MTV Nishedh (transl.Prohibition/Taboo) is an Indian television series that aired on MTV India[1] from 25 January 2020.[2] Nishedh is a remake of the African television series Shuga.[3] The show's core lies in highlighting the importance of dealing with taboos.[4] A second season premiered on 19 November 2022.[5][6]

MTV Nishedh
Genre
Based onMTV Shuga
Directed byVictor Mukherjee
StarringSee below
Theme music composerChirrantan Bhatt
Opening theme"Khul Ke Bol"
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes17
Production
ProducerChris Wilson
CinematographyHanoz Kerawala
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time23 minutes
Production companyVictor Tango Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Original release
NetworkMTV India
Release25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) –
present

Cast

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Season 1

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  • Malhaar Rathod as Astha
  • Rajat Verma as Gaurav
  • Priya Chauhan as Megha
  • Deependra Kumawat as Pankaj
  • Chitransh Raj as Mehul
  • Ashish Bhatia as Dr. Agarwal
  • Sachin Vidrohi as Ajay
  • Aanchal Goswami as Prerna
  • Asheema Vardaan as Inaaya
  • Madhvendra Jha as Papa ji
  • Himika Bose as Laxmi
  • Diksha Juneja as Jyoti
  • Gautam Vig as Raghav
  • Ashwin Mushran as Kumar Sukumar
  • Shivam Patil as Manav
  • Purvesh Pimple as Rohit
  • Syed Raza as Vicky
  • Akshay Nalawade as Bunty
  • Anubha Arora as Riddhi
  • Riya Jha as Guddi

Season 2

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  • Asheema Vardaan as Inaaya
  • Aaryan Tandon as Pankaj
  • Anusubdha Bhagat as Hina
  • Rrama Sharma as Sushmita
  • Sachin Vidrohi as Ajay
  • Aanchal Goswami as Prerna
  • Chitransh Raj as Mehul

Series overview

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Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 13 25 January 2020 7 March 2020
2 10 19 November 2022 TBA

Production

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Development

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The series was announced in January 2020, consisting of thirteen episodes premiered on MTV India on 25 January 2020.[7]

The second season was announced in November 2022, consisting of ten episodes premiered on MTV India on 19 November 2020.[8]

Episodes

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Season 1

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Season Episode Title Release date Ref(s)
1 1 Challenging the Taboo! 25 January 2020
1 2 Turning tides with controversial conversations 26 January 2020
1 3 Fate opens a new gate for Aastha! 1 February 2020
1 4 Aastha's new approach to life! 2 February 2020
1 5 Jyoti confides in Lakshmi 8 February 2020
1 6 Jyoti feels helpless 9 February 2020
1 7 Aastha confronts Manav! 15 February 2020
1 8 Aastha gets a call! 16 February 2020
1 9 Megha takes charge! 22 February 2020
1 10 Riddhi is pregnant! 23 February 2020
1 11 A new roadblock for Manav! 29 February 2020
1 12 Megha supports Venture No.5! 1 March 2020
1 13 Aastha confides in her father! 7 March 2020

Season 2

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Season Episode Title Release date Ref(s)
2 1 Pehla Din 19 November 2022
2 2 Gandi Baat 20 November 2022
2 3 Pizza Waala 26 November 2022
2 4 TBA 27 November 2022
2 5 TBA 3 December 2022
2 6 TBA 4 December 2022
2 7 TBA 10 December 2022
2 8 TBA 11 December 2022
2 9 TBA 17 December 2022
2 10 TBA 18 December 2022

Soundtrack

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MTV Nishedh
Soundtrack album by
Released2020
GenreSoundtrack
Length1:50
LanguageHindi
LabelVoot
External videos
  "Khul Ke Bol" on YouTube

MTV Nishedh soundtrack is composed by Chirrantan Bhatt. The title song is "Khul Ke Bol" sung by Neeti Mohan.[9][10]

Tracklisting
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Khul Ke Bol" (Female)Neeti Mohan1:50
Total length:1:50

See also

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List of programmes broadcast by MTV (India)

References

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  1. ^ "5 Reasons Why MTV's Newest Show 'MTV Nishedh' Has Made It To Our Must-Watch List". ScoopWhoop. 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ Biplav, Ankur (16 January 2020). "MTV Nishedh to tackle sexual health, diseases". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "MTV Nishedh: African series on safe sex and family planning to be remade for Indian audience". Firstpost. 12 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Bhumi Pednekar: Impact of MTV Nishedh Will be Hard-hitting". News18. 18 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Tennis star Sania Mirza set to make digital debut with MTV Nishedh Alone Together". www.indulgexpress.com.
  6. ^ "Arjun Kapoor schools reporter for asking question on intimacy and multiple partners before marriage". 17 November 2022.
  7. ^ Laghate, Gaurav (16 January 2020). "Viacom18, MTV Staying Alive Foundation collaborate to roll out MTV Nishedh". The Economic Times.
  8. ^ Service, Tribune News. "MTV Nishedh Season 2 on it way". Tribuneindia News Service.
  9. ^ "Neeti Mohan opens up about the challenges of a relationship". PINKVILLA. 10 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Music has power to connect with people: Niti Mohan". Deccan Herald. 19 January 2020.
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