Sundara Manamadhe Bharli
Genre	Drama Romance
Written by	Madhugandha Kulkarni
Directed by	Girish Mohite
Starring	See below
Opening theme	"Sundara Manamadhe Bharli" by Maithili Panse Joshi and Avdhoot Gupte
Country of origin	India
Original language	Marathi
No. of episodes	981
Production
Producer	Manava Naik
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Strawberry Pictures
Original release
Network	Colors Marathi
Release	31 August 2020 (2020-08-31) – 14 August 2023 (2023-08-14)

Sundara Manamadhe Bharli (transl. Beauty filled mind) is an Indian Marathi-language television series which aired on Colors Marathi. It premiered from 31 August 2020 and ended on 14 August 2023 completing 981 episodes.^[1] It starred Akshaya Naik and Sameer Paranjape in lead roles. It is produced by Manava Naik under the banner of Strawberry Pictures.^[2]

Plot

Latika is a very warm-hearted and intelligent girl filled with optimism. A perfect daughter, sister and a friend. Even though her life looks ideal, she faced several rejections for marriage alliances due to her obesity. Whereas her late husband Abhimanyu was a fitness enthusiast who wanted everyone to be healthy.

Cast

Main

• Akshaya Naik as Latika Eknath Dhumal / Latika Abhimanyu Jahagirdar (Lati) – Eknath and Jayshree's younger daughter; Mrs. Dhumal's granddaughter; Surekha's younger sister; Uttamrao and Indumati's daughter-in-law; Ashutosh and Hemlata's sister-in-law; Abhimanyu's childhood friend and widow; Adhira's mother; Devrat Karkhanis's wife; Vidya's daughter-in-law; Vikya, Sajjan and Nandini's friend; Akkasaheb's helping hand; Kamini, Sarjerao and Daulatrao's arch rival.
• Sameer Paranjape as Abhimanyu Uttamrao Jahagirdar (Abhya) – Uttamrao and Indumati's younger son; Ashutosh's younger brother; Hemlata's brother-in-law; Eknath and Jayshree's son-in-law; Mrs. Dhumal's grandson-in-law; Surekha's childhood friend turned brother-in-law; Latika's childhood friend and first husband; Adhira's biological father; Vikya, Sajjan and Nandini's friend; Akkasaheb's helping hand; Kamini, Sarjerao and Daulatrao's arch rival. (Dead)
• Kunal Dhumal as Devvrat Karkhanis (Deva) – Vidya's son; Latika's second husband; Adhira's stepfather; Eknath, Jayshree, Uttamrao and Indumati's son-in-law; Mrs. Dhumal's grandson-in-law; Surekha, Ashutosh and Hemlata's brother-in-law; Abhimanyu, Vikya, Sajjan and Nandini's friend; Akkasaheb's helping hand; Kamini, Sarjerao and Daulatrao's arch rival.

Recurring

• Adhira Aundhkar as Adhira Abhimanyu Jahagirdar –
• Prakash Dhotre as Uttamrao Jahagirdar (Appa) –
• Atisha Naik as Indumati Uttamrao Jahagirdar –
• Pranav Prabhakar as Ashutosh Uttamrao Jahagirdar –
• Pramiti Narke / Sharvari Pendharkar as Hemlata Ashutosh Jahagirdar –
• Gauri Kiran as Surekha Dhumal –
• Umesh Damle as Eknath Dhumal (Bapu) –
• Poonam Chaudhari-Patil as Jayashree Dhumal –
• Unknown as Mrs. Dhumal –

Others

• Chaitanya Bagul as Vikya
• Pooja Purandare as Kamini (Miss Nashik)
• Hrishikesh Shelar as Daulat Nimbalkar
• Sandesh Uppasham as Sajjan
• Kalpesh Patil as Kalpya
• Mukund More as Mukya
• Aditi Dravid as Nandini
• Nikhil Rahane as Ravi
• Radha Sagar as Abhilasha
• Sanjay Kulkarni as MK
• Chitra Kulkarni as Sajjan's mother
• Dhananjay Wable / Umesh Bolake as Daulat's father
• Swanandi Tikekar as Pratiksha

Production

Casting

Akshaya Naik and Sameer Paranjape were selected for the roles of Latika and Abhimanyu, respectively. Later, Kunal Dhumal replaced Sameer Paranjape as a new lead of the show.^[3] Atisha Naik is selected for the role of Indumati.^[4]

Adaptations