Ek Nayi Chhoti Si Zindagi

Ek Nayi Chhoti Si Zindagi
Created by Hats Off Productions
Written by Sonali Jaffar
Gaurav Sharma
Directed by Faatimah Malik
Starring
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 188
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Dharmendrasinh Raj
  • Suchita Chauhan
Producer(s)
Editor(s)
  • Dharmesh Patel
  • Srichand Dasnam
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time approximately 24 minutes
Production company(s) Hats Off Productions
Release
Original network Zee TV
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Original release April 4 (2011-04-04) – December 16, 2011 (2011-12-16)
External links
Website
Production website

Chhoti Si Zindagi — later renamed Ek Nayi Chhoti Si Zindagi — (International Title: Silver Lining) was an Indian television series that aired on Zee TV. It was based on the lives of two orphan sisters, Isha and Ira.[1] It was produced by J.D. Majethia's Hats Off Productions and shot in areas in Northern India like Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh.[2] The series premiered on 4 April 2011 and starred well-known Indian television actors Pavan Malhotra and Sushmita Mukherjee.[3]

The Show Was Dubbed In English and Aired on Zee World on DSTv channel: 166

Plot

The story portrays the lives of two orphan girls, Isha & Ira who do not give up despite facing many hardships in life. Their mother died, their father ruthlessly abandoned them, and they are left to fend for themselves. Their father had to give them up because he got remarried. He sent them to an orphanage run by Devki and her brother Bhola.

Initially, the other children at the orphanage dislike Isha and Ira, because the sisters escaped the orphanage causing Devki to punish the other children. Realising that life outside the orphanage is much harder, Isha and Ira returned to the orphanage. Devki used to try to separate Isha and Ira by badmouthing Isha and labelling her as a selfish sister, to Ira. Isha finds out that Tinnu (a boy whom also escaped the orphanage and they helped him but got caught by Bhola) had been locked in the dark room and he had to starve because he helped Isha escape. Meanwhile, Vrinda (the person in charge of everyone) hates Isha because she caused a lot of trouble for everyone. Meanwhile, Vrinda befriends Arjun, a boy who lives in the neighborhood of the orphanage. Arjun writes Vrinda letters. They both fall in love. Bhola finds out and warns Vrinda. Seeking vengeance, Vrinda mixes spices in Bhola's breakfast. Devki and Bhola punish Ira and Chhutki, and the other children, ruthlessly, as an attempt to force Isha to name the person who mixed the spices, in exchange for granting Isha anything she wishes for. Reluctantly, Isha takes the blame and asks Devki to release Tinnu, who falls extremely sick. Thakur and Fatima start liking Isha but Vrinda and Cutting don't. Thakur, Fatima, and Isha try to take care of Tinnu but their efforts are in vain. Isha collects money and the kids help her. Vrinda also offers help, as an attempt to prove she is better than Isha. Vrina convinces Devki to get a doctor. The doctor comes and cures Tinnu.

Devki degrades Vrinda while teasing her by announcing Isha is the new leader among the kids, thus replacing Vrinda for the same, causing Vrinda to hate her more. Arjun disguises a famous businessman who wants to adopt Vrinda. He talks to Vrinda alone and they both confess their love to each other. Bhola finds out that that man was Arjun and tells Devki. Isha warns Vrinda about it and Arjun leaves, she covers up the ordeal. Devki tells her men to check all of Vrinda's belongings. A letter that Arjun gave to Vrinda falls out and Bhola sees this. While Devki is trying to get it Isha picks it up and eats it. Fuming with rage, Devki attemots to hit Isha,but Ira bites her arm. Devki tries to hit Ira but Isha prevents it. Devki is embarrassed and leaves. Vrinda apologizes to Isha for being mean to her.
Tinnu sees Bhola and Devki talking to a foreigner. After the foreigner leaves, Devki tells the kids that she is sorry and tells them that they could do whatever they want to. Tinnu gets suspicious and tells Isha and Vrinda about this. Isha follows Devki and Bhola and finds out that the foreigner is the owner of the biggest adoption center in America. He wants two little cute girls so he can take them to his centre in America. Devki wants to sell Ira and Chutki to the foreigner. Isha is shocked and tells Arjun, Vrinda and Tinnu. Whe Devki is handing over Ira and Chutki to the foreigner, Chetna, the owner of the orphanage, arrives theee. Terrified, Devki kicks the foreigner out immediately. Initially the children think that Chetna has come to buy one of the kids but they soon find out the truth. Chetna is really nice to all the children, gives them new clothes, good food, and new toys. On the day of Isha's birthday, Chetna organises a party for her. But Isha, Tinnu, Vrinda and all the kids plan to get Devki and Bhola kicked out from the orphanage. Isha calls some people to buy a child. Chetna sees this and Devki blames it on Bhola, who is then kicked out.

One day, Isha goes to buy groceries with Calender. She sees a boy asking everyone about an orphanage and thinks he is a pickpocket. When he comes to her, they both drop their papers. Isha's paper had the groceries list and items, and his has the address to the orphanage. They accidentally pick up the wrong paper and he follows her there. He comes to the orphanage and everyone finds out his name: Samarth or Sam. He came from America and is Chetna's grandson. He tells everyone to hide him from Chetna for 2 days so Chetna doesn't send him back. Chetna gets a phone call from his mom saying he was supposed to go to summer camp but he's not there. Chetna is really worried and Devki thinks it's a good opportunity to send Chetna back but Isha tells her the truth. Sam is mad at Isha for telling Chetna the truth. Sam convinces Chetna to go to America with him and she agrees. Everyone is upset while Devki is happy. Meanwhile, Tinnu and Sam constantly fight a lot and argue. They both hate each other. Chetna borrows a baby from one of the guards and tells everyone on the street that until she is not adopted she won't go anywhere. The kids are all happy. Chetna tells Isha; she did it all this so Sam could become a responsible person. She assigns Isha, Tinnu and Sam to take care of the baby. Sam and Tinnu try to get along but they still fight. One day, Chetna gets extremely sick, which causes Sam's parents, Girish and Revati, as well as his sister, Kuhu to come to Kasauli to take care of her. Girish and Revati are constantly worried as Girish's business is failing, and Revati is terrified of losing her luxurious way of living. As Chetna recovers, Girish and Revati attempt to convince Chetna to sell the orphanage, but in vain. Revati has a lot hatred for the orphanage, and the kids, especially Isha, and looks for ways to make Chetna dislike them. One day, Arjun's mother angrily confronts Chetna claiming that she caught a girl from the orphanage of the same height as Isha, giving Arjun a love letter. After the handwriting is matched, Chetna, disappointed, decides to punish Isha, by telling her to leave the orphanage for ten days. Vrinda confesses to Chetna that she had asked Isha to write Arun a letter from her side, in English. As a result, Isha's punishment is reduced, and Chetna tells her to stay at Revati's house and teach Kuhu Hindi and Mathematics. Revati finds out from Kuhu that while Isha was teaching Kuhu Hindi, Sam put the phone on speaker mode, while Ira was on the other side,so Isha could tell her a story. Revati, infuriated, punishes Isha by making her do all the household chores. One day,Isha promises Ira that she would find their father, and even escaped the orphanage. Isha ultimately finds out through Chetna that her father has remarried, and plans to keep no relations with Ira and Isha. Devastated, Isha lies to Ira that she is unaware about what happened to their father. Devki in a fit of greed for money offers to team up with Revati to sell the orphanage. Revati and Devki replace Chetna's medicines with intoxication drugs, but Isha overhears their conversation and threatens Revati that she would tell this to Girish and others. Ira injures herself while skating, and is admitted to the hospital. Isha is unable to pay the medical fees. Revati assures Isha that she would pay for Ira's operation on the condition that Isha agrees to let Revati's friends, Indrani and Manoj, adopt Ira. Isha agrees as she realises that Indrani and Manoj would give a much more comfortable and happier life to Ira. Indrani, who is also very fond of Ira, donates her blood to Ira. Isha intentionally behaves very rudely with Ira, and tells her that she wishes Ira would leave her alone. Isha does this so that Ira learns to stay away from Isha, and spends more time with her new family instead. As many plans to sell the orphanage go in vain, Revati and Devki realise that their last and only option is to burn the orphanage. On the fifteenth anniversary of the orphanage, the children celebrate Diwali. Indrani takes Ira to meet Isha, as Ira is upset over Isha's behaviour towards her. The orphanage catches fire. Isha, realising that Ira is still inside the orphanage, runs in to save her. Isha is in dilemma as she sees both Ira and Kuhu in danger. As she sees Sam running towards Ira to save her, she saves Kuhu. This makes Ira think Isha chose Kuhu over her, and is filled with hate and anger towards Isha.

10 years later

Isha reaches Mumbai, to search for Ira. Isha joins work at a radio station, as a way to reach out to Ira. She is named there as RJ Palak and has to go by the name Palak. Still, She hopes and prays Ira will listen to her and recognize her.

Ira grows up to be a rich and spoilt brat. However, there is a humane side to her too. She grows up hating Isha because she believes Isha chose Kuhu over her.

Angry about her past, Ira erases all memories of her childhood and even assumes a new identity. She changes her name to Kajal Kaushal. However, destiny brings Isha and Ira together once again. Unaware of their shared past, the duo meet and ultimately become best friends, as Ira invites RJ Palak (Isha) to her 18th birthday party and Isha finds it awkward that Kajal and Ira's birthdays are on the same day. Everyone is enjoying until the police come and arrest everyone at the party. Palak doesn't get arrested because she was from the radio station and she helps Kajal by saying that she works there too.

Fate brings Samarth Ojha and Isha together too, when Samarth who is actually the owner of Mi Radio, disguises as an intern by the name of PK Gire.

Samarth and Ira are best friends and Ira is in love with Samarth. Ira lovingly calls him King Kong. While Ira hates Isha and warns Samarth to never take her name in front of her, Samarth's only wish is to reunite the sisters. He remembers Isha and the sacrifice Isha made to give Ira a life that Isha never could. He also misses her as a friend and decides to find her. He posts an ad on the newspaper hoping Isha would see it and come to meet him in Dharampur. Isha is elated when she sees this ad, and decides to ask Laila, her boss, for a three-day leave. Laila bluntly refuses. Laila receives a call from the owner, who directs Laila to grant Isha the leave. However, Samarth is caught by Isha, who ultimately realises that PK Gire is actually the owner of Mi Radio. Isha and Samarth reach Sanskar Resort in Dharampur. Samarth waits for Isha, but in vain. Isha gets stuck in the lift, but ultimately manages to come out in time. Isha and Samarth are finally reunited, and realise that they knew each other all along, just by different names. Isha requests Samarth to help her reunite with Ira, as that has been her only dream. Samarth, knowing about Ira's hatred towards Isha, reluctantly agrees.

Situations bring Isha and Samarth closer. Meanwhile, Revati is fixated upon getting Samarth and Ira married, because of the monitary benefits she will get. Ira sees Samarth proposing to Palak(Isha) and is shattered. Indrani, who realises that Palak is none other than Isha, plans to send Ira to America, so that she can forget about Samarth and also stay away from Isha. Samarth lies to Isha that Ira is spending her vacation outside India in Europe and will not be back before a month's time. He hopes to use this time to convert Ira's hatred for Isha into love, but in vain. Isha finds out that Samarth was lying to her and plans to break up with him. Samarth tells Isha that her sister Ira is none other than her best friend, kajal. He tells Isha about Ira's hatred towards her past, especially Isha. Isha is shattered, but determined to get Ira back in her life, however it is too late, as Ira leaves for America the next day. Ultimately, Isha stops Ira from going to America, and tells her that her best friend Palak is none other than her own sister, Isha. Ira slaps her hard and walks away.

Isha begs Ira to forget about the past and forgive her. Ultimately, Ira forgives Isha, and Isha also convinces Indrani that she does not intend to separate her from her daughter. Meanwhile, Revati has teamed up with Tanmay, and they both intend to separate Isha and Samarth. However, Revati is unaware that Tanmay is actually Tinnu, who loathes Isha and Samarth for not keeping up to their promise and blames them for his grim life in the remand home. Isha discovers that Ira's King Kong, whom she was in love with, is none other than Samarth, and decides to confront Ira about this. She tells Ira that she plans to break up with Samarth for her, but Ira convinces Isha that what she thought was love, was nothing more than an infatuation. Revati who is planning out ways to separate Isha and Samarth, is confronted by Ira. Ira tells Revati that she still hates Isha and only forgave her so that she can get closer to making Isha's life miserable. Isha and Sam are to be married and Ira and Revati conjure many plans to stop the wedding. Isha finds out that Ira still hates her and has teamed up with Revati to prevent her marriage with Samarth. After confronting Ira, and realising her guess was true, Isha promises Ira that she will get Ira married to Samarth at any cost. Meanwhile, Shravan (One of Palak's fans who is in love with Isha) plans to get married to Isha at any cost and disguises as Samarth. As a result, instead of Sam, Ira gets married to Shravan. When Samarth confronts Shravan and realises that Isha had betrayed him by sending Ira in her place. Ira on the other hand believes that Isha intentionally got Ira married to Shravan. Samarth marries Isha anyway.

Shravan and Ira make each other miserable. Ira hates Isha even more because of the situation she is in, and blames Isha for it. Ira and Revati still conjure plans to separate Samarth and Isha after realising that they (Samarth and Isha) are both only pretending to be married as Sam is still upset with Isha. During Karva Chauth, a girl with police officials, enters the Ojha house and accuses Samarth for molesting her. However, Isha forces the girl to confess that Samarth is not guilty. Samarth forgives Isha. Ira and Revati taunt Isha, but their plans backfire as Isha gives them a fitting reply. Isha punishes them for tearing apart her passport, by making them do household chores. Ira and Revati are bewildered with Isha's sudden change in behaviour. Isha tells Ira that she is aware that Ira had sent the girl to falsely accuse Samarth of molestation, thereby undermining his character. She threatens Ira that she will tell this to everyone. She also warns Revati not to interfere in her and Sam's personal lives and threatens that she will tell everyone that Revati was responsible for burning of Sanskar orphanage. Terrified, Revathi gets into a dispute with Isha. Revati pushes Isha off the terrace. When Ira finds out about this, Revati threatens to tell everyone that Ira was also responsible for Isha's death, along with Revati. Thus, Ira agrees to team up with Revati, though reluctantly. Gradually, Ira starts missing Isha and realises her mistakes. Ultimately, Ira and Shravan fall in love. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Isha is alive, but only Samarth, Girish, Devki and Daai Maa(shravan's mother) are aware about it. Isha plans to haunt Revathi, and teams up with other members of the family. Revati asks Ira to marry Samarth, saying that was always Isha's wish. Ira reluctantly agrees. Ira finds out that Isha is alive. Ultimately, Revati is exposed and arrested.

A young boy enters the Ojha house, who is later revealed to be the sisters' younger half brother, Govinda. Isha and Ira are reunited with their father. Revati escapes jail and kidnaps Govinda, but his family saves him. Revati is arrested again. Govinda draws a picture which he names Chhoti si Zindagi. The sisters have their happy ending.

Other telecasts

It came back on 3 January 2012 on Disney Channel India. It was picked up for 18 episodes, then 26, then 88.

An English version dubbed "Silver Lining" aired on Zee World Channel 166 in South Africa.

Arabic version (Zee Alwan) النسخه العربيه

An Arabic dubbed version aired on Zee Alwan in 2015. It was renamed as Ghader Al-Zaman ( غدر الزمن) which literally translates to The Treachery of Time.[4][5] The Arabic dubbed version on Zee Alwan featured several changes:

  • The episode intro and end song was replaced by an exclusive Arabic song written and composed for the show. it was sung by Karol Own (كارول عون).[6] The original song is still heard through the episodes.
  • Character names were changed: Isha being Rasha, Ira being Lara, Shyam being Sham, Vrinda being Linda, Tinnu being Ma'amoon, Chutki being Noor, Devki being Anaheed, Bhola being Fouad, Chetna being Shukran, and Revati being Rania.

Cast and characters

References

  1. ↑ "Chhoti Si Zindagi on Zee TV". Tellychakkar.com. 2011.
  2. ↑ Kumar, Satish (February 2009). "Zee TV launches new show Chhoti Si Zindagi". IndianDTH.
  3. ↑ "Zee TV to launch Chhoti Si Zindagi from 4 April". Indiantelevision.com. 22 March 2011.
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBb8Mt1C49M&list=PLQZGpWMJhyk0GxdZvwP_ucksYwVhmgD5-
  5. ↑ http://www.newsqr.com/1742
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FHe90AyDEM
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