Beyhadh

Beyhadh (transl. Limitless) is an Indian romantic thriller television series which aired from 11 October 2016 to 27 October 2017 on Sony TV.[1] It starred Jennifer Winget, Kushal Tandon and Aneri Vajani.[2]

Beyhadh
Genre	Drama Thriller Romance Revenge
Created by	Prateek R Sharma
Screenplay by	Shilpa F D'Mello Radhika Anand Shakeel Mohammed Bhupsa
Story by	Priya Ramanathan Prateek Sharma
Directed by	Vikram V. Labhe
Creative director	Ameeta Devadigga
Starring	Jennifer Winget Kushal Tandon Aneri Vajani
Music by	Mukul Puri Elvis Nishant
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	273
Production
Producers	Prem Krishen Sunil Mehta
Production locations	Mumbai Lonavla Mauritius
Cinematography	Hanoz Kerawala
Editors	Ganga Kacharla Amit Singh
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20 minutes
Production companies	Cinevistaas Limited LSD Films
Distributor	Sony Pictures Networks
Release
Original network	Sony TV
Picture format	576i 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	11 October 2016 – 27 October 2017
Chronology
Related shows	Beyhadh 2
External links
Beyhadh
Production website

Beyhadh 2 premiered 2 December 2019 and stars Jennifer Winget, Ashish Chaudhary and Shivin Narang.[3] The season completed 86 episodes on 31 March 2020 and abruptly went off-air due to a lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

Series

Season		Episodes	Originally Broadcast
			First aired	Last aired
	1	273	11 October 2016	27 October 2017
	2	86	2 December 2019	31 March 2020

Plot

Arjun Sharma is a carefree and cheerful photographer. His childhood best friend Saanjh Mathur is a lawyer. Saanjh loves Arjun while Arjun considers her as his best friend. Arjun starts working for Maya's magazine. Maya Mehrotra, is the owner of a fashion magazine called "Fashion & the City" who lives in fear due to a troubled childhood with her abusive father, Ashwin Mehrotra.

Arjun takes Maya's fancy when he rescues her in an elevator accident and then again from her abusive father. She falls in love with him and later proposes to him. A series of circumstances including Maya rescuing Ayaan from jail, revealing her past to Arjun, helping him realise his past mistakes and uniting his family in the process leads to Arjun falling for Maya. Thus, he ends up proposing her in Mauritius, much to Saanjh's dismay.

As Maya and Arjun plan their wedding, Maya tries to strain Arjun and Saanjh's friendship. Maya's father Ashwin tries to provoke Saanjh and Vandana against Maya. A furious Maya goes to Ashwin's house and kills him. Arjun and Maya get married.

When Jhanvi discovers that Maya is behind the murder, Maya pushes her off the building which causing Jhanvi to go in a coma. Maya fakes a miscarriage and blames Saanjh, leading to a fall out between Arjun and Saanjh. Hurt, Saanjh leaves for London.

Three years later

Maya has completely isolated Arjun from the world. Arjun is shown to have realized Maya's mental illness and tries to leave her and break off the marriage but in vain. Saanjh returns to India with her boyfriend Samay Ahuja. Saanjh and Samay are about to get married. Later, it is revealed that Samay has been Maya's obsessive lover for the last eight years.

Eventually, Saanjh and Arjun come to know about Maya and Samay. Arjun saves Maya as she is pregnant with his child. When Ayaan tries to expose Maya, she runs her car over Ayaan which leads to him being getting severely injured. Maya also tries to kill Jhanvi again but fails.

Six months later

Maya is in a mental hospital where she admitted herself for her treatment to pretend to be cured. Arjun's mother tries to expose Maya. Arjun tells Maya that their relationship was just an adjustment and he doesn't want to live with her anymore. And during a fight with Arjun's mother, Maya falls from the stairs and loses her unborn child. Filled with anguish and desire for revenge, Maya kills Arjun's mother. Maya fakes her death by knocking out Arjun and then killing and planting her look alike at the scene of the crime. Arjun is convicted of her murder and is given death sentence. Arjun believes that Maya is alive. Meanwhile, Maya plans to die when Arjun is hanged, thus reuniting with him in death.

But, Arjun escapes from jail to kill Maya. Maya joins hands with Samay to plot against Arjun and Saanjh but Arjun convinces Samay that Maya is only using him. Maya kills Samay and abducts Saanjh. Arjun rescues Saanjh and Maya is proved guilty in court after her own mother testifies against her. She is sentenced to be hanged. Arjun realizes that he loves Saanjh, but Saanjh believes that he doesn't love her on is only sad that Maya left him. Eventually Saanjh believes that Arjun truly loves her and decide to get married. This makes Maya angry because she wants Saanjh to die. She sends many people to injure and kill Saanjh, but none of her plan work, but this causes Saanjh and Arjun to be motivated and not give up. On the day Maya was going to be hanged, her punishment changed to life time prison. This makes Saanjh scared and back away from the marriage. But Arjun picks Saanjh up and does the phere. Finally, Arjun and Saanjh get married. Saanjh is still scared that Maya would kill Arjun or her. Out of this frustration, Arjun leaves the house on their first night. Seeing this, Jhanvi orders the jailor to kill Maya and say it was an accident. But, the next day on the news it showed that the jailor had died last night. Maya and the other prisoner had killed the jailor. After listening to the news, Saanjh faints. Arjun comes home and sees Saajh fainting and carries her to the hospital. The doctor tells everyone that Saanjh had suffered a brain stroke. Maya is being transferred to another jail. Angered, Arjun goes and points a pistol on her forehead.

Five years later

Maya is still in jail. Arjun has become a millionaire. Ayaan is a widower and has a daughter named Aruhi whom they call nani ji. Saanjh and Arjun raise his child together. We see in a flashback that Saanjh had stopped Arjun from killing Maya. Arjun now has tight security around the house, trying to keep his family safe. Maya escapes from jail by, once again, faking her death. She hurts Ayaan's daughter but then saves her life. After Aruhi has recovered, Ayaan decides to take his daughter away from Arjun. He thinks that if he doesn't take away his daughter, then Maya might kill her. Arjun and Saanjh want a child of their own but are told that Saanjh cannot conceive. They decide to use a surrogate. Maya manages to somehow become their surrogate leaving Arjun and Saanjh shocked.

Saanjh decides to care for Maya despite her longtime animosity towards her, whilst Maya plots against everyone. One day she almost electrocutes her mother. A big fight breaks in and Arjun decides to take Maya away from the family. As the pregnancy nears an end, Maya asks Saanjh for Arjun in exchange for the baby. Arjun expresses his hatred for Maya and love for Saanjh. Maya gives birth to a baby girl and runs away with it.

Arjun and Saanjh find her. Maya tells Arjun to send Saanjh up alone. Maya points the gun at Saanjh and blames her for snatching away her happiness. Arjun shoots Maya from behind and she dies in his arms confessing her obsessive and limitless (Beyhadh) love for him.

Cast

Main

• Jennifer Winget as Maya Mehrotra: Jhanvi and Ashwin's Daughter; Arjun's Obsessive Lover and Former Wife
• Kushal Tandon as Arjun Sharma: Vandana's Step-son; Ayaan's Half Brother; Maya's Former Husband; Saanjh's Best Friend turned Husband
• Aneri Vajani as Saanjh Mathur: Suman and Prem's Daughter; Shubh's Elder Sister; Arjun's Best Friend turned Wife

Recurring

• Kavita Ghai as Jhanvi Mehrotra: Ashwin's Wife; Maya's Mother
• Rajesh Khattar as Ashwin Mehrotra: Jhanvi's Husband; Maya's Father
• Swati Shah as Vandana Sharma: Ayaan's Mother; Arjun's Step-mother
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Ayaan Sharma: Vandana's Son; Arjun's Half Brother
• Vibha Bhagat as Suman Mathur: Prem's Wife; Saanjh and Shubh's Mother
• Imran Khan as Prem Mathur: Suman's Husband; Saanjh and Shubh's Father
• Rakshit Wahi as Shubh Mathur: Suman and Prem's Son; Saanjh's Younger Brother
• Piyush Sahdev as Rajeev Randhawa/Samay Ahuja: Maya's Former Lover, Saanjh's Former Fiancé
• Sharad Vyas as Mr. Malkhani: Saanjh's Boss
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Swati: Maya's Neighbour
• Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Pooja: Maya's Lawyer
• Kiran Srinivas as Jeetendra Kumar Srivastava, Saanjh's Suitor

Dubbed broadcasts

• Beyhadh was dubbed in Tamil as "Maya" on Polimer TV and the series ended on 15.1.2018 with 271 episodes at Weekdays on 19:00
• Beyhadh was also dubbed in Sinhalese as Obath Mamath Eyath (ඔබත් මමත් ඇයත්) on TV Derana and it has aired on weekdays at 9 pm since 4 December 2017.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

• It is aired in Mauritius on MBC Digital 4 every weekdays at 9:30 pm.
• It was dubbed in Malayalam as Premam on Surya TV; it was shown from June 19, 2017 on weekdays and Saturdays at 21:30 (Suspended Time on 22:00). The last episode was aired on April 14, 2018.
• It was dubbed in Telugu As Nuvvu Naaku Nachav on Gemini TV; it was shown from July 24, 2017, weekdays at noon.
• It was dubbed in Thai as อย่างมากมาย on MONO 29.
• It was dubbed in Vietnamese as Vô cùng on VTVCab 1 Giai Tri TV.
• It was dubbed in Korean as 극도로 (Preulo) on MBC.
• It was dubbed in Spanish as Beyhadh: Un amor sin limites on Panamericana Televisión in Peru.
• It was dubbed in Persian as جنون مایا on MBC Persia in Iran.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Reference
2017	Lions Gold Awards	Best Actor (Male)	Kushal Tandon	[17]
		Best Actor (Female)	Jennifer Winget
		Best Actor In A Negative Role	Rajesh Khattar
	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actress Jury	Jennifer Winget	[18]

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television

References

1. "Beyhadh's on air date revealed". ABP News. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
2. "Beyhadh is like a breath of fresh air - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
3. "Beyhadh 2: Ashish Chowdhary and Shivin Narang to star opposite Jennifer Winget". India Today. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
4. "Beyhadh 2, Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein and Patiala Babes to go off air post Covid-19 lockdown: report". Hindustan Times. 21 April 2020.
5. Baddhan, Raj (20 April 2020). "Sony TV not bringing back 'Beyhadh 2' & 'Patiala Babes' after lockdown". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
6. "Kushal Tandon shoots for a fight sequence for his show 'Beyhad' - Times of India". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
7. "Girl next door: Aneri Vajani from Beyhadh - Times of India". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
8. "Aneri Vajani to join Jennifer and Kushal in 'Beyhadh' - Times of India". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
9. "I wanted to break my tomboy image: Aneri Vajani - Times of India". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
10. "Beyhadh is all set for another leap; here's the new twist in the tale - Times of India". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
11. "TV actress Jennifer Winget's new father!". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
12. "Beyhadh is like a breath of fresh air - Times of India". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
13. "Jennifer Winget plays cricket on the sets of Beyhadh - Times of India". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
14. "Beyhadh's Jennifer Winget looks fiery hot in red, see pics - Beyhadh's Jennifer Winget flaunts tattoo in her latest photo shoot - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
15. "Piyush makes a huge entry". ABP Live.
16. "Samay is back with huge twist". ABP Live.
17. "23rd SOL LIONS GOLD AWARDS". spicystarsmumbai. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
18. "Indian Television Awards".

External links

• Beyhadh at IMDb