There are many characters in this serial, I will tell you about the importnat one's.....
Tulsi- came from a poor family, married a rich guy and improved the entire family, especially her saas. She loves her children and everyone in the family and has problems maintaining a good relationship with her husband... She is the enemy of Mandira and people very often misunderstand her, like her daughter, Shobha and husband, Mihir. She is always the owner of Virani Industries and Shantiniketan, such power she has.... no one has the dare to go against her and if they do, they lose. She has extreme trust in her god, Thakorji. She will and can do anything for her family.
Mihir - smart, handsome, and love of Tulsi. Had affairs and an illegitimate child out of Mandira, the arch nemisis of Tulsi. Currently, he is the only son of the 2nd Generation in Shantiniketan. His brothers are gone out of the serial for some reason. He never expresses his anger at his mother, Savita, hence he is a mama's boy. He is loving to his children and listens to them. He often fight with Tulsi, but loves her equally. He can almost never say no to anyone.
Ba - Loving, caring, the person whom all adore and no one has a problem with. She is the apple of the eye of everyone in the family. She is the person in whom Tulsi confides and has a very special relationship with Tulsi, more than Mihir, her grandson. She has survived alot of shocks, including the death of her son and husband and praying to Ma Ganga for Tulsi's help at prison. Very religious. She is shown in funny scenes with Indu, her great-granddaughter. Also.. she did show her "Saas" power to Savita and Gayatri until Tulsi became a bahu.
Savita - always misunderstands Tulsi and chides her. She is very easy to instigate and believes that Tulsi is a threat to her power, even though, now she has changed for the good. A widow, but dresses more heavily than Tulsi. Very arrogant and has extreme love for all her grandchildren and sons. Her son, Mihir cannot violate an order of hers. She used to be a partner in crime with Mandira and Payal in the past, but Tulsi taught her the lesson. She is very power-hungry person and tries to influence every decision she can. All decisions are finally made by her and the only person who can veto that is Tulsi.
Gayatri - she is the shadow of Savita and always agrees with her. She cannot make her own decisions, in short.
Gautam - eldest son of Tulsi, who was brought up in Australia, by his uncle and was spoilt kid. Changed by Tulsi, he used to resent her mother and go against her, until he was kidnapped and got improved. He now wants to support his mom and become the best son. He is very easy to confuse and instigate as well. Carries the genes of his dadi, Savita very well.
Damini - wife of Gautam, and very nice. The perfect bahu. Takes care of husband and house and is the best friend of Ganga, her devrani. She idolizes Tulsi and listens to her elders and never violates them. She tries to reason with Gautam, when he turns dumb and is very giving. She gave her son to Ganga.
Sahil - son of Tulsi's devrani, Pooja and very diligent, smart, good-looking and pious. He can never do wrong and has immense repect for her badima, Tulsi and tries to take lessons of conduct from her. Has alot of capabiities and is very loving to his wife, Ganga.
Ganga - the first bahu to enter Shanitiniketan and is the perfect bahu and Tulsi # 2. She loves her husband and mother-in-law and tries to respect her elders. She is the best friend with Damini and has a special relationship with her. She tries to improve the evil in the house, mostly Mohini and will fight those, when they are against right and truth, even Tulsi!!! Overall, very nice and lovable.
Karan - the step son of Tulsi, but loves Tulsi more than her own real sons. The perfect son who can do anything for her mother and will support her no matter what, even if she is wrong! He loves everyone, especially his wife, Nandini and another wife, Tanya. Has a beautiful step daughter, Bhoomi and loves her as his own. Cannot violate orders from anyone elder and respects all. Will fight for the truth and is Tulsi' male reincarnation. He is the perfect husband, brother, son and father. He is smart in business and is handed the power of attorney from his father.
Nandini - Karan's 1st wife whom he lost in coma and got back again. Loves her and she loves her family, especially her daughter, Bhoomi. She can sacrifice herself for Tulsi and others. She is one who got the keys of the house from Tusli.
Mohini - the evil within Shantiniketan who hates Tulsi and wants to steal all the wealth of the Viranis. Married several times, tricked her husbands to marry her for $$$. She is evil and wants to destroy Tulsi, since she is the one who always defeats her in the end and is the only major obstacle in the road to her robbery. Funny scenes are with her and her partner in crime, is her dadi, Savita and instigates her against Tulsi all the time, now, it is not that successful. She hates her husbands and is very lazy, cannot do any work and an awful cook.
Mandira - the person who is the archnemesis of Tulsi and tricked Mihir to sleep with her and gave birth to Karan, whom she used to get her revenge. She is now in jail for 7 yrs. SHe is the epitome of evil in the show.
Payal - a former nemesis of Tulsi, when she was enganged to Mihir, but then turned against him and tried to use Tulsi's daughter, Shobha as her weapon, but she started loving Shobha, after she took care of her very well. Now she has a relationship of mom-daughter with Shobha.
Shobha - the only daughter of Tulsi and the most loved one in the family. Gone through alot, she always goes against her mother's wishes and tries to follow her own created path, which lead to a dead zone. When she loses, she comes for comfort to her mother, Tulsi and then goes on the same anti-Tulsi path... she married her husband's killer, even though her mother warned her.
That's all...... alot of decription....... hope I didn't forget anybody
Edited by shriman - 20 years ago
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