Ladies Special is an Indian television series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television. It premiered on 25 May 2009 along with a host of other new TV shows, as part of a major revamp by Sony TV. The show is about the lives of a group of ladies who travel by the Ladies Special suburban railway train in Mumbai. Season 1 went off air on 14 December 2009. Season 2 premiered on 27 November 2018 with new story and a new cast, Season 2 ended on 16 August 2019.
Plot
Season 1
The story is set in Mumbai and is a take on the lives and challenges faced by women in big cities and how they sometimes find hope, encouragement and companionship in the most unlikely places. In this case, the protagonists are four women - Shubha Joshi, Nanda Shinde, Bubbly Chaddha, and Pooja Singh - who travel to work and back by the Ladies Special train,
Season 2
The story revolves around the lives of 3 passengers who meet in a Mumbai Ladies Special train & become friends, sharing their problems with each other while commuting to work. The three protagonists - Prarthana, Meghna and Bindu face all adversities in life together & continue marching forward with the hope of a brighter future. Meghna Nikade is a Marathi woman, with a positive, never-give-up attitude. Her family consists of her husband Mandar Nikade, three kids Sachin Nikade , Swapna Nikade and Bindu Nikade and father-in-law. She belongs to a lower-middle class family. She wishes to run a garment company, Swapna Garments. Her neighbour Jyoti is her best friend and business partner. Prarthana Kashyap is a stolid Bihari 30 year old and hardworking woman who works in a telecom company. Her family consists of her mother Rachna Kashyap, a housewife, her father, who is unemployed and a brother Punit Kashyap who is a cab driver. She finds it difficult to pay her flat's rent and make ends meet. Although she is short tempered, she is soft natured and is kind hearted. She is married to Viraj Parimal Bindu Desai is a beautiful, vivacious and a Gujarati housewife. Her husband Dr. Amar Desai is a cardiologist by profession. Amar was forced to marry Bindu due to some reasons, but he actually loves another woman, also a doctor, Dr.Kangana Rajawat. Amar confesses about Kangana to Bindu on first night and Bindu accepts the truth without any hesitation, much to the surprise of Amar. Though Bindu's married life is not smooth, she doesn't show her uneasiness and always carries a smile on her face. Her family consists of Mota Papa and Mota Mami.
Cast
Season 1
Neena Gupta as Shubha Joshi - A married woman who realizes a dark secret about her marriage.
Shilpa Tulaskar as Nanda Shinde - Mother of teenaged children, trying to maintain balance between work and the challenges faced by her children
Ashita Dhawan as Bubbly Chaddha - the happy go lucky one, who smiles despite the financial hardships she faces
Payel Sarkar as Pooja Singh - Caught in an abusive relationship.
Chhavi Pandey as Prarthana Viraj Parimal, a stolid Bihari woman who works hard and single-handedly looks after her parents and younger brother. She works at a telecommunication company in Khar and lives in middle class colony in Borivali.
Bijal Joshi as Bindu Desai, a cheerful Gujarati woman married to a doctor that loves another woman. She also works as mehendi artist in weddings. She lives in a high-rise apartment in Goregaon.
Girija Oak as Meghna Nikade, an optimistic mother of three young children who strives to find a solution to all her problems to make sure her family is happy. She lives in a lower middle class colony in Virar.
Sahil Chaddha as Viraj Indrajit Parimal, a rich intern who works under Prarthana as he was instructed to be a middle class boy by his billionaire father to learn the lessons of business. Now he is Prathana's Husband
Ojas Rawal as Dr. Amar Desai, Bindu's husband who loves another woman but was forced to marry Bindu because of his family and is now friends with Bindu. A talented heart surgeon at Jeevandeep Hospital on SV Road. He leaves Jeevandeep Hospital as he wanted to operate on Mota Papa who was admitted in New Lifecare Hospital.He currently works as an assistant to the Head of Cardiology in this hospital and has promised the Hospital trustees to open a heart transplant centre in New Lifecare Hospital. Later, after Bindu get engaged to Umed, he realizes that he loves her not Kangana.
Vishnu Bholwani as Mandar Nikade, Meghna's husband, an honest, hard working and a super- supportive of Meghna..
Arvind Vaidya as Baba/Mr.Nikade, Meghna's supportive and ailing father-in-law and Mandar's father.He is of Sachin and two other grand daughters.
Dilip Darbar as Mota Papa, Bindu's supportive father in law and Amar's elder uncle who took his responsibility as Amar's parents died in a car accident.
Inderjeet Sagoo as Subodh, Prarthana's former love interest who was already married.
Parveen Kaur as Rachana Kashyap,Prarthana's mother, a simple housewive who tries to manages everything and keep everyone happy. She is always worried for her children.
Archisman Pal as Sachin Nikade, Mandar and Meghna's son, who is named after Sachin Tendulkar.
Neha Chandra as Jyoti, Meghna's neighbour and best friend who is a business partner in Meghna's business, Swapna Garments.
Sandeep kapoor as Ram Shukla, Jyoti husband Meghna helps him to come out of jail and due to this he becomes loyal support of meghna and his loyalty creates lot of problems in their life.
