Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan

Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan
A promotional image for Kumkum
Created by	BAG Films
Written by	Mayah Basle Jayesh Patil Harsha Jagdish Radheshyam Raj Shobhit Jaiswal Binita Desai Mahesh Pandey S Farhan Barry Dhillon R M Joshi Mitesh Shah Kapil Bavad Virendra Shahaney Anshuman Sinha Gayatri Gill Ved Raj
Directed by	Aashish Patil Anil V. Kumar Arvind Babbal Paresh Patil Swapnil Shahaney
Starring	Juhi Parmar Hussain Kuwajerwala
Opening theme	"Kumkum" by Sonu Nigam and Pamela Jain
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1,449
Production
Producer(s)	Anuradha Prasad
Running time	21 minutes
Production company(s)	BAG Films
Release
Original network	Star Plus
Picture format	480i (SDTV)'
Original release	July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15) – March 13, 2009 (2009-03-13)
External links
Website	starplus.indya.com/serials/kumkum/index.html

Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan^[1] (Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈkʊmkʊm]; English: A Lovely Bond) is a daytime Indian television soap opera that aired on STAR Plus channel. It remains one of the longest running serials on Indian television with a total of 1449 episodes aired over seven years.

The show aired worldwide from Monday to Friday afternoons at 13:00. Its final episode was broadcast on 13 March 2009.

It was the fourth longest running serial in India after Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms shows like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii and Kasautii Zindagii Kay and is also ranked fourth among the most watched daily soaps on Indian television ever.

Plot summary

The soap opera tells the tale of the Wadhwa family and its daughter-in-law, Kumkum. She is happily married to Jatin. However, he dies of a brain tumor while she is expecting their first child. The Wadhwas decide to get their young daughter-in-law re-married, and find an eligible young man named Vishal. However, when obstacles arise to prevent that marriage, Jatin's younger brother Sumit impulsively marries Kumkum in order to save her from social disgrace. After this, Sumit and Kumkum come to the fact that both of them love each other very much and cannot think of living without each other. Kumkum had one son from Jatin named Druv. Druv had one step brother and sister form his step-father Sumit. Now that Kumkum notices that her son doesn't like Sumit, whereas Sumit considers him just like his own son. So Kumkum decides to finish the bitter feeling between them.

Cast

Awards

Star Parivaar Awards

Winners

In 2003

• The Best Bahu 2003 - Juhi Parmar^[2]
• The Best Devar 2003 - Hussain Kuwajerwala^[3]

In 2004

• The Best Patni 2004 - Juhi Parmar
• The Best Pati 2004 - Hussain Kuwajerwala

In 2005

• The Best Dadaji 2005 - Aron Bali
• The Best Bahu 2005 - Juhi Parmar
• The Best Bhabhi 2005 - Juhi Parmar
• The Best Pati 2005 - Hussain Kuwajerwala

In 2006

• The Best Patni 2006 - Juhi Parmar
• The Best Pati 2006 - Hussain Kuwajerwala
• The Best Bhai 2006 - Hussain Kuwajerwala

In 2007

• The Best Patni 2007 - Juhi Parmar
• The Best Pati 2007 - Hussain Kuwajerwala

The Indian Telly Awards

In 2005

• Best Actor critic (Female) - Juhi Parmar

References

External links

• Kumkum: Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan Streaming On Hotstar