Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani
Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani is an Indian supernatural television series produced by Ekta Kapoor that aired on STAR One from 18 October 2010 to 15 December 2011. The show was earlier tentatively titled "Fanaa". It was one of the more "ambitious" projects by producer Ekta Kapoor. Vivian Dsena's portrayal of a vampire in the show helped establish his public notability. The show was quite popular in its run and garnered appreciation from audience.
Plot
Abhay Raichand is a 200-year-old vampire, who exactly falls for the orphan Piya, who signifies Maithili.Abhay always keeps a photograph of Maithali in this wallet. Piya and her mother Sugandh was left by her father, Arnab Dobriyal. She is the illicit daughter of Arnab. Piya had resided in an orphanage from 10 years of age after her mother’s demise. After getting a scholarship, the lead actress Piya moved to Dehradun, Uttarakhand to pursue her further education at Mount College. After joining college, she meets her father Arnab Dobriyal, her step-mother named Madhu, her step-sisters, Misha, and Panchi. Piya also meets Abhay, the vampire, a young and handsome guy who saves her every time and also stands beside her when everybody turns their back. She meets him in the darkness and coldness of the dense forests adjoining the college campus, but Abhay's mystifying behaviors raise queries in Piya's mind. He is a loner, unlike the other boys despite there is a pleasing charisma about him that Piya can't resist. Piya is baffled by all the odds and regarding Abhay, she does an investigation and gets shocked to see that the consequences indicate vampires.
In due course, Abhay discloses his identity to Piya. Broken, Piya thinks of leaving the place, however, realizes that she loves Abhay, she restricts herself and stays. Siddharth, also a vampire of the series, returns to Dehradun to acquire revenge on Abhay, Maithali was the reason for they are enemies now. To put away Piya from the vampire Siddharth, he bites her. Later, he admits his affection for Piya. At the moment the heart won and, they got blown away by the breeze of silent love and fell overpoweringly in love with each other, and they did not look back. The closer they got, the more Abhay had to fight back to resist his primary urges. Piya then asks Siddharth about the Raichands; he confides in her that he knows many things about them; he takes her to the scorched house where Maithili had died, and Piya finally meets Maithili there. Siddharth then kidnaps Piya, and she learns that Siddharth and Abhay are brothers and he and Maithili are conspiring against Abhay.
In a brutal fight, Abhay kills Siddharth, and Maithili with an ice slab attacks Abhay and touches it to his heart, tells him to go for the last time and meet Piya as he is getting froze here and will live like a spirit after this Abhay wipes away Piya’s memories. He gets buried under snow, frozen, as Piya’s parents arrive to take her with them. In the next season, one year has passed, and Piya shifts to Dehradun from Paris and is an astounding model now. She doesn’t remember anything about her time at Dehradun; she repeatedly gets clingy to the spot in which Abhay is left all frozen. She after sometime meets Jeh Khurana, who is a strong werewolf and is in a hunt for Abhay to take retribution on him for killing his beloved brother. Devoid of knowing who his authentic identity, Piya saves Abhay from his condition. He is again impolite and mean to her, and she is confused about her thoughts, feeling both repulsive and fascinated towards him at the same instant.
In the meantime, she and Jeh become best of friends. Battles begin between the witty vampires and the cunning werewolves. At this crucial point Piya regains her memory, and gets reunited with Abhay, however, he worries about her safety, so they tell nobody about their relationship. Alina, who is Jeh’s sister, falls head over heels in love with Abhay, and without thinking about anything he agrees to be with her to only shield Piya. Another clash takes place, during which Deepanita, Jeh’s mother, dies. Abhay turns to a human-being by drinking a magical potion and leaves the place with Piya. Again three months later, Jeh kidnaps Piya for revenge, and Abhay tries to save her. Battle engages, and Jeh gets killed by Arnab, who is now a vampire. At last Arnab changes into a human being, and finally, the show sets a happy ending with the wedding of Abhay and Piya.
Cast
Main cast
- Vivian Dsena as Vampire Abhay Raichand/Abhayendra Singh: Piya’s lover and later husband, Maithali’s former lover.
- Sukirti Kandpal as Piyali "Piya" Sugandh Jaiswal /Piya Raichand / Piya Dobriyal: She is the youngest dobriyal sister; Abhay's lover and later wife /Princess Maithali: Abhay’s former lover.
- Priya Wal as Misha Dobriyal, Kabir's wife and second dobriyal sister.
- Kishwer Merchant as Haseena Chand Raichand, Abhay & Siddharth's adoptive mother.
- Naved Aslam as Chand Raichand, Abhay & Siddharth's adoptive father.
Recurring cast
- Rithvik Dhanjani as Jeh Khurana, The Werewolf.
- Vishal Gandhi as Kabir Singh Rathore, Danish's cousin, Misha's husband.
- Madhura Naik as Tanushree Ambolkar.
- Siddhant Karnick as Siddharth Chand Raichand/Siddharth Mehra, Abhay's brother.
- Vahbbiz Dorabjee as Panchi Arnab Dobriyal, Piya's half-sister and Misha's elder sister, eldest dobriyal sister.
- Suyyash Rai as Neel Khurana, Alina and Jeh's brother.
- Priya Chauhan as Alina Khurana, Neel and Jeh's sister.
- Neetha Shetty as Sugandh Jaiswal, Piya's mother, Arnab's ex-girlfriend.
- Karuna Verma as Deepanita Khurana, Neel, Alina and Jeh's mother.
- Tabrez Khan as Danish, Panchi's ex-fiancè.
- Roshani Shetty as Ruhi Juneja.
- Anshuman Singh Mahant as Angad.
- Papiya Sengupta as Madhu Arnab Dobriyal, Piya's step-mother and Misha and Panchi's biological mother.
- Anupam Bhattacharya as Arnab Dobriyal, Panchi, Misha and Piya's father.
- Tanvi Thakkar as Maya, Danish's ex-girlfriend.
- Gautam Gulati as Shaurya Khanna, Misha's love interest
- Yash Gera as Shankar, Misha's college friend who falls for Misha
- Shamta Tiwari as Shamta, T's minion
- Vikram Sahu as Mr. Rathore, Kabir's father
- Abhidnya Bhave as Abhidnya, Tracker's minion
- Monica Castelino as Miss Shanaya, Sports teacher
- Malika Juneja as Malika, T's minion
Guest appearances
- Nishant Malkani as Adhiraj
- Sanaya Irani as Gunjan
- Drashti Dhami as Geet
- Gurmeet Choudhary as Mann
Reception
Based on more than 500+ reviews this show holds 6.5 out of 10 on IMDb.