Pudhcha Paaul

Pudhcha Paaul
Genre	Soap Opera
Directed by	Harshad Paranjape Kedar Vaidya Vaibhav Chinchalkar
Starring	Jui Gadkari Harshada Khanvilkar Aastad Kale
Country of origin	India
Original language	Marathi
No. of episodes	1944
Production
Producers	Peter Gundra Vidhyadhar Pathare
Production locations	Gemini Studio, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Editors	Sachin Randive Aseem Momin
Running time	22 minutes
Original release
Network	Star Pravah
Release	2 May 2011 (2011-05-02) – 1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)
Related
Saath Nibhaana Saathiya

Pudhcha Paaul (transl. The next step) is an Indian Marathi Soap opera that aired on Star Pravah. It is an official remake of Hindi TV serial Saath Nibhaana Saathiya of StarPlus. It premiered on 2 May 2011 and stopped on 1 July 2017 completing 1944 episodes. It is one of the longest-running Marathi television series and Star Pravah's longest-running serial.

Premises

Kalyani is a simple naive girl. She married in the Sardeshmukh family where she develops a bitter-sweet relation with her mother-in-law Rajlaxmi, the stern matriarch of the family. Rajlaxmi makes Kalyani dance to her tunes. The story progresses as Rajlaxmi turns mentor to Kalyani.

Plot

The story revolves around a simple innocent orphaned village girl named Kalyani (Jui Gadkari). She does all the household work yet her aunt Kanchanmala (Supriya Pathare) and cousin Rupali (Sharmila Shinde) cannot tolerate her, and torture her daily. She is illiterate and they do not allow her to take any education. One day Rajalaxmi (aka Akkasaheb) Sardeshmukh (Harshada Khanvilkar) comes to their home with his son Soham (Astad Kale) for marriage of Rupali with Soham who already has an affair with another girl. But instead of Rupali she likes Kalyani and decides to make the latter her daughter-in-law, going against the wishes of her son.

Later both Kalyani and Rupali are married to Soham and Rohit (Soham's cousin) (Suyash Tilak) respectively. Rupali is jealous of Kalyani as she failed to become elder daughter-in-law of Sardeshmukh mansion which may deprive her of inheriting the property of the Sardeshmukh family. She, along with the evil plans of her mother Kanchanmala creates problems in Kalyani's life and tries to kill her. With all of these troubles on her shoulder, Kalyani completes all of her duties & wins all other family member's hearts. Later Soham also coming out from his past, falls in love with Kalyani and accepts her as his wife. In all the troubles Rajalaxmi (aka Akkasaheb) supports her as her own daughter making an inherent bond between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Taking the opportunity of brother's death Soham's ex-girlfriend comes again in Soham and Kalyani's married life to make Kalyani's life hell. She pretends as mentally unstable and innocent Kalyani takes her in Sardeshmukh mansion going against everyone's decision. Soham's ex now makes problems to kick Kalyani out of the house and to bring back Soham again in her life.

Cast

• Jui Gadkari / Madhuri Desai as Kalyani Sardeshmukh – Kanchanmala's niece; Rupali's cousin; Soham's ex-wife; Sameer's wife; Karan's mother (2011-2017)
• Harshada Khanvilkar as Rajlaxmi "Akkasaheb" Sardeshmukh – Jaywantrao's wife; Soham and Sameer's mother; Karan's grandmother (2011-2017)
• Sangram Samel as Sameer Sardeshmukh – Rajlaxmi and Jaywantrao's son; Soham's brother; Kalyani's second husband; Karan's adoptive father (2014-2017)
• Unknown as Karan Sardeshmukh – Kalyani and Soham's son; Sameer's adoptive son (2015–2016)
• Sharmila Rajaram Shinde as Rupali Randive Sardeshmukh – Kanchanmala's daughter; Kalyani's cousin; Rohit's wife (2011-2016)
• Suyash Tilak / Abhijeet Kelkar as Rohit Sardeshmukh – Devaki and Yashwant's son; Soham and Sameer's cousin; Rupali's husband (2011-2016)
• Aastad Kale as Soham Sardeshmukh – Rajlaxmi and Jaywantrao's son; Sameer's brother; Kalyani's ex-husband; Swapnali's husband; Karan's father (2011-2015) (Dead)
• Swapnali Patil as Swapnali Sardeshmukh – Soham's second wife (2014-2016)
• Radhika Barve / Supriya Pathare as Kanchanmala Randive – Chintamani's sister; Rupali's mother; Kalyani's aunt (2011-2015)
• Ajinkya Joshi as Chintamani – Kanchanmala's brother; Kalyani and Rupali's uncle (2011-2017)
• Milind Safai as Jaywantrao Sardeshmukh – Yashwant's brother; Rajlaxmi's husband; Soham and Sameer's father; Karan's grandfather
• Mrunal Deshpande as Devaki Sardeshmukh – Yashwant's wife; Rohit's mother (2011-2017)
• Shrirang Deshmukh as Yashwant Sardeshmukh – Jaywantrao's brother; Devaki's husband; Rohit's father (2011–2017)
• Pradeep Velankar as Dadasaheb Sardeshmukh – Yashwant and Jaywant's father (2011-2017)
• Sonali Naik as Kaveri Jaywant Sardeshmukh (2011-2013)
• Tejashree Dharne as Sayali Pradhan (2016-2017)
• Rashmi Anpat as Aishwarya (2011-2012)
• Radhika Harshe
• Mrunal Chandrakant
• Atisha Naik

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Hindi	Saath Nibhaana Saathiya साथ निभाना साथिया	3 May 2010	StarPlus	23 July 2017	Original
Marathi	Pudhcha Paaul पुढचं पाऊल	2 May 2011	Star Pravah	30 June 2017	Remake
Kannada	Amritavarshini ಅಮೃತವರ್ಷಿಣಿ	3 September 2012	Star Suvarna	30 March 2017
Tamil	Deivam Thandha Veedu தெய்வம் தந்த வீடு	15 July 2013	Star Vijay	26 May 2017
Bengali	Bodhuboron বধুবরন	19 August 2013	Star Jalsha	29 January 2017
Malayalam	Chandanamazha ചന്ദനമഴ	2 February 2014	Asianet	9 December 2017
Telugu	Intiki Deepam Illalu ఇంటికి దీపం ఇల్లాలు	8 March 2021	Star Maa	Ongoing

Reception

Since its inception, it remained one of the top rated Marathi GEC program during its run time. In June 2011, it was the most watched Marathi GEC with 3.8 TVR. week 13 of 2012, it garnered 4.2 TVR maintaining its top position. In May 2012, it garnered 3.9 TVR.

External links

• Pudhcha Paaul at Hotstar
• Pudhcha Paaul at IMDb