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I was doing a search on something and found a "definition" for Kyunki Saas and it had the entire plot of the show summarized and I thought it could come in handy for the newcomers and the members who do not have time to search through updates for past events so I am pasting it below.
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The summary is updated all the way to Sahil's affair with Tripti and I will try to update it every other day if it comes to good use.
The story is set in Mumbai focused on the Virani Family that hails from Gujarat and quite successful and well-known in the Bombay Industrial world. The story is focused on Tulsi Virani, daughter of a family priest of the Viranis, who marries the eldest son of the family, Mihir through eloping. All the members except, Govardhan Virani, the patriach and Amba Virani, the matriarch were against it. Due to anger, the daughters-in-law of the family, Savita (Apara Mehta), Daksha (Ketaki Dave) and Gayatri (Kamalika Guhathakurta) blame Tulsi for instigating the family's eldest son, Mihir for marrying him and entering the rich household from a smaller, middle-class family. However, due to respect and belief in God Shri Shrinathji, called Thakorji, an incarnation of Lord Krishna, Tulsi fights the injustice and battles her mother-in-law and her mother-in-law's devrani (wives of the younger brothers of a woman's husband), in this case Savita.
The entire serial focuses on the battle between the mothers-in-law and Tulsi and in the process teaching them a lesson and earning respect from her family members and helping them in times of trouble and sharing their joy in time of happiness. Along the road, many new characters are shown, with elaborate weddings for each and affairs that are eventual discovered. The archnemesis of Tulsi outside the household is Payal who was engaged to Mihir before the marriage of Tulsi and Mihir. She always comes and destroys the peace in the household and instigates others, especially Savita, to boot Tulsi out of the house and get herself married with Mihir. However, Mihir dies (misconception of the family, he has amnesia and is in Delhi) and the bitter fight over Mihir is over between Tulsi and Payal. Due to family pressure, Tulsi agrees to marry another man, but at the altar, Mihir comes back and joy is back in the heart of Tulsi. But, the doctor who took care of Mihir, Mandira is the sister of the groom, Anupam who was supposed to marry Tulsi and plans to get Mihir, since she has fallen in love with him and comes up with some plans to devestate the marriage of Tulsi and Mihir. One of them being, acting pregnant, which was later discovered to be false. In the process, Payal tries to forget Mihir and decides to enter the household by marrying Hemant, Mihir's younger brother and then destroying the entire family, since even Savita won't support her now. But, at last, Truth triumphs and all the misconceptions are gone and everything is fair and well. Tulsi also gives birth to a son, named Gautam and gives him to her sister-in-law, Arti since she is barren and cannot have a child and yearns for one. Due to jealousy and animosity, she runs away with the child and her husband, Kiran, younger brother of Mihir to Australia and all are shocked. Tulsi tries to forget her son and gives birth to a daughter named Shobha. Pooja, Mihir's cousin Hemant's wife, gives birth to a boy named Sahil.
After the leap, many new characters come and the drama occurs with the new generation with the return of Gautam from Australia as a spoilt kid, who is turned nice by the teachings of Tulsi and the marriage of all the sons and the marriage of Shobha, the only daughter of Tulsi with Vishal, the son of Payal Mehra, the originial archnemesis of Tulsi. The drama takes place with that and the return of Kiran and Arti, who are divorced and have a daughter, Karishma who is addicted to drugs. She is reformed by living with the family and the revelation of Harsh, the youngest son, not being the biological son of Tulsi and being a product of rape and his attempt at suicide, which is unsuccessful. After reforming, it is shown that Mihir and Mandira had an affair over the years, which has produced an out-of-wedlock child named Karan, who comes to India from Australia and takes revenge on the Viranis for not supporting his mother, Mandira.
Mandira on the side is using her son, Karan as a weapon to destroy the others in the family and get Mihir forever. Problems also occur between the sons and their wives and a few dicorces occur, one of them with Ganga and Gautam, where Ganga eventually marries Gautam's younger brother, Sahil due to a difference of views between Ganga and Gautam, and since Gautam did not want to marry her in the first place and was having an affair with another girl named Teesha, who dies in a car accident that collides with the car of Mandira, who tries to kill Tulsi, but kills her accidentally. Then, Karan learsn of his mistake and accepts Tulsi as his mother, since she was the one who taught him love and the love of a mother. The serial unfolds as a divorce between Tulsi and Mihir occurs and tensions flow into the family. Later on, Tulsi comes to know that she has another son named Ansh, who was brought up by a gangster named Aditya Gujral and comes in the family for the sake of the money and marries the love of Karan, Nanidni and then is later killed by Tulsi due to the rape of Nandini by Ansh and dealing with drugs. In the process, Vishal also dies and Shobha gives birth to a son and marries her husband's murderer, Abhishek through the pressure of her mother-in-law, Payal. There is a dramatic court case fought by Meera, Tulsi's best friend who is in love with Mihir and Tulsi goes to jail for 3 years for the murder of her son, Ansh.
Nandini and Karan get married and because of the rape, Nandini gives birth to a girl called Bhoomi and goes into coma. Meanwhile, to support Karan and take care of the newborn, Karan marries his best friend, Tanya. Later, she leaves as Nandini comes out of coma and according to Doctors, cannot be given any bad news, or else she will die. Tanya on the contrary is pregnant. Tulsi comes out of jail and the family ignores her. Gautam gets married to Damini and they have twins. Since Ganga protected Damini during her pregnancy and lost her own child, Damini gives one of her sons to Ganga and Gautam get mad and another court case regarding the custody happens after some time. Meanwhile, Gautam leaves home and Mandira comes back and kidnaps him and blackmails Tulsi and dictates her to do some horrible things to the family, otherwise, she will kill Gautam. One of the most important things was to kick Karan out of the house. Tulsi does that, but to her surprise, Karan knows and goes to Mandira to finish her shady business and is successful.
In the progression, Mandira goes to jail for 7 years and Tulsi gets cancer. Gautam improves and accpets the family. Everyone is sad that Tulsi will die, but that is changed when it was not cancer, but a coughing problem and all are relieved. Also, Shobha finds out that Abhishek was the person who killed her first husband, Vishal and leaves home. In this process, Harsh marries Mohini, who has one sole purpose of marrying, to acquire the wealth of the Viranis, she is shown as a comic person with her new styles and evil ways. She tries to capture the wealth, but is stopped in her tracks through the works of her mother-in-law, Tulsi. Meanwhile, Gujral comes out and starts to threaten the Viranis. He is murdered in the party and the entire family is at the scene of the muder and each member is suspected. Karan accepts his guilt and goes to jail. However, later findings point the crime to another person. Tulsi, with the help from Tanya figure out the culprit and suspect each member of the household. In addition, Nandini finds out that Tanya and Karan are married and they are expecting a child. Nandini also finds out that she is pregnant. When Karan is on the path of execution, Nandini accepts her crime and all are shocked. She goes to jail for 14 years. Tanya moves in and takes her place at the house, against her own wishes.
After the entire fiasco is over, Meera gets upset and plans with Mandira to take over the family and get Mihir to love him, as she wants that. Mandira is shocked and vows to help her. Meera moves into Shantiniketan after much hastle and is caught planning with Mandira in the jail by Tulsi. Tulsi is astonished and remains calm. After some series, Savita joins hands with Meera and supports all her decisions and goes against Tulsi. On the other hand, Shobha gets involved in politics and gets shot during her stump speech. Savita gets enraged and cuts all her ties with Tulsi, as to Tulsi supported Shobha's decision. Meera takes advantage of this situation and turns the table. But, Shobha's ex-husband, Abhishek gets proof of Meera and Mandira together and blackmails her for money and uses her to finance his business. Meera gets frustrated and complexed. One day, Savita goes ballastic and starts to yell at Tulsi for controlling the house and turning all against her. She leaves the house and gives her a curse. All are shocked. Savita lives at her friend's hosue and all attempts to persuade her go futile. One day, when she vists the jail to convince Mandira of stopping her plots, she sees both Mandira and Meera plotting together. She is stunned and vows to reveal the truth. Fear of being exposed, Mandira and Meera plan to kill her and they are partly successful. Savita gets into a bad accident and the majority of her bones are broken. Also, her brain has been damaged. Tulsi sees this and both reconcile in an emotional scene and learns of the truth. While the entire family is in London for a wedding, Tulsi learns that Savita is going to be in the same vegetative state for the rest of her life. Savita cannot bear her pain and asks Tulsi to perform euthanasia. Tulsi performs the euthanasia, in the absence of Mihir and the rest of the family. Tulsi loves her mother in law, but does so to give her the salvation that Savita pleads to Tulsi for. The family returns from London and are devastated to find Savita dead. Meera takes advantage of the situation and blames it on Tulsi. Thus starts a massive court drama where Meera accuses Tulsi for Savita's death. By the end, Tulsi wins. Meanwhile, Mohini is pregnant, but with her brother-in-law Sahil's baby. Ganga finds this out, and is shocked! However, Mohini made this drama up only for 5 crores rupees. Ganga however thinks that this is all real and she tells everyone at Ganga and Sahil's anniversary. sahil is heart broken and gets into an affair wiith his secratary Tripti.
Source: Wikipedia Encyclopedia
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