Meri Saasu Maa
{{Short description|Indian television series}}
{{All plot|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image = MSM Titlecard.jpg
| creator = Saba Mumtaz
| writer = {{unbulleted list
| Amit Senchoudhary
Dialogues- Shailesh Singh
}}
| director = Prabhat Prabhakar
| creative_director = Prabhjyot Gujral
| starring = {{unbulleted list
| Anindita Saha Kapileshwari
}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 187
| producer = {{unbulleted list
}}
| location = Lucknow and Mumbai
| camera = Multi-camera
| runtime = Approx. 22 minutes
| company = Swastik Pictures
| network = Zee TV
| first_aired = {{Start date|2016|01|26|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2016|09|05|df=y}}
}}
Meri Saasu Maa ({{langx|en|My Mother-In-Law|italic=yes}}) is a 2016 family television drama that aired on Indian television channel Zee TV.{{cite news|title=Meri Sasu Maa|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/meri-sasu-maa/updates/50528432.cms|newspaper=Times of India|accessdate=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127023606/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/meri-sasu-maa/updates/50528432.cms|archive-date=27 January 2016|url-status=live}} Hiba Nawab played a lead role in the series.{{cite web|last1=Banerjee|first1=Urmimala|title=Krishnadasi, Meri Saasu Maa, 24 Season 2, Hip Hip Hurray – TV shows to look forward to in 2016|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/krishnadasi-meri-sasu-maa-24-season-2-hip-hip-hurray-tv-shows-to-look-forward-to-in-2016/|accessdate=26 January 2016|date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105030441/http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/krishnadasi-meri-sasu-maa-24-season-2-hip-hip-hurray-tv-shows-to-look-forward-to-in-2016/|archive-date=5 January 2016|url-status=dead}} It replaced Qubool Hai in its timeslot.{{Cite web |last=Baddhan |first=Raj |date=2016-01-12 |title='Meri Saasu Maa' to replace ZEE TV's 'Qubool Hai' |url=https://www.bizasialive.com/meri-saasu-maa-to-replace-zee-tvs-qubool-hai/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=BizAsia {{!}} Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music |language=en-GB}} It was then replaced by Sanyukt.{{Cite web |last=Baddhan |first=Raj |date=2016-08-20 |title='Sanyukt' to replace 'Meri Saasu Maa' on ZEE TV |url=https://www.bizasialive.com/sanyukt-to-replace-meri-saasu-maa-on-zee-tv/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=BizAsia {{!}} Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Brit, Events and Music |language=en-GB}}
The series follows lead character Pari Sinha, who grew up without motherly love and seeks to establish a loving relationship with in her mother-in-law. As a newlywed, Pari finds it difficult to adjust to living with her in-laws.
Plot
The story opens at the Shinha household with preparations for Pari's wedding. Her miserly aunt, who raised her without affection, refuses to spend money on it and Pari is doing much of the work, including restarting the house's generator. The baraat (groom's wedding procession) arrives, and Pari is reprimanded by her aunt for not being ready. As Pari goes to dress, she spies upon the baraat and sees the groom's mother – and imagines receiving the motherly love she always wanted. However, Pari overhears the groom and his mother talking to his lover in the rickshaw, saying that the marriage is a sham. The aunt rushes a horrified Pari to the ceremony, where Pari confronts them with what she witnessed; they deny it and leave, feigning insult, and Pari is blamed.
The next day at the Sharma household, celebrity and family matriarch Bhawna Devi chases down her granddaughter Suman for wearing Western clothes and riding on a motorcycle with a boy. She reprimands the women of the house for the way Suman was raised, which taints her reputation, and threatens Suman and her mother – who thinks Devi can only be calmed by her favourite son Sattu. Sattu is then shown devotedly praying in a temple, asking blessings for his mother. As he descends the temple stairs, he bumps into Pari. The diyas (oil lamps) set fire to her dupatta (scarf) and then all the hangings around them. Sattu jumps into the fire surrounding a frightened Pari.
=Arc two=
Sattu dies in a car accident. The plot makes a six-year leap and sees Pari and Maasaab in a house with Bunty Singh Chauhan, whom she later marries, and Bhavna living happily.
Cast
=Main=
- Hiba Nawab as Pari Sharma /Singh (Nee' Sinha)– Emotionally neglected as a child, she later marries Sattu.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/TV-celebs-who-are-unwell/photostory/51426768.cms|title=TV celebs who are unwell|work=The Times of India|date=22 July 2015|accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402161714/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/TV-celebs-who-are-unwell/photostory/51426768.cms|archive-date=2 April 2016|url-status=live}}
- Anindita Saha Kapileshwari as (Maa Saab) Bhawna Devi/ Rachna Devi{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Im-a-versatile-actor-I-will-get-plenty-of-interesting-roles/articleshow/50659184.cms|title=I'm a versatile actor, I will get plenty of interesting roles|work=The Times of India|date=21 January 2016 |accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329155212/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Im-a-versatile-actor-I-will-get-plenty-of-interesting-roles/articleshow/50659184.cms|archive-date=29 March 2016|url-status=live}} – Sattu's mother, Pari's mother-in-law (Hindi: Saasu Maa)
- Pearl V Puri as Satyendra "Sattu" Sharma – He marries Pari and later dies{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Pearl-V-Puris-fiery-entry-in-Meri-Saasu-Maa/articleshow/50773488.cms|title=Pearl V Puri's 'fiery' entry in 'Meri Saasu Maa'|work=The Times of India|date=29 January 2016 |accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202025323/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Pearl-V-Puris-fiery-entry-in-Meri-Saasu-Maa/articleshow/50773488.cms|archive-date=2 February 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/I-do-wish-to-enter-Bollywood-someday-Pearl-V-Puri/articleshow/50869215.cms|title=I do wish to enter Bollywood someday: Pearl V Puri|work=The Times of India|date=5 February 2016 |accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221195031/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/I-do-wish-to-enter-Bollywood-someday-Pearl-V-Puri/articleshow/50869215.cms|archive-date=21 February 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/pearl-v-puri-talks-about-his-traditional-look-new-show-meri-saasu-maa-666242|title=Pearl V Puri talks about his traditional look in new show Meri Saasu Maa|date=9 February 2016|work=International Business Times, India Edition|accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420041250/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/pearl-v-puri-talks-about-his-traditional-look-new-show-meri-saasu-maa-666242|archive-date=20 April 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/tv/yes-my-look-has-become-hot-topic-642|title=Yes, my look has become hot topic: Pearl V Puri|work=The Asian Age|date=9 February 2016|accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509172427/http://www.asianage.com/tv/yes-my-look-has-become-hot-topic-642|archive-date=9 May 2016|url-status=live}}
- Siddharth Arora as Bunty Singh Chauhan{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Siddharth-Arora-in-Zee-TVs-Meri-Sasu-Maa/articleshow/53238636.cms|title=Siddharth Arora in Zee TV's Meri Sasu Maa|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160716100518/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Siddharth-Arora-in-Zee-TVs-Meri-Sasu-Maa/articleshow/53238636.cms|archive-date=16 July 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Siddharth-Arora-in-Pearl-Puri-out-of-Meri-Saasu-Maa/articleshow/53239930.cms|title=Siddharth Arora in, Pearl Puri out of 'Meri Saasu Maa'|work=The Times of India|accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717075933/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Siddharth-Arora-in-Pearl-Puri-out-of-Meri-Saasu-Maa/articleshow/53239930.cms|archive-date=17 July 2016|url-status=live}}
- Nimai Bali as Digvijay Singh Chauhan{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Nimay-Bali-to-play-Siddharth-Aroras-father-in-Meri-Saasu-Maa/articleshow/53451775.cms|title=Nimay Bali to play Siddharth Arora's father in 'Meri Saasu Maa'|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811024423/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Nimay-Bali-to-play-Siddharth-Aroras-father-in-Meri-Saasu-Maa/articleshow/53451775.cms|archive-date=11 August 2016|url-status=live}}
- Mazel Vyas as Arpita Chauhan – Bunty's younger sister
- Suman Shashi Kant as Sashikala Sinha – Pari's miserly aunt (Hindi: maasi), who considers Pari to be a burden and raised her without affection
- Meenakshi Arya
- Prithvi Shankala as Pari's father
- Krishna Soni as Kamlesh Sharma
- Dhiraj Totlani as Ankit Sinha – Pari's brother
- Arpita Amar as Meera Sinha – Pari's sister
- Rashul Tandon as Sarvesh Sharma
- Nirmala J Chandra as Aarti Sarvesh Sharma
- Kushabh Manghani as Akhilesh Sharma
- Tanvi Dogra as Babita Akhilesh Sharma
- Haider Karim as Mastana
- Aanchal Khurana as Roopmati{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Aanchal-to-enter-Meri-Saasu-Maa-a-la-Deepika-Padukone/articleshow/52052926.cms|title=Aanchal to enter Meri Saasu Maa a la Deepika Padukone|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=30 Apr 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160503101406/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Aanchal-to-enter-Meri-Saasu-Maa-a-la-Deepika-Padukone/articleshow/52052926.cms|archive-date=3 May 2016|url-status=live}}
- Nina Sharma / Kiran Bhargava as Daddo (the eldest woman in the house) (dead)
- Tisha Kapoor as Shona
=Notable guest appearances=
- Rakhi Sawant{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Rakhi-Sawant-dazzles-on-Meri-Saasu-Maa/articleshow/50919490.cms|title=Rakhi Sawant dazzles on Meri Saasu Maa|work=The Times of India|date=9 February 2016 |accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213211123/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Rakhi-Sawant-dazzles-on-Meri-Saasu-Maa/articleshow/50919490.cms|archive-date=13 February 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.newsnation.in/article/115173-meri-saasu-maa-rakhis-tadka.html|title='Meri Saasu Maa' gets Rakhi's tadka|author=News Nation Bureau|date=10 February 2016|work=NewsNation|accessdate=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419153449/http://www.newsnation.in/article/115173-meri-saasu-maa-rakhis-tadka.html|archive-date=19 April 2016|url-status=live}}
- Shamita Shetty appears in a one-hour episode with Kaala Teeka{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.zeetv.com/shows/meri-saasu-maa/ Official website]
{{Zee TV Programmes}}