The 'K'ueen of soaps turns 33!
With her new mega serial launching and the woman turning 33, here's an ode to the absolute 'K'ueen of Indian television soaps – Ekta Kapoor! Let's trace the K-factor that brought her success and fame. We have listed some memorable soaps that started with the letter 'K' and created history for Jeetendra's little daughter.
Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Who doesn't know about this one? A favourite at TV awards, this serial has made history by having almost five to six generations in the same house (Wonder what Ba's age is now?). This story about the Virani parivaar has made a lot of things popular – like theplas, Jai Shri Krishna, tulsi (the plant), joint families and so on.We all know how the country cried when the original Mihir died in the show and got replaced by another one – Inder Kumar, whom we hated. Ekta replaced Inder with Ronit Roy whom we fell in love with, soon enough. And today, though a lot of us might be confused with what is happening on the show since god knows how many characters and generations have happened in the family, we still love the way the serial takes dramatic twists and turns almost every day!
Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki
Another joint family drama which took similar turns as the show that followed it, Kahaani has also stayed on air since times immemorial. If Tulsi is the star of Kyunkii, Parvati holds her own in this one. If Mihir decides to marry Mandira, Om does too. These two serials have been running parallel since their very inception and still there are loads of people who watch both!
Kasturi
Another woman centric soap, Kasturi is about, well, Kasturi – a simple middle-class girl and her love story (obviously, the eternal, timeless, undying sort) with Robbie Sir. And don't we all love Karan Patel as the rock star Robbie Sir? Marriages, remarriages, amnesia, near death scenarios, good boys turning to bad boys overnight and saas-bahu drama – this serial portrays all the quintessential Ekta Kapoor serial traits.
Kasautii Zindagi Kay
We thought it would never get over. But it did. Well, that is what makes Ekta Kapoor's soaps so successful – you expect something and the opposite happens. Kasautii... was the story of Anurag and Prerna – again it was more about Prerna than Anurag. Come on, guys, by now we know that Ekta Kapoor only makes women centric serials. She has women heroes, women villains – only women and more women. Men are just 'by the way' in her soaps.
Kkusum
If it's a K-serial, we generally know what it would be about. Mostly, the main protagonist would be a girl. Here, it was Kkusum. And she obviously was a middle-class girl with good values and who could recite the gayatri mantra 24 times a day. Well, maybe not really. But this made Nausheen Ali Sardar and Anuj Saxena a huge success and though they had a fight with Ekta, they made up and were back shooting a party scene in another of her many soaps.
Kasamh Se
The show that made Prachi Desai famous, Kasamh Se was the story of three sisters and their lives. This moved on to become the story of the eldest sister Bani, her husband (Ram Kapoor) and her middle sister played by Roshni Chopra. And that moved on to a story of jealousy and betrayal. And now Prachi herself has moved to big screen to star in Farhan Akhtar's Rock On. But this serial surely did a lot for her career!
Kahiin To Hoga
Rajeev Khandelwal as Sujal Grewal stole our hearts in the show. The story about five sisters, this serial was out and out a love story of Rajeev Khandelwal and Aamna Sharif. And we also heard that the two took their reel life a bit too seriously in real life too.
Kahin Kissi Roz
This was a serial of Sudha Chandran aka Ramola Sikand. The scheming plotting villainous saas of the unsuspecting bahu Mouli Ganguly, this serial was about the clash of these two women with Yash Tonk the stepson and husband hanging in the middle. We will always remember the big bindis and bold dressing of Ramola Sikand since this serial set the trend of fashionable vamps on the small screen.
Kayamath
Ekta Kapoor is often considered the person responsible for women's lib on the small screen. Her powerful female trio that starts at 10 pm IST with Parvati and then Tulsi is completed by Panchi Bora at 11 pm with Kayamath. And well, this is the serial where we all fell in love with Shabbir Ahluwalia – the rugged, bad boy who symbolises eternal love for the female protagonist.
Kahaani Hamaare Mahabharat Ki
Mahabharata – the epic tale of India has been made and remade into animation movies, TV serials and so on, and every time it has been called Mahabharata. But when Ekta decided to make Mahabharata it had to start with...you guessed it right, 'K'. So, now there were several options – like Kunti (Ekta is also known for her women-centric serials) and she could have been the main protagonist; or Kauravas (she also is known for the mighty villains, you see) but she thought otherwise.
The epic serial will finally be called Kahaani Hamaare Mahabharat Ki. After all, there always has to be that special Ekta touch, right?
Happy Birthday, Ekta!
Ekta and her serials may only consist of women but there is surely no dearth of men in her life. With good-looking men strewn over all her serials (c'mon she gave us Rajeev Khandelwal, Ram Kapoor, Anuj Saxena and the likes), Ekta has her share of a few good men too. And once we even heard the K-queen was all set to find her King in the man governed by the letter 'K' – Karan Johar. They sure would have made a kuintessentially happy kouple! Here's wishing her a very happy birthday. And we hope she finds the King of her heart soon enough.
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