Chotti Bahu

Chotti Bahu छोटी बहू
Intertitle of Chotti Bahu
Created by	DJ's Creative Unit
Written by	Sanjay Kumar Damini K Shetty Raaj Shetty Dilip Jha Archita Biswas Jha S Mansavi
Starring	Avinash Sachdev Rubina Dilaik see below for more listing
Opening theme	"Baavre Naina" by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan "Har Raah Tere" by Ali Aslam (Season 2)
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	803
Production
Producer(s)	Tony Singh Deeya Singh
Location(s)	Mathura Mumbai
Running time	20 minutes
Production company(s)	DJ's Creative Unit
Release
Original network	Zee TV
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	Season 1: 8 December 2008 – 17 September 2010 Season 2: 15 February 2011 – 18 May 2012

Chotti Bahu is an Indian television soap opera that aired on Zee TV,starring Avinash Sachdev as Dev and Rubina Dilaik as Radhika. The serial focuses on the love saga of Radhika, a great devotee of the Hindu god Krishna (often referred in the serial as "Kanha") and Dev.

The show had two seasons titled Chotti Bahu – Sindoor Bin Suhagan and Chhoti Bahu - Sawar Ke Rang Rachi. Chotti Bahu season one created history by extending the prime time slot to early prime time 7:30 pm. The second season was brought back on public demand with a new plot and same lead actors However, it was not as successful as the first season.

Choti Bahu is the love saga of two soul mates Dev and Radhika.

Shastriji and Devki lives in Vrindavan, and they have two daughters, Radhika (Rubina Dilaik), who is an adopted child, and Vishakha. Radhika is simple and dutiful, whereas Vishakha wants to be an actress in Bollywood. She is headstrong and selfish. Vishakha and Radhika share a great bond. The Purohits are from Delhi and have their ancestral house in Vrindavan. They have two sons, Vivek and Dev (Avinash Sachdev). The Purohits have great expectation from their younger son, Dev, who falls in love with Radhika. But fate wills otherwise, and he gets married to Vishakha. The story takes a dramatic turn when Radhika enters Devs house, and the stage is set for an unusual love triangle, with each character grappling with peculiar dilemmas

Radhika (Rubina Dilaik), a Brahmin by birth, was adopted and brought up by a family of weavers in a small town called Rawal. Dev (Avinash Sachdev), whose family has been in the service of Rajpurohits for generations, visits Rawal as a child on the occasion of Radhashtami. Dev and Radhika meet each other and become good friends. Radhika and Dev's families tie them in the bond of marriage in their tender age.

The series became very popular in countries like Mauritius, West Indies, Romania, USA, Trinidad, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and South Africa. Chotti Bahu season rerun was aired in Zee Anmol in India and Zee Lamhe in the UK during 2014 and 2015. The show was also broadcast on MBC Digital 4 in Mauritius.