Piya Basanti Re

Plot

The story begins with Geeta Patel, who works as a maid for the wealthy Shah family. Gita has a beautiful, very intelligent, and a perfect "cinderella" of a daughter, Piya, who she works hard to send to college. Piya's father, Gita's husband, had died fighting for the army and that had left Geeta and her daughter impoverished. But, Piya keeps her head up, takes pride in her mother's work, and excels at college. Piya attends college with Kabir (Alan Kapoor), Aditi (Sinayana Fozdar), Akshay (Siddharth Shivpuri), and Ayesha (Rashmi Singh). Kabir is the son of Nita Shah and Mahesh Shah, the oldest son of Baa, the head of the Shah family. Mahesh's sister, Savita, who is Baa's daughter, is married to Jatin, and they are the parents of Aditi and Akshay. The woman who had hired Geeta to work for the Shah family, Ganga, is actually Ayesha's mother. However, Ganga is not wealthy by any means, and Ayesha enjoys living large and pretending to be rich and so, Ganga never discloses that she is Ayesha's mother. One day, Piya's mother injures herself and is unable to work. Money being tight, Piya decides to work for the Shah family as their maid and simultaneously attends college. In college and at home, Piya's interactions with Kabir increase, who begins to fall for her. In addition, Akshay begins to fall for Ayesha, who is Aditi's best friend, and comes very close to figuring out her life is a lie many times. Eventually, Piya and Kabir marry, much to the disappointment of all of Kabir's family members. Despite all this, Baa supports Piya and assures Piya that she is welcome in the Shah family as more than just a maid. As the TV show description on YouTube puts it, "An alternate spin on the famous- Cinderella story, [Piya Basanti Re] is the journey of Pia from being a maid’s daughter to becoming the daughter-in-law of the very rich Gujarati household where her mother worked as a maid."

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