Nimki Vidhayak

Nimki Vidhayak is an Indian Hindi-language drama television serial broadcast by Star Bharat. It stars Bhumika Gurung and Abhishek Sharma and premiered on 28 August 2017 on Star Bharat.[1][2][3] The show's main theme is about women's empowerment and shows how a girl becomes the Mukhiya (village chief) of her village and then a Vidhayak (MLA) and strives to make a difference in the complicated world of politics.[4]

Nimki Vidhayak
Also known as	Nimki Mukhiya
Genre	Drama
Created by	Zama Habib
Written by	Zama Habib
Directed by	Rakesh Kumar
Creative director	Manjari Mukul
Starring	Bhumika Gurung Abhishek Sharma
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	800
Production
Producers	Zama Habib Ishrat Ara
Editor	Masih Habib
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production company	Qissago Telefilms LLP
Distributor	Star India
Release
Original network	Star Bharat
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080p
Original release	28 August 2017 – 1 February 2020
External links
Website

Plot

Nimki Mukhiya (Season 1)

The story, set in a small village in Bihar, deals with the life of Nimki, a carefree, materialistic girl who accidentally becomes the Mukhiya (chief) of the village. Nimki is mad about cinema, a dreamer and unaware of the darkness of the world. Nimki loves Babbu and she believes that Babbu loves her, too.

After becoming chief of the village, Nimki is married to Babbu Singh, son of Tetar Singh, former chief of the village. Tetar's intention to make Nimki his daughter-in-law is to fulfill his political ambitions but no one in Babbu's family accepts Nimki. They housed her in a maid's room and treated her like one. But Nimki believed that Tetar's family will love her one day. After many incidents Sweety, Babbu's sister befriends her. Meanwhile, Sweety falls in love with BDO Abhimanyu Rai. But Abhimanyu loved Nimki secretly and he could not express his love and agrees to marry Sweety, who has just divorced her cheating husband, Rituraj.

Tetar did not favour this and planned against Nimki. Babbu shoots Sweety to stop her marriage with Abhimanyu. Sweety realises Abhimanyu's feelings for Nimki and hence decides to leave him and remarries Rituraj, when Rituraj learns why Sweety marries him, he blackmails and rapes Sweety. Tunney is aware that Rituraj rapes Sweety daily, but keeps mum to reunite Ahimanyu and Nimki. Nimki realises that she never loves Babbu, it was just attraction rather she started loving Abhimanyu.

She organises a fashion show in the village to raise funds for development, but Tetar and Babbu are opposed. Before the beginning of the fashion show Tetar Singh tries to stop it and the villagers insult him. To avenge his father's insult, during the fashion show Babbu rapes Nimki. Nimki overcomes her sorrow and again lives her normal life. She doesn't change her attitude or her swag. Nimki takes Babbu to court on rape charges, but Babbu kidnaps Elina to blackmail Tunney into giving fake proof against Nimki in court. She still tries to get him punished, but he is declared innocent. She then learns of her pregnancy.

Babbu saves his sister Sweety from being raped by Rituraj, then realises his mistake and asks Nimki's forgiveness. He reforms and pleads with her to give their marriage a second chance. Seeing his changed behaviour, she forgives him and moves back into the mansion with him upsetting her family members. Nimki decides to support Babbu to teach him lesson for his wrongdoing but she doesn't want to involve her family members in this fight therefore she maintains a distance from them, further disappointing them. Mahua is angry on her and doesn't allow her to meet sick Monu. She asks Nimki to choose between her and Babbu and Nimki chooses Babbu as he is the father of her unborn child. To harm Babbu, Mahua throws a brick at Babbu but Nimki comes in between and the brick hits her abdomen. After realising Nimki's support for him, Babbu decides to support her and chooses her over his family as she, too, chose him over her own family.

To free Sweety from Rituraaj, Nimki suggests to Babbu to contest the election. Tetar Singh becomes angry that his own son challenges him in the election. Both parties gain the voters' trust. One such day, Monu comes to Haveli to meet Nimki after learning that Nimki visits Ghattola. Nimki slaps Anaro when she insults Monu. Nimki tries every way to break every pillar of Haveli. Nimki Babbu shares some lovey-dovey moments while talking to their unborn. Tunney has little understanding towards Nimki's plan and he along with Abhimanyu secretly support Nimki.

Tater Singh holds a rally in the village, where he bridges himself with praise. He tells Nimki's sister Mahuaa to speak out against Nimki and Babbu. Rituraj rebuked Sweety for her condition after Tetar Singh wins the election. Just then, Sweety tells the crowd of villagers not to vote for Tater Singh and that he is not fit to be called a human and beats Rituraaj in front of everyone. Tater Singh's rally is spoiled.

After some time Babbu goes to Nimki's house and she tells us how much Nimki loves her sister Mahuaa and all the family members. Mahuaa and everyone else agree that Babbu has improved and all are happy as before. Babbu arrives at the mansion to take Nimki to reunite him with his family. In Babbu's absence, Tetar and Rituraj tangle with Sweety and Nimki and knock Nimki down on the stomach. Annaro Devi is also there, severely deteriorating Nimki's condition. Tetar Singh realises that Nimki's condition is critical. To eliminate Babbu from MLA position, Tetar makes his wife Annaro Devi a pawn and knocks her down the stairs while Rekha (Dabloo's wife) is watching. Now Diamond is also with Nimki. When the police arrive, Anaro Devi gives testimony against Babbu. She holds Babbu responsible for her and Nimki's accident. Nimki loses her child, enraging Babbu. Nimki and Babbu decide to punish everyone who is responsible for death of his unborn child.

A fight ensures between Babu and Tetar Singh. Anaro and Diamond also arrive. Nimki goes missing, Tunney, Abhimanyu and Sweety search for her. Meanwhile, Anaro tries to stop Babbu and Tetar Singh's fight. On the way, Abhimanyu and Sweety's car collides with a tree. Abhimanyu is hit on the head, seeing Sweety's care and love for him, Abhimanyu chooses Sweety over Nimki. Nimki arrives there and reveals to Tetar Singh and others that it was on Rituraaj's suggestion, not hers, that Babbu decided to contest the election, therefore he begs Nimki. She then shows a recorded video in which Rituraaj suggested to Babbu to accept Nimki as it was the only way to win the MLA seat and go against his own family. The more he defied his family, the more voters trusted him and his chances of him winning the MLA election would increase. Tetar knocks down Babbu, Anaro doesn't believe this and after giving her testimony against Tetar Singh she goes insane. Nimki approaches Babbu and says that she knew he has not changed Babbu Singh and that he resembles his father and that even were Babbu to change, she would not forgive him, and that she is an example for those who are unable to act for fear of being raped. She labelled him a rapist and said that she would never forgive him. The police then arrest Tetar Singh. While leaving, Tetar Singh kills Rituraj with a stone. Anaro Devi cannot believe that her son has died. Nimki remembers all the previous things but she wears her glasses to hide her pain and walks away.

Two years later

Nimki Vidhayak (Season 2)

Nimki becomes Vidhayak and she lives with Bimla Chachi and Monu. Nimki holds Tunney and Mahua responsible for her unborn's death. Mahua and Tunney don't believe that for once Nimki ever asked them why they did so. Mahua is pursuing her education while Tunney does small jobs, both live in Patna. Anaro Devi can't handle the death of Babbu and goes insane which led her to stay in a mental asylum. Nimki never forgets her unborn child and hence helps Anaro Devi in her treatment.

Sweety and Abhimanyu are now happily married, Sweety is pregnant and they live in Patna with their daughter Alina. Nimki becomes Vidhayak and comes to Patna, regains her rights on her bungalow by dramatically fighting with ex-MLA. The hero of the show, Mintoo Singh, now appears. Mintoo Singh (played by Abhishek Sharma) is a look-alike of Babbu Singh but has a completely different personality. He lives with his dadi (Dadi is the older version of Nimki) and has two friends Pichku and Tillu. Mintoo, unlike Babbu Singh, is a happy-go-lucky boy. Nimki meets the powerful and good-hearted Ganga Devi. While protesting outside Vidhan Bhawan, Ganga Devi is shot by a goon and she is hospitalised. It is later revealed that she is the one who hired the gunman to shoot her security personnel so that she can gain some sympathy and votes. Nimki, unaware of the true face of Gangadevi, idolises her. Ganga Devi has a spoiled son, Parag. While driving rashly, he hits Anaro Devi who runs behind Mintoo Singh, thinking he is her Babbu. Nimki and Mintoo face some hit-and-miss moments. While helping Mishra's sister in marriage, Nimki and Mintoo have to don an avatar of bride and groom, that's where Nimki first saw Mintoo and is completely traumatised.

Nimki and Mintoo meet again in hospital where she realises that he is not Babbu, but his look alike. Since Nimki helps in the marriage of Mishra (another MLA)'s sister against his will, he wants to kill her. Mintoo saves her in time. He brings her home where Dadi calls the bride's family to fix Mintoo's marriage. They misunderstand Nimki and Mintoo's relationship and the alliance breaks. Mintoo cares for Nimki. Dadi doesn't like Nimki because she is MLA. Mintoo's mother (Ganga Devi) leaves Mintoo for politics hence Dadi hates politics and politicians.

Mintoo Singh receives news of his Dadi having a brain tumor and is saddened. Accidentally Mintoo completes process of jitiya fast, Anaro Devi demands to eat food only if Babbu feeds her. Food intake is much needed for Anaro Devi, hence Nimki decides to change the avatar of Mintoo Singh to Babbu Singh. Mintoo Singh agrees for the same and Nimki gives him training to become Babbu Singh. Mintu and his friends hold a protest in front of Ganga Devi's house chanting slogans, Mintu does the protest only for the treatment of his dadi. Nimki tries to hide Mintu from her family, she knows this will badly impact everyone, especially Sweety (Shriya Jha). Ganga Devi traps Shukla, therefore Shukla has to call police and arrest his own men. Ganga Devi calls Nimki and asks her to stop Mintu otherwise he may land in trouble. To impress Ganga Devi, Nimki with the help of Dadi, makes a drama of Dadi's death. Upon learning about Dadi's death Mintu runs towards home. After recognizing the foul play, Mintu strangles Nimki and is angry at Nimki (since Mintu knows that Dadi is actually suffering and can die anytime if not treated), after realising his mistake he apologises to Nimki and they resume their plan of Babbu Simgh to treat Anaro Devi. Mintu and Nimki's family attends Navratri function that was held by Ganga Devi. Ganga Devi arranges this function to divert peoples mind from Parag's gambling. Mintu and Nimki share some moments and dance together. On Dadi's insistence, Tillu, Pichku and Mintu return home halfway through the function. Nimki dances with Ganga Devi. At function Nimki meets with Tunney and Mahua and the sisters quarrel. Mahua leaves the function in anger but in meanwhile Parag (Sagar Wahi) misbehaves with her. Nimki slaps Parag for his action. Mahua gives statement against Nimki to the media. At night Ganga Devi's goons throw Tunney and Mahua out of the house along with their baggage. After a long drama, Mahua and Tunney settle in Nimki's bungalow. Ganga Devi attempts to topple the current government by using a "No Confidence Motion" and she is confident that the government will fall. But the government survives by a two-vote margin, since Nimki and Ganga Devi vote to sustain, to save Dadi because Dadi was kidnapped by Shukla and to hide the past. After many circumstances, Mintu blackmails Ganga Devi.

No one knows where Mintu is, after the motion of censure, he is nowhere to found. It is later revealed that Ganga Devi kidnaps Mintu, Mintu saves Mahua and runs into jungle. Ganga Devi tricks Nimki in believing that Mintu is the wrong one, Nimki shoots Mintu believing he raped Mahua when he is trying to awaken her from dizziness. Everyone treats Mintu as a criminal and handcuff him, Tillu and Pichku dislike this since both of them think Mintu can't misbehave with women. Sweety sees Mintu and recalls her moment with Babbu Singh. When Mahua regains consciousness she tells truth, Nimki apologises to Mintu. When Mintu doesn't forgive her, Abhimanyu tells him how Babbu mistreats Nimki. Mintu forgives her after learning that Babbu raped her and she thinks Mintu is doing same with her younger sister. Meanwhile Dadi falls unconscious. Nimki helps Mintu in Dadi's operation, to return her favour Mintu helps Nimki by bringing Anaro to his home and takes care of her as his own mother. Gajwawali Bhabhi enters Mintu's house to help him. Ganga Devi tries to turn Anaro against Nimki for causing Babbu's death. For Anaro's sake, Mintu fills Nimki's hairlines.

Mahua is selected for a beauty pageant, it is later revealed that she was never selected and it was a trap for human trafficking, a business run by Ganga Devi and Shukla. Meanwhile Ganga Devi and Nimki topple Shukla's government. Nimki, BDO Babu and Tunney try to find Mahua's location. They find her and save the trapped girls. Nimki decides to punish culprit and when she learns it is none other than Ganga Devi, she tricks Ganga Devi into suggesting her as the new CM. Mintu struggles to confess his feelings to Nimki when he sends off Anaro and Gajwawali Bhabhi to Nimki's house. In the last scene Nimki dramatically arrests Ganga Devi and becomes the new CM of Bihar.

Cast

Main

• Bhumika Gurung as Namkeen "Nimki" Singh (née Kumari) - the village's first female Mukhiya, Rambachan's eldest daughter, Mahua and Monu's sister, Babbu Singh's former wife, BDO Babu's love interest
• Abhishek Sharma as Babbu Singh - Nimki's former husband; Tetar and Anaro's second son; Dabloo, Sweety and Diamond's brother

Recurring

• Indraneil Sengupta as Abhimanyu Rai a.k.a. BDO Babu - Elena's father, Sweety and Nimki's love interest
• Priyanshu Singh as Tunney - Nimki's friend, Mahua's love interest
• Ankit Sagar as Rambachan - Nimki, Mahua and Monu's father
• Saniya Noorain as Mahua Kumari - Rambachan's second daughter, Nimki and Monu's sister, Tunney's love interest
• Arafat Shaikh as Monu - Rambachan's son, Nimki and Mahua's younger brother
• Shriya Jha as Sweety Singh - Tetar and Anaro's daughter; Babbu, Dabloo and Diamond's sister; Rituraj's wife
• Vijay Kumar as Tetar Singh - Dabloo, Sweety, Babbu and Diamond's father; Anaro's husband[5]
• Garima Vikrant Singh / Neelima Singh as Anaro Devi - Dabloo, Sweety, Babbu and Diamond's mother; Tetar's wife
• Rishi Khurana as Rituraj Singh - Sweety's husband; Tetar and Anaro's son-in-law; Dabloo, Babbu and Diamond's brother-in-law
• Karaan Singh as Dabloo Singh - Tetar and Anaro's eldest son; Rekha's husband; Sweety, Babbu and Diamond's brother
• Shiwani Chakraborty as Rekha Singh a.k.a Gajwawali - Dabloo's wife; Tetar and Anaro's daughter-in-law; Sweety, Babbu and Diamond's sister-in-law
• Jatin Suri as Diamond Singh - Tetar and Anaro's youngest son; Dabloo, Sweety and Babbu's younger brother
• Rita Bhaduri as Imarti Devi - Tetar's mother; Anaro's mother-in-law; Dabloo, Sweety, Babbu and Diamond's grandmother
• Syed Ashraf Karim as Nahar Singh - political leader
• Reena Rani as Bimla Devi a.k.a. Dhumriwali - Rambhachan's neighbour; aunt figure to Nimki, Mahua and Monu
• Sulabha Arya as Parvati Devi - Abhimanyu's aunt
• Hemaakshi Ujjain as Neelu - Rambachan's sister; Nimki, Mahua and Monu's aunt

Main

• Bhumika Gurung as Namkeen "Nimki" Kumari - M.L.A in Bihar Vidhan Sabha, Mahua and Monu's sister, Babbu Singh's widow, Mintoo and Pichkoo’s love interest
• Abhishek Sharma as Mintoo Singh - Ganga Devi's estranged son, Nimki's love interest

Recurring

• Manish Goel as Abhimanyu Rai a.k.a. BDO Babu - Elena's father, Sweety's second husband
• Shriya Jha as Sweety Rai - Babbu's sister, Abhimanyu's second wife, Elena's adoptive mother
• Priyanshu Singh as Tunney - Nimki's friend, Mahua's love interest
• Neelima Singh as Anaro Devi - Dabloo, Sweety, Babbu and Diamond's mother
• Shiwani Chakraborty as Rekha a.k.a. Gajwawali - Babbu's sister-in-law, Anaro's daughter-in-law
• Saniya Noorain as Mahua Kumari - Nimki and Monu's sister; Tunney's love interest
• Arafat Shaikh as Monu - Nimki and Mahua's younger brother
• Reena Rani as Bimla Devi - Nimki's aunt
• Farida Dadi as Laadli Singh - Mintu Singh's grandmother, Ganga Devi's first mother-in-law
• Shashank Mishra as Pichku - Mintoo's friend
• Arjun Singh Shekhawat as Tillu - Mintoo's friend; Nimki's admirer
• Shruti Ulfat as Ganga Devi - Opposition leader in Bihar Vidhan Sabha,[6] Mintu and Parag's mother
• Sagar Wahi as Parag Singh - Ganga Devi's younger son,[6] Mintu's half-brother
• Rajveer Singh as KP Mishra - MLA In Ganga Devi's party
• Syed Ashraf Karim as Nahar Singh

Production

The final episode of Nimki Mukhiya aired in mid-August 2019. The makers chose to not lengthen the story, hence they decided to give a logical conclusion to the show and return with a second season.[7][8][9]

Adaptations

Nimki Mukhiya was remade and aired on Star Vijay in Tamil language as Thaenmozhi B.A.[10]

References

1. "Bhumika Gurung makes TV debut with 'Nimki Mukhiya'". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
2. "Nimki Vidhayak: Producer Zama Habib confirms Abhishek Sharma's return as lead". 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
3. "Babbu Singh to comeback in Nimki Vidhayak but in a different role". News Track. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
4. "Bhumika Gurung's look in 'Nimki Mukhiya' inspired from 'Bunty Aur Babli'". Retrieved 14 December 2019.
5. "पटना से मुंबई तक का सफर ऐसे पूरा किया निमकी मुखिया के ठाकुर साहब ने". Retrieved 23 August 2019.
6. Rajesh, Srividya (3 September 2019). "Sagar Wahi to enter Nimki Vidhayak". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
7. "Sequel of 'Nimki Mukhiya' set for August launch on Star Bharat – Biz Asia". Biz Asia. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
8. "TV show 'Nimki Mukhiya' to come back with a second season". Times of India. 30 July 2019.
9. "Nimki Mukhiya producer Zama Habib: Wanted to address socio-political issues in an entertaining and engaging way". The Indian Express. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
10. "New serial of Star Vijay - Thenmozhi BA". The Indian Express.

External links

• Nimki Mukhiya at IMDb
• Nimki Vidhayak at IMDb