Virrudh is a Hindi Indian soap opera

Indian soap opera

Indian soap operas are soap operas written, produced, filmed in India, with characters played by Indians , with episodes broadcast on Indian television channels/channel chains that are not often limited to the Republic of India itself: often many “serials,” as they’re more commonly referred to as,...

 that premiered on Sony TV

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

 on March 26, 2007. The series is jointly produced by Smriti Irani

Smriti Zubin Irani

Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian television actress, producer and politician, who has appeared in the Hindi television soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, in which she played the main character of Tulsi Virani....

's production house Ugraya Entertainment and Aditya Birla Group

Aditya Birla Group

The Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It operates in 33 countries with more than 133,000 employees worldwide...

's media arm Applause Entertainment, and starrs Smriti Irani in the main lead along with Achint Kaur

Achint Kaur

Achint Kaur is an Indian television actress who comes from a Punjabi background and is famous for working in some of the popular Hindi language drama series...

 & Mihika Verma

Mihika Verma

Mihika Verma is an actress from India. She has acted in popular serials like Viruddh, and Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil and Kitani Mohabbat Hai She is currently playing a role in the popular serial Baat Hamari Pakki Hai which airs on Sony Tv....

. It has been critically acclaimed for its unique storyline and power-packed performances. It has been promoted under the tagline "Har rishta ek kurukshetra" (every relationship is a battle).

Plot

Virrudh's story revolves around Vasudha who is torn between her father Dhirendra Rai Singhania 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, Shushant (Vasudha's fiancee and the chief crime reporter of Dainik Darpan) and his mother, and his political associate Sinha.

Cast

• Vikram Gokhale
  Vikram Gokhale
  Vikram Gokhale is an well known Indian film, television and stage actor, notable for his roles in Marathi theatre and Hindi films and television...
  
   ... Dhirendra Raisinghaniya
• Smriti Zubin Irani
  Smriti Zubin Irani
  Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian television actress, producer and politician, who has appeared in the Hindi television soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, in which she played the main character of Tulsi Virani....
  
   ... Vasudha
• Achint Kaur
  Achint Kaur
  Achint Kaur is an Indian television actress who comes from a Punjabi background and is famous for working in some of the popular Hindi language drama series...
  
   ... Vedika
• Karan Mehra ... Vedant
• Mihika Verma
  Mihika Verma
  Mihika Verma is an actress from India. She has acted in popular serials like Viruddh, and Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil and Kitani Mohabbat Hai She is currently playing a role in the popular serial Baat Hamari Pakki Hai which airs on Sony Tv....
  
    ... Shreya
• Sushant Singh
  Sushant Singh
  Sushant Singh is an Indian actor, born in 1971.-Biography:He hails from Bijnor District in Uttar Pradesh. He did his schooling from a residential public school in Nainital - Birla Vidya Mandir. He did his post graduation in English Literature from Kirori Mal College and was involved with the fine...
  
   ... Sushant(vasudha's husband)
• Ashwini Kalsekar
  Ashwini Kalsekar
  Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian soap opera actress. She is best known to television audiences for her role as the scheming aunt Jigyaasa in Ekta Kapoor's Kasamh Se.-Early life:...
  
   ... Devyani
• Govind G. Namdeo ... Mr. Sinha
• Zarina Wahab
  Zarina Wahab
  Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress and former model, who was critically acclaimed for starring roles, such as in Chit Chor and Gopal Krishna in the 1970s.-Early life:...
  
   ... Shalini - Vasudha's mother
• Mohan Bhandari ... Virendar Raisinghaniya (Dhirendra's younger brother)
• Anand Suryavanshi
  Anand Suryavanshi
  Anand Suryavanshi is an Indian actor who appears in various television shows. He is best known for starring in the lead role of Ashkey in Mamta which used to air on Zee TV.-Career:...
  
   ... Dhairya (Virender's younger son)
• Chetan Hansraj ... Rudraksh (Virender's elder son, antagonist)
• Apara Mehta
  Apara Mehta
  Apara Mehta is a popular television supporting actress who is best known for her role of Savita Mansukh Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.-Early life:...
  
   ... Uttara (Sushant's mother)
• Anoop Soni ... Vikram
• Niyati Joshi ... Aarti
• Pariva Pranati ... Sandhya
• Aashka Goradia ... Naina Chopra
• Usha Nadkarni... Nani
• Bharti Achrekar... Bua
• Anjjan Shrivastav... Pandeyji
• Sanjeet Bedi... Siddharth

The Indian Television Academy (ITA) Awards, 2007

• Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Achint Kaur
  Achint Kaur
  Achint Kaur is an Indian television actress who comes from a Punjabi background and is famous for working in some of the popular Hindi language drama series...
  
  

• 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