Catch up on Twenty Years of ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi…’
In case you’ve missed out on the generation jump in ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi,’ whose first new episode aired on 7 June, here’s your opportunity to make up for twenty lost years.
The six-year-old serial following the fate of the Virani family has had a double-digit TRP for nearly five years running, setting records in TV viewership. Now, the show’s second 20-year-leap in time has taken place, bringing in a whole new generation. Shailja Kejriwal, Senior Creative Director at Star India, explained that Kyunki’s popularity makes it neccessary to “constantly innovate, so it was essential to bring in freshness to the story, with this leap into the future.”
As everyone from the series is aging 20 years, Ba now welcomes in the fourth generation of her family at the age of 108. All the actors are excited at the challenge of advancing themselves forward in the lives of the characters they have come to know so intimately. Hiten Tejwani, who plays Karan, said, “There are a lot of changes in my character. I have slowed down a lot. It is a more matured kind of role that I play now.”
Meanwhile, the new generation has arrived in a group of seven talented young actors. The heir to Tulsi’s legacy is Krishna Tulsi, whose intelligence, innocence and motivation are still strongly rooted in the family tradition. “It is time Tulsi passes on the baton to the younger generation,” explained Ekta Kapoor, the show’s creator.
So what’s up now in Shantiniketan? All the brothers are still living there, but are separated and the property is divided. Prosperous Karan lives on the upper floor, while his poorer brother Sahil has taken up residence in the floor below.
The remaining new generation includes Nakul, Sahil and Ganga’s son, silent and bitter about his relative poverty; Joydeep, Sahil’s adopted son and a sweet, if slightly geeky, boy; Bhumi, Karan’s spoiled daughter, the outgoing tomboy who loves troublemaking for fun; Manthan, Bhumi’s brother who is just as confident and quick with an insult; and Eklavya, Ansh’s son, a good boy who may turn dark later on!