| Maayka | |
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| Also known as | Maayka - Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka |
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| Directed by | Ashwin Verma Romesh Kalra Sunand Baranwal Santosh Bhatt Niranjan Malhotra |
| Starring | Neha Bamb Vineet Raina Vivan Bhatena Kunal Karan Kapoor Arti Singh Shilpa Shinde Kanchi Kaul Urmila Kanitkar |
| Music by | Abhijeet Hegdepatil |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 570 |
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| Producer | Dheeraj Kumar |
| Editor | Sameer Gandhi |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Network | Zee TV |
| Release | 15 January 2007 (2007-1-15) – 13 August 2009 (2009-8-13)[2] |
Maayka - Saath Zindagi Bhar Ka is an Indian television series that was aired onZee TV from 15 January 2007 until 13 August 2009. . The series was originally produced by Classic Productions, but was taken over byDheeraj Kumar's, Creative Eye Limited due to high overhead costs and delays. Once taken over, Creative Eye replaced almost the entire cast ofMaayka by ending their scene with a bomb explosion; the cast members filed a case against the channel with Cine and TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) for blacklisting them.[1][3]
The story concerns the Malhotra family's three daughters - Raji, Soni and Mahi and their younger brother Prince live inJalandhar City ofPunjab. Initially, the show focuses on the eldest daughter, Raji, who marries a police officer Veer and tries hard to adjust to the lifestyle of his family. Mahi falls in love with Veer's brother Jeet but he actually loves Soni though he confuses the two sisters. Mahi is so heartbroken that she tries to commit suicide.
Veer and Jeet's mother Durga Khurana, calls Mr. Sareen (her sister's husband) to create problems for the Malhotra family. Mahi becomes a model and Sareen's son, Shabd falls in love with her, in order to save her family from Mr. Sareen, Mahi marries Shabd, then a bomb explodes at the Malhotras' house, killing Raji and most of her family. The only survivors are Soni and Mahi.
After their maayka (parental home) is destroyed, the girls struggle for survival, Soni, through a twist of fate, marries her sister's former husband, Veer, when Shabd finds out that Mahi is not as successful as he had thought, he feels cheated and begins to hate his new wife, Shabd's uncle and aunt help repair his marriage to Mahi. Mahi finds out that Shabd's sister, Kamya behaves oddly because she witnessed her father burn her mother alive because her mother had supported Kamya's love affair. Mahi exposes Mr. Sareen and takes care of a distraught Shabd.
Shabd realises Mahi's value, Jeet marries Cherry since he thinks Soni betrayed him, when Cherry discovers Soni and Jeet's past, she begins to plot killing Soni, Cherry's plan instead ends with Veer's death, Soni is left a pregnant widow, later, Jeet and Soni marry though Soni miscarries. Mohini (Soni and Mahi's mother) is found alive and she goes to live with Mahi at her house.
Misunderstandings arise between the two sisters when Mohini leaves Mahi's home without telling anyone and reached toPatiala and try to build a maayka for their daughters, Mahi gives birth to two daughters, giving one baby to Soni as Soni cannot conceive. But after sometime, under pressure from Shabd's family, she asks for her daughter back.