Kehta Hai Dil

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Kehta Hai Dil
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Directed byRakesh Sarang
Starring see below
Music byLalit Sen
Opening theme"Kehta Hai Dil" by Mahalakshmi Iyer and Kumar Sanu
Country of origin India
No. of episodes144
Production
Producers
Running timeapprox. 52 minutes
Production company UTV Software Communications
Original release
Network Star Plus
Release2 July 2002 (2002-07-02) [1]  
29 March 2005 (2005-03-29)
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Kehta Hai Dil is an Indian soap opera that aired on Star Plus channel from 2 July 2002 to 29 March 2005, and is produced by UTV Software Communications. [2] [3] The story is based on the life of a girl named Karishma and portrays the dramatic events that occur in her life, which affect her entire family - who lives in the small, idyllic town of Anand Nagar. [4] [5] The series was initially based on the American CBS series Picket Fences . [6] [7] However soon the story was entirely deviated from Picket Fences. [8]

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Plot

Kehta Hai Dil is the story of a family who lives in the small, idyllic town of Anand Nagar. It is the family of Superintendent of Police (SP) Adityapratap Singh, Dr. Jaya Singh, and their three children - Karishma, Kunal and Kiran. Karishma loves Dhruv who is her childhood friend. Their fathers have also been friends.

SP Adityapratap tries to expose the corrupt town mayor Bhandari and his wife Lalita Devi. To take revenge, Lalita makes her elder son Nikhil befriend Karishma and then makes the media print a fake report alleging that Karishma is having an affair with Nikhil. This forces Karishma to marry Nikhil. It is only after they are married that the Bhandaris' lies is revealed. A devastated Karishma vows to take revenge on every single one of them. The story follows Karishma as she extracts her revenge and exposes the Bhandaris.

Cast

Reception

Aired on Tuesdays at prime time, it became the most watched Hindi show in its slot and one of the top ten Hindi GEC overall. Despite deviating entirely from Picket Fences, it was one of the top shows. In third week of August 2004, it garnered 7.1 TVR. [9] Between July and October 2004, it averaged 9.6 TVR with a peak rating of 10.5 TVR. [10] From 20 December 2004 to 15 January 2005 it garnered an average ratings of 11.2 TVR. [11]

Soundtrack

The music for Kehta Hai Dil was composed by Lalit Sen, and the lyrics were penned by Naqsh Lyalpuri. The title track was sung by Kumar Sanu, Mahalakshmi Iyer, [12] and Priya Bhattachariya.

Awards

The series has won the following awards in The Indian Telly Awards of 2003: [13]

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