Pati, patni and woes-JKBH Review

Pati, patni and woes

Shweta Tiwari's big ticket soap after her innumerable 'dance' appearances. Produced by Cinevistaas, this is about the rich industrialist Sareen family (looks perfect from outside but scrap it a bit and it's a dysfunctional one) of an old couple, their three sons, the two daughters-in-law out of which the eldest one is on the wheelchair and is perpetually embittered and the second one, Aradhana (Shweta) is the heart and soul who keeps the kitchen and the family together, the kids of the eldest son and no domestic help (considering it's Aradhana who does all the cooking, dusting, serving etc).

With the father (Shishir Sharma), who seems to have a past, which rankles the mother (Mulay) and the eldest son practically doing nothing at home, it's left to the debonair second son, Shailendra (Sanjeet) to get his business up and going. While his wife observes karva chauth for his long life, the cad spends half the night with his marketing manager. Aradhana is yet to discover her husband's lies and deceit but from the look of it, when she would, she will have her progressive mother-in-law as her ally and of course a guitar-strumming suitor who right now makes an appearance only in the title track (nice one, written by Nida Fazli and sung by Raju Singh, reminded us of the Jagjit Singh title-track of the TV soap Sailaab).

The subject seems to be in good hands as there is none of the usual saas bahu gimmickry you associate with other shows. While it's nice to see Shweta and Sanjeet paired together (Sanjeet plays the part perfectly but that isn't saying much as most often than not, he's always played the grey roles), something seems to be jaded about the show.

The pace is languid but we are not complaining. So far so good, though we can't wait for Aradhana to catch him red-handed.

Verdict:A good start, hope it only gets better.

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