Imlie

Imlie (transl. Tamarind) is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on 16 November 2020 on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar.[1] Produced by Gul Khan under 4 Lions Films, it starred Sumbul Touqeer, Gashmeer Mahajani, Mayuri Deshmukh, and Fahmaan Khan as the first generation.[2] It starred Megha Chakraborty, Karan Vohra and Seerat Kapoor as the second generation.[3][4][5] Since September 2023, it stars Adrija Roy and Sai Ketan Rao as the third generation.[6]

Not to be confused with Imli.

Imlie
GenreDrama
Romance
Created byGul Khan
Developed byLeena Gangopadhyay
Written by
  • Aparajita Sharma (Dialogues)
  • Divy Nidhi Sharma (Dialogues & Original Lyrics)
Shashibind Shukla
Screenplay by
  • Vikas Sharma
  • Vera Raina
  • Sonakshi Khandelwal
Story by
  • Ved Raj
  • Aakriti Atreja
Directed by
  • Atif Khan
  • Rahul Tiwari
  • Ajay Kumar
  • Pawan Kumar Jha
Creative directorMuskan Bajaj
Starring
Theme music composerTapas Relia
Opening themeImlie
ComposerNishant Raja
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes977
Production
ProducerGul Khan
Production locationsFilm City, Mumbai,
Ramoji Film City
CinematographyNidhin Valanday
Editors
  • Shashank H. Singh
  • Krishna Mahto
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time21–23 minutes
Production company4 Lions Films
Release
Original networkStarPlus
Original release16 November 2020 (2020-11-16) –
present
Related
Ishti Kutum
Milon Tithi
Love Biye Aaj Kal

Premise

Imlie is an 18-year-old ambitious village girl from Pagdandiya, who goes through twists and turns of her life to reach Delhi. She comes across Aditya, but he proves to be unworthy of her love and leaves him. Soon, she forms a bond with Aryan, a businessman, and thus blossoms their love, where both of them ended up dying.

18 years later

18 years later, Imlie and Aryan's daughter, (also named) Imlie and Malini and Aditya's daughter, Cheeni are raised with opposite personalities. Soon, they find their lives tangled with a young DJ and musician, Atharva Rana, and thus begins a twisted love triangle.

20 years later

In a village named Purvaiya, Imlie and Atharva's younger daughter, (also named) Imlie works as a bar singer to gather money for her dead elder sister, Kairi's son, Ashu. Agasthya, a NRI businessman comes from London to meet his grandmother in the village where their paths meet.

Plot
No.Title
1-100"Introduction to the life of village-girl Imlie, Imlie crosses paths with Aditya, Aditya and Imlie get forcefully married, Malini and Adi get married."

Imlie, an 18-year-old girl is from Pagdandia village of Uttar Pradesh. Her mother, Meethi had a one night stand with Dev Chaturvedi, who left her impregnated. So, the villagers came up with a rule that if a man spends a night with a girl, they must marry. Satyakam, a farmer turned rebel, who is fighting for Pagdandia's rights is Imlie's father-figure. Aditya “Adi” Kumar Tripathi is a Delhi-based journalist working in Bhaskar Times. His girlfriend is Malini Chaturvedi (Dev's daughter). Before their engagement, Adi leaves for Pagdandia to take Satyakam's interview. Imlie helps Adi in guiding the village, and end up staying together due to heavy rain and thunderstorms. The villagers find out and force Adi to marry Imlie or else they kill him. Imlie agrees to marry Adi to save his life. Imlie and Adi are forcefully married.

In New Delhi, Imlie introduces herself as a maid to the Tripathi family to save Adi. Before Adi and Malini's marriage, he reveals the marriage truth to Malini, making her faint. Imlie sees her husband marrying Malini, her half-sister with a broken heart. Adi has to go to Pagdandia for the government's peace meeting with Satyakam and decides to leave her there permanently. Soon Adi realises Imlie is his true love and Malini was just a friend. He also learns that they are half-sisters during his Pagdandia visit.
101-200"Malini gets to know about Aditya-Imlie’s marriage, Malini disguises herself as Kalpana, Imlie learns a shocking truth."
Adi reveals the truth to Malini that Imlie is his first wife. Malini comes to Pagdandia with a name Kalpana and discovers that Imlie is her half-sister. Adi and Imlie reunite with Malini's help and Aditya convinces Satyakam and Meethi to get married. Imlie learns about her father and refuses to accept Dev and tells Satyakam will always be her father. Imlie finally expresses her feelings to Adi. She wants to be a journalist, after seeing Adi's work.
201-300"Malini's evil plans, Malini's jealousy, Malini gets pregnant, Adi & Malini's divorce."
After some time, Malini starts feeling bitter seeing Aditya and Imlie happy. She stops the divorce proceedings and put on a fake suicide drama, Malini tries to break Aditya and Imlie's relationship. Imlie discovers Malini's intentions and warns Aditya, but he didn't believe her. Malini gets intimate with Aditya by intoxicating him. Imlie is devastated and files a case against Malini for the incident. Malini becomes pregnant. Imlie decides to let Malini stay in the house because she thinks the baby should not live a life like her without her father's name. Malini wants Imlie to leave Adi's life. The Tripathi family slowly accepts Imlie as their daughter-in-law. But Adi and Imlie's relationship is at stake due to trust issues and misunderstandings because of Malini. Finally, Adi and Malini are divorced. Malini shoots herself and frames Imlie, but Satyakam takes the blame and goes to jail. Malini demands to send Imlie out of the house. When Adi asks Imlie what happened, she loses all her patience and ends their relationship.
301-400"Introduction to Aryan Singh Rathore, Imlie-Aditya's divorce, Aryan hates Aditya, Malini and Aditya get married and divorced again"
Aryan Singh Rathore is a businessman and the CEO of Bhaskar Times. He misunderstands that Adi is responsible for his brother-in-law's death, thus wanting revenge from him. Although Aryan was initially rude to Imlie, he later likes her. Adi misunderstands Imlie and Aryan's relationship. Malini sends divorce papers to Adi replacing them with a letter from Imlie. Adi misunderstands Aryan and Imlie's relation and announces his marriage to Malini making Imlie sign the divorce papers. After the divorce, Aryan laid moral support to Imlie. She and Aryan shares a supreme relationship of friendship and becomes comfortable with each other. With Aryan's help Imlie finally manages to expose Malini's misdeeds. Aditya throws Malini out of the house and sends Anu to jail, releasing Satyakam. Aditya unintentionally reports a stormy weather as clear, leading to Aryan and Arpita being injured in the storm. He then learns about Arvind and Aryan's revenge and tries to warn Imlie that Aryan is using her against him, but she refuses to believe. However, when Aryan publicly confronts Aditya, Imlie learns the truth. Then he frames Aditya for false weather reporting and bans his journalism license.
401-500"Aryan and Imlie's marriage, Aditya leaves the country, Malini and Anu leave."
Seeing the Tripathis condition, Imlie begs Aryan to save her family. He then puts forth the condition of marrying her but she in turn puts a condition that the marriage would be fake and should be on paper only. When Aditya learns about the same, he demands the wedding in front of his eyes, as a punishment of hurting Imlie. Imlie and Aryan finally, get married. After their marriage, Neela tries to break their relationship. Imlie gives a closure to Arpita and Narmada as she reveals Arvind's deaths reason. Out of guilt, Aryan lets Imlie go, however, she decides to return to Aryan and Aditya leaves the country. During Arpita and Sundar's wedding, Imlie discloses the dowry situation and addresses it. Narmada demands that Imlie quit her job and Aryan speaks against it. Arpita encourages Aryan to share his true feelings with Imlie as it will give her the courage to deal with Narmada's change of behaviour better. With the help of Jyo, Aryan takes Imlie on a date. Before confessing their feelings, Imlie falls from the treehouse. Aryan tries to regain Imlie's consciousness and gets scared as she does not respond to his emergency treatments which leads him to share his feelings and Imlie regains her consciousness. As it starts raining they find a secluded place where Imlie reciprocates his feelings and they spend the night there. Later, Imlie becomes pregnant.
501-600"Imlie, Aryan and Malini die in bomb blast, Imlie Rana and Cheeni all grown up with contrasting personalities, Introduction to Atharv Rana, Rudra Rana asks Imlie’s hand in marriage for Atharv."

After many turns of events, Imlie manages to expose Jyoti's misdeeds in front of Aryan with the help of Harinder-Jyoti's ex-husband, Sundar and Arpita. On their way back home, Imlie and Aryan see an abandoned baby and get her home. Malini enters as a successful Dean in a college and reveals to be holding grudges. Malini enters the Rathore mansion and reveals that Gudiya is her and Aditya's daughter who was missing. She accuses Imlie of stealing her baby, Malini manages to harm Imlie in front of Aryan's eyes. Due to that, Imlie suffers from a miscarriage. Aryan and Imlie both blame each other for their loss and part ways.

5 years later

Aryan is still grieving his baby's loss and harbours hatred toward Imlie. Imlie lives in Pagdandia with Cheeni and is shown to be fighting against social injustice as an independent journalist. Malini who happens to own significant shares of Bhaskar Times. Aryan reaches Pagdandia to solve a matter where he ended up saving Cheeni and learns about her. In an attempt to reunite Aryan and Imlie, Cheeni makes them drink bhang and they have their wedlock. Aryan and Imlie are blessed with a baby girl. Malini for her revenge, sets a bomb in Aryan's house. In the bomb blast Aryan, Imlie and Malini die.

18 years later

Imlie (Aryan and Imlie's daughter) and Cheeni (Malini and Aditya's daughter) are all grown up, with contrasting personalities. They soon cross paths with Atharva Rana (DJ Arto). Atharva falls in love with Cheeni, thinking she is the poetress. The Ranas and Rathores meet at a mutual family friend's wedding. Impressed by Imlie, the Rana family asks for Imlie's hand in marriage for Atharv against his will.
601-700"Cheeni, Imlie and Atharva’s twisted relationship. Arto has depression because of Cheeni"
Atharv finally tells Cheeni about his feelings, and she decides to fake her love to gain his property and starts manipulating him. On the wedding day, Cheeni, who fails in her plans to marry Atharva, manipulates Atharva and makes him think that Imlie has bad intentions. To avenge Cheeni, Atharva marries Imlie in order to get Cheeni her rights. Imlie takes care of the Rana family, causing Atharva to feel guilty. Soon, Atharva learns that only Imlie writes poems secretly not Cheeni. Imlie discovers Atharva and Cheeni's truth and decides to leave but eventually stays for the sake of the Rana family. Cheeni's marriage gets fixed with Abhishek a rich business man and she rejects Atharva, in order to gain Abhishek's property. Imlie helps Atharva come over the depression.
701-800"Cheeni's evil plans exposed by Imlie's fake memory loss. Dhairya's entry. Imlie is pregnant. Cheeni kidnaps the Rana family."

Cheeni allies herself with Anu to expel Imlie from the Rana House, by cancelling her wedding with Abhishek. Imlie discovers their plan and decides to protect Atharv from their clutches. Atharv starts to fall for Imlie. Both Imlie and Atharv in a hot air balloon, accepts each others friendship again. Later a mishap takes place and suddenly chandelier falls on Imlie. However, Atharv saves Imlie, but she loses her memory. Later, it is revealed that she is faking her memory loss only to expose Cheeni's misdeeds. She joins her hands with Rudra and Atharv, and exposes Cheeni's misdeeds infront of the family. In revenge, Cheeni kidnaps Ranas and tries to marry Atharv forcefully but, Imlie successfully saves them and gets Cheeni arrested. Atharv and Imlie express their feelings to each other and start afresh. Soon, Dhairya enters as a storm in their life, however it is proven that he is illegitimate son of Rudra due to which it causes differences between Rudra and Devika. Atharv gets into an accident and is believed to be dead.

8 months later

Imlie and the Ranas are grieving the loss of Atharv . While, Imlie is pregnant. Imlie gives birth to a baby girl. But the doctor announces that the child was born dead. The Ranas also believe that the child was stillborn, but Imlie believes that her baby is alive whereas, Atharv kidnaps the baby thinking Rana's and Imlie accepted Dhairya instead of him after coming from coma .
801-900"Imlie, Atharv and Cheeni after a leap with Kairi and Dhairya."

5 years later

Atharv lives with his and Imlie's daughter Karishma Rana and Cheeni. He hates Imlie thinking she loves Dhairya, whereas Imlie lives with Ranas and believes that her daughter is alive, while everyone believes the child to be dead. Devika hates Imlie, while Dhairya joins Rana's business with help of Rudra. Imlie still loves Atharv while Dhairya has feelings for her. Whereas Kairi waits for her mother accepting Cheeni as her bestfriend. Soon, everyone finds out that Atharv is alive but thinks Karishma is his and Cheeni's child. To complete the rituals and family, Devika requests Atharv and Cheeni to get married. Atharv agrees to marry Cheeni to make Imlie jealous whereas Imlie decides to marry Dhairya. On the day of marriage, Dhairya learns the truth about Kairi and about Arto's accident and decides to tell the truth to Imlie but falls off the terrace and dies. Imlie and Atharv join hands to find Dhairya's murderer and exposes Cheeni infront the family. After Cheeni's arrest, Devika realizes her mistake and apologizes to Imlie, whereas Atharv decides to tell the truth to Imlie, but someone messages her about Kairi in the meantime, so an angered Imlie slaps him and leaves the house with Kairi. Being a single mother she faces many problems but decides to go through it. Later, she forgives Atharv and accepts him. Imlie and Atharv get remarried and Imlie becomes pregnant again.
901-present"The Return of Anu, Imlie 3 gets kidnapped, Anu murders Imlie and Arthava, Imlie 3 is all grown up"

Anu wanting revenge fakes a homeless situation and the Ranas offer her shelter in their home.Anu snatches the Rana wealth but they manage to acquire it back. Anu manages to kidnap Imlie's newborn baby with the help of a few thugs. Anu shoots Imlie and Arthava and takes away their daughters.

20 years later

Imlie and Arthava's daughter Imlie is all grown up and lives in Purvaiya with Karishma's son Ashu. Karishma died during childbirth. Ashu is seriously ill, so to support Ashu, Imlie works as a bar singer and dreams of being a chef. Imlie's path collides with Agastya, a rich man, who hates poor people. In the past, Agastya's brother committed suicide after being betrayed by a poor woman.

Cast

Main
  • Sumbul Touqeer as Imlie Singh Rathore (née: Chaturvedii): Executive reporter of Bhaskar Times; Independent journalist; Meethi and Dev's daughter; Satyakam's step-daughter; Malini's half-sister; Aryan's wife; Narmada's daughter-in-law; Arpita and Sunder's sister-in-law; Jr. Imlie's mother; Karishma, Imlie C.'s grandmother (2020–2022)
  • Gashmeer Mahajani / Manasvi Vashist as Aditya "Adi" Kumar Tripathi: Senior reporter of Bhaskar Times; Aparna and Pankaj's son; Nishant, Rupali and Dhruv's cousin; Imlie Rathore's and Malini's ex-husband; Cheeni's father (2020–2022) / (2022)
  • Mayuri Deshmukh as Malini Chaturvedi: COO of Bhaskar Times; Anuja and Dev's daughter; Imlie Rathore's half-sister; Cheeni's mother (2020–2022)
  • Fahmaan Khan as Aryan "Aru" Singh Rathore: Owner and CEO of Rathore Group of Companies including Bhaskar Times; Narmada's son; Arpita's brother; Imlie Rathore's husband; Imlie Rana's father; Karishma and Imlie Chaudhary's grandfather (2021–2022)
  • Megha Chakraborty as Jr. Imlie Rana (née: Rathore): Imlie Rathore and Aryan's daughter; Cheeni and Jaggu's cousin; Atharva's wife; Karishma and Imlie Chaudhary's mother; Ashu's grandmother (2022–2023)
  • Karan Vohra as Atharva "Arto" Rana: Rudra and Devika's younger son; Akash's brother; Dhairya's half-brother; Ginny and Ripu's cousin; Imlie Rana's husband; Karishma and Imlie C.'s father; Ashu's grandfather (2022–2023)
  • Adrija Roy as Imlie Chaudhary (née Rana): Jr. Imlie and Atharv's younger daughter; Karishma's sister; Agasthya’s wife; Ashu's aunt (2023–present)
  • Sai Ketan Rao as Agasthya Singh Chaudhary: NRI Businessman from London; Jr. Jr. Imlie's husband; Ashu's uncle (2023–present)
    • Naksh Dhaval Adhyaru as child Agasthya (2023)

Recurring
  • Seerat Kapoor as Cheeni Tripathi: Malini and Aditya's daughter; Imlie Rana, Prashant and Twinkle's cousin; Abhishek's ex-fiancée (2022–2023)
    • Keva Shefali as child Cheeni Tripathi (2022)
  • Zohaib Siddiqui as Dhairya Rana: Rudra and Kala's son; Atharv and Akash's half-brother; Ginni and Ripu's cousin; Rudra's supervisor in Rudra's company (2023)
  • Gantavya Sharma as Ashu Singh Chaudhary: Imlie Chaudhary and Agasthya's nephew; Kairi and Dhanraj's son; Sonali's nephew; Alka's grandson (2023—present)
  • Laxmi Kushwaha as Karishma "Kairi" Singh Chaudhary (née: Rana): Imlie Rana and Atharv's elder daughter; Imlie Chaudhary's sister; Dhanraj's wife; Ashu's mother (2023) (Dead)
    • Vrihi Kodvara as child Karishma "Kairi" Rana
  • Ghazi Imaan as Dhanraj Singh Chaudhary: Alka's son; Agasthya's elder half-brother; Sonali's brother; Kairi's husband; Ashu's father (2023) (Dead)
  • Bobby Parvez as Rudra Rana: Manish and Shivani's brother; Devika's husband; Akash, Atharv and Dhairya's father; Karishma and Imlie Chaudhary's grandfather; Ashu's great-grandfather (2022-2023)
  • Chaitrali Gupte as Devika Rana: Rudra's wife; Akash and Arto's mother; Dhairya's step-mother; Karishma and Imlie Chaudhary's grandmother; Ashu's great-grandmother (2022–present)
  • Anuradha Singh as Divya Rana: Manish's wife; Ginni and Ripu's mother (2022–2023)
  • Hemant Thatte as Manish Rana: Rudra and Shivani's brother; Divya's husband; Ginni and Ripu's father (2022—2023)
  • Hetal Yadav as Shivani Rana: Rudra and Manish's sister; Akash, Arto, Dhairya, Ginni and Ripu's aunt (2022–2023)
  • Jitendra Bohara as Akash Rana: Rudra and Devika's elder son; Atharv's brother; Dhairya's half-brother; Ginni and Ripu's cousin; Keya's husband (2022–2023)
  • Saumya Saraswat as Keya Rana: Akash's wife; Karishma's and Imlie Chaudhary's aunt (2022–2023)
  • Sweetu Panjwani as Ginni Rana: Manish and Divya's daughter; Ripu's sister; Akash, Atharv and Dhairya's cousin (2022—2023)
  • James Ghadge as Ripu Rana: Manish and Divya's son; Ginni's brother; Akash, Atharv and Dhairya's cousin (2022-2023)
  • Riyansh Dabhi as Jagdeep "Jaggu" Prasad: Sundar and Arpita's son; Imlie Rana's cousin (2022)
  • Chirag Mehra as Abhishek Agnihotri: Cheeni's ex-fiancé (2022-2023)
  • Kiran Khoje as Meethi: Dulari's daughter; Satyakam's wife; Imlie Rathore's mother; Imlie Rana's grandmother; Karishma and Imlie Chaudhary's great-grandmother (2020–2023)
  • Vijay Singh Parmar as Satyakam: Tribal leader of Pagdandiya; Meethi's husband; Imlie Rathore's step-father; Imlie Rana's step-grandfather; Karishma and Imlie Chaudhary's step-great-grandfather (2020–2023)
  • Meena Nathani as Dulari: Meethi's step-mother; Imlie Rathore's step-grandmother; Imlie Rana's step-great-grandmother; Karishma and Imlie III's step-great-great-grandmother.(2020–2021)
  • Gaurav Jain as Sundar Prasad: Tripathis' former househelp; Nanda's son; Arpita's second husband; Jagdeep's father; Imlie Rana's uncle (2020—2023)
  • Rajshri Rani as Arpita "Arpi" Singh Rathore Prasad: Narmada's daughter; Aryan's sister; Sundar's wife; Jagdeep's mother; Arvind's widow; Jr. Imlie's aunt (2021—2023)
  • Neetu Pandey as Narmada Rathore: Aryan and Arpita's mother; Jaggu and Imlie Rana's grandmother; Karishma and Imlie III's great-grandmother (2021–2022)
  • Indraneel Bhattacharya as Dev Chaturvedi: Janaki's son; Meethi's ex-lover; Anuja's husband; Malini and Imlie's father; Cheeni and Imlie Rana's grandfather; Karishma and Imlie III's great-grandfather (2020–2022)
  • Jyoti Gauba as Anuja "Anu" Chaturvedi: Dev's wife, Malini mother; Imlie Rathore's step-mother; Cheeni's grandmother; Imlie Rana's step-grandmother; Karishma and Imlie III's step-great-grandmother (2020–present)
  • Rajoshi Vidyarthi as Janaki Chaturvedi: Dev's mother; Malini and Imlie Rathore's grandmother; Cheeni and Imlie Rana's great-grandmother; Karishma and Imlie III's great-great-grandmother (2020–2021)
  • Ritu Chaudhary as Aparna Tripathi: Pankaj's wife; Aditya's mother; Cheeni's grandmother (2020–2022)
  • Chandresh Singh as Pankaj Tripathi: Harish's brother; Aparna's husband; Aditya's father; Cheeni's grandfather (2020–2022)
  • Rakesh Maudgal as Harish Tripathi: Pankaj's brother; Radha's husband; Dhruv, Rupali and Nishant's father; Tanushree and Prashant's grandfather (2020–2022)
  • Vijaylaxmi Singh as Radha Tripathi: Harish's wife; Dhruv, Rupali and Nishant's mother; Tanushree and Prashant's grandmother (2020–2022)
  • Preet Kaur Nayak as Rupali "Rupi" Tripathi: Radha and Harish's daughter; Dhruv and Nishant's sister; Aditya's cousin sister; Pranav's ex-wife; Tanushree's mother; Cheeni's aunt (2020–2022; 2022—2023)
  • Tasheen Shah as Tanushree "Twinkle" Tripathi: Rupali and Pranav's daughter; Cheeni and Prashant's cousin (2020–2021)
  • Arham Abbasi as Nishant Tripathi: Radha and Harish's son; Dhruv and Rupali's brother; Aditya's cousin brother; Pallavi's husband; Cheeni's uncle (2020–2022)
  • Chandni Bhagwanani as Pallavi Thakur Tripathi: Nishant's wife; Cheeni's aunt (2021)
  • Faisal Sayed as Dhruv Tripathi: Radha and Harish's elder son; Nidhi's husband; Prashant's father; Rupali and Nishant's brother; Aditya's cousin; Cheeni's uncle (2020–2021)
  • Astha Agarwal as Nidhi Tripathi: Dhruv's wife; Prashant's mother; Cheeni's aunt (2020–2021)
  • Jared Saville as Prashant "Sunny" Tripathi: Nidhi and Dhruv's son; Cheeni and Tanushree's cousin (2020–2021)
  • Komal Kushwaha as Imlie's friend (2020)
  • Amit Anand Raut as Sanju: Imlie's kidnapper (2020)
  • Amarnath Kumar as Balmesh: Aditya's informer (2020)
  • Deependra Janghel as Aalok Singh: Cheeni's friend (2023)
  • Karan Thakur as Arvind Shekhawat: Arpita's first husband (2021) (Dead)
  • Vishwa Gulati as Kunal Chauhan: A lawyer who liked Malini (2021)
  • Naren Kumar as Prakash: Satyakam's adoptive son; Imlie's best friend (2021)
  • Sailesh Gulabani as Pranav: Rupali's ex-husband; Tanushree's father (2021)
  • Suraj Sonik as Shashank "Shanky": Malini's cousin brother (2020)
  • Vishal Sharma as Tripathi's family doctor (2020)
  • Nilima Singh as Neela: Aryan and Arpita's aunt (2022)
  • Resham Prashant as Preeta aka Gudiya or Baby Doll: Neela's niece; Aryan's childhood friend who wanted Aryan for his wealth (2022)
  • Suryansh Mishra as Madhav Tiwari who hails from Imlie's village Pagdandiya; Imlie's cameraman and friend (2022)
  • Veer Singh as Uday: Arpita's ex-fiancé (2022)
  • Unknown as Nanda Prasad: Sundar's mother; Jaggu's grandmother. (2022)
  • Vaibhavi Kapoor as Jyoti Rawat: Aryan's college friend and obsessive lover; Harinder's ex-wife (2022)
  • Aamir Khan as Harinder "Harry": Jyoti's ex-husband; a brotherly figure to Nargiz (2022)
  • Unknown as Nargis: Harinder's sister; she was once in a coma due to a car accident committed by Jyoti (2022)
  • Krishnakant Singh Bundela as Panditji (2020—2023)
  • Shaan Shashank Mishra as Reyansh: Atharva's childhood friend. He was the one who kidnapped Atharva. (2023)
  • Asma Badar as Sonali Singh Chaudhary: Agasthya's elder half-sister; Amrit's wife; takes care of the family business, Chaudhary Sweets (2023—present)
  • Sanket Choukse as Amrit Shukla: Sonali's husband (2023—present)
  • Mohit Sharma as Govind: Agasthya's paternal uncle; Rajni's husband (2023—present)
  • Glorryy Mohanta as Rajni: Govind's wife (2023—present)
  • Pooja Dixit as Manno: Agasthya's paternal aunt; Govind's sister; unmarried (2023—present)
  • Renu Chahal Sharma as Alka Singh Chaudhary: Agasthya's step-mother; Dhanraj and Sonali's mother;Ashu's grandmother (2023—present)
  • Raquib Arshad as Bunty: Imlie III's friend and business partner (2023—present)
  • Naresh Kumar as Imlie III's adoptive Mama (2023—present)
  • Monica Gupta as Pallo: Imlie III's adoptive Mami (2023—present)
  • Mahima Mishra as Bulbul: Imlie III's adoptive cousin (2023—present)
  • Khushi Misra as Noyonika Johri: Agasthya's fiancée (2023—present)
  • Prakash Ramchandani as Mr. Johri: Noyonika's father; likes Imlie III as his daughter (2023—present)
  • Meenakshi Chugh as Geeta Johri: Noyonika's mother (2023—present)

Guests

Production

Development

Star Jalsha's Bengali series Ishti Kutum was remade in Hindi language on StarPlus as Mohi by White Horse Productions which aired from 2015 to 2016 which did not garner good viewership.[7][8] However, by 4 Lions Films, producer Gul Khan remade the series again as Imlie for StarPlus stating, "I know you have heard and seen this before, many times, but we'll play it more real".[9] The first promo of the series was released on 27 October 2020 and featured the leads.

Casting

Gashmeer Mahajani, playing the lead role of Aditya Kumar Tripathi decided to quit the show in January 2022. He said "My exit was planned two months back. The reasons for the same are best known to me and Gul Khan and I think to maintain our professional integrity, it should remain between only the two of us. It was a two-month long process in which I had to give it the time to stabilize with a new fresh track and gradually reduce my screen space so that once I exit the show, it can still run on its own merit and not get hampered. For the show to run and the new track to sustain after my exit, Aditya has to be completely wrong for Imlie if Aryan has to be completely right. These are basic scripting rules. If I was writing this script, I would have done it the same way. So in the last one and a half month when the decision of my exit was finally made, that is when they made changes in my character and I was okay with it completely. One shouldn't forget that the show-runner is Imlie and she is Sumbul Touqeer. The show runs on her shoulders. "

Manasvi Vashist replaced Mahajani as Aditya but he also quit the show after few months only. Sumbul Touqeer who played Imlie, Fahmaan Khan who played Aryan and Mayuri Deshmukh who played Malini, quit the show post generation leap in September 2022.[10][11]

Seerat Kapoor aka Cheeni on sets

Megha Chakraborty was cast as Imlie, the female lead post generation leap and Seerat Kapoor was cast as the negative lead, Cheeni. Karan Vohra was cast as the male lead, Atharva.[12][3] On her entrance Chakraborty said, "Imlie has become a huge part of my life already, and I hope the audience will enjoy this new beginning."[13]

In September 2023, Adrija Roy was cast as female lead Imlie, for the third generation and Sai Ketan Rao was cast as Agasthya, the male lead.[14]

Filming

The filming of the series began in October 2020.[15] Although the series is set in New Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, it was filmed at sets in Mumbai.[16]

On 14 April 2021, due to the sudden strict COVID regulations set in by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, shooting of all serials were asked to halt. Imlie Team moved Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad and conducted their shoot there till the next notice.[17]

Television special

Ravivaar With Star Parivaar (2022)
Main article: Ravivaar With Star Parivaar

The cast of Imlie participated in Ravivaar With Star Parivaar, a musical competition wherein eight StarPlus shows competed against each other to win the title of "Best Parivaar".[18][19] Imlie emerged as the first runner-up of the show[20] and Sumbul Touqeer aka Imlie won the player of the series award as she was declared as the best performer, most stylish and screened sadasya of the show. She won Maruti Suzuki Ertiga ZXI car as a prize.[21]

Adaptations

Imlie is an official adaptation of Ishti Kutum. The story of Imlie was originally based on Ishti Kutum till 250 episodes.[2] The second generation story was adapted from the series Milon Tithi.[5] The third generation story has resemblance with Star Jalsha's newly launched show Love Biye Aaj Kal.[22]

Soundtrack
Imlie
Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by
Tapas Relia
Released16 November 2020
Genre
Length5:56
LanguageHindi
LabelStar India
ProducerGul Khan
Karishma Jain
Imlie: Tracklisting
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Oh Imliya" 5:12
2."Imlie theme song"Tapas Relia3:29
3."Saajna"Pamela Jain, Bhaven Dhanak7:01
4."O Re Balamwa" 3:00
5."O Jaaniya"Nishant Pandey2:00
6."Bairi Piya"Senjuti Das & Nishant P2:04

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2022 Indian Television Academy Awards Popular Actress (Drama) Sumbul Touqeer Nominated [23]
Mayuri Deshmukh
Megha Chakraborty
Popular Actor (Drama) Fahmaan Khan
Gashmeer Mahajani
Karan Vohra
Popular Serial (Drama) Imlie

References
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  6. Hungama, Bollywood (31 August 2023). "Imlie New Promo: Adrija Roy to play a bar singer Imlie who catches the attention of NRI Agastya Upadhyay aka Sai Ketan Rao : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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  10. "Fahmaan Khan, Sumbul Touqeer quit Imlie". India Today. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  11. "Exclusive! It was a challenge when my role suddenly turned negative in Imlie; Mayuri Deshmukh talks about her journey on Imlie, which will end soon - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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  13. "Megha Chakraborty on playing Imlie's daughter in the show post 20 year leap, 'I hope audience will enjoy this new beginning' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  14. "Imlie aka Adrija Roy and Agastya aka Sai Ketan Rao, the third generation of Star Plus's Imlie". Times Now News. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  15. "Sumbul Touqeer Khan opens up on her preparations to essay the role of Imlie". The Tribune.
  16. "Into a new zone: Gashmeer Mahajani talks about his small screen debut". The Tribune.
  17. "Imlie Shoot to shift to Hyderabad". The Times of India.
  18. "Ravivaar with Star Parivaar: Cast of 'Imlie' and 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai' gear up for fun challenges - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  19. "War begins between Anupamaa and Imlie". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  20. "Ravivaar With Star Parivaar: Team 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai' emerges as the winner and lifts the trophy". Times Of India. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  21. "Congratulations! Sumbul Touqeer Khan gets a brand new car". The Times of India. 24 August 2023.
  22. "Om Sahani-Moumita Sarkar starrer 'Love Biye Aajkaal' inspires Imlie's new story?". Pinkvilla.
  23. "22nd Indian Television Academy Awards Nominations - Vote Now". Indian Television Academy Awards. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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