| Runtime: | 52 minutes |
| Creator: | Swastik Pictures |
| Presenter: | Karan Fredrich Mehra |
| Country: | India |
| Network: | Sahara One |
| Num Episodes: | 38 |
Saas v/s Bahu is an Indian dance television series that aired on Sahara One channel in 2008.[1]
Saas v/s Bahu is a dance competition between the Saases (mothers-in-law) and the Bahus (daughters-in-law) from some of the most popular Indian television series. The show was hosted by a television actor Karan Mehra. The 'saases' and 'bahus' will be scored a number out of 10 by the judges, Aruna Irani and Longinus Fernandes (Longie). Each week there was six contestants (three saases and three bahus) who will be competing with each other.
The top score the contestants can receive is 30 (20 from the judges and 10 from the audiences).
The first day the contestants are to do a solo performance, the second day they are assigned a partner to dance with, and the last day will be when the "bahus" will dance with their "saases" but get different scores and the teams will do their triplets. The team who wins the week will be in the quarter-finals but they must be valued to be in it. On Mondays the contestants will do their solo performance. Tuesdays the contestants partner comes and does their solo performance. Wednesday the contestants and partner will do their doubles performance. Thursdays are when the saas and bahu dance together but they score separately and they will do their triplets. Fridays they will show the saas and bahu in the drawing room practicing for their big performance!
In the quarter-finals the rules are little different. The contestants will dance to a song by an actor for solos. Then for the round which the contestant and partner dance together, they will dance on a certain genre, salsa or folk or rock and roll. The saas and bahu will do the same time. For the saas vs bahu round, one of them will dance an instrumental if the team thinks they are the best out of the three. The team who wins the week will be in the semifinals but they must be valued for it.
In the semifinals the rules are different from quarter-finals and on the regular basis. In the semifinal there are 12 contestants, six saases and six bahus. Only four can go in the Grand Finale from each team. Teammates vote their own teammates out after seeing their performance and scores. The semifinal spend two days for solo performances (about two, three or four a day). But here the rules are different. The contestants do not bring a partner: They just go and dance with their saas or bahus. But it is the impersonation round for them so one of them will dress up as a man and one of them as a woman. As always they will get the scores separately. On Friday, so they show the drawing room for all that has happened. Then the next week the saas and bahu will do their triplets (two a day so it ended on Tuesday). On Tuesday they did the vote out. For the next two days they showed who is in the Grand Finale and some of their performances and on Friday they show the drawing room for the triplets.
| Name (Saas) | Serial | Name (Bahu) | Week Number | Quarter-final | Semifinal | Grand Finale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Himani Shivpuri | Ghar Ek Sapnaa | Lata Sabharwal | Week 3 | |||
| Jayati Bhatia | Viraasat | Chhavi Mittal | Week 2 | |||
| Kishori Shahane | Solhah Singaarr | Week 5 | ||||
| Krutika Desai Khan | Aisa Des Hai Mera | Saumya Tandon | Week 4 | |||
| Mahru Sheikh | Doli Saja Ke | Barkha Bisht | Week 1 | |||
| Neelam Mehra | Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki | Reena Kapoor | Week 5 | |||
| Pratichi Mishra | Aanchal Dwiwedi | Week 1 | ||||
| Seema Kapoor | Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai | Preeti Puri | Week 4 | |||
| Shoma Anand | Bhabhi | Rucha Gujrati | Week 3 | |||
| Kitu Gidwani | Kulvaddhu | Daljeet Kaur Bhanot | Week 3 | |||
| Nimisha Vakharia | Teen Bahuraaniyaan | Manava Naik | Week 5 | |||
| Priya Arya | Kasturi | Amita Chandekar | Week 2 | |||
| Rita Bhaduri | Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan | Juhi Parmar | Week 1 | |||
| Vaishnavi Macdonald | K. Street Pali Hill | Jasveer Kaur | Week 4 | |||
| Kamalika Guha Thakurta | Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi | Shilpa Saklani | Week 2 | |||
| Name (Bahu) | Serial | Name (Saas) | Week Number | Quarter-Final | Semifinal | Grand Finale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aanchal Dwiwedi | Pratichi Mishra | Week 1 | ||||
| Barkha Bisht | Doli Saja Ke | Mahru Sheikh | Week 1 | |||
| Chhavi Mittal | Viraasat | Jayati Bhatia | Week 2 | |||
| Solhah Singaarr | Kishori Shahane | Week 5 | ||||
| Lata Sabharwal | Ghar Ek Sapnaa | Himani Shivpuri | Week 3 | |||
| Preeti Puri | Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai | Seema Kapoor | Week 4 | |||
| Reena Kapoor | Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki | Neelam Mehra | Week 5 | |||
| Rucha Gujrati | Bhabhi | Shoma Anand | Week 3 | |||
| Shilpa Saklani | Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi | Kamalika Guha Thakurta | Week 2 | |||
| Amita Chandekar | Kasturi | Priya Arya | Week 2 | |||
| Daljeet Kaur Bhanot | Kulvaddhu | Kitu Gidwani | Week 3 | |||
| Jasveer Kaur | K. Street Pali Hill | Vaishnavi Macdonald | Week 4 | |||
| Juhi Parmar | Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan | Rita Bhaduri | Week 1 | |||
| Manava Naik | Teen Bahuraaniyaan | Nimisha Vakharia | Week 5 | |||
| Saumya Tandon | Aisa Des Hai Mera | Krutika Desai Khan | Week 4 | |||
Some of the people from Indian television series came to support the teams: Aman Verma, Chetan Hansraj, Hussain Kuwajerwala, Karan Wahi, Mazher Sayed, Naman Shaw, Salil Acharya, Sanjeet Bedi, Sharad Kelkar, Shaleen Bhanot and Sonia Chopra.