Kareena Kareena

Infobox Television
show_name = Kareena Kareena


caption = A promotinal logo image of "Kareena Kareena".
format = Dramedy
picture_format = 480i (SDTV),
runtime = approx. 22 minutes
creator = Nirvana Communications
director = Habib Faizal
starring = see below
opentheme = "Kareena Kareena" by Sunidhi Chauhan
country = IND
network = Zee TV
first_aired = September 1, 2004
last_aired = October 17, 2005
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = approx. 190
website = http://www.india-forums.com/tv_show.asp?id=91

Kareena Kareena was a Zee TV comedy serial that aired from September 1, 2004 to 17 October, 2005. To boost the show's popularity numerous celebrities have also made appearances on the show such as Abhishek Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, and Rajeev Khandelwal.

Concept

The comedy is about a young Punjabi girl, Kareena who continuously tells lies that often get her into complex situations and tough circumstances where she needs to prove her "identity". She aims at shaping her own life by helping and in turn, getting help from her friends. The story takes off when Kareena moves to Mumbai to get a job as a secretary to the Chairperson. The dilemma is that if she couldn't find a suitable job in Mumbai, she would have to go back to Chandhighar, and her mom Kanwal will get her married to their relative's boy Littu. But Kareena doesn't want to get married, so she plans to stay in Mumbai by applying at a job in a company called Chamatkar, which is owned by Tribhuvan Das Pandey and his wife Neelambhari Devi. Kareena comes to know that Neelambhari Devi is looking for a traditional and married woman as a secretary, so to get the job, Kareena goes to the interview dressed as a married woman. She gets the job! and there she meets her childhood friend Tanu and they have conversation together. Tanu tells Kareena that she has gotton a job as RJ at a company called 'Radio Curry' and she has to join in two day. Kareena feels happy for her, but a few days later Tanu calls Kareena and tells her that she is going back to Chandhighar and get marry to Kunal before he gets married to someone else. But she also can't miss her job because she signed a contract and if she doesn't start on time, she will have pay a huge penalty. So to cover her up, she wants Kareena to pretense as Tanu to take up the job, 'til she gets back from Chandhighar. To persuade Kareena to take up the job, Tanu offers her the 50% bonus that she was going to get when starting the job. Tanu also tells Kareena that since its a breakfast show, she will be able to get back to her job at Chamatkar. Since Kareena doesn't know anybody in Mumbai and she really needs the money, she takes the offer. Her dual role drama takes off now as she is constantly caught running between two jobs. As usual to any human being, Kareena also gets frustrated by doing two jobs. She is nearly thrown out of her job as she is now constantly late; Tribhuvan now openly supports the harried Kareena, which angers Neelambari obviously. To get away from Neelambari's taunts, Kareena introduces Prem (her producer at Radio Curry) as her husband, Mr. Sood.

Later, when things gets more complecated, Kareena feels that it is all over and she can't keep up with the lies anymore, she decides to quit from Chamatkar. As she walks out of the office, she bumps into Tushar, the handsome son of Tribhuvan and Neelambari. She falls for him instantly and to her horror discovers that he is Tribhuvan and Neelambari's son. And now she decides not to leave. Tushar falls in love with Tanu the radio RJ and lands up calling her almost every day to talk to Tanu. Where as Kareena loves the situation, her frustration at not being able to tell him when she meets him in the office that she is the girl he is in love with, leads to tear her hair apart. She discovers that he is in love with Tanu the RJ. She decides to introduce herself as Tanu the RJ and starts dating him. Kareena gets wind of it but can't say a word, as she will be exposed. Kareena's desperation for clearing up of her own mess increases as she sees Tushar falling deeper and deeper in love with the other girl Pammi. She knows she will never get her man this way. Her life turns upside down trying to hide her two avatars from her folks. Now what will happen in Kareena's life? Will she tell Tushar that she is Tanu who he loves, or she is Kareena who is actually unmarried!!!

Cast

*Kulraj Randhawa ... Kareena/Mrs. Sood
*Nandita Puri ... Kareena's Mother
*Sandeep Rajora ... Tushar Pandey
*Sharokh Barocha ... Prem
*Sudhir Pandey ... Tribhuvandas Pandey
*Vandana Gupte ... Nilambaridevi Pandey
*Atul Srivastava ... P.K. Shrivastav

External links

* [http://www.india-forums.com/tv_show.asp?id=91 Official Site]