Mystery, romance and drama... Bepannaah encapsulates all this and much more through a widow and widower’s love story that starts with the end of their happy married lives. Sangeeta Yadav talks to the actors to bring you a report
There have been love stories of childhood friends, college sweethearts, office buddies, strangers falling in love at first sight, arranged marriage by their families and even the most unfit jodis who came together due to destiny and end-up tying the knot. The small screen has always shown different shades of love stories with a twist. But would you ever imagine a love blossoming between two strangers who come together due to a mysterious accidental death of their spouses who were in an extra-marital relationshipIJ
Colors bring to you an interesting story of love and betrayal — Bepannaah, that goes on air from Monday, March 19 on Colors from Monday to Friday at 9 pm. It is a love story of a widow and widower that starts with the death of their spouses who appear to have been in an extra marital affair.
As its promo shows, the moment of grief turns to anger and hatred as Aditya and Zoya watch their partners’ lifeless bodies holding each other’s hands. It leaves the two strangers with a mystery —why their respective partners were cheating on them. Where Aditya (played by Harshad Chopda) blames his late wife Pooja (played by Namita Dubey) for being unfaithful to him, Zoya (played by Jennifer Winget) can’t believe that her husband, who loved her so much, could do this to her.
“There is a little bit of everything in Bepannaah —mystery, romance and drama. It is an intense love story and the USP is the love story begins with an ending of their love story with their spouses. It is not a regular love story of a boy meet a girl, they fall in love and get married. It starts only when their love story gets over. The best part of the show is that there is no forced romance or love. Everything happens organically and realistic. After the demise, their respective spouses — Aditya and Zoya comes together but not in a way that you expect them to. In due course, how they discover themselves through their journey will be interesting to watch out for,” Winget says.
After giving a remarkable performance in Beyhadh, Winget will now be seen playing a Muslim girl for the first time for which she has learnt Urdu and the dialect.
“After playing such a headstrong character (in Beyhadh), to get into the skin of Zoya, who is innocent and doesn’t know much about the world, was a bit of a challenge. But I have a very good team who are clued in with everything I do and make sure that I get everything right. I tried to learn a bit of Urdu to get the dialect right. Zoya, who has lived her life in a protected environment, hails from a small town in Mussoorie. She had a perfect life, married the love of her life and has a good family. She carried no baggage. Then a whole tragedy happens and how she overcomes this will be interesting to see. I feel every girl will be able to relate to her in some way of the other because she is very much like a normal girl,” Winget says.
For Harshad Chopda, who was last seen in Humsafars three years back, playing Aditya came naturally. “Aditya is very extrovert, doesn’t shy away from speaking the truth. It seems that everything is good and nothing can shake him but inside he feels weak and vulnerable but never lets it show. I understand where Aditya is coming from and why he feels three-four emotions at the same time. I feel the audience will be able to relate to these,” Chopda says adding that the sets brim with a lot of excitement.
The show throws lights on the idea of giving a second chance to relationships and falling in love again after being betrayed by their spouses. “The focus is to find out what went wrong in their marriage and why their spouses cheated. We should have faith in who we are and everything else falls into place. It is not always necessary to blame the other person. Sometimes you might not know but the problem could lie with you and was overlooked. It is not the blame game but one’s self-discovery. Moreover, when a relationship ends, it doesn’t necessarily have to be the end of the world. Maybe that end might lead to a new beginning. The story is also about second chances,” Winget says.