12/24 Karol Bagh
Genre	Drama
Starring	See below
Country of origin	India
Language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Zee TV
Original run	August 31, 2009 – present
External links
Official website

12/24 Karol Bagh is an Indian television drama series that airs on Zee TV channel. The series premiered on August 31, 2009, and replaced the drama series Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann.^[1] The series is produced by Sunshine Productions, and is being shot in both Delhi and Mumbai studios.^[2]. The story deals with the conflicts between today's kids' generation and their parents.

[edit] Story

Delhi has gone through many changes since independence in the name of modernization, culture and values but there is one thing which has never changed in the lives of a middle class family - the struggle. The struggle to survive, the struggle to find love and then the struggle to keep relationships together, so as to never lose that love.

12/24 Karol Bagh - Yahan Baste Hai Kuch Sapne is the story of the Sethi family who lives in the middle-class locality of Karol Bagh in Delhi. Rajinder Sethi bears the wrath of the Sealing Act in Delhi and has to shut down his small time cloth business. His wife Manju tries to give every possible support to him. The struggle is on.

Their four children – Simi, Anuj, Neetu and Mili – see their parents as a living example of perfect partners, full of love and understanding. 35 years of symbiotic living, of give and take, the way soulmates and life partners are meant to be.

If Rajinder and Manju's four children epitomize today's generation, what is it that the new generation is looking for in their own relationships?

So who is the perfect partner... how does one find them? Can parents make the right choice of a soul mate for their child? Can one find their soulmate on their own? Or is it finally destiny that controls who we share our lives with?

12/24 Karol Bagh is the saga of the family and the aspirations, hopes, tribulations that each member of the family goes through. Yet life is bliss as long as they are together.

[edit] Cast

Simran Sethi (28) (Smriti Kalra): The eldest of the four Sethi siblings is Simran aka "Simi". She has crossed her marriageable age and the pressure to get her married soon looms large on the Sethi family. Simi is a soft-spoken and warm-natured girl. Despite this Simi is often rejected by her prospective grooms. Simi suffers from her own bouts of insecurities as she is plump and feels judged because of that. Later, Simi finds herself in a relationship with Abhinav. The only problem is that he is younger than her and also is her sister-in-law, Anita's younger brother. The relationship, though perfect, is taboo.

Manju Sethi (52) (Alka Amin): Manju is the wife of Rajinder Sethi, an honest and simple woman who lives in a 50-year-old house situated in the bylanes of Karol Bagh in Central Delhi. Manju is Rajinder's pillar of weakness and disencourages him through all the tough times he faces. She is a practical but illetrate who keeps the family going with her usual sarcastic remarks especially to her daughter Simran and often call her plump which is why potential grooms do not wish to married her and she is trying to marry off her three daughters as soon as possible because she feels it is neccessary.

Rajinder Sethi (60) (Banwari Taneja): Rajinder Sethi is an honest, simple middle-class man who travels by his two-wheeler to sit at his shop every single day. Rajinder is a more practical worldly wise man who keeps the family going with his positive attitude. Rajinder Sethi and his wife Manju live with their son and three daughters in a 50-year-old house situated in the bylanes of Karol Bagh in Central Delhi.

Anuj Sethi (26) (Waseem Mushtaq): Anuj Sethi is the second sibling out of the four. He works in a bank as he refused to take up his father's business. He has always had minor differences with his father whether it is about his career or his marriage. Anuj loves his family but has a streak of selfishness in him. Especially, when it comes to his marriage and choice of girl or decisions in life. He is unable to do much for them or have a say in matters. He has been in a relationship with Anita for about two years now. Anita belongs to a much more financially well off family than what Anuj belongs to.

Mili Sethi (19) (Hunar Halli): The youngest sibling, Mili, simply wants to rise above the middle-class clutter. She is a bold girl, focused on making something of her life. She knows the value of money as she has seen her family struggle. Thus she ends up working very early in life, doing odd jobs in fast food restaurants while pursuing a career in designing alongside. Mili is the smartest and most perceptive of all siblings. She is also a complete no-nonsense person. No guy dares to mess her. Mili often gives priority to material things over relationships. However, in the bargain loses out on a beautiful future with a young man Mohit who comes to stay as a PG in their house and falls in love with her.

Neetu Sethi (22) (Sargun Mehta): Neetu Sethi is the third sibling out of the four. She is a bright and bubbly girl with not too many ambitions in life except wanting to get married soon. She loves shopping, dressing up and looking good and loves the consequent stares that she gets from men. She consider the stares a compliment. She has her own notions about life, all centering around stars and glamour and hopes to be married to the likes of Ranbir Kapoor one day. Her arranged marriage into a rich Punjabi family seems like the beginning of a dream to her. The groom is an effervescent young man Vicky, who is liked by all. However, Neetu soon realizes that he is a rolling stone. He hasn't figured out what he wants to do in life and flits from business to business, often failing. Situations bring Neetu to a crossroad where she has to work to keep her family going.

Rajeev Bhalla (35) (Indresh Malik): Rajeev Bhalla is Simi's soon-to-be husband who is 35 years old and is a somewhat wealthy businessman. He is very ugly and is very,very fat as, Simran is almost as being seen is forced to marry Rajeev, she isn't in love with him because like almost every girl she too has her "DREAM BOY" and she is forced into marring Rajeev because for one thing it's her brother, who can't get married till she is and then there's the age issue because of which she starts to feel that she should stop dreaming and get on with the real world, then there's also her parents but mostly her mom who are worried about what the society might think if she doesn't get married. Rajeev flirts and checks out any "hot chick" that passes by or gets his attention.

Abhinav Tarneja (22) (Neil Bhatt): Abhinav is the younger brother of Anita the wife of Anuj who is the younger brother of Simi Sethi. Abhinav is a very young,good looking, helping, caring and fun type of a youngster. He is studing Business Managment and when he comes back to Dehli for his sisters wedding he meets Simi and soon they become best of friends. He finds out that Simi is facing a lot of problems in life and tries to help her come out of it. Soon he realises that he is in love with Simi and confesses it to her.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Zee TV to launch 12/24 Karol Bagh". AFAQs.com. 2009-08-26. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. http://www.webcitation.org/5jWEacmb0. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 
2. ^ "12/24 Karol Bagh On Zee TV". Indiaserver.com. 2009-08-28. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. http://www.webcitation.org/5jWEcI5Ol. Retrieved 2009-09-01. 

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