Madhubala – Ek Ishq Ek Junoon () is an Indian television series. It aired on Colors TV from 28 May 2012 to 9 August 2014, It was produced to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema. It starred Vivian Dsena and Drashti Dhami. It is digitally available on Voot app.
Plot Madhubala Shamser Malik was born on a film set and works in a parlour. Her family members are junior artists in the Mumbai film industry. She fights a case of hit and run on behalf of Mukund against Bollywood superstar, Rishabh "RK" Kundra, who gets sentenced to jail. He had to spent 4 days in jail causing his massive ego got bruise as media questioned him in real life is he a villain. Mukund proposes to Madhu and they get engaged. RK had spread in newspaper that Madhu is his girlfriend. Made a public press conference where claimed cheating him Madhu is now marrying someone else and humiliates Padmini and Shamsher's relationship, saying that they have been having a secret affair for the last 20 years.
RK even had spread his and Madhu Pictures too as a MMS which his hired cameraman clicked in Madhu and Mukund's engagement party where RK appeared as an uninvited guest.
Mukund breaks off his engagement thinking that Madhu has had an affair with RK. Enraged Malik appeared in RK's set to protest well RK's bodyguards beat him near death well RK was standing calmly with a smile. They throw Malik's body in Chawal's gate from a car in night. Madhu slaps RK 4 times in front of everyone in his film set. Later, RK puts forward an offer for Shamsher's treatment. RK had offered Madhu to give her 40 Lakh Rupee treatment cost of Malik in exchange of marrying him and she accepts. Rude and egotistical, he becomes hell-bent on ruining her life. Even after trying hard he initially could not break her spirit, but RK eventually does succeed in breaking Madhu's spirit. Sikandar's wife, Deepali wants her to leave RK, but her wishes are in vain. Deepali is RK's ex, who cheated on him 5 years ago and had married Sikki. Later, Shamsher shoots RK; Madhu donates her blood to save him.
No longer rude to Madhu, RK begins loving her. She restores his relation with Radha and the two confess their love; RK helps Padmini and Shamsher in getting married. Balraj abducts all, but is shot to death, by Padmini. RK needs a break and says he wants to marry Madhu properly so they can take their marriage forward; but suddenly, he tells that, he had never loved her as it was his plan all along to entangle her in his love and then destroy her life, when he leaves her.
Devastated, Madhu moves on. Everyone convinces RK to bring her back, but he does not budge on his decision. Madhu gets a job as a hairstylist at RK's film set. He is again rude to her and adamant to, make her leave. Later, he decides to win her back and abducts her, and forces her to live with her at his home. Madhu does not relent. Sultan enters. Madhu leaves saying she will not come back unless RK confesses his love. He finally proposes to her and they unite.
The preparation for grand wedding begins. Sultan falls in love with Madhu and is now vengeful towards RK. Due to being his half-brother, he uses this to humiliate him. Sultan refers to RK as a bastard as Mohan firstly married Meera. Sultan fakes his death and RK is jailed, until Madhu learns the truth. Sultan asks her to divorce RK and come to him to save him. Helpless, Madhu agrees. Enraged, RK uncovers Sultan's deeds and eventually kills Sultan with the police to save Madhu.
Due to some reasons, RK is banned from Bollywood and plans to produce his own film. To help him, veteran director, Mehul Chopra selects Madhu as the heroine, but RK refuses and is actually fascinated, by the idea of her being the heroine. RK finds a heroine, but is dissatisfied and vows not to pressurize Madhu to sign the film. Thinking his career is over, RK is about to commit suicide, when his assistant, Bittu informs him that, Madhu has stepped in as the heroine.
Excited, RK appears as the lead of his film in front of media with Madhu, who marks her entry into Bollywood. He confesses that, he loves and thanks Madhu for becoming his heroine. After sometime, during shooting, RK is injured and suffers paralysis. Madhu decides to finish the film. RK develops insecurity to her, due to her rising fame and being ignored, by everyone because he is handicapped. Madhu gets pregnant, but RK does not want a baby, breaking her heart.
The film "Ishq Ek Junoon" becomes a superhit, with RK out of his problems. Madhu miscarries and blames him, who tries his best to avert her mind from getting into film industry. Later, Madhu turns into a real-life heroine like she was destined to be. RK's look alike, KRK is introduced, hired, by Kulbhushan to get revenge against RK. KRK agrees to take RK's place being in need of money, but leaves his life, when he realizes that it will be separating him from Madhu.
KRK returns to his hometown with prize money from RK for speaking up the truth and showing decency. Kulbhushan is arrested. Pregnant once again, Madhu gives birth to a girl who RK also names Madhubala. He prophesies that she will become a superstar like her parents. Later, Harshvardhan Kapoor enters the frame who is a film producer and wanted his son, Abhay Kapoor to enter the film Industry. He was also the producer of RK's 1st film so Harshvardhan wanted RK's help to make his son, Abhay's entry into the Bollywood film industry.But he and his manager Nikhil spoke in a rude way so RK wanted to teach them a lesson, by not acting in their film. Later, Harshvardhan threatens RK to "burn him alive", because of the loss of his money and ruined career of his son Abhay Kapoor.
Pam and Nikhil take this as an opportunity to get rid of Harshvardhan Kapoor and to get Kapoor's property and also RK's property and RK's mansion too. Then RK, Madhu, Khundra's family, Bhatia's family and Madhu's family all die in a bomb blast. RK's and Madhu's daughter, Madhu II was spared from the blast as she went outside for fresh air. RK and Madhu's family's death is planned by Pammi Harshvardhan Kapoor and Nikhil Lamba to avenge their insult from Harshvardhan, and RK and also to trap and put Harshavardhan Kapoor in jail for killing RK and Madhu as well as for snatching Harshvardhan's property, RK's property and RK's Mansion. Radha escapes with Madhu II and raises her away from the film industry and Mumbai, but Madhu II is interested in films, dance, music and dramas just like her parents.
Madhu II is now all grown up and looks just like her mother, the late Madhu. She lives with Radha and falls in love, with Abhay Kapoor. In RK mansion now Abhay and Kapoor family are residing after the death of RK, Madhu, Kundra's and Bhatia's. They announce their marriage, but he gets her married to Raja, RK's mentally challenged second look alike, who is in fact KRK's son.
Abhay reveals that, he had wanted to avenge death of his father, Harsh Vardhan, who had committed suicide after being incriminated for killing RK and Madhu. Actually KRK's son, Raja finally becomes a normal person and also kills Abhay Kapoor for torturing Madhu and him. Due to his life of a gangster, Madhu II hates and insults him. Angry, Raja rapes her. She files a case and gets him jailed, but withdraws it later.
Baiji dies. Due to being jailed, Raja thinks Madhu II is the reason for it and begins hating and torturing her. Pregnant with his child, she later requests him to forgive her, which Raja does. They remarry. One night, a producer assumes Raja as RK and proposes to do a film with him that the producer had wanted to do with RK and Madhu.
Madhu II reads Madhu's diary, learning that her last wish was to make a film on her and RK's life. She convinces Raja to sign the film; they start their career and appear as Madhu and RK, giving the first shot of their film. Raja states it is not the end, but the beginning of a new life as they were always destined to live and be superstars together.
Cast Main Vivian Dsena as Rishabh "RK" Kundra: Mohan and Radha's son; Sultan's half-brother; Sikandar's younger step-brother; Madhubala Kundra's husband; Madhubala Kushwaha's father (2012–2014) Keval Ram "KRK" Kushwaha: RK's look alike; Jugnu's brother; Kulbhushan's accomplice; Raja's father (2013–2014) Raja "Raju" Kushwaha: KRK's son; Jugnu's nephew; Madhubala Kushwaha's husband (2014) Drashti Dhami as Madhubala "Madhu" Malik Kundra: Balraj and Padmini's daughter; Shamsher's adopted daughter; Trishna's half-sister; RK's wife; Madhubala Kushwaha's mother (2012–2014) Madhubala "Madhu" Kundra Kushwaha: RK and Madhubala Kundra's daughter; Aryan's cousin; Raja's wife (2014) Spandan Chaturvedi as Child Madhubala Kundra (2014)
Recurring Maliks Pallavi Purohit as Padmini Malik: Balraj's ex-wife; Shamsher's wife; Madhubala Kundra's mother; Trishna's adoptive mother; Madhubala Kushwaha's grandmother (2012–2013) Bhupinder Singh as Shamsher Malik: Roma's brother; Padmini's second husband; Madhubala Kundra and Trishna's adoptive father; Madhubala Kushwaha's adoptive grandfather (2012–2013) Aarti Puri as Trishna Malik: Balraj's daughter; Padmini and Shamsher's adopted daughter; Madhubala Kundra's half-sister (2012–2013) Rakhee Tandon as Roma Malik: Former actress; Shamsher's sister (2012–2013)
Chaudharys Raj Zutshi as Balraj Choudhary: Shobha's son; Padmini's ex-husband; Trishna and Madhubala Kundra's father; Madhubala's Kushwaha's grandfather (2012–2013) Shagufta Ali as Shobha Choudhary: Balraj's mother; Trishna and Madhubala Kundra's grandmother; Madhubala Kushwaha's great-grandmother (2012)
Bhatias Shama Deshpande as Radha Bhatia: Mohan's widow; Kulbhushan's wife; RK's mother and Sikandar's step mother; Madhubala Kundra's grandmother (2012–2014) Raza Murad as Kulbhushan Bhatia: Radha's second husband; RK's step-father; Sikandar's father; Madhubala Kundra's step-grandfather (2012–2014) Sikandar Kharbanda as Sikandar Bhatia: Kulbhushan's son and Radha's step son; RK's elder step brother; Deepali's husband Seema Mishra as Deepali Bhatia: RK's ex girlfriend; Sikandar's wife
Kundras Zarina Wahab as Meera Kundra: Mohan's second wife; Sultan's mother; Aryan's grandmother Navneet Nishan/Seema Kapoor as Parmeet "Paabo" Kundra: Mohan's sister Avinesh Rekhi as Sultan Kundra: Mohan and Meera's son; RK's half-brother; Asmita's widower; Aryan's father (2012–2013) Rishi Sonecha as Aryan Kundra: Sultan and Asmita's son; Madhubala Kushwaha's cousin (2013)
Sharmas Indresh Malik as Barun "Bittu" Sharma: RK's ex-personal secretary, Raja's personal secretary; Madhubala Kushwaha's adopted uncle; Leela's husband; Sweety and Sunny's father (2012–2014) Swati Anand as Leelavati "Leela" Sharma: Bittu's wife; Sweety and Sunny's mother (2013–2014) Prashant Chawla as Sunil "Sunny" Sharma: Bittu and Leela's son; Sweety's brother; Madhubala Kushwaha's adopted brother and friend (2014)
Dixits Usha Nadkarni as Sonali Dixit: Mukund and Swati's mother (2012) Manish Naggdev as Mukund Dixit: Sonali's son; Swati's brother; Madhubala Kundra's ex-fiancé (2012) Ahsaas Channa as Swati Dixit: Sonali's daughter; Mukund's sister (2012)
Kapoors Neelu Kohli as Harjeet Kapoor: Harsh and Umesh's mother (2014) Arbaaz Ali Khan as Harsh Vardhan Kapoor: Film Director; Harjeet's son; Umesh's brother; Pammi's husband; Abhay and Ananya's father (2013–2014) Deepshikha Nagpal as Pammi "Pam" Kapoor: Harsh's second wife; Ananya's mother; Abhay's step-mother; RK and Madhubala Kundra's murderer (2014) Gunjan Utreja as Abhay Kapoor: Harsh's son; Pammi's step-son; Ananya's half-brother; Madhubala Kushwaha's ex-fiancé; Sweety's fake-husband (2014) Shweta Vyas/Tanvi Thakkar as Sweety Sharma Kapoor: Leela and Bittu's daughter; Sunny's sister; Abhay's fake-wife (2013) Rajesh Balwani as Umesh Kapoor: Harjeet's son; Harsh's brother; Dolly's husband; Aisha's father (2014) Utkarsha Naik as Daljeet "Dolly" Umesh Kapoor: Umesh's wife; Aisha's mother (2014)