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 Betiyaan is a story of a Gujarati family that depicts the mindset of
most of the middle and upper middle class families of the society. It
shows the psychology of individuals who still believe that society can
be run and governed by men only.
Suryakant Garodia is also one of these. He is a known, respected
businessman whose family since past four generations is into business
of making traditional Gujarati 'bandhanis' and because of this reason
he is one of the most respected and richest individuals of the area.
For him its just not a business but matter of pride.
But what worries most to Suryakant is that will this honor and family
business end with him? Will there be no one else from his next
generation who will follow this decades old family pride and bussiness?
After giving birth to three daughters, his wife Savitri once again is
expecting a child and Suryakant this time is very hopeful of having a
son. In fact, his family pandit has predicted that this time there are
no chances of anything going wrong.
Finally the day comes. It’s Diwali. All are hoping that this Diwali
will mark the entry of the heir to their family. Suryakant’s mother,
too, is very hopeful and pressure is building up on Savitri. However,
finally as Savitri gives birth to a baby girl, all dreams, expectations
and hopes are shattered for one more time.
The newly born baby girl is called ‘Laxmi’, one who is not welcomed by anyone in the family except her mother and sisters.
Though Suryakant always wishes to have a son but at the same time he is
even fulfilling all his responsibilities towards his daughters, but as
a man with orthodox thoughts he thinks that ‘ladkiyaan toh paraya dhan
hotee hain’ and one day they have to move on. Things become more
complicated when doctors declare that because of some biological
problems Savitri will never be able to conceive in future.
His family’s pandit suggests that he still has a ‘putr-yog’ and very
soon will be blessed with it but for that, something has to be done….
something very drastic.
And as expected, worst hits the family and Savitri when, one fine day,
Suryakant walks in the house with Menka… second wife. Savitri is
shocked and helpless. Suryakant’s mother as well as sisters supports
Suryakant’s act. Savitri is helpless and accepts Menka in her life and
family.
Menka, after few days gets pregnant and… on the next Diwali, much to the family’s delight, delivers a son, Yuvraj.
Suryakant’s life changes and now he is the happiest man on the earth.
Menka becomes dominant in the house and Savitri and her daughters are
pulled down. Suryakant & his family, least bothered about the
existence of his first wife and four daughters, is happy in their new
world with Menka and Yuvi.
It’s in these circumstances that the children grow up under the same
roof… a brother whose every wish becomes the command at home… & his
four elder sisters, whose every wish is sidelined & sacrificed.
While the elder three sisters are too afraid of their father to raise
their voice against this blatant injustice, it is Lakshmi, the
effervescent, bubbly youngest of the lot, who will stand up for
herself… & her sisters… in fact, for all daughters & women…
& stake claim to their rightful place in their family, society…
& the world!
Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann
(2006 - 2009) - Gunjan Walia, Kshitee Jog, Aishwarya Narkar, Yatin Karyekar
CAST:
Yatin Karyekar... Suryakant Garodia
Aishwarya Narkar... Savitri Garodia
Tanushree Kaushal... Menka Garodia
Kshitee Jog... Saraswati Garodia/Gandhi
Neeta Shetty/Aleeza Khan... Gauri Garodia
Smriti Mohan... Durga Garodia/Dhaavan
Twinkle Bajpai/Gunjan Walia... Lakshmi Garodia/Mathur
Romit Raj... Yuvraj Garodia
Rohini Hatangadi... Gayatri Baa
Vikrant Rai/Hemant Thatte... Kshitij Gandhi
Yuvraj Mehra... Punit Gandhi
Yuvraj Malhotra... Karan Mathur
Manini Dey... Chanchal
Kartik Sabharwal... Bhavishya Kapadia
Shishir Sharma... Nekchand Kapadia
Natasha Rana... Dhara Kapadia
Sid Makkar... Satyakam Kapadia
Chhavi Mittal... Preeti
Jasveer Kaur... Kajri Bai
Gulfam Ali... Rasili Bai
Nupur Alankar... Halki Bhen
Suchitra Bandrekar... Phulki Garodia
Shekhar Shukla... Hasmukh Bhai
Sulbha Arya... Naina Bhen
Rajendra Chawla... Rasik Bai
Aakansha... Kavita Mathur
Amit Dolawat... Prince/Dev
Niyati Joshi... Niyati
Narayani Shastri... Damini Verma
Gaurav Chopra... Mr. Verma
Alka Shlesha
Song: Ghar ki Lakshmi Betiyaan
Written by:
Singing: Sunidhi Chauhan
Language : Hindi
Country: India
Directed by
Rajan Shahi
Produced by
Zuby Kocchar
Dheeraj Kumar
Creative Eye
Zee TV
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