Here is a brief summary of character sketches....
DISHA
Disha is a curious mix of maturity and innocence. She is responsible, traditional and strong. she is the beauty in this saga . Her loyalty and sense of devotion to her foster family is admirable. She hates her real father with equal intensity. The sacrifice she makes by making the deal with dushyant to protect her family without any hope or desire of appreciation is heart wrenching. She hates dushyant, blames him for killing her father , wants revenge yet there are times when you can see her empathising with him, caring for him.She is a little different from all the other protagonists in other shows by being more human , more unsure of herself and more scared of her future. In short she is one of the women we see all around us caught in a bad situation, forced to grow and make difficult decisions at an age when most girls dream of prince charming.
DUSHYANT SEHGAL
Dushyant is a leading businessman dubbed as diamond king because of his diamond empire. He is an illegimate child who has tried to win the approval of his now deceased father all his life. This painful childhood and his handicap(he has problem with one of the legs) has made him a very cynical and ruthless person. Inspite of his appaling behaviour towards disha, you cannot bring yourself to hate this person.there is a constant reserve and sorrow in his eyes that makes you pity and fall in love with him. He is the beast in this modern adaptation of beauty and the beast(with all the desi twists ofcourse). There are times when you can see him fighting attraction and the care, he feels towards his new ,unwanted wife, he is trying to destroy.
INDER
Inder was the love of disha's life. inder loves disha madly and wanted to marry her before she ends up marrying dushyant.He still intended to wait for her until she convinces him to marry her sister ranu( inder does not know that ranu has loved him since childhood). Inder is kind,understanding and forgiving.He is a family guy who is an open book. He comes across as a very simple and almost kiddish person when compared to complex character of dushyant. He is having a hard time forgetting disha and ends up acting on his feelings many times albeit a little foolishly.
SANYA
Sanya is dushyant's close friend/mistress. She is an ambitious model who believes that she loves dushyant and understands him.She is the first person who senses dushyant's growing facination and admiration for his wife disha. She understands that it is love for disha that dushyant tries to hide under his arrogance and hatred.She is determined to win over dushyant at any cost and disha makes her very insecure.She unfortunately does not hold any clout over dushyant ,who is used to treating people like pawns on chess board.
SUHASINI
Suhasini is disha's foster mother brilliantly played by zarina wahab. She has neither forgotten nor forgiven disha's father for his carelessness that resulted in her son's death.She is very bitter and disha is a constant reminder of that accident.She tries to neglect/mistreat/hate disha in her own way.When she realises that inder wants to marry disha while ranu, her own daughter loves him....she decides she has had enough....she makes a public announcement of ranu and inder's engagement(without telling inder or disha first) and tells disha of her true shameful parentage. Her husband's death and disha 's indirect contribution to it(dk's obsession with disha is the reason of all thier financial woes) brings her venom to surface. she blames disha for everything that went wrong with her life. after disha marries dk...she thinks disha did so for money and uses this as a reason to shun her from the family
VIJENDRA
Brilliantly played by kawaljeet singh , vijendra is the ideal father figure.He is smart, responsible, forgiving, loving, loyal, understanding and caring. He is the head of bhosle business. He seems to have forgiven disha's father for the accident with his son. He has transferred all that love to disha instead who was left helpless when her father ran away leaving her at the mercy of bhosle family after the accident. He does not differentiate between ranu and disha much to the dismay of suhasini. He actually treats disha as his dead son. He even gives her a place in his business when he transfers responsibilities to younger generation.When he comes to know of dushyant's obsession with disha, he supports her and tries his level best to protect her , even at the cost of his family and business. Unfortunately he dies in a car accident leaving his family bankrupt and owing huge amounts of money to dk and mehta(another loan shark) and disha helpless in the clutches of dushyant.
will post about rest of the characters later
Edited by pj04 - 20 years ago