Grihasti
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Grihasti is a family drama that airs on the STAR Plus
. The show premiered on February 25, 2008 and aired until March 27, 2009.
, Balraaj, the women realize that they must come together in order to succeed in their male-dominated society. As a result of this and of destiny, the women become more independent. This change in their life shows the importance of many female roles in society: wife, daughter, grandmother, and sister. It is shown in the show that Rishi (simar's husband) is having an affair with his secretary Priya. Simar is also getting a little doubtful. Also the Balraaj family house is taken by the fraud Lucky Kapoor and his wife and mother. So the balraaj family are trying to get it back by playing Lucky's trick on him. They all disguise themselves as potential buyers of the balraj house and in the end they get back their house on holi. But on holi manas and ronak get rishi high on cannabis and he goes and hugs priya. Then he tells simar that he is having an affair. The whole family breaks down especially Simar. Recently, simar finds out that she is pregnant and priya finds out and tells Rishi. Also, Lucky Kapoor comes out of jail and is determined to kill Ronak so he goes to the Balraj House. He gets into a fight with him and Soni interferes with them and ends up falling down the stairs. She loses much blood so Priya gives it to them. She makes Rishi realise that he still loves Simar. So they get back together again.
Eight MONTHS LATER, Simar goes into labour and has a baby boy.
Two YEARS LATER, Rano and Soni both are pregnant and Simar's child is 2 years old. There is a problem at work so all the daughters decide to go and solve it. After the problem is solved they all go home. Soni first goes into labour and then so does Rano. It is too late to go to the hospital so they both have their children at home. Both of them are girls. Everyone is happy with their husbands, children and family. They name Rano's baby Rani and Soni's baby khushi.
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...
. The show premiered on February 25, 2008 and aired until March 27, 2009.
Synopsis
Grihasti is based upon the Khurana family. After the death of the family's patriarchPatriarch
Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...
, Balraaj, the women realize that they must come together in order to succeed in their male-dominated society. As a result of this and of destiny, the women become more independent. This change in their life shows the importance of many female roles in society: wife, daughter, grandmother, and sister. It is shown in the show that Rishi (simar's husband) is having an affair with his secretary Priya. Simar is also getting a little doubtful. Also the Balraaj family house is taken by the fraud Lucky Kapoor and his wife and mother. So the balraaj family are trying to get it back by playing Lucky's trick on him. They all disguise themselves as potential buyers of the balraj house and in the end they get back their house on holi. But on holi manas and ronak get rishi high on cannabis and he goes and hugs priya. Then he tells simar that he is having an affair. The whole family breaks down especially Simar. Recently, simar finds out that she is pregnant and priya finds out and tells Rishi. Also, Lucky Kapoor comes out of jail and is determined to kill Ronak so he goes to the Balraj House. He gets into a fight with him and Soni interferes with them and ends up falling down the stairs. She loses much blood so Priya gives it to them. She makes Rishi realise that he still loves Simar. So they get back together again.
Eight MONTHS LATER, Simar goes into labour and has a baby boy.
Two YEARS LATER, Rano and Soni both are pregnant and Simar's child is 2 years old. There is a problem at work so all the daughters decide to go and solve it. After the problem is solved they all go home. Soni first goes into labour and then so does Rano. It is too late to go to the hospital so they both have their children at home. Both of them are girls. Everyone is happy with their husbands, children and family. They name Rano's baby Rani and Soni's baby khushi.
Cast
- Kiran Kumar ... Balraaj Khurana (father of Simar and Soni)(Dead)
- Vaidehi Amrute ... Amrit Khurana (mother of Simar and Soni)(Widow)
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... Simar Khurana (elder daughter of Balraaj and Amrit Khurana. Married to Rishi) - Hunar Halli ... Soni Khurana (younger daughter of Balraaj and Amrit Khurana. Married to Ronak)
- Aarti Singh ... Rano (daughter of Nacho. Married to Manas)
- Sunila Karambekar ... Nacho (widowed sister of Balraaj)
- Anand SuryavanshiAnand SuryavanshiAnand Suryavanshi is an Indian actor who appears in various television shows. He is best known for starring in the lead role of Ashkey in Mamta which used to air on Zee TV.-Career:...
... Rishi (Simar's husband) - Shahbaaz Khan ... Jaydev Khurana (elder brother of Balraaj Khurana)
- Shaleen BhanotShaleen BhanotShaleen Bhanot is an Indian actor from Jabalpur who got his start on the reality show MTV Roadies on MTV India. He went on to appear in several Indian TV series and movies.-Career:...
... Manas Ahuja (Rano's husband)
Timings
Grihasti airs in...- India - Monday-Friday @ 2.30pm IST
- UK - Monday-Friday @ 2.30pm GMT