Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya

Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya
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Genre	Indian soap opera and Drama
Created by	Spellbound Productions and Walkwater Productions
Written by	Pearl Grey Shanti Bhushan Vishal Watwani Ahsan Bakshi
Starring	Pooja Gaur Arhaan Behl
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	420+ as of July 1, 2011
Production
Executive producer	Pearl Grey
Production location	Allahabad
Running time	24 minutes
Production companies	Spellbound Productions and Walkwater Productions
Original release
Network	Star Plus
Release	December 7, 2009 – Present

Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya (Hindi: मन की आवाज़ प्रतिज्ञा) is a daily soap that is currently on-air on STAR Plus. The show premiered on December 7, 2009. It is the narrative of Pratigya, a middle-class girl who fights against the stigma and prejudice against women, prevailing in the Indian society. The show is produced by Spellbound Productions and written by Pearl Grey, Shanti Bhushan, Vishal Watwani, and Ahsan Bakshi.

Plot

Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya is set against the backdrop of small town Allahabad, where talks travel faster than wind. Women are treated as mere commodities and they have learnt to live with it. It is a love story of two people who are completely different. Pratigya is lucky to be born and brought-up in an educated family where her father provided her the same privileges and education as her brother. Krishna, on the other hand, is an illiterate who does not have any regard for the importance education. Krishna doesn’t understand the true meaning of love and for him Pratigya is a mere commodity whom he wishes to acquire.

Pratigya is Professor Saxena's educated daughter who is engaged to the son of her father's friend. She likes this boy and is happy. Krishna hears about their wedding and causes a scene where he breaks everything. He bothers Pratigya and even beats up her fiance. The groom's side breaks of the engagement. Krishna proposes the marriage and even gets his father to arrange their marriage. Krishna's father is very strict and doesn't approve at first because Pratigya is from another cast but approves because Krishna persuades him. Pratigya's father is completely embarrassed by what Angand, Krishna's enemy, does pretending to be Krishna. Pratigya agrees to marry Krishna so he can stop bothering her family. Pratigya's brother, Adarsh, marries Krishna's sister in order to get revenge even though he liked someone else. They get married and Krishna's mother, Amma, doesn't like her daughter-in-law. Pratigya doesn't allow Krishna to touch her because she does not really love him.

Angand tries to tell Krishna that she was not a virgin but fails. He wants revenge on Pratigya because she slapped him. Angand tells her family he has dirty pictures of her from when he kidnapped her and demands money. Adarsh and Professor Saxena is jailed. He is later released. Krishna leaves the house because Pratigya never told him this. Pratigya wants to find him but they lock her up. Amma and Shatki, Krishna's older brother, plan to burn Pratigya. They let her go in the kitchen so they can make it look like a cooking accident. Komal, Adarsh's wife, comes before they start and tells them not to do anything by threatening them so they leave her alone. Krishna's two friends help Pratigya leave the house and look for Krishna. Pratigya gets bitten by a snake. Krishna sucks the poison out but it affects him so he goes to the emergency room. He is luckily saved. Patigya and Krishna start to like each other. Adarsh gets hit by a car, driven by Angand's brother. He becomes handicapped. Professor Saxena becomes ill. They don't have enough money for anything. Naina Saxena, the Professor's wife, sells her jewley. Adarsh gets well.

Adarsh is cheating to get money and just bought Komal a car. Krishna just opened up his restaurant but beat someone up so currently has no customers. Pratigya suggests that they have a special deal to attract customers. Adarsh gets arrested and tells his Dad awful things. Sajjan Singh gets Adarsh released by blackmailing the police officer, which makes Adarsh act more arrogant. Pratigya tries to explain to Adarsh that what he is doing is wrong and he is ruining his life, Adarsh says his life was ruined until he got to a better status at work. Thakuraayin decides to make "Baathi-Chokha" for Baba's Dhaba but puts spoilt pickles in the "Baathi-Chokha" which Krishna tries first and gets a bad stomach ache. Thakuraayin blames Pratigya saying she accidentally put the spoilt pickle in the "Baathi-Choka". Meanwhile Shakti also wants money to start a business so Sajjan gives him 20,000 rupees and tells him to double it within a week, Shakti is convinced by Radhe to gamble the money to double it which he does but carries on in greed and loses everything. Shakti decides to sell his ancestral necklace to get the money at the jewellers shop but Sajjan is already sitting there listening to him and beats him all the way back home.

Komal and Adarsh talk about Adarsh living abroad which makes Shyams mother angry and saying that Adarsh would never think what would be going through the family. Pratigya decides to make 'kheer' for Krishna but Thakuraayin says Krishna won't touch it. When Krishna sits down to eat Thakuraayin reveals she made fish for Krishna to eat so Krishna refuses Pratigya's 'kheer' but then Pratigya says its 'Aashtmi' which means nothing with fish or meat can be cooked which makes Sajjan throw the food and yell at Thakuraayin threatening to beat her with his shoe. Thakuraayin creates rifts between Krishna and Pratigya but is caught by Pratigya, which makes Thakuraayin try to kill herself by burning herself to death but is stopped by Krishna but is still burnt and has to be admitted to the hospital.Krishna then tells Pratigya that there relationship is now over. Krishna starts drinking alchohol to help forget about Pratigya.

Krishna's mother takes his thumbpaint on the divorce papers and sends Shakti to take Pratigya's signature but she refuses to sign it. Shakti angrily comes home and tells this to everybody. The next day, Pratigya's father tells her to keep trying to reveal the truth in front of Krishna about his mother. Pratigya goes to a mandir and there, she sees Krishna and says that evrything will be alright between them. However, Krishna says that nothing is going to be alright and that their marriage is over. Pratigya says to give her one last chance and meet her in the back of an old temple but he refuses to come. Pratigya calls Amma in that same place to sign the divorce papers. Amma takes the divorce paper but Krishna sees her going out and asks her to rest but she suddenly hides the papers and say that she is going to the mandir.

Then krishna's friends come and say that pratigya is calling him but he slaps him then after thinking he goes there and see that amma is talking and insulting pratigya and tell her lie that she is going to mandir then amma starts telling how she broke their relationship by putting rotten pickle in bati-chokha,dirying the dhoti and loveing her more than krishna and krishna is listening everything at last amma sees krishna and starts telling her that pratigya has forced her to do that but with broken heart he walk out from their. after a while Krishna wants pratigya so he starts doing all romantic things, he apologized and sang for her at a event and also poured flowers into the bowl instead of milk when he pretended to be a milkman but pratigya is not falling for it she says that krishna has broken the trust and faith in them and dosnt want to come back but krishan is still trying. on the other hand sajjan has brought back a girl called ganga, who he has kept for his service. no one in the house is happy about the decision sajjan has taken to bring ganga in the the house and also everyone has found about amma's cunning plan and all are very angry including sajjan who insists that krishna brngs back pratigya. amma has already threatened ganga, who goes off and starts to cry then sajjan finds her and she requests to sajjan that she wants to go home but sajjan doesnt want this so somehow sajjan makes her happy and asks what she would like to eat ad then she names a few sweets and the next day sajjan orders theses sweets and tells everyone that these are especially for ganga which amma really doesnt like to hear. Adarsh has gone to dubai and has left komal at her parental home, adarsh has gone for 3 years.

Awards

Star Parivaar Awards 2010

• Sabse Mazedaar Sadasya - sajjan Singh
• Favourite Naya Sadasya (Male) - Krishna
• Favourite Naya Sadasya (Female) - Pratigya
• Favourite Saas - Amma
• Sabse Khoobsurat Rishta - Sajjan Singh & Krishna (Father-Son)
• Hottest Jodi -Krishna and Pratigya

New Talent Awards 2010

• Best New Actor Negative Role (female) - Parvati Sehgal
• Most Promising New Talent of tomorrow (male) - Arhaan Behl
• Most Promising New Producer of the year - Pearl Grey

Indian Television Academy Awards 2010

• Best Actor in a Negative Role (Jury) -

Indian Telly Awards 2010

• Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male)(Popular) - Anupam Shyam (Sajjan Singh)

BIG Star Entertainment Awards 2010

• BIG STAR Most Entertaining Television Fiction Show

India Ne Bana Di Jodi Awards 2011

• India ka Sabse Favourite Khalnayak-Khalnayaika Jodi: Sajjan Singh-Ammaji

Apsara Awards 2011

• Best Drama Show - Mann Ke Awaaz Pratigya best drama ever in the world

The Global Indian Film and Television Honours 2011

• Best Actor In Lead Role (Female) - Pooja Gor (Pratigya)
• Best Story - Pearl Grey and Shanti Bhushan
• Best Fiction Show - Mann ke Awaaz..

Star Parivaar Awards 2011

• Favourite Pita : Sajjan Singh
• Favourite Beti : Pratigya
• Favourite Bhai : Adarsh
• Most Stylish Sadasya Male : krishna singh
• Favourite Patni : Pratigya
• Yadgaar Pal (Fiction) : Pearl Grey

BIG Television Awards 2011

• BIG Most Teekha Character: Sajjan Singh (Anupam Shyam)

External links

• Full episodes of Pratigya: http://starplus.startv.in/video/showvideo.asp?sid=29&showid=91
• Pratigya photo gallery: http://starplus.startv.in/showgallery_collection.aspx?sid=29
• Show related news stories: http://starplus.startv.in/shownews.aspx?sid=29

Cast and characters

Character	Portrayed by	Relevance	Description
Pratigya Thakur	Pooja Gor	Female protagonist	Pratigya is a beautiful, easy going and well-mannered girl from Allahabad. She has the courage to stand-up if something is not correct.
Shyamlal/Shyamji Saxena	Shahab Zada S.K. Khan	Pratigya’s father	He is a professor and believes that education is his biggest asset. He is revered in the community, respected and is well known for his uprightness.
Naina Saxena	Monika Singh	Pratigya’s mother	She is a humble lady, a supporting wife and a loving mother. She finds pleasure in keeping her family members happy. She cries most often in the show She loves Pratigya and aarushi
Adarsh Saxena	Ankit Gera	Pratigya’s brother	He is a responsible family member who follows his father’s principles. Adarsh works in a bank and is happy to share the responsibility of running the house. He is protective of his sisters yet a loving brother. He is now against his family because of Komal.
Komal Saxena	Parvati Sehgal	Pratigya’s sister-in-law	She is the daughter-in-law of the Saxena family, and Krishna’s sister. She is a motor-mouth and is unsophisticated which mainly stems from the fact that she is uneducated. She fails to prove herself to be a good daughter-in-law as she refuses to make any adjustments and is adamant about getting her way.
Aarushi Saxena	Avantika Hundal	Pratigya’s younger sister	She shares a good relationship with Pratigya. Being the youngest in the family she is chirpy and is pampered by everyone. Just like her sister, Aarushi too is a woman of principles who does not hesitate to speak her mind.
Daadi	Asha Raj Sharma	Daadi	She is the support system in the Saxena family. She is a perfect blend of modernity and traditions. Her unique sense of humour adds to her character.
Krishna Thakur	Arhaan Behll	Male protagonist	Krishna may seem rough on the outside but deep down he has a heart of gold. He is privileged to be born in the Thakur family and thus, he doesn’t feel the need to work but soon after marriage opens baba ka dhaba
Sajjan Singh Thakur	Anupam Lal Shyam	Krishna’s father	He is a lazy, cantankerous, stubborn and a negative guy with a grouchy personality who always tries to take the shortcut to success. He Love Krishna and lovingly calls him baba
Sumitra Thakur	Asmita Singh Sarma	Krishna's mother	She is the lady of the Thakur house. She is loud-mouthed and crass in her attitude. Her life revolves around her sons and husband. She fears her husband the most and will do anything to maintain her family’s status in society.
Shakti Thakur	Jaswant Manaria	Krishna's elder brother	He is a rough man and like his father he also believes that women are inferior to men. He treats his wife like a mere commodity to satiate his lust. He hates his wife for being dark-complexioned. He has forced his wife to undergo several abortions as he fears having a dark-complexioned baby.
Kesar Thakur	Kalpana Bora, now Aalika Sheikh	Krishna's sister-in-law	Kesar is meek and shy. She has learnt to live in the patriarchal society without questioning its authority and tolerates her husband’s abuses without protest. After Pratigyas coming she is strong and wont let shakti come in her way
Guruma	Pratima Karzayi Kazmi	Guruma	Sajjan Singh considers her to be the torch bearer of his family. She is the only woman respected by all the men of the Thakur family.
Amma	Amita Sharma Udgata	Krishna’s grandmother	She had taken a ‘Maunvrat’ to retaliate against the torture of the male members of the family, but finally breaks her silence to save Kesar. She understands Pratigya’s point of view and supports her unconditionally.