Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan

Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Mayah Basle Jayesh Patil Harsha Jagdish Radheshyam Rai Shobhit Jaiswal Binita Desai Mahesh Pandey S Farhan Barry Dhillon R M Joshi Mitesh Shah Kapil Bavad Virendra Shahaney Anshuman Sinha Gayatri Gill Ved Raj Koel Chaudhuri Ranu Uniyal
Directed by	Aashish Patil Anil V. Kumar Arvind Babbal Manchan Vikal Paresh Patil Swapnil Shahaney Sanjay Upadhyay[1]
Starring	Juhi Parmar Hussain Kuwajerwala
Opening theme	"Kumkum" by Sonu Nigam and Pamela Jain
Composer	Lalit Sen[2]
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1,449[3]
Production
Producer	Anuradha Prasad[4]
Running time	21 minutes
Production company	BAG Films
Release
Original network	Star Plus
Original release	July 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)[5] – March 13, 2009 (2009-03-13)
External links
Website

Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan^[6] (Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈkʊmkʊm]; transl. A lovely bond) is an Indian television series that aired on Star Plus from 15 July 2002 to 13 March 2009 in the afternoon slot.^[7][8] Hussain Kuwajerwala and Juhi Parmar played the lead roles Sumeet and Kumkum.^[9][10] It was produced under the company BAG films.^[11]

Plot Summary[]

The soap opera tells the tale of the Wadhwa family and its daughter-in-law, Kumkum. She is happily married to Jatin. However, he dies of a brain tumor while she is expecting their first child. The Wadhwas decide to get their young daughter-in-law remarried and find an eligible young man named Vishal. However, when obstacles arise leading and the marriage is called off on the last day, Jatin's younger brother Sumeet impulsively marries Kumkum in order to save her from societal disgrace.^[10] Sumeet is plagued by guilt for marrying Kumkum against her will, but she eventually falls in deep love with him while trying to expose Renuka (Sumeet's ex girlfriend). The crux of the story evolves as a blossoming romance between Sumeet and Kumkum leads them to realise that they are soulmates and how Kumkum being the ideal daughter-in-law of the Wadhwa family protects Sumeet's family despite the adverse circumstances facing them. Manik (an impostor bearing Jatin's face) creates havoc in their lives, but Kumkum exposes his fake identity and unites with Sumeet. Kumkum gives birth to Sharman and Aashka (Sumeet and Kumkum's progeny).

20 Years Later[]

Sumeet and Kumkum's story continues with their grown-up kids Dhruv, Sharman and Aashka and Kumkum's role of establishing harmony in the Wadhwa family. Dhruv's wife Antara plans an elaborate ruse to usurp the Wadhwa property and house to herself, but her plans are foiled after Sumeet and Kumkum unveil her truth to Dhruv. Sharman who is in deep love with Neeti gets engaged to her, but when Dhruv refuses to accept Siya on the day of the wedding owing to his feelings for Antara, Sharman impulsively marries Siya. Siya is disappointed and vents her frustration at the Wadhwa family, but she eventually forgives Sharman and confesses her love for him and Sumeet-Kumkum are finally happy to see the Wadhwa family happily settled. Unfortunately both Kumkum and Sumeet die before they complete a ritual that would enable them to be soulmates by Pulkit (Kumkum's ex-stalker) who conspires to kill Sumeet after trailing Kumkum secretly for several days. The shot misses Sumeet, but Kumkum is shot dead and Sumeet punishes Pulkit but still kills himself, unable to bear the separation.

20 Years Later, Sumeet & Kumkum are Reincarnated[]

Sumeet and Kumkum are reborn as prophesied again without any memory of their past life. In the new life Sumeet and Kumkum initially hate each other, but fall in deep love all over again owing to unusual circumstances, prompting them to be a false husband and wife in front of their family members. When they finally realise their love for each other, they are separated due to a misunderstanding between the Raichand and Mishra families and later by a series of new obstacles but eventually reunite in the end. Sumeet marries Kumkum and Harshvardhan and Rajeshwari Wadhwa accompany them to the sacred pilgrimage site where their lives ended in the previous birth. The show ends with memories of the idealistic couple who demonstrated that love finds a way back and is undying and immortal. Sumeet and Kumkum complete the sacred ritual at this place, finally uniting together forever.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Juhi Parmar as Kumkum Rai / Kumkum Jatin Wadhwa / Kumkum Sumeet Wadhwa / Chanda / Kumkum Mishra / Kumkum Sumeet Raichand
• Hussain Kuwajerwala as Sumeet Wadhwa / Sumeet Raichand

Recurring[]

Production[]

After 780 episodes, on 10 April 2006, the storyline of the series took a leap of 20 years.^[12] Then it took another leap of 20 years in 2008 where the leads were shown reincarnated with a new family.^[10]

On February 2009, the channel informed the production house to terminate the series by 13 March 2009. As per the channel's instructions the series ended on that day.^[13]

Reception[]

It received the highest ratings in the afternoon slot and is regarded as one of the longest ran Indian soap during afternoons.^[14]

After a time change from 3:30 pm to 1:00pm (IST) in November 2002, it started receiving ratings ranging 6 to 7 TVR in March 2003, becoming the most viewed afternoon show, overcoming the other highest rated afternoon shows like Bhabhi and Shagun.^[15] On 25 March 2004, it received the highest ever afternoon rating of 13.12 TVR, overtaking some prime time soaps.^[16]

Accolades[]

• Indian Telly Awards 2005: Best Actor critic (Female) – Juhi Parmar - Won^[17]
• Indian Telly Awards 2007: Style Icon of the Year:Hussain Kuwajerwala - Won^[18]
• Indian Telly Awards 2007: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)-Hussain Kuwajerwala- Nominated^[18]

References[]

External links[]

• Kumkum: Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan Streaming On Hotstar