Zee's Dulhan Banoo Mein Teri and STAR Plus' Karam Apnaa Apnaa seem to have one thing in common. The protagonists of both the shows dream of getting married and leading a happy life only to find that destiny has something else in store for them. Like Karam..'s Gauri, Vidya of Dulhan ...'is a small-town girl. An illiterate, she has a fairy tale wedding but realizes that her dream has been shattered! She works against all odds, bears the wrath of her in-laws only to find that she gets rejected by Aditya, her husband as she is an anpad. Dulhan ... is the journey of Vidya to fight her destiny ... to make her life and to get back her husband's love. The story begins with the meek, submissive Vidya who finds herself totally helpless when she encounters hostility from her three sisters-in-law, chiefly Naina along with her husband Aniket. No one in the household seems to want her there and the one who wants her there, which is Gayatri (Aditya's mother) is too weak to stand up for her. Vidya who has never stepped out of her little village, has no confidence in her own abilities, has only seen denial in her life is now faced with the prospect of having to survive in her own home! It is the promise she made to Aditya's dying father that makes her stay back and endure everything. In spite of her gentle, unsure manner, Vidya manages to bring about changes within the Thakur household. Vidya becomes the sole support system for Gayatri and even tries to bridge the distance between Aditya and his mother (which has been created by Naina in the first place). Divyanka Tripathi is playing the lead role of Vidya. Produced by Shakuntalam Productions and directed by Partho Mitra, the serial also has in its cast Sharad Malhotra, Surinder Kaur, Rajendra Malhotra and Kamya Punjabi. It will start airing on August 14, Monday-Friday at 8 pm