Saas Bina Sasural

Saas Bina Sasural
Genre	Drama
Written by	Zama Habib, Munisha Rajpal & Rajesh Soni
Directed by	Arunn Ranjankar
Creative director	Ritu Goel
Starring	See below
Composer	Uttank Vora
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	170+ as of July 29th, 2011
Production
Producer	Vipul D Shah & Sanjiv Sharma
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 24 minutes
Production company	Optimystix Entertainment
Original release
Network	Sony TV
Release	October 18, 2010 – present 6 / 04 April 2011

Saas Bina Sasural is an Indian comedy-drama television series based on the story of a young girl, Tanya who has a lot of hopes from her 'sasural' (in-laws house) will end up in a mad house consisting of seven quirky men, devoid any 'saas' (mother-in-law). The series premiered on October 18, 2010, and is produced by Hindi film director Vipul Shah of "Optimystix Entertainment".

Plot

Tanya, known as Toasti, (Aishwarya Sakhuja) is a beautiful, intelligent teacher. She and Tej (Ravi Dubey) have been in love for two years so her parents talk about their marriage. Tej is reluctant to tell his family about Toasty because of a problem in his family: his family has no woman in it. All 7 family members are men, who actually hate women. One dadaji, a father, and his 5 sons, Tej being the middle one. The whole family at first refuses to the marriage, since they do not want a woman in the house. Finally, they agree to the marriage and the wedding takes place.

The reason all the men of the house hate women is because the eldest brother, Pashu, was married to a woman named Malti who left him because she felt she was just a maid, not a bahu. Since she left, there has been a long court case going on in which she is asking for money from the family, accused the 2nd oldest brother, Ved, of molestation, and had Pitaji/Pashu arrested for taking dowry. Ved gets closer to one of Toasty's best friends, Nitika.

When Pashu sees Toasty with Malti on the day before her birthday, suspicions arise. Pashu tells everyone that Toasty met with Malti. The whole family gets angry, thinking that she was conspiring with Malti. Toasty is thrown out of the house by the family. Tej feels guilty and extremely misses her. Malti finds out that Toasty was thrown out of the house because of her. She arrives and makes the whole family realize their mistake. The Chaturvedi family unites Tej and Toasty. Tej apologizes to Toasty as he always loved her and always will and she is brought back.

Toasty and Tej conspire to get Pashu and Malti back together since it is evident that they miss each other. In a twist of fate, Malti gets hit by a car right in front of Pashu and he takes her to the hospital, his feelings for her seemingly arising again. Malti's mother, outraged, storms into the Chaturvedi house with police and accuses them of planning Malti's accident. Pitaji is arrested, much to the protest of the family, creating a new problem.jljjlj

Cast

Protagonists
Actor	Role	Description
Aishwarya Sakhuja	Tanya (Toasty) Sharma Chaturvedi	Idol character. Tej's Wife and Bahu of Chaturvedi Family. Loves Tej and his family very much. Keeps trying to get on the family's good side and bring happiness into their lives. Understands the family better than themselves and can't bear to hurt anyone of the family members. Won't stand for a word against the Chaturvedi Family from anyone including her mother.
Ravi Dubey	Tej Prakash Chaturvedi	Middle Son of Chaturvedi Family. Dutyful son, wonderful friend, wonderful son-in-law, and a extremely lovely and supportive husband. He loves his family and tries to bring happiness back into their lives. Wants to see his eldest brother happy once again. Tries to get everyone to accept Toasty. Loves Toasty very much, but cannot bear to hurt his family or leave them.
Chaturvedi Family
Actor	Role	Description
Arvind Vaidya	Anandilal (Dadaji) Chaturvedi	Tej's grandfather and head of the Chaturvedi family. Uses a wheelchair after he fell down the stairs while running after Malti when she was leaving the house for good. Acts like a child most of the time, but can be very serious if necessary. Believes that a woman cannot survive in this house as the men would always trouble her.
Darshan Jariwala	Chhedilal (Chhedi) Chaturvedi	Tej's father. Cold sometimes and thinks very traditionally. Misses his wife and wishes Tanya to be like her. Slowly sees Toasty taking the place of his wife as mother of them all and a good daughter-in-law. Wants to see all his kids happy again, especially eldest son.
Rajendra Chawla	Pashupatinath (Pashu) Chaturvedi	Eldest son of Chaturvedi family. Took care of his younger brothers like a father. Grumpy man. Very hurt by his wife's doings. Feels guilty that the problems in his family are due to him. Doesn't trust woman very much. Didn't like Toasty at all at first, but slowly saw that she was different but regrets her for any small mistake. Scared that Toasty will hurt the family like Malti.
Rishi Khurana	Ved Prakash Chaturvedi	Second eldest son of the family. Very religious and emotional. Misses his mother a lot and has warmed up to Toasty after the wedding. Before, he was staunchly against the wedding and tried to sabotage it with Pashu. He still has nightmares of being accused of molestation by Malti and tried to commit suicide after the fact. Takes a shower again if a woman so much as touches him. Grows closer to Nithika while helping her with her problems with her would-be mother-in-law, Rajan's Mom. Eventually helps Nithika when Rajan breaks off the marriage.
Shraman Jain	Prachin Prakash Chaturvedi	Tej's younger brother. Does not like working in a saaree shop with his family and prefers to spend time with his plants that he has named. Very interested in environmental issues, but can be insensitive with people sometimes. Only agreed to Tej-Toasty marriage because he didn't want to do chores anymore, but later realises what Toasty does for the family and accepts her as more than just a bhabhi but almost like a mother, but is scared to take her side in troubling situations as he is afraid of Pashu Bhayya. Gets threats and hits by Pashu Bhayya a lot.
Meghan Jadhav	Gyan Prakash Chaturvedi	Youngest son of the family. Feels guilty that his mother died because he was born and was very young when all the family drama happened with Pashu's wife. Doesn't understand why everyone is so against women in the house just because of one. Tej often feels that their mother didn't die but was among them in the shape of Gyan as he is always helping everyone. Loved the idea of Toasty as his bhabhi from the start and helps Tej and Toasty in everyway he can before and after the marriage. Very fun-loving, supportive, wise and adorable. Grows to regard Toasty more as a mother than a bhabhi. Always speaks the truth and often requests Guptamaddon as no one will really listen to him since he is the youngest.
Toasty's Family
Actor	Role	Description
Rajiv Kumar	Lalit Kumar Sharma	Toasty's father. Supportive father who is calm and tries to understand each situation, and tries to control his wife as she often crosses her limits. Knew of the Malti problem but trusts Toasty that she will ask him if help is needed.
Anjali Mukhi	Sudha Sharma	Toasty's mother. Extremely over-protective of Toasty and meddles in her married life.
Ketaki Chitale	Dimple Sharma	Toasty's younger sister. She is getting close to Prachin Prakash Chaturvedi as they both are in same collage and are same in age. They fight almost all the time but help each other in times of need. Implied to be Prachin's future love interest.
Others
Actor	Role	Description
Simple Kaul	Smita Lumba	Toasty's Friend & Neighbour. Mature girl who understands and doesn't create panic. Inseparable friends with Toasty and Nitika since childhood. Married to a sailor so often is away from her husband, Rohit.
Shruti Bapna	Nitika Juneja	Toasty's friend & Neighbour. Her fiancée Rajan is not very nice and does not stand up to his evil mom who keeps asking for dowry and gifts from her parents. He left her on the side of the road after an argument at night and Ved saw her and took her home. She loves Rajan and won't leave him even though he is not a nice guy, but seems to be running into Ved a lot lately. Eventually leaves Rajan and hates him and his mom for all the troubles they put her and her parents through.
Roshni Banerjee	Malti	Pashupatinath's Wife, Dowry and Divorce case with Pashupatinath was under procedure, until Toasti told her to withdraw all the cases and she agreed. She feels bad for leaving the family and tries to reconcile but is always manipulated by her mother, which is also is the reason for the failure of her marriage as well.
Kiran Bhargava	Shoba Devi	Evil woman set out to ruin the Chaturvedi Family. Cannot stand to see them happy. Manipulates and blackmails her daughter all the time and is the reason for the failure of her daughter's marriage.

External links

• Saas Bina Sasural Official Site on Sony TV India