Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara


Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara is an Indian drama television series broadcast on Star Plus from 23 October 2017 to 2 February 2018. The series was produced by Vikram Bhatt. The show was earlier titled as Ishq Gunaah.. This drama is the remake of Turkish TV drama Aşk-ı Memnu.

Synopsis

The story is about a married couple named Ahana Raichand/Mathur and Anant Mathur who have an age gap of 20 years.

Plot Summary

Ahana Raichand, a young woman, was always loved by her father. Her mother, Laila Raichand, is a sly, ambitious, greedy woman who cheated on her husband. Ahana’s father dies of shock taking his wife's betrayal too hard. Ahana witnesses their argument hereby developing an intense hatred for her mother.
Ahana, frustrated at her life at home after her father's death, finds solace in Anant Mathur, a widowed friend of her father. Saloni Raichand, Ahana's elder sister, is about to be married to her sweetheart, Tarun Gupta. Tarun's father, Mahendra Gupta, is not keen on letting them get married since he is aware of Laila's gold-digging tendencies. He wants Saloni to sign a prenup. When Laila finds out she is infuriated and wants to cancel the wedding. The plot twist comes in the form of Saloni's pregnancy.
Laila agrees to the wedding on the condition that Tarun provides 3 crore rupees to her. Tarun and Saloni get married.
Meanwhile, Laila sets her eyes on marrying Anant as he is a rich businessman in order to pay off her debts and increase her social status. But Anant proposes to Ahana and they decide to get married. Rehaan Khanna, son of Anant's friend, convinces Roshni, Anant's daughter, to give her blessings. Anant goes to Laila to ask for Ahana's hand in marriage to him. Laila is furious. She agrees to the marriage and puts forward a condition to Anant. As the story continues Ahana and Anant face many obstacles in their marriage due to the age difference, society, rivalry and family.
Rehaan begins to fall for Ahana, while simultaneously learning that she married Anant just to defy and insult her mother for revenge. As she loves Anant who is like a father-figure to him, he doesn't want to see him cheated and tells Anant that Ahana didn't actually love him, not realizing that Ahana truly loves Anant and revenge against her mother was a bonus.
On revealing her supposed intentions, it is not taken up well by Anant at first, which leads Rehaan to leave the house. Later being asked for answers, Ahana reveals the initial reason behind the marriage before Anant that shatters him. Misunderstandings brew up.
Soon after, Ahana gets pregnant. Elated, she tries to reveal this to Anant. In a series of misunderstandings and the growing distance between them, she is forced to take up the decision of aborting her unborn child. Laila is left broke by Mahendra, she has an accident. Rehaan realizes his mistakes. After knowing the abortion bit, Anand again hates Ahana. Rehaan asks for Ahana's forgiveness. She forgives him soon after and is taken care of by him. He supports her through the hard times and they go for a Goa trip. Rehaan and Ahana grow closer during the trip. Meanwhile, Anant realizes his mistake and wants to give a second chance to their marriage. Laila gets discharged and is brought home by Anant. She notices Ahana behave weirdly and asks her about her closeness with Rehaan. Ahana struggles to get Rehaan off her mind. She realizes that she actually loves Rehaan and not Anant after getting taunted by Laila that she's turning up to be just like her mother. A frustrated Ahana tries to keep a distance from Rehaan but ends up having more troubles. Rehaan breaks up with his girlfriend, Vyoma. A scorned Vyoma writes a letter to let Anant know about the supposed brewing closeness of Rehaan and Ahana. But Laila rewrites the letter describing Rehaan's relationship with Vyoma. But Roshni misplaces the original letter in order to create trouble between the two. The show ends abruptly with Anant reading the letter and screaming at Rehaan and Ahana asking if what's written is true.

Cast and characters

Harish Sagane had composed the original songs and background score for the show. The lyrics were penned by Faraz Ansari and Shakeel Azmi. The tracks become an instant hit among viewers.

International broadcasting