Parrivaar

Infobox Television
show_name = Parrivaar - Kartavya Ki Pariksha


caption = The promotional logo image of "Parrivaar".
format = Drama
picture_format = 480i (SDTV),
runtime = approx. 24 minutes
creator = Miditech
writer = Damini Shetty & Mitali
director = Rajesh Babbar
producer = Niret Alva & Nikhil Alva
starring = see below
opentheme = "Parrivaar" by Alka Yagnik
country = IND
network = Zee TV
first_aired = April 2007
last_aired = present
num_episodes = 289+
website = http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=79

"Parrivaar - Kartavya Ki Pariksha" is a Hindi serial that airs on Zee TV. Though the actors are fresh the characters are real and believable and in the clutter of the rich glamourous families this show has a look which is different and a plotting that is entirely fresh.

Plot

The show is based on the story of a middle class girl Radha, who goes through the hardships of survival, education, and employment to support her poor family. Since the father has abandoned them (passed away), Radha has taken upon the responsibility of supporting her family and the education of her two younger siblings. She, in fact is the only earning member and her immediate brother, though married lives off her earnings. The family, conditioned to this does not want her to get married and go away as that will mean that their support system is going away. Her neighborhood childhood friend, Mohit is her only source of support and there is possibilities of them get married if he can fulfill her mother’s conditions of making at least Rs. 25,0000/month. The dilemma is: Will Radha ever find her man in life and will she ever abandon her family?

Cast

*Deepti Devi ...Radha- Main character
*Neena Cheema ... Dadi/Aaji - Radha's grandmother
*Alka Shlesha ... Aai- Radha's step mother
*Mohit Sharma/Ashish Kapoor ... Avinash- Radha's brother
*Shweta Shinde ... Meghna- Avinash's wife, antagonist
*Sonali Verma ... Mandira- Avinash's 2nd wife
*Ankita Srivastava ... Ankita- Radha's young sister
*Parth Mehrotra ... Yash- Radha's young brother
*Kapil Soni ... Mohit- Radha's childhood friend, who is in love with Radha
* ... Uma- Mohit's mother
* ... Trupti- Mohit's sister
*Harsh Vasishta ... Pranay- Son-in-law of Radha's boss
*Payal Nair ... Ishita- Pranay's wife
*...John- Pranay and Ishita's butler
*Amit Singh Thakur ... Mr. Chabra- Ishita's father
* ... Gauri - Radha's friend
*Melissa Pias ... Sajni - Radha's colleauge in the hospital, antagonist
* ... Kekti - Radha's colleague who taunt Radha at all times, antagonist
* ...Chamcham (a wardboy who flirts with Sajni and Ketki)
*Karan Singh Grover/Raahil Azam ... Adhiraj Shergill (dead)
*Diwaker Pundir ... Shaurya Shergill (Adhiraj's older brother) (dead)
*Sonia Kapoor ...Sangamitra Shergill (Shaurya and Adhiraj's older sister, antagonist)
*Mamta Dutta ... Mallishka (Adhiraj's fiance, antagonist)
*Gunjan Walia ... Doctor Radha (dead)
*Faisal Raza Khan ... Swapnil (Doctor Radha's husband, antagonist)
*Sulbha Arya ... Dadi/Pratibha Nerulkar(Shivaji's mother)
*Uday Tikekar ... Shivaji Nerulkar (Swapnil's father)
*Saheba Khan ... Smita Nerulkar (Swapnil's mother)
* ... Sandeep Nerulkar(Swapnil's older brother)
*Sonika Sahay ... Parminder/Pammi (Sandeep's wife)
* ... Sonalika Nerulkar (Swapnil's sister, antagonist)
*Sachin Sharma ... Shlok Nerulkar (Swapnil's younger brother)
* ... Savitri Manhar S. alias S.M.S. (Marathi domestic at Nerulkar's place)
*Amit Sareen ... Malik Chaturvedi (Shlok's friend who wanted to take revenge from Nerulkar family, antagonist)
*Karishma Randeva ... Aarti (Sonalika's sister-in-law, also Shlok's was-to-be fiance)
*Apara Mehta ... Manorama (Shivaji Nerulkar's elder sister)
*Neeta Shetty ... Urvashi Nerulkar (married Swapnil just to trap him and help Radha and Shlok to sent him to jail, but is now revealed to be an antagonist)

External links

* [http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=79 Official Website]
* [http://www.glutv.com/Shows/Glu%20Youth/Zee%20TV/Parivaar--%20Kartavya%20Ki%20Pariksha Online Parrivaar Videos]