Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin
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Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin was a popular show on Sony Entertainment Television
. The series was an Indian-themed version of the Colombian drama Yo Soy Betty La Fea ("Ugly Betty").
with braces over her teeth and an odd style of dressing. She is a somewhat naive but intelligent woman. She is constantly mocked by her more beautiful female (and sometimes male) colleagues, while being in love with her boss, Armaan Suri.
The show chronicles her in the workplace and how she wins the hearts of her colleagues and her boss, mainly due to her warm and humorous nature, and is plotted against by her superior Mallika, who feels insecure about her post.
Jassi eventually is proposed to by Purab Mehra, and she agrees to marry him because she feels that she had reached a deadend with her love for Armaan (Apoorva Agnihotri). Later Purab's friend comes and she tells Purab that he can't he marry Jassi. Influenced, he goes away. Jassi hates Purab now. Later, Jassi finds out that all the sympathy Armaan was showering on her, and all the romantic poems that were sung to her were just a means of manipulating her to alter the company ledger to cover immense losses, and she leaves. She runs away to Mauritius to escape this nightmare. There she meets Purab. She then gets a total makeover and later they become friends.
She comes back to India as Jessica Bedi. She starts a company and wins over Gulmhor. Nandu,
her best friend, doesn't know she's back, but she tells him later.
When Mallika finds out, she plots and gets Jessica arrested on grounds of her murdering Jassi. When she proves to the contrary, and therefore reveals that Jassi and Jessica are the same person, she and the then-near dead Armaan reunite.
Later, Armaan and Jassi are going to get married. Before that, she goes to Malaysia because Purab has cancer. After he dies, she returns, depressed. Purav's friend, C.J., vows to take revenge, as he blames Jassi for his friend's death. He brings her to Nanital for a meeting. Armaan, arriving later, sees C.J. and Jassi together in the same room (Jassi is unconscious) that C.J. was planning to use.
Armaan suspects Jassi. They have a fight and, in anger, she goes to Nanital on the day of the wedding. Jassi doesn't come back. C.J. then writes a fake letter stating they have eloped and are getting married. In anger Armaan marries Malika because Jassi is not there. Jassi thinks badly of Armaan, because C.J. has told her that Armaan has married Malika. Jassi does not know the truth about C.J. until later.
Jassi stays in Nanital under the name of Neha Shastri. There she meets Raghav, a guitar player. He begins to like her. His father wants him to be married, and he is also sick, so they pretend that they are married. Armaan thinks that they are really married. And again after a lot of time, it's revealed she's not married. Before they marry, Mallika is killed while trying to murder Jassi.
Armaan and Jassi marry. Raghav dies, killed by C.J who is Raghav's brother. Jassi gets pregnant. Armaan and Jassi lose the company ownership to Aryan. Jassi miscarries in the pressure. Armaan leaves home to get a job and is helped by Shiuli (who loved him) to get back Gulmohur. Aryan dies towards the end, too. And the two live happily ever after.
A sequel to the show is planned in 2012. The sequel will show a gender-reversed version of the original, with Armaan playing an ugly middle-class guy who becomes secretary to Gulmohur's CEO, the rich, famous and beautiful Jasmeet Walia. The sequel has been tentatively titled Armaan Jaisa Koi Nahin and will replace the long-running series C.I.D. on Sony Entertainment Television.
In 2005
In 2005
Sony Entertainment Television (India)
This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...
. The series was an Indian-themed version of the Colombian drama Yo Soy Betty La Fea ("Ugly Betty").
Plot
The story of this serial is based on the life of the protagonist, Jasmeet "Jassi" Walia, who is an unattractive bespectacled nerdNerd
Nerd is a derogatory slang term for an intelligent but socially awkward and obsessive person who spends time on unpopular or obscure pursuits, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities. Nerds are considered to be awkward, shy, and unattractive...
with braces over her teeth and an odd style of dressing. She is a somewhat naive but intelligent woman. She is constantly mocked by her more beautiful female (and sometimes male) colleagues, while being in love with her boss, Armaan Suri.
The show chronicles her in the workplace and how she wins the hearts of her colleagues and her boss, mainly due to her warm and humorous nature, and is plotted against by her superior Mallika, who feels insecure about her post.
Jassi eventually is proposed to by Purab Mehra, and she agrees to marry him because she feels that she had reached a deadend with her love for Armaan (Apoorva Agnihotri). Later Purab's friend comes and she tells Purab that he can't he marry Jassi. Influenced, he goes away. Jassi hates Purab now. Later, Jassi finds out that all the sympathy Armaan was showering on her, and all the romantic poems that were sung to her were just a means of manipulating her to alter the company ledger to cover immense losses, and she leaves. She runs away to Mauritius to escape this nightmare. There she meets Purab. She then gets a total makeover and later they become friends.
She comes back to India as Jessica Bedi. She starts a company and wins over Gulmhor. Nandu,
her best friend, doesn't know she's back, but she tells him later.
When Mallika finds out, she plots and gets Jessica arrested on grounds of her murdering Jassi. When she proves to the contrary, and therefore reveals that Jassi and Jessica are the same person, she and the then-near dead Armaan reunite.
Later, Armaan and Jassi are going to get married. Before that, she goes to Malaysia because Purab has cancer. After he dies, she returns, depressed. Purav's friend, C.J., vows to take revenge, as he blames Jassi for his friend's death. He brings her to Nanital for a meeting. Armaan, arriving later, sees C.J. and Jassi together in the same room (Jassi is unconscious) that C.J. was planning to use.
Armaan suspects Jassi. They have a fight and, in anger, she goes to Nanital on the day of the wedding. Jassi doesn't come back. C.J. then writes a fake letter stating they have eloped and are getting married. In anger Armaan marries Malika because Jassi is not there. Jassi thinks badly of Armaan, because C.J. has told her that Armaan has married Malika. Jassi does not know the truth about C.J. until later.
Jassi stays in Nanital under the name of Neha Shastri. There she meets Raghav, a guitar player. He begins to like her. His father wants him to be married, and he is also sick, so they pretend that they are married. Armaan thinks that they are really married. And again after a lot of time, it's revealed she's not married. Before they marry, Mallika is killed while trying to murder Jassi.
Armaan and Jassi marry. Raghav dies, killed by C.J who is Raghav's brother. Jassi gets pregnant. Armaan and Jassi lose the company ownership to Aryan. Jassi miscarries in the pressure. Armaan leaves home to get a job and is helped by Shiuli (who loved him) to get back Gulmohur. Aryan dies towards the end, too. And the two live happily ever after.
A sequel to the show is planned in 2012. The sequel will show a gender-reversed version of the original, with Armaan playing an ugly middle-class guy who becomes secretary to Gulmohur's CEO, the rich, famous and beautiful Jasmeet Walia. The sequel has been tentatively titled Armaan Jaisa Koi Nahin and will replace the long-running series C.I.D. on Sony Entertainment Television.
Cast
- Mona SinghMona SinghMona Singh is an Indian model and television actress, known for playing the leading role in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin and winning many celebrity reality shows. She also appeared in a key role in 3 Idiots.-Early life:...
as Jasmeet Walia / Jessica Bedi / Neha Shastri/Jasmeet Suri - Apurva AgnihotriApurva AgnihotriApurva Agnihotri is an Indian actor, best known for his role in Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi- Career :Apurva Agnihotri debuted in the film Pardes, co-starring with Shahrukh Khan and directed by Subhash Ghai...
as Armaan Suri - Parmeet SethiParmeet Sethi-Personal life and education:Parmeet was educated in Mumbai. He passed out of Sydenham college of commerce. He married Archana Puran Singh, a film and television actress, on 30 June 1992. They have two sons...
as Raj Malhotra - Karan OberoiKaran OberoiKaran Oberoi is an Indian television actor, anchor and singer, who acts in Hindi TV serials and TV commercials, most notably popular TV series Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin . He was also part of the Indipop boy band, A Band of Boys, formed in 2001, along with Sudhanshu Pandey, Sherrin Varghese , Siddharth...
as Raghav - Uttara BaokarUttara BaokarUttara Baokar is an Indian stage actor, who also acts in both on films and television. An alumna of National School of Drama, she remained lead actress with the NSD Repertory Company in the 1970s and '80s, a period which saw the revival of Hindi theatre in Delhi, before moving to television and...
as Jassi's bebe - Veerendra Saxena as Balwant Walia/Billoo (Jassi's father)
- Surinder KaurSurinder KaurSurinder Kaur , was an Indian singer and songwriter. She sang mainly Punjabi folk-songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre and later was known as the ‘Nightingale of Punjab’; she also sang some Hindi movie songs, between 1948-1952.In an illustrious spanning nearly six...
as Jassi's mother - Amar TalwarAmar talwarAmar Talwar is a famous artist born in a Khatri family and famous as Bollywood actor. He acted in the historical T.V. Series named Shaanti in which he played the role of Raj 'G.J.' Singh....
as Puroshottom Suri (Armaan's father) - Mahroo Sheikh as Armaan's mother
- Samir SoniSamir SoniSamir Soni is an Indian actor and a model who appears in Bollywood films.- Biography :Soni was born on 1970 to a Punjabi Hindu family in London, United Kingdom and attended school at St. Xavier's School, Delhi...
as Purab Mehra - Vikas BhallaVikas BhallaVikas Bhalla is an Indian actor and singer, who is best known for his role in the TV serial, Shanno Ki Shaadi, which aired on STAR Plus and Tum Bin Jaaon Kahan.-Early life and education:...
as CJ - Manini Mishra (actress) as Pari Kapadia
- Gaurav GeraGaurav GeraGaurav Gera is an Indian actor and comedian. He made his debut as an actor in the Indian television soap Life Nahin hai Laddoo. This was followed by roles in popular shows like Sanskruti, Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin and The Great Indian Comedy Show. He has also acted in various Bollywood movies like...
as Nandu 'Nandan Verma - Neena GuptaNeena GuptaNeena Gupta is an Indian film and television actress and director-producer. She won the 1994 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Woh Chokri. She is a popular actress in Indian commercial cinema, but it is her work with art filmmakers of India, like Shyam Benegal that got her...
as Nandini - Rakhshanda KhanRakshandha KhanRakshanda Khan is a former Model and a Television Actress, Anchor in the Indian Television Industry. She is better known for her role as Mallika Seth in Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, Tanya Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, and Roshni Chopra in Kasamh Se.-Personal life:Rakshanda Khan was born on...
as Mallika Seth - Vinay Jain as Aryan Seth
- Rajesh KheraRajesh KheraRajesh Khera is an Indian television actor who has acted in many Hindi films, including the role of "Maddy" in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin.-Filmography:U R My JaanYeh Dooriyan ...... Vishal42 Kms RameshThe Whisperers Mallika Chandar...
as Madi - Jayati Bhattia as Bindiya (Jassi's friend)
- Shabnam Kapoor as Maria (Jassi's friend)
- Pooshtie Sampath
- Trishala
- Ragesh Asthana
- Rakhi Tandon as Anjali 'Angel' Suri
Winners
In 2004- Best Child Artiste (Male) - Zain
- Best Television Personality (Female) - Mona Singh
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) - Rakshanda Khan
- Best Actor in a Comic Role (Female) - Manini De
- Best Actor of the Year (Female) - Mona Singh
In 2005
- Best Actor (Female) - Mona Singh
- Best Actor (Male) - Apurva Agnihotri
- Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) - Rakshanda Khan
- Best Daily Serial
Winners
In 2004- Best Serial - Drama
- Best ActressIndian Telly AwardsThe Indian Telly Awards is an annual Indian television production award given in various technical and popular categories to Indian television channels....
- Mona Singh shared with Smriti Zubin IraniSmriti Zubin IraniSmriti Zubin Irani is an Indian television actress, producer and politician, who has appeared in the Hindi television soap opera, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, in which she played the main character of Tulsi Virani....
In 2005
- Best Actress-Drama (Jury) - Mona Singh