Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Yeh Risht Kya Kehlata Hai (Hindi: ये रिश्ता क्या कहलाता है) is a popular and most awarded drama series that's currently airing on Star Plus. It premiered on January 12, 2009. Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai aims to establish the concept of love within the conventional setting of an arranged marriage. The show is produced by Rajan Shahi, Director's Kut Productions and directed by Rajan Shahi, Romesh Kalra and Sunand Kumar. It has gained lots of popularity and it has completed three years of run on 12 January 2012. It almost being won 62 awards and is currently winning. It has also completed 800 episodes of run on 13 January 2012.
Characters
Akshara Naitik Singhania
Akshara's world consists of her chhakka husband Naitik, her in-laws and her determination to do everything possible to make her loved ones happy! She's just a simple, educated girl from a traditional family and she believes in turning every situation into a positive, fulfilling one.
Naitik Singhania
Naitik is the much-loved only son of the Singhania family. Naitik loves his family and is rooted in tradition. He is discovering love after marriage.
Naksh Singhania
The latest addition to the family, he is Naitik and Akshara's son.His name comes from both Akshara and Naitik's name . " Na " from Naitik and " ksh " from Akshara .
Mahendra Pratap Singhania
Known as Daddaji he is the head of the household.
Kaaveri Singhania
Fondly called Bhabhi Maa by everyone in the house, Kaaveri is Mahendra Pratap’s wife.
Nandini Mohit
Nandini is Mahendra Pratap’s and Kaveri’s only daughter and also the first born of the family. She is married to Mohit, Naitik's friend.
Mohit
He has been and is Naitik's good friend. Quick Thinker and Joker, Mohit fell in love with Nandini and though at first their love was opposed eventually they are married.
Raj Shekhar Singhania
Raj Shekhar is the second born son of the family. He was barely seven years old when his parents passed away, and ten years old when Bhabhi Maa came to this house as a bride. He vividly remembers how Mahendra Pratap sacrificed everything, including his college education, for the sake of his younger brother and how Bhabhi Maa never let him feel the absence of a mother. An educated and learned man himself, at times he does not totally agree with the strict rules and regulations imposed by his brother but follows his orders nonetheless. Gayatri proved to be a good wife and an understanding partner to him.
Gayatri Singhania
Gayatri came as the second bahu of the house. Though a positive soul at heart and a good human being, she soon faced an identity crisis as a woman when she saw that everything in the house was centred around Bhabhi Maa. She also realised that the only way to get a little ahead of Bhabhi Maa in this house is to gain brownie points from Mahendra Pratap. God dropped this opportunity in her lap as she was blessed with a son, an heir, for whom Mahendra Pratap was pining. Hence Gayatri got more importance simply by being the mother of a son, something that Bhabhi Maa could never be!
Then came Akshara. With her son falling in love with his wife, Gayatri feels highly insecure about her son having another woman in his life who he is probably getting closer to than he is to his mom. With the birth of Naksh, she wants to exercise more rights on her grandson, than she allows Akshara to. She is unwilling to lose her reins over Naitik and Naksh feeling that Akshara cannot fulfil her duties well.
Rashmi Nikhil Deora
Rashmi is Naitik's younger sister. She is a typical dreamy eyed teenager who lives and breathes Yash Chopra movies. Everything in her life is filmy, all the situations are melodramatic. A little impractical and frivolous, she is a perfect antidote to her elder sister Nandini, who has lost hopes in life. She is married to Nikhil.
Nikhil Deora
Rashmi's husband. Comes from a modern and outgoing family as compared to the Singhanias.
Maharaj Ji
Singhanias' cook who is very orthodox.
Vishambarnath Maheshwari
Conservative but loving, Vishambhar is the head of the Maheshwari family. He loves his family and will do anything to protect the interest of his children Akshara and Shaurya. Sometimes strict but ultimately understanding, Vishambhar is like a coconut, tough from outside and soft inside.
Rajshri Maheshwari
Akshara’s mother, Rajshri, is a simple housewife who worries about her children and her household all the time. Rajshri panics at the slightest hint of trouble and is very coy and demure. Highly emotional and vulnerable, Rajshri loves her daughter Akshara more than anything and it breaks her heart when she cries.
Shaurya Maheshwari
Akshara's elder brother, Shaurya is a sweet and honest guy who wants to make everybody happy and have his identity as well. Shaurya is very protective about his family. Shaurya and Varsha are the perfect couple — always there for each other.
Varsha Shaurya Maheshwaei
Varsha is Shaurya's wife. Varsha and Akshara were best friends in college, and still are, though their relationship as friends have turned into that of nanand-bhabhi (sisters-in-law). Varsha is a very intelligent girl and was her class topper throughout. She is modern in her outlook but keeps her traditions alive through her attitude. She is a very positive and optimistic person who always guides Akshara in all situations.
Ananya Maheshwari
The latest addition to the Maheswari family, Ananya is Shaurya and Varsha's girl. She is much loved by the Maheswaris and Akshara has a softer spot for Ananya. Everyone in the Maheshwari family love her to bits.
Omkarnath Maheshwari
Vishambar's younger brother who doesn't believe in god.
Sunaina Maheshwari
Omkarnath's wife and second Bahu of the Maheshwari house.
Anshuman Maheswari
Omkarnath's son who is loved by everyone. Posessive of his sister Akshara when she was married off, but learned slowly that his presence will help the family be more gleeful.
Nani
Akshara’s grand mother is a loudmouthed old lady who can be very hurtful and sarcastic. She is always angry about something and doesn’t believe in complimenting or showing love. She is a tough cookie and a taskmaster. She does care about her daughter and daughter’s family but will not acknowledge her true feelings publicly. She is very righteous and superstitious.
Dadi
Akshara’s grand mother is a loving grandmother who is sweet and showers lots of care and love on the family members. Her faithful companion is Gopi Daadi . She is very righteous and superstitious yet does not jump to conclusion and is always patiently finding ways to resolve problems. She is Akshara's problem solver and gives her tips on life and how to face it
Gopi Daadi
Dadi's best friend and companion. She knows Dadi better than Dadi herself. She came with Dadi to the Maheshwari house as dowry when Dadi was married.-+
Bhola
Maheshwari's driver who is treated as their own son. He is very faithful to the family.
Dhaniya
Bhola's wife who also works in Maheswari's house only.Their marriage was arranged by the Maheswaris as they always treated Bhola and Dhaniya like their own children.
Cast
- Actor/Actress Character
- Hina Khan Akshara Naitik Singhania
- Karan Mehra Naitik Singhania
- Sonali Verma Gayatri Singhania
- Medha Sambutkar Kaveri Singhania
- Sandeep Mehta Raj Shekhar Singhania
- Sanjay Gandhi/Abhijit Lahiri Mahendra Pratap Singhania
- Pooja Joshi Varsha Shaurya Maheshwari
- Ather Habib Shaurya Maheshwari
- Sanjeev Seth Vishambharnath Maheshwari
- Lata Sabharwal Seth Rajshri Maheshwari
- Vinita Malik Daadi
- Manu Malik Omkarnath Maheshwari
- Neelima Tadepalli Sunaina Maheshwari
- Aman Sharma Anshuman Maheshwari
- Anand Mani Bhola
- Sunita Rajwar Dhaniya
- Nidhi Uttam Nandini Mohit
- Ayush Agarwal Mohit
- Neha Saroopa Rashmi Nikhil Deora
- Ashish Kapoor Nikhil Deora
- Amardeep Jha Shankari Tai
- Roshan Khan Gopi Daadi
- Priyanka Chibber/Trishikha Tiwari Koyal
- Ali Merchant Rituraj
- Priti Sharma Bindiya Rituraj
- Charu Asoopa Sneha
- Awards Categories Winners Years
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Buzurg: Vineeta Malik 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Maa Sonali Verma 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Naya Sadasya (Male) Karan Mehra 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Naya Sadasya (Female) Hina Khan 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Bhabhi Pooja Joshi 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Jethani Medha Sambutkar 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Devrani Sonali Verma 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Yogya Jodi Hina Khan & Karan Mehra 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Show : Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2009
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Pita Sanjeev Seth, 2010
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Beti Hina Khan 2010
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Family Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2010
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Jethani Medha Sambutkar 2010
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Rishta Hina Khan & Pooja Joshi 2010
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Patni Hina Khan 2010
- Star Parivaar Awards SPL Honour Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai shared with Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai 2010
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Sasur Sanjeev Seth 2011
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2011
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Bhabhi Hina Khan 2011
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Stylish Star Hina Khan 2011
- Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Pati Karan Mehra 2011
- Star Parivaar Awards Hottest Jodi Hina Khan & Karan Mehra 2011
- New Talent Awards Best New Actress Hina Khan 2009
- New Talent Awards Most Promising Talent Of Tomorrow Karan Mehra 2009
- New Talent Awards Most Promising New Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2009
- Indian Television Academy Awards| Best Actor - Popular Karan Mehra 2009
- Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actress - Popular Hina Khan 2009
- Indian Television Academy Awards Best Serial Drama - Popular Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2009
- Indian Television Academy Awards Best Serial Drama - Jury Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2010
- Indian Television Academy Awards SPL Award Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai shared with Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai 2010
- Indian Telly Awards[1] Best New Comer (Female) Hina Khan 2009
- Indian Telly Awards Best Serial Drama - Popular Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2009
- Indian Telly Awards Best Actor In Supporting Role Sanjeev Seth 2010
- Indian Telly Awards GR8! Ensemblance Cast Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2010
- Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards[2][3] Best Fiction Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2009
- Zee Gold Awards Fresh Face Hina Khan 2010
- Zee Gold Awards Best Fiction Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2010
- Zee Gold Awards Best Fresh Face Of The Year Hina Khan 2011
- Zee Gold Awards Best Fiction Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2011
- Kalakar Awards Best TV Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2009
- Seoul International Drama Awards Best International Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2010
- 'India Ne Bana Di Jodi Awards Best Nanand Bhabhi Jodi Hina Khan & Pooja Joshi 2010
- 'India Ne Bana Di Jodi Awards Best Jethani Devrani Jodi Medha Sambutkar & Sonali Verma 2010
- GR8! Women Awards Beautiful Skin Hina Khan 2011
- BIG Television Awards Meetha Character Hina Khan 2011
- BIG Television Awards Bhavuk Character Sonali Verma 2011
- BIG Star Entertainment Awards[4] Most Entertaining Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2010
- Global Indian Film and Television Honours Best Actress In A Lead Role Hina Khan 2011
- Global Indian Film and Television Honours Best Screenplay Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2011
- Global Indian Film and Television Honours Best Fiction Show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 2011
Maryada Serials of star plus
Maryada...of an Indian family is a Hindi TV serial that aired on TV Asia from 2007 until 2009, based on the story of a 19 years old girl Meenakshi, who is a real life example of tradition in which she tries to change herself to save relationships with her dad's family
Plot
This story is a very good one. It begins with a person talking to another person. This takes place in an Indian family But, one day Surendra migrates to London to get away from his brother Veerpratap's mockings, while his wife stays in India. There he meets a girl whom he starts liking and they get married. Time goes by and Surendra’s first wife, who stays in India, delivers a son name Vikram, and wife in London delivers a daughter name Meenakshi.
Unfortunately, one day Surendra and his wife dies in an accident in London. Their last wish is to get their ashes immersed in India. In order to fulfill the last wish of her parents,Meenakshi comes to India with her parents' ashes. There she goes to her dad’s family's house as her father had told her to. But the family does not accept her, especially Veerpratap Singh, and they want her to go back as soon as possible. But Meenakshi decides to stay in the house to convince everyone in the family to perform the last rituals for her parents. Leisurely, she convinces her uncles Veerpratap and Rajvir to perform the ritual. But Rajvir and Veerpratap gets shocked when Meenakshi expresses her desire that her mother should get her due respect in this house. In spite of all that, she makes it happen. But in the bargain Meenaskhi causes clashes at home. Meenakshi gradually makes a good impression in home. But life is not so smooth sail, luck turns upwards when her boyfriend, whom she met in London, comes to happen come in the same house as Krishna. Krishna is Veerpratap’s son. Traditionally, Krishna is Meenakshi’s cousin brother. Time to unwind, rethink, and sacrifice. But time uncovers the fact that Krishna is adopted son of Veerpratap and they are not biological brother and sister. Now Meenakshi has to compromise her love and start a new life.
But Meenasksi could not stop loving Krishna, and Krishna loves Meenakshi, now uncle fixed Meenashi's weeding with a guy in outside family. The question remains that how Meenakshi finds her love? How will she keep her tradition alive?
Cast
- Jyoti Makker ... Neelakshi
- Vineet Raina/Akshat Gupta ... Krishna/Krish
- Asha Sharma ... Maa Saheba
- Kiran Kumar ... Veerpratap Singh
- Saheba Khan ... Padma
- Surendra Pal ... Rajvir Singh
- Shashi Sharma ... Roopvati
- Afzaal ... Vikram
- Monika Kale ... Rimzim
- Mukesh Khanna ... Vishal
- S M Zaheer ... Rana Sahab
- Jayshree T ... Sandhya
- Jaya Binju ... Kali (worker in the office)
- Meena Sharma ... Raziyappa
- Nitin Keswani ... Vinith
- Tej Sapru ... Vijay
- Rachana Mutreja ... Laxmi
- Shruti Bhattacharya ... Urmi (House-maid)
- Kapil Soni ... Nikhil
- Jayashree ... Sony
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (Hindi: तारक मेहता का उल्टा चश्मा; English: Taarak Mehta's Upside Down Glasses) is a sitcom that airs on SAB TV. The show was first aired on 28 July 2008. The air-time of the show is from Monday to Friday at 8.30 p.m IST.[1] The show is produced by Neela Telefilms and the series writers are Raju Odedra and Rajan Upadhyay. The show and its title are based on the column Duniya Ne Undha Chasma (Gujarati: દુનિયાને ઉંધા ચશ્મા) (which loosely translates into "Seeing the world through upside-down glasses") written by Indian columnist and journalist Taarak Mehta for the Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha.[2] On 6th February 2012, the show completed 800 episodes.[3]
In August 2010, it beat Baalika Vadhu to become the most watched TV show in India. It has often been noted for its frequent references to issues of social importance in the country and its positive approach towards the problems faced by the society.[4] Lauded performances by its lead and supporting actors alike have also contributed in making the show a success.[5] The set of Gokuldham society is an outdoor set of wooden walls attached on the real flats located in Dada Saheb Phalke Filmcity. The sets are having balconies and the back buildings are hidden by a sheet. The indoor houses of characters are created in different studios in Filmcity. The set was completed only in two months. Producer Asitkumarr Modi spent a huge sum of money to construct the set.
Plot
The serial is based on the happenings of Gokuldham Society and the day-to-day life of its members. The Gokuldham society is like an ideal mix of India's social fabric in Goregaon, Mumbai. In the society, they have Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Bihari, South Indian, Bengali, Parsi people living together in harmony.
The story mainly revolves around Jethalal Champaklal Gada and his family. Jethalal is a successful businessman and runs an electronic store "Gada Electronics" in Andheri, Mumbai. His wife, Daya Jethalal Gada, is an uneducated, my-family-is-everything kind of woman. They have a son Tipendra Jethalal Gada (Tapu), who is smart but very naughty and is the leader of society's children brigade "Tapu Sena". Champaklal Jayantilal Gada, father of Jethalal is an ideal man in his late sixties, religious and often scolds Jethalal when he disrespects Daya. Daya's brother, Sundarlal, creates problems for Jethalal—which is often humorous. Jethalal also has a innocent crush on Babita, who in reality is the wife of Shri Krishnan Iyer. He frequently makes plans to travel to exotic places with Babita.
Taarak Mehta, is a writer by profession and is the narrator of the show. His wife, Anjali Taarak Mehta, is a dietician and feeds her husband only with diet-rich foods such as freshly prepared bitter-gourd juice and khichdi. Whenever Jethalal is in a problem, Taarak Mehta acts as his "Fire Brigade". Jethalal is a good friend of Taarak Mehta.
The Marathi family, Bhide's consists of Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide, his wife Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide, and their daughter Sonu Aatmaram Bhide. Aatmaram is a teacher by profession and is also the secretary of the society. He has a love-hate relationship with Jethalal. He never leaves a chance to complain about the mischief's of Tapu and his child brigade. His wife is a home-based businesswoman who makes "achaar" and "paapad" to sell and make money.
The Iyer family consist of Krishnan Subrahmaniam Iyer and his wife Babita Krishnan Iyer. Krishnan Iyer is a well-known scientist and his wife Babita is from Kolkata. While Krishnan Iyer's complexion is dark, Babita, however, is milky-white. Jethalal often flirts with Babita ji, but every time his efforts come to naught because of her husband. So, he (Krishnan Iyer) always looks for a reason to settle scores and get back at Jethalal Gada.
The Sodhi family, the Sodhi's are a pair of Punjabi husband and Parsi wife. Theirs is a love marriage, Roshan Singh Ajit Singh Sodhi, is a garage owner and is a happy-go-lucky person and also aggressive for those who mess with him. Mrs. Roshan Kaur Roshan Singh Sodhi is a housewife with a pleasant personality. They have a son, Gurucharan Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi(Gogi), who is the youngest to all the children of the society and a member of Tapu Sena.
The Hathi family, Dr.Hansraj Hathi, is a doctor who is morbidly obese, but still fond of eating. His wife, Komal Hansraj Hathi, is a housewife and tries to keep a check on her husband's and son Goli Hansraj Hathi's eating habits.
The other funny characters of the show are Popatlal Pandey a.k.a. Patrakar Popatlal, a journalist from Toofan Express who also resides in the society. He is very cynical and demands everything to be cancelled, with the tag lines "cancel kardo" and "duniya hila doonga." He always keeps a umbrella with him. Born on 29th Ferbuary
Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udaywala a.k.a. Nattu Kaka, the employee in Jethalal's Electronic shop. He constantly demands that his salary should be increased.Bageshwar Darukh Udaywala a.k.a. Baga is Nattu Kaka's nephew and Jethalal's employee. He is funny and creates problems in Jethalal's life.
In the evenings, all the men in the society meet after dinner at the shop nearby the society for their regular drink of soda, the shop is run by Abdul, who is a simple person and is like a member of the society. A news reporter named Rita Sharma is also the member of the society, who always helps the ladies and children. She works as a correspondent for the News channel "Kal Tak" (parody to a real Hindi News channel named Aaj Tak). There is always a fight between Popatlal (Print journalist) and Rita (Television news reporter), as they both think of their media as superior to the other.There is another boy named Pinku Diwan, who lives alone and his parents are never shown in the show and are assumed to be working abroad.
All the ladies of the society are good friends and do their grocery and other shopping together. They also organise Kitty Party when they want to discuss or celebrate something. The Gokuldham society celebrates all the festivals together. Whenever there are any mishaps, the entire society comes together and tackles the problem.
Cast
Shailesh Lodha as Taarak Mehta
Dilip Joshi as Jethalal Champaklal Gada
Disha Vakani as Daya Jethalal Gada
Bhavya Gandhi as Tipendra Jethalal Gada (a.k.a. Tapu)
Amit Bhatt as Champaklal Jayantilal Gada
Gurucharan Singh as Roshan Singh Ajit Singh Sodhi
Mayur Vakani as Sundarlal (a.k.a. Sundar)
Neha Mehta as Anjali Taarak Mehta
Mandar Chandawarkar as Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide
Sonalika Joshi as Madhavi Aatmaram Bhide
Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal as Roshan Kaur Roshan Singh Sodhi
Nirmal Soni / Azad Kavi as Dr. Hansraj Hathi
Ambika Ranjankar as Komal Hansraj Hathi
Tanuj Mahashabde as Krishnan Subrahmaniam Iyer
Moonmoon Dutta as Babita Krishnan Iyer
Shyam Pathak as Patrakar Popatlal Pandey
Tanmay Vekaria as Bageshwar Darukh Udaywala (a.k.a. Baga)
Jheel Mehta as Sonu Aatmaram Bhide
Kush Shah as Goli Hansraj Hathi
Samay Shah as Gurucharan Singh Roshan Singh Sodhi (a.k.a. Gogi)
Nidhi/Priya Ahuja as Reporter Rita Sharma
Sharad Sankla as Abdul
Ghanashyam Nayak as Natwarlal Prabhashankar Udaywala (a.k.a. Nattu Kaka)
Tarun Uppal as Pinku Diwan
Special appearances in the show
Taarak Mehta in the first episode, Diwali festival episode and in the 200th episode
Raju Srivastav in the 200th episode
Satish Kaushik, Ruslaan Mumtaz and Sheena Shahabadi in the 200th episode
Vinay Pathak (to promote his film Straight)
Randeep Hooda in the Devnagri festival episode (to promote his film Love Khichdi)
Shreyas Talpade in the Ganesh Chaturthi festival episode (to promote his film Aagey Se Right)
Ajay Devgan in the Diwali festival episode (to promote his film All The Best: Fun Begins)
Sunil Pal (to promote his film Bhavnao Ko Samjho)
Sharman Joshi and Vatsal Seth (to promote their film Toh Baat Pakki)
Ayushmann Khurrana (to promote the cricket series DLF IPL)
Khichdi: The Movie cast in the Ganesh Chaturthi festival episode (to promote their film Khichdi: The Movie)
Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh (to promote their film Do Dooni Chaar)
John Abraham and Pakhi Tyrewala (to promote their film Jhootha Hi Sahi)
Irfan Pathan, when Roshan Singh Sodhi meets him at his Baroda residence after GPL
Hemant Chauhan in Episode 522 (Bhajan Samaroh after Gokuldham is repainted)
Darsheel Safary (to promote his film Zokkomon)
Salman Khan (to promote his film Ready)
The Smurfs (as in the movie), (to promote their film The Smurfs)
Falguni Pathak in the Navratri festival episode
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