Virrudh (transl. Against) is a Hindi language Indian soap opera that premiered on Sony TV on 26 March 2007 and ended on 17 January 2008. The series is jointly produced by Smriti Irani's production house Ugraya Entertainment and Aditya Birla Group's media arm Applause Entertainment, and starrs Smriti Irani, Achint Kaur and Mihika Verma.
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Plot
Virrudh's story revolves around Vasudha who is torn between her father Dhirendra Raisinghania and her love Sushant. Dhirendra is a power hungry media baron who has political connections and is passionate about his newspaper business entitled "Dainik Darpan". Vasudha blindly trusts her father's innocent make believe identity and is unaware of his dark past. Astound by his daughters' loyalty, Dhirendra decides to get her to lead his business in the future but is in constant fear that his secret bearers will reveal his evildoings to her, hence devastating his future plans. His secret bearers include some of his own family members, Sushant (Vasudha's fiancée and the chief crime reporter of Dainik Darpan) and his mother, and his political associate Sinha.
Cast
Vikram Gokhale as Dhirendra Raisinghania
Sushant Singh as Sushant Sharma (Vasudha's Husband)
Smriti Irani as Vasudha Raisinghania / Vasudha Sushant Sharma
Achint Kaur as Vedika Raisinghania
Karan Veer Mehra as Vedant Raisinghania
Mihika Verma as Shreya Raisinghania / Shreya Siddharth Chopra
Ashwini Kalsekar as Devyani
Govind Namdev as Mr. Sinha
Zarina Wahab as Shalini (Vasudha's Mother)
Mohan Bhandari as Virendra Raisinghania (Dhirendra's Younger Brother)
Anand Suryavanshi as Dhairya Raisinghania (Virendra's Younger Son)
Chetan Hansraj as Rudraksh Raisinghania (Virendra's Elder Son)
Apara Mehta as Uttara Sharma (Sushant's Mother)
Anup Soni as Vikram
Niyati Joshi as Aarti
Pariva Pranati as Sandhya Vedant Raisinghania
Aashka Goradia as Naina Siddharth Chopra
Usha Nadkarni as Nani
Bharti Achrekar as Bua
Aanjjan Srivastav as Pandey Ji
Sanjeet Bedi as Siddharth Chopra
Awards
The Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards, 2007
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Achint Kaur
Best Director (Drama) - Santram Verma
Best Dialogues - Kamlesh Pandey
Indian Telly Awards, 2007
Best Actress (Critics' Choice) - Smriti Irani
Best Ensemble Cast - Virrudh
Best Dialogues - Kamlesh Pandey



