Kumkum Bhagya

Kumkum Bhagya (Trans., Vermillion is my fate) is a Hindi language Indian television soap opera. Which is premiered on 15th April 2014. and is broadcast weeknights on Zee TV. The show is loosely based on the Novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. The show stars Sriti Jha as Pragya Raguveer Arora aka Pragya Prem Mehra, Shabir Aluvalia as Abhishek Prem Mehra aka Abhi, Mugdha Chapekar as Prachi Arora aka Prachi Prem Mehra, Pooja Banerjee as Rhea Prem Mehra and Krishna Kaul as Ranbir Kohli.

Kumkum Bhagya
Created by	Ekta Kapoor, Balaji Telefilms
Based on	Sense and Sensibility Novel
Developed by	Ekta Kapoor
Written by	Story Anil Nagpal Screen Play Anil Nagpal Vikas Tiwari Dialogues Dheeraj Sharna
Directed by	Sameer Kulkarni Sharad Pandey Saurabh Archana Kashyap
Creative directors	Saalu Nitin Dhall
Starring	See Below
Opening theme	Kumkum Bhagya
Composers	Nawab Arzoo Lalit Sen
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	2000 as of 13th November 2021
Production
Producers	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Running time	Approximately 21 - 25 Minutes
Production company	Balaji Telefilms
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	15 April 2014 (2014-04-15) – present
Related
Kundali Bhagya Bhagya Lakshmi

A spin off story, named Kundali Bhagya (Trans., The Horoscopic Fate), is also produced and telecasted in Zee TV, which focuses on the story of Pragya's long lost sisters Preeta and Shristi and her mother Sarala Arora. Kumkum bhagya announced that it will end 29 January 2023

Plot

The series started as the stories of Pragya And Bulbul, and their mother Sarla's hope to see them married, but as the time went by, the series revolved around Abhi And Pragya.

20 years later Pragya is settled in Hoshiarpur with her daughter Prachi, Beeji and Beeji’s grand-daughter, Shahana who lives with Pragya and Prachi and affectionately calls Pragya as Maasi. Abhi is settled with his daughter Rhea who is taken care by a governess, Meera and has also shifted his house. The Mehras are now neighbors with the Kohlis, Vikram Kohli, who is Abhi’s business partner and friend, his wife Pallavi, their two children Ranbir, Mishti and Daljeet, Vikram’s mother. Purab has now divorced Disha and married Alia. They have a son together named Aryan. Prachi gets a scholarship to study in the same college where Rhea studies in Delhi. Pragya though initially reluctant, however decides to send Prachi considering her future. In Delhi, Prachi and Abhi meet several times and develop a close bond with each other. While, the twins start their relationship on a bad note and Rhea starts hating Prachi. She constantly plots against Prachi and lands her in trouble several times. One such incidents makes Pragya return to Delhi to save her daughter. Pragya, Prachi and Shahana, start staying in Sarita behen’s house who lovingly calls Pragya as Anuradha (her daughter’s name). This leads to a lot of confusion since everyone from Abhi’s side calls Pragya as Anuradha (making Abhi also think that Prachi’s mother’s name is Anuradha), while Pragya never realizes who Abhi is as everyone calls him Mr. Mehra.

Cast

• Aafreen Dabestani as Mihika; Ranbir 's ex fiancee
• Aparna Dixit as Sahana 2019-2022 , Aryan's love intrest
• Mugdha chapekhar as prachi 2019-present, Ranbir's ex wife and Akshay's wife
• Krishna Kaul as Ranbir, Prachi and Rhea's ex husband
• Pooja Banerjee/Teena phillips as Rhea
• Shikha Singh/Reyhna Malhotra as Alia
• Leena Jumani/Heena Parmar as Tanushree
• Zeeshan khan as Aryan Khanna, Sahana's love intrest
• Abhishek Malik as Akshay; Prachi ' s Hasband

Recurring

• Sriti Jha as Pragya Abhishek Mehra(2014-2022)
• Shabbir Ahluwalia as Abhishek Mehra /Rockstar Abhi(2014-2022)
• Mrunal Thakur as Bulbul/Pragya's Sister(2014)
• Arjit Taneja/Vin Rana as Purab Khanna(2016-2021).