Thapki Pyar Ki 2 (lit. A light touch of love 2) is an Indian television series that premiered on 4 October 2021 on Colors TV.[1] Produced by Shoonya Square Productions, it is a spiritual sequel to the 2015 series Thapki Pyar Ki.[2] It starred Jigyasa Singh and Prachi Bansal as Thapki and Aakash Ahuja as Purab.[3]
| Thapki Pyar Ki 2 | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Ved Raj |
| Written by | Lakshmi Jaikumar Pavni Mehandiratta Manoj Tripathi Gurmeet Kaur Udayan |
| Directed by | Sanjay Satavase |
| Starring | Jigyasa Singh Prachi Bansal Aakash Ahuja Jaya Bhattacharya Rachana Mistry |
| Theme music composer | Souvyk Chakraborty Puneet Dikshit |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 173 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Ved Raj |
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| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Production company | Shoonya Square Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Colors TV |
| Release | 4 October 2021 – 8 April 2022 |
| Related | |
| Thapki Pyar Ki | |
Plot edit
Blessed with a melodious voice, Vaani "Thapki" Tripathi stammers whenever nervous, that is a major obstacle on her path of dreams. Her role-model Veena Devi, a Padma Shri awardee has a rich and handsome son, Purab. Thapki's mother Jaya lost her voice when her father Mukul left them years ago. He now lives with his second wife's daughter Hansika, a gold digger and Purab's colleague.
Upon hearing Thapki's voice, Veena in deeply impressed and wants Thapki to marry Purab who instead chooses to marry Hansika even though he doesn't love her. As per Veena's plans in a turn of events, Thapki weds Purab. Veena discovers her stuttering and now wants to throw her out. Purab agrees to leave her but then changes his decision due to a promise he made to thapki's mother Jaya to support Thapki. They help each other in every moment. Slowly Purab and Thapki fall in love with each other.
Cast edit
Main edit
- Jigyasa Singh / Prachi Bansal as Vaani "Thapki" Agarwal Singhania – Jaya and Mukul's daughter; Hansika's half-sister; Preeti and Anshul's cousin sister; Purab's first wife. (2021–2022) / (2022)
- Aakash Ahuja as Purab Singhania – Veena and Vinod's son; Sargam's brother; Armaan and Sagar's cousin; Thapki and Hansika's husband (2021–2022)
- Rachana Mistry as Hansika Agrawal Singhania – Anjali and Mukul's daughter; Jaya's stepdaughter;Thapki's half-sister; Purab's second/half wife (2021–2022)
Recurring edit
- Jaya Bhattacharya as Veena Devi Singhania – Vinod's wife; Sargam and Purab's mother (2021–2022)
- Arup Pal as Vinod Singhania – Jayanti's elder son; Pramod's brother; Veena's husband; Sargam and Purab's father (2021–2022)
- Rudra Kaushish as Mukul Agarwal – Jaya and Anjali's husband; Thapki and Hansika's father (2021–2022)
- Akshaya Bhingarde as Jaya Tripathi Agarwal – Ashok's sister; Mukul's first wife; Thapki's mother (2021–2022)
- Shital Antani as Sapna Singhania – Pramod's widow; Armaan and Sagar's mother (2021–2022)
- Additi Chopra as Sargam Singhania – Veena and Vinod's daughter; Purab's sister; Armaan and Sagar's cousin sister (2021–2022)
- Pratish Vora as Ashok Tripathi – Jaya's brother; Sudha's husband; Anshul and Preeti's father (2021–2022)
- Urvashi Upadhyay as Sudha Tripathi – Ashok's wife; Preeti and Anshul's mother (2021–2022)
- Farida Dadi as Jayanti Singhania – Vinod and Pramod's mother; Sargam, Armaan, Purab and Sagar's grandmother (2021–2022)
- Preetesh Manas / Samaksh Sudi as Sagar Singhania – Sapna and Neeraj's son; Priyanka's husband; Armaan's brother; Sargam and Purab's cousin brother; Preeti's ex-boyfriend (2021) / (2021–2022)
- Somesh Sharma as Anshul Tripathi – Ashok and Sudha's son; Preeti's brother; Thapki's cousin brother (2021–2022)
- Neha Yadav as Priyanka Sagar Singhania – Sagar's wife (2021–2022)
- Rajvir Yadav as Shankar Kumar: Singhania family's servant (2021–2022)
- Nandini Maurya as Preeti Tripathi: Ashok and Sudha's daughter; Sagar's ex-girlfriend (2021–2022)
- Tulika Patel as Anjali Mukul Agarwal: Mukul's wife; Hansika's mother; Thapki's stepmother (2021–2022)
Production edit
Development and casting edit
Production of the series began in August 2021.[4]
When the second season was in pre-production, Jigyasa Singh who played Thapki in the first season, was then appearing in another Colors soap opera Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki as Heer Singh.[5] Later when her character was killed off in August-end, she signed the second season of this series.[6] Aakash Ahuja was cast as Purab Singhania and Jaya Bhattacharya was cast as Veena Devi Singhania. Jigyasa Singh quit the show in February 2022 owing to health issues.[citation needed] In February 2022, Prachi Bansal replaced Jigyasa Singh as Thapki.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Colors to launch "Thapki Pyar Ki" season 2 in October". Biz Asia. 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Aakash Ahuja to play male-lead in Thapki Pyaar Ki 2". Biz Asia. 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Thapki Pyar Ki to return with new season; Jigyasa Singh to play protagonist". Times Of India.
- ^ "Thapki Pyaar Ki 2 on board". ABP LIVE. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Will Jigyasa Singh quit Shakti- Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki to play the protagonist in Thapki Pyar Ki 2?". Times Of India. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Actress Jigyasa Singh on her role in Thapki Pyaar Ki 2: This time my character will be strong and outspoken | PINKVILLA". www.pinkvilla.com. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Exclusive! Prachi Bansal replaces Jigyasa Singh in Thapki Pyar Ki 2". Times Of India. Retrieved 14 February 2022.