Created by Cinemaya Media Limited Opening theme "Dollar Bahu" by Original language(s) Hindi Final episode date 1 June 2002 Network Zee TV Genre Drama | Starring see below Country of origin India First episode date 1 September 2001 Written by Sudha Murthy Number of seasons 1 | |
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Directed by Ajai Sinha & Ravi Kemmu Similar Chi and Me, Chaldi Da Naam Gaddi, Antakshari Intercollegiate Championship, Dhoop Mein Thandi C, Hum Sab Baraati | ||
Dollar Bahu is a Hindi-language television series that aired on Zee TV channel in 2001. The series is based on a popular novel, "Dollar Sose" (Dollar daughter-in-law), written by the popular Indian philanthropist & columnist, Sudha Murthy. Due to the popularity, the novel was converted into a television series. The story portrays the struggle of a middle-class family to graduate into an upper-class one through their son in the USA. Besides, as the title refers, the series was shot in both India as well as in the United States. In addition, when the serial's shooting began in the USA, the 11 September incident occurred, leaving the entire team of 'Dollar Bahu' devastated.
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Overview
The story is about two daughters-in-law's of a family, one from America and the other one from India. Now, how their mother-in-law treats them (Rupees and Dollar) is uncovered. The story is more of the mother-in-law who thinks that her American daughter-in-law (dollar bahu) is better than her counterpart in India, since she lives in the land of dreams, USA. Henceforth, she desires to live with her son in America. However, when she lives a year or so in America, she realises that the Indians living there face the same problems and challenges as those of living in India. Now she realise that "grass always looks greener on the other side". And when she comes back to India, she shows immense love to the daughter in law whom she felt to be a trash and her grandson. Finally after getting a slap on feelings By her dollar bahu, Gouramma understands the fact that, may be dollar can remove the poverty from one's life. But family is much more important than that of dollars.