Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thii | |
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Intertitle of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi | |
Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
Written by |
Dialogues Dilip Rawal, Anand Gandhi, Sunjoy Shekhar, Rekkha Modi, Brij Mohan Pandey and Vinod Sharma |
Screenplay by | R M Joshi, Vipul Mehta, Bhavin Patel, Nayana Dasgupta, Mitesh Shah, Salil Sand, Kamlesh Kunti Singh, Anil Nagpal, Archita Biswas, Mrinal Jha and Swati Shah |
Story by | R M Joshi, Salil Sand, Anil Nagpal, Koel Chaudhary, Mitesh Shah & Swati Shah |
Directed by | Ashish Patil, Kaushik Ghatak, Nivedita Basu Suraj Rao, Santosh Badal, Dharmesh Shah, Santram Verma, Garry Bhinder, Deepak Chavan, Sanotsh Bhatt, Fahad Kashmiri, Avhiroop Mazzumdar, Jeetu Arora, Santosh Kolhe, Vicky Chauhan, Rohit Dwivedi, Deepak Sharma, Shyam Maheshwari, Talat Jani, Hitesh Tejwani, Anoop Chaudhary, V.G Roy |
Creative director(s) | Monisha Singh, Aparna Dubey, Ekta R Bahri, Bhairvi Shah, Shivangi Singh Chauhan, Shipra Arora, Doyel Som, Vikas Gupta (producer) |
Starring | See below |
Opening theme | Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi by Priya Bhattacharya |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
No. of episodes | 1,833 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor |
Cinematography | Raju Halasagi, Sudesh Kotian, Deepak Malwankar, Sanjay Malwankar, Ashok Salian and Sanjay Memane |
Editor(s) | Dharmesh Shah, Sanjeev Shukla and Sagar S Naighojkar |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Production company(s) | Balaji Telefilms |
Release | |
Original network | STAR Plus |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Original release | 3 July 2000 – 6 November 2008 |
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (English: Because a mother-in-law was once a daughter-in-law, too) is an Indian soap opera that premiered on July 3, 2000 on Star Plus. The entire series is available on Hotstar. The show revolved around an ideal daughter-in-law Tulsi Virani, the daughter of a pandit married to the grandson of rich business tycoon Govardhan Virani. The role of the protagonist Tulsi Hirani was played by Smriti Irani. The show was co-produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms.
Produced with the backdrop of Mumbai and the concept of an ideal Gujarati joint family,[1] the show made Producer Ekta Kapoor and Network Star Plus achieve great heights of success, by not only being the number 1 show on Indian Television[2] for eight constant long years but also receiving great TRPs.[3][4] The show also went on to receive several awards, most of which were won by Smriti Irani for her portrayal of the ideal character Tulsi. The show also won Best Continuing Series at Indian Telly Awards for six consecutive years (2002-2007) and won Best Serial (Popular) for five consecutive years (2001-2005) at Indian Television Academy Awards.
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi was dubbed in Sinhala language and broadcast on Sirasa TV where it was titled as Maha Gedara ("Big Home" in Sinhalese).[5][6] It was also dubbed in Dari language and was aired on Tolo TV in Afghanistan.[7][8][9][10]
The show is one of the longest running daily soaps on Indian television, running from 2000-2008 and completing 1833 episodes.[11] In 2008, its eighth year, the show was the topmost show on Indian television averaging a TRP of 5.4.[12][13]
The death of the character of Mihir Virani in 2001 lead to fan protest marches to bring back the character back.[14] The return of Mihir Virani brought an all-time high TRP of 22.4 for the show which has been the highest TRP achieved by an Indian serial.[15][16]
After being cut, the studio took the station to court asserting that they had a contract through March 2009 and that the station had not provided appropriate promotion. The claims were dismissed in November 2008.[17][18][19]
Plot
Tulsi Virani falls in love with Mihir Virani (grandson of tycoon Govardhan Virani); they marry, although his family chose Payal for Mihir. Tulsi is called Bahu of the family.
She gives birth to Gautam. During Tulsi's second pregnancy, it is learned that her sister-in-law Aarti cannot have children. Although Tulsi decides to give them Gautam, Aarti and her husband Kiran kidnap the child. Tulsi goes into labour and gives birth to a daughter, Shobha.
Mihir has four cousins. Chirag (in the TV industry) marries Prajakta—despite objections by his mother, Daksha—who becomes Tulsi's confidante. Sejal and Suhani get married and the fourth cousin, Hemant, marries his friend Pooja.
Twenty years later, Tulsi and Mihir are the parents of Shobha and a son, Harsh; Sahil and Tarun are Hemant and Pooja's sons. Sejal divorced her husband and lives in the Virani mansion with her daughter, Indu; Chirag is the father of twin daughters and Tulsi misses Gautam. Hemant, Pooja and Tarun move to Australia; Sahil lives in Mumbai and runs the family business. Chirag moves to the U.S.A. for a job and Suhani is happy at home. Gautam returns and Kiran has a daughter, Karishma. Gautam learns about his birth parents, moves into the Virani mansion and squabbles with Sahil about business. Tulsi arranges his engagement to Ganga, who appreciates the family's support of her widowed mother. Gautam loves Teesha and Sahil loves Ganga, but Sahil and Ganga sacrifice their love and Gautam resents his mother. He divorces Ganga and marries Teesha, Ganga marries Sahil and Shobha is also married. Teesha and Gautam have an accident and Teesha dies. Gautam marries Damini. Damini and Ganga are both pregnant; when Ganga has a miscarriage, Damini gives her one of her twin boys. The pregnant Shobha is widowed. Tulsi's sister, Kesar, tells Tulsi that Harsh is Kesar's son. When Kesar held Tulsi's baby in the nursery, her child's father kidnapped it. Kesar gave Tulsi Harsh, saying that she had a miscarriage. Tulsi's son is Ansh Gujaral, son of criminal tycoon Aditya Gujaral (an accomplice of Raj Bhasin, father of Kesar's child). While in jail he gave his son to Gujaral, who raised him. Aditya Gujaral conspires with Ansh to acquire the Viranis' wealth. Ansh becomes obsessed with Nandini, a friend of Karan (Mihir's son with Mandira Kapadia). After 20 years, Tulsi learns about her stepson and accepts him; Karan loves Tulsi more than his own mother. Although Nandini and Karan are in love, Karan gives her to Tulsi's birth son. Nandini marries Ansh out of duty and he rapes her. Ansh is charged with marital rape; lawyer Meera Singhania becomes Tulsi's friend and fond of Mihir. Ansh escapes and tries to kill Nandini; Tulsi shoots him dead and is imprisoned. Nandini is pregnant with Ansh's child, gives birth to daughter Bhoomi and lapses into a coma. Karan marries his close friend friend, Tanya, to care for Bhoomi. Ganga has a baby boy, Lakshya. Three years later, when Tanya learns about her pregnancy, Nandini emerges from her coma. Karan and Nandini live together; when she learns about his marriage to Tanya, she accepts Tanya and her child. Aditya Gujaral dies mysteriously and Karan takes the blame. Nandini confesses to the murder; he was trying to kidnap Bhoomi. Imprisoned for life, she is pregnant with Karan's child. Ansh had a wife (Shraddha) and son (Eklavya). Shraddha is dead and Gautam adopts Eklavya. Ganga is thrown out of her home when Sahil has an affair with colleague Tripti and marries her. Meera, in love with Mihir, conspires with Mandira against Tulsi. Mihir's mother, Savita, vows to expose the conspiracy. Mandira and Meera arrange Savita's death; Meera blames Tulsi, who is thrown out of her home.
Twenty years later, Tulsi's grandchildren are grown; Nandini, missing from prison, is presumed dead. Ganga is estranged from the family. Tulsi, living in Haridwar and caring for her adopted daughter Krishna Tulsi, returns to Mumbai. Meera's misunderstandings are cleared up and Tulsi is reunited with her family; Meera is imprisoned for murdering Savita. In the final episode, Parvati (Sakshi Tanwar) from Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii says that she has Tulsi's grandson, Parth (Karan and Nandini's long-lost son).[20]
Cast
- Virani Family Tree
- Dinesh Thakur / Sudhir Dalvi as Govardhan Virani
- Sudha Shivpuri as Amba Govardhan Virani
- Shakti Singh as Mansukh Govardhan Virani
- Apara Mehta as Savita Mansukh Nirmala Virani
- Amar Upadhyay / Inder Kumar / Ronit Roy as Mihir Mansukh Virani
- Smriti Zubin Irani as Tulsi Mihir Virani
- Sumeet Sachdev as Gautam Mihir Virani
- Ashlesha Sawant as Teesha Gautam Virani
- Riva Bubber as Damini Gautam Virani
- Rahul Lohani as Mayank Gautam Virani
- Hiten Tejwani as Karan Mihir Virani
- Gauri Pradhan Tejwani as Nandini Karan Virani
- Rakshanda Khan as Tanya Karan Virani
- Chinky Jaiswal as Child Bhoomi Ansh Virani
- Reshmi Ghosh as Bhoomi Karan Virani
- Amit Tandon as Manthan Karan Virani
- Akashdeep Saigal as Ansh Mihir Virani
- Moonmoon Banerjee as Shraddha Ansh Virani
- Amey Pandya as Child Eklavya Ansh Virani
- Akashdeep Saigal as Eklavya Ansh Virani
- Ritu Chaudhary as Shobha Abishek Mehra
- Mehul Kajaria as Harsh Mihir Virani
- Tasneem Sheikh as Mohini Harsh Virani
- Jiten Lalwani as Kiran Mansukh Virani
- Eva Grover / Rushali Arora as Aarti Kiran Virani
- Jitendra Trehan as Himmat Govardhan Virani
- Ketki Dave as Daksha Himmat Virani
- Hussain Kuwajerwala / Amit Mistry as Chirag Himmat Virani
- Tuhina Vohra as Prajakta Deshmukh / Prajakta Chirag Virani
- Hansika Motwani / Chandni Bhagwanani as Child Bavri Chirag Virani
- Mausami as Child Savri Chirag Virani
- Amita Chandekar as Bavri Chirag Virani
- Aditya Kapadia as Hitesh Chirag Virani
- Anurag Nigam as Sunny Chirag Virani
- Pooja Ghai Rawal as Suhasi Rakesh Mehta
- Prashant Bhatt as Rakesh Mehta
- Shabbir Ahluwalia as Aniket Rakesh Mehta
- Karanvir Bohra / Pradeep Kharab / Samir Sharma as Tushar Rakesh Mehta
- Muni Jha as Jamnadas Govardhan Virani
- Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Gayatri Jamnadas Virani
- Shakti Anand as Hemant Jamnadas Virani
- Prachi Shah as Pooja Hemant Virani
- Amit Sareen / Sandeep Baswana as Sahil Hemant Virani
- Shilpa Sakhlani as Ganga Sahil Virani
- Suvarna Jha as Tripti Sahil Virani / Babli
- Pulkit Samrat / Yash Pandit as Lakshya Sahil Virani
- Tia Bajpai as Vaidehi Lakshya Virani
- Naman Shaw as Nakul Sahil Virani
- Anita Hassanandani as Sanchi Nakul Virani
- Manav Vij as Joydeep Sahil Virani
- Mouni Roy as Krishna Tulsi Joydeep Virani
- Abhijit Khurana / Aloke Desai as Tarun Hemant Virani
- Khyaati Khandke Keswani as Sejal Anand Gandhi
- Romanchak Arora as Anand Gandhi
- Karishma Tanna as Indira Anand Gandhi
- Utkarsha Naik as Pragya Naveen Sanghvi
- Pratim Parekh as Naveen Sanghvi
- Rakesh Paul as Vikram Naveen Sanghvi
- Others
- Aman Verma as Anupam Kapadia
- Narayani Shastri / Resham Tipnis as Kesar Anupam Kapadia
- Salim Shah as Aditya Gujral
- Mandira Bedi / Achint Kaur as Dr. Mandira Kapadia / Dr. Mandira Aditya Gujral / Priyanka Dutta
- Jaya Bhattacharya as Payal Pratap Mehra
- Vishal Puri as Raj Bhasin
- Shubhavi Choksey as Advocate Meera Singhania
- Makrand Deshpande as Advocate Vijay Saxena
- Ram Kapoor as Jas Thakral
- Gautami Kapoor as Juhi Jas Thakral
- Salil Acharya as Billy Jas Thakral
- Kiran Dubey as Karishma Shantanu Dey
- Chaitanya Choudhury as Kabir Patel
- Nikhil Arya as Aseem Gupta
- Rohit Bakshi (actor) as Vishal Pratap Mehra
- Sonal Chainani as Urvashi Pratap Mehra
- Narendra Jha as Shantanu Dey
- Vivan Bhatena / Nasirr Khan as Abhishek
- Yash Tonk as Shiv Singhania
- Reshmi Ghosh as Bhoomi Joydeep Virani
- Garima Bhatnagar as Pari
- Manoj Biddvai / Vikas Sethi as Abir Raj Bhasin
- Gunjan Vijaya as Archita Abir Bhasin
- Hasan Zaidi as Advocate Aditya Rai Singhania
- Kratika Sengar as Sugandi Mihir Virani
- Sandeep Rajora as Inspector Aryan
- Sudha Chandran as Renuka Chaudhary / ACP Ragini Suryavanshi
- Prabhat Bhattacharya as Rishabh Malhotra
- Priyanka Raina as Doctor
- Meena Sonavane as Family Friend
- Deepak Verma as Rahul
- Chetan Hansraj as Inspector Maan Singh Chauhan
- Hemant Choudhary as Inspector Ashutosh
- Suhasini Mulay as Kaushalya Malhotra
- Induben Mehta as Godawari Dadi
- Sandeep Mohan as Inspector Rathod
- Parmeet Sethi as Ravi
- Rocky Verma as Manager
- Sunny Moza as Sunny
- Nikhil Guharoy as Kabir Sikand
- Aashka Goradia as Razia
- Eijaz Khan as Zuber
- Manish Khanna as Advocate Mehta
- Shahab Khan as Aditya Gujral's Advocate
- Aruna Irani as Narayani Devi
- Ekta Kapoor as Herself
- Sakshi Tanwar as Parvati Om Agarwal / Janki Devi Dixit
- Jitendra as Jitesh Kothari
- Ali Asgar as Kamal Vishwanath Agarwaal
- Mita Vashisht as Trishna Kamal Agarwal
Awards
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Others
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Role |
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2002 | Kalakar Awards | Best Actor (Popular)[35] | Amar Upadhyay | Mihir Virani |
2004 | Kalakar Awards | Best Actor (Popular)[35] | Ronit Roy | Mihir Virani |
Best Actress (Popular)[35] | Jaya Bhattacharya | Payal Mehra | ||
Best Serial[35] | Ekta Kapoor | |||
Best Title Singer[35] | Priya Bhattacharya | |||
See Also
- Star India v Leo Burnett: a court case involving the claim that a commercial imitating the show violated copyright law.
References
- ↑ "Gujarati flavor is back on Hindi prime time TV".
- ↑ "TAM ratings for week 35 ending 1 September 2001". Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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- ↑ "Kyunki dubbed in Sri Lanka also holds top position in Sri Lanka".
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- ↑ Tulsi, the most popular ‘bahu’ of Afghanistan
- ↑ Indian soaps stir outrage in Afghanistan due to their rising popularity
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- ↑ "Afghanistan set to ban Indian TV serials - Times of India". Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ↑ "Star Plus Still Going Strong with Kyunki".
- ↑ "Post-IPL, soaps back on top of TRP charts - Times of India". Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ↑ "What next on Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi? - Times of India". Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ↑ Nation wants Mihir Virani back in Kyunki alive
- ↑ "Kyunki Saas gets 22.4 TVR".
- ↑ "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Still Reigning Indian Television".
- ↑ Rediff (7 November 2008). "Court says no to Kyunki". Rediff. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
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- ↑ "Strike off but channels hold back fresh episodes - Livemint". Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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