Kumkum (TV series)
| Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan | |
|---|---|
 A promotional image for Kumkum | |
| Created by | BAG Films |
| Written by |
Mayah Basle Jayesh Patil Harsha Jagdish Radheshyam Raj 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 |
| Directed by |
Aashish Patil Anil V. Kumar Arvind Babbal Paresh Patil Swapnil Shahaney |
| Starring |
Juhi Parmar Hussain Kuwajerwala |
| Opening theme | "Kumkum" by Sonu Nigam and Pamela Jain |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1449 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Anuradha Prasad |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BAG Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Plus |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV)' |
| Original release | July 15, 2002 – March 13, 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Kumkum – Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan[1] (Hindustani pronunciation: [ˈkʊmkʊm]; English: A Lovely Bond) was a daytime Indian television soap opera that aired on STAR Plus channel. It remains one of the longest running serials on Indian television with a total of 1449 episodes aired over seven years.
The show aired worldwide from Monday to Friday afternoons. Its final episode was broadcast on 13 March 2009.
It was the fourth longest running serial in India after Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii and Kasautii Zindagii Kay and is also ranked fourth among the most watched daily soaps on Indian television ever.
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 re-married, and find an eligible young man named Vishal. However, when obstacles arise to prevent that marriage, Jatin's younger brother Sumit impulsively marries Kumkum in order to save her from social disgrace. After this, Sumit and Kumkum come to the fact that both of them love each other very much and cannot think of living without each other. Kumkum had one son from Jatin. Jatin had one step brother and sister form his step-father. Now that Kumkum notices that her son doesn't like Sumit, whereas Sumit considers him just like his own son. So Kumkum decides to finish the bitter feeling between them.
Cast
- Juhi Parmar as Kumkum Jatin Wadhwa / Kumkum Sumit Wadhwa
- Hussain Kuwajerwala as Sumit Wadhwa / Sumit Raichand
- Anuj Saxena as Jatin Wadhwa / Karan Kapoor / Manik
- Arun Bali as Harshwardhan Wadhwa
- Jyotsna Karyekar / Rita Bhaduri as Rajeshwari Harshwardhan Wadhwa
- Paritosh Sand as Kulbhushan Wadhwa
- Prabha Sinha as Veena Kulbhushan Wadhwa
- Raman Trikha as Vishal
- Vivan Bhatena / Vishal Vatwani as Dhruv Wadhwa
- Gaurav Khanna / Amit Khanna / Gagan Malik as Sharman Wadhwa
- Sayantani Ghosh / Sonia Singh as Antara Dhruv Wadhwa
- Chahat Khanna / Niyati Joshi as Aashka Wadhwa / Aashka Vikram Kapoor
- Megha Gupta / Iira Soni as Neeti Rahul Wadhwa
- Mukul Dev as Pulkit
- Mihir Mishra as Dr. Vikram Kapoor
- Shweta Kawatra as Nivedita Mittal
- Kartik Sabharwal as Abhishek
- Shishir Sharma as Brijbhushan Wadhwa
- Alka Kaushal as Sukanya Wadhwa
- Tasneem Sheikh as Renuka Brijbhushan Wadhwa
- Aman Verma as Abhay Chauhan
- Kabir Sadanand as Salil Patel
- Sameer Soni as Advocate Yash Thakur
- Buddhaditya Mohanty as Akshay
- Aanchal Dwivedi as Malini (Malli)
- Pragati Mehra as Ramola Raichand
- Hasan Zaidi as Ratan Raichand
- Aditi Shirwaikar as Mini Mishra
- Rupam Bajwa as Preeti Wadhwa
- Surendra Pal as Chandu Mishra
- Mohini Sharma as Omprakash Raichand's Mother
- Priya Ahuja as Pam
- Prabhat Bhattacharya / Harsh Vashisht as Rahul Wadhwa
- Hemant Choudhary as Police Inspector
- Yusuf Hussain as Kumkum's Father
- Rajiv Kumar as Raj
- Radha Krishna Dutt as Renuka's Father
- Kuljeet Randhawa / Eva Grover as Simi
- Imran Khan as Professor Naren / Rajeev Oberoi
- Akhil Mishra as Mama
- Puneet Vasishtha as Veeru
- Kavita Kaushik as Naina Rahul Wadhwa
- Ami Trivedi as Vrinda
- Abir Goswami as Asit Sengupta
- Surbhi Tiwari as Abha Chauhan
- Gautam Chaturvedi as Akash Patel
- Rushad Rana as Dr. Rohit
- Tarana Raja as Nalini (Nalli)
- Shagufta Ali as Gul
- Pankit Thakker as Krish
- Dimple Inamdar as Kamya Verma
- Daljeet Kaur Bhanot / Nikita Thukral / Snigdha Srivastava as Siya Sharman Wadhwa
- Anang Desai as Advocate Ashwin Vanjera
- Nimai Bali as Inspector Satyadev Tipple
- Phalguni Parikh as Neeti's Aunt
- Rohit Bakshi as Sanjay
- Sonia Kapoor as Inspector Revati
- Akshita Garud as Roshni
- Aashish Kaul as Shatru Mishra
- Varun Shukla as Child Sumit Raichand
- Richa Mukherjee as Child Kumkum Mishra
- Hemant Thatte as Ashwin
- Faisal Raza Khan as Sarjan Singh
- Ajay Chaudhary as Ustaad
- Gauri Pradhan Tejwani as Aditi
- Hiten Tejwani as Ranbir Singh
- Jayant Rawal as Aditi's Father
Awards
Star Parivaar Awards
Winners
In 2003
- The Best Bahu 2003 - Juhi Parmar[2]
- The Best Devar 2003 - Hussain Kuwajerwala[3]
In 2004
- The Best Patni 2004 - Juhi Parmar
- The Best Pati 2004 - Hussain Kuwajerwala
In 2005
- The Best Dadaji 2005 - Aron Bali
- The Best Bahu 2005 - Juhi Parmar
- The Best Bhabhi 2005 - Juhi Parmar
- The Best Pati 2005 - Hussain Kuwajerwala
In 2006
- The Best Patni 2006 - Juhi Parmar
- The Best Pati 2006 - Hussain Kuwajerwala
- The Best Bhai 2006 - Hussain Kuwajerwala
In 2007
- The Best Patni 2007 - Juhi Parmar
- The Best Pati 2007 - Hussain Kuwajerwala
The Indian Telly Awards
In 2005
- Best Actor critic (Female) - Juhi Parmar
References
- ↑ Kumkum
- ↑ "STAR Parivaar Awards - 2003 | Winners & Nominees". awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ "- Awards & Winners Search". awardsandwinners.com. Retrieved 23 October 2016.