Ek
Mahal Ho Sapano Ka, the precursor to the tide of saas-bahu
sagas that swept Indian television in the last two years,
has just crossed the 900 episode milestone on Sony.
A
product from the Shobhna Desai Productions stable, the original
nightly soap that follows the happinesses and tragedies
of a Gujarati joint family, Ek Mahal... claims to
be the longest running soap on Indian satellite television.
It still has some way to go though if it wants to catch
up with the Marathi series Damini which completed
1,000 episodes on DD Sahyadri on 16 May.
Produced by Shobhna Desai, directed by Vipul Shah and scripted
by Aatish Kapadia, Ek Mahal... is a bilingual serial,
the Gujarati version - Sapana Na Vavetar - ran on
DD Gujarati.
Ek Mahal... started its run on Sony in 1998, according
to an official release. The serial, claims the release,
commands a wide Indian audience in the UK and USA and has
been a launch pad for more than 200 Gujarati theatre artists
thus far.
A
product from the Shobhna Desai Productions stable, the original
nightly soap that follows the happinesses and tragedies
of a Gujarati joint family, Ek Mahal... claims to
be the longest running soap on Indian satellite television.
It still has some way to go though if it wants to catch
up with the Marathi series Damini which completed
1,000 episodes on DD Sahyadri on 16 May.
