Behenein

Behenein is an Indian television soap opera, broadcast on Star Plus from 8 February 2010 to 29 April 2011.[1] Produced by JD Majethia's Hats Off productions, it starred Aalesha Sayed, Shiju Kataria, Adaa Khan and Ojaswi Oberoi.[2]

Behenein
Written byR M Joshi
Mitesh Shah
Swati Shah
Swati Pande
Garima Goyal
Directed bySameer Kulkarni
Ankush Mohla
Creative director(s)Sandiip Sikcand
StarringSee Below
Opening theme"Teri Akhiyon Mein"
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of episodes325
Production
Producer(s)Jamnadas Majethia
Aatish Kapadia
Running time24 minutes
Production company(s)Hats Off Productions
Release
Original networkStar Plus
Picture format576i
Original releaseFebruary 8, 2010 (2010-02-08) –
April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29)

This is the story of four sisters, Purva, Smriti, Aakashi and Anokhi who live in Baroda with their parents, Sevantilal and Revti Shastri.[3]

Plot

The story revolves around the four Shastri sisters - Purva, Smriti, Aakashi, and Anokhi, who live with their parents, and later, their widowed aunt.

On Purva's wedding day, her parents die of asphyxiation inside a locked room that catches fire. Her wedding is cancelled and she ends up marrying her brother in law Mihir to take care of her nephew, after her sister Smriti is declared insane by her in-laws. Later Smriti is shown to die in a bus accident, and Purva and Mihir accept each other.

Cast

Main
  • Aalesha Sayed as Purva Sanghvi– Revati and Sevanti's eldest daughter; Mihir's second wife; Puchki's adoptive mother; baby Revati's mother
  • Shiju Kataria as Smriti Mehta– Revati and Sevanti's second daughter; Mihir's ex-wife; Prem's mother; Jay's second wife
  • Adaa Khan as Aakashi Das– Revati and Sevanti's third daughter; Shyamad's wife
  • Ojaswi Oberoi as Anokhi Patel– Revati and Sevanti's youngest daughter; Bhavesh's wife

Recurring
  • Sudeep Sahir as Mihir Sanghvi– Kamini's son; Smriti's ex-husband; Poorva's husband; Prem and baby Revati's father; Puchki's adoptive father
  • Unknown as Puchki Sanghvi– Poorva and Mihir's adopted daughter
  • Unknown as baby Revati Sanghvi– Poorva and Mihir's daughter
  • Unknown as Prem Sanghvi– Smriti and Mihir's son
  • Anand Suryavanshi / Akshay Anand as Jay Mehta– Samira's widower; Nisha's father; Smriti's second husband
  • Manoj Mishra as Shyamad Das– Gomti's son; Aakashi's husband
  • Dheeraj Dhoopar as Bhavesh Patel– Anokhi's husband
  • Dolly Minhas as Kamini Sanghvi– Mihir's mother; Prem and baby Revati's grandmother; Puchki's adoptive grandmother
  • Gehana Basisth as Gomti Das– Shyamad's mother
  • Gaurav Nanda as Raman
  • Ajay Chaudhary as Amar Malhotra– Poorva's ex-fiancé
  • Nia Sharma as Nisha Mehta– Samira and Jay's daughter
  • Karan Veer Mehra as Karan Rajvansh
  • Shruti Ulfat as Revati Shastri– Sevanti's wife; Poorva, Smriti, Aakashi and Anokhi's mother; Prem and baby Revati's grandmother; Puchki's adoptive grandmother
  • Darshan Jariwala as Sevanti Lal Shastri– Neema's brother; Revati's husband; Poorva, Smriti, Aakashi and Anokhi's father; Prem and baby Revati's grandfather; Puchki's adoptive grandfather
  • Itishree Singh as Mansi Kapoor– Mihir's ex-fiancée
  • Ketki Dave as Neema Shastri– Sevanti's sister
  • Alok Arora as Kshitij Agarwal– Aakashi's ex-fiancé
  • Devrraj Singh Arora as Sameer Sharma– Anokhi's lover

Dubbed version

It was dubbed in Tamil as Anbalae Azhagana Veedu during 2011–2012 on Star Vijay.[4]

Reception

A week after its premiere The Indian Express stated, "There's definitely pace in the narration—things happen quickly and not too much time is wasted in unnecessary pans and zooms. The only exceptions are the establishing scenes for each of the four sisters."[5] However they criticised the uniform unnatural streak of grey in the hair of the antagonist and questioned, "Why can't there be a single major female character who is attractive, wears glasses and is not bookish? Why do TV producers feel compelled to portray attractive young females as having perfect eyesight, teeth, hair and earlobes?"[5]

References
  1. "Star attraction". The Financial Express.
  2. "Tube Talk". The Indian Express.
  3. "Behenein". The Times of India.
  4. "Oh podu, for the 'Hindi' serials!". The New Indian Express.
  5. "Sister act". The Indian Express.
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