Kumkum Bhagya Explained

Creator:Ekta Kapoor
Genre:Drama
Romance
Developer:Ekta Kapoor
Story:Anil Nagpal
Screenplay:Anil Nagpal
Mrinal Tripathi
Dialogues
Dheeraj Sarna
Vikash tiwari
Director:Ravindra Gautam
Sameer Kulkarni
Sharad Pandey
Jeetu Arora
Deepak Chavan
Shahnawaz Khan
Khalid Akhtar
Muzammil Desai
Creative Director:Shaalu
Nitin Dhall
Rajan Prachi
Tanya Rajesh
Kiran Gupta
Theme Music Composer:Lalit Sen
Nawab Arzoo
Opentheme:"Kumkum Bhagya"
Country:India
Language:Hindi
Num Seasons:3
Producer:Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Based On:[1]
Cinematography:Sanjay Memane
Anil Katke
Last Aired:present
Related:Kundali Bhagya
Bhagya Lakshmi
Network:Zee TV

Kumkum Bhagya is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.[2] It premiered on 15 April 2014 on Zee TV and digitally streams on ZEE5.[3] It formerly starred Sriti Jha and Shabir Ahluwalia. Currently, it stars Mugdha Chaphekar, Krishna Kaul, Rachi Sharma and Abrar Qazi. One of the longest running Indian television soap opera, the concept of the show was originally based on Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility.[1]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Kumkum Bhagya Saavan Mahotsav

Cameo appearances

Production

Development

The series is a love story[4] produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under the banner Balaji Telefilms that airs on Zee TV. Ekta Kapoor considers the letter K to be lucky and has named many of her productions starting with K.[5] Talking about introducing a fresh concept on prime time, Zee TV Programming head Namit Sharma said, "It takes one epic show to replace another, so you can imagine. It is a passionate drama of love, a far cry from regular saas-bahu soaps and has an ensemble cast of some very talented actors."

Ekta Kapoor added, "While two of my shows (Pavitra Rishta and Jodha Akbar) are already on-air and doing immensely well on Zee TV, it's a pleasure to extend my partnership with Zee to a third show. Pavitra Rishta has had a run of over five years now and the journey has been most gratifying for me as a producer. While the audiences who are hooked on to Pavitra Rishta will continue to enjoy the show at 6:30 PM, Kumkum Bhagya will open at 9 PM, drawing maximum eyeballs. It is so contemporary in its treatment that viewers will be able to instantly spot characters out of their own lives in the show. It's a story of passionate love that anyone with a soul would be able to easily relate to".

Kapoor rejected 19 costumes while selecting the look of character Pragya.[6]

Filming

The production and airing of the show was halted indefinitely in late March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India.[7] The outbreak caused the halt of filming of television shows and movies on 19 March 2020, and they were expected to resume on 1 April 2020. But shooting remained suspended and the remaining episodes were aired up to 24 March 2020.[8] [9] [10] After three months, the production and filming of the series resumed on 29 June 2020 and airing resumed on 13 July 2020.[11] [12] [13]

Casting

Shabbir Ahluwalia,[14] who was also cast in Ekta's TV series Kayamath, was selected to portray the lead role of Abhishek Prem Mehra. Ahluwalia made his comeback after Zee twenty years. Actress Sriti Jha landed in lead role in the show. Mrunal Thakur was selected to portray the second leading role of Bulbul[15] while Arjit Taneja was cast opposite her.[16] In May 2014, Shikha Singh entered the show as the main antagonist Alia Mehra,[17] [18] while Madhurima Tuli was cast to portray the negative role of Tanu. Later, Tuli had to shoot for her film Baby so, this role was later played by Leena Jumani from September 2014.[19] Actor Faisal Rashid was selected to portray the role of Suresh (Pragya's fiancé) who played an important role in April–May 2014, but in May 2015 he quit the series. Actress Supriya Shukla was cast to play the role of Sarla Arora, while Madhu Raja played the role of Daljeet Arora. Other supporting cast members include Samikssha Batnagar, Ankit Mohan, Charu Mehra and Amit Dhawan. Bhatnagar, who portrayed the supporting role of Mitali was replaced by Swati Anand within the month of launch while Anurag Sharma replaced Amit. In 2015, Neel Motawani (who was also cast in other shows of Ekta) was selected to play the negative role of Neel; while in June 2015 Nikhil Arya entered the series playing the role of main male antagonist Nikhil Sood.[20]

In December 2015, Mrunal Thakur opted out from the show and was to be replaced by Kajol Shrivastava, however the character of Bulbul was phased out of the series after Mrunal's departure. In August 2016, Ankit Mohan quit the show so his character left as well. In September 2016, Arjit Taneja quit the show and was replaced by Vin Rana. In October 2016, Nikhil Arya was replaced by Rujut Dahiya.[21] In July 2017, actress Ruchi Savarn entered the show as Purab's new love interest. Mishal Raheja as King Singh and Kaurwakee Vashista as Kiara Mehra entered the show after the leap. Actor Abeer Adil was cast in 2018 as King's cousin Tarun and Roma Bali as Tarun's mother.

In March 2019, a twenty-year leap was introduced with which several new characters entered in the show and became pivotal characters. In March 2019, Mugdha Chaphekar, Krishna Kaul and Naina Singh were introduced as leads of the second generation who play Prachi, Ranbir and Rhea respectively alongside Sriti and Shabbir. In August 2020, Naina left the show as she was not happy playing a negative role anymore and Pooja Banerjee replaced Singh as Rhea. In February 2022, Pooja Banerjee quit the show because her due date was near, and she was replaced by Tina Ann Philip.[22]

The show then introduced the third generation post a leap of twenty years in November 2023, with Rachi Sharma and Abrar Qazi roped in as the new leads with Sharma portraying Prachi and Ranbir's younger daughter Poorvi Kohli while Qazi as Rajvansh Malhotra respectively.[23] Simran Budharup was roped in to play grown-up version of Prachi and Ranbir's elder daughter Khushi Kohli Randhawa replacing Trisha Rohatgi who played childhood version of same.[24]

In February 2024 Srishti Jain was cast to play negative lead Monisha thus making her second collaboration with Balaji Telefilms after Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 3.[25]

Spin-off

Kundali Bhagya

See main article: Kundali Bhagya.

A spin-off series Kundali Bhagya premiered on 12 July 2017. The series narrates the story of Pragya's sisters, Preeta and Srishti and their attempt to find their mother Sarla and how they meet the rich and famous Luthra family. Later that show too took a generation leap and story shifted to Preeta's sons Rajveer and Shaurya. The show stars Supriya Shukla, Shraddha Arya, Dheeraj Dhoopar, Manit Joura, Anjum Fakih, Shakti Arora, Shakti Anand, Paras Kalnawat, Sana Sayyad, Baseer Ali and Adrija Roy.[26] [27] [28]

Bhagya Lakshmi

See main article: Bhagya Lakshmi. A similar series Bhagya Lakshmi premiered on 3 August 2021. It traces the love story of Pragya's best friend, Lakshmi and Rishi. It stars Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti.[29] [30]

Reception

Critical reception

The show climbed to Top 5 most-watched shows across all GECs, after only a few weeks of its launch.[31] It was touted as the biggest fiction launch of 2014.[32] The serial is very popular among Indian women. The show also gave tough fight to the long-time Hindi GEC leader Diya Aur Baati Hum that aired at same slot on Star Plus.

Reruns of Kumkum Bhagya premiered on Zee Anmol from 2017 and received high ratings in the BARC rural chart when Zee Anmol was FTA. It began running on the network again from episode 1 from 10 June 2020, due to the return to DD Free Dish.

The show also managed to strike a chord with West Africans too.[33] Actor Kartik Aaryan also watched the show during the lockdown.[34] [35]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref(s)
2015Star Guild AwardsBest Upcoming Drama SeriesEkta Kapoor[36]
Gold AwardsBest Actress in Negative Role (Critics)Shikha Singh[37]
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Critics)Shabbir Ahluwalia
Best Actress in a Lead Role (Popular)Sriti Jha
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Popular)Shabbir Ahluwalia
Best TV Show of the Year (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor
Indian Telly AwardsBest Onscreen CoupleSriti Jha & Shabbir Ahluwalia
Best Actress in a Lead RoleSriti Jha
BIG Star Entertainment AwardsBIG Star Most Entertaining Fiction SeriesEkta Kapoor[38]
BIG Star Most Entertaining Television Actor - FemaleSriti Jha[39]
BIG Star Most Entertaining Television Actor - MaleShabbir Ahluwalia
20169th Boroplus Gold AwardsBoroplus Face of the YearSriti Jha[40]
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Popular)Shabbir Ahluwalia
Best TV Show of the Year (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor
Best Actress in Negative Role (Critics)Shikha Singh
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Popular)Arjit Taneja
Best Actress in a Lead Role (Popular)Sriti Jha
Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actor (Popular)Shabbir Ahluwalia
Ghana Movie AwardsBest Foreign TV SeriesEkta Kapoor
2017Gold AwardsBest TV Show of the Year (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor[41] [42]
Best Onscreen JodiSriti Jha & Shabbir Ahluwalia[43]
Best Actress in Negative Role (Popular)Shikha Singh
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Popular)Arjit Taneja
Best Actress in a Lead Role (Popular)Sriti Jha
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Popular)Shabbir Ahluwalia
201811th Keshking Gold AwardsBest Actress in Negative Role (Popular)Shikha Singh
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Popular)Shabbir Ahluwalia
Best Actress in a Lead Role (Popular)Sriti Jha
Gold Award for Fittest actor of TelevisionVin Rana
Best Television Show (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor
Gold Producer's Honour
(For Completing 1000 Episodes)
Ekta Kapoor
Telly Technical and Trade AwardsBest Editor (Fiction)Vikas Sharma[44]
2019Indian Telly AwardsBest Daily SeriesEkta Kapoor[45]
Best JodiShabbir Ahluwalia & Sriti Jha[46]
Best Actor in Lead Role (Male)Shabbir Ahluwalia
Best Actor in Lead Role (Female)Sriti Jha
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)Mishal Raheja
Best Actor in Negative Role (Male)Shaad Randhawa
Best Actor in Negative Role (Female)Leena Jumani
Gold AwardsBest Actress in a Supporting RoleMugdha Chaphekar
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleKrishna Kaul[47]
Best Actress in a Lead Role (Popular)Sriti Jha
Best Actor in a Lead Role (Popular)Shabbir Ahluwalia
Best Onscreen JodiSriti Jha & Shabbir Ahluwalia
Best TV Show of the Year (Fiction)Ekta Kapoor
Television Personality of the Year (Female)Sriti Jha
Television Personality of the Year (Male)Shabbir Ahluwalia
2022Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actor in Lead Role (Popular)Shabir Ahluwalia[48]
Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular)Sriti Jha
Best Television Show - Fiction (Popular)Ekta Kapoor

External links

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