Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai

Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai (transl. My sister is one in a thousand, international title: The Inseperables) is an Indian Hindi-language soap opera that aired on STAR Plus during weekdays from 3 October 2011 to 13 September 2013.[1][2]

Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
GenreSoap opera
Written byZama Habib
Directed bySantram Varma
Kaushik Ghatak
Vikram Labhe
Ajit Kumar
Rahul Aggarwal
Noel Smith
Creative directorsPinky Shah
Ameeta Devadiga
Pritish Das
StarringSee Below
Opening themeEk Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai By Shreya Ghoshal
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes515
Production
ProducersPrem Kishan
Sunil Mehta
Production locationsRishikesh
Mussoorie
Chandigarh
Mumbai
CinematographyMahesh Talkad
Sanjay Malwankar
Danny
EditorNirmala John
Running timeApprox. 21 minutes
Production companyCinevistaas Limited
DistributorStar India
Release
Original networkStar Plus
Picture format
Original release3 October 2011 (2011-10-03) –
13 September 2013 (2013-09-13)

Plot

The story narrates the lives of two sisters, Jeevika and Manvi Chaudhary, who live with their grandmother (Biji), great grandmother (badi Biji), uncle Madan, aunt Pinky, and cousin Devendra aka Dabbu, in Rishikesh.

Jeevika, the sweet and righteous elder sibling, is a school teacher in a neighbouring school, and Manvi, the carefree and rebellious younger sister, has just passed college. Biji plans to get Jeevika married and receives an alliance from the Vadehra family from Chandigarh. Manvi is initially apprehensive of this as she knows the sweet local doctor Manan is in love with Jeevika, but eventually agrees when her sister sides with Biji despite also having feelings for Manan.

Viren and Virat Vadehra meet Jeevika and Manvi and Viren, a lawyer, falls for her. A very gentle and righteous man similar to her, he soon wins her heart and they are married. Virat and Manvi, both the pranksters of their families, immediately hit it off, slowly developing feelings for each other.

The sisters struggle with separation when Jeevika leaves for Chandigarh, and Manvi is soon diagnosed with cancer. The Chaudharys are reluctant to reveal this to either Jeevika or the Vadehra family. On a family picnic, Jeevika meets with an accident, and Manvi is forced to reveal to Virat why she cannot donate her blood to her sister. Unaware of her condition, Viren forbids Manvi to meet Jeevika and reaches Chandigarh with an unconscious Jeevika. Troubled, Manvi reaches Chandigarh, and the family, and later Jeevika, get to know about her condition. Jeevika takes Manvi to Mumbai to further pursue treatment. Manvi successfully recovers and in the process, Virat and Manvi grow closer and are engaged.

The family later faces more obstacles due to Viren's professional rival Jaiswal sending an imposter to their house. Virat and Jeevika are falsely imprisoned but Manvi and Viren manage to prove them innocent. The sisters also save the Chaudharys' ancestral property to be taken away by Dabbu's greedy wife and their neighbour Sweety. Virat later moves out to prove himself as a successful singer and Manvi follows him. The sisters' estranged father Mahesh also makes an appearance and Manvi forgives him and helps him reconcile with the family.

Jeevika finds out she is infertile due to having donated her bone marrow to Manvi while she was pregnant the first time, and they opt for surrogacy with the help of a woman Vidhi. Meanwhile, Manvi is also pregnant and reunite with the family. Viren helps Vidhi get away from her abusive husband Harshad, and Vidhi leaves her child with them. Jeevika names her daughter Mansi while Manvi names her daughter Jahnvi. The show ends on a happy note with the whole family together.

Cast

Main
  • Krystle D'Souza Jeevika Viren Vadhera née Chaudhary, Maanvi's elder sister, Viren's wife and Mansi’s mother (2011–13)
  • Nia Sharma as Manvi Virat Vadhera née Chaudhary, Jeevika's younger sister, Virat's wife and Jahnvi’s mother (2011–13)
  • Karan Tacker as Viren Singh Vadhera, Virat's elder brother, Jeevika's husband and Mansi’s father (2011–13)
  • Kushal Tandon as Virat Singh Vadhera, Viren's younger brother, Manvi's husband and Jahnvi’s father (2011–13)

Recurring

Guests

Production

Development

Much of the show has been shot in Rishikesh, Chandigarh and Mumbai. In the earlier episodes of the show, the cast had gone to Mussoorie to shoot the show in Jaypee Residency Manor, Mussoorie but in the show it was claimed as their bungalow. The series was also dubbed into English as The Inseparables on Star Life.

Casting

The show is produced and directed by Siddharth Malohtra of Cinevistaas Limited. Krystle D'Souza was cast to play Jeevika Chaudhary along with Nia Sharma as Maanvi Chaudhary.[6] Karan Tacker and Kushal Tandon both were finalised to play the main role.[7] Abhinav Shukla was roped to play another important chartecter in the series. Other cast included Seema Kapoor, Anju Mahendru, Manasvi Vyas, Anupam Bhattacharya, Divyajyotee Sharma, Gaurav Kumar, Deep Dhillon and Tarla Joshi. Seema played a strict women and but later her character turned positive.[8]

Cancellation

Speaking about its end, producer Siddharth Malhotra said, "The channel didn't want to shut the show. Both the channel and the production house tried reasoning with the cast. But since they are unwilling to play parents on screen, we have to forcibly end the show".[1]

Reception

The Indian Express rated two stars and said, "The show is strictly average fare. Krystal D'Souza and Nia Sharma as Jeevika and Maanvi share a sweet chemistry. The promos of the show and the title had got us excited but the bonding between the two sisters doesn't go beyond hugging each other and wiping each other's tears. We wish the scenes were written better…with a title like that we expected some more endearing, engaging stuff between the sisters."[9]

Awards and nominations
YearAward CeremonyCategoryRecipientResult
2012 Indian Telly Awards Fresh New Face (Male) Kushal Tandon Won
Gold Awards Best Debut (Male) Kushal Tandon Won[10]
Best Show Prem Krishen & Sunil Mehta Nominated
People's Choice Awards India Favourite New Television Drama Prem Krishen & Sunil Mehta Nominated
Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actress Drama Nia Sharma Won[11]
Best Actor Drama Kushal Tandon Nominated[12]
Best Serial Drama Prem Krishen & Sunil Mehta Nominated
Best Actress Drama (Jury) Krystle D'Souza Nominated
Best Serial Drama (Jury) Prem Krishen & Sunil Mehta Nominated
GR8! Performer Of The Year Karan Tacker Nominated
Best Director Drama (Jury) Santaram Verma Nominated
Best Teleplay (Jury) Bhavini Iyer & Zama Habib Won
2013
Indian Telly Awards Best Ensemble Cinevistaas Limited Won
Best Actress In Leading Role Nia Sharma Nominated
Best Drama Series Cinevistaas Limited Nominated
Kalakar Awards Best Jodi Karan Tacker & Krystle D'Souza Won

References
  1. "Ek Hazaaron Mein to end as actors refuse to age". Times of India.
  2. "Karan Tacker gets nostalgic as his show EHMMBH with Krystle D'Souza completes 7 years". Times of India.
  3. "Abir Goswami replaces Aman Verma in Ek Hazaron Main..." Times of India.
  4. "Ranjeev Verma & Puneet Sachdev in Ek Hazaaron…". Times of India.
  5. "Neha Gosain to enter Ek Hazaaron Mein…". Times of India.
  6. "Krystle and Nia Sharma to play leads in Cinevistaas' next". Metro Masti. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  7. "Karan Tacker and Kushal Tandon to play them ain male leads in Star Plus next". Metro Masti. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  8. "Seema Kapoor (Vasu of Bidaai) to play an antagonist in Star Plus Ek Hazaaron". Metro Masti. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  9. "Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai". The Indian Express.
  10. Winners & Nominees of 5th Boroplus Gold Awards, 2012
  11. "IndianTelevisionAcademy.com". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  12. "The ITA Awards 2012 – Popular Top-5". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
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