Banoo Main Teri Dulhann


Banoo Main Teri Dulhann is an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV from 14 August 2006 to 28 May 2009. It starred Divyanka Tripathi and Sharad Malhotra in the lead roles of Vidya and Sagar. The series deals with the life of a small city woman, Vidya, who reaches Delhi after marrying Sagar, a rich businessman.

Plot

Season 1

The story is about a beautiful, simple and loyal Vidya from Benaras. She does all the work in her household and her uncle, aunt, and cousin torture her. They don't allow Vidya to get an education, leaving her illiterate. Soon, Rajendra Pratap Singh comes to Benaras to find a wife for his son Sagar. When Sagar's father sees Vidya, he decides that she will be his daughter-in-law. On the day of her marriage day, Vidya finds out that Sagar is mentally unstable with the mind of a child due to a car accident that happened six months ago that almost claimed his life. Sagar does not realize he is married so he and Vidya get off to a rocky start. Sindoora, Sagar's evil stepsister wants the Thakur's property and will go to any heights to gain it. She caused the deadly car accident to kill Sagar but was unsuccessful. Chandra and Mahua are Sindoora's younger sisters and do whatever Sindoora tells them to and continually harass Vidya. Sindoora attempts to put much blame on Vidya to kick her out of the house. But, her generous ex-husband Aniket and son Bharat do not take her opinion in which they lend a helping hand to Vidya. Aniket and Bharat both want to see Sagar and Vidya be together. With all of this trouble on her shoulder, she completes all of her duties and makes the room for herself in the other family member's hearts, even Sagar's. Vidya finds out that doctor from Singapore can cure Sagar back to normal, so she and Sagar both go there. Sindoora finds out and then plans multiple attacks on Sagar and Vidya but Sagar's operation went successfully. But, he doesn't remember anything before his car accident and so doesn't remember Vidya. Sindoora then takes advantage of this and tries to poison Sagar's mind against Vidya, but Sagar and Vidya later get married. Sindoora tries again to kill Sagar but Aniket gets paralyzed while trying to protect Sagar. Gayatri, Sagar's paternal aunt arrives and knows that Sindoora is trying to kill Sagar. So she teams up with Vidya to get rid of Sindoora. They try their best to expose Sindoora but Sagar doesn't listen to their arguments. Vidya then pretends to be pregnant for Sagar under Gayatri's orders but fails to hide the truth from him. Sindoora plots and manages to send her ex-husband Aniket to jail. Sindoora then plots and pays a man to run over Gayatri. She doesn't die but went into a coma. She again plans an attack on Sagar in Benares which makes him not just mentally normal, but also remember multiple occasions when Sindoora had tried to kill him. He plots with Vidya and his friend Chinu to get proof against her but Sindoora identifies his plans and attacks the couple again. Later, Sindoora corners Sagar and Vidya on the edge of the cliff of Kailashpati Shankar Mandir and she kills both of them by shooting them with her gun.

Season 2

21 years later

Sagar and Vidya were reborn as Amar and Divya on the night of their death. Divya is a modern rich girl from London and Amar is a spontaneous tour guide from Benaras. Amar and Divya both meet there, Divya gets strange flashbacks of her previous birth time which she does not remember immediately but later recalls. It takes time for Amar to remember but he finally does and they both work to get their revenge on Sindoora with the help of Bharat who kills her the first time but she returns twice. Sindoora's own grown son Bharat helps them. Sindoora again tries her best to keep them apart as their union will mean a threat to her life. In an attempt to separate them, Sindoora wants Divya to marry Samrat who is the fake son of Rajiv and Mahua and the biological son of Amar's parents. Meanwhile, Amar searches for Divya but undergoes several hardships in the process. Sindoora creates a rift between Amar and Bharat.

Cast and characters

Main

In November 2008, the shootings and telecast of all the Hindi television series including this series and films were stalled on 8 November 2008 due to dispute by the technician workers of FWICE. During the strike, the channels blacked out new episodes broadcast and repeat telecasts were shown from 10 November 2008. On 19 November 2008, the strike was called off after settling the disputes, and the production resumed. The new episodes started to telecast from 1 December 2008.

International broadcasts

Response

The serial started at 14 August 2006,but it became Superhit Tv soap competing the other Tv soaps Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki,Stree teri kahani, Karam Apnaa Apnaa, Kasamh Se. There was a stiff competition throughout nation wide. Banoo main teri dulhan competed high,The competition prolonged for four years from 2006 to 2009. It was the third highest-grossing Indian Television soap of 2006, behind Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki& Stree teri kahani.Sharad Malhotra was selected for Best Debut Actor Indian Television Academy awards 2007.Sharad Malhotra was also selected for Best Actor Indian Television Academy awards 2008.Sharad Malhotra and Divyanka Tripathi both bagged best Jodi in Indian Television Academy awards 2007.Divyanka Tripathi was selected for in Best Fresh face award for Indian telly awards in 2007.She also bagged Best popular Actress Indian Television Academy Awards for the year 2007.Kamya punjabi bagged best negative role award Indian Telly Awards for the year 2007.

Reception

stated the performance of the series as slow and steady.