Pudhcha Paaul () is an Indian Marathi soap opera that aired on Star Pravah. It is an official remake of Hindi television serial Saath Nibhaana Saathiya of StarPlus. It premiered on 2 May 2011 and stopped on 1 July 2017 completing 1944 episodes. It is one of the longest-running Marathi television series and Star Pravah's longest-running series also.
Premises Kalyani is a simple naive girl. She married in the Sardeshmukh family where she develops a bitter-sweet relation with her mother-in-law Rajlaxmi, the stern matriarch of the family. Rajlaxmi makes Kalyani dance to her tunes. The story progresses as Rajlaxmi turns mentor to Kalyani.
Plot The story revolves around a simple innocent orphaned village girl named Kalyani. She does all the household work yet her aunt Kanchanmala and her cousin Rupali who cannot tolerate her, so they torture her daily. She is illiterate and they do not allow her to take any education. One day Rajalaxmi (aka Akkasaheb) Sardeshmukh comes to their home with his son Soham for marriage of Rupali with Soham. However, Soham was already with another girl. But instead of Rupali she likes Kalyani and decides to make the latter her daughter-in-law, going against the wishes of her son.
Later both Kalyani and Rupali are married to Soham and Rohit (Soham's cousin) respectively. Rupali is jealous of Kalyani as she failed to become elder daughter-in-law of Sardeshmukh mansion which may deprive her of inheriting the property of the Sardeshmukh family. She, along with the evil plans of her mother Kanchanmala creates problems in Kalyani's life and tries to kill her. With all of these troubles on her shoulder, Kalyani completes all of her duties and wins all other family member's hearts. Later Soham also coming out from his past, falls in love with Kalyani and accepts her as his wife. In all the troubles Rajalaxmi supports her as her own daughter making an inherent bond between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Taking the opportunity of brother's death Soham's ex-girlfriend comes again in Soham and Kalyani's married life to make Kalyani's life hell. She pretends as mentally unstable and innocent Kalyani takes her in Sardeshmukh mansion going against everyone's decision. Soham's ex now makes problems to kick Kalyani out of the house and to bring back Soham again in her life.
Cast Main Jui Gadkari as Kalyani Sardeshmukh – Kanchanmala's niece; Rupali's cousin; Soham's ex-wife; Sameer's wife; Karan's mother Harshada Khanvilkar as Rajlaxmi (Akkasaheb) Sardeshmukh – Jaywantrao's wife; Soham and Sameer's mother; Karan's grandmother
Recurring Sangram Samel as Sameer Sardeshmukh – Rajlaxmi and Jaywantrao's younger son; Madhukar's adoptive son; Soham's brother; Kalyani's second husband; Karan's adoptive father Aryan Devgiri as Karan Sardeshmukh – Kalyani and Soham's son; Sameer's adoptive son Madhuri Desai as New Kalyani Sharmila Shinde as Rupali Randive Sardeshmukh – Kanchanmala's daughter; Kalyani's cousin; Rohit's wife; Chakuli's mother Suyash Tilak / Abhijeet Kelkar as Rohit Sardeshmukh – Devaki and Yashwant's son; Soham and Sameer's cousin; Rupali's husband; Chakuli's father Aastad Kale as Soham Sardeshmukh – Rajlaxmi and Jaywantrao's elder son; Sameer's brother; Kalyani's ex-husband; Swapnali's husband; Karan's father Swapnali Patil as Swapnali Sardeshmukh – Soham's widow; Bunty's wife Radhika Harshe / Supriya Pathare as Kanchanmala Randive – Chintamani's sister; Rupali's mother; Kalyani's aunt Ajinkya Joshi as Chintamani – Kanchanmala's brother; Kalyani and Rupali's uncle Milind Safai as Jaywantrao Sardeshmukh – Yashwant's brother; Rajlaxmi's husband; Soham and Sameer's father; Karan's grandfather Mrunal Deshpande as Devaki Sardeshmukh – Yashwant's wife; Rohit's mother; Chakuli's grandmother Shrirang Deshmukh as Yashwant Sardeshmukh – Jaywantrao's brother; Devaki's husband; Rohit's father; Chakuli's grandfather Pradeep Velankar as Dadasaheb Sardeshmukh – Yashwant and Jaywant's father Tarka pednekar as Pooja rajlaxmi daughter Sonali Naik as Kaveri Jaywant Sardeshmukh Tejashree Dharne as Sayali Pradhan Rashmi Anpat as Aishwarya Karan wife Prasad limaye as Karan Sardeshmukh Atisha Naik Bharati Achrekar as Kusum Madhavi Nimkar as Shweta Avinash Narkar as Madhukar; Sameers adoptive father Samidha Guru as Poornima Aarti More as Teju Ketaki Palav as Inspector Divya Samruddhi kelkar Vidya karanjakar as sujata Deshpande Swati deval as Priti Deshpande Swati borkar as shakuntala Rutuja Bagwe as minakshi sameer business partner Veena Jagtap as fake shreya ep 1061 Ashok shinde as Aniket
Adaptations Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes Hindi Saath Nibhaana Saathiya साथ निभाना साथिया 3 May 2010 StarPlus 23 July 2017 Original Marathi Pudhcha Paaul पुढचं पाऊल 2 May 2011 Star Pravah 30 June 2017 Remake Tamil Deivam Thandha Veedu தெய்வம் தந்த வீடு 15 July 2013 Star Vijay 26 May 2017MalayalamChandanamazha ചന്ദനമഴ3 February 2014Asianet9 December 2017 Bengali Bodhuboron বধুবরন 19 August 2013 Star Jalsha 29 January 2017 Telugu Intiki Deepam Illalu ఇంటికి దీపం ఇల్లాలు 8 March 2021 Star Maa 9 September 2023
Reception In June 2011, it was the most watched Marathi serial with 3.8 TVR. In week 5 of 2012, it gained 4.1 TVR fetching second position. In week 13 of 2012, it garnered 4.2 TVR maintaining its top position. In May 2012, it garnered 3.9 TVR with gaining second position.
Ratings Week Year TAM TVR Rank Ref. Mah/Goa All IndiaWeek 2620110.97163Week 4320110.85177Week 4620110.75384Week 4920110.76384Week 1220120.89164Week 1520120.95160Week 1620120.92165Week 1720120.84377Week 1920120.93266Week 2120120.88262Week 2220121.07248
References
External links Pudhcha Paaul at Disney+ Hotstar