Rakhi (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Rakhi - Atoot Rishtey Ki Dor


caption = A promotional logo image of "Rakhi".
format = Drama
picture_format = 480i (SDTV),
runtime = approx. 23 minutes
creator = Film Farm Creations
director = Pawan Kumar
producer = Pintu Guha, Rupali Guha, & Harsh Dave
starring = see below
opentheme = "Rakhi" by Alka Yagnik
country = IND
network = Zee TV
first_aired = August 27, 2007
last_aired = present
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 160+
website = http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=84 "Rakhi - Atoot Rishtey Ki Dor" is a Hindi TV serial that airs on Zee TV since August 27, 2007. It looks at the complex scenario within which a brother-sister relationship goes through.

Plot

The story is based on the life of Nandini, who is torn between love and duty towards her brother, Raja. The dilemma is who should she abandon - or the love of her husband or her loving brother?

Besides that as the story progresses, Bhai Raja gets married to a girl name Neelima. But Neelima's brother Aaryan and grandmother are unhappy with her marriage with Bhai Raja because Bhai Raja didn't allow his sister Nandini to get marry to Aaryan. Now Neelima's grandma wants to separate Bhai Raja and Neelima because of how Raja insulted her. So she sends Neelima's best friend (Nisha and her sister Nikita) to take revenge from Bhai Raja. The first plan which is Nisha will have a friend bring liquid in the house and spray it on Raja knowing that Raja won't like it and will bring up a big scene but Neelima stands up for him and the plan goes totally flop. So Nisha meets Neelima's grandma at a swimming pool Raja and Neelima are there too because Raja's friend was going to meet them there. They see Nisha they are just about to go to her table when they meet Raja's friend. Nisha rushes home.Ambar and Nikita have just come home from shopping buying everyone gifts and Gunjan(Raja's Younger sister) wears western clothing but everyone except Neelima laughs. Neelima make Gunjan happy.The only reason Gunjan wants to be like Nikita is because Ambar likes Nikita but Gunjan likes him and Ambar hates her. Then Gunjan curls her hair and wears western when Fatima Bi starts yelling at her but Neelima tells Fatima Bi that every girl wants to do all this so let her and Neelima gives her a makeup set. Nisha is watching everything. Nisha calls Nikita shes at a club with Ambar and Nikita is just faking to love Ambar. They eventually leave after Neelima finds out Nikki was working with Aryan to get information on the family.

Amber and Gunjan one night slept together which resulted in Gunjan becoming pregnant. At this point in the story, Raja Amber and Nandini's father has come back into the picture after a long absence. He instigates Amber into hating Gunjan. After everyone in the family finds out what happenend between the two of them, Raja gets Amber and Gunjan married. But Amber vows to Gunjan that she will never love her. As time goes on, he still won't come close to Gunjan and she is unhappy but won't say anything because she knows it will hurt the family.

After a failed attempt at marriage again, Nandini is now married to her friend Prince. At first, everyone wasn't too happy because they wed secretly but now they are. Price's older sister Kadambari is only interested in the fact that Nandini comes from a wealthy family and wants Raja's money. She always makes side comments to Nandini saying how they are poor and how she doesn't have any money so she can make Nandini feel bad. Kadambari burned down her own house so she could go live with Raja and live the life of a rich woman. No matter how much she tries, Kadambari still doesn't get what she wants.

Nandini and her in-laws are still living with Raja and has said they will stay there permanatley. Neelima is now pregnant and Raja is adament on giving there first born to Nandini who was left barren from an accident. Nandini keeps telling Raja she doesn't want to have there child because she knows Neelima doesn't want to give her child up. This issue is creating a big problem in the house until we find out Nandini is "pregnant". Everyone in the family is so happy because 3 children will be born in their house.

Before Nandini announces she is "pregnant" she had discussed the option of surrogacy with Prince who was against the idea. Nandini had said that was the only way to keep the family happy and to stop Raja from giving his child to her. Nandini couldn't find a surrogate right away so she announces she is pregnant. Although everyone thinks it is a miracle, the truth is she lied to she could have some time to find a surrogate. No one knows this except Prince.

Characters

Raja (age 37)

Raja, aka Bhairaja is Nandini and Amber's older brother. He is like a father to them and is willing to sacrifice anything for his sister, Nandini.

Nandini (age 30)

Nandini is Balraj's and Amber's sister. She is married to Prince. Everyone is upset that she will never be able to conceive, so she hired Mukti who has some bad intentions but acts decent. Mukti is the surrogate mother of Nandini and Prince's baby.

Amber (age 29)

Amber is the brother of Nandini and Balraj (the youngest of the three). He is married to Guujan who is pregnant with his child.

Prince (age 33)

Prince is married to Nandini and is the younger brother of Kadambari. He loves Nandini more than anything. Mukti is carrying Prince's child because Nandini made him share his love with her because she wants Prince to be a father.

Neelima (age 28)

Neelima is Balraj's wife and Amber and Nandini's bhabhi (sister-in-law) and is pregnant with Balraj's child. She is also Aryan's sister.

Aryan (age 27)

Aryan is Neelima's younger brother. He is evil and makes many conspiracies with his Dadi. He along with his Dadi want to ruin the Thukur family.

Sujeet (age 36)

Sujeet is the husband of Kadambari.

Kadambari (age 35)

Kadambari is the older sister of Prince and wants to become the best phopho in the world (phopho=aunt). Except Nandini can't conceive. She started dressing up as if she was all that. Her husband is Sujeet.

Nisha (age 24)

Nisha is evil and is now the ex-best friend of Neelima. She is also the older sister of Nikita.

Nikita (age 21)

Nikita is evil and is the younger sister of Nisha.

Thakur (age 72)

Thakur is evil and is the father of Amber, Nandini, and of course Balraj.

Cast

* Ayub Khan ... Balraj Thakur/Bhai Raja (older brother of Nandini and Amber)
* Nupur Joshi ... Rajnandani Thakur/Nandini (younger sister of Bhai Raja, older sister of Amber, Prince's wife)
* Sharhaan Singh ... Amber Thakur (younger brother of Bhai Raja and Nandini, Gunjan's husband)
* Kartik Sabharwal ... Prince (Kadambari's younger brother, Nandini's husband)
* Faisal Raza Khan ... Aryan (Neelima's brother, antagonist)
* Farida Dadi ... Fatima (like a mother to Bhai Raja, Nandini, and Amber, Gunjan's mother)
* Aastha Chaudhary/Shweta ... Gunjan (Fatima's daughter, Amber's wife)
* Monalika Bhonsle ... Neelima Thakur (Bhai Raja's wife, Aryan's older sister)
* Rajita Kochar ... Dadi (Neelima & Aryan's grandmother, antagonist)
* Aashish Kaul ... Sujeet (Kadambari's husband)
* Supriya Shukla ... Kadambari (Sujeet's wife, Prince's older sister)
* Karishma Randeva ... Nisha (Neelima's ex-friend, older sister of Nikita, antagonist)
* Monaz Mevawala ... Nikita (Nisha's younger sister, antagonist)
* Ami Trivedi ... Mukti (will be surrogate mother of Nandini & Prince's child, antagonist,prostitute, protagonist )
* Sanjay Swaraj ... Thakur Saab (father of Raja, Nandini, & Amber, antagonist)

External links

* [http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=84 Official Site]
* [http://www.glutv.com/Shows/Glu%20Youth/Zee%20TV/Rakhi Online Rakhi Videos]