Hindi कसौटी ज़िंदगी के Created by Balaji Telefilms | Genre Soap opera Starring See Cast section | |
Directed by Gautam Sobti
Qaeed Kuwajerwala
Ravindra Gautam
Yash Chauhan
Raminder Singh Suri
Sushen Bhatnagar
Rajeev Bhatia
Jitendra K Basantt
Rohit Malhotra
Sangeeta Rao
Deepak Chavan
Jignesh Vaishnav
Arvind Babbal
Rishi Tyagi
Hitesh Tejwani
Shankar Verma Creative director(s) Monisha Singh
Nivedita Basu
Doris Dey
Shipra Arora
Shivangi Singh Chauhan
Riti Chopra | ||
Kasautii Zindagii Kay (English: The criterion of life), often abbreviated as KZK, is an Indian soap opera created by Ekta Kapoor for the channel STAR Plus. The show ran for seven long years and starred Shweta Tiwari, Cezzane Khan (who was later replaced by Hiten Tejwani), and Ronit Roy in lead roles; Urvashi Dholakia and Geetanjali Tikekar as the main antagonists. The show explores the story of Anurag and Prerna who fall for each other but they never unite because of Komolika who plots against them and the conspiracies made against them. It describes Anurag and Prerna—lovers who were separated throughout their lives but achieved union in death.
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Kasautii Zindagii Kay became the third longest running Indian series after Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii—the latter two of which were also produced by Balaji Telefilms. The show recorded one of the highest TRPs and introduced many popular faces like Shweta Tiwari, Cezzane Khan, Urvashi Dholakia, Ronit Roy and Geetanjali Tikekar.
The series was airing on Star Plus in 2001 - 2008. Kasautii Zindagii Kay was rebroadcasting in South Africa and airs on SABC 3, in 2020.
Concept
Kasautii Zindagi Kay is about Anurag and Prerna, the star-crossed lovers, who time and again meet and separate as they get entwined in the web of love and revenge.
Plot
Two lovers Anurag and Prerna want to get married with each other but the couple get separated when Anurag is forced to get married to Komolika by the emotional blackmail of his mother, Mohini. Devastated and heart-broken Prerna who finds herself pregnant, now hates Anurag for what he has done to her. Anurag on the other hand feels terrible for Prerna and secretly helps her establish her career. Komolika married Anurag for the sake of his wealth. Anurag comes to know all this and also about the existence of his child 'Prem' with Prerna, a secret she had kept hidden. He divorces Komolika and wishes to marry Prerna but Prerna has to marry an arrogant business tycoon Rishabh Bajaj. Prerna married Rishabh to save Anurag's wealth and property.
After a series of twists and turns including the return of Rishab Bajaj's ex-wife Menaka, Anurag and Prerna marry. Their marriage ends in a bitter divorce due to misunderstandings and their crumbling faith in each other. Prerna is pregnant again but no one believes that it is Anurag's child and everyone accuses her of having illicit relations with Rishab Bajaj. During this time Prerna is supported by Mr. Bajaj who changes into a positive character on seeing her plight. Anurag marries another woman 'Aparna' and Prerna, unable to see him with someone else, leaves the city. Years later Anurag and Prerna's daughter 'Sneha' has turned 8 and after the hiatus Prerna returns to Mumbai. Time has changed Anurag and Prerna from lovers to bitter enemies who keep warring with one another owing to the misunderstandings created by the different people around them especially Komolika who is now married to Anurag's cousin Subroto. In the meanwhile, Sneha is diagnosed with Leukemia and would need a bone-marrow transplant to save her life. Prerna requests Anurag to take the Bone marrow test as he is Sneha's biological father. Anurag rudely refutes Prerna's claim stating that Sneha is Rishab Bajaj's and her daughter. Later on Aparna's intervention he agrees to take the Bone Marrow test along with a DNA test. Although the Bone Marrow's don't match the DNA report proves that Sneha is indeed Anurag's daughter and Prerna has never been unfaithful to him. Anurag's family also comes to know that Sneha is indeed Anurag's daughter. They all repent but Prerna refuses to forgive them especially Anurag. Since Sneha's life is in danger a bone marrow is required to save her life. The doctors suggest for Anurag and Prerna to have another child as the bone marrow of siblings are always a match. Prerna and Anurag come together to have another child with the approval of Mr Bajaj and Aparna. While Prerna is pregnant Aparna's past comes to light and her old lover Debu comes into the picture.
Things get better with time but Prerna gives the right to be called as Sneha's father to Mr. Bajaj only as he was the one who helped her raise Sneha all these years. Rishabh and Prerna get married to each other. Anurag Prerna form a deep friendship with underlying love. Various twists and turns and introduction of several new characters later, the story finally ends with the death of Anurag-Prerna and their souls uniting forever.
Chapters
Kasautii Zindagii Kay was based on following chapters in its storyline. Below are the highlights.