Maayke Se Bandhi Dor

Maayke Se Bandhi Dor
Created by	UTV Software Communications
Written by	Rajesh Beri & Sharad Tripathi
Directed by	Anshuman Singh Kishore
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	100+
Production
Producer	Zarina Mehta
Running time	24 minutes
Production company	UTV Software Communications
Original release
Network	STAR Plus
Release	Feb 14, 2011 – Present

'Maayke Se Bandhi Dor', is a soap opera currently on-air on Star Plus. This show is produced by UTV and is a remake of a popular Tamil show ‘Kolangal’. Dor is produced by Santosh Nayar, Shrinivash B., Jarina Mehta and Radhika S and directed by Anshuman Kishor. Dor premiered on Star Plus on February 14, 2011.But due to poor content and competetion from Colors highly popular show "Laagi Tujhse Lagan" on same time slot,its possible that the show might end in near future.

Synopsis

Dor voices the Star Plus thought “Rishta Wahi, Soch Nayi”. The ‘Nayi Soch’- a girl who decides to own the responsibility of her family even after her marriage. The show challenges the social convention that a woman should give-up her responsibilities towards her ‘Maayka’ after marriage. It is the story of an ordinary girl, who decides to continue taking the full responsibility of her maiden family even after her marriage as it is on her earnings, that the whole family survives. She is reluctant to leave her maternal nest before she manages to settle her two sisters and brother. But, her mother, under social pressures decides to get her married as soon as possible. It is a story of a girl trying to strike a balance between her aspirations and her mother’s concerns. The story is about the trial and tribulations of Avani.

Plot

Set against a Marathi backdrop, Maike Se Bandhi Dor is the tale of Avani, struggling against the age old conventions of our society. The show brings out a woman’s power of forgiveness and pliability. Avani is the sole bread-winner of her family and has the responsibility of her mother, two sisters and a brother on her shoulders. Avani’s mother is desperate to get her married but Avani has other plans. She wishes to settle her brother and two sisters first. On repeated insistence by her mother Avani gives-up and decides to give marriage a chance, but not before laying down two conditions before the boy’s family. First, she wishes to continue working even after her marriage and second, she wants to hand-over her salary to Kaveri even after marriage, to sustain her family. Avani finally meets Bhaskar who agrees to her conditions and the marriage alliance is fixed. The festivities begin but Bhaskar and his family have different plans. Bhaskar and his family dreams to grow big on Avani’s salary and her relatives (kaka and boss) as they are rich and affluent people.

Cast and characters

Character	Age	Portrayed by	Relevance	Description
Avani Patil	23	Shweta Munshi	Female protagonist	Avani works as an personal assistant in a construction company. She is sincere, hard-working and dedicated, which makes her popular at work. She desires to fight the male-dominated society by owning the responsibility of her ‘Maayaka’ even after her marriage. She shoulders the responsibility of her mother, two sisters and a brother who is lazy.
Kaveri Patil	52	Aishwarya Narkar	Avani’s mother	Kaveri’s biggest desire is to see Avani married and well settled in her life. She still holds on to the age old conventions that the bride’s family needs to be mellow to sustain the relationship.Her husband left her and is taking care of her children since the day her husband left her.Anyone can can trick her easily because she cant understand people.
Abha Patil	20		Avani’s younger sister	Abha is shown to be protective about her family, in particular, Aditi. She is quite intelligent and is a visionary. She wishes to take-up Avani’s position in the family once Avani is married. She is very clever and can understand people easily.She warned her sister before not to marry Bhaskar as she understood his plans.
Aditi Patil	18		Avani’s youngest sister	A gullible young girl, she is attracted by the thought of a luxurious life style. She is talkative.
Manohar Patil	18		Avani’s younger brother	He is shown to be lazy and wants to live his life on the easy money of his sister. He is the twin brother of aditi.
Bhaskar Pawar	24	Rohit Khurana	Male Protagonist	Bhaskar is an ambitious and voracious man. He wants to marry Avani only for the sake of her money-her salary. Bhaskar is clever, smart and a smooth operator. He’s a charmer and uses it to his advantage. He cajoles people to do things for him without the other person realizing so. He works as a junior officer but dreams to live a king-size life.He has a very idiotic type of mind and can do anything for money.
Lata Pawar	55	Rohini Hattangadi	Bhaskar’s mother	She eyes Avani’s wealth and is shown to be gluttonous. She believes that the groom’s side must always have the last word.She is a typical type of mother-in-law who likes irritating her sons wife.She doesn't trust her Avni and always plots against her with her two silly and useless daughters.
Mangesh Pawar	58	Anjan Srivastava	Bhasker’s father	He is a man of wisdom and rationality.
Anju	27		Bhasker’s elder sister	She is gluttonous and loud-mouthed like her mother who always eats eats and always eats.
Prabhu	28	Anand Goradia	Bhasker’s Brother-in-law	He is a government employee and very stingy. He deliberately picks up a fight with his wife every morning and drops her to her home to save the food expenses. But in spite of all this he a good hearted fellow but is too greedy about money.
Neeta Pawar	22		Bhaskar’s younger sister	She is very mischievous. She likes her neighbour and often flirts with him.
Usha	22 1/2		Avani’s friend	Her actions are guided by both head and heart. She guides Avani time-to-time to ensure her well-being. She is chirpy and has a zest for life.
Maskeran	26		Avani’s colleague	Maskeran works in Avani’s office and loves her a lot but never has the courage to tell her.
Rajesh	22	Ankur Moondhra	Aditi’s friend	Rajesh falls for Aditi in their first meeting. He poses to be a rich guy with lot of cars. Aditi immediately falls for his richness.

Dolby

'Maayke Se Bandhi Dor' is India's first television serial to be broadcast in dolby 5.1 surround, mixed in dolby surround by Nitin Kumar Gupta. The dolby telecast of Dor started on 18 March 2011.

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