Mujhse Kuchh Kehti...Yeh Khamoshiyaan

Mujhse Kuchh Kehti...Yeh Khamoshiyaan
Genre	Drama
Written by	Salil Sand
Directed by	Hemant Deodhar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	76
Production
Producers	Sai Deodhar Shakti Singh Ila Bedi Datta
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20–23 minutes
Production companies	Trilogy Krikos and Thought Train Entertainment
Original release
Network	Star Plus
Release	12 November 2012 (2012-11-12) – 23 February 2013 (2013-02-23)

Mujhse Kuchh Kehti...Yeh Khamoshiyaan is an Indian television series on Star Plus. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

The story follows the journey of Gauri an NRI who is brought up at Southampton, near London. She is set to marry her childhood friend Siddharth and is eagerly expecting for her grandfather and her extended family to attend her wedding, whom she has never seen, living at Kolhapur in India. With them not showing up, she decides to travel to India secretly and find them. Soon before her marriage she leaves to India where she meets Garv meanwhile dark secrets of her family starts revealing. After a series of turns and events, soon after Siddharth calls off his marriage with Gauri just a day before, she marries Garv and the series ends.

Cast

Main

• Mrunal Thakur as Gauri Bhonsle
• Mohit Sehgal as Siddharth Kapoor
• Manit Joura as Garv Shinde

Recurring

• Shruti Ulfat as Ashwini Bhosale
• Mrinal Kulkarni as Pratiksha Bhosale: Gauri's mother ^{[3] [4]}
• Ravindra Mankani as Jaywantrao Bhonsle "Appa Saheb"
• Resham Tipnis as Asawari Bhosle
• Utkarsha Naik as Rajlakshmi
• Tushar Dalvi as Asawari's husband, the eldest son of Jaywantrao.
• Shilpa Tulaskar
• Rushali Arora ^[5]

Production

Development

The series was supposed to premiere in August 2012 in an evening slot but was postpone due to unavailability of prime time slot as expected by production house. ^[6] The series marked the debut of actors Shakti Anand and his wife Sai Deodhar as producers. ^[7]

As a part of promotion before its premiere, the missing posters, advertisements and newspaper reports across cities stating "looking for Missing NRI girl Gauri Bhonsle" were circulated without revealing it being a series promotion then. Days after, it was revealed as a promotion for the series. ^{[8] [9]}

The series was filmed at Kolhapur in Maharashtra, India and London. ^[10]

In January 2013, lead Mohit Segal quit the series. ^[11]

Cancellation

Since its inception, the series failed to garner good ratings despite few changes in its plot and was off aired within three months on 23 February 2013. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Reception

The series debuted with a good viewership ratings of 4.2 TVR however soon dropped down to 1.9 TVR as in second week of December 2012 and dropped further the following weeks. ^{[15] [12]}

References

1. "No payment for 'Khamoshiyaan' actors till now". The Times of India.
2. "Khamoshiyaan to go off air". The Times of India.
3. "Medium of choice". The Indian Express.
4. "Mrunal Kulkarni excited about Mujhse Kuchh Kehti..." The Indian Express.
5. "Rushali Arora on returning to TV after nine years: I had butterflies in my stomach on the first day of the shoot". The Times of India.
6. "Khamoshiyaan postponed?". The Times of India.
7. "Our first serial went off air in a few months...so what, asks Shakti". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
8. "The Missing Link". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
9. "The curious case of the unmeshed story arcs". Hindustan Times. 23 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
10. "Khamoshiyan cast unhappy with shoot!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
11. "Mohit Sehgal unwell; quits Khamoshiyaan". The Times of India.
12. "Mohit's take on Khamoshiyaan". The Tribune (India) . Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
13. "New family to enter Khamoshiyaan". The Times of India.
14. "...खामोशियां' को रिप्लेस करेगा भंसाली का 'सरस्वतीचंद्र'". Amar Ujala. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
15. "TAM Results: Social drama tops TV charts". Hindustan Times. 26 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.