Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)

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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 seasons2
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 showsKasautii Zindagii Kay
External links
Website
Production website

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.

Premise

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

Main article: List of chapters in Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series)

Episodes List

Main article: List of Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2001 TV series) episodes

Cast

Main article: List of Kasautii Zindagii Kay 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.[6]

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

In October 2003, the series had a crossover with Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand.[9][10]

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.[11]

Cancellation

In November 2007, Kasautii was confirmed going off-air in January 2008.[12] 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."[13]

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.[14][15] This reboot has been remade in Kannada language on Star Suvarna titled Premloka.[16]

Adaptations

Kasautii was dubbed in the local languages of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Mauritius and was telecast there.[17] 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.[18]

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."[19]

Ratings

Kasautii Zindagii Kay became the third-longest running and top rated Hindi GEC series after Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii— all three of which were produced by Balaji Telefilms.[20][21] The show recorded one of the highest TRPs helping StarPlus maintaining its top position.[22][23][24][25]

It began with an average ratings of 4.44 while in 2002, 2003, 2004 it grows to an average TRP of 7.51, 8.83 and 9.14 respectively.[26] Kasautii garnering 9.9 TVR as on 18 November 2003 at third position.[27] The crossover episode between Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand and Kasautii during October 2003 garnered 14+ TVR.[28]

While in 2005, it maintained its third position with 10.93 TVR while the following year it dropped 8.78 TVR despite maintaining its position.[29]

In second week of January 2007, Kasautii continued to be third with a declined rating of 5.6 TVR.[30][31]

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.[32]

Awards

Main article: List of accolades received by Kasautii Zindagii Kay

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,[33] Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh,[34] Hum Bewafa Hargiz Na Thay,[35] Kal Ho Naa Ho, Jiyen To Jiyen Kaisy[36] 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

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. Retrieved 25 October 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  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. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Kutte kya mean hai". Mumbai Mirror.
  8. ↑ "'Kyunki...' storyline moving to Australia". Indian Television dot com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009.
  9. ↑ "Star Plus to marry 'Kasauti' and 'Des Mein' in special show". Indian Television dot com.
  10. ↑ "Two 'K 'serials to overlap today". Hindustan Times.
  11. ↑ "Kasauti Zindagi Kay 2: After playing Anurag, Hiten Tejwani to play Mr Bajaj? Here's the truth". India Today.
  12. ↑ "Finally... the 'Kasautii' ends!". Daily News and Analysis.
  13. ↑ "It's their loss if they don't understand the power of Balaji". Mumbai Mirror.
  14. ↑ "Erica Fernandes begins shooting for Kasautii Zindagii Kay promo". 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "Kasautii Zindagii Kay wraps up on October 3". Mumbai Mirror.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "Channels focus on content syndication". Daily News and Analysis.
  18. ↑ "Indian soaps help Sri Lankan channel top charts". Indian Television dot com.
  19. ↑ "Do soap stars watch their own shows?". Rediff.com.
  20. ↑ "The rise and rise of Ekta Kapoor". India Today. Retrieved 11 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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. ↑ "STAR's airtime rates up 20% for prime time spots". The Economic Times.
  25. ↑ "Star Plus Six It's Break; Zee Improvide: Hindi JC Study". Indian Television dot com.
  26. ↑ "A case study on how the 3 most celebrated shows retained their premier position over four years..." Indian Television. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020.
  27. ↑ "Jassi jaisi koi nahin, but uski TRP thik nahin". The Economic Times.
  28. ↑ "Adding to the content". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020.
  29. ↑ "TELEVISION 2006 Reality ruled the roost". The Tribune (India). Archived from the original on 25 March 2021.
  30. ↑ "Zee closes in on Star Plus top spot". Rediff.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  31. ↑ "Sonys prime time TRPs plummet". The Financial Express.
  32. ↑ "Dramatic twist in long-running Star-Balaji soap". Live Mint.
  33. ↑ "Kya Pyaar Karoge Mujhse (Dil Mera Pooch Raha Hai) - Kasauti Zindagi Kay - All Versions". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  34. ↑ "Kasauti Zindagi Kay | Anurag & Prerna | Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh All Versions JUKE BOX". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  35. ↑ "Kasauti zindagi ki (hum bewafaa hargish na the)". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  36. ↑ "Jiyen To Jiyen kaise [Kasauti-Zindagi-ki] [Serial]". youtube.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

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