Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?
Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava? () was an Indian Hindi-language television series. Produced by UTV Software Communications and Trishula Productions, it aired on Life OK from December 2011 to January 2013. It starred Sriti Jha, Harshad Chopda and Karanvir Bohra.

Plot

Viraj Dobriyal is a wealthy and powerful business tycoon married to an educated, simple and middle class girl named Jhanvi Sharma. Gradually, she discovers that he is over-possessive and abusive when she faces domestic abuse. On their wedding night, he drinks milk after drowning a Cockroach in it.

Viraj, who had an abusive childhood, is irrationally dominating (he has been diagnosed with OCD) while being sweet, polite and nice in front of people. Viraj sees Jhanvi with Sanjay one day when she went shopping to buy a gift for Viraj. Sanjay drops Jhanvi home. Meanwhile, Viraj sees Sanjay holding her hand. Jhanvi decorates the house with candles and flowers and makes a cake for Viraj. When Viraj comes home, angry at her for being with Sanjay, he beats her up and rapes her. Jhanvi decides to tell her family about Viraj but her father gets framed for theft, which is actually planned by Viraj. With the help of his connections  in the Indian Police Service, Viraj arrests Sanjay for framing Jhanvi's father. 

She becomes pregnant with Viraj's baby. Viraj is not happy to see Jhanvi's grandmother at home. He hires a mute maid named Geeta to keep an eye on Dadi. Viraj's plan backfires to Dadi when she manages to enter a closed room the house and get her hands on a file that indicates Viraj having killed his foster parents. His sister, Payal, who is in a mental asylum, gets a PTSD response when Dadi asks her about Viraj. Dadi arrives at his doctor (Komolika Rana) and she knows everything about Viraj and his bad  behavior. Later, Viraj organises Sia's engagement with his employee in a hotel. Dadi arrives at the hotel, intending to tell everyone about Viraj's past. But before she's able to meet anyone, Viraj locks her at the terrace and starts arguing and throwing things at her, resulting in her falling. She gets paralyzed.

It turns out that Geeta can in fact speak and is actually Viraj's mother. He beats her for helping Dadi, but Jhanvi comes home and hears everything. Viraj pushes Jhanvi on a table which makes her suffer a miscarriage. She becomes traumatized and starts imagining her child "Krishna" in the cradle. She does not face her problems.

Viraj discovers that Sanjay has been released from jail. Sanjay tries to tell Jhanvi about Viraj but she refuses to believe him. Viraj sees the two of them on the CCTV of his house. So, a tense Viraj takes Jhanvi to a room and shows his family picture to her, who had died in his childhood. He reveals everything about his past and asks her not to ever leave him. Out of frustration, he tries to hit Jhanvi, but she does not react due to her promise.

Unable to bear Viraj's torture, Jhanvi attempts to kill herself. Later, Geeta encourages Jhanvi to live and face her problems. Dr. Komolika suspects Viraj for Dadi's illness and Sanjay's arrest. She and Jhanvi try to get Viraj treated for his condition. He takes the treatment for some time, but it later turns out that he was faking it. Jhanvi then tells a NGO about Viraj's abuse, angering him. Viraj mistreats his mother. He then forcibly takes Jhanvi in his car and drops her at her parents' house. Jahnvi breaks down on seeing her family members' dead bodies. She screams at Viraj but he tells that he doesn't care and continues to torture her, burning her house and walking seven ‘pheras’ of marriage with her. She loses all her senses and collapses. The next day, he says that since the got ‘married’ the previous night, they should consummate it. Geeta sedates Viraj’s milk, saving Jhanvi. Desperate to escape, Jhanvi fakes her own death, changes her identity to Sia and flees from Viraj, but Geeta dies from an accident they meet. Sia meets Raghav in Gurgaon who falls in love with her. She becomes a governess to his nephew, Krish, and comes to be loved by his family.

Viraj tracks her down and creates misunderstandings with Raghav's family. Sia finally stands up to him and realising her love for Raghav, divorces Viraj who is sent to a mental asylum.

One year later
Raghav's brother Dev and his wife Komal are killed. Raghav learns that the killer is their family friend ACP Saxena who moonlights as a criminal named Rana. When Viraj discovered Rana's truth, Rana used electroshock therapy to reduce Viraj's mental ability to that of a seven-year-old child. Raghav manages to get Rana arrested and saves Viraj from near death. He helps Viraj regain his memory after which Viraj tries to win Sia back but Raghav decides to return him to prison.

On their way, they are attacked by goons who kill Raghav. Raghav dies with Sia's name on his lips and Viraj is blamed for the murder. He tries to convince Sia but also wants her back in his life. He poisons her and tells her that he will administer the antidote only when she tells him she loves him. Sia refuses and dies telling Viraj that she only loved Raghav and that her heart will live on to ensure Viraj has to pay for his misdeeds.

After Sia's death
Sia's heart is donated to a TV journalist named Ananya. Aware of Sia and Viraj's story, Ananya digs deeper and discovers Viraj killed Sia. She tries to expose him but fails. Viraj finds out about the operation and is angered that something was stolen from Sia and tries to get her heart back.

Ananya discovers Viraj has been hiding Sia's dead body and finds it and takes it to be cremated. Viraj tries to stop her but she curses him and he suddenly realises how wrong he has been. Emotionally destroyed, he surrenders himself to the police and is sentenced to 14 years in prison. The story ends with Ananya's heart finally forgiving Viraj who is shown to be repenting his actions and living in prison with Sia's memories.

Cast

Main
 Sriti Jha as Jhanvi Dobriyal / Sia Pratapsingh (née Sharma): Viraj's ex-wife; Raghav's wife; Krishna's mother
 Karanvir Bohra as Viraj Dobriyal: Jhanvi's ex-husband; Raghav's enemy; Geeta's son; Krishna's father
 Harshad Chopda as Raghavendra "Raghav" Pratapsingh: Jhanvi(Sia)'s husband

Recurring  
 Mala Salariya as Ananya Ghosh, a journalist who receives Jhanvi's heart
 Vinay Rohrra as Rajendra "Raj" Khanna, Ananya's friend
 Mouli Dutta as Paromita Ghosh
 Jaya Ojha as Uma Sharma 
 Akanksha Juneja as Tanisha 
 Sudha Chandran as Ms. Vyas
 Neha Mehta as Dr. Komal Singh: Raghav's sister-in-law
 Yash Ghanekar as Krish Singh: Dev and Komal's son; Raghav's nephew / adoptive son
 Kiran Bhargava as Sudha Sharma: Jhanvi's grandmother
 Sumukhi Pendsey as Gayatri Singh 
 Sulagna Chatterjee as Siya Sharma: Jhanvi's sister
 Natasha Rana as Geeta Sharma: Viraj's mother
 Ram Mehar Jangra as Unniyal: Viraj's employee
 Zubin Dutt as Sanjay Sinha: Jhanvi's friend; Siya's ex-boyfriend 
 Urvashi Dholakia as Dr. Komolika Rana: Viraj and Payal's doctor who helps Jhanvi get her new identity
 Fenil Umrigar as Priya Malhotra: Viraj's girlfriend after Jhanvi
 Vaquar Shaikh as Mr. Shekhawat
 Sagar Naik as Dr. Bhandari

Reception 
The show focussed on struggle of a woman to save herself from her obsessive, abusive husband. The Times of India stated that Bohra's and Sriti's performance brought higher TRPs to the show.

Sequel 
In August 2023, Star Bharat announced a sequel of the series, titled Saubhagyavati Bhava: * Niyam Aur Shartein Laagu. It started airing from 26 September 2023, starring Amandeep Sidhu, Karanvir Bohra and Dheeraj Dhoopar.

References

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Violence against women in India
Hindi serials focus on violence against women
Indian drama television series
Indian television soap operas
2011 Indian television series debuts
2013 Indian television series endings
Life OK original programming
UTV Television