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Pyjama party!

Ranjib Mazumder

Reena Kapoor aka Pari of Who Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki was embarrassed recently. She was caught on the wrong foot as her neighbors spotted her in a kurta and pyjama, celebrating karva chauth. Reena recalls the incident, "This was my second karva chauth. My husband has been tired of watching me in the traditional lehangas and saris in Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki. Whenever he is at home he asks me to be myself and stop behaving like Pari. This time, my mother was not around and there was no one to guide me with the karva chauth rituals. When my husband came back home, he was amazed to find me fasting for him. I confessed to him about my ignorance about the rituals. He insisted that I shouldn't bother to wear a traditional outfit. So, there I was in my pyjamas and my husband, in his shorts. We decided to go on the terrace for the moon ritual. We went up late to avoid public gaze. But we were shocked to find many couples still on the terrace. Most of the men were wearing sherwanis while the women were either in saris or lehangas. We were terribly embarrassed and tried to hide. We went through the ritual quickly and left the place as soon as possible."

Looks like there's loads of drama that will unfold in the coming days in Sahara One's TRP raker Woh Rehne Wali Mehlon Ki. Coming from the Rajshris stable, the show which has recently completed more than 200 episodes had recently gone in for a leap. Now, once again looks like, the producers of the show are regularly innovating to sustain viewer interest.
So,what's happening next on the show? Going by the current buzz and the hoardings of Woh all over the city which say just forty days ka Intezaar. Somehow, the forty days mystery reminds us of the Saat Phere campaign which talked about the Chaabi Ka Raaj

Our sources reveal that the plot will delve deeper further in the direction of a love triangle, coupled with a rather mystery element. It seems recently a Karva Chauth sequence has been shot in which Pari as well as Sanjana fast for Soumya. As the love triangle between the two women for the same man is built up the mystery element secret which will be revealed after forty days.

We called up Poonam Joshi (Mahek from Kahiin toh Hoga) who has just entered the show. Poonam, who plays Aamir Ali's love interest in the show, was slightly reluctant to reveal the track.
On further probing, all she said was, "The storyline is moving in a rather interesting way and it's not a typical love triangle but conveys all what goes into intense relationships". On asking how is it working with Aamir Ali she says, "I am working with Aamir Ali for the first time and I have maximum scenes with him and it's fun to work with him I am enjoying working with Rajshri Productions.
For those uninitiated, as the story track goes, Pari played by Reena Kapoor is married to Soumya but Soumya is seeing Sanjana played by Poonam Joshi. Audience know Soumya is involved with Sanjana and even Pari knows that her husband meets the other woman regularly.But there's more to it than what meets the eye. Looks like there's a secret and a story this whole episode.

So, will Sanjana become Soumya's Sajani? And what's the mystery which will change the storyline..

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Backward leap

Against all odds, Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki plans to return to its original format

Subhash K Jha

Are soap addicts becoming progressively conservative in their outlook? Do they want old-world values to dominate their small-screen experience? Well, Rajshri's producer and creative head Kavita Barjatya has the answer. After taking the leap into the next generation, Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki, Rajshri's TRP-booster on Sahara is having second thoughts.

The daily soap which single-handedly turned around the sagging fortunes of Sahara TV recently went for a generation leap where actress Reena Kapoor made a leap from the mother Rani's part to the daughter Pari's role.

But the viewers seem to favour the mother's ideology, forcing the soap to revert ideologically to the mother's character.

"It's true," says Kavita, "Our viewers seem to favour the older generation and its values far more than those of the Gen X. We'll therefore revert to the format represented by the earlier generation."

Since the mother's character can't be brought back the daughter will be shown to behave more and more like her mother.

"In this way the viewers will stop missing the mother Rani's character. I'm afraid sanskar (social values) is very high on our list of dos and that's what viewers want to see in Rajshri films and soaps. And like it or not, a newly-married bahu grappling with kitchen politics in her sasural is a huge TRP-booster. Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki is going to follow a similar route," promises Kavita.

Incidentally the Rajshris' other soap Pyar Ke Do Naam-Ek Radha Ek Shyam on Star Plus is about to wrap up. "But Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki will continue as long as the viewers want it."

like it or not, a newly-married bahu grappling with kitchen politics in her sasural is a huge TRP booster. Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki is going to follow a similar route — Kavita Barjatya