| Bhabhi | |
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A promotional logo image of "Bhabhi". |
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| Format | Drama |
| Created by | UTV Software Communications |
| Written by | Rajesh Beri |
| Opening theme | "Bhabhi" by Udit Narayan & Indira Menon |
| Country of origin | India |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 1328 Total |
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| Producer(s) | Ronnie Screwvala & Zarina Mehta |
| Running time | approx. 23 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | STAR Plus |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV), |
| Original run | March 18, 2002 – May 23, 2008 |
| External links | |
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Bhabhi (translation: sister-in-law in Hindi) is an Indian Hindi language soap opera that premiered on March 18, 2002 on STAR Plus.[1] The series is produced by one of India's popular production house, UTV Software Communications, also known as UTV. The series has ended on STAR Plus, but currently being re-aired on TV Asia channel in USA. Also it is India's fourth longest running serial.
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Synopsis
'Bhabhi' is based on the relationships and happenings of destiny.This is a story of a woman Saroj trapped in the hands of fate. As soon as Saroj raises the ghunghat; it changes her entire life completely.
The protagonist Saroj with the ghunghat across her face is the newly married 'Bhabhi', traveling to her husband's home along with her husband Dr Prakash and her only blood relation - her elder brother. An unfortunate road accident with another vehicle carrying a marriage party renders her unconscious. Hours later as she recuperates in the warm and caring presence of her husband's home, a shocking fact unfolds in front of her. She realises that the man who is supposedly her husband and the family she is with is not her own.
There is no trace of her actual husband Dr. Prakash and her brother. Saroj also soon learns that the family she is now with and who have welcomed her as their new Bhabhi had never seen the bride before. Saroj is being mistaken for a girl called Pushpa (the girl that everyone in the house thinks their son Tilak has married and brought home with him). When Saroj reveals her identity to Tilak (Pushpa's husband) he is aghast. He realises that at the accident site, since he had never seen his wife Pushpa's face, he had mistakenly brought the wrong bride home.
As the two decide to reveal this mishap of mistaken identity to the family, a sudden crisis situation arises. Tilak's mother falls seriously ill unable to accept the death of her husband (in the same accident) Tilak pleads with Saroj not to immediately reveal to his family that she is not the bride 'Pushpa' everyone is assuming. Seeing the situation she complies.
Saroj is forced to assume the mantle of the daughter-in-law and give solace to Tilak's mother in the hope of helping her emerge from the trauma of her recent widowhood. Saroj's emotional support helps save Tilak's mother. Everyone rejoices, yet Saroj is devastated. Being an orphan and with no news of her husband and her brother she is miserable. At the other end the adulation, love and total acceptance from each member of the family numbs Saroj so completely that at least for the moment she decides, though unwillingly to accept the position as 'Pushpa Bhabhi' - the most sought after woman in the Chopra family.
Both Saroj and Tilak know they are treading a dangerous path, yet with Saroj having no place to go to and with Tilak's mother just recouping Saroj continues to be the 'Bhabhi' of the house, a role she plays to perfection because of her innate sense of goodness in wanting to revive hope in the Chopra family while inwardly devastated about the separation from her real husband and brother.
• Neha Mehta/Dolly Sohi ... Saroj/Pushpa (the main lead, protagonist)
• Joy Sen Gupta/Manish Goel ... Tilak (Pushpa's husband)
• Rucha Gujarati/Kanchi Kaul ... Suhana
• Bhanujeet Sudan ... Nihal
• Tejal Shah ... Guddo
• Vishal Oberoi... Dev
• Sanya Sukhwinder ... Sushmita/Sush
• Pooja Bhatia ... Rishika
• Shoma Anand ... Reshma
• Darmesh Vyas ... Kuku (Tilak's uncle)
• Shilpa Shinde ... Manju (Saroj's cousin sister)
• Pulkit Nanavati ... Dapinder
• Monty Patel ... Vicky
• Nadiya Rashid ... Sushma
• Manmeet Chopra ... Raju
• Shivshakti Sachdev...Mehak
• Vidya Sinha- Savitri
• Gurdeep Kohli - Gitanjali
. Nellu Kohli - Nanda Chachi
. Sunny Moza - Rahul
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