Kyon... Kyon... Kyon... Why did Ekta start with all this... Wasn’t she aware of the trauma that could happen or does she wants us to bring up riots to stop this crappy soap out there. All the women in India stick to Idiot Box every day just waiting to watch what fool these characters make out of the audience and they are happy as they feel these characters out there are a part of their family. What a stupid thought ????
Can someone please explain the innocent people out there.... They just do it because you like making fool of yourself infront of them... To all the anties and bhabhi’s out there, I have got some rare information about this crappy soap which they would love to know...( I know.. I know that I am writing this review against this soap and howcome I know so much about it... Well It’s just a piece of Information for the audience who loves to be fooled around by the MIHIR PARIVAAR !!!!)
Created by Balaji Telefilms
Opening theme "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" by Priya Bhattacharya
Country of origin India
No. of episodes 1794 as of 04 September, 2008
Production
Producer(s) Ekta Kapoor & Shobha Kapoor
Running time 24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel STAR Plus
Original run July 3, 2000 – present
External links
Official website
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi - (Because a Mother-in-law was once a Daughter-in-law too) is a popular Hindi TV soap opera produced by Balaji Telefilms, that revolves around the lives of the fictitious Virani family. The show has been airing since year 2000 on STAR Plus channel. The story focuses on the wealthy Virani family, which hails from Gujarat. The Viranis are quite successful and well-known in the corporate world. The story is mainly focused on Tulsi Virani, daughter of the family priest, who elopes with the family’s eldest son, Mihir. The entire family except Govardhan Virani (the patriach) and Amba Virani (the matriarch) (played by Sudha Shivpuri) are against it. Due to anger, the daughters-in-law of the family, Savita (Apara Mehta), Daksha (Ketaki Dave) and Gayatri (Kamalika Guhathakurta) blame Tulsi for charming Mihir into marrying her and entering their rich household from a smaller, middle-class family. However, due to respect and belief in God Shri Shrinathji, called Thakurji, a form of Lord Krishna, Tulsi fights the injustice and battles her mother-in-law and devranis (wives of the younger brothers of a woman’s husband).
The entire serial focuses on the battle between the mothers-in-law and Tulsi and in the process teaching them a lesson and earning respect from her family members. Along the road,
Return of Smriti IraniAs of April 10, 2008, Smriti Irani will once again reprise her role as Tulsi Virani and replace Gautami Kapoor. This is after a break of over 8 months. It was at the Balaji Global Indian Television Awards held a few months ago where Balaji chief Ekta Kapoor and Smriti decided to patch up, after the latter left the show.
Hype in the media and opposition by studentsThe return of Smriti Irani in the soap was covered as a major news item with such B class titles as "Tulsi phir aangan mein" and the likes on the current crop of entertainment oriented Indian News Channels.
The Undergraduate Student Community of India, although not as a unit, has shown dissatisfaction in this hype up of a relatively minor issue when the same day (April 10, 2008) The honorable Supreme Court Of India ordered the Govt. of India to reserve College Seats in all faculties for students belonging to the OBC strata. The simultaneous broadcast of the two news items with each receiving a continous airtime of half an hour is overtly gratifying for the Telenovella.