Phulwa
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Phulwa is an Indian television drama series set against the backdrop of Chambal
Chambal Division
Chambal Division is an administrative geographical unit of Madhya Pradesh state of India. Morena is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently , the division consists of the three districts of Morena, Bhind and Sheopur....

 forest near Morena
Morena
Morena is a city and a municipality in Morena district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is also known as Muraina and is the administrative headquarters of Morena District and of Chambal Division. It is 39 km away from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh...

, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

. The story is loosely based on the life of Phoolan Devi
Phoolan Devi
Phoolan Devi , popularly known as the "Bandit Queen", was an Indian dacoit and later a politician. After being gang-raped by some upper-caste members of her gang, Phoolan Devi turned a bandit, and killed 22 upper-caste villagers in 1981. Following this, she became notorious across India as a bandit...

, the dacoit-turned politician. From 3rd October the show will air Mon-Fri 9pm.

Plot

The story is based on the life of a young girl Phulwa who is a sweet, loving and caring small girl but unluckily gets trapped in a ruthless spat between the villagers. In her fight against injustice created by the Thakurs of Chambal, she loses her innocence at the age of 11. sankar is a dacoit who wants to take revenge from Bhavani (Prashant Narayanan
Prashant Narayanan
Prashant Narayanan is an Indian actor, known for his roles in films like Chhal, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Shadows of Time, Bombil and Beatrice, Via Darjeeling and Murder 2. Certainly his big break came in the Bhatt banner film Murder 2.-Early life:Born in Kerala, Narayanan grew up in Delhi...

) as he didn't marry Shankar's sister but left her. So Shankar decide to ruin the life of Bhavani's sister (phulwa ). But phulwa stops him from marrying her by her sweet talk. then he leaves phulwa but the police came so, he used phulwa for escaping there but one of them shoots shankar to he fell down from the hill with phulwa. when phulwa awakes she finds that sankar is still unconscious. so she goes to bring water for her in between that thakur sends his man and he makes shankar fill the mang (Hair parting) of phulwa. when villagers saw that manga of phulwa is filled with sindoor (vermilion) they all start to protest that she is married to a dacoit who is thrice her age. then panchayat decides that sankar and phulwa is married so phulwa will live with sankar as per hindu culture. but sankar left phulwa at bus stop.

On a tea stall she meets mahua who is the sister of sankar. she takes with her as a friend of chehek. chehek is nice girl. She is the Daughter of sankar's Elder brother who was killed in a fire lit on Shanar's family home by Bhavani as revenge for not letting him marry mahua. But she finds phulwa as her friends. phulwa and chehek are good friends and Phulwa takes Chehek to meet her family and her village. here for the first time chehek hai gotten off her wheelchair and began walking on her feet...baba and mahua tell shankar that this is a miracle and phulwa is responsible for this miracle. Shankar doesn't believe still that Phulwa is good. Chotte thakur wants to burn down phulwa's home but mahua stops him and insults him. and persuades shankar to take phulwa back home with them.

later phulwa is accepted by shankar and the whole family and shankar is convinced that phulwa is not evil. bhawani comes to the shankar's home to take phulwa home but she refuses and asks him why he left mahua jijiya. he refuses to answer the question and wipes the sindoor off mahua's forehead. mahua is very upset and shankar and phulwa try to cheer her up. mahua has decided to live her life again. she wants to live the last 10 years that she had lost waiting for bhavani. A proposal is brought forward for mahua of Chotte thakur...but the only reason why he wants to marry her is to get revenge for his insult at phulwa's gaon. Mahua finds out about his true intentions and wants to tell shankar but phulwa and baba stop her saying that shankar needs to see not hear or he won't believe.

On the wedding day Bhawani makes a plan to show Shankar Thakur's real face but is unsuccessful. When he tells Mahua she runs away from the wedding saying she cannot marry Chotte Thakur and she will only marry Bavani. she meet Bhavani at the temple and says that she wants to run away with him and marry him. He refuses saying that it is better to tell shankar and talk to him before they marry. They stay at the temple waiting for shankar and phulwa and mahua gets upset at something then runs off playfully. she runs into a barn where chotte thakur intercepts her. He tells her all the truth and then kills her and runs away. bavani finds mahua with a dagger stuck in her back and as he is about to take it out shankar sees him holding the knife. shankar believes it is bhavani who kills mahua and that phulwa was includede in the plan. Bhavani takes Phulwa to her parents house and Shankar take Mahua to his house.

phulwa and her parents plan to run away from their house and start a new life away from their past. but they are caught on the way and phulwa is taken hostage. phulwa's cousin lakhiya who was always thakur's right hand man had just brushed with death at the hands of the thakur. he hates the thakur and the thakur wants to kill him. he wants to repent for all him sins so he sends his wife sona to shankar's house with a cassette recording of the night of mahua's death. it was a recording of the conversation between mahua and thakur before she was murdered by him. in the tape he also confesses the fact that 10 years ago he had been the one who had killed shakar's elder brother and sister-in-law not bhavani. sona plays this for everyone to hear and now believes that bhavani and phulwa are innocent. shankar goes looking for bhavani and they meet back together. they both go together to rescue phulwa from thakur. shankar distracts thakur while bhavani goes and frees phulwa. as they are heading out they are caught and Thakur tells shankar to kill his long term enemy. shankar is unable to do so and knowing the truth turns his gun on thakur. when he shoots the gun is empty and thakur catch both shankar and bhavani and beat them. then they tie them up together while phulwa is tormented in the other room. phulwa wants to go to her masterji and bhaiya but instead thakur gives her a present...her family's dead bodies.

some how they all escape from the house and shankar calls everyone to the water front but sharbati deceives him and tells thakur where they are. thakur reach there and kill shankar but phulwa, bhavani and babu are safe on the other side of the lake.

On 9th august it is seen that bhavani takes phulwa and babu to his dacoit base camp, where phulwa wants to take up a gun to take revenge from the thakur. she is allowed to and we are shown that 10 years have passed and she is now an older youth. Now she is having her own giroh (group) of dacoits. she always help poor and fight against injustice. Chotte thakur is married to sharbati and always dream about taking revenge from phulwa.

Bwani take phulwa and babu to their hideout where they meet a new lady dacoit (shikha).who encourage phulwa to take path to her own way. phulwa changed herself removed all jewellery and ask bwani if she is eligible to hold gun. phulwa pick up gun with revenge in her eyes.

10 years later.
A village parents upset that they selling their daughter for money. the mother want help and only phulwa can help. she goes to a tree where a mandir she put a red flag and goes away. a messenger takes the flag and passes it to another and asks to give it to phulwa. A jeep came a thakur (chote thakur might be) came down and ask that father to bring daughter. thakur takes girl into jeep and goes away. Messenger takes flag to hideout where bwani sitting bwani calls phulwa. a young girl jumps from tree seeing red flag and runs with forces of dacoits. They Run through lush jungle following the jeep. Forces stop in a ghat. As their mud pond in front. One men ask the girl how can they progress. The jeep drowned in pond thakur take the girl. The dacoit girl jumps into pond. Swims in front of thakur. thakur asks who is she the girl clean her face and revealed herself as phulwa (sragun). thakur shocked to see her.

PREVIEW- Thakur points gun at phulwa.

phulwa-9th-august-2011

Phulwa confront new zamindar (thakur) for capturing the girl.zamindar cant shoot phulwa and surrendered. Zamindar tied upside down all cheered phulwa. Little girl parents get back their land from phulwa. Phulwa goes her local home takes blessings from bwani and an adopted father and mother who calls herself gauri’s parents. The mother is very upset for phulwa that she taking risk for saving girl. There arriving old dacoit lady who says that phulwa doesn't do right by let alive zamindar. Phulwa want to let know all thakurs of her doing. A VIP convoy arrives there appeared bade and chote thakur in new avatar. Chote thakur had injured leg. They arrived to jamindar where he tells about phulwa.

PREVIEW- -bade thakur plans for a bait to catch phulwa. A young girl (chehek or chunni) came to search phulwa.
phulwa-10th-august-2011

Thkurs arrive at the place where Zamindar is tied up. Chote thakur beats him. But chote thakur is angry as Phulwa is disturbing them a lot. Bade thakur says, Phulwa is angry with us, her anger will be the reason for her end.
One girl meets the family of that little girl who was saved by Phulwa. She asks for the address of Phulwa.

Phulwa is sitting on a rock and remembers how her loved one was died, she throws a stone to a bottle from a distance but a young man takes away the bottle. This is actually Babu. Whereas he provokes Phulwa to play with the bottle and stone more, but Bhawani arrives. This scene totally focuses on the relationship among them. One man informs that one girl is asking for Phulwa in village. Phulwa says to keep eyes on the girl, what that girl want from Phulwa, does she only want to know her or meet her.

In the night the young girl is waiting in rain near a temple as she wants to meet Phulwa, when one man from the gang gets to know about it from her. He informs the gang by phone, Phulwa says she wants to meet her. The dacoit lady (Amba from NAIDL) says what if the girl is part of plan of thakurs? Phulwa says what if she is not?
In the morning, the young girl is surrounded by Phulwa’s gang members and babu comes and asks why does she want to meet Phulwa?
Sha says: she will tell the reason only to Phulwa?
Babu says: You have to tell me.
Just then Phulwa comes.
She is stunned and surprised as well as emotional seeing Phulwa.
Phulwa says “I am PHULWA”

Precap:
Phulwa humiliates her saying look at this, friends, what she has brought for dacoit Phulwa.
11-aug-11-link

The new girl meets Phulwa. Phulwa and her gang make fun of hers. But she gifts Phulwa that old red chunni. Phulwa is about to throw it when it strikes in her head that, the girl is Chunni. Phulwa hugs her .Old friends have emotional moments. Phulwa remembers fun she had with Chunni. Phulwa introduces Babu. Babu and Chunni are happy to meet each other. Chunni says to Ohulwa that she wants to talk with her alone. When the gang goes away. Chunni tells Phulwa to sit. She eats fruits from the “Thali” of god. Phulwa teases her calling “Bhukkar”. Chunni brings out a card, as Phulwa is illiterate Chunni reads the card in sudha hindi that she is getting married. It is her wedding card. Phulwa is so happy she says she will arrange the wedding and make arrangements so special that it will be grand. Chunni asks Phulwa to come to her marriage as she has come to invite her. Phulwa says she cannot come. She leaves, though Chunni insists her to come, even telling her that if she does not come, chunni will not get married.
Babu meets a girl called “Gauri”, babu likes the girl, he wants to get married with her , Her mother comes and beats him saying to leave her daughter. [though all in good fun]Babu tells the lady who is also part of Dacoit gang that Phulwa’s friend had come to invite her in wedding.
In their home all are having tea, when that lady informs that Phulwa is invited for her friend’s wedding. The character played by Shikha singh (I guess her name is Netri or neti, It will be informed later) tells that Phulwa cannot go for the wedding. Phulwa leaves. Bhawani understands Phulwa and her emotions. Phulwa holds her gun and tries to shoot the bottles, but she cannot do that as she is lacking the concentration it needs.

Precap:
Chunni says she will not get married if Phulwa does not come. Her father says how can that be possible? Phulwa is not the same phulwa she was. Just then Phulwa arrives in an attire of a man
15-aug-11-link

Phulwa continues her torture of Chote thakur. He is crying in pain, But phulwa is still torturing him. She calls bade thakur from chote thakur’s phone. Chote thakur screams in pain. PHulwa tells bade thakur ‘how does it feel when your own son is in pain. Bade thakur asks for forgiveness. Phulwa then tells him to write one by one “Mother, father, 5yrs old sister bela, Her jijiya ””Her Masterji. Her lost one”. Bade thakur again asks for forgiveness, Phulwa refuses. Sharbati goes to her leg and cries to leave chote thakur.

But Phulwa remembers all those people whom she lost. She cries in pain and shoots him. Bade thakur is crying like mad. But no, he is not dead actually Phulwa did not shoot him that time. Sharbati cries. But chote thakur still did not change he shots Phulwa in her right chest,when she was leaving. This time she does not forgive him and shots in his forehead. He is dead this time. Phulwa cries out loud‘.
[I feel this is her first killing of a human being. (But can we call THKAURS human??) or may be as she finishes one of her motives in life. Must say Sargun is shining as Phulwa. She was superb in that initial emotional scene where she threatens Bade thakur to write names of her lost ones]
The head dacoit lady (Character by Shikha Singh) is praying for Phulwa. Bhawani brings Phulwa unconscious .everyone is concerned. One man meets a dacoit, the man is behaving weirdly, he is slapped by the Dacoit. The dacoit asks him his name. He says Shatrugan while stammering 22-aug-11-link
Everyone concerned about phulwa’s health bwani goes to call doc. Shatrugna in trouble got inwith dacoits.dacoits guard confront shatru shatru got scared when he heard they dacoit he hides himself in car. Bwani ask for doc. But doctr unavailable. Bwani finds shatru he says that he is doctor. Bwani takes shatru to phulwa,where phulwa’s face coverd .bwani shows bullet wound and shtru got scared and got unconsicous. Bade thakur takes ashes to sail of chote and remember of him. Sharbati comes in suhagans attire, bade thakur shocked. Sharbati put ashes of chote in ground, she thinks that chote thakur alive in her sour and they both will revenge with death of phulwa. Phulwa get inconscous her wound bandaged. Phulwa thanks babu to take care her. bwani tells phulwa that babu tied shatru and doctor and will untied only if phulwa get okay. Shatru and doc tied with chain. doc says that phulwa can free them. shatru ask about her. Doc says that she is dacoit leader. Babu frees doc but shatru tied. Shatru apologies babu to free him.
PREVIEW- shatrugna got mesmerised seeing phulwa.23-aug-11-link

Phulwa talks with shikha dacoit. phulwa says that revenge has been taken and all unpay debt of thakur has been given, shikha ask not to think like that as bade thakur is alive and he must die. phulwa not interested to do anymore harm to thakur as pain of losing close one has been given. bwani ask not blew off revenge fire as it must on. Outside boy calling himself shatrugn has been rigged by babu as they think that he is telling lie. phulwa comes outside shatru got impressed and mesmerised by phulwa’s eye and looks shatru says that he luk like heroine. babu and gauri’s father beats babu,shatru try to smart with phulwa, phulwa got angry and give shotgun to babu to hit melon in shatru's head. Babu ask his name as shatrugna is not convincing. Babu shoots melon in head. and give young boy to hit apple in shatru’s head. Boy hit it. Shatru got scared. Phulwa give last chance as she target lime in shatrus head and blindfold herself and targets at him and ask his name final time.

PREVIEW- Shatru fell on ground as phulwa shoot towards him.
phulwa-24th-august-2011

Gayatri (shikha) discussing with bwani that she didn't believe that phulwa’s name is poisoned, and villagers think phulwa is destroyer where she saved many of them. phulwa even risk her life to save them. bwani believe that it is thakur's plan and they using someone fake to destroy phulwa respect. Someone eavesdrop their talking. bwani goes to investigate what thakur’s plan.
Bade thakur happy about sharbati plan success she using a girl a fake phulwa against villagers to disrespect phulwa’s trust. and villager’s beleving that. Next morning shatru dreams phulwa serving tea to him as it is gauri. Phulwa ready to go for meeting gayatri wrns about villagers. Phulwa replies she is ready to take chalange and goes. shatru hides in dhki of car.

PREVIEW- Phulwa giving bashan to villagers that they to believe her. But villagers start throwing stones.
phulwa-31st-august-2011
Phulwa wants to rescue babu. shatru joins her to help. Sharbti goes to police station and ask insp that phulwa and her team want to attack their haweli. insp send force to obstruct phulwa’s path. Babu frees himself with a girls help and babu also meet that girl. she explain that sharbati ruined her and she want to take revenge. Shatru and phulwa on way in jeep. Police Forces ready to attack phulwa. Their Jeep get stuck.shatru fix it and sees police. Shatru warns phulwa.

PREVIEW– Phulwa-shatru finds babu but they surrounded by police force.
phulwa-6th-september-2011

Babu fights off goons in cottage but accidentally catches fire. babu left that girl to save her later and escapes. Thakur gets escape news and gives to sharbti she thinks to take revenge herself from phulwa. Phulwa escapes from jeep with shatru. Police finds empty jeep. They saw babu running police follows him. phulwa and shatru and meet babu but get surounded by force they ask to surrender. shatru use his brain and smartly takes insp pistol and captures him and take their weapon but they get again captured as backup police force arrives.

PREVIEW-phulwa in kabeela she wants to save that village girl. Shatru has new plan.
phulwa-7th-september-2011

Real nirali under thakur’s haweli. thakur tortures nirali and tells to do as he said or he will kill her husband. Nirali agrees. Sharbati disguised as nirali came to help ghunta she informs gauri making phulwa’s food as prasad. Sharbati plans to poison food she goes to met gauri who goes outside. sharbati mix poisons in food. Phulwa in meeting plans to talk with bwani. shatru tries to help.but phulwa dont trust shatru. Phulwa goes to eat food.but shatru guard him and ask why she not trust him. phulwa says that trust came with heart shatru assured he will trusted be in heart. gyatri calls phulwa.
PREVIEW– Gyatri warns phulwa to take care as bwani said something to her. gauri comes with food.
phulwa-13th-september-2011

1) Phulwa is in dilemma about the actions of Shatru. The SSP is suspended as a new one will be appointed. Gayatri and gang are discussing something but Phulwa is in thoughts of Shatru and his words. Gayatri is disturbed. Phulwa calls Lattu to know about Shatru. He informs Shatru is working despite fever, Phulwa angrily goes to meet him. Gayatri decides that it is hightime they need to throw Shatru out of the gang. Phulwa meet him and shouts at him. She scolds him for being “Nautanki” the children with whom he was making something informs her that he has been called here to make the “Diya” for Phulwa’s Navratri Fast. Phulwa is stunned.

2) Sharbati meets Gauri to know the truth. It is revealed that She changed the food last minutes because she unknowingly added wrong salt. So later she changed it. Sharbati decides no matter what happened, she will kill Phulwa soon. Lattu asks Shatru about his works. Shatru says he is sad cause no one believes him here. Lattu says even though he has been here for long they don’t even believe him. Just then Gyatri arrives there. She says it is their duty to save the people in distress, but that does not mean they have to trust those people, Lattu leaves.

3) Gayatri now confronts Shatru, She says she has never seen Phulwa like THIS, Her all attentions are towards him. Phulwa is not a simple girl, She has been tortured by Thakur, her aim is to take revenge from them. Shatru says is this phulwa’s own decision? He says actually Gayatri wants to take revnge from Thakurs by using Phulwa. He feels Thakurs have done more wrong to Gayatri. She shouts at her, she says Shatru cannot do anything wrong to her, Phulwa is her life. She orders him to leave this gang now. She can not tolerate him. Shatru says he will leave when she will believe him, After Navratri’s nine nights Gayatri will start believing him, He will leave after that. Gayatri agrees.

~PREVIEW~
Phulwa tells Gayatri that for her one word one man waited in rain one night. Is not he (Shatru) trustworthy??
phulwa-15th-september-2011
After a few weeks,it is revealed to everyone that Shatru is not a common guy,but a police who wanted to arrest phulwa and her successors(kabeele wale).He reveals his true identity in front of phulwa during prayers in the temple.Phulwa along with her kabeeley is sent to the jail where they spent a few weeks,when Phulwas brother,Babu is admitted to the hospital as he is gunshotten by ACP Abhay(real name of Shatru)and is alright.An Advocate comes and tries to help phulwa claiming that phulwa is innocent and should be sent back home.After a few days,phulw agot go back home,but due to some circumstances(by thakur)phulwa married ACP abhay,so that Phuwa can take revenge(badla)from thakur as he has killed her parents years ago and she too wanted to take revenge,so she though to stay at thakurs house where she will be able to complete her aim(uska maksat pura karne ke liye).Presentally in this show,phulw is staying in thakurs house (as chotti bahu of thakur).Wait and watch for more twists as the story goes on.

Current Cast

  • Sargun Mehta Current Phulwa (main female protagonist)
  • Prashant Narayanan
    Prashant Narayanan
    Prashant Narayanan is an Indian actor, known for his roles in films like Chhal, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Shadows of Time, Bombil and Beatrice, Via Darjeeling and Murder 2. Certainly his big break came in the Bhatt banner film Murder 2.-Early life:Born in Kerala, Narayanan grew up in Delhi...

     ...Bhavani Bhaiya
  • Payal shukla ...Current Chunni
  • Shikha Singh...Head Dacoit - Gayatri.
  • Krip Suri...Current Babu
  • Sai Ballal …Bade Thakur (Thakur Daroga Singh) MLA
  • Aalesha Sayedd ...Sharbati
  • Ajay Chaudhary…ACP A.R Singh/ Shatrughan (bade thakur's illegal son from his extra-marital affair)
  • Rakshanda Khan…Advocate Roshni Mukherjee (Phulwa's Lawyer)

Dead Cast=
  • Angad Hasija ...Shankar(main male protagonist,Phulwa's husband)
  • Sushil Bounthiyal...Mangroo Bhaiya (Phulwa's baba)
  • Nupur Alankar...Imarti (Phulwa's amma)
  • Shivani Surve...Champa (Phulwa's elder sister)
  • Gaurav Sharma...Ramcharan (Kulfiwlala/ Phulwa's brother-in-law/ Champa's husband)
  • Wasna Ahmed
    Wasna Ahmed
    Wasna Ahmed is an Indian television actress, well known for her debut role on Indian television, the character of Prem's daughter Dhara in the popular serial Kasautii Zindagii Kay .-Personal life:...

    ...Mahua (Shankar's sister/ Bhavani's wife)

Gone Cast=
  • Shweta Kawatra
    Shweta Kawatra
    Shweta Kawatra is an Indian actress. She is best known for her role of Pallavi in the popular television soap opera, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii. She has had appearances in a large number of other TV serials, most notable in Kkusum and C.I.D.....

     ...Amrita Tiwari
  • Aarya Gore ...Young Chunni
  • Sadhana Singh...Mataji (Sharbati's mum)
  • Jagdeep Jaffery...Bade baba (chehk's dadaji, shankar's father, Phulwa's Sasurji).
  • bhavesh balchandani...Young babu (Phulwa's li'l Bro)
  • Jannat Zubair Rahmani...Young Phulwa (Main Female Protagonist)
  • Aniruddh Dave...Lakhiya bhaiya (Phulwa's Cousin brother)
  • Manasi Vyas...Sona kaki (Lakhiya's wife)

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