Banoo Main Teri Dulhann

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Banoo Mein Teri Dulhann
File:Banoo main teri dulhan.jpeg
Created byShakuntalam Telefilms
Written byRashmi Sharma
Directed by
  • Neelima Bajpayi
  • Ismail Umar Khan[1]
  • Inder Das
Starring
Opening theme"Banoo Main Teri Dulhann" by Mahalaxmi Iyer
Country of originIndia
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes700
Production
ProducersShyamashis Bhattacharya
Neelima Bajpaie
Running time22 minutes
Production companyShakuntalam Telefilms Ltd
Release
Original networkZEE TV
Picture format576i
Original release14 August 2006 (2006-08-14) –
28 May 2009 (2009-05-28)
External links
Website

Banoo Main Teri Dulhann (English:I will become your Bride) (international title: The Vow) is an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV from 14 August 2006 to 28 May 2009.[2] It starred Divyanka Tripathi and Sharad Malhotra in the lead roles of Vidya and Sagar.[3] The series deals with the life of a small city woman, Vidya, who reaches Delhi after marrying Sagar, a rich businessman.[4]

Season 1[edit]

The story is about a beautiful, simple and loyal Vidya from Benaras(Varanasi). She does all the work in her household and her uncle, aunt, and cousin Shalu torture her. They don't allow Vidya to get an education, leaving her illiterate. Soon, Rajendra Pratap Singh who was a landlord in Banaras who lives in Delhi and is a businessman comes to Benaras to find a wife for his son Sagar. When Sagar's father sees Vidya, he decides that she will be his daughter-in-law. On the day of her marriage day, Vidya finds out that Sagar is mentally unstable with the mind of a child due to a car accident that happened 6 months ago that almost claimed his life. Sagar does not realize he is married so he and Vidya get off to a rocky start. Sindoora, Sagar's evil step-sister wants the Thakur's property and will go to any heights to gain it. She caused the deadly car accident to kill Sagar but was unsuccessful. Chandra and Mahua are Sindoora's younger sisters and do whatever Sindoora tells them to and continually harass Vidya. Sindoora attempts to put much blame on Vidya to kick her out of the house. But, her generous ex-husband Aniket and son Bharat do not take her opinion in which they lend a helping hand to Vidya. Aniket and Bharat both want to see Sagar and Vidya be together. With all of this trouble on her shoulder, she completes all of her duties and makes the room for herself in the other family member's hearts, even Sagar's. Sagar's younger cousin Cheenu and Shalu marry. Vidya's ex-lover and a goon from Banaras Harsh comes to Delhi and marries Chandra. Mahua, who is divorced from her husband, marries Rajeev Shokla. Vidya learns that the doctor from Singapore can cure Sagar, so she and Sagar both go there. Sindoora finds out and then plans multiple attacks on Sagar and Vidya but Sagar's operation went successfully. He becomes mentally normal, but he doesn't remember anything before his car accident and so doesn't remember Vidya. Sindoora then takes advantage of this and tries to poison Sagar's mind against Vidya, but Sagar learns that he and Vidya are married and later they remarry. Sindoora blames Harsh for the attacks on Sagar and Vidya in Singapore. Sindoora tries again to kill Sagar but Aniket gets paralyzed while trying to protect Sagar. Gayatri, Sagar's paternal aunt arrives and knows that Sindoora is trying to kill Sagar. So she teams up with Vidya to get rid of Sindoora. With Gayatri's encouragement Vidya learns to read and write.They try their best to expose Sindoora but Sagar doesn't listen to their arguments. Vidya then pretends to be pregnant for Sagar under Gayatri's orders but fails to hide the truth from him. Sindoora plots and manages to send her ex-husband Aniket to jail by blaming him for Sagar's accident. Sindoora then plots and pays a man to run over Gayatri. She doesn't die but goes into a coma. She again plans an attack on Sagar in Benares which makes him not just mentally normal, but also remember multiple occasions when Sindoora had tried to kill him. He plots with Vidya and Chinu to get proof against her pretending to be mentally unstable but Sindoora identifies his plans and attacks the couple again. Later, Sindoora corners Sagar and Vidya on the edge of the cliff of Kailashpati Shankar Mandir (Lord Shiva) and she kills both of them by shooting them with her gun twice in a row. Bharat learns that Sindoora killed Sagar and Vidya and flees the house.

Season 2[edit]

21 years later[edit]

Sagar and Vidya were reborn as Amar Shivdhar Upadhyaya and Divya on the night of their death. Amar is born as Rajeev and Mahua's son. Rajiv overhears the priest's future prediction about Sindoora and swaps Amar with Shivhdhar Upadhayay's biological son Samrat. Divya is a modern rich girl from London and Amar is a spontaneous tour guide from Benaras. Divya is Samrat's friend and comes to meet him and his Singh family in Delhi. She mistakenly goes to Banaras instead of Agra. Amar and Divya both meet there, Divya has strange flashbacks of her previous birth time which she does not remember immediately. Amar and Divya fall in love with each other but Divya sacrifices her love for Amar for his childhood friend Bindiya and returns to Delhi. On the day of Amar and Bindiya's marriage Bindiya tells Amar about Divya's sacrifice and they both call off their marriage. Samrat proposes Divya for marriage and Divya agrees to it. Divya thinks that Amar is married to Bindiya. Samrat is marrying Divya only for money. Amar comes to Delhi to find Divya and meets the Singh family and he learns of Samrat and Divya's marriage and is heartbroken. Rajiv learns that Amar is his biological son and so does Sindoora. Divya finds Amar's letter and she comes to know that Amar has not married Bindiya. Amar comes to know that Chinu and Shalu's daughter Kamna is pregnant with Samrat's child and they stop Samrat and Divya's marriage and reveal Samrat's truth to the family. Sindoora reveals to everyone about Amar being Rajiv's biological son and Rajiv also reveals the truth about the priest's future prediction about Sindoora. After some hurdles Amar and Divya marry. After their marriage Divya slowly remembers her past birth. It takes time for Amar to remember but he finally does and they both work to get their revenge on Sindoora with Bharat's help. Divya gets pregnant with Amar's child and gives birth to a daughter named Diya.Although,she goes into coma cause Sindoora trips her downstairs during the Valentine's Day party but then she recovers but she does not remember herself & her life with Amar & but when she goes thru an operation, then she recalls everything.Sindoora creates a rift between Amar and Bharat. Later,Sindoora is finally arrested and Amar and Divya remarry once again and show ends.[5][6]

Cast and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

  • Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya as Vidya Sagar Pratap Singh / Divya Amar Shukla – Sagar/Amar's wife (Ardhangini), Kaushalya's daughter.
  • Sharad Malhotra as Sagar Pratap Singh / Amar Shivdhar Upadhay / Amar Rajeev Shukla AKA Chhota Thakur – Vidya/Divya's husband, son of Rajendra Pratap Singh and Uma Pratap Singh (season 1) / Rajeev and Mahua's son (season 2).

Recurring[edit]

  • Rajendra Gupta as Rajendra Pratap Singh – Sagar, Sindoora, Mahua and Chandra's father. Uma's husband, died of heart attack. (episodes 1–13)
  • Surinder Kaur as Uma Pratap Singh – Sagar's mother. Rajendra Pratap Singh's 2nd wife. Sindoora, Mahua & Chandra's step-mother (Choti-Ma). (episodes 1–700)
  • Jaya Bhattacharya as Gayatri – Sagar's aunt,Due to a car accident plotted by Sindoora,she goes into coma just like Divya (Vidya). (episodes 266–354)
  • Kamya Panjabi as Sindoora Pratap Singh. Rajendra's eldest evil daughter, Bharat's ex-mother, Aniket's ex-wife, the murderer of Sagar and Vidya.Plus,she hates Vidya/Divya as well as Sagar/Amar too. Also,the main antagonist like Dasanan & Shatanand Ravan,(episodes 7-557,622–700)
  • Rajesh Balwani as Aniket – Sindoora's ex-husband and Bharat's father. He knows Sindoora is evil and wants to see Sagar and Vidya be together. (episodes 28-419,515–700)
  • Shyam Sharma as young Bharat – Aniket and Sindoora's son. He ran away from home and returned after 21 years.(episode 28-393)
  • Raj Lathia as Sameer (episodes 100-343)
  • Mohit Malik as adult Bharat Singh aka Mr. B.S. (episodes 515–700)
  • Shamin Mannan as Aditi, Bharat's wife, and Karan's ex-wife. (episodes 516–700)
  • Himanshi Chaudhary / Ritu Vashist Vashisht as Mahua Singh – Rajiv's wife and Amar's mother. She eventually vanishes along with her sister Chandra. The character appeared in episodes 7-494 and 495–578.
  • Amrapali Gupta as Radha, Vidya's friend from Benares. (episodes 1-12)
  • Harsh Vashisht as Rajeev Shukla, Mahua's husband. He is later married to Chandra and helps Divya get revenge at Sindoora.Mahua & Amar believe he is really dead but Divya & Chandra know he's alive. The character appeared in episodes 278–514,527,529,553,571 & 575.
  • Faisal Raza Khan as Kartik, Mahua's ex-husband.
  • Vishal Watwani as Samrat, the false son of Rajeev and Mahua, biological son of Amar's parents. He is Viren and Divya's good friend, and is Divya's ex-fiancé.But,later he gets exposed by everyone cause he kidnapped Kamna & held her hostage (episodes 396 through 507)
  • Addite Shirwaikar / Shweta Dadhich as Chandra, Rajendra's daughter. She eventually vanishes along with her sister Mahua. The character last appeared in episodes 7-393 and 396–673.
  • Puneet Vashisht as Harsh, Chandra's ex-husband, in jail now, but Chandra does not know about this. The character appeared in episodes 1–377.
  • Kamini Kaushal as Dadi Maa, Harsh's grandmother.
  • Suhita Thatte as Kaushalya, Vidya's mother (episodes 1–206),she does not know that her daughter Vidya & son-in-law Sagar were killed by Sindoora
  • Renuka Bondre as Hema Chachi, Shalu's mother. She later vanishes with husband Harish. The character last appeared in episode 562.
  • Snehal Sahai as Shalu, Chinu's wife. Hema's daughter, Kamna's mother and Vidya's cousin.Plus,she & Cheenu believe that Vidya & Sagar are really not returning. The character last appeared in episodes 393,453 ,517 & 537.
  • Manish Naggdev as Cheenu, Shalu's husband, Kamna's father and Sagar's cousin.Plus,he & Shalu believe that Vidya & Sagar are really not returning. The character last appeared in episodes 393,453 & 537.
  • Amrin Chakkiwala as Kamna, daughter of Chinu and Shalu. She is pregnant with Samrat's child. They were engaged, but broke up because Samrat kidnapped her held hostage. (episodes 403 to 508)
  • Indraneil Sengupta as Tushar, Sagar's childhood friend. (episodes 128 through 206)
  • Neeta Shetty as Dr. Shivani
  • Soni Singh as Surili, Sagar's ex-girlfriend.
  • Atul Srivastava as DJ, Sagar and Vidya's helper
  • Abhileen Pandey as Chintu, Amar's younger cousin. He is really Samrat's brother. He vanishes.
  • Anokhi Shrivastav as Bindiya, Amar's childhood friend and former fiancée.
  • Aadesh Chaudhary as Viren, Divya and Samrat's old friend, and Divya's fake husband. (episodes 509 to 520)
  • Sachin Shroff as Dr. Shashank. (episodes 677 to 696)
  • Anisha Kapur as Gauri, a village girl who thinks Amar is her fiancée Shivam. (episodes 563 to 655)
  • Omar Vani as Shivam, Gauri's fiancée in which Amar accidentally runs over him & dies.(episodes 562,563,566 & 593)
  • Sonali Verma as Karuna, Bharat's Chhoti-Ma. She loved & cared for Bharat after he ran away from home cause Sindoora killed Vidya & Sagar.

Special guests[edit]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

Producer Neelima Bajpai wanted to name the series as Dulhan but as the copyright was with Yash Raj Films with the same title of a film, Bajpai named the series as Banoo Main Teri Dulhann.[7]

In November 2008, the shootings and telecast of all the Hindi television series including this series and films were stalled on 8 November 2008 due to dispute by the technician workers of FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees).[8] During the strike, the channels blacked out new episodes broadcast and repeat telecasts were shown from 10 November 2008.[9][10] On 19 November 2008, the strike was called off after settling the disputes, and the production resumed.[11] The new episodes started to telecast from 1 December 2008.[12]

Cancellation[edit]

The series was supposed to go off air on 22 May 2009 due to low ratings, but got an extension for four episodes and it ended on 28 May 2009.[13]

International broadcasts[edit]

Country Channel Language
Afghanistan Ariana TV Dari
India Zee TV Hindi
Indonesia ANTV Indonesian
France Zee Magic French
United Arab Emirates Zee Alwan Arabic
South Africa Zee World English
Vietnam Đài Phát thanh - Truyền hình Cần Thơ Vietnamese
Cambodia SEATV Khmer
Romania National TV Hindi
Myanmar 5 Plus Hindi

Response[edit]

The serial started at 14 August 2006, but it became a superhit TV soap competing the other TV soaps Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki, Stree Teri Kahani, Kashmakash Zindagi Ki, Karam Apnaa Apnaa, and Kasamh Se. There was a stiff competition between Banoo Main Teri Dulhann & Kashmakash Zindagi Ki throughout nationwide. Banoo Main Teri Dulhan competed high; the competition prolonged for three years from 2006 to 2009. It was the fourth highest-grossing Indian Television soap of 2006, behind Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki, Kashmakash Zindagi Ki & Stree Teri Kahani. Sharad Malhotra was selected for Best Debut Actor for Indian Television Academy Awards 2007. Sharad Malhotra was also selected for Best Actor (Popular) for Indian Television Academy Awards 2008. Sharad Malhotra and Divyanka Tripathi both bagged Best Jodi in Indian Television Academy awards 2007. Divyanka Tripathi was selected for in Best Fresh Face award for Indian Telly awards in 2007. She also bagged Best popular Actress Indian Television Academy Awards for the year 2007. Kamya Punjabi bagged best negative role award Indian Telly Awards for the year 2007.

Reception[edit]

Rediff stated the performance of the series as slow and steady. [14]

References[edit]

  1. "Divyanka's killer dose". Daily News and Analysis.
  2. "Cinderella Ki Shaadi". Daily News and Analysis.
  3. "Dulhann: A fairy tale turned sour!". Hindustan Times.
  4. "The Best of Television, 2007". Rediff.com.
  5. "Banoo Main Teri Dulhann - Zee TV - Watch Banoo Main Teri Dulhann TV Serial Online for Free - Ozee". www.ZeeTV.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  6. "divyaa". SunPhoto. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  7. "10 rules for a hit TV show". Rediff.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Cine technicians go on strike". The Indian Express.
  9. "Strike off, TV shooting to resume". The Indian Express.
  10. "No more repeat of TV soaps as TV industry strike ends". India Today.
  11. "No more repeat telecast of TV soaps as strike ends". Live Mint.
  12. "New look return". The Telegraph.
  13. "Dulhann gets an extension on Zee TV". Hindustan Times.
  14. "TV's top new shows". Rediff.com.

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