Kumkum Bhagya | |
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Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
Developed by | Ekta Kapoor |
Written by |
Story Anil Nagpal Screenplay Anil Nagpal Vikas Tiwari Dialogues Dheeraj Sarna |
Directed by | Sameer Kulkarni Sharad Pandey |
Creative director(s) |
Creative Producer Tanusri Dasgupta Shaalu Nitin Dhall Anshuman Sharma |
Starring |
Shabbir Ahluwalia Sriti Jha Vin Rana Shikha Singh Leena Jumani |
Theme music composer | Lalit Sen Nawab Arzoo |
Opening theme | Kumkum Bhagya |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 821 as of 14 April 2017 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor |
Location(s) | Mumbai |
Cinematography | Sanjay Memane Anil Katke |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | Approx. 21 minutes |
Production company(s) | Balaji Telefilms |
Release | |
Original network |
Zee TV Geo Kahani |
Picture format |
480i(SDTV) 1080i(HDTV) |
Original release | 15 April 2014 | – present
External links | |
Website | |
Production website |
Kumkum Bhagya (English: Vermillion In My Fate) is a Hindi-language Indian soap opera which premiered on 15 April 2014. and is broadcast on weeknights on Zee TV. The show is loosely based on the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.Kumkum Bhagya is its Indian interpretation, which follows the life of a Hindu-Punjabi matriarch, Sarla Arora, who runs a marriage hall. Sarla lives with the hope of seeing her two daughters Pragya and Bulbul, happily married some day. The pivotal characters of this show are strong, feisty women, living together in an all-female matriarchal family. The series stars Sriti Jha, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Mrunal Thakur , Arjit Taneja and Vin Rana are in lead roles.The series is produced by Ekta Kapoor under the banner Balaji Telefilms. Continuing her tradition, Ekta Kapoor has named the series starting with the letter "K" because she feels it is lucky. The show is directed by Sameer Kulkarni and developed by Ekta Kapoor.
Kumkum Bhagya is the story of Sarla Arora, who runs a marriage hall, lived with the hope of seeing her two daughters happily married. Pragya, the elder daughter, is practical, hard working and teaches at a college. Bulbul, the younger daughter, has her head in the clouds, has a job but hates her boss Purab. The show follows the lives of the two sisters and their hopes, dreams and aspirations. Initially, the series followed a love triangle between Pragya, Bulbul and Suresh, where Pragya loved Suresh, who had feelings for Bulbul, leading to Pragya and Suresh's engagement getting cancelled. Simultaneously, Abhishek (Abhi) is a rock star who was in a relationship with a supermodel called Tanushree (Tanu) and Purab happened to be Abhi's best friend, who was engaged to his sister Aliya. Purab and Bulbul initially had hatred feelings for each other, but the story took a turn when the two fell in love. Aliya misunderstood his affair with Bulbul thinking that he loved Pragya. As a result, Aliya, Tanu together with Abhi planned to get Abhi married to Pragya out of revenge. After the marriage, Pragya got to know the whole situation and for her sister's protection, lied to Abhi that she indeed was in a relationship with Purab, and eventually asked Bulbul to forget Purab, which Bulbul agreed to.