Meri Saasu Maa | |
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Genre |
Drama Romance |
Created by | Saba Mumtaz |
Written by |
Saba Mumtaz Amit Senchoudhary Anjum Abbas Sahar Quaze |
Directed by | Prabhat Prabhakar |
Starring |
Hiba Nawab Pearl V Puri Anindita Saha Kapileshwari Siddharth Arora |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 187 |
Production | |
Producer(s) |
Saba Mumtaz Rahul Kumar Tewary |
Location(s) |
Lucknow Mumbai |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | Approx. 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Swastik Pictures |
Release | |
Original network | Zee TV |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | 26 January 2016 - 5 September 2016 |
External links | |
Website |
Meri Saasu Maa English: My Mother-In-Law was a family television drama that aired on Indian television channel Zee TV.Hiba Nawab plays a lead role in this serial.
Meri Saasu Maa is the story of Pari (Hiba Nawab) and her pursuit to find a mother in her mother-in-law (Anindita Saha Kapileshwari).
Pari’s mama, the main person behind the wedding, is running around with loads of work, as the entire house, is geared up in wedding preparations. Merriment and festivities are on in full swing. He talks to a lady, his wife, Pari’s maasi, who is a miserly lady, avoiding to spend any extra money, much to his frustration. All are tensed as the lights suddenly go off. He comes and asks about what the problem is and why the generator is not on, and then hurries to get it done. In the darkness, a girl dresses up in traditional clothing, and wears jeans underneath, is shown to be making her way with the lantern, and proceeds towards the generator area, and the lights come back on. The people wonder who got it done so fast, and Pari’s father comes and tells them that there is no one else, other than his daughter, Pari, who is the bright light of the house. Pari is shown for the first time. He goes to Pari, and asks her about what she doing. She says that she was getting ready when the lights went off, and she came to fix it. The grandmother comes and joins them too. People announce that the baraat has come. Massi comes and reprimands her for not being dressed when the baraat is at the door. Pari tries to speak, but he does not let her, and takes her from there. Pari becomes sad. The grandmother asks her not to be sad at what she said. She then coaxes Pari to smile, and she complies. Granny kisses her, and then through a hole, she makes Pari see her mother-in-law, who seems to be a highly amiable lady. The grandmother says that she looks wonderful. Pari comments that she seems like her mother, and starts imagining her mother-in-law, giving her the motherly love that she has wanted all her life. Then she starts rushing, but the grandmother asks her to wear the lehenga and gives it to her, and takes off her jeans. Pari smiles and takes it. Pari rushes off from there, donning the lehenga over the jeans. She overhears the groom talking to some girl in the rickshaw, that this marriage is just a sham and a compromise, and that they then can enjoy their life, while the bride sits rotting in one corner. Pari is shocked. Just then, the mother comes and finds them like this, and asks them to hold for some more time, and continue with this charade and pretense. She says that he has to marry this bespectacled girl to be able to get their father off their shoulders. Pari is aghast, as she sees the true colours of her sasuma. she asks the girlfriend to leave and rushes inside with the groom. She tries to search her father, but she is unable to.