Pinjarra Khubsurti Ka (transl. Cage of Beauty) was an Indian television romantic drama series that aired from 24 August 2020 to 6 August 2021 on Colors TV, completing two seasons. Also, season 1 starred Riya Sharma and Sahil Uppal as Mayura Dubey and Omkar Shukla, while Season 2 featured them as Mayura Goswami and Omkar Vashisht.
Plot
Mayura Dubey, a beautiful girl hates how people only like her beauty and not her skills or accomplishments. Also, her sole wish in life is to get out of the cage of her beauty and be liked for who she is. So Omkar Shukla, the king of the marble business industry wants a beautiful wife. Also, he comes across Mayura, wanting her as his bride. So he has a backward and creepy mentality of believing beauty should be protected.
Mayura refuses to marry Omkar, who creates issues for the Dubeys to pressure her. Also, Mayura meets and befriends his brother Piyush, and finally weds Omkar. So she is an aspiring doctor, Omkar opens a clinic but keeps the condition to only treat women, angering Mayura, who gets held captive in a golden cage by him. She escapes with Piyush’s help. Later, Omkar scars her face with marble.
Horrified, Mayura returns to Dubeys and keeps her scar hidden under a veil. Omkar kills Piyush. Mayura wants revenge and disguised as his bride, she reveals her marble face. Over her, Omkar chooses Aishwarya who plans to use a lava disco ball to kill Omkar. Aishwarya kidnaps Omkar and escapes. Mayura and Omkar are left hanging from a tree by the cliff after she rescues Omkar from the car’s trunk.
Omkar realizes Mayura’s love for him and expresses his gratitude towards her. Unfortunately, she falls off the cliff and is presumed dead. Distraught, Omkar realizes his mistakes, reforms, and accepts his love for Mayura. She is in fact alive and loses her memory.
Cast season 1
- Riya Sharma as Dr. Mayura Dubey Shukla: Surekha and Akhilesh’s daughter; Trivani’s granddaughter;
- Megha’s sister; Piyush’s friend; Omkar’s wife; Tara’s mother (2020–2021)
- Sahil Uppal as Omkar “Omi” Shukla: Manjari and Shankar’s son; Piyush’s brother; Sanjay’s cousin; Mayura’s husband; Tara’s father (2020–2021)
- Jaya Bhattacharya as Manjari Shukla: Shankar’s wife; Omkar and Piyush’s mother; Sanjay’s aunt; Tara’s grandmother (2020–2021)
- Gautam Vig as Piyush Shukla: Manjari and Shankar’s son, Omkar’s brother; Mayura’s best friend (2020)
- Saee Rewadikar/Druhi Pote as Tara Shukla: Mayura and Omkar’s daughter; Surekha, Akhilesh, Manjari and Shankar’s granddaughter (2021)
- Karan Vohra as ACP Raghav Shastri: Mayura’s obsessed lover (2021)
- Nidhi Bhavsar as Aishwarya Bhardwaj: Manish’s girlfriend; Omkar’s fake wife (2020–2021)[5]
- Anindita Chatterjee as Surekha Dubey: Akhilesh’s wife; Megha and Mayura’s mother; Tara’s grandmother (2020–2021)
- Iqbal Azad as Akhilesh Dubey: Trivani’s son, Surekha’s husband; Megha and Mayura’s father; Tara’s grandfather (2020–2021)
- Uma Basu as Triveni Dubey: Akhilesh’s mother; Megha and Mayura’s grandmother (2020–2021)
- Akanksha Pal as Megha Dubey Mishra: Surekha and Akhilesh’s daughter; Mayura’s sister; Sanjay’s wife (2020–2021)
- Shruti Ulfat as Vishakha Rajvansh: Fashion tycoon and philanthropist; Ishaan’s mother (2021)
- Asmita Sharma as Guruma Agrima Devi Shekhawat (2021)
- Sunny Sachdeva as Sanjay Mishra: Gauravi’s son; Omkar and Piyush’s cousin; Megha’s husband (2020–2021)
Season 2
- Riya Sharma as Mayura Goswami: Mahesh’s daughter; Sachin’s sister; Ishaan’s childhood friend; Omkar’s wife (2021)
- Sahil Uppal as Omkar Vashisht: Madhulika’s son; Naina’s childhood friend; Mayura’s husband (2021)
- Shruti Ulfat as Vishakha Rajvansh: Fashion tycoon and philanthropist; Ishaan’s mother (2021)
- Sanjay Swaraj as Mahesh Goswami: Mayura and Sachin’s father (2021)
- Ankush Bhaskar as Sachin Goswami: Mahesh’s son; Mayura’s brother; Bela’s husband (2021)
- Bhoomika Mirchandani as Bela Goswami: Sachin’s wife (2021)