Kundali Bhagya
| Kundali Bhagya | |
|---|---|
| File:Kundali Bhagya.png | |
| Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Developed by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Written by | Story Anil Nagpal Kavita Nagpal Screenplay Anil Nagpal Mrinal Tripathi Dialogues Anamik |
| Directed by | Sameer Kulkarni |
| Creative directors | Creative Producer Tanusri Dasgupta Shaalu |
| Starring | Shraddha Arya Dheeraj Dhoopar Manit Joura |
| Theme music composer | Lalit Sen Nawab Arzoo |
| Opening theme | Kundali Bhagya |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 329 as of 12 October 2018 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor |
| Production locations | Mumbai, Maharastra, India |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 21 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company | Balaji Telefilms |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee TV |
| Release | 12 July 2017 – present |
| Related | |
| Kumkum Bhagya | |
Kundali Bhagya[1] (English: The Fate of Our Stars) is an Indian romantic drama television series which broadcasts on Zee TV. The soap opera premiered on 12 July 2017 and stars Shraddha Arya, Dheeraj Dhoopar and Manit Joura as lead actors whereas Anjum Fakih and Abhishek Kapur play the parallel leads. Kundali Bhagya is a spin-off of Kumkum Bhagya.
Since the launch in 2017, the show continues to rake high TRPs and is amongst the most watched shows of the Year. It is the biggest weekday Hindi fiction launch across all GECs of the year 2016.[2] For several months, it remained the most watched Indian Hindi TV show in the urban India until the inception of Naagin season 3 also produced by Balaji Telefilms, after which it has been mostly amongst the two most watched shows on urban Indian television, the other being Naagin season 3. (Colors TV).
Plot
The show is a spin-off from popular show Kumkum Bhagya and narrates the story of Pragya's long-lost sisters Preeta (Shraddha Arya) and Srishti (Anjum Fakih), their attempt to find their mother, Sarla (Supriya Shukla), and the relationship dynamics which lead to their acquaintance with the rich and famous "Luthra" family. The elder son of the Luthra family, Rishabh Luthra, (Manit Joura) owns a celebrity management firm which manages rockstar Abhishek Mehra, and his younger brother, Karan Luthra (Dheeraj Dhoopar), a famous cricketer. Both have a strong brotherly bond.
Initially, Karan hates Preeta, but Rishabh begins to fall in love with Preeta's simple and loving nature. Eventually Karan and Preeta become best friends and she also wins over the affections of the entire Luthra family, except for Rishabh and Karan's aunt, Kareena. When Rishabh marriage talk begins, he initially believes his mother has brought Preeta's alliance for him and accepts, but learns the alliance is actually for a girl named Sherlyn, the daughter of Kareena's friend. Preeta convinces Rishabh to accept the alliance and Sherlyn and Rishabh get engaged.
Meanwhile, Preeta also gets engaged to a nice, rich man named Prithvi. Soon, it is revealed that Sherlyn is only trying to marry Rishabh for his money, and that she has sent her boyfriend Prithvi as an alliance for Preeta, to keep her away from Rishabh. Karan and Preeta get suspicious about Sherlyn and Peithvi, and they both team up to expose the real identity of Sherlyn. While Shrishti and Karan do not like Prithvi, they team up to show Preeta his true intentions. Sherlyn and Prithvi constantly get away with their lies and prove themselves worthy of their respective fiances, which irks Karan, Preeta and Shrishti differently.
Sherlyn gets pregnant with Prithvi's child, and are able to hide it in front of both the Luthra and Arora family. Due to the high tensions between Preeta and Kareena, the Luthra family asks Preeta to stay away from their family until Rishabh's wedding is over. It is then that Karan and Preeta start to somewhat realize their feelings for each other.
In a parallel arc, Shrishti constantly feels like the baby of the family and feels like her mother does not love as much as she does Pragya and Preeta. This proves to always be a constant topic when Sarla and Shrishti fight. She also meets Sameer, Karan and Rishabh's cousin, whom she initially butt heads with. They also start to get close and eventually develop feelings for each other, but do not reveal them. Rakhi, Karan and Rishabh's mother, starts to suspect if they have feeling for each other, but is overjoyed with the prospect of Shrishti and Sameer being in love.
Cast
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Main
- Shraddha Arya as Dr. Preeta Arora, a professional physiotherapist, daughter of Raghuveer and Sarla Arora, Pragya's and Bulbul younger sister and Srishti's elder sister. (2017–present)
- Dheeraj Dhoopar as Karan Luthra, a charming and suave professional cricketer, the youngest son of Mahesh and Rakhi Luthra, Rishabh's younger brother, Ruchika's elder brother. (2017–present)
- Manit Joura as Rishabh Luthra, owner of a celebrity management firm, the eldest son of Mahesh and Rakhi Luthra, Karan and Ruchika's elder brother, Sameer and Kritika's cousin. (2017–present)
- Anjum Fakih as Srishti Arora, a professional interior designer, the fourth-born daughter of Raghuveer and Sarla Arora; Pragya, Bulbul & Preeta's youngest sister. (2017–present)
- Abhishek Kapur as Sameer Luthra, Rishabh, Karan, Ruchika, and Kritika's cousin. (2017–present)
- Ruhi Chaturvedi as Sherlyn Khurrana (2017–present) (Main Female Antagonist)
- Sanjay Gagnani as Prithvi Malhotra (2017–present) (Main Male Antagonist)
- Mahira Sharma as Monisha (2018-present) (Main Female Antagonist)
Recurring
- Supriya Shukla as Sarla Raghuveer Arora, Raghuveer's widow and mother of the four Arora girls. (2017–present)
- Madhu Raja as Daljeet Arora (Bee ji), matriarch of Arora family, grandmother of the four Arora girls, and Raghuveer's mother. (2017–present)
- Unknown as Jaanki, Arora family's housekeeper.(2017–present)
- Neelam Mehra as Baani Luthra, matriarch of the Luthra family, Rishabh, Karan, Ruchika, Sameer, and Kritika's grandmother. Mahesh and Kareena's mother and Rakhi's mother-in-law. (2017–present)
- Naveen Saini as Mahesh Luthra, Rakhi's husband, Rishabh, Karan and Ruchika's father, and Kareena's older brother. (2017–present)
- Anisha Hinduja as Rakhi Mahesh Luthra, Mahesh's wife and Rishabh, Karan and Ruchika's mother. Kareena's sister-in-law, and Sameer and Kritika's aunt. (2017–present)
- Pyumori Mehta Ghosh / Usha Bachani as Kareena Luthra, Kritika’s mother, Mahesh's younger sister, and Rishabh, Karan, Sameer, and Ruchika's aunt (2017–present)
- Twinkle R Vashist as Kritika Luthra, daughter of Kareena Luthra, and Rishabh, Karan, Sameer, and Ruchika’s cousin. Mahesh's niece and Akshay's fiancée. (2017–present)
- Mrinal K Singh as Ruchika Mahesh "Roo" Luthra, youngest daughter of Mahesh and Rakhi Luthra, Rishabh and Karan’s younger sister, Sameer and Kritika’s cousin, and Kareena's niece. (2017–present)
- Aman Gandhi as Ritvik, Monisha's boyfriend (2018)
- Rohit Choudhary as Sanjay "Sanju" Thakur, Neil's younger brother. (2017-2018)
- Ashish Malhotra / Mukul Harish as Akshay, Kritika's fiancé. (2017–present)
- Neel Motwani as Neil Thakur, corrupt corporator. (2018)[3]
- Roma Arora as Sofia, Karan's on-off girlfriend (2017)
- Sumit Manak as Salil, Rishabh's assistant (2017)
- Sahel Phull as Deepak, Preeta's ex-fiancé. (2017)
- Hetal Yadav as Deepak's mother. (2017)
- Vijay Kashyap as Raghuveer Arora, Sarla's deceased husband and father of the four Arora girls. (2017)
- Isha Anand Sharma as Tapsee, Prithvi's ex-girlfriend (2018)
- Sriti Jha as Pragya Arora, the first-born daughter of Raghuveer and Sarla Arora, Bulbul, Preeta, and Srishti's older sister. (2017–Present)
- Shabbir Ahluwalia as Abhishek Prem "Abhi" Mehra, Pragya's ex-husband, brother-in-law of Bulbul, Preeta and Srishti (2017–Present)
- Mishal Raheja as King Singh (2018-Present)
- Vin Rana as Purab Khanna, Disha's husband, Sunny's father, Pragya, Preeta, and Srishti's brother-in-law, Abhi's best friend, and Bulbul's widower. (2017–2018)
- Ruchi Savarn as Disha Purab Khanna (née Jha), Purab's second wife and Sunny's mother. (2017–2018)
- Shikha Singh as Aliya Mehra, Abhi's younger sister, Tanu's best friend. (2017–2018)
- Leena Jumani as Tanushree Mehra (née Mehta), Abhishek's second wife and Aliya's best friend. (2017–2018)
- Zareena Roshan Khan as Indu Suri (Daasi), current matriarch of the Mehra family, Abhi and Aliya's cousin-grandmother. (2017–2018)
- Daljeet Soundh as Daljeet Mehra (Dadi), former matriarch of the Mehra family, Abhi, Aliya, Raaj and Aakash's deceased grandmother. (2017–2018) (Dead)
Special appearance
| Actor | Day |
|---|---|
| Varun Dhawan | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Ravi Dubey | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Vivek Dahiya | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Arjun Bijlani | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Jeetendra | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Sheen Dass | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Akshay Mhatre | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Pranav Mishra | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Jyoti Sharma | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Krip Suri | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Yesha Rughani | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Divyanka Tripathi | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Dipika Kakar | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Sanjeeda Sheikh | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Gauahar Khan | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Siddharth Nigam | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Samiksha Jaiswal | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Karan Vohra | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Arjit Taneja | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
| Aditi Sharma | Ganesh Utsav Pooja |
Development
Talking about introducing a spinoff of a popular show on a primetime Deepak Rajadhyaksha, Deputy Business Head of Zee TV, says, "Zee TV has always strived to experiment with formats and bring its viewers unique and fresh content. After the success of Kasamh Se, Pavitra Rishta, Jodha Akhbar, Kumkum Bhagya and Brahmarakshas, we are extremely happy to associate yet again with Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms to bring an innovative narrative Kundali Bhagya. It introduces a new set of characters in an all-new world and will replace our hit primetime show, Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani, which was not only a strong differentiator but met with an overwhelming response and has had a glorious run of two years."[5]
On this, Kapoor said, "Over the last two decades, Balaji Telefilms in collaboration with Zee TV has created some great content. With our new show, Kundali Bhagya, we present a first-of-its-kind concept, an all-new interesting and engrossing show that emerges from the sub-plots of an already existing show. We will introduce Pragya’s sisters Preeta and Shrishti and the Luthra brothers Karan and Rishabh. We’re hopeful that the audience will fall in love with each of these endearing characters as we have gone through hundreds of auditions before locking the impressive young talent. The writing for this show is extremely strong in terms of characterisation and the engaging screenplay should leave audiences hooked at the end of every episode."[5] Kundali Bhagya was dubbed into Zee Telugu as Mangalya Bagyam. With the show being a big success, it is airing in Indonesia under the name of "Takdir Lonceng Cinta".
Reception
Response
Kundali Bhagya in its debut week was the fourth-watched television show in the twenty eighth week (8–14 July) of 2017 in India with 5796 Urban and 4064 Rural Impressions.[6]
In the thirty second week of 2017 (5–11 August), the soap opera became the second most-watched television show in India with 10498 Impressions (Urban+Rural)[7] In Week 33 (12–19 August) 2017, the soap opera saw a dip in the ratings thereby recording 10097 Impressions (Urban+Rural) but still was the third most-watched television show in India.[8] In Week 34, 2017 the soap opera further fell to 9691 Impressions but still was the fifth most watched show during the week.[9]
In Week 37, 2017 (9–15 September), the soap opera show a jump in ratings and recorded its highest since debut, 10940 Impressions (Urban+Rural) thereby becoming the second most-watched show in India for the week, the first being its sister show Kumkum Bhagya.[10] In Week 40, 2017 (30 September – 6 October), the soap opera recorded 11216 Impressions (Urban+Rural) and continued to be the second most watched show in India for the week.[11]
In November Kundali Bhagya took the top spot and maintained it in November and December 2017. The show topped TRP charts in January 2018 with staggering 7889 viewership in urban markets. The show got 12.5 million viewership in all India.
Due to continuous increases in ratings and topping the Charts, the show became the biggest weekday launch since 2016 by Balaji Telefilms.[12]
After topping the charts continuously for six months with minor exceptions wherein the show stay put in top 5; its first spot was taken by Colors' Naagin 3. After some time, rival show Yeh rishta kya kehlata hai regained its slot leadership and became constantly the second most watched in India,and Kundali Bhagya was out of top 5. However, just in following week, it regained its numbers, non-influenced by increased viewership of rival show, It came back on third spot.
International broadcast
The series is also converted into Indonesian as Takdir Lonceng Cinta which is currently aired on ANTV since 28 June 2018.[13][14]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favorite Naya Sadasya (Male) | Dheeraj Dhoopar | Won[15] |
| Favorite Popular Character (Female) | Shraddha Arya | |||
| Favorite Naya Sadasya (Female) | Shraddha Arya | Nominated[16] | ||
| Favorite Popular Character (Male) | Dheeraj Dhoopar | |||
| Favorite Jodi | Shraddha Arya & Dheeraj Dhoopar | |||
| Favorite Dharavaahik | Ekta Kapoor | |||
| 2018 | 26th Kalakar Awards | Best Actress | Shraddha Arya | Won[17] |
| Best TV Show | Ekta Kapoor | |||
| 2018 | 11th Gold Awards | Best Actress(Popular) | Shraddha Arya | Won |
| Best Actress in Supporting Role (Popular) | Anjum Fakih | |||
| Best Actor in Supporting Role (Popular) | Manit Joura | |||
| Best Actress in Negative Role (Popular) | Ruhi Chaturvedi | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor in Negative Role (Popular) | Sanjay Gagnani | |||
| Best Actor (Popular) | Dheeraj Dhoopar | |||
| Best Television Show (Popular) | Ekta Kapoor | |||
| 2018 | GARV Indian Television Awards | Best New Serial(Popular) | Ekta Kapoor | Won[18] |
| 2018 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favorite Jodi | Dheeraj Dhoopar & Shraddha Arya | TBA |
| Favorite Popular Face (Male) | Dheeraj Dhoopar | |||
| Favorite Popular Face (Female) | Shraddha Arya | |||
| Favorite Parivaar | Ekta Kapoor | |||
| Favorite Dharavahik | Ekta Kapoor | |||
| Social Swagger of the Year | Dheeraj Dhoopar | |||
| Shraddha Arya |
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External links
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- Zee TV television series
- Hindi-language television programs
- Indian drama television series
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