Bandini (TV series) explained

Genre:Drama
Runtime:20 minutes
Creative Director:Sandip Sikcand
Opentheme:"Bandini" by Richa Tripathi
Starring:
  • Aasiya Kazi
  • Ronit Roy
  • Mrunal Jain
  • Kunal Thakkur
  • Leena Jumani
Camera:Multi-camera
Company:Balaji Telefilms
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Channel:Imagine TV
Num Episodes:520

Bandini (English: female prisoner) is an Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms.[1] It starred Ronit Roy, Aasiya Kazi, Mrunal Jain, Leena Jumani, Shardul Pandit and Kunal Thakkur and was set against the backdrop of Gujarat in Dharampur a village near Surat in Gujarat. The show premiered on 19 January 2009 and ended on 29 January 2011 on NDTV Imagine.[2] [3]

Plot

Santu Waghela is a poor but spirited girl who lives in the village of Dharampur with her maternal grandfather, Madhav Solanki, an experienced diamond cutter working for the middle-aged diamond merchant Dharamraj Mahiyavanshi As an incentive to his best worker, Dharamraj offers to arrange and sponsor Madhav's granddaughter's marriage. Hours before the wedding, the bridegroom backs out and Madhav's fellow workers get agitated. Dharamraj, a widower, comes forward to marry the bride, Santu. For Dharamraj, the decision to marry Santu is purely a business calculation for appeasing his workforce. Dharamraj is still in love with his dead wife Subhadra, who has left him with 5 children: Hiten, Kadambari a.k.a. Kaddu, Maulik, Birwa and Suraj. Once married to Santu, he ignores her and she is constantly abused by his older sister, Tarulata a.k.a. Taru. In the meantime, Kaddu and Shashank get married. After a long time, however, Dharamraj and most of his family members accept Santu as a member of the Mahiyavanshi family. Hiten and Khemi fall in love with each other and decide to get married. However their marriage is opposed by people of Dharampur as Khemi is Hiten's Maasi (Santu who is Khemi's sister and Hiten's stepmother). For Hiten and Khemi's relationship; Dharamraj and Santu decide to get divorced. But in order to save her sister's relationship, Khemi steps out of house and marries Arjan. It is revealed that Maulik is son of Tarulata and Kanji Wagehla and the son of Dharamraj died in an accident. After sometime Dharamraj finds that Arjan is his long lost son who was believed to be dead before. Khemi gets pregnant with Arjan's child. Soon Arjan reunites with family along with Khemi. Hiten and Toral also got married. Maulik started instigating Arjan against Hiten and Khemi's relationship. He makes Arjan believes that Khemi is pregnant with Hiten's child and instigates him to kill Hiten. He intoxicates Arjan and in fit of rage and anger Arjan accidentally assaults Dharamraj. Birwa, trying to save her father, accidentally kills Arjan. To save Birwa, Santu takes the blame for the murder and goes to jail.

After 10 years

After 10 years Santu returns from prison. The Mahiyavanshis don't want her. Everyone in the Mahiyavanshi house is pretending to live happily. But Santu forces her way into the house, takes charge and starts many quarrels among family members. This brings many hidden problems to light. Dharamraj has shut himself away in a room and stopped mixing with people. But Santu with her love and honesty once again wins Dharamraj's love and family gets reunited. A woman named Megha comes forward with her son, Vishal and she claims that Dharamraj is the father of this boy. To everyone's surprise, medical tests prove that Vishal is actually Dharamraj's son. However, Dharamraj denies having any relationship with Megha. Then Santu discovers that Vishal is her own son, who was born while she was in prison. Megha had stolen Vishal from the jail hospital and Santu had been told that the baby was dead. Santu and Dharamraj reunite. Vishal comes to stay with Dharamraj and Santu, but Megha kidnaps him again.

After 16 years

After 16 years, Dharamraj's grandchildren have grown up. Santu is still waiting for her son Vishal to come home. After an extensive search, Vishal is found. He seems to be a good person, but this is just a mask. Megha has poisoned his mind against the Mahiyavanshis. Shashank and his sons, who hate Dharamraj also help Vishal. Vishal wants to separate Dharamraj and Santu. Dharamraj and Hiten, on finding out the truth, chase Vishal out of the house. Santu is shocked and becomes ill. Dharamraj is forced to take Santu to Vishal's house. But Vishal is exposed. Disillusioned, Santu comes back to the Mahiyavanshi house. Then Megha reappears and uses Vishal to get back at the Mahiyavanshi family. Vishal rapes Triveni and then forces Dharamraj and Santu to leave the house. They live the house after Vishal marries Triveni, saving the latter's honor. They go and live in Mumbai, where they start a new diamond business in the disguise of Damji Bhai and Kanku Ben. They eventually return to Dharampur. Meanwhile, Vishal has changed for the better. He realizes that Megha has used him as a pawn. He apologizes to his parents. Santu and Dharamraj forgive Vishal when they see that his regret is genuine. Santu discovers that she is pregnant once again. The Mahiyavanshi family is happy together.

Cast

Main

Recurring

and others

Production

After the exit of director Santaram Verma later replaced by Kaushik Ghatak, the main lead Ronit Roy himself directed the series for few episodes.[4]

In June 2010, Leena Jumani playing Kheemi quit as she was unhappy with the shaping of her character.[5]

The series was inspired from the 1974 Gujarati novel Retpankhi of Varsha Adalja.[6] However, with the production house not having paid the due for it, Adalja filed a complaint at The Film Writers Association and got her payment of ₹ 7.5 Lakhs after two years of the series premiere in 2011.[7]

Balaji Telefilms made a series in 2020 on Colors as Molkki with the story under the lines of the series.[8] [9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bandini. sulekha.com. dead. https://archive.today/20130925113605/http://tvshows.sulekha.com/bandini_on_ndtv-imagine-tv_home.htm. 25 September 2013. 25 September 2013.
  2. Web site: Ekta puts off plans to acquire stakes in Hindi GEC. Daily News and Analysis.
  3. Web site: Ekta Kapoor's Bandini going off air. The Times of India.
  4. Web site: Ronit Roy turns director. The Times of India.
  5. Web site: Leena quits Bandini. The Times of India.
  6. Web site: Finally, author gets her due from Ekta Kapoor. The Times of India.
  7. Web site: Ekta pays Bandini’s author. The Tribune.
  8. Web site: Colors' upcoming show Molkki is about bride-buying custom prevalent in Haryana. The Tribune.
  9. Web site: Iqbal Khan in talks with Ekta Kapoor for a show on the lines of 'Bandini'. The Times of India.

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