Also known as 'Punar Vivah' | Starring See below | |
Created by Shashi Sumeet Productions Written by Shobhit Jaiswal
Anil Nagpal
Seema Mantri
Usha Dixit Directed by Manish Khandelwal
Hemant Prabhu
Arvind Gupta Creative director(s) Karishmaa Chandna , Sheetal, Abhishek | ||
Punar Vivah (English: Married Again) is an Indian soap opera that airs on Zee TV. It premiered on 20 February 2012 and replaced Bhagonwali-Baante Apni Taqdeer. It aired every Monday–Friday at 10:30 pm, and completed a one-year run on 20 February 2013 and 300 episodes on 12 April 2013. This season ended 17 May 2013 and Punar Vivah - Ek Nayi Umeed replaced Punar Vivah from 20 May 2013.
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The series aired in the country Iran in the name of ازدواج مجدد, from 22 March to 12 July 2015 at 21:00 pm, and was broadcast on networks Gem Bollywood. It was dubbed in Tamil as Marumanam on Zee Tamizh.
Plot
Punar Vivah is the story of two individuals, Yash and Aarti. Yash is a widower with two daughters, Payal and Palak. Aarti is a divorcée with a son, Ansh. Aarti's in-laws and Yash's family want the two lonely hearts to get united in marriage. Yash and Aarti get married for the well being of their children but begin to fall in love as time moves on. Then the story continues with new complications arising in Yash's family. Aarti and Yash have a son, Aayu, but someone kidnaps him soon after he is born. The culprit is Ishita, who is obsessed with Yash and wants to create havoc in Aarti's life. this leads to problems in Yash and Aarti's relationship. They don't talk to each other for months after losing their son. Aayu returns to the family as a (supposedly orphan) adopted baby by Yash's brother Prateek and his wife Paridhi, who are childless. Aarti feels a strange connection with the baby and finds comfort in him. Aarti soon finds out the truth about Ishita and also finds out that she was the one who kidnapped her baby (Aayu). Aarti tells Yash the truth and they finally get back together. They get Aayu back; however, seeing Paridhi's sad face, Aarti and Yash decide to give Aayu to Prateek and Paridhi. Ishita comes back and kidnaps Aayu again. However, Yash saves Aayu and gets Ishita arrested.
TRP
The show launched with a TRP of 2.6 being the third-best show having launched with good TRPs after Mujhse Kuchh Kehti... Yeh Khamoshiyaan and Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. The serial continued recording TRPs of 2.1-3.1 in its run in 2012. In 2013, the show dropped in TRP scoring 1.6. Since then it is recording TRPs of 1.4-2.4 behind Bade Achhe Lagte Hain and Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera. It ended with a TRP of 1.9 and its lowest TRP up to date is 1.4 and highest TRP is 3.1.
International broadcast
In Pakistan, the show airs on Geo Kahani. In Algeria, the show airs on Zee Alwan, under the name (فرصة ثانية-Forsa Thania) Arabic for Second Chance/Punar Vivah. In Ile de la Reunion, the show airs on Antenne Réunion as Punar Vivaah dubbed in French. In South Africa the shows air on Zee World dubbed in English (Zee World Extra Ordinary Every Day). In Mauritius, the show airs on MBC 2 on Sunday. In Vietnam the show airs on VTV9 under the title Hẹn Tái Hôn. In Iran, the show airs on GEM TV as Ezdevaj e Mojadad (new wedding in Farsi).