Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil

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Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil
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GenreSoap opera
Story bySonali Jaffar
Creative directors
Starring Additi Gupta
Harshad Chopda
Sushant Singh Rajput
Meher Vij
Opening themeKis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil by Richa Sharma and Kailash Kher
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes444
Production
Executive producer Vikas Gupta
Producers
Cinematography
  • Suhas Shirodkar
  • Rajan Singh
  • Mahesh Thalakaad
Editors
  • Vikas Sharma
  • Sandeep Bhatt
  • Vishwabandhu Giri
Running time24 minutes
Production company Balaji Telefilms
Original release
Network StarPlus
ReleaseMarch 3, 2008 (2008-03-03) [1]  –
5 February 2010 (2010-02-05)

Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil (In Which Country Does My Heart Live) is an Indian television drama series that aired on Star Plus. [2] It starred Additi Gupta, Harshad Chopda, Sushant Singh Rajput and Meher Vij. [3] It was produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms. [4]

Contents

Plot

The story is of two lovers, Prem and Heer and their undying love for each other. Despite conspiracies, tragedies and heart-break, their undying love for each other prevails through the roughest of times. In parallel, the show also focuses on Prem and Heer's siblings Preet and Meher. [5]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Production

Initially titled as Khandaan, it was later renamed as Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil before premiere. Sushant Singh Rajput playing Preet Singh Juneja was killed in a sequence. However, on viewers demand, during the finale of the series, he returned as a spirit. [6]

Speaking about the series, producer Ekta Kapoor said, "I would love to describe this as an ethereal story from the heart. This show is bound to ignite the magic of love and romance on television once again." [7]

In March 2009, the series was given a warning from the channel for its non satisfactory ratings to improve. [8]

In November 2008, the shootings and telecast of all the Hindi television series including this series and films were stalled on 8 November 2008 due to dispute by the technician workers of FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) for increasing the wages, better work conditions and more breaks between shootings. [9] FWICE first took a strike on 1 October 2008 when they addressed their problems with the producers and production was stalled. [10] A contract was signed after four days discussions and shooting were happening only for two hours content in a day then after which differences increased between them while channels gave them time until 30 October 2008 to sort it out. [11] Failing to do so lead to protests again from 10 November 2008 to 19 November 2008 during which channels blacked out new broadcasts and repeat telecasts were shown from 10 November 2008. [11] [12] On 19 November 2008, the strike was called off after settling the disputes and the production resumed. [13] The new episodes started to telecast from 1 December 2008. [14]

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  7. ↑ "Kasauti Zindagi Kay to be replaced". Hindustan Times.
  8. ↑ "Tough times for Tujh Sang... and Kis Desh..." Hindustan Times.
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