Kumkum Bhagya
5 Years Celebration Poster of Kumkum Bhagya
Also known as
Kumkum Bhagya: Bhagya Milayega Unhe Jo He Bilkul AlagKumkum Bhagya: Kya Bhagya Layega Abhi Aur Pragya Ko Phir se SaathKumkum Bhagya: Naya AdhyayKumkum Bhagya: Doosri Peedhi
Created byEkta KapoorBased onSense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen[1]Developed byEkta KapoorWritten byStory
Anil Nagpal
Screenplay
Anil Nagpal
Mrinal Tripathi
Dialogues
Dheeraj Sarna
Vikash tiwariDirected byRavindra Gautam
Sameer Kulkarni
Sharad Pandey
Jeetu Arora
Deepak ChavanCreative director(s)Shaalu
Nitin Dhall
Rajan PrachiStarring
Sriti JhaShabbir AhluwaliaMugdha ChaphekarNaina Singh
Theme music composerLalit Sen
Nawab ArzooCountry of originIndiaOriginal language(s)HindiNo. of seasons1No. of episodes1,431ProductionProducer(s)Ekta Kapoor
Shobha KapoorProduction location(s)MumbaiCinematographySanjay Memane
Anil KatkeCamera setupMulti-cameraRunning timeapprox. 21 minutesProductioncompany(s)Balaji TelefilmsReleaseOriginal networkZee TVPicture format480i
1080i(HDTV)First shown inIndiaOriginal release15 April 2014 –
presentChronologyRelated showsKundali BhagyaExternal linksWebsiteProduction website
The series started as the story of Pragya(Sriti Jha) and Bulbul(Mrunal Thakur), and their mother, Sarla's hope to see them married, but as time went by, the show revolved around Abhi(Shabir Ahluwalhia) and Pragya. The pivotal characters of this show are strong, feisty women, living together in an all-female, matriarchal family.
On 18 March 2019, after Abhi and Pragya's separation in the show, a twenty-year leap was introduced. Post-leap, Pragya and Abhi are shown separated with their twins. Mugdha Chapekar and Naina Singh are introduced as Abhi and Pragya's separated twin daughters.[4] The series now will focus on Abhi, Pragya and their young college-going twin daughters Prachi and Ria.[5][6]
Kumkum Bhagya received acclaim throughout its run, becoming one of the most popular television shows in India.[7][8] Kumkum Bhagya had won 50 Awards so far in various categories including the Award for "Best Tv Show" 4 times.[9]
PlotEdit
Pragya and Bulbul help their mother Sarla run the Kumkum Bhagya marriage hall. The series begins with a short-lived love triangle involving Pragya – Suresh – Bulbul, leading to the cancellation of Pragya's engagement with Suresh. Rockstar Abhishek "Abhi" is in a relationship with supermodel Tanushree "Tanu". Purab Khanna is Abhishek's best friend and music handler and hires Bulbul at his advertising agency. He falls in love with Bulbul despite being engaged to Abhi's sister Aliya. Aliya misunderstands that Purab is seeing Pragya and Abhi marries Pragya to keep her from ruining Aliya's relationship with Purab. Post-marriage, Pragya realizes the truth and accepts the blame to protect Bulbul. On his wedding day, Purab abandons Aliya and comes clean to everyone about his love for Bulbul. Various situations and circumstances bring Abhishek and Pragya closer. Abhi reconciles with Purab and Bulbul and gets them married which further results a furious Aliya to kill Pragya, but in order to save her sister, Bulbul sacrifices her life by interfering in Aliya's plan and dies. Desperate to get Abhi back, Tanu fakes a DNA report to imply that he is the father of her unborn child, which is actually the result of a one-night stand between her and Nikhil. Pragya realises the truth but suffers an accident and is declared dead, before she could reveal the truth to Abhi.
20 days laterEdit
Pragya returns to exact revenge on her wrongdoers by becoming the owner of Abhi's properties. Bulbul risks her life and dies while saving Pragya from Aliya. The season ends with Pragya exposing Tanu and winning back Abhi's trust. However, Abhishek gets into an accident and loses his memory. He forgets the last two-and-a-half years of his life, including Pragya who has to leave him for his own good.
2 months laterEdit
, Abhi and Pragya came across each-other once again, the meeting results to their friendship where Abhi is still unaware of who she is. On his wedding day with Tanu, Abhi regains his memory but he soon loses Pragya for she is shot by some goons and falls into a dam. However after several sequences with her look alike named Munni, Pragya finally recovers from coma and reconciles with Abhi. On the other hand, Purab and Disha's love story begins to bloom. She proposes to him and he decides to move on from Bulbul and give their marriage a chance.
A girl named Simonika, joins Abhi's office as his secretary, she plans to take her revenge for he has killed her husband Dushyant. In a barter, Tanu asks Simonika to spare Abhi and kill Pragya instead. However, Simonika ends up murdering Dadi who reaches the factory before Pragya to save her life. Both Abhi and Aliya blame Pragya for Dadi's death. Abhi asks Pragya to leave, thus, a heart-broken and grief-stricken Pragya is shown attempting suicide by jumping off a cliff.
7 years laterEdit
Abhi lives with Tanu just as a friend while Pragya is living in the UK with King Singh, a London-based rapper. She also has a daughter from Abhi, named Kiara. Abhi and Pragya hold each other responsible for Dadi's death. Abhi and King are offered a world music album and thus, the latter flies to India with Pragya and Kiara.
Kiara and Abhi meet in Delhi, where the Mehra family now lives, and become good friends. Abhi finds out about Kiara being his daughter at Neha's wedding, Mitali and Raaj's daughter. Abhi comes to know that King and Pragya are not married for real. He convinces Pragya of his love and re-marries her, after their marriage, Pragya expects twins. A jealous Tanu tries to kill Pragya and her unborn babies, but Abhi, Aliya and others kick her out of the house. King too realises his mistake and decides to protect Pragya from Tanu. Tanu reaches out to her ex-boyfriend Nikhil and instigates him to take revenge from Abhi by murdering Pragya and her twins. Nikhil enters Mehra mansion with the intention of killing Pragya and her twins but Kiara identifies him.. To save himself from being exposed, he changes his plan and kidnaps Kiara. Nikhil then calls Abhi – Pragya to ask for ransom money, but eventually plans to end Kiara's life to complete his revenge which results to Pragya and Abhi blaming each-other.
20 Years LaterEdit
It is shown that Abhi and Pragya have been separated and have each of their daughters; Pragya has the custody of Prachi and Abhi has the custody of Rhea. Rhea and Prachi do not get along. Pragya has settled inHoshiarpur working as college lecturer. Prachi has a friend, Ishana who lives with Pragya and Prachi and Pragya affectionately calls her Beeji. Abhi is settled in Delhi. He has a company which promotes the new young talents. Purab has married Aliya, but their married life is not a happy one. They also have a son named Aaryan.Prachi is in love with Ranbir while Aryan and Shahana become good friends.
CastEdit
MainEdit
Shabbir Ahluwalia as Abhishek "Abhi" Mehra; Alia's brother; Pragya's husband; Kiara, Prachi and Ria's father (2014–present)Sriti Jha as Pragya Arora, Sarla and Raghuveer's daughter; Bulbul,Preeta,and Srishti's sister; Abhishek's wife; Kiara, Prachi and Ria's mother (2014–present)Mugdha Chaphekar as Prachi Arora, Pragya and Abhi's daughter; Kiara and Ria's sister (2019–present)Naina Singh as Ria Mehra, Pragya and Abhi's daughter; Kiara and Prachi's youngest sister (2019–present)Krishna Kaul as Ranbir Kohli, Pallavi and Vikram's son (2019—present)Prachi's love interest
RecurringEdit
Mrunal Thakur as Bulbul Poorab Khanna, Sarla and Raghuveer's daughter; Pragya, Preeta and Srishti's sister; Poorab's former first wife (2014–2016)Arjit Taneja/Vin Rana as Poorab Khanna, Abhishek's best friend and brother in-law; Bulbul and Disha's former husband; Alia's husband; Sunny and Aryan's father (2014–2016)/(2016–present)Ruchi Savarn as Disha Singh, Poorab's former second wife; Sunny's mother (2017–present)Shikha Singh as Alia Mehra, Abhishek's sister; Poorab's wife; Aryan's mother (2014–present)Zeeshan Khan as Aaryan Khanna, Poorab and Alia's son (2019–present); Shahana's love interestAparna Mishra as Shahana, Beeji's granddaughter, Prachi's adoptive younger sister (2019–present)Ashlesha Saawant as Meera, Ria'sgoverness (2019–present)[10]Mehul Kajaria as Vikram Kohli, Pallavi's husband; Ranbir and Mishti's father; Abhishek's friend and business partner (2019–present)Khyati Keswani as Pallavi Kohli, Vikram's wife; Ranbir and Mishti's mother (2019–present)Kiran Bhargava as Daljeet Kohli, Vikram's mother; Ranbir and Mishti's grandmother (2019–present)Neena Cheema as Sarita, a Gujarati woman who gave refuge to Pragya and her daughters (2019–present)Pooja Singh as Mishti Kohli, Pallavi and Vikram's daughter; Ranbir's sister (2019–present)Ribbhu Mehra as Ritik ; Disha's close friend (2019-present)Sonali Joshi as Chief Minister Vasudha (2019)Kaurwakee Vasistha as Kiara Mehra, Pragya and Abhi's 1st daughter; Prachi and Rhea's elder sister (2018–2019)Vedaansh Jaju as Sunny Khanna, Purab and Disha's son, Aaryan's elder brother (2018–2019)Mishal Raheja as King Singh, a professionalrapper (2018–2019)[11]Daljeet Soundh as Daljeet Mehra, Matriarch of Mehra family; Abhi, Alia, Raj and Akash's grandmother. (2014–2018)Madhurima Tuli/Leena Jumani as Tanushree Mehra Alia's friend (2014–2019)Nikhil Arya/Rujut Dahiya/Shaad Randhawaas Nikhil Sood, Tanu's former boyfriend (2015–2019)Supriya Shukla as Sarla Arora, Raghuveer's wife; Pragya, Bulbul, Preeta and Srishti's mother (2014–2018)[12]Madhu Raja as Daljeet Arora, Raghuveer's mother; Pragya, Bulbul, Preeta and Srishti's grandmother (2014–2018)Unknown as Jaanki, Arora family's housekeeper; Poorvi's mother (2014–2018)Zareena Khan as Indu Suri, Matriarch of Mehra family; Abhishek, Raj, Akash and Alia's cousin grandmother (2014–2019)Abeer Adil as Tarun, King's cousin; Neha's husband [13] (2018–2019)Ajay Trehan as Ajay Mehra, Pammi's husband; Raj and Akash's father; Abhishek and Alia's uncle (2014–present)Shivaani Sopuri as Pammi Mehra, Ajay's wife; Raj and Akash's mother; Abhishek and Alia's aunt (2014–present)Anurag Sharma as Raj Mehra, Pammi and Ajay's son; Akash's brother; Abhishek and Alia's cousin; Mitali's husband (2014–present)Suwati Anand as Mitali Mehra, Raj's wife; Neha's mother (2014–present)Richa Rathore as Neha "Babli" Mehra, Mitali and Raj's daughter; Tarun's wife (2018)Ravi Chauhan as Robin, Mehra family's butler (2014–present)Charu Mehra as Poorvi, Janki's daughter; Pragya and Bulbul's namesake sister (2014–2015)Ankit Mohan as Akash Mehra, Pammi and Ajay's son; Raj's brother; Rachna's husband; Abhishek and Alia's cousin (2014–2016)Aditi Rathore as Rachna Mehra, Suresh's sister; Akash's wife (2014–2016)Faisal Rashid as Suresh Shrivastav, Rachna's brother and Pragya's former fiancé (2014–2015)Neha Bam as Mrs. Khanna, Poorab's aunt (2014–2015)Neel Motwani as Corporator Neil Thakur (2014–2015)Bobby Khanna as Mr. Mehta, Tanu's father (2015–2017)Roma Lavani as Mrs. Mehta, Tanu's mother (2015–2018)Rithvik Dhanjani as Arjun Kirloskar (2015)Asha Negi as Poorvi Kirloskar (2015)Krystle D'Souza as a stranger who gives Pragya lift when the latter is in search of Abhishek (2016)Pratik Parihar as Manohar, Abhi's accountant who plotted a trap along with Alia against Pragya (2016)Nitin Goswami as Dushyant Rana, Simonica's husband who was accidentally killed by Abhishek (2017–2018)Vivana Singh as Simonica Rana, Dushyant's widow (2017–2018)Sharhaan Singh as Sangram Singh Chautala, Disha's ex-fiancé from Haryana (2017–2018)Shraddha Arya as Dr. Preeta Arora, Sarla and Raghuveer's daughter; Pragya, Bulbul and Srishti's sister (2017–2018)Dheeraj Dhoopar as Karan Luthra, Rakhi and Mahesh's son; Rishabh's brother; Sameer’s cousin (2017–2018)Anjum Fakih as Srishti Arora, Sarla and Raghuveer's daughter; Pragya, Bulbul and Preeta’s sister (2017–2018)Abhishek Kapur as Sameer Luthra, Rishabh and Karan’s cousin; Rakhi and Mahesh's nephew (2017-2018)Manit Joura as Rishabh Luthra, Rakhi and Mahesh's son; Karan's brother; Sameer’s cousin; Sherlyn's husband (2017–2018)Ruhi Chaturvedi as Sherlyn Khurana, Prithvi’s former wife; Rishabh’s wife (2017-2018)Sanjay Gagnani as Prithvi Malhotra, Sherlyn's former husband; Preeta’s former fiancée (2017–2018)Twinkle R Vashisht as Kritika Luthra, Sameer’s cousin; Rakhi and Mahesh's niece (2017–2018)Neelam Mehra as Bani Luthra, Mahesh and Kareena’s mother; Rishabh and Karan’s grandmother (2017–2018)Anisha Hinduja as Rakhi Luthra, Mahesh’s wife; Karan and Rishabh's mother (2017–2018)Naveen Saini as Mahesh Luthra, Rakhi’s husband; Karan and Rishabh's father (2017–2018)Pyumori Mehta Ghosh/Usha Bachani as Kareena Luthra, Mahesh’s sister; Rishabh, Karan and Sameer’s aunt (2017–2019)Vijay Kashyap as Raghuveer Arora, Daljeet's son; Sarla's husband; Pragya, Preeta, Bulbul and Shristi's father (2017)Shwetanshu Singh as Dr. Sheila (2017)Roma Bali as Tarun's mother; King's aunt (2018–2019)Vishal Singh as Rahul, Abhishek and Poorab's friend; Anjali's husband (2018)Rhea Sharma as Anjali, Abhishek and Poorab's friend; Rahul's wife (2018)Yuvika Choudhary as Tina, Rahul's former fiancé (2018)Dolly Sohi as Tina's mother (2018)Kavita Ghai as Rahul's mother (2018)Rakesh Kukreti as Rahul's father (2018)Jaanvi Sangwan as Beeji, a nurse who took Pragya in after the latter's exile(2019)[14]Manmohan Tiwari as Rohit Gill, a local gangster at Hoshiyarpur (2019)[15]
Guest starsEdit
Riteish DeshmukhRani MukerjeeIrrfan KhanSrideviRakul Preet SinghNargis FakhriEmraan HashmiTusshar KapoorJeetendraAftab ShivdasaniSushant Singh RajputSalman KhanShubham ChoudhurySonam KapoorVarun DhawanShahrukh KhanKriti SanonKajolShraddha KapoorSiddharth MalhotraKrystle D'SouzaKarishma TannaPratyusha BanerjeeAsha NegiMouni RoyDrashti DhamiRithvik DhanjaniAmruta KhanvilkarNia SharmaArjun KapoorDipika Kakar
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