Women in lead!

Starting this October, you have more reasons to be glued to your favourite channel, and better... You have new women to look out for in the two new shows.

Announcing the new programming block, Ms. Shailja Kejriwal, Senior Creative Director, Star India Pvt. Ltd. said, "We are delighted to bring a whole new entertainment experience to our viewers. With the new season of Nach Baliye 2 coming soon, we are all set to revamp primetime viewing with the two new shows that boast of a combination of intense family and social drama. Paraaya Dhan and Saathi Re will also see fresh content and some exciting new faces on STAR One."

Here is a quick take on the stories and the women in lead.

Saathi Re with lead Parakh Madan
Saathi Re is the story of Suman - a dutiful daughter, a loving sister, beautiful and idealistic… Traditional but confident… She epitomizes the ideal Indian girl. Her world is her small family with their middle class lifestyle and idiosyncrasies and their moments of joys, togetherness, turmoil and sorrows. This little world of Suman would indeed have been perfect if it were not for one thing. Her recurring nightmares… Nightmares about snakes, which leave her distraught every time and bring her bad luck!



As the story progresses it is learnt that nightmares have a greater significance in her life and indicates a 'Nagin Dosh' (flaw) in her Kundali. What jolts her family further is when they learn that Suman's Kundali will create havoc not only in her own life but also in other people's life around her.

Suman's role is played by newcomer - Parakh Madan, for who says acting is a new domain, but she does have a couple of commercials like Nokia, World Space, etc., to her credit. Parakh comes from a Punjabi family and the whole Gujrati customs and traditions are new to her. She says, "Suman is unlike me, she is mature and reserved, I myself am a brat as I am the younger daughter at home. So we are two different people and this is a sure challenge." Others in cast include Kiran Karmarkar, Indira Krishnan, Neena Gupta and Arjun Punjj.

Betiyaan apni yaa… Paraaya Dhan with lead Gauri Negulkar
Betiyaan apni yaa… Paraaya Dhan is the story of six daughters and one son born into a Zamindar family of Neelkanth Chanda Rana. Reality of millions of Indian daughters is brought on screen in the story of a father who rebukes his daughters because for him they are a burden.

Krishna, the eldest daughter and the protagonist is played by Gauri Negudkar. Krishna's role is based on none other than Lord Krishna's character and personifies his depth of wisdom and understanding.

A simple, honest and principled girl, she is the balancing factor amongst her sisters. Paraaya Dhan may be considered the story of many a home in India where it is believed that a son will take the family name further and a daughter is paraya dhan.

The protagonist role of Krishna is played by Gauri Negudkar who has a few projects up her sleeves. Gauri has been part of a Marathi show called Uttarayan, a couple of commercials including that of Moov. A Mumbaikar, Gauri has one sister and comes to tensil town with a Post Graduation degree in Chemistry, she aspired to be a Chemistry Professor until offers poured in.

Gauri's initiations into acting was when she was asked to be part of a theatre workshop after her 12th grade. A few one-act plays, tele-films and Gauri is here as a new beti on STAR One, "I'm a devotee of Lord Krishna myself and it is a pleasure to play a role that personifies his dept of wisdom and understanding, I hoped I would play a Meera Bhai, but I feel privileged to play Krishna."

Others in cast include Rajeev Varma, Madhuri Sanjeev, Ketaki Dave, Faisal Raza Khan, Gautam Rode, Shilpa Shinde and Ali Asgar.

To find out what Krishna and Suman have in store for you, tune into STAR One for thodi masti, thoda romance, lots of drama and non-stop entertainment…