchita. But he blames Ruchita for this and starts to hate her.

Nihar's mother, Poonam, and his grandmother do not accept Ruchita due to her dark skin and try to separate her from Nihar. After many struggles, Nihar starts to fall for Ruchita but Amrita returns to separate them. She collaborates with Poonam and Dadi (grandmother) and has her expelled from the house by framing her for Dadi's accident. It turns out to be a plot done by Amrita and Dadi. Ruchita discovers Amrita and Dadi's truth as she tries to expose her but Amrita poisons Ruchita and makes the family to believe Ruchita is dead. Ruchita survives and scares, Amrita as a ghost but she fakes her pregnancy causing Nihar to announce his marriage. Dadi realizes here mistake and accepts Ruchita and helps her to expose Amrita. Ruchita exposes Amrita to the family by stopping Nihar from marrying Amrita. Nihar ends his relationship, with Amrita and Ruchita expels Amrita. Bua Sa, Naresh's grandaunt enters in their life as she initially dislikes Ruchita, unaware of Ruchita and Nihar's marriage. Bua Sa finally discovers their truth but her intention is to snatch the Goyal's property but the family retrieves their wealth as Bua Sa apologiess and leaves.

Amrita seeks revenge and fakes her own death and leading to Nihar's arrest. Meera, Amrita's mother, turns Ritu against them and she uses her by destroying all of the evidence against them so that they don't want Nihar to be released from jail. Ruchita finds and discovers Amrita and Meera's true nature. Ruchita exposes Amrita and Meera and has them arrested by bailing Nihar. Preeti, Poonam and Naresh's long-lost daughter seeks revenge and creates problems as Dadi had hides her truth. Ruchita discovers and exposes Preeti and Dadi's truth to everyone as Dadi reveals how her uncle does not accept Preeti as she was a girl so the family accepts Preeti but is unaware of the truth that Preeti came for the property. Preeti's machinations divide Pratik and Nihar. Ruchita exposes Preeti and Preeti is confined in a mental asylum.

Cast

Main

• Shruti Anand as Ruchita Mittal Goyal: Shreedhar and Usha's eldest daughter; (2021–2023; 2024) (Dead) (appears in flashback after 2023)
  • Pataal Devi in Ruchita's form (2023)
• Shivam Khajuria as Nihar Goyal: Naresh and Poonam's youngest son; (2021–2023; 2024) (Dead) (appears in flashbacks after 2023)
  • Pataal Devi in Nihar's form (2022)
  • Babu: Lalita's son; Apsara's husband; Nihar's look-alike (2023) (Dead)
  • Terrorist: Nihar's look-alike who works with Monica (2023) (Dead)
• Nancy Roy as Ruhi Goyal Goenka: Madhubala's biological daughter; Ruchita and Nihar's adopted daughter; Juhi's adopted sister; Roli's half-sister; Nahar's wife; Ruhaan's mother (2023–present)
  • Yashasvi Prajapati as Child Ruhi (2023)
• Dev Aditya as Nahar Goenka: Ratan and Sakshi's son; Soni's step-son; Samar and Avni's half-brother; Agni's ex-boyfriend; Ruhi's husband; Ruhaan's father (2023–present)

Recurring

The Goenka family

• Reshma J Merchant as Sumitra Goenka: Ratan's mother; Nahar, Samar and Avni's grandmother (2023–present)
• Shikhar Sharma as Ratan Goenka: Sumitra's son; Sakshi's widower; Soni's husband; Nahar, Avni and Samar's father (2023–present)
• Unknown as Sakshi Goenka: Ratan's first wife; Nahar's mother; Avni and Samar's stepmother (2024) (Dead/Ghost)
• Jyoti Tiwari / Madhushree Sharma as Soni Goenka: Ratan's second wife; Nahar's stepmother; Avni and Samar's mother (2023) / (2023–present)
• Alisha Tunge as Avni Goenka: Ratan and Soni's daughter; Samar's elder sister; Nahar's younger half-sister; Romil's wife (2023–present)
• Nitesh Parashar as Romil Goenka: Avni's husband (2023–present)
• Ujjwal Sharma / Somesh Sharma as Samar Goenka: Ratan and Soni's son; Avni's younger brother; Nahar's younger half-brother; Juhi's ex-husband; Roli's husband (2023–2024) / (2024–present)
• Simran Tomar as Juhi Goyal Goenka: Nihar and Ruchita's elder daughter; Ruhi's adoptive younger sister; Pinku and Priya's cousin; Samar's ex-wife (2023–present)
  • Roneisha Sharma as Child Juhi (2023)
• Unknown as Ashi: Nahar, Avni and Samar's niece (2023)
• Ananya Samarth as Agni Rathore Goenka: Nahar's ex-girlfriend; Ruhi's rival; Ruhaan's surrogate mother (2023–2024) (Dead)

The Goyal family

• Neena Cheema as Bua Sa: Mrs. Goyal's elder sister; Naresh's aunt; Prateek, Nihar and Preeti's grand aunt (2022)
• Mamata Luthra as Mrs. Goyal / Dadi: Bua Sa's younger sister; Naresh's mother; Nihar, Preeti and Prateek's grandmother; Ruhi's adoptive great-grandmother; Juhi, Priya and Pinku's great-grandmother (2021–2023)
• Sanjay Bhatia as Naresh Goyal: Poonam's husband; Nihar, Preeti and Prateek's father; Mrs. Goyal's son; Ruhi's adoptive grandfather; Priya, Pinku and Juhi's grandfather (2021–present)
• Aparna Ghoshal as Poonam Goyal: Naresh's wife; Nihar, Preeti and Prateek's mother; Ruhi's adoptive grandmother; Priya, Pinku and Juhi's grandmother (2021–present)
• Suraj Punjabi / Sapan Chaudhary as Prateek Goyal: Poonam and Naresh's eldest son; Nihar and Preeti's elder brother; Disha's former lover; Ritu's widower; Monica's ex-boyfriend; Priya and Pinku's father; Ruhi's adoptive uncle; Juhi's uncle (2021–2023) / (2023–2024)
• Manisha Saxena / Preeti Singhania as Ritu Goenka Goyal: Meera's adopted daughter; Prateek's late wife; Amrita's adoptive sister; Priya's mother; Pinku's stepmother; Ruhi's adoptive aunt; Juhi's aunt (2021–2023) / (2023) (Dead)
• Asmi Deo as Priya Goyal: Prateek and Ritu's daughter; Pinku's half-sister; Ruhi's adoptive cousin; Juhi's cousin (2021)
• Priyanka Shukla as Disha Goyal: Prateek's former lover; Pinku's mother; Nihar's obsessive lover; Ruchita's rival; Ritu's murderer (2023)
• Mukesh Choudhary as Pinku Goyal: Prateek and Disha's son; Nihar's adoptive son; Priya's half-brother; Ruhi's adoptive cousin; Juhi's cousin; Palak's husband (2023–present)
  • Kavirr Amoli as Child Pinku
    • Ayanshi Sharma as Baby Pinku (2023)
• Madhura Joshi / Manpreet Kaur as Palak Goyal / Malishka Malhotra: Pinku's wife (2023) / (2023–present)
• Ayushi Rao as Preeti Goyal: Poonam and Naresh's long-lost daughter; Prateek and Nihar's younger sister; Priya, Juhi and Pinku's aunt; Ruhi's adoptive aunt (2022)

The Mittal family

• Kajal Khanchandani as Mrs. Mittal: Shreedhar's mother; Ruchita and Vivek's grandmother; Ruhi's adoptive maternal great-grandmother; Juhi's maternal great-grandmother (2021–2023)
• Amitabh Ghanekar as Shreedhar Mittal: Usha's husband; Ruchita and Vivek's father; Ruhi adoptive maternal grandfather; Juhi's maternal grandfather; Radhika's uncle (2021–2022)
• Geeta Bisht as Usha Mittal: Anuradha's sister; Shreedhar's wife; Ruchita and Vivek's mother; Radhika's maternal aunt; Ruhi's adoptive maternal grandmother; Juhi's maternal grandmother (2021–2022)
• Krushag Ghuge as Vivek Mittal: Shreedhar and Usha's youngest son; Ruchita's younger brother; Ruhi's adoptive maternal uncle; Juhi's maternal uncle; Radhika's cousin (2021–2022)

Other recurring cast

• Urmila Sharma as Palak / Malishka's mother (2024—present)
• Anuradha Singh as Madhubala: Roli and Ruhi's mother (2025—present)
• Simran Sharma as Roli: Madhubala's younger daughter; Ruhi's younger sister and rival; Nahar's one sided obsessive lover (2025—present)
• Dinesh Agarwal as Deepak (2021)
• Palak Jain as Jyoti: Ruchita's friend (2021)
• Akshay Bhagat as Ravi (2021)
• Sampark Lele as Nihar's friend (2021)
• Ayushi Khurana as Amrita Goenka: Meera's daughter; Ritu's adoptive younger sister; Nihar's obsessive ex-girlfriend and ex-fiancée; Ruchita's rival (2021–2022)
• Sheetal Antani as Meera Goenka: Amrita's mother; Ritu's aunt and adoptive mother; Ruchita's rival (2022)
• Ekta Sharma as Tai Maa: Aanchal's aunt; Ruchita's rival (2022)
• Shivanshi Das as Aanchal Meghwal: Tai Maa's nephew; Nihar's fake wife and obsessive lover; Ruchita's rival (2022)
• Pratik Parihar as Sambhav: Poonam's nephew (2022)
• Inder Shergill
• Gursharanpreet Singh
• Riya Gupta as Ritika Ahuja: A NRI (2022)
• Krishnakant Singh Bundela as Baba (2022)
• Ali Abbas as Rakesh Chauhan / Thief (2023)
• Suraj Kalyankar as Thief / Goon (2023)
• Anuradha Sharma as Lalita: Babu's mother; Ruchita's rival (2023)
• Kajal Chonkar as Apsara: Babu's widow; Ruchita's rival (2023)
• Subhalaxmi Das as Guru Maa (2023)
• Abhinav Gautam as NRI Businessman: He tries to receive Juhi from Guru Maa (2023)
• Neetha Shetty as Monica Khanna (alias): A terrorist; Prateek's ex-girlfriend; Nihar's murderer (2023)
• Kunal Verma as A.C.P. Ved Vardhan: Ruchita's classmate and childhood friend (2023)
• Anasuya Chakravorty as Ruhi and Juhi's principal (2023)
• Meenakshi Gupta as Sangeeta (2023)
• Nandini Karmakar as Munni (2024) (Dead) (Used her body possessed by Nahar's mother, Nandini)

Production

Casting

Shruti Anand and Shivam Khajuria were signed as leads.

Release

The first promo was released on 2 October 2021. It was released on 18 October 2021.

Spin-off

Mann Atisundar

Main article: Mann Atisundar

After the success of this show, it had a spin-off television series titled Mann Atisundar as this story portrayed Radhika, a plus-size woman who is Ruchita's cousin who wants to marry a man of her choice.

External links

• Mann Sundar at IMDb