Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)

Kasautii Zindagii Kay (The Trials of Life) is an Indian television series created by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms on Star Plus.[3][4] The show starred Shweta Tiwari, Cezzane Khan later replaced by Hiten Tejwani, Ronit Roy and Urvashi Dholakia who portrayed Prerna Sharma, Anurag Basu, Rishabh Bajaj and Komolika Majumdar.[5] The show explored the story of the star crossed lovers Anurag and Prerna. The various stages of their love and life as well as the lives of their children,grandchildren and at the end, great-grandchildren.

Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Directed by
  • Santram Varma
  • Gautam Sobti
  • Qaeed Kuwajerwala
  • Ravindra Gautam[1] Santosh Bhatt
  • Yash Chauhan
  • Raminder Singh Suri
  • Sushen Bhatnagar
  • Rajeev Bhatia
  • Jitendra K Basantt
  • Rohit Malhotra
  • Sangeeta Rao
  • Deepak Chavan
  • Jignesh Vaishnav
  • Arvind Babbal
  • Rishi Tyagi
  • Hitesh Tejwani
  • Shankar Verma
  • Anoop Chaudhary, V.G Roy
Creative directors
  • Monisha Singh
  • Nivedita Basu
  • Doris Dey
  • Shipra Arora
  • Shiwangi Singh Chauhan
  • Riti Chopra
StarringCezzane Khan
Shweta Tiwari
Urvashi Dholakia
Hiten Tejwani
Ronit Roy
Theme music composer
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1,423
Production
Executive producerNiel Singh
ProducersEkta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Cinematography
  • Santosh Suryavanshi
  • Deepak Malwankar
  • Rajesh Naag
Editors
  • Dharmesh Shah
  • Sanjeev Shukla
  • Uday Raj
  • Achintya Ghosh
  • Vikas Sharma
  • Sandeep Bhatt
Camera setupMulti-Camera
Running time24 minutes
Release
Original networkStar Plus
Picture format576i
Original release29 October 2001 (2001-10-29)[2] 
28 February 2008 (2008-02-28)
Chronology
Related shows Kasautii Zindagii Kay
External links
Website
Production website

Plot

Star crossed lovers Anurag and Prerna fall in love with each other, only for fate to time and again separate them. Komolika and Rishabh Bajaj are vital catalysts in the story. Over a span of eighty years in the show, the story revolves around Anurag, Prerna, and their children Prem, Sneha, and eventually progresses to their grandchildren.

Chapters

Kasautii Zindagii Kay was based on following chapters in its storyline. Below are the highlights.[6]

  • Chapter 1 (Episode 1–26) | Prerna and Anurag are in love. Mohini, Anurag's mother wants him to marry Komolika.
  • Chapter 2 (Episode 27–67) | Anurag marries Komolika due to his mother's emotional blackmail; Prerna pregnant with his child.
  • Chapter 3 (Episode 67–108) | Moloy recovers from a coma and comes to know about Anurag and Komolika's marriage.
  • Chapter 4 (Episode 109–164) | Komolika and Anurag's divorce.
  • Chapter 5 (Episode 165–210) | Prerna marries Rishabh Bajaj to protect the assets of the Basu family.
  • Chapter 6 (Episode 211–276) | Bajaj's wife Menaka poses problems for Bajaj. As they are not divorced yet.
  • Chapter 7 (Episode 277–330) | Bajaj disappears after his accident. Prerna and Anurag get engaged and married happily.
  • Chapter 8 (Episode 331–374) | Bajaj creates problems in Anurag and Prerna's paradise he clicked intimate photos with Prerna in Pune by making her unconscious, later he used this photo's to blackmail her with the help of Mr. Patel who also involved in Prem's kidnapping.
  • Chapter 9 (Episode 375–402) | Prerna and Anurag's son Prem is abducted and dies due to the irresponsible behavior of Prena, who forgot Prem to pick up from school, before this she so many times ignored responsibility of Prem because of Kukki.
  • Chapter 10 (Episode 403–441) | Anurag and Prerna's marriage fell apart due to misunderstandings. Anurag marries Aparna leaving Pregnant Prerna alone for her misdid.
  • Chapter 11 (Episode 442–472) | Prerna is mad at Anurag and moves to Panchmeshwar with her daughter Sneha.
  • Chapter 12 (Episode 473–511) | After eight years, Sneha visits Anurag's house. Unwillingly and due to the pressurized situation Prerna decide to engage with Bajaj.
  • Chapter 13 (Episode 512–572) | Sneha fights leukemia, Anurag and Prerna become closer due to her and have another child name Prem which left Bajaj to realize that Prerna only loves Anurag.
  • Chapter 14 (Episode 573–623) | Aparna's plot to murder Anurag.
  • Chapter 15 (Episode 624–646) | Prerna accused of Aparna's murder.
  • Chapter 16 (Episode 647–685) | Anurag not showing interest to get back Prerna, as she decides to marry Bajaj because of Sneha. Madhvi expose her pregnancy because of Bajaj but Bajaj refused to accept Madhvi as well as his unborn child with her.
  • Chapter 17 (Episode 686–757) | Generation Leap: Shravan avenges his mother Aparna's death.
  • Chapter 18 (Episode 758–781) | Bajaj's past comes out. Is Tanisha, Mr. Bajaj's daughter?
  • Chapter 19 (Episode 782–833) | Anurag, Prerna and Bajaj meet with the fatal accident.
  • Chapter 20 (Episode 834–873) | Yudi is actually Prem
  • Chapter 21 (Episode 874–928) | Yudi's transformation
  • Chapter 22 (Episode 929–993) | Mukti and Yudi grow closer. Sharad assaults Mukti.
  • Chapter 23 (Episode 994 –1022) | An attempt to take Prerna's life.
  • Chapter 24 (Episode 1023–1048) | Anurag marries Sampada, Prerna takes the blame for Sneha's offence.
  • Chapter 25 (Episode 1049–1069) | After five years: Anurag-Sampada live happily by taking Prem and Sneha's responsibility. Bajaj destroy his business and leaves his family alone to suffer and cuts all relations with his family after hearing conversation of Prerna and Anurag which reveals the truth that she only loves Anurag. Although Anurag provides shelter to Bajaj's family. Prerna returns from jail.
  • Chapter 26 (Episode 1070–1101) | Prem is shattered by Mukti's death
  • Chapter 27 (Episode 1102–1163) | Prem is taken to Panchameshwar for treatment.
  • Chapter 28 (Episode 1164–1202) | Aparna's attempt to murder Prerna.
  • Chapter 29 (Episode 1203–1250) | Kasak falsely frame Shravan for her condition and manipulate Bajaj against Shravan stupid Bajaj believe on Kasak and took idiotic step by vowing to destroy Shravan. Prerna shoots Anurag.
  • Chapter 30 (Episode 1251–1300) | Twenty years later, Prerna's granddaughter Prerna(P2) is the protagonist. Anurag returns as Pratham Mittal.
  • Chapter 31 (Episode 1301–1358) | Sampada confesses her crime. Prerna apologizes to Anurag. Anurag exposes Bajaj that he is still alive.
  • Chapter 32 (Episode 1359–1394) | Anurag exposes Komolika's plan.
  • Chapter 33 (Episode 1395–1423) | Komolika points the gun at Anurag, but Prerna takes the bullet to save Anurag but both Anurag and Prerna die in each other's arms. Komolika falls off the cliff and dies. Prerna and Anurag unite in death. Prem writes a book: Kasautii Zindagii Kay on Anurag and Prerna's life. Mr. Bajaj left alone forever and two true love birds unite after death.

Cast

Production

Development

Kapoor stated that Anurag was named after her director friend and Prerna was named after her father's friend Prem Chopra's daughter.[7]

The series was filmed at sets in Killick Nixion studio, set number 7 B in Mumbai.[8] In early 2003, a sequence was filmed at Australia.[9]

In October 2003, the series had a crossover with Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand.[10][11]

In 2005, the series was filmed at Singapore and Malaysia (Episode 708 - Episode 721).

In 2007, Khan was replaced by Hiten Tejwani in the series.[12]

Cancellation

In November 2007, Kasautii was confirmed going off-air in January 2008.[13] However it ended on 28 February 2008 for which Kapoor stated, "I won't deny that the TRPs of Kasautii… had gone down quite a bit and moreover, I didn't have a story to tell."[14]

Reboot series

A reboot of the show, also titled Kasautii Zindagii Kay, was aired on Star Plus from 25 September 2018 to 3 October 2020 for two years which did not sustain expected ratings unlike this series.[15][16] This reboot has been remade in Kannada language on Star Suvarna titled Premloka.[17]

Adaptations

Kasautii was dubbed in the local languages of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Mauritius and was telecast there.[18] The series became one of the most watched series in Sri Lanka aired on Maharaja TV where it opened with 11.3 TVR in February 2005 and was at 8 TVR on April 2005.[19]

Reception

Critics

Rediff.com stated, "One nice thing about Kasauti... is that all characters in the serial are very strong. Be it the protagonists or antagonists, every character stands on firm ground."[20]

Ratings

Kasautii Zindagii Kay became the third-longest running Indian television series after Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii— all three of which were produced by Balaji Telefilms.[21] The show recorded one of the highest TRPs.[22][23]

The crossover episode between Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand and Kasautii during October 2003 garnered 14+ TVR.[24]

Being one of the top-rated Indian television series maintaining its position in top 10 programs until 2008, it dropped to eleventh position in January 2008 after which it was soon cancelled.[25]

Soundtrack

The Kasautii Zindagii Kay soundtrack is from the Indian soap opera that has recorded more than fifty tracks during its airing from 2001 to 2008 and won several awards.

The show had recorded more than a hundred tracks including some versions of Bollywood hit songs Kya Pyaar Karoge Mujhse,[26] Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh,[27] Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na Thay,[28] Kal Ho Naa Ho, Jiyen To Jiyen Kaisy[29] and Do Ajnabi Kidar Ja Rahy Hain.

Original serial versions

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Chahat Kay Safar Mein" (title track)1:20
2."Milti Hai Nigahein"1:30
3."Chahat Kay Safar Mein" (sad version)1:23
4."Zindagii Kay Safar Mein"1:54
5."Zindagi Kya Hai Jaisy"1:29
6."Mujse Rootho Na Aisy"1:45
7."Pyaar Ke Mor Per"1:23
8."Jab Se Tum Milay Ho"1:36
9."Teri Meri Yeh Yaari"1:24
10."Meri Ankhon Ke Taaray"1:32
11."Aega Wo Ek Din"1:26
12."Jaany Anjaany Mein"1:28
13."Kya Chaha Tha Mein Na"2:34
14."Kabhi Aisa Bhi Hota Hai"1:59
15."Koi Jab Mujse Kehta Hai"1:46
Total length:24:29

Awards

References

  1. ""If you restrict the story to the main characters, the viewer enjoys it more": Ravindra Gautam". Indian Television dot com.
  2. "Ekta Kapoor shares how Kasautii Zindagii Kay and Kutumb 'busted the rating charts' 18 years ago". The Times of India.
  3. "Kasautii Zindagi Kay TV basti". tvbasti.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. "Kasautii Zindagi Kay Episodes". briyanshu.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  5. "Audiences are used to seeing characters dying and coming back". tellychakkar.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  6. "Chapters in Kasautii Zindagii Kay". hotstar.com. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. "Ekta Kapoor on Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2: I am nervous as whenever my shows are too hyped, they usually don't work". The Times of India.
  8. "Kutte kya mean hai". Mumbai Mirror.
  9. "'Kyunki...' storyline moving to Australia". Indian Television dot com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009.
  10. "Star Plus to marry 'Kasauti' and 'Des Mein' in special show". Indian Television dot com.
  11. "Two 'K 'serials to overlap today". Hindustan Times.
  12. "Kasauti Zindagi Kay 2: After playing Anurag, Hiten Tejwani to play Mr Bajaj? Here's the truth". India Today.
  13. "Finally... the 'Kasautii' ends!". Daily News and Analysis.
  14. "It's their loss if they don't understand the power of Balaji". Mumbai Mirror.
  15. "Erica Fernandes begins shooting for Kasautii Zindagii Kay promo". 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  16. "Kasautii Zindagii Kay wraps up on October 3". Mumbai Mirror.
  17. "Vijay Suriya's 'Premaloka' to premiere on July 22 - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  18. "Channels focus on content syndication". Daily News and Analysis.
  19. "Indian soaps help Sri Lankan channel top charts". Indian Television dot com.
  20. "Do soap stars watch their own shows?". Rediff.com.
  21. "Ekta Kapoor gets nostalgic as Kasauti Zindagi Kay 2 premiere nears, thanks Shweta Tiwari, Cezanne Khan and Urvashi Dholakia". India Today.
  22. "Crorepati Gone, Star To Slug It Out For 9-10 Pm Money". Business Standard.
  23. "'Des Mein' ousts 'Kyunki..' & 'Kahaani..' from No. 1 position". Indiantelevision.org. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  24. "Adding to the content". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020.
  25. "Dramatic twist in long-running Star-Balaji soap". Live Mint.
  26. "Kya Pyaar Karoge Mujhse (Dil Mera Pooch Raha Hai) - Kasauti Zindagi Kay - All Versions". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  27. "Kasauti Zindagi Kay | Anurag & Prerna | Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh All Versions JUKE BOX". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  28. "Kasauti zindagi ki (hum bewafaa hargish na the)". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  29. "Jiyen To Jiyen kaise [Kasauti-Zindagi-ki] [Serial]". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
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