Kya Haal, Mr. Paanchal?

Kya Haal, Mr. Paanchal? is an Indian Hindi television sitcom that aired on Star Bharat. The story is about a mother Kunti Devi who demands a perfect daughter-in-law with five qualities, from God for her son Kanhaiya. However, as a result of a strange twist she ends up with five daughters-in-laws with one quality each.[1]

Kya Haal, Mr. Paanchal?
GenreSitcom
Created byVipul D. Shah
Written byHemant Kewani
Vipul D Shah
Virat Basoia
Directed byKedar Shinde
StarringSee below
Opening theme"Kya Haal, Mr. Paanchal"
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes424
Production
Producer(s)Vipul D Shah
Camera setupMultiple cameras
Running time21 minutes
Production company(s)Optimystix Entertainment
DistributorStar India
Release
Original networkStar Bharat
Picture format
Original release28 August 2017 (2017-08-28) –
19 January 2019
External links
Website

Plot

This story is based on how a mother, Kunti Devi's desire turns into disappointment. The five qualities she requires in her daughter-in-law are beauty, wisdom, romance, culinary skills and religious devotion. With the blessing of lord Shiva, Kanhaiya was married to Pari (meaning fairy- beautiful),Prarthana (meaning prayer), Panjiri (a kind of north Indian food), Prema (meaning love) and then Pratibha (intelligence) - with qualities matching with their names. The plot is inspired by the story of Draupadi, who had requested Lord Shiva in her previous life to be granted a husband with great qualities, but erred by repeating each quality five times and therefore was granted the boon of five husbands.[2][3] The Paanchal family lives in Meerut.

The Second Season (Second Innings) was going on air from 23 October 2019 to 21 January 2019, where Kunti's new greed of having another quality in each of her bahu leads to Lord Shiva fulfilling it by giving a boon of 5 children to the daughter in laws that is Surili (means melodious) to Pratibha, Shakti (means strength) to Prema, Chanchal (playful) to Prathna, Buddhi (means intelligence) to Pari and Dhairya (means patience) to Panjiri to complete their qualities.[4]

Cast and characters

Main
  • Maninder Singh as Mr. Kanhaiya Paanchal, son of Kunti Devi and Suryaprakash Paanchal, a successful 37-year-old man who marries five girls. He owns a saree shop in Meerut.
  • Kanchan Gupta as Kunti Devi, Kanhaiya and Kusum's mother, a loving-yet-greedy mother who asks a boon from Lord Shiva, of a daughter-in-law who has all the five talents, i.e. she should be beautiful, saintly, culinarian, tender-hearted and intelligent.
  • Ojaswi Oberoi as Pari Panchal : Kanhaiya's first wife, the prettiest of the five wives and likes to click selfies but she is 10th fail.
  • Astha Agarwal as Prarthana Kanhaiya Panchal : Kanhaiya's second wife, and Panjiri's elder sister, she is the most religious. She talks in literal Hindi, due to which she can't romance with Kanhaiya.
  • Radhika Muthukumar as Panjiri Kanhaiya Panchal : Kanhaiya's third wife, and Prarthana's younger sister, she cooks the most delicious food. She is the shadow of her elder sister and is also the translator.
  • Reena Aggarwal (August 2017- April 2018)/ Patrali Chattopadhyay (May 2018-January 2019)[5] as Prema Panchal, Kanhaiya's fourth wife. She is an expert in talking in French, and she is one who gives a lot of love. Of the five wives, she talks the most sweetly.
  • Dharti Bhatt as Pratibha Panchal Kanhiaya's fifth and last wife. She is the most intelligent of the five wives, and is practical as well. She takes care of budget of the house. She has a catchphrase, 'Soch Kay Dekho' (think and see like it).
  • Sejal Gupta as Buddhi Panchal, Kanhaiya and Pari's daughter.
  • Ridhima Taneja as Chanchal, Kanhaiya and Prarthna's daughter.
  • Aarna Bhadoriya as Dhairya Panchal Kanhaiya and Panjiri's daughter.
  • Arista Mehta as Shakti Panchal, Kanhaiya and Prema's daughter
  • Ayat Shaikh as Surili Panchal, Kanhaiya and Pratibha's daughter.

Recurring
  • Rahul Singh as Pratap Kumar, Kusum's husband, a struggling actor who is staying in his mother-in-law's house; he is sarcastic and is the funny element of the show.
  • Ariah Agarwal as Kusum, Kunti's daughter and Pratap's wife. She is very lazy, sleepy girl who is obsessed with television shows. She makes Kunti believe that Kanhaiya has forgotten her after his five marriages.
  • Abhay Pratap Singh as Khatru, an employee at Kanhaiya's saree shop.
  • Anahita Jahabaksh as Sarla, Kunti's neighbour who teases Kunti.
  • Kushal Punjabi as Lord Shiva,[6] the god himself. He fulfilled Kunti's wish but with a big twist to give her a lesson that greed is wrong.
  • Shruti Rawat as Padma/Bijli Rani, the false sixth wife of Kanhaiya who wanted to own Kunti Nivas for her boyfriend Raka (March–April 2018)
  • Abha Parmar as Balwanti, Kunti’s rival
  • Chhaya Vora as Pari’s mother
  • Runav Shah as Gopal, Padma & Kanhaiya’s fake son
  • Gaurav More as TV News Reporter

Guests
  • Ravi Dubey as himself, to promote his show Sabse Smart Kaun. He helped in the mystery case of Munochwa.
  • Indira Krishnan as Ghazibad Wali Bua. Kanhaiya and Kusum's aunt.
  • Alpana Buch as Roorkee Wali Bua. Kanhaiya and Kusum's aunt.

Background and production

Filming

In April 2018, Reena Aggarwal who was portraying the character of Prema the fourth wife of Kanhaiya, was bitten on the face by the dog in the scene she was shooting. Doctors advised her to take a month's break for recuperation.[7] Later, she left the series and was replaced by Patrali Chattopadhyay.[8]

Themes and analysis

The producer of the series Vipul D Shah stated that the series is not promoting polygamy, which is a criminal offence in India for all citizens except Muslims. He said that the show is about fantasy and fiction and they are not spreading a false message to audiences.[9] He further said that:

Comedy comes naturally to us and we have been wanting to do something really different with the [mother-in-law - daughter-in-law] angle, and so this idea came up. We want to spread the message that sometimes when you want more, it doesn’t always turn out to be good.[9]

gollark: What do you mean "satanists"?
gollark: Yeees, your constant complaints about the far right and fascism or whatever make it hard to take more constant complaints seriously.
gollark: I assume this is about the "logical personality type" thing somehow.
gollark: Try explaining the bizarre leaps you make.
gollark: What *are* you on about?

See also

References
  1. "Kya Haal Mr. Panchaal review: When an over-ambitious mother-in-law's boon becomes a bane and you cannot help but enjoy her plight". India Today. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "Reena Aggarwal learning French for 'Kya Haal Mr. Paanchal'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  3. "Star Bharat launched with a new TV Series". Samachar for Media. 21 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. "Kya Haal, Mr. Paanchal begins its second innings; enter five daughters". Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. "Reena Aggarwal replaced by Patrali Chattopadhyay". India Today.
  6. "Kya Hal Mister Panchal - Cast, Story". Top Indian Shows. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. "TV Actress Reena Aggarwal Bitten By Dog On Her Face". Spotboye.com.
  8. "Actress forced to exit from TV show after a dog bites her on the face". The Times of India.
  9. "We are not promoting polygamy through Kya Haal Mr. Panchaal: Producer Vipul D Shah". The Indian Express.
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