Karam Apnaa Apnaa

Karam Apnaa Apnaa करम अपना अपना
A promotion picture of Karam Apnaa Apnaa
Format	Indian Soap Opera
Created by	Balaji Telefilms
Written by	Story Mahesh Pandey Screenplay Anirudh Pathak & Mahesh Pandey Dilaogues Brij Mohan Pandey & Deepti Rawal
Directed by	Anil V Kumar, Ravindra Gautam & Sangieta Rao
Creative director(s)	Doris Dey & Ipshita Deb
Starring	See Below
Opening theme	"Karam Apnaa Apnaa" by Priya Bhattacharya
Country of origin	India
Language(s)	Hindi
No. of episodes	Total 650
Production
Producer(s)	Ekta Kapoor & Shobha Kapoor
Editor(s)	Vikas Sharma & Mohd Salim
Cinematography	Sanjay Malwankar & Suhas Rao
Broadcast
Original channel	STAR Plus
Picture format	576i (SDTV),
Original run	August 29, 2006 – March 27, 2009

Karam Apnaa Apnaa is an Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms, which airs on STAR Plus. First it aired on August 29, 2006 at 6:30pm. Then it moved into the 8.00pm time slot but eventually moving into a morning time slot of 11:30am replacing Kesar on May 31, 2007. Karam Apnaa Apnaa went off air at the end of March 27, 2009 in India. .

Note: "Karam Apnaa Apnaa" episodes in the United States that were going accordingly with India have now been put on hiatus since February 2, 2009 and will continue from March 30, 2009 (putting the U.S. behind 2 months for the first time) along with the other dophar soaps that remain.

Plot

Karam Apnaa Apnaa is the story of Gauri, and what destiny holds in store for her forms the crux of the story. Gauri is a charming and innocent middle-class Bengali girl. Gauri's father and the wealthy Punjabi businessman Mahen Kapoor are best friends in spite of the huge difference in culture and status. Mahen's parents and his wife Nikhila dote on Gauri. With Mahen's help, Gauri receives a proposal of marriage from the middle class Shashank Bose. Gauri and Shashank get engaged and are about to get married. On the day of the marriage, Gauri is shocked to see Mahen's arrogant son Shiv Kapoor as her bridegroom, and is shattered when she realizes that Shashank has refused to marry her; she runs away from the marriage venue. That's when she meets Anupam, who advises her to face the problem instead of running away from it. She returns to the wedding venue, much to Shiv's anger. Shiv and Gauri get married, and Shiv welcomes Gauri by saying, "welcome to hell!". However, he cannot resist the charm and innocence of his wife. Before long, his hatred gets converted into friendship and respect. After the marriage, a series of mishaps happen to Gauri. Everyone assumes it to be an accident; however the truth is something else. It is revealed that Shashank's disappearance and Shiv-Gauri's wedding was planned by Mahen's wife Nikhila. This was because Shiv's horoscope (kundali) had a major flaw (dosh), which foretold that his first wife would die soon after the wedding. When the truth about Shiv's horoscope comes out, everyone advises Gauri to leave him, but she refuses as she has fallen in love with him. Gauri's love becomes a source of guilt for Shiv, because he is cheating her...for his childhood love Ipshita. It was to protect Ipshita from the ill-effects of his stars that Shiv had agreed to marry Gauri. However, fate has different plans in store for him. The family preceptor,Guruji, advises Nikhila that Shiv's wife will die on the 31st of Jan. Nikhila convinces Ipshita to get engaged with Anupam, so that no one will suspect the truth. Gauri meets with a major accident but survives. Now Ipshita turns insecure and pressurizes Shiv to tell his wife the truth and divorce her. However, Shiv is unable to do so, because he learns that Gauri is carrying his child. Ipshita gets married to Anupam when she realized that Shiv will not leave Gauri.

The story takes a 5 years leap. Shiv-Gauri are the proud parents of twin sons Om & Priom as well as an adorable daughter Shanti. Shiv believes he is happy, but still remembers his first love. Ipshita is now a writer and has left Anupam. Gauri is a doting mother who cannot spare enough time for her husband. Nikhila wants Ipshita back in Shiv's life- the reason being something to do with property. Mahen and Nikhila's son, Samar, who had been kidnapped in childhood, is now found. He is Shiv's identical twin. Nikhila calls Samar to the Kapoor mansion where he is mistaken for Shiv. He misbehaves with Gauri and the kids and is successful in getting the documents of the property signed by Gauri. Nikhila and Ipshita join hands with Mahen's sister Maya. Gauri is shocked to know that Nikhila is planning to separate her from Shiv; however, she is unaware of Ipshita's intentions. Ipshita takes advantage of Shiv and has a brief affair with him. Gauri is successful in exposing Nikhila's evil motives. Nikhila is thrown out of the Kapoor Mansion. Nikhila,Ipshita and Maya, with the help of Samar and doctors, fake a report that Gauri is suffering from a Brain tumor. Meanwhile Gauri gets to know the truth of Shiv's affair and learns that Ipshita is pregnant. Thinking that she's going to die, Gauri forces Shiv to get married to Ipshita. However, on the day of the wedding, Gauri realizes that she has been tricked. She swears to throw Ipshita out of Shiv's life. Samar helps her in this effort. Shiv gets to see Ipshita's true colours and throws her out. But Nikhila is a changed woman now and re-enters her house. This is followed by the reappearance of Shashank, along with Mahen's nephews Moksh and Asim and their evil maternal uncle Mamaji. Samar is madly in love with Gauri's younger sister Kaya. However, Shashank cunningly fools Samar and gets married to Kaya. Shashank's real motive is to take revenge from Shiv and acquire the property of the Kapoors. Shashank, Moksh and Asim plot to kill Shiv and take the help of Maya's husband Ayush. Shiv is brutually murdered. Gauri is initially kept in dark about his death, but eventually learns the truth. Shashank, Moksh,Asim and Mamaji continued to harass and trouble Gauri. Samar is her only support. Samar came face-to-face with Shiv's ghost and gets to know the truth of Shiv's death. Samar and Gauri bring Shiv's killers to book in the court of law, but Shashank escapes. Shiv's ghost also disappears after this. Family members start pressuring Samar to get married to Gauri. However, both of them reject the idea. Shashank starts blackmailing Gauri for the property, and she is about to reveal the truth to Nikhila; however, in a turn of events, Nikhila is murdered. Samar thinks Gauri has murdered Nikhila and Gauri suspects him .Gauri runs away and is assumed to be dead. A few years later, Samar has turned into a shrewd business man, and Gauri, who has lost her memory, lives in another town under the name of Shivangi. Samar wants to take revenge on Gauri. Nisha, Anupam's stepsister, enters to take revenge against the Kapoor family. Anupam is now paralyzed as Ipshita had tried to kill him in order to be with Shiv. Nisha enters as Gauri and falsely accuses Samar of rape. The family pressurizes Samar to marry her and he agrees. Gauri regains her memory, and decides to expose Samar. However, she is aware of Nisha's intentions, so on the day of the marriage she gets Nisha kidnapped and takes her place as the bride. Samar is furious when he learns that he has got married to the woman he hates the most. They have many cat fights after that. Samar's attempt to kill Gauri, and Anupam's attempt to save her, results in Anupam getting cured...now he can walk perfectly.Anupam gets to know the truth from Nisha-- that it was someone else who killed Nikhila. When Samar and Gauri get to know about this, they are shocked. It is later revealed that Nikhila was killed by Maya for the sake of property. Samar and Gauri work out their differences and their love blossoms. Gauri's childhood friend Prateek is a doctor, and he reveals that Samar is suffering from a tumor.Samar doesn't want to see Gauri as a widow...so he wants Prateek to marry her. Gauri gets to know about Samar's illness. He is hospitalized and his tumor is cured. Samar's cousins Vivaan and Dhruv throw him and Gauri out of Kapoor house. Because of this, Gauri and Samar migrate to Kolkatta. They live simply but happily, till the entry of Kamya who falls in love with Samar. A lot of conflict ensues. Kamya and her mother poison Samar's mind and make him believe that his wife is having an affair with Prateek. Gauri is carrying Samar's child but he thinks it is Prateek's baby. Gauri decides to separate from Samar when she realizes that he doesn't trust and love her anymore. But Kamya's truth is exposed. Meanwhile Gauri delivers a baby girl and slips into coma. However, she recovers. All the misunderstanding get cleared and they are back in Mumbai. Prateek gets married to Aarti. However, a girl named Dhaani appears and claims Samar as her father. Later it is revealed that she is the daughter of Kaya, who has been ill-treated by Shashank. Samar and Gauri move to London to expand their business. Dhruv and Vivaan continue to fight for property. Samar and Gauri come back to India and resolve the issue. There is a united Kapoor family at the end.

Cast

• Pallavi Subhash ... Gauri Shiv Kapoor (Main Protagonist)

• Iqbal Khan / Yash Tonk ... Shiv Kapoor (Dead) / Samar Kapoor

• Sandeep Baswana ... Dr. Prateek

• Vaishnavi Dhanraj ... Astha Vivan Kapoor

• Karan Patel... Vivan Kapoor (ex)

• Pallavi Subhash Chandran ... Gayatri Dhruv Kapoor

• Sumeet Sachdev... Shashank (Main Antagonist)

• Salil Ankola ..... Mahen Kapoor

• Achint Kaur ..... Nikhila Kapoor

• Geetanjali Tikekar...Maya

• Shakti Singh..... Mahen's father

• Shriya Bisht......Ipshita

• Hiten Tejwani .......Anupam

Crossover

• Kasautii Zindagii Kay in September, 2007.

External links

• Official Website