Maayka

Infobox Television
show_name = Maayka - Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka


caption = A promotional logo image of "Maayka - Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka".
format = Drama
picture_format = 480i (SDTV),
runtime = approx. 22 minutes
creator = (1-93):Klassic Productions
(94):Flashback Films
(95-onwards):Creative Eye
writer = Mrinal Jha & Brij Mohan
director = Ashwin Verma & Niranjan Malhotra
producer = Dheeraj Kumar
starring = see below
opentheme = "Maayka" by Khushboo Jain
country = IND
network = Zee TV
first_aired = January 15,2007
last_aired = present
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = approx. 284+
website = http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=77

Maayka is a Hindi TV serial based on Punjabi concept that airs on Zee TV since January 15, 2007. Maayka begins with Maa, which means the house that reminds a girl of her mother and takes her back into her childhood years that she has spent at her mother's house.

Plot

Maayka - the house that has its arms, heart and door always open for a woman. This is the story of three daughters and their family - their home (Maayka). Unfortunately, one day a bomb explosion takes place at Malhotra's house caused by a terrorist who was staying with the Malhotra family. The whole Malhotra family dies, including Raji (eldest daughter), the mother, the father, Prince (younger brother), and the grandmother. This create problems for the two surviving daughters, Mahi and Soni, who handle harsh lives at their in-laws' house. They cannot go back to their parent's house because now their 'Maayka' is dead. The question remains:::What happens to a girl when her Maayka is destroyed? Now who should she share her problems, that she used to share with her mother and father, with?

After that devastating incident, Mahi goes back with Shabd. Life for her was a standstill, but eventually she tries to come out of that nightmare. Shabad also tries to console Mahi and to make her feel better, he takes her to their honeymoon. On her honeymoon with Shabd, he finds out that Mahi is not modern and he then leaves and is mad since he feels Mahi lied to him. Soni moved in with the Khurana's. She then fell in love with Jeet, but Durga was trying for that not to happen. Jeet and Soni said I love you to each other, and Jeet said that when he comes back from his buissness trip he will tell everyone that he loves her and he leaves. Back at the other house, Suhaani is tricking Mahi into thinking that Suhaani and Shabd slept together. With that Mahi is very mad but Shabd's anger is less as he feels guilty for what he thought he did. Soon after, Shabd's Tai ji and Tau ji come as the other adults in the house. Back at the Khurana's house, Durga plans to get Soni married to another man knowing that Jeet will be heart-broken and hate her. Durga plans to get Soni married to a very old man and uses his son to make it look like she is getting married to him in front of everyone else. On the wedding day everyone finds out at the last minute and to save Soni from embarrassment, Veer says that he will marry Soni and with that they get married. Back at Mahi's house Mahi soon finds out that Kamya (Shabd's sister)is not crazy but she is scared badly by someone. While Mahi and Shabd fight a lot Mahi soon finds out that Kamya used to want to marry someone against her father's will, so one night her mother tried to help her elope and her father finds out. Her father then burns her mom alive in front of Kamya's eyes and threatens her badly and Kamya got burned from the fire. Ever since then she has been extremely scared and is made to act like she is crazy. After Mahi finds out, Shabd's father tries to burn Mahi in their farm house but at the right time, Shabd comes to save her and his father is arrested. After this Mahi leaves the house thinking Shabd has been unfaithful and he is devastated and goes into a state that is very bad. He doesn't talk or do anything, he just sits and stares waiting for Mahi. After Jeet comes back he is mad at Soni thinking that she betrayed him and he still loves her. He is very mean to her, but Veer doesn't know anything about this.

Durga arranges Jeet's marriage with Cherry. As Cherry was coming closer to him, Jeet was very uncomfortable about it. Cherry was wondering what's going on with Jeet. After Jeet and Cherry's wedding, Veer comes back from his business and didn't know that Jeet married Cherry. Veer recognizes Cherry and realizes that she was his first love in college. Cherry and Veer have conversations about their good old days in college. Durga tells the couples, Veer-Soni and Jeet-Cherry to go on a honeymoon. On the honeymoon, Cherry asks Soni if she knew who Jeet's first love was. Soni was stammering and said that she doesn't know. Soni and Veer have fun together while Cherry tries to have fun with Jeet. Cherry tells Jeet how much love Soni and Veer have for each other. Jeet is shocked that Soni loves Veer more than him. After the honeymoon, they all come back. Cherry saw that Jeet and Soni were talking in a room and realized that there was something fishy. As Jeet keeps stepping away from her, Cherry realized that Jeet's first love was Soni! Cherry takes out all her anger on Soni by giving her a lecture that Jeet betrayed her because of Soni. Jeet tells Cherry that he loves Soni and not Cherry. Cherry is heartbroken. Jeet asks Soni to come along with him, Soni slaps him and says that its stupid of her to ditch Veer and come back to him. Cherry just believes that Soni is acting innocent so she doesn't get yelled at by Cherry. Cherry's nature changes and becomes evil.

Shabd has to be admitted into the hospital because of his condition. Later while in the hospital, Mahi comes back and sees him there. She goes to see him and Tai-ji sees her and begs her to stay with him until Shabd's condition gets better and she agrees and Shabd is happy.

Everyone finds out that Soni is pregnant. But Cherry conspires doubt into everyone's mind by saying that she could be pregnant with Jeet's child. Cherry gets fake DNA reports done that states that Jeet is the father. Soni finds out about this. Cherry then sends goons behind her to get her killed. Instead, Veer finds out that this was Cherry's plot and tries to save Soni, who then gets shot himself. Veer Khurana dies due to a plot created by Cherry in order to kill Soni. Cherry tried to touch Veer Khurana's corpse but Soni yells no because Cherry was responsible for Veer's death. After lot of drama in the Khurana family comes to know the truth of Cherry and they apologize to Soni and bring her back to their house.

Mohini fixes Angad and Kamya's marriage and everybody's very happy with the decision except Mahi as she thinks that there is something wrong.....when Angad tries to come closer to her and then she finds out Angad loves her and not Kamya and she is shocked!!! On the night of Kamya and Angad's wedding, Angad tries to have sex with Mahi but Shabd stopped him. Angad's true colours were revealed in front of the entire family and was beaten and thrown out by Shabd.

Cherry goes to jail after her truth is revealed and it is also revealed that Cherry's mysterious accomplice was Jeet's sister's husband, Parmeet. After they both go to jail, the Khuranas try to convince Soni to remarry Jeet while another woman, who has traditional values, finds out that Soni is a widow and tries to get her to live the dull and simple life of a widow.In Mahi's house--Shabd meets his old college friends and they all go to a party. Shabd comes back drunk and realizes that he did something illegal with his friends when he was drunk. Shabd does not remember what he did and keeps getting blurred images. Mahi is worried. Shabd tries to figure out what he did that night-he thinks he ran over someone with his car while drunk-driving. His friend's told him what happened the night he was drunk. Told him that the knocked over a girl and buried her. Someone is behind Shabd and has got evidence about Shabd being involved with the murder. Also Soni is getting married to Jeet.Shabd is still worried weather his muffler is in the pot, or did someone took it on purposly finally, soni agreed that she would marry jeet, they have a simple marriage, soni and jeet are now married.

Characters

Brij (age 63)

Father of Mahi, Soni, Raji and Prince. DEAD

Mohini (age 58)

Mother of Mahi, Soni, Raji and Prince. Was assumed to be dead but now confirmed alive.

Raji (age 25)

Mahi and Soni's sister. Wife of Veer. DEAD. Was killed in a bombing.

Soni (age 22)

Was in love with Jeet ended up marrying Veer is pregnant with Veer's child but get's married to Jeet after Veer's death.

Mahi (age 21)

Married to Shabd

Veer (age 25)

Was married to Raji and got married to Soni after Raji's death. DEAD.

Jeet (age 24)

Was married to Cherry. Got the confession from Parmeet, now married to Soni.

Durga (age 57)

Mother of Veer, Jeet and Jyoti.

Jyoti (age 27)

Married to Parmeet, suspected him of having an affair.

Parmeet (age 28)

Married to Jyoti gave a confession to Veer's murder and is currently in jail.

Cherry (age 23)

Was married to Jeet. Tried to kill Soni but ended up killing Veer. Now in jail because of a confession that was given by her accomplice Parmeet.

Lovely (age 31)

Mr. Khurana's sister

Kamya (age 20)

Shabd's sister, was going to marry Angad.

Angad (age 21)

Shabd's college friend. Was going to marry Kamya, in love with Mahi. Isnt dead, he is back.

Harry (age 53)

In love with Lovely, He is Cherry's uncle

Billo (age 64)

Shabd's tau-ji

Yashwant (age 60)

Shabd and Kamya's dad

Cast

Malhotra Family

*Sudheer Pandey -- Brij Malhotra (dead) - Husband of Mohini; Father of Raji, Soni, Mahi and Prince.

* Nandita Puri -- Mohini Malhotra - Wife of Brij; Mother of Raji, Soni, Mahi and Prince; Was thought to be dead.

* Zarina Wahab -- Mohini Malhotra - confirmed to be Soni and Mahi's mother. Protagonist.

* Mohini Sharma -- Naanee Maasee (dead) - Mohini's Maasee, who brought her up like her own daughter.

* Urmila Kanitkar -- Raji Khurana-Malhotra - Eldest daughter of Brij and Mohini; Eldest sister of Soni, Mahi and Prince; Veer's first wife.

* Arti Singh / Shilpa Shinde -- Soni Khurana-Malhotra - Second daughter of Brij and Mohini; Veer's Second wife / widow; Jeet's second wife. Used to love Jeet, pregnant with Veer's child, protagonist.

* Neha Bamb -- Mahi Sareen-Malhotra - Youngest daughter of Brij and Mohini; Shabd's wife. Loves Shabd, protagonist

* Prince Malhotra (dead) - Son of Brij and Mohini.

Khuraana Family

* Pankaj Berry / Naresh Suri -- Mr. Khuraana (Khuraana Saahib) - Durga's husband, father of Veena, Veer, Jyoti and Jeet; older brother of Lovely.

* Neelima Kapoor / Aruna Irani / Shoma Anand -- Durga Khuraana - Mother of Veena, Veer, Jyoti and Jeet. Main antagonist, now protagonist.

* Vineet Raina -- Veer Khurana (dead) - Eldest son of Durga and Khuraana Saahib; Raji's widower, Soni's husband.

* Vikrant Rai / Romit Raj -- Jeet Khurana - Youngest son of Durga and Khuraana Saahib; Cherry's ex-husband, married to Soni, protagonist.

* Juhi Singh -- Veena Khurana (dead) - Eldest child of Durga and Khuraana Saahib; mother of Simran.

* Karuna Verma -- Jyoti Khuraana - Youngest daughter of Durga and Khurana Saahib; married to Parmeet. Antagonist, now protagonist.

* Gurpreet Singh -- Parmeet - Jyoti's husband. Had an affair with Cherry. Antagonist.

* Upasna Singh -- Lovely Jee - Khuraana Saab's younger sister.

* Damini Anand -- Charanjeet (Cherry) Khurana - Jeet's ex-wife; Harry Mama's niece; Veer's first love in college; Tortures Soni. Main antagonist. Currently in jail.

Sareen Family

* Pawan Chopra -- Yashwant Sareen - Father of Kamya and Shabd. Murderer of his wife. In jail. Antagonist.

* Vivan Bhatena -- Shabd Sareen - Son of Sareen Saahib; Mahi's husband. Loves Mahi protagonist.

* Nisha Sareen -- Kamya Sareen - Shabd's sister. Was going to marry Angad.

* Sushil Parashar -- Taayaa Jee - Sareen Saab's older brother; uncle of Kamya and Shabd; husband of Billo Taee Jee.

* Jyati Bhatia -- Billo Taaee Jee - Taayaa Jee's wife.

Others

* Parmeet Sethi -- Prem (dead) - terrorist who destroyed the Malhotra family.

* Jasveer Kaur -- Suhani - Shabd's ex girlfriend who tries to win Shabd back by pretending to be pregnant with Shabd's baby. Antagonist.

* Raju Kher -- Harry Mama - Cherry's uncle. Likes Lovely. Protagonist.

* Indraneil Sengupta -- Angad - Shabd's college friend. Loves Mahi. Was going to marry Kamya.

Broadcast Timings

* In UK, it airs from Monday to Friday 10pm on Zee TV off SKY & Virgin Media
* In US, it airs from Monday to Thursday 5pm and 8pm on Zee TV off Dishnetwork
* In Malaysia, it airs every Saturday and Sunday,8 am on Zee TV
* In India, it airs Monday to Friday at 8:30 pm on Zee TV
* In Trinidad & Tobago, it airs Monday to Thursday @ 8:00pm on Zee TV
* In Canada, it airs Monday to Thursday @ 8:00pm on Zee TV
* In Australia, it airs from Monday to Thursday @ 4:30pm on Zee Tv

External links

* [http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=77 Official Site]
* [http://www.glutv.com/Shows/Glu%20Youth/Zee%20TV/Maayka Online Maayka Videos]