Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | |
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Saath Nibhaana Saathiya opening sequence
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Genre |
Indian soap opera Drama |
Created by | Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited |
Written by | Gautam Hegde Jyoti Tandon Ved Raj Bhavna Vyas Akaashdeep |
Directed by | Bhagwan Yadav Pawan Kumar |
Creative director(s) | Rashmi Sharma |
Starring | See below |
Opening theme | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 2018 as of 7 February 2017 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Rashmi Sharma & Pawan Kumar |
Location(s) | Mumbai |
Editor(s) | Santosh Singh |
Running time | 21 minutes |
Production company(s) | Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited |
Release | |
Original network | Star Plus |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | 3 May 2010 | – present
External links | |
Website |
Saath Nibhaana Saathiya is a Hindi-language Indian television drama series, produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited. The show premiered on 3 May 2010, and is broadcast worldwide on Star Plus channel at 7:00PM IST. Initially, it aired weekday evenings, but started airing Mondays through Saturdays in early 2014, and finally daily since mid-2015. Although set in Rajkot, the series is filmed in Mumbai.
The series revolves around the fictitious Modi family, who live in a mansion in Rajkot. The show explores morals and family values of a typical Gujarati joint family. The storyline took a leap of eight years in February 2014, a further leap of ten years in March 2015, and a final leap of four years in May 2016.
Initially, the show focuses on the life and arranged marriage of two female cousins (Gopi and Rashi) and their contrasting personalities. Urmila and Jitu adopt Gopi (the latter's niece) after Gopi's parents pass away; she is left illiterate, naive, kind and shy while Rashi, their own daughter, is educated, outgoing, vivacious and cunning. It is the story of how Kokila Modi – the strict, strong-minded mother-in-law of Gopi, transforms the latter into a confident and smarter woman so that she gets accepted by her husband. Rashi tries numerous unsuccessful attempts to create difficulties for Gopi, but in the end both cousins happily get accepted into their families and by their spouses. Kinjal, Kokila's daughter, gets married to Dhaval, Rashi's maternal cousin. Gopi gives birth to a daughter, while Rashi to twin boys. Gopi also succeeds in finding her long-lost parents, who were thought to be dead. The season ends with Gopi's biological sister Radha killing Gopi and Ahem's daughter, Meera, while Gopi gets the blame, and is thrown out of the Modi Bhavan.
Gopi raises her second daughter single-handedly, Kokila and Ahem are in depression, and Rashi is the new matriarch of Modi Bhavan. Eventually, Gopi reunites with her family, and the family finds out Meera had never died, but grew up as an orphan. Radha's true colors are revealed, and she is sent to jail. Then, Rashi sacrifies her life to save Gopi from an obsessed man who was in love with the latter. Jigar gets married to Paridhi, Rashi's maternal cousin. Radha returns, tricks Jigar into sleeping with her and gets pregnant. She gives birth to a girl, who is also named Rashi. Radha threatens to kill baby Rashi and tries to destroy Modi family, leaving Gopi no option but to unwillingly kill her own sister. Gopi is sentenced to 14 years in jail.