Profile Facts: Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya

Pratigya(Mann Kee Awaaz)

Mann Kee Awaaz Pratiga मन की आवाज़ प्रतिज्ञा
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Also known as	Pratigya
Genre	Indian soap opera andDrama
Starring	See Below
Country of origin	India
Language(s)	Hindi
No. of episodes	212
Production
Executiveproducer(s)	Pearl Grey
Running time	24 minutes
Productioncompany(s)	Spellbound Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	STAR Plus
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Original airing	December 7, 2009 - Present
External links
Official website

Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya (Hindi: मन की आवाज़ प्रतिज्ञा) is an Indian soap opera that airs on STAR Plus channel starting December 7, 2009. The story depicts the life of a middle-class girl Pratigya who struggles and fights for her self-respect against the stigma and discrimination that prevails in the Indian society even today.

Story

Love stories happen when two people have the same feeling towards each other of liking, desire and passion. But this is a love story of two people who are together for all the wrong reasons. The story is based in a small town of Allahabad, where the smallest thing happening in one’s house is known to everyone. Women lead a very careful lifestyle because men are seen as superior to them by some people. Social rights for women are not valued as much in this town and are taken for granted. Most women are treated poorly, indeed. Education is not seen as a strong attribute for a women in society.

Such is not the story for the Saxena family. Though they have their values and tradition in place, they believe in educating their daughters without any hesitation. Pratigya and Aarushi consider themselves lucky to be born in this family, which in retrospect, they are. Their father has left no stones unturned to provide his daughters the same education as he has provided for his son, despite pressure from relatives and the rest of society. They are a closely knit family. Returning from her college to Allahabad, Pratigya slaps Angad(Kunal Kapoor) for misbehaving with her with ill motives. This starts the problems in her life which she is unaware of. Krishna saw her. When he is about to, he sees her face and admires her beauty. He falls in love with her at first sight and decides to marry her at any cost even his father Sajjan Singh refuses.

Pratigya also goes out for shopping to meet her friends, unaware that Krishna has developed a liking for her. Later on, Pratigya and her family finds out Krishna is the Thakur's son, who is the richest and influential man in town. Despite her middle class background, he still respects Pratigya a lot and never bore any ill feelings for her. Krishna is very arrogant and rude, like the rest of his family but he has a good heart. The way he is brought up by his family causes him to act aggressive towards others. Also, he carries a gun around because of which no one questions him.

From the day he has seen Pratigya, his day and nights revolved around her existence. Krishna’s friends too have started considering Pratigya as their Bhabhi(sister-in-law) making sure that nobody troubles her.

Pratigya doesn’t even see eye to eye with Krishna. He doesn’t exist for her. She is unaware of the troubles Krishna creates for others if they are unkind or extra nice to her. Krishna with full right makes Pratigya's life his business. His obsession towards Pratigya doesn’t take long for Pratigya and her family to realize that there is some guy who is after her. The family decides to get Pratigya married soon and Pratigya also willingly agrees for it. Pratigya's family arranges a boy for her named Nitin. Pratigya completes her engagement with him. But later Angad(villain) severely injures him and kidnaps Pratigya. The blame goes upon Krishna. But Krishna, as he is a Thakur, had no problem. Later Pratigya becomes ready to marry Krishna to take revenge on him for what she thinks he had done including her kidnapping, insulting her family by writing Krishna's and Pratigya's name on the wall opposite their house which was actually done by Angad, saying that they're madly in love.

As a means to gain the equal amount of control, Adarsh, Pratigya's brother, decides to marry Komal, Krishna's sister to make certain that no one in the Thakur's household will treat Pratigya badly. During the marriage, Pratigya also comes to know that Krishna is uneducated. She intends to take revenge from him and stop the various injustice regarding women in his house. But Krishna, who does not know anything about what happened to her , tries his best to win her love.

Pratigya now wants to oppose and stop the various insults that women are facing in that house. She takes a pratigya (pledge) to save the respect of herself and also her sister-in-law(Kesar who is Krishna's bhabhi), whose husband beats her often without reasons and has got her children aborted for 4 times because he does not want a dark-skinned child. The new challenge for Pratigya is to protect Kesar's unborn child, but she does not understand that she needs the support of Krishna in all her fights. They succeed in saving the child.

On the other hand, Komal finds out that her husband used to love a girl named Roli, an old friend of Pratigya's. They have a big fight, but in the end, they patch up. He says he loved her before the wedding, but forgot her later. Komal finally accepts her new life, family and husband. The finally starts to get along with all of them.

One day, the house's servant makes Pratigya eat some old pickle. She gets sick and runs to throw up. Her parents-in-law think that she's pregnant. They start celebrating. Pratigya tries to tell them that she is not pregnant but Krishna stops her. He wants to see his parents happy and wants them to live in the illusion. Days pass, Pratigya's mother-in-law suspects that Pratigya is not really pregnant. She arranges a puja. Pratigya cannot sit in the puja and tells her in laws the truth. They all think that it was her plot, that she lied to them so that she could get special treatment. They throw her out of the house and all through this, Krishna does not stand up for his wife. He doesn't defend her. He doesn't tell his parents the truth that he told her to continue instead he slapped hard on Pratigya's cheek which made Pratigya cry and feel embarrest and she went away to her mother's house.. But he deeply regrets his actions... He misses her a lot and notices how much she means to him. He tries to bring her back but Pratigya's family members pose a condition- if Krishna's father comes to take her home, only then would she go. Krishna's father goes to their house and brings his daughter back instead. He poses a condition that Pratigya could only come back if she apologized for her actions to everyone in the family.

Angad, on the other hand, decides to set up a new business. He tells Pratigya's father the truth on how he was the one who beat up Pratigya's fiance and how he was the one who kidnapped her. He says he took some sexy photos of her when she was naked and would spread them around it he is not given 5 lakh rupees (money)in 5 days. Pratigyas father cannot get hold of the money so Angad says he will marry Arushi instead which she is not very happy with and runs away from home. Luckily Pratigya finds her and also finds out that it was Angad who kidnapped her and not Krishna and finds out what Angad has been asking for (Arushis hand in marriage). Pratigya confrunts Angad and gets him arrested. Her father tells Pratigya not to tell Krishna about the kidnapping and all the terrible things Angad has done because this would make Krishna angry and he would end up killing him Now Angad is out of prison he has set himself goals to ruin Pratigya's life.

Angad was let out from the prison. That very night he died, By slipping from the top of a rocky deep ditch Shyam Saxena could have saved him, he tried to but when he grabbed his hand to pull him up, as Shyams hand was wet and so was Angads he fell into the ditch and died therefore Shyam thought he had murdered Angad. Now Professor is in prison and Pratigya and Adarsh are trying to get Professor out by hiring a lawyer to fight the case. This has caused a rift between Pratigya and Krishna, as Krishna thinks that Pratigya is going against his father, Thakur Sajjan Singh. now shyam saxena is out of jail but for this to happen pratigya has to tell the truth how angad had kidnapped her, hearing this krishna is shocked and wants to kill her and himself tries not to. pratigya is hurt to see krishna in this state. krishna leaves home because he is upset and doesn't want to return.pratigya is worried that krishna has not returned home yet, so she decides to find him whilst finding him, a snake bites pratigya, krishna takes the venom out of her body and decides to go home for the sake of his family member. whilst returning home krishna faints and pratigya comes to know that krishna's body is full of poison. later the doctors say that krishna's condition is very critical and that they don't have enough hope. pratigya is shocked to see krishna dead. she requests him to wake, all are shocked to see krishna's vital kick stars kicking when pratigya talks to him. aman says he wants arushi's hand in marrige. krishna has realized that how much pratigya loves him and together they both decide to love each other alot and will always stay together.

Characters

Pratigya

Pratigya is her father, Shyam ji Saxena’s daughter and pride. She is an educated and beautiful girl who loves helping her mother at home. She feels lucky that her family allowed her to complete her education unlike her other friends. After her schooling she was sent to Lucknow to complete her graduation only on et their rights. Like her father, she too believes that education is the key to happy life. Pratigya is very close to her mother and her younger sister, Aarushi. She is a strong girl who tends to find happiness in the small things in life.But she never understands Krishna's love for her and his concern for her and her family's respect. Now that Pratigya is married to Krishna she wants revenge from him for doing the bad stuff that she thought he had done, but Krishna did not actually do all the bad things that Pratigya thought he had done, Angad has done all the bad things.later then when she realizes that angad had kidnapped her and not krishna she decides to start her life anew with krishna in the time she has fallen in love with krishna and tries her best to prove her love to krishna.

Krishna

He considers him lucky to be born in a family where he has everything and he need not work. With his father’s support and brother’s encouragement, Krishna didn’t pursue studies after class five. He doesn’t regret the same as he feels that he has everything. His mentality towards women is not fully the same as his father and brother. Earlier he felt that women were mere objects of pleasure and comfort, as long as you give them food, you can treat them the way you want. He had never seen his mother or his bhabhi object to it, and expected the same from his wife. He feels that he is romantic and nobody can love the way he does. He felt that if he loved anyone and got married to her then she should feel grateful and worship him. But later his mentality changed. He loves Pratigya too much and respects her and can also die for her. He always supports her even going against his family also but does not understands why Pratigya hates him. He had also once cut his wrists for her and is ready to do anything for her. He believes that anything he does for Pratigya, which includes saving her from Angad and sending her love notes, is because he loves her. He also cares a lot about Pratigya's respect and her entire family.

Thakur Sajjan Singh

He is Krishna's father and loves him the most and does anything for his happiness. He is very much proud as he is a Thakur and does not treat his wife well. He does not like Krishna's respect and love for Pratigya and feels that women are inferior to men. He constantly taunts both his sons and isntigates them against their wives.

Thakur Shakti Singh

Shakti is Krishna's elder brother. He has the same mentality as his father and feels women are inferior to men. He is very proud to be a Thakur and did not like Krishna marrying a Kayasth girl and respecting and loving her too much. He does not treat his wife, Kesar, well and beats her up, often for no apparent reason. He is afraid that he will have a dark-complexioned child like Kesar and quietly aborts her pregnancies and pretends to his family that she is infertile.

Komal Singh

Komal is the younger sister of Krishna and youngest sibling in the Thakur family. She is married to Pratigya’s brother, Adarsh. Like all other members of her family, she is an aggressive girl who does not respect elders or social norms. She is blunt and has an abrasive personality.

Amma

Sajjan's Singh's mother is the eldest member of the Thakur family. She doesn't talk and uses a bell to gain attention. She gets as little respect as the other woman of the Thakur household from the men.

Daadi/Maa

Shyam Saxena's mother, whom the children refer to as Daadi, is an educated woman with sound common sense. She gives advice and voices her opinion on everything. She loves her grandson more than anyone else and takes full credit of his upbringing. She has a sharp tongue and constantly complains about something or the other.

Shyam Saxena

Professor Shyam Saxena is respected in the community and known for his principles and ethics. He is proud of the fact that even though they stay in a small town, he has not discriminated among his children. He values education highly and educated his daughters against the advice of his relatives and friends. he kills angad to protect aarushi. he is then guilty and confesses his crime and is arrested

Naina Saxena

Professor Saxena's wife Naina, treats komal like a daughter and she loves her children. Always tries to keep peace between the families - agreeing with the views of both her husband and her in-laws.

Adarsh Saxena

The eldest child of Saxena household, Adarsh is a simple and decent young man. He adores his family and is the typical obedient and successful son. He works in a bank and is happy that he can contribute to the family and lessen his father’s burden. He takes full responsibility of getting his sisters married. He is an introvert and hence is uncomfortable with public displays of affection or being in the center of too much attention. He is very protective about his sisters but always supports them as far as education is concerned. Like his sister, he too believes that discussion rather than violence can resolve issues. When he is troubled, he prefers to be quiet and aloof. Adarsh is an ideal son and a good brother as he protects his family from angads evilness

Aarushi Saxena

The youngest in the Saxena family, Aarushi, is very romantic. She feels love is a fairy tale. And everything is fair in love. As she is the youngest, the family always take her helping hand to complete their work. She treats Pratigya more like a friend than an older sister. She is very fun-loving, but she does not hesitate to give her insight in tough situations. Now she has met the lawyer.

Angad Yadav

He is a local goon who does not respect women. Pratigya had slapped him on a public train because of teasing her and that's why he wants to take revenge on Pratigya and also Krishna, who supports and loves Pratigya. He broke Pratigya's engagement by severely injuring fiancé, and kidnapped her and created many troubles for her so that Pratigya blames Krishna for these and hates him and misunderstands his true love. He admitted that he is one of Pratigya's deewana. Now he is set to destroy Pratigya's married life by blackmailing her family. He already has had conflict with Krishna and has fought with him. Fortunately Krishna defeated him. He is then killed by adarsh and Shyam and after mr shyam goes to the police station and tell that he kills angad and goes to jail.pratigya and adarsh are trying to find a lawyer and they dont no that sajjan singh is against taking shyam out of jail and a lawyer did a advice telling that there is one lawyer who can bail him out of jail his name is AMAN MATHUR and krishna is beating the same lawyer aman mathur (DEAD)

Tunna and Chandu

Krishna's best friends who help Krishna out with his problems

Lucky and Jugnu

Angad's friends

Awards

Star Parivaar Awards

2010

Favourite Mazedar Sadasya, - Sajjan Singh,

Favourite Naya Sadasya ,(Female) - Pratigya,

Favourite Naya Sadasya ,(Male) - Krishna,

Favourite Saas, - Amma,

Sabse Khoobsurat Rishta ,- Sajjan Singh & Krishna (Father-Son)