Mandira Bedi

Biography

Mandira Bedi is an Indian actress, fashion designer, and television presenter who gained celebrity status playing the title role in the 1994 television serial, Shanti, shown on India's national channel, Doordarshan, which was the first ever daily soap on Indian television. She followed up her career in TV serials with shows like Aurat (DD and Sony), Dushman (DD) and Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (Star Plus) with hosting duties for ICC Cricket World Cups in the years 2003 and 2007 and the Champions Trophies in the years 2004 and 2006 as well as the Indian Premier League season 2 for Sony Max. She fronted the coverage of IPL season 3 for the British Network – ITV. She debuted as a fashion designer during Lakme Fashion Week 2014 with her saree collection. Bedi also promoted faux leather for PETA. On 26 October 2013, Bedi launched her signature sari store.

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Filmography (33 titles)

Max, Min and Meowzaki (2026) Film

As: Dhaara Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Family, Romance, Comedy, Drama Box office: Not available

Max and Min are about to break up. They argue endlessly about dividing their possessions, including their cat, Meowzaki, whom they have named after their favorite artist Miyazaki Hayao. Max’s father Ramesh, who lost his wife and has since been suffering from insomnia, meets charming therapist Dhaara. Max’s grandfather Sridhar, secretly enjoys drinking with his new friend Jennifer at the nursing home.

Top billed cast (10)

• Adil Hussain Ramesh Mahadevan
• Mandira Bedi Dhaara
• Nassar Sridhar Mahadevan
• Nafisa Ali Jennifer Sequera
• Medha Shankr Min
• Vidhatri Bandi Carol Sequera
• Gitanjali Rao Role not available
• Sameksha Oswal Yuki
• Rupak Saluja Arijit
• Siddharth Menon Max

Identity (2025) Film

As: Supriya Gopal Rating: 5.5/10 (24 votes) Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery Box office: Not available

A sketch artist and a cop work together to unravel the identity of an elusive killer using the descriptions of his face, etched into the memory of an eye-witness to the brutal crime

Top billed cast (15)

• Tovino Thomas Haran Sankar
• Trisha Krishnan Alisha
• Vinay Rai Allen Jacob
• Mandira Bedi Supriya Gopal
• Shammi Thilakan Dr. Sudharshan
• Aju Varghese DySP Dinesh
• Dhruvan Deepak John
• Arjun Radhakrishnan Amar Felix
• Archana Kavi Dr. Devika Shankar
• Gopika Ramesh Neeraja
• Aneesh Gopal Police sketch artist
• Giju John Rohan Raphael
• Major Ravi Chief Siddhayya
• Vishak Nair Nakul
• Adam Sabiq Pilot

Adangathey (2025) Film

As: Not available Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Thriller, Action, Drama Box office: Not available

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Top billed cast (9)

• G. V. Prakash Kumar Role not available
• Surbhi Role not available
• Mandira Bedi Role not available
• R. Sarathkumar Role not available
• Thambi Ramaiah Role not available
• Abhishek Shankar Role not available
• Yogi Babu Role not available
• Blade Shankar Role not available
• Pandi Role not available

Qubool Hai 2.0 (2021) TV

As: Damini Sood Rating: 8.0/10 (4 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

It is the story of Asad and Zoya -- two individuals who have surrendered to their ideals. One to the cause of his country, another to her duty towards her family.

Top billed cast (5)

• Lillete Dubey Phuphi
• Karan Singh Grover Asad Ahmed Khan
• Surbhi Jyoti Zoya Farouqi
• Arif Zakaria General Bakhtiyar Farouqi
• Mandira Bedi Damini Sood

Six (2021) TV

As: Ruhana Dhullap Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Mystery, Crime Box office: Not available

One murder. Six mistresses. All suspects. Battling hidden motives and pure emotions, can investigator Ruhana solve the complicated homicide of Kashish Sura?

Top billed cast (10)

• Nauheed Cyrusi Orvana Joseph
• Mandira Bedi Ruhana Dhullap
• Dipannita Sharma Raashi Gera
• Sid Makkar Kashish Sura
• Manasi Rachh Monisha Mathur
• Akash Agarwal Amraan Chibber
• Sulagna Panigrahi Preeti Kukreja
• Girish Thapar Dance Master
• Urmilla Khothare Noor Begh
• Sharma Vibhoutee Tisha

Saaho (2019) Film

As: Kalki Rating: 5.7/10 (114 votes) Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller Box office: Not available

A battle for power ensues as warring gangters thrive to gain possession of a "black box" that can make them richer than they already are, and an undercover cop intervenes with the help of his sharp intellect and an instinct to kill.

Top billed cast (15)

• Prabhas Ashok
• Shraddha Kapoor Amritha Nair
• Neil Nitin Mukesh Jai
• Chunky Panday Devraj
• Mandira Bedi Kalki
• Arun Vijay Vishwank
• Murali Sharma David
• Jackie Shroff Roy
• Vennela Kishore Goswami
• Prakash Belawadi Role not available
• Evelyn Sharma Jennifer
• Supreet Role not available
• Lal Ibrahim
• Mahesh Manjrekar Prince
• Tinnu Anand Prithvi Raj

The Tashkent Files (2019) Film

As: Indira Joseph Roy Rating: 7.3/10 (57 votes) Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, History Box office: Not available

The Tashkent Files is a thriller that revolves around the mysterious death of India's 2nd Prime Minister Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and attempts to uncover if he had actually died a natural death, or, as alleged, was assassinated.

Top billed cast (15)

• Naseeruddin Shah PKR Natrajan
• Mithun Chakraborty Shyam Sunder Tripathi
• Shweta Basu Prasad Raagini Phule
• Asif Basra News Channel Editor
• Mandira Bedi Indira Joseph Roy
• Pallavi Joshi Aiysha Ali Shah
• Rajesh Sharma Omkar Kashyap
• Vinay Pathak Mukhtar
• Pankaj Tripathi Gangaram Jha
• Prakash Belawadi GK Anantha Suresh
• Achint Kaur Mrs. Natarajan
• V.M. Badola Role not available
• Prashantt Gupta Role not available
• Ankur Rathee Imran Qureshi
• Francisco Raymond Role not available

Thinkistan (2019) TV

As: Anushka Rating: 8.0/10 (2 votes) Genres: Not available Box office: Not available

Set in Mumbai in the 90s, the show focuses on an advertising agency, MTMC, which goes through a series of conflicts of North vs South, Hindi vs English and much more. The show focuses on the contrasting journey of two copywriters, Hema, and Amit. While Hema is from the city which makes the transition for him smooth, Amit is from Madhya Pradesh which puts forward different challenges for him.

Top billed cast (8)

• Naveen Kasturia Amit
• Shraddha Musale Nina
• Anindita Bose Sharmishtha
• Mandira Bedi Anushka
• Rashmi Singh Somvanshi Sonam
• Shravan Reddy Hema
• Neil Bhoopalam William
• Jitin Gulati Shaayan

Vodka Diaries (2018) Film

As: Shikha Dixit Rating: 6.0/10 (16 votes) Genres: Mystery, Thriller Box office: Not available

In the misty town of Manali, ACP Ashwini Dixit attempts to solve a series of mysterious murders happening in a single night, which might be connected to the night club, Vodka Diaries.

Top billed cast (9)

• Kay Kay Menon ACP Ashwini Dixit
• Raima Sen Roshni Banerjee
• Mandira Bedi Shikha Dixit
• Sharib Hashmi Sr Inspector Ankit Dayal
• Rishi Bhutani Vivek Rajput
• Swati Rajput Sera
• Vaishnavi Dhanraj Ananya
• Mohommed Ali Shah Sam
• Sooraj Thapar Hotel Manager

Smoke (2018) TV

As: Tia Rating: 7.8/10 (4 votes) Genres: Crime, Drama Box office: Not available

Set in Goa, Smoke explores the dark web of drugs, mafia, and power. With the cartels at war, who will survive?

Top billed cast (10)

• Jim Sarbh Roy
• Kalki Koechlin Tara
• Mandira Bedi Tia
• Gulshan Devaiah JJ (Jairam Jha)
• Amit Sial Pushkar
• Neil Bhoopalam Savio
• Satyadeep Misra ACP Pereira
• Tom Alter Moshe
• Prakash Belawadi Bhau
• Kallirroi Tziafeta Mimi

Juzz Baatt (2018) TV

As: Herself Rating: 6.0/10 (1 votes) Genres: Talk, Reality Box office: Not available

A talk show hosted by Rajeev Khandelwal.

Top billed cast (1)

• Rajeev Khandelwal Himself - Host

MTV Troll Police (2018) TV

As: Not available Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Ranvijay on a mission to unmask the sadistic trollers and teach them a lesson to set an example who trolls celebrities to put them down.

Top billed cast (6)

• Rannvijay Singha Role not available
• Taapsee Pannu Role not available
• Anurag Kashyap Role not available
• Salman Yusuff Khan Role not available
• Mandira Bedi Role not available
• Nora Fatehi Role not available

Pyaar Actually (2018) Film

As: Doctor Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance Box office: Not available

Four interlinked stories showcasing love across generations and different relationships. Each story represent a different stage of love - a couple that’s just started dating to one that’s about to get married. Another couple is on the cusp of parenthood and the fourth has been married for over forty years.

Top billed cast (9)

• Bhumi Pednekar Shreya
• Riteish Deshmukh Sarosh
• Saqib Salim Vishal
• Tahir Raj Bhasin Vivek
• Anya Singh Sukanya
• Saurabh Shukla Kishanlal
• Supriya Pilgaonkar Kanta
• Mandira Bedi Doctor
• Dipannita Sharma Archana

Ittefaq (2017) Film

As: Meera Verma Rating: 6.8/10 (118 votes) Genres: Crime, Thriller Box office: Not available

Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses - an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.

Top billed cast (12)

• Sidharth Malhotra Vikram Sethi
• Sonakshi Sinha Maya Sinha
• Akshaye Khanna Dev Sharma
• Pavail Gulati Chirag
• Mandira Bedi Meera Verma
• Mir Sarwar Role not available
• Himanshu Kohli Inspector Gautam Kohli
• Ajay Jadhav Hawaldar Tambe
• Trupti Khamkar Mrs. Kawadkar
• Hitesh Arora Detective
• Sameer Sharma Shekhar Sinha
• Kimberley Louisa McBeath Katherine Sethi

Romil and Jugal (2017) TV

As: Ahalya Rating: 5.8/10 (6 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

What happens when two men fall madly in love? A fun and fresh take on Romeo and Juliet with a never-seen-before twist.

Top billed cast (11)

• Rajeev Siddhartha Romil
• Manraj Singh Jugal
• Vritika Ramnani Meher
• Srishti Ganguli Rindani Ramya
• Mudita Shauq Dimple
• Bhuvnesh Shetty Subramaniyam
• Hariman Dhanjal Mehul
• Manini Mishra Sunita
• Mandira Bedi Ahalya
• Suchitra Pillai Bhagyalaxmi
• Divinaa Thackur Kenny Desai

The Gift (2017) Film

As: Not available Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

Ayush and Aariana are seeing each other for a year now. Rashmi, Ayush's wife is unaware of this and now Ayush & Aariana have a deadly plan in mind that will take care of Rashmi forever. Things are going according to plan before Ayush's mind changes.

Top billed cast (3)

• Mandira Bedi Role not available
• Gul Panag Role not available
• Kushal Punjabi Role not available

Comedy Nights Bachao (2015) TV

As: Self Rating: 5.5/10 (2 votes) Genres: Talk, Comedy Box office: Not available

Based on the format of roast comedy, the show features comic crusaders who take a jibe at celebrity guests testing their patience through slapstick humor and make unpleasant jokes about them.

Top billed cast (15)

• Krishna Abhishek Role not available
• Bharti Singh Role not available
• Sudesh Lehri Role not available
• Mubeen Saudagar Role not available
• Karan Wahi Role not available
• Anita Hassanandani Reddy Role not available
• Puja Banerjee Role not available
• Adaa Khan Role not available
• Manan Desai Role not available
• Nia Sharma Role not available
• Balraj Sayal Role not available
• Aditi Bhatia Role not available
• Mona Singh Host
• Amruta Khanvilkar Role not available
• Sumeet Vyas Role not available

O Teri (2014) Film

As: Special Guest Rating: 2.6/10 (5 votes) Genres: Drama, Comedy Box office: Not available

Prantabh and Anand, associated with a news channel in Delhi, are in search of a big scam to prove a point to their senior. A dead body accidentally lands up in their car.

Top billed cast (9)

• Pulkit Samrat Prantabh Pratab aka P.P.
• Bilal Amrohi Anand Ishawram Devdutt Subramaniyam aka A.I.D.S
• Sarah-Jane Dias Monsoon
• Sara Loren Herself
• Anupam Kher Bilal Khawaja
• Mandira Bedi Special Guest
• Vijay Raaz Bhanwar Singh Kilol
• Salman Khan Special Appearance in "O Teri" Song
• Lulia Vantur Cameo

Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) TV

As: Self Rating: 6.8/10 (22 votes) Genres: Comedy Box office: Not available

Comedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common man as the show explores the story of every household and how our common man Kapil is affected by the simplest issues in life around him.

Top billed cast (9)

• Kapil Sharma Role not available
• Navjot Singh Sidhu Role not available
• Ali Asgar Role not available
• Sunil Grover Role not available
• Naseem Vicky Role not available
• Kiku Sharda Role not available
• Upasna Singh Role not available
• Chandan Prabhakar Role not available
• Sumona Chakravarti Role not available

24: India (2013) TV

As: Nikita Rai Rating: 7.6/10 (8 votes) Genres: Action & Adventure, Mystery Box office: Not available

Racing against the clock, ATU agent Jai Singh Rathod has 24 explosive hours in Mumbai to stop the assasination of the youngest ever Prime Minister.

Top billed cast (8)

• Gurpreet Saini Mihir
• Neil Bhoopalam Aditya Singhania
• Raaghav Chanana Prithvi Singhania
• Sapna Pabbi Kiran Rathod
• Mandira Bedi Nikita Rai
• Anil Kapoor Jai Rathod
• Surveen Chawla Maya
• Sakshi Tanwar Shibani Mallick

Khatron Ke Khiladi (2008) TV

As: Contestant Rating: 6.0/10 (6 votes) Genres: Reality Box office: Not available

Twelve celebrity contestants face their worst fears and perform a series of death-defying stunts under the supervision of a host to win the coveted title.

Top billed cast (1)

• Rohit Shetty Host

Meerabai Not Out (2008) Film

As: Meera A. Achrekar Rating: 4.0/10 (1 votes) Genres: Comedy, Drama Box office: Not available

Meera Achrekar, a mathematics teacher at Vishwaprem Vidyalaya, has been happy and single for quite a while now. The great love of her life has been, and will always remain, cricket and Anil Kumble. The meticulous number cruncher is, despite not being the classic eye-candy-teenage-fantasy-fodder, a huge hit in class, and that's because Meera, unlike most teachers of her school, is more fanatical about her religion-cricket-than even the school cricket captain. Living with her family in their small home in a Mumbai chawl, Meera was initiated into her temple of Wankhede Stadium by her brother, Mahesh.

Top billed cast (5)

• Mandira Bedi Meera A. Achrekar
• Bharat Ganeshpure Black marketer
• Eijaz Khan Dr. Arjun Awasthi
• Anupam Kher Dr. Awasthi
• Mahesh Manjrekar Manoj Anant Achrekar

Dus Kahaniyaan (2007) Film

As: Not available Rating: 4.1/10 (20 votes) Genres: Drama Box office: Not available

An anthology of ten short films dealing with diverse subjects such as infidelity, companionship, lust and a spectrum of human emotions.

Top billed cast (15)

• Arbaaz Khan Role not available
• Mandira Bedi Role not available
• Sudhanshu Pandey Role not available
• Jimmy Shergill Role not available
• Masumeh Makhija Role not available
• Amrita Singh Role not available
• Parmeet Sethi Role not available
• Minissha Lamba Role not available
• Mahesh Manjrekar Role not available
• Neha Dhupia Role not available
• Dia Mirza Role not available
• Manoj Bajpayee Role not available
• Aftab Shivdasani Aman
• Neha Oberoi Role not available
• Anuradha Patel Role not available

Naam Gum Jaayega (2005) Film

As: Nalini Sen Rating: 6.5/10 (2 votes) Genres: Mystery, Thriller Box office: Not available

In a mountainous, hilly and forest region; Vishal Saxena and Natasha meet on one of the hills during a college hike only to spend considerable time with each other which eventually blossom into love. Natasha confide to Vishal that she would like to get married but Vishal asks for a time period of 6 months; they both agree on terms that they will not meet or get in contact with each other during this period but after the 6 months has passed they both will reunite at the hill they first meet. Eventually the 6 months passed by and Natasha goes to meet Vishal but even after a long wait he does not turn up prompting Natasha to pay him a visit but unfortunately she find his house occupy by a female named Nalini Sen; when question she gets informed that Nalini brought the house from Vishal 6 months ago. Natasha believes that one day Vishal will return and asks permission from Nalini to take up lodging at the house. Eventually Natasha gets to realize that she is at the mercy of Professor ...

Top billed cast (7)

• Raqesh Bapat Vishal Saxena
• Dia Mirza Natasha / Geetanjali
• Aryan Vaid Aryan Srivastav
• Mandira Bedi Nalini Sen
• Divya Dutta Divya
• Sandeep Mehta Professor Chandramohan Xeno
• Anil Nagrath Father Ribeiro

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai (2004) TV

As: Cookie Sharma Rating: 7.0/10 (55 votes) Genres: Comedy Box office: Not available

The show revolves around the lives of the members of an Uber Wealthy - High Society Gujarati family of Cuffe Parade - South Mumbai, whose daughter-in-law is from a middle class Delhi background.

Top billed cast (7)

• Ratna Pathak Shah Maya Sarabhai
• Rupali Ganguly Monisha Sarabhai
• Satish Shah Indravadhan ''Indu" Sarabhai
• Sumeet Raghvan Sahil Sarabhai
• Rajesh Kumar Rosesh Sarabhai
• Deven Bhojani Dushyant Painter
• Vaibhavi Upadhyay Jasmine Mavani

Manmadhan (2004) Film

As: Psychiatrist Rating: 6.0/10 (20 votes) Genres: Crime, Romance, Thriller Box office: Not available

When Mythili meets Madhan, she's at once attracted towards and terrified of him since he looks exactly like the serial killer from her nightmares.

Top billed cast (15)

• Silambarasan 'Manmadhan' Madhan Kumar / 'Mottamadhan' Madhan Raj
• Jyothika Mythili
• Sindhu Tolani Vaishnavi
• Goundamani 'Puncture' Pandian
• Atul Kulkarni Deva
• Poochi Senthil Role not available
• Santhanam Bobby
• Sathyan Sivakumar Shakthi
• Mayoori Malathi
• Crane Manohar Puncture Pandiyan's Worker
• Brinda Parekh Train Passenger
• Mandira Bedi Psychiatrist
• Yana Gupta Dancer
• Arzoo Govitrikar Girl in Cafe
• Savitha Reddy Mythili (voice)

Indian Idol (2004) TV

As: Host Rating: 5.7/10 (17 votes) Genres: Reality Box office: Not available

The Indian version of the Pop Idol format.

Top billed cast (4)

• Vishal Dadlani Judge
• Shreya Ghoshal Judge
• Aditya Narayan Host
• Badshah Judge

Shaadi Ka Laddoo (2004) Film

As: Tara Rating: 7.0/10 (1 votes) Genres: Comedy Box office: Not available

Shomu and his wife Meenu are happily married with two kids. Shomu decides to travel to Britain for business reasons, as well as to meet his old friend, Ravi Kapoor.

Top billed cast (7)

• Mandira Bedi Tara
• Sanjay Suri Som Dutta
• Aashish Chaudhary Ravi Kapur
• Divya Dutta Geetu
• Sameer Malhotra Geetu's Uncle
• Samita Bangargi Meneka
• Negar Khan Sheena

Badal (2000) Film

As: Uncredited Role Rating: 5.8/10 (16 votes) Genres: Action, Crime, Romance Box office: Not available

Badal is a victim of the 1984 riots, brought up by a terrorist. Badal aims to kill the treacherous police officer who had killed his parents and his loving sister. He takes shelter in the house of an honest police officer and falls in love with a minister's granddaughter. Will he be able to accomplish his revenge?

Top billed cast (15)

• Bobby Deol Raja / Badal
• Rani Mukerji Rani
• Amrish Puri ACP Ranjeet Singh
• Ashish Vidhyarthi Mantavir
• Ashutosh Rana DIG Jai Singh Rana
• Mayuri Kango Soni
• Upasna Singh Guler Mehndi's wife
• Suman Ranganathan Special Appearance (Song)
• Mink Brar Special Appearance (Song)
• Nina Kulkarni Soni's mother
• Dina Pathak Role not available
• Harish Patel Role not available
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda Role not available
• Mandira Bedi Uncredited Role
• Alok Nath Role not available

Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi... (2000) TV

As: Not available Rating: 3.4/10 (12 votes) Genres: Drama, Family, Soap Box office: Not available

A mother-in-law's struggle to put up with her three bahu's. The three bahu's have grown up sons. The bahu's sons start to get involved with having girlfriends and the bahu's try and break their relationships up.

Top billed cast (15)

• Smriti Irani Tulsi Virani
• Amar Upadhyay Mihir Virani
• Tanisha Mehta Vrinda Gokhale
• Rohit Suchanti Angad Virani
• Shagun Sharma Paridhi "Pari" Parekh(née Virani)
• Aman Gandhi Hrithik Virani
• Shakti Anand Advocate Hemant Virani
• Gauri Pradhan Tejwani Nandini Virani
• Ketki Dave Daksha Virani
• Apara Mehta Savita Virani
• Hiten Tejwani Karan Virani
• Ritu Chaudhary Seth Shobha Virani
• Kamalika Guha Thakurta Gayatri Virani
• Nirvaan Anandd Ajay Parekh
• Prachi Singh Munni

Ghar Jamai (1997) TV

As: Chandni Rating: 5.0/10 (1 votes) Genres: Comedy, Family, Soap Box office: Not available

Ghar Jamai revolves around a North Indian father-in-law (Satish Shah) and his South Indian son-in-law (R Madhavan). Their continuous bickering and trying to take each other down is the premise of the show. A Punjabi father-in-law, Mr Mehra, who never left a chance to trouble his Malayali live-in son-in-law, Subramaniam Namboodiripad AKA Subbu. However, quick-witted Subbu always managed to foil Mehra's plans. The duo was always at loggerheads, and their chemistry was the USP of the show. While the father-in-law and the son-in-law loved to hate each other, Chandni (Mandira Bedi) used to get caught in the crossfire. In the show Satish Shah's Mr Mehra and Madhavan's Subbu are like Tom and Jerry, always trying to get the best of each other. Ghar Jamai came to an end when Madhavan decided to quit the show after Mani Ratnam offered him Alaipayuthey. He gained instant recognition with the Tamil film and went on to deliver many hits down South.

Top billed cast (8)

• Mandira Bedi Chandni
• R. Madhavan Malayatoor Subramaniam Namboodiripad (Subbu)
• Satish Shah Vishamber Mehra
• Asrani Doctor Masani
• Sadhana Singh Paghwan/Prakash Kaur/Parkash beebi
• Gracy Singh Chandni's sister
• Anand Goradiya Chandni's brother
• Sunil Jetly Cook

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) Film

As: Preeti Singh, Kuljeet's Sister Rating: 8.5/10 (4606 votes) Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance Box office: Not available

Raj is a rich, carefree, happy-go-lucky second generation NRI. Simran is the daughter of Chaudhary Baldev Singh, who in spite of being an NRI is very strict about adherence to Indian values. Simran has left for India to be married to her childhood fiancé. Raj leaves for India with a mission at his hands, to claim his lady love under the noses of her whole family. Thus begins a saga.

Top billed cast (15)

• Kajol Simran Singh
• Shah Rukh Khan Raj Malhotra
• Amrish Puri Chaudhry Baldev Singh
• Farida Jalal Lajwanti 'Lajjo' Singh
• Anupam Kher Dharamvir Malhotra
• Pooja Ruparel Rajeshwari "Chutki" Singh
• Parmeet Sethi Kuljeet Singh
• Satish Shah Ajit Singh, Kuljeet's Father
• Mandira Bedi Preeti Singh, Kuljeet's Sister
• Achala Sachdev Simran's Grandmother
• Himani Shivpuri Simran's Aunt
• Karan Johar Rocky, Raj's friend
• Arjun Sablok Roby, Raj's friend
• Anaita Shroff Adajania Sheena
• Uday Chopra Man on Bike (uncredited)