Bairi Piya
| Bairi Piya | |
|---|---|
 Promotional Poster of Bairi Piya | |
| Format | Drama |
| Created by | Balaji Telefilms |
| Written by |
Story & Screenplay Anil Nagpal, Anshuman Sinha & Vandana Tewari Dialogues Shirish Latkar & Amit Jha |
| Directed by | Suraj Rao, Santosh Kolhe, Deepak Chavan, Randeep Shantaram Mahadik & Fahad Kashmiri |
| Creative director(s) | Sandiip Sikcand, Prashant Bhatt, Shivangi Singh Chauhan & Madhura Rapsang |
| Starring | Sharad Kelkar & Supriya Kumari |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | Total 252 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Ekta Kapoor & Shobha Kapoor |
| Editor(s) | Vikas Sharma, Vishal Sharma & Sandeep Bhatt |
| Cinematography | Ashok Salian & Danish Singh |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Colors (TV channel) |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original run | September 21, 2009 – September 3, 2010 |
Bairi Piya (loosely translated as ‘Cruel Beloved’) is an Indian soap opera.
Bairi Piya is an atypical love story painted across a canvas portraying the predicament of destitute farmers & their families. The initial episodes accentuated the stark reality that morality was a luxury many families couldn’t afford.
Though the series started with the intent of highlighting the problems faced by the poor peasants of Vidarbha region of Eastern Maharashtra, that track was soon relegated to the backburner after receiving much criticism, despite revealing the true miserable conditions of poor peasants. The Women Rights Commission even pleaded for the show to be discontinued on the grounds that the practice of taking young girls to fulfil landlords' needs was not admissible for open public viewing.
Plot Summary
The story follows the lives of debt-ridden farmers trying to eke out a living under the servitude of the charismatic autocrat Thakur Digvijay Singh Bhadoria. The lofty Thakur rules with the same unctuousness as his ancestors did before him, until his path crosses Amoli’s. A poor farmer’s daughter, Amoli fights the Thakur’s amorous advances with an unshakable inner resolve, which in turn fuels his obsession even further.
The show traces Thakur Digvijay’s agonizing journey from lust to love as his unlikely nemesis. Amoli brings about his fall from grace & ultimately his rise to virtuous glory.
Moving away off the beaten path from the classic ‘Cinderella code’, Bairi Piya depicted its ‘hero’ as a tarnished, morally ambivalent figure, realistically imperfect & riddled with contradictions. The flawed protagonist, mimicking life, disturbed the audience with his weaknesses, resulting in many remembering Bairi Piya as a 'melodrama with a difference.
Unforeseen Popularity
The astounding popularity of this unlikely hero was suggestive partly of the changing bias of a rapidly progressive TV audience, inadvertently redefining their perception of the attributes of a conventional hero.
The story of the culpable landlord Thakur Digvijay’s obsessive love for the hapless village girl Amoli may have been unpalatable for a section of the audience. Yet for many, it was the surprising reformation of the same Thakur through Amoli’s grit & resolve & her own disconcerting emotions for her bête noire that made the show highly intriguing.
The End (with its lack of closure) & Beyond
The last track of the show culminated into a hurriedly put together ‘happy ending’, leaving the audience baffled & unsated. Bairi Piya took its final curtain call on 3rd Sept 2010 much to the chagrin of its many distraught fans, who have since been campaigning for a renewed season, or a similarly conceptualized show starring the same lead pair.
Cast
The lead protagonists
- Supriya Kumari as Amoli
- Sharad Kelkar as Thakur Digvijay Singh Bhadoria (aka Ranveer)
The supporting cast (in alphabetical order)
- Aham Sharma as Nirbhay Pundir
- Anukamal as Ganga (Kaumudi's mother)
- Arya Gore as Tani (Amoli's sister)
- Ashok Sawant as Beturam
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Shobhna Bhadoria (Digvijay's brother's wife)
- Asima Bhatt as Badi Maalkin (Digvijay's mother)
- Deepak Sandhu as Dipesh Kedia (Chandana's husband)
- Kadambari Shantshree as Suman (Amoli's mother)
- Kailash as Tukaram (Amoli's father)
- Kanika Chaddha as Rohini
- Kumar Hegde as Dhani (Kajri's father)
- Manoj Bhaskar as Harshwardhan Pundir
- Mohit Dagga as Puneet Singh Bhadoria (Digvijay's nephew)
- Monica Kale as Madhura Kedia (Dipesh's mother)
- Neetha Shetty as Badiya Bahu (Mrs. Nirbhay Pundir)
- Neha Gehlot as Sanchita Pundir
- Pallavi Subhash Chandran as Chiggy Bahu
- Pawan Chopra as Viraat Pundir
- Preeti Gandwani as Sandhya (Radhe's actual wife)
- Priyamvada Kant as Kaumudi
- Rithvik Dhanjani as Prithvi
- Sana Khan (Zoya Khan) as Diya
- Sandhya Soni as Ankita Pundir
- Sanjay Gagnani as Suren Singh Bhadoria (Digvijay's nephew)
- Shresth Kumar as Radhe (Amoli's first husband)
- Shreya Bugde as Chandana Kedia née Bhadoria (Digvijay's niece)
- Shubhi Mehta as Thakurain Urmila Bhadoria (Digvijay's first wife)
- Sumana Das as Kajri Bhadoria (Dhani's daughter, Puneet's wife)
- Vaishnavi Mahant as Sunanda Devi Pundir (Amoli's birth mother)
- Yash Gera as Prateek
Replacement
Bairi Piya was replaced by Laagi Tujhse Lagan, which had formerly aired in the 9:30 pm slot since its launch in December 2009.
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