Biwi ho to aisi!

Biwi ho to aisi!

For three years, Abha (Suhashi Dami) has ruled the Zee TV roost as its most favourite bahu from the popular series Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli. And so has her hubby, Karan Prasad (Karan Grover) as the adorable beta. That they look good together just adds to their popularity, and keeps the audience glued to the drama that keeps unfolding around them. From overcoming family enemity to scheming family members, the most recent being an imposter, gypsy Albeli posing as Abha, the couple have been through it all — never veering from Rajshri’s signature: of good overcoming evil, and a hum saath saath hain joint family. However, the latest drama with the entry of Dr Viren Roy (Iqbal Khan) seems to be the biggest challenge that Abha may be facing. An accident leads to several deaths in Abha’s family, but she’s unaware that her bestie Nilu too has died in the same accident. Nilu’s husband, Dr Roy now seeks to avenge her death. When Karan’s on deathbed, Abha’s forced to seek Dr Roy’s help, who puts forward a condition — to marry him and fulfill the role of a mother to his kids. Abha, after much protests, agrees to the condition to save her husband’s life. This development is enough to baulk you at first, but the allusion of ‘Savitri/Sita’ for Abha and ‘Yamdhoot/Ravan’ for Dr Roy makes you forget at the logic behind the scene. It also helps that Iqbal as a formidable adversary heightens the dramatic face-off between him and Suhasi, who’s an engaging actor. It seems this track is actually what the series needed in a long time — an unpredictable turn to the story and a star presence that Iqbal provides. Yahan Main… as a family bonder wins hands down, after all remember it’s a Rajshri production.