ZEE TV JUNE HIGHLIGHTS
Meri Saasu Maa
Monday – Saturday – 17:00 CAT
The story revolves around Pari who is a wonderful daughter, a caring sister, a trustworthy friend and a responsible person yet in her core, she is an ordinary Indian girl.
After her mother passes away, her father remarries her mother’s younger sister – Maasi Ma, who turns out to be a wicked stepmother. The only solace she finds is in her grandmother who cares for her. She’s a girl bereft of maternal affection and seeks a mother in her mother-in-law. Having lost her mother at birth, Pari longs for the unique bond every daughter shares with her mother and hopes she’ll find it in her mother in law. But destiny has other plans in store for her.
She falls in love with Sattu, one of the most desirable bachelors of Lucknow. He is deeply devoted to his mother, Bhawna Devi. Widowed at an early age, she is a self-made woman and one of the most esteemed milk barons of Lucknow. A strong matriarch hardened by her past, she is insecure of losing her sons to her daughters-in-law. She firmly believes that daughters-in-law can never take the place of daughters and must be controlled at all times.
Will Pari manage to win the place of a daughter in Bhawna Devi’s heart with Sattu by her side? Only time will tell!
Vishkanya
Monday – Saturday – 17:30 CAT
A fairytale romance set in Kolkata… a couple of beautiful, young lovers… sizzling chemistry… & match made in heaven. Are dogged by a cruel curse that dogs the girl… & makes the tale culminating an impossibility…!
Aprajita had an oddly super-secretive upbringing in a lower middle class Bengali home that’s completely out of place in a super-wealthy Marwari neighbourhood. The poor child grew up in a bubble, as she was never allowed to interact with neighbours, play with kids, go to school… & was strictly yet loving home tutored & trained by her ultra-protective & enigmatic, single-mother Maasi.
To all her queries, she was simply told that she was born unwell, & had to gain immunity before she could interact normally with the outside world. So much was her Maasi obsessed by her turning out ‘perfect’ that she even ignored the needs of her own daughter of a similar age growing up jealous of her cousin Aprajita. Things changed when their ultra-wealthy Marwari neighbours returned from many years abroad… & with the entry of Malay on the scene. As Tupur, Aprajita’s cousin vied for the attention of Kolkata’s new, most-eligible bachelor… he himself was besotted at first sight by the ravishing Aprajita.
Much to the growing fury of his controlling mother, who’d detested & been suspicious of these neighbours forever. There’s a lot going on under the surface of what appears to be simply two mismatched families with star-crossed young lovers residing in them. When a dark secret from the past combines with th
e truth about Aprajita’s lineage & the truth about her secretive upbringing, it shatters & shakes up a lot between the two families, & even the lovers themselves.
As we discover that there are secret scores to settle between the two families… between Aprajita’s strong Maasi… & Malay’s equally strong mother… We also discover that poor Aprajita is an unfortunate pawn… an innocent vehicle for revenge… And that she comes from a lineage of poisonous women since many generations…!
Aprajita an unknowing, latter-day Vishkanya… who’s cursed with widowhood… as the man she consummates her relationship with, cannot survive…! Where this impossible & complex fairy-tale romance will lead the two lovers… & whether they’ll ever be able to extricate themselves from this web of a curse & a dark past… is what Vishkanya is all about.
Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hai
Monday – Saturday – 18:00 CAT
“Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain?” A comedy that will have you rolling off the edge of your couch with laughter!
The series is set in Kanpur India and revolves around two couples who are neighbours that try to impress each other’s wives. One character is a successful business man while the other is an unemployed insurance policy agent.
The men create any reason to visit the other man’s house just to meet the wives. In return they create troublesome problems that put each other in chaotic situations.
Tashan-e-Ishq
Monday – Saturday – 18:30 CAT
All is fair in love and war, they say… but what if there is love and there is war at the same time? Twinkle Taneja is a typically adorable Punjabi kudi and a drama queen! Her love story is set against the vibrant backdrop of upscale, upwardly mobile Punjab where her mother, Leela Taneja and her love interest Yuvraj Luthra's mother, Anita Luthra, have scores to settle both personally and professionally.
Yuvraj then reveals that he will not go against his mother and is actually planning to ruin Twinkles life. Twinkle then meets Kunj Sarna who later becomes her knight in shining armour. Yuvarj makes it his life’s mission ruin the marriage between Kunj and Twinkle.
Will Kunj and Twinkle win all the challenges thrown their way?
Jamai Raja
Monday – Saturday – 19:00 CAT
You've seen daughters-in-law on Indian television step into their in-laws house and set everything right amongst the sparring members of their new family. We have been constantly brainwashed into looking at the lady of the house as the soothing salve meant to heal wounds and bind people together. Zee TV's show 'Jamai Raja' breaks the convention and asks – If women have done it all along, why can't the men? The show, in fact, has its male protagonist take on this domain, forever relegated to women, and embark on a journey of setting the discord between his wife and mother-in-law right after marriage!
Roshni and Durga Devi were not always on good terms. It was Siddharth who managed to bring mother and daughter together. Siddharth and Roshni are constantly put under tests to prove their love or sacrifice their love in-order to bring happiness of some sort within the house.
An unfortunate event occurs where Durga Devi loses her life in trying to save her daughter and Siddharth. Roshni blames Siddharth for her mother’s death. She keeps a distance from Siddharth and soon leaves Mumbai. We are then hit with another shock as Siddharth finds outs that Roshni has met with an accident and has passed on.
The Jamai Raja series recently took a leap where we see a broken Siddharth who is still in love with Roshini and is depressed about his loss. He finds himself doing business with Ragini. Ragini is a strong minded mysterious young women who is successful in her career. She never meets with Siddharth who is trying to do business with her. Ito viewers it’s revealed that Ragini is not only a Roshni look alike, but is actually Roshni who is trying to run away from her past and start anew.
Neil is a new character who is introduced to Jami Raja as a successful business man who is very close to Ragini.
Siddharth finally meets the mysterious Ragini and he is shocked to find out that she is Roshini. He breaks down as he finds out the truth that Roshni had lied about her death. While Siddharth is caught up trying to help another new character, Aanya, Roshni agrees to get married to Niel.
Roshni’s decision breaks Siddharth down even more, he then tries to reconcile their lost love.
Will Roshni and Siddharth be happy together again?
Kaala Teeka
Monday – Saturday – 19:30 CAT
Kaala Teeka is the story of Vishwaveer Jha and his quest to keep his only daughter, Gauri safe and protected. Vishwaveer discovered that a baby girl who has been abandoned is able to protect his only daughter Gauri from a curse on his linage.
The show has taken a 14 year leap. The show now portrays Kaali and Gauri grown up, following the same superstitious beliefs. While Kaali will grow up to be a young woman with a golden voice, Gauri will be seen reaping rewards of Kaali's vocal talents posing as a singing sensation while Kaali sings in the background. It will be love at first 'hearing' for handsome Yug who will instantly fall for Gauri's voice. He later finds out that it his best friends, Kaali’s voice that he loves so much.
Kaali and Yug grow closer and closer together, while Vishwaveer plans the wedding of his daughter Gauri to Yug. The families plan a double wedding in the house, Yug and Gauri and Neelkant and Sirmila. Kaali later finds out that her beloved Manji Maa is alive, but she is unable to remember who she is.
Whilst this happens Yug finds his Sita that he has been searching for all these years, despite Kaali trying to hid the truth from him. Yug and Kaali soon realise the love that they have for one another. Kaali being the kind-hearted towards Gauri, chooses to sacrifice the love she has for Yug, so that Gauri can marry him and be happy with the man she has accepted to be her groom.
During all the planning and preparations, Manjiri regains her memory. She manages to bring the two love birds, Yug and Kaali together. Vishwaveer is forced to accept their proposed marriage. Upon hearing this Gauri is furious as she feels that Kaali had betrayed her.
Kaali and Manjiri then manage to break Vishwaveer’s belief in superstition and he finally sees Kaali as his daughter who always wishes the best for his family and others.
Yug’s grandmother is equally furious over the marriage plans of Yug and Kali. She teams up with Gauri to ruin Kaali’s happiness. They manage to make the family believe that Yug and Gauri have got married and that Kali had betrayed everyone and married Arjun, a villain that was placed in Kaali’s life.
Will Kaali be able to prove that she has not betrayed anyone and that she had in fact got married to Yug and not Gauri…?
Kumkum Bhagya
Monday – Saturday – 20:00 CAT
'Kumkum Bhagya' is a show following the life of a Punjabi matriarch Sarla Arora who runs a marriage hall and lives with the hope of seeing her two daughters Pragya and Bulbul who're poles apart, happily married someday.
Pragya, the elder daughter, who is practical, hardworking and committed to supporting her family. Although she's barely finished her own studies, she teaches at a college to ensure that her mother Sarla's meager earnings from the 'Kumkum Bhagya' marriage hall never fall short in making the two ends meet. In the midst of all this pressure on her, she's forgotten how to unwind or pursue any passions of her own. Bulbul, is the younger daughter who has her head in the clouds. She's vivacious, smart, stylish and a complete dreamer. The show takes us through the lives of these 2 sisters, their hopes dreams and aspirations.
Simultaneously runs the story of Abhi who is Rockstar with a cult following of his own. Abhi’s grandmother, someone who he idolises and will never go against brings traditional pragya into their house as rockstar Abhi’s wife. At first the two put on an act to love each other in order to keep Abhi’s grandmother happy and cover up the real truth that Abhi already has a girlfriend from before their marriage.
As time passes Pragya realises that Tanya, Abhi’s girlfriend, is only with Abhi for his money and fame. She then sets out to expose Tanya’s true intentions. Whilst this happens Pragya slowly falls in love with Abhi who starts to slowly treat her as his wife, and so the unconfessed love story between the two begins. A story that is filled with twists and turns that finally bring the two together only to be separated again.
Following the story, Pragya is assumed dead as an unfortunate event takes place. She comes back to the house with her new look, new attitude and an even stronger plan to reveal Tannu and Alia’s intentions of getting hold of Abhi’s money. She takes over the household and claims that she does not have any feelings for anyone including Abhi. She does this in order to avoid suspicion from Tanu and Alia. Tannu has Abhi wrapped around her finger as she claims to be carrying his child.
One by one characters who try to reveal the truth about Tannu and/or Aliya are put under strain as Tannu and Aliya fight back. Pragya manages to stop the wedding between Abhi and Tannu.
Abhi and Pragya slowly grow closer and closer to one another again. This infuriates Tannu even more and so she decides to end Pragya’s story once and for all.
Will she succeed in her evil intensions?
