Chotti Bahu
| Chotti Bahu | |
|---|---|
 Intertitle of Chotti Bahu | |
| Created by | DJ's Creative Unit |
| Written by | Sanjay Kumar Damini K Shetty Raaj Shetty Dilip Jha Archita Biswas Jha S Mansavi |
| Starring | Avinash Sachdev Rubina Dilaik see below for more listing |
| Opening theme | "Baavre Naina" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan "Har Raah Tere" by Ali Aslam (Season 2) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2[1] |
| No. of episodes | 801 [1] |
| Production | |
| Producers | Tony Singh Deeya Singh |
| Production locations | Mathura Mumbai |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Production company | DJ's Creative Unit |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee TV |
| Release | Season 1: 8 December 2008 – 17 September 2010 Season 2: 15 February 2011 – 18 May 2012 |
Chotti Bahu is an Indian television soap opera that aired on Zee TV,starring Avinash Sachdev as Dev and Rubina Dilaik as Radhika. The serial focuses on the love saga of Radhika, a great devotee of the Hindu god Krishna (often referred in the serial as "Kanha") and Dev.[2]
Series overview
The show had two seasons titled Chotti Bahu – Sindoor Bin Suhagan and Chhoti Bahu - Sawar Ke Rang Rachi. Chotti Bahu season one created history by extending the prime time slot to early prime time 7:30 pm. The second season was brought back on public demand with a new plot and same lead actors However, it was not as successful as the first season.[3][4]
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||
| 1 | 469 | December 8, 2008 | September 19, 2010 |
| 2 | 332 | February 15, 2011 | May 18, 2012 |
Plot
Choti Bahu is the love saga of two soul mates Dev and Radhika.
Season 1
Shastriji and Devki lives in Vrindavan, and they have two daughters, Radhika (Rubina Dilaik), who is an adopted child, and Vishakha. Radhika is simple and dutiful, whereas Vishakha wants to be an actress in Bollywood. She is headstrong and selfish. Vishakha and Radhika share a great bond. The Purohits are from Delhi and have their ancestral house in Vrindavan. They have two sons, Vivek and Dev (Avinash Sachdev). The Purohits have great expectation from their younger son, Dev, who falls in love with Radhika. But fate wills otherwise, and he gets married to Vishakha. The story takes a dramatic turn when Radhika enters Devs house, and the stage is set for an unusual love triangle, with each character grappling with peculiar dilemmas[5]
Season 2
Radhika (Rubina Dilaik), a Brahmin by birth, was adopted and brought up by a family of weavers in a small town called Rawal. Dev (Avinash Sachdev), whose family has been in the service of Rajpurohits for generations, visits Rawal as a child on the occasion of Radhashtami. Dev and Radhika meet each other and become good friends. Radhika and Dev's families tie them in the bond of marriage in their tender age.
Cast
Season 1
- Main Lead
- Rubina Dilaik as Radhika Shastri / Imarti
- Avinash Sachdev as Dev Purohit / Abhay Singh Thakur
- Additional Cast
- Priyanka Tiwari as Vishaka Shastri / Vishaka Dev Purohit
- Gopi Desai as Ammaji
- Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar as Mrinalini Vivek Purohit
- Rajiv Kumar as Vivek Purohit
- Abhinav Shukla as Vikram
- Hiten Tejwani as Shantanu Purohit
- Prabha Sinha as Vaishali Shantanu Purohit
- Rita Bhaduri as Dadi Maa
- Samta Sagar as Devki Brijmohan Shastri
- Rajeev Verma as Pandit Brijmohan Shastri
- Raj Logani as Arjun Purohit
- Sanjay Batra as Sushil Purohit
- Darshan Gandas as Purab
- Shashank Sethi as Keshav
- Surendra Pal as Mr. Purohit
- S M Zaheer as Pandit Brijmohan Shastri
- Sonia Singh as Kanika Abhay Singh Thakur
- Vineett Kumar as Rajjan
Season 2
- Main Lead
- Rubina Dilaik as Radhika / Ruby Bhardwaj
- Avinash Sachdev as Dev Raj Purohit
- Additional Cast
- Gopi Desai as Dai Maa
- Benaf Dadachandji as Barkha (Antagonist)
- Sourav Chakraborty as Rohan Harinath Purohit (Antagonist)
- Micckie Dudaaney as Virat Gopaldas Purohit
- Sushmita Daan as Padma Harinath Purohit
- Rakesh Pandey as Dadaji
- Sangeeta Kapure as Mohini Virat Purohit
- Chayan Trivedi as Gopaldas Purohit
- Aditya Lakhia as Mansaram
- Sidharth Sen as Chhenu
- Garima Shrivastav as Radhika's step-mother
- Nishant Shokeen/Pracheen Chauhan as Kanha (Lord Krishna)
- Aman Verma as Asur / Vishwanath
- Vinay Jain as Rishikesh Bhardwaj (RB)
- Kishwar Merchant as Sonia Bhardwaj
- Vijayendra Kumeria as Jolly Bhardwaj
- Srishty Rode as Radha Rani / Madhvi
- Alam Khan
Distribution
The series became very popular in countries like Mauritius, West Indies, Romania, USA, Trinidad, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and South Africa. Chotti Bahu season rerun was aired in Zee Anmol in India and Zee Lamhe in the UK during 2014 and 2015. The show was also broadcast on MBC Digital 4 in Mauritius.
Dubbed version of the serial was telecasted in Tamil language as Chinna Marumagal in Zee Tamil. It was remade in Telugu language as Chinna Kodalu which aired on Zee Telugu. The series currently airs on Zee Zindagi from 23rd May, 2016 under the title " Vrindawan ki Radhika". The channel has picked the show as it features a universal theme, which is a reflection of the channel's brand promise of providing its viewers with "Bemisal Kahaniyan".
References
- ^ a b "CHOTI BAHU : ABOUT THE SHOW". Zee tv. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
- ^ "Choti Bahu to go off air". Tellychakar. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Dev and Radhika's Magic continues..." Zee TV. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Choti Bahu: ZEE TV Show | Watch Choti Bahu TV Serial Episodes and Videos Online at ZEETV.COM". www.zeetv.com. Retrieved 25 November 2015.