A wacky love story with a hint of comedy. SAB launches a unique love story 'Jugni Chali Jalandhar' a new family comedy from September 29, 2008 every Monday to Thursday 9.30 pm. For the first time in the history of Indian television, viewers will trace the journey of a young educated girl breaking the societal myths through a comic lens.
Get set to spot a love hunt all the way from London to a small village called Jagtaaria in Jalandhar. Based on the prevalent innate belief that revolves around educated women can never make good homemakers, the show Karan Godwan (Vicky) who follows this congenital belief and thus is reluctant to marry an educated woman. The yarn weaves through a tale for generations until the heroine Muskan Mehani (Jugni) breaks this myth. Bauji played by the yesteryears famed villain in Bollywood Ranjit and mother Jaspreet Bhalla, which is played by veteran actor Asha Sachdev. Popular rap star Baba Saigal plays the eldest son (Balwinder Bhalla) with Sonia Kapoor (Manjit Bhalla) as his better half and Abhishek Avasthi (Maninder Bhalla) and his younger brother along with many more members of the family, in prominent characters.
The show has been produced by Tony & Deeya Singh, who have had several hits like Left Right Left, Just Mohabbat, Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi and many more to their credit. With illustrious characters and a powerful cast, 'Jugni Chali Jalandhar' will surely challenge the mindsets of people who think that educated women are not good homemakers.
Announcing the launch of the show Mr. Anooj Kapoor, Business Head, SAB said "With the launch of this show, SAB will successfully become the final destination for family comedy shows. This is the fourth show we have launched in the past 2 months and now our primetime (Monday to Thursday 8-10pm) strongly underlines our new strategy of providing daily light entertainment for the entire family. Though 'Jugni Chali Jalandhar' talks about a relevant social issue, the treatment of the same will be light-hearted without diluting the relevance of the issue."