Daughter dearest-Aastha:Article

The serial is about Purnendu who is honest in his work and is against taking home unaccountable money, his wife Rukmini (Rameshwari) a typical middle-class housewife, who loves her children . She has high hopes from her son Vinay who disappoints her when he leaves them in the lurch to fly to foreign shores. The parents have no other option but to fall back upon Aastha, their daughter and she too devotedly takes care of them.

Career-oriented, smart, confident but grounded Aastha represents today's woman; dutiful and ambitious, she embodies the aspirations and values of today's young working women. She is one among the three daughters in the Joshi family and being the eldest of the three, she is aware that her family relies on her. After marriage Aastha is in a dilemma when she finds herself torn between fulfilling the duties of a daughter and being a responsible daughter-in-law. Says Navni Parihar, who essays Sulochana Ranawat, mother-in-law of Aastha, "I am very proud of my family and love my daughter-in-law a lot. In fact I play the balancing factor standing up to all criticism of Aastha. Sometime this leads to uncomfortable situations that creates disharmony in the family."

Commenting on how the idea of the serial came into her mind, Ratna Surya Sinha, proprietor of Chota Ganpati Telecreations, the producer of the serial says, "All this started when I went to visit one of my friends came from Delhi, she had called me over to introduce her mother. While chatting, when my friend was presenting eye-glasses to her mother, her mother-in-law quipped, "Are eye-glasses not available in Delhi?" That send my mind into a tizzy and that's how the idea of the serial germinated in my mind.

Giving a hint about the story, director Maqbool Khan says, "Aastha is one such daughter who primarily decides not to get married to look after her aged parents but life has other plans for her. With an assurance from the man Shubh Ranawat (Siddharth Shukla) who wants to marry her, that she can support her parents after marriage, Aastha takes on the responsibility of her new home and the running of his office efficiently. But later as things unfold, Aastha has a harrowing time in doing the balancing act. Ultimately she wins. "

Unlike the regular saas-bahu serials, this serial will hopefully be an eye-opener and definitely send a positive signal to scores of daughters and daughter-in-laws who support their parents without paying a hoot to their in-laws.

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