Kutumb (TV series)

Kutumb ڪٽنب
A promotional logo image of Kutumb
Created by	Balaji Telefilms
Written by	Story & Screenplay Mahesh Pandey, Binita Desai, Sanjay Choudhary, Samidha - Khalid, Bobby Bhonsle, Suchita Bhatia & Poornima Jayaraman Dialogues Dheeraj Sarna
Directed by	Bharat Bhatia, Gautam Sobti & Swapna Waghmare Joshi
Creative director(s)	Monisha Singh & Nivedita Basu
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Kutumb" by Lalit Sen
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	251
Production
Producer(s)	Ekta Kapoor & Shobha Kapoor
Cinematography	Sanjay Memane
Editor(s)	Vikas Sharma & Md. Nazir
Running time	approx. 24 minutes
Release
Original network	Sony TV
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	29 October 2001 – 7 February 2003

Kutumb (Sindhi: ڪٽنب‎) was a popular daily Indian television drama telecast on Sony Entertainment Television. The show was aired on 29 October 2001 and went off air on 7 February 2003. The show had two seasons, however, the seasons plot were not inter-related at all, more like two series. However, both series revolve around principal characters of Pratham (Hiten Tejwani) and Gauri (Gauri Pradhan Tejwani), and their love and "Kutumb" (family).

Kutumb meaning family is the story of Pratham and Gauri, and their interactions with their joint- family. Pratham is the eldest son of Mittal family ( the Kutumb is this series) and Gauri hails from a middle-class Agarwal family.At first they are enemies, but end up getting married and living in a large joint family (kutumb). This family is very loving and caring. It becomes the reason for the husband and wife to fall in love and start a memorable journey together. They go through trials and tribulations but emerge victorious in the end, as their relationship stays untarnished. They return to their kutumb and live happily ever after.

The story starts in the Mittal Family on Diwali. The Mittal family are successful and rich, however, very grounded in their traditions and culture. The oldest in the family are "Badi Dadi" and "Chotti Daddi" who are sisters-in-law, that love and hate each other like most sisters-in-law. There are also four sons, it is never mentioned who is whose son. The sons are Umesh (eldest), Rajesh (second eldest), Sanjay (third eldest) and Ajay (youngest). Umesh is married to Gayatri, and has three children; Nandini, Pratham (Hiten Tejwani) and Gautam. Rajesh is married to Archana they also have three children; Samay, Tushar and Diya. Sanjay is a widower, who often has imagery conversations with his late wife Maya (Sakshi Tanwar), they have three kids as well; Siddhart, Riya and Richa. Ajay and Kavita, could never have kids, so dote on all the other kids. The other kids who are also part of the family are Sanskar and Sanskriti, who are Umesh's sister's kids.

On Diwali when most of the family is prepping for the celebrations, the family gets a call from the police letting them know that Pratham has been arrested. Pratham and two of his friends, Hiten and Yash, get into a brawl with a couple of other guys, that resulted in this arrest. Umesh is furious to learn about this, but his brothers bail Pratham out. It is revealed that Pratham is the spoilt brat in the family and dearly loved by everyone, much to Umesh's frustration.