Maayka

Maayka - Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka
Intertitle of Maayka
Created by	(1-93): Klassic Productions (94): Flashback Films (95-onwards): Creative Eye Limited
Written by	Mrinal Jha & Brij Mohan
Directed by	Ashwin Verma, Romesh Kalra & Niranjan Malhotra
Starring	See below
Opening theme	"Maayka" by Khushboo Jain
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	585
Production
Producer(s)	Dheeraj Kumar
Running time	approx. 22 minutes
Release
Original network	Zee TV
Picture format	480i (SDTV),
Original release	29 January 2007 – 14 August 2009
External links
Website

Maayka - Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka is an Indian television series that was aired on Zee TV from 15 January 2007 until 14 August 2009. The show became popular. The series has re-aired on channel Zee Anmol from 2013 to 2015. The series was originally produced by Anjana Sood's production house, Klassic Productions, but was taken over by Dheeraj Kumar's, Creative Eye Limited due to high overhead costs s and delays. Once taken over, Creative Eye replaced almost the entire cast of Maayka by ending their scene with a bomb explosion; the cast members filed a case against the channel with Cine and TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) for blacklisting them.

The story concerns the Malhorta family's three daughters— Raji, Soni and Mahi and their younger brother, Prince. Initially, the show focuses on the eldest daughter, Raji, who marries Veer, a police officer, and tries hard to adjust to the lifestyle of his family.

Initially Mahi loves Jeet and, due to various misunderstandings, everyone thinks that Jeet loves her sister Soni. It is later confirmed that Jeet actually does love Soni though he confuses the two sisters with each other. Mahi is so heartbroken that she tries to commit suicide.

Later, Durga calls Mr. Sareen (her sister's husband) to create a tough time for the Malhotra family. Mahi becomes a model and Sareen's son, Shabad falls in love with her. In order to save her family from Mr. Sareen , Mahi marries Shabad. Then a bomb explodes at the Malhotras' house, killing Raji and most of her family. The only survivors are the two younger daughters, Soni and Mahi.

After their "maayka" (parental home) is destroyed the girls struggle for survival. Shabad Sareen married Mahi thinking that she was a professional model. When on his honeymoon he finds out otherwise, he thinks of his marriage as a cheat, and begins to hate his new wife. Soni, through a twist of fate, marries her sister's former husband Veer, even though she and Jeet (Veer's younger brother) are in love. Then Shabad's Tau Ji and Tai Ji arrive and they play an important role in making Mahi and Shabad repair their marriage. Meanwhile Mahi finds out the true reason behind Shabad's sister Kamya's crazy behaviour. It turns out that Kamya's father burned her mother alive in front of Kamya because her mother supported a love affair of Kamya's that Mr. Sareen opposed. Mahi exposes Mr. Sareen and then after learning the horrible truth Shabad goes into depression and must be cared for by Mahi.

Shabad realises Mahi's virtue since she cared for him despite his mistreatment of her. Jeet gets married to Cherry since he thinks Soni betrayed him. Initially Cherry is soft heartened and good towards Soni and when she comes to know about Soni and Jeet her nature changes and she becomes progressively more evil and plots against Soni.

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