Television

Based on the life of the wife of Peshwa Bajirao of the Maratha empire, the show follows her journey as one of the most important women of the empire. She, as the Peshwin, is the driving force behind her Peshwa husband. Her ultimate test unfolds when Peshwa Bajirao takes Mastani as his second wife. How will she, the once powerful Peshwin, cope with this now downgraded way of life?

A self-made and immensely successful older man, Dev Raichand, falls in love with a much younger girl, Vidhi,  from a middle class family. Their worlds could not be more different from each other, and yet at heart they are very similar people. Their journey has immense challenges to overcome — from their age gap, to the class difference, and the societal judgements faced by them. But will their romance survive all the obstacles that they find themselves facing?

A story touching on the phenomenon of buying brides in parts of north india due to the skewed sex ratio resulting from female infanticide. A bought bride, a ‘Mol ki Hui Dulhan,’ is sold by her father in marriage to a wealthy widower twice her age. Though she is well treated by her in-laws, she finds herself in the midst of an arrangement. She has been bought to be a nanny to her husband’s children.
Telecast on Colors since November 2020

A bank manager in Lucknow looks forward to his retirement.. He and his wife have spent all their savings educating their three sons who are now living in different cities.The couple is banking on his retirement funds to build their house. But due to a scandal in the bank, his benefits are frozen. Worse, he dies and his wife has to move out. Will her children take her in and look after her?
Telecast on Ishara Channel, 2021

A woman doctor who runs her own nursing home, but is as yet unmarried at 34, eventually finds love in a 24-year old photographer. It’s a roller coaster ride for their love and eventual marriage as the relationship goes through various seasons. At a time when television heroines were largely confined to home and family, it dared explore what happens when a woman puts her career before her personal life and the price she pays for it.
Telecast on Zee TV, 2001-05

A sensitive story of two modern, though very different, married couples. While Kunal and Mauli’s marriage is one of equals who love and support each other through thick and thin, Mauli’s friend Nandini is a trophy wife to the chauvinistic Rajdeep. When Rajdeep resorts to violence with Nandini, Kunal and Nandini are hit by a tornado of feelings of attraction for each other. None had imagined it even in their wildest dreams.
Telecast on Colors, 2018-19

Arya, a small-town middle-class boy, dreams about making it in films. He loves the wealthy Niyati, whose father gives him a year to prove himself. Arya leaves for the big bad city of Mumbai to get a break. Shikha — a top star, takes a fancy to him and helps him to success, but she also falls in love with him, and expects reciprocity. Arya too is hugely drawn to her and feels extremely grateful.
Telecast on Zindagi, 2014

The sole earning member of an orthodox middle class family has to shoulder many responsibilities. Especially if it is a girl who always puts her family’s needs before her own. Though they wish her to marry, for the family, she is the proverbial golden goose. Can such a girl ever hope to find a personal life and eventual happiness, even as she carries the burden of responsibilities on her young shoulders?
Telecast on NDTV Imagine, 2009

This is the story of a brother-sister team, where the brother brings up his sister like no brother has ever done before. Such a situation arises because his mother is unable to love his half-sister Veera, born of another woman and who inadvertently becomes the symbol of her husband’s unfaithfulness. It is an inspiring story of sibling bonding against a backdrop of the complexities of adult issues such as greed, lust and adultery.
Telecast on Star Plus since 2012

Despite efforts at educating the public, there exists an entrenched bias against adoption. The purity of a bloodline is still considered very important in many orthodox families.Godh Bharaai deals with the story of a couple where the man is infertile and his family is averse to adoption. And when the family finally gives in and a child is adopted, the woman conceives. But will the adopted child be now discriminated against?
Telecast on Sony, 2010

A story of two sisters, who once loved each other to distraction but are now estranged for more than fifteen years. Then a crisis in the life of the older sister forces their families and children to interact. The two sets of children have been brought up with different parenting styles and value systems. Will the cousins all meld together? And for the others, will the clouds of the past still overcast their lives?
Telecast on Zee TV, 2001

An adaptation of the famed Turkish show Fatmagul, it is a story of a drugfueled gang rape and the politics of power and money that are unleashed by the influential perpetrators. Money changes hands and a poor member of the group of rich rapists is induced to marry the victim. He is led to believe that he too participated in the rape. Then a movement to prosecute the wily rapists begins. Will justice prevail?
Telecast on Star Plus, 2016

Life in a female-dominated household can sometimes become oppressive for the males. Vihaan is a handsome and upper class young businessman with 5 mother figures at home who dote on him. Plus there are his mother and grandmother to boot! And everyone wants to marry him off to a girl of their choice! Can Aarushi, the girl he falls in love with, be able to please all the ‘mothers’ who seek to dominate his life?
Telecast on Zee TV, 2015

In many parts of the world, it is the girl who is forced into marriage. But in some parts of north India, there exists the curious phenomenon of ‘pakadva vivaah’ in which a boy is kidnapped for marriage. The girl’s family is usually politically powerful and the bride does not even know the truth behind the wedding. Predictably, the wedding is held at gunpoint. The serial explored such a relationship which eventually grows into love.
Telecast on Sahara, 2007-08

Some pacts are meant to be broken. Two women friends, one of whom is a doctor and the other a homemaker, have promised to be there for each other whenever they need succour. The homemaker decides to walk out of a terrible marriage and the other gives her shelter. But how long can the doctor be expected to provide shelter to her friend? And must she shelter her even as her own marriage is unravelling?
Telecast on DD National, 2001

Life can sometimes be very dramatic. A carefree young college girl discovers that she is gravely ill and that she is adopted – all at one go. Only a bone marrow transplant can save her life. For that, she needs to track down her biological parents. In the race against time to trace them out, she discovers that she is the child born out of a rape. Can life be worth living now?
Telecast on Udaya TV, 2012

Three daughters are brought up in a loving household; each compensates another’s weakness while encouraging her to overcome it. This makes them a great team when together, but puts them at a disadvantage when they are alone. They are like the trinity of Saraswati, Lakshmi and Durga; all have qualities that every girl aspires to, yet each is complete only when they complement each other. How will they manage when they marry and go their separate ways?
Telecast on Star Plus, 2006

A spoof on four popular shows that the protagonist Madhu, an avid television soap watcher, faithfully follows and lives out. She mixes the fiction in the shows with the reality of her life. She lives these characters, becoming obsessively involved with them and tries to shape their destinies. Madhu’s obsession with the plot line of the characters is underscored by the fact that she wants to make Boki Bahu in one of the shows, her real bahu.
Telecast on Zindagi, 2016