Kutumb (TV series): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit |
m Clean up, typo(s) fixed: middle class girl → middle-class girl |
||
| (12 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
| creator = [[Balaji Telefilms]] |
| creator = [[Balaji Telefilms]] |
||
| creative_director = Monisha Singh & [[Nivedita Basu]] |
| creative_director = Monisha Singh & [[Nivedita Basu]] |
||
| writer = |
|||
| writer = '''Story & Screenplay'''<br />Mahesh Pandey, Binita Desai, Sanjay Choudhary, Samidha - Khalid, Bobby Bhonsle, Suchita Bhatia & Poornima Jayaraman<br />'''Dialogues'''<br />Dheeraj Sarna |
|||
| director = Bharat Bhatia, Gautam Sobti Swapna Waghmare Joshi Santosh Bhatt |
| director = Bharat Bhatia, Gautam Sobti Swapna Waghmare Joshi Santosh Bhatt |
||
| producer = [[Ekta Kapoor]] & [[Shobha Kapoor]] |
| producer = [[Ekta Kapoor]] & [[Shobha Kapoor]] |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
| opentheme = "Kutumb" 1 by [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] and [[Jaspinder Narula]]<br>"Kutumb" 2 by [[Babul Supriyo]] and [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] |
| opentheme = "Kutumb" 1 by [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] and [[Jaspinder Narula]]<br>"Kutumb" 2 by [[Babul Supriyo]] and [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] |
||
| country = India |
| country = India |
||
| network = [[Sony Entertainment Television |
| network = [[Sony Entertainment Television]] |
||
| first_aired = {{start date|2001|10|29|df=y}} |
| first_aired = {{start date|2001|10|29|df=y}} |
||
| last_aired = {{end date|2003|1|16|df=y}} |
| last_aired = {{end date|2003|1|16|df=y}} |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
}} |
}} |
||
'''''Kutumb''''' is an Indian television drama telecast on [[Sony Entertainment Television]]. The show |
'''''Kutumb''''' is an Indian television drama telecast on [[Sony Entertainment Television|Sony TV]]. The show aired FROM 29 October 2001 to 7 February 2003. The show had two seasons but the seasons' plots were not related. However, both series revolve around the principal characters of Pratham ([[Hiten Tejwani]]) and Gauri ([[Gauri Pradhan]]), and their love and ''kutumb'' (family).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/gecs/sonys-stakes-claim-as-frontrunner-in-9-10-pm-band-011226|title=Sony's stakes claim as frontrunner in 9-10 pm band|date=26 December 2001|website=indiantelevision.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/gecs/sonys-kutumb-switches-to-new-avatar-020813|title=Sony's Kutumb switches to new avatar|date=13 August 2002|website=indiantelevision.com}}</ref> |
||
== |
== Plot== |
||
| ⚫ | The Mittal family is successful and rich but very grounded in their traditions and culture. Of the four Mittal sons, the eldest Umesh is married to Gayatri and has three children - Nandini, Pratham and Gautam. Rajesh is married to Archana and they also have three children - Samay, Tushar and Diya. Sanjay is a widower, who often has imaginary conversations with his late wife Maya and their three kids are - Siddharth, Riya and Richa. Ajay and Kavita have no kids of their own and instead 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 children. |
||
'''''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, 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 Mittal family is successful and rich but very grounded in their traditions and culture. Of the four Mittal sons, the eldest Umesh is married to Gayatri and has three children - Nandini, Pratham |
||
Pratham is revealed to be the spoilt brat in the family and dearly loved by everyone, much to his father Umesh's frustration. |
Pratham is revealed to be the spoilt brat in the family and dearly loved by everyone, much to his father Umesh's frustration. |
||
In contrast, Gauri Agarwal |
In contrast, Gauri Agarwal, comes from a middle class nuclear family and takes no nonsense from anyone. Gauri's family includes her father, mother, sister Preeti and brother Shashank. |
||
Pratham's own sister, Nandini |
Pratham's own sister, Nandini married young as per her father's wishes but the marriage results in divorce. Her ex-husband also doesn't want anything to do with their son Shobhit. Nandini's father is remorseful for having chosen the wrong man for her and wants her to remarry but she decides marriage is not for her. |
||
At the same college, Gauri hates everything Pratham stands for - a lack of principles and his being rich and entitled. Pratham loses the Class President election to Gauri and to teach her a lesson locks himself with her in a room insinuating they were fooling around. When the media gets whiff of this, the incident is blown out of proportion and their conservative families decide that the two must be married. Pratham takes this as an opportunity to make Gauri's life a living hell. Under family pressure, Gauri gives in and the two are married. |
At the same college, Gauri hates everything Pratham stands for - a lack of principles and his being rich and entitled. Pratham loses the Class President election to Gauri and to teach her a lesson locks himself with her in a room insinuating they were fooling around. When the media gets whiff of this, the incident is blown out of proportion and their conservative families decide that the two must be married. Pratham takes this as an opportunity to make Gauri's life a living hell. Under family pressure, Gauri gives in and the two are married. |
||
| Line 42: | Line 37: | ||
How the two cope with their differences, and eventually fall in love with another form the crux of the story. |
How the two cope with their differences, and eventually fall in love with another form the crux of the story. |
||
| ⚫ | The second season shows Pratham as a rich spoilt brat who is disinterested in studies. Gauri on the other hand is the college topper and actively participates in drama activities. Their opposite natures initially lead to fights but while practicing for a college play, they develop feelings for each other. However, Pratham's parents oppose the relationship as they feel Gauri is a middle-class girl and does not fit in with their family. |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | Pratham and Gauri are very much in love and elope. They face financial hardships but eventually settle down in their new world. Everything is perfect, till Gauri is diagnosed with cancer and is given a few months to live by the doctors. Pratham is shattered but continues to take care of her during her treatment. Gauri is finally cured and Pratham's family also accepts her. But as fate would have it, Gauri soon dies in a car accident instead. |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Pratham Mittal |
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Pratham Mittal |
||
* [[Gauri Pradhan]] as Gauri Agarwal / Gauri Pratham Mittal |
* [[Gauri Pradhan]] as Gauri Agarwal / Gauri Pratham Mittal |
||
| Line 69: | Line 69: | ||
* Abhijit Khurana as Hiten, Pratham's Friend |
* Abhijit Khurana as Hiten, Pratham's Friend |
||
== |
===Season 2 === |
||
{| class="wikitable " |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
! Track # !! Title !! Singer(s) !!Lyricist !! Music Composer(s) |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|||
| 3 || "Title Track Sad Version 2" || Priya Bhattachariya || Nawab Arzoo || Lalit Sen |
|||
|- |
|||
|} |
|||
== Plot Season 2 == |
|||
| ⚫ | The |
||
| ⚫ | Pratham and Gauri are very much in love and elope. They face financial hardships but eventually settle down in their new world. Everything is perfect, till Gauri is diagnosed with cancer and is given a few months to live by the doctors. Pratham is shattered but continues to take care of her during her treatment. Gauri is finally cured and Pratham's family also accepts her. But as fate would have it, Gauri soon dies in a car accident instead. |
||
== Cast Season 2 == |
|||
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Pratham Mann |
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Pratham Mann |
||
* [[Gauri Pradhan]] as Gauri Pradhan / Gauri Pratham Mann / Shweta Chattopadhyay (after plastic surgery) / Shweta Pratham Mann |
* [[Gauri Pradhan]] as Gauri Pradhan / Gauri Pratham Mann / Shweta Chattopadhyay (after plastic surgery) / Shweta Pratham Mann |
||
| Line 100: | Line 82: | ||
* [[Dolly Bindra]] as Dolly Maasi |
* [[Dolly Bindra]] as Dolly Maasi |
||
==Soundtrack |
==Soundtrack== |
||
{| class="wikitable " |
{| class="wikitable " |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| Line 106: | Line 88: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| 1 || "Title Track" || Shaan, Jaspinder Narula || Nawab Arzoo || Lalit Sen |
| 1 || "Title Track" || Shaan, Jaspinder Narula || Nawab Arzoo || Lalit Sen |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
|- |
|- |
||
|} |
|} |
||
==References== |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
== External links == |
== External links == |
||
Latest revision as of 14:58, 1 November 2024
| Kutumb | |
|---|---|
 A promotional logo image of Kutumb | |
| Created by | Balaji Telefilms |
| Directed by | Bharat Bhatia, Gautam Sobti Swapna Waghmare Joshi Santosh Bhatt |
| Creative director | Monisha Singh & Nivedita Basu |
| Starring | see below |
| Opening theme | "Kutumb" 1 by Shaan and Jaspinder Narula "Kutumb" 2 by Babul Supriyo and Sunidhi Chauhan |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 251 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Ekta Kapoor & Shobha Kapoor |
| Cinematography | Sanjay K. Memane |
| Editor | Vikas Sharma & Md. Nazir |
| Running time | approx. 24 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Release | 29 October 2001 – 16 January 2003 |
Kutumb is an Indian television drama telecast on Sony TV. The show aired FROM 29 October 2001 to 7 February 2003. The show had two seasons but the seasons' plots were not related. However, both series revolve around the principal characters of Pratham (Hiten Tejwani) and Gauri (Gauri Pradhan), and their love and kutumb (family).[1][2]
Plot
[edit]The Mittal family is successful and rich but very grounded in their traditions and culture. Of the four Mittal sons, the eldest Umesh is married to Gayatri and has three children - Nandini, Pratham and Gautam. Rajesh is married to Archana and they also have three children - Samay, Tushar and Diya. Sanjay is a widower, who often has imaginary conversations with his late wife Maya and their three kids are - Siddharth, Riya and Richa. Ajay and Kavita have no kids of their own and instead 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 children.
Pratham is revealed to be the spoilt brat in the family and dearly loved by everyone, much to his father Umesh's frustration.
In contrast, Gauri Agarwal, comes from a middle class nuclear family and takes no nonsense from anyone. Gauri's family includes her father, mother, sister Preeti and brother Shashank.
Pratham's own sister, Nandini married young as per her father's wishes but the marriage results in divorce. Her ex-husband also doesn't want anything to do with their son Shobhit. Nandini's father is remorseful for having chosen the wrong man for her and wants her to remarry but she decides marriage is not for her.
At the same college, Gauri hates everything Pratham stands for - a lack of principles and his being rich and entitled. Pratham loses the Class President election to Gauri and to teach her a lesson locks himself with her in a room insinuating they were fooling around. When the media gets whiff of this, the incident is blown out of proportion and their conservative families decide that the two must be married. Pratham takes this as an opportunity to make Gauri's life a living hell. Under family pressure, Gauri gives in and the two are married.
How the two cope with their differences, and eventually fall in love with another form the crux of the story.
The second season shows Pratham as a rich spoilt brat who is disinterested in studies. Gauri on the other hand is the college topper and actively participates in drama activities. Their opposite natures initially lead to fights but while practicing for a college play, they develop feelings for each other. However, Pratham's parents oppose the relationship as they feel Gauri is a middle-class girl and does not fit in with their family.
Pratham and Gauri are very much in love and elope. They face financial hardships but eventually settle down in their new world. Everything is perfect, till Gauri is diagnosed with cancer and is given a few months to live by the doctors. Pratham is shattered but continues to take care of her during her treatment. Gauri is finally cured and Pratham's family also accepts her. But as fate would have it, Gauri soon dies in a car accident instead.
Cast
[edit]Season 1
[edit]- Hiten Tejwani as Pratham Mittal
- Gauri Pradhan as Gauri Agarwal / Gauri Pratham Mittal
- Amita Chandekar as Anu
- Sai Ballal as Umesh Mittal, Pratham's Father
- Shama Deshpande as Gayatri Umesh Mittal, Pratham's Mother
- Poonam Narula as Nandini Mittal, Pratham's Sister
- Manorama as Chhoti Dadi, Pratham's Grandmother
- Lily Patel as Badi Dadi, Pratham's Grandmother
- Brijendra Kala as Sanjay Mittal, Pratham's Uncle
- Sakshi Tanwar as Maya Sanjay Mittal
- Rituraj Singh as Ajay Mittal, Pratham's Uncle
- Jayati Bhatia as Kavita Ajay Mittal, Pratham's Aunt
- Ali Asgar as Samay Mittal, Pratham's Cousin
- Pooja Ghai Rawal as Natasha Samay Mittal
- Monalika Bhonsle as Shruti
- Kishwer Merchant as Swati
- Pracheen Chauhan as Tushar Mittal, Pratham's Cousin
- Vaishali Saini as Riya Mittal, Pratham's Cousin
- Varun Badola as Advocate Rahul
- Rohit Bakshi as Ketan
- Shweta Basu Prasad as Vanshita, Anu Daughter
- Harsh Khurana as Manav
- Manoj Bidwai as Gautam
- Dheeraj Sarna as Yash, Pratham's Friend
- Abhijit Khurana as Hiten, Pratham's Friend
Season 2
[edit]- Hiten Tejwani as Pratham Mann
- Gauri Pradhan as Gauri Pradhan / Gauri Pratham Mann / Shweta Chattopadhyay (after plastic surgery) / Shweta Pratham Mann
- Mouli Ganguly as Shweta Chattopadhyay (before plastic surgery)
- Mukul Dev as Abhijat Desai
- Kavita Kaushik as Monica Malhotra
- Simple Kaul as Pratham's Sister
- Girish Jain as Shweta's Friend
- Sheeba Akashdeep / Supriya Karnik as Kamini Aditya Mann
- Raju Kher as Aditya Mann
- Prithvi Zutshi as Mr. Pradhan
- Dolly Bindra as Dolly Maasi
Soundtrack
[edit]| Track # | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Music Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Title Track" | Shaan, Jaspinder Narula | Nawab Arzoo | Lalit Sen |
| 2 | "Title Track Sad Version 1" | Kumar Sanu | Nawab Arzoo | Lalit Sen |
| 3 | "Title Track Sad Version 2" | Priya Bhattachariya | Nawab Arzoo | Lalit Sen |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sony's stakes claim as frontrunner in 9-10 pm band". indiantelevision.com. 26 December 2001.
- ^ "Sony's Kutumb switches to new avatar". indiantelevision.com. 13 August 2002.