# Banoo Main Teri Dulhann (बनू मैं तेरी दुल्हन)
**Banoo Main Teri Dulhann** (बनूँ मैं तेरी दुल्हन, translated "I will become your bride") is a Hindi television drama series that aired on [Zee TV](https://www.edgepedia.org/zee-tv) from 14 August 2006 to 28 May 2009, running for 700 episodes of about 25 minutes each[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). Produced by Shakuntalam Telefilms, it stars [Divyanka Tripathi](https://www.edgepedia.org/divyanka-tripathi) as Vidya, Sharad Malhotra as Sagar, and Kamya Punjabi as the antagonist Sindoora[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). The story follows an illiterate young woman from Banaras who marries a wealthy man left mentally disabled by an earlier attempt on his life, and her struggle against his scheming step-sister[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Channel and run | Zee TV, 14 August 2006 to 28 May 2009[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107) |
| Episodes | 700, each around 25 minutes[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107) |
| Slot | 8 pm, Monday to Friday, replacing the soap Tumhari Disha[2](https://indiantelevision.com/news-headline/zee-to-strengthen-8-pm-slot-with-banoo-main-teri-dulhann-060808/) |
| Lead cast | Divyanka Tripathi (Vidya/Divya), Sharad Malhotra (Sagar/Amar), Kamya Punjabi (Sindoora), Rajendra Gupta (Raghav Pratap Singh)[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107) |
| Production | Shakuntalam Telefilms; producer Shyamashis Bhattacharya; writer Deepak Pachory[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107) |
| Awards | Divyanka Tripathi won Best Fresh New Face and Best Actress - Popular at the 2007 Indian Telly Awards and Indian Television Academy Awards[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107) |
| Availability | All 700 episodes stream on the ZEE5 platform[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107) |
## Premise and story
Vidya is a poor, uneducated girl from Banaras whose uncle's family mistreats her and denies her schooling[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). Raghav Pratap Singh, a wealthy landlord from Delhi, finds her and decides she will marry his son Sagar[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). On the eve of the wedding Vidya learns that Sagar has the cognitive abilities of an eight-year-old child, the result of an accident in the past[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107) • [3](https://shakuntalamtelefilms.com/dulhan.html).
The production house's synopsis frames the central conflict around Sindoora, Sagar's step-sister, who wants the family fortune for herself and once tried to kill Sagar, leaving him mentally unstable[3](https://shakuntalamtelefilms.com/dulhan.html). Sindoora, helped by her younger sisters Chandra and Mahua, torments Vidya, while Sindoora's ex-husband Aniket and son Bharat support the couple[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). Sagar undergoes an operation and recovers, but remembers nothing of his married life; Vidya's persistence eventually restores his memory and he accepts her as his wife[3](https://shakuntalamtelefilms.com/dulhan.html).
**Rebirth plot.** Sindoora ultimately kills Vidya and Sagar[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). The story then leaps 21 years: Sagar is reborn as Amar, the son of Rajeev and Mahua, and Vidya is reborn as Divya, a rich girl from London[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). Sindoora learns that Amar is the Sagar she killed, and the reborn couple unite against her to avenge the injustice of their previous birth[3](https://shakuntalamtelefilms.com/dulhan.html).
## Production and broadcast history
Zee TV scheduled the premiere for 14 August 2006 at 8 pm, Monday to Friday, as part of a deliberate push to strengthen the 8-9 pm band after the channel's success in the 9-10 pm slot[2](https://indiantelevision.com/news-headline/zee-to-strengthen-8-pm-slot-with-banoo-main-teri-dulhann-060808/) • [4](https://www.exchange4media.com/advertising-news/zee-tv-re-focuses-on-8-9-pm-bandbrings-in-banoo-main-teri..-dulhan-from-august-14-22193.html). Channel business head Punit Goenka said the channel wanted to harness its 9-10 pm audience from 8 pm onward[4](https://www.exchange4media.com/advertising-news/zee-tv-re-focuses-on-8-9-pm-bandbrings-in-banoo-main-teri..-dulhan-from-august-14-22193.html). Trade press described the show as women-centric, about an uneducated village girl whose marriage brings the scorn of a husband and in-laws who belittle her background and education[2](https://indiantelevision.com/news-headline/zee-to-strengthen-8-pm-slot-with-banoo-main-teri-dulhann-060808/).
**2008 strike.** In November 2008, a dispute by technicians of FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) stalled shooting and telecast from 8 November 2008; channels blacked out new episodes and showed repeats from 10 November.
**Ending.** Streaming-industry accounts add that in March 2009 Dulhann was set to end instead of [Kasamh Se](https://www.edgepedia.org/kasamh-se), but was given a second chance, and then ended two months later due to low TRPs (television Rating Points; Indian audience-measurement viewership figures)[5](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/banoo-main-teri-dulhann).
## Cast and reception
Divyanka Tripathi, from Bhopal, and [Sharad Malhotra](https://www.edgepedia.org/sharad-malhotra), from Kolkata, were cast as the two leads as fresh faces[2](https://indiantelevision.com/news-headline/zee-to-strengthen-8-pm-slot-with-banoo-main-teri-dulhann-060808/). Tripathi's performance as Vidya earned her Best Fresh New Face and Best Actress - Popular honors at the 2007 Indian Telly Awards and [Indian Television Academy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/indian-television-academy-awards)[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). Zee TV marked the show's 100th episode with a celebration in Mumbai in January 2007 attended by the leads and producers[6](https://filmibeat.com/television/news/2007/zee-party-250107.html). A contemporary review noted that the villainous Sindoora, played by Kamya Punjabi, became the serial's most hated character and a well-known one[7](https://hindiserials.blogspot.com/2007/12/banoo-main-teri-dulhan-meandering.html).
The series was telecast in several countries, including Afghanistan, France, Vietnam, and South Africa[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). In real life, leads Divyanka Tripathi and Sharad Malhotra dated for nine years after meeting on the show's set[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107). All 700 episodes remain available on ZEE5[1](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107).
## References
1. [Banoo Main Teri Dulhann, ZEE5](https://www.zee5.com/tv-shows/details/banoo-main-teri-dulhann/0-6-107)
2. [Zee to strengthen 8 pm slot with 'Banoo Main Teri Dulhann', Indian Television Dot Com (8 August 2006)](https://indiantelevision.com/news-headline/zee-to-strengthen-8-pm-slot-with-banoo-main-teri-dulhann-060808/)
3. [Banoo Main Teri Dulhann, Shakuntalam Telefilms](https://shakuntalamtelefilms.com/dulhan.html)
4. [Zee TV re-focuses on 8-9 pm band, brings in 'Banoo Main Teri.. Dulhan' from August 14, exchange4media (9 August 2006)](https://www.exchange4media.com/advertising-news/zee-tv-re-focuses-on-8-9-pm-bandbrings-in-banoo-main-teri..-dulhan-from-august-14-22193.html)
5. [Banoo Main Teri Dulhann - streaming online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/banoo-main-teri-dulhann)
6. [Zee TV Celebrates Banoo Main Teri Dulhann's 100 Episodes, Filmibeat (25 January 2007)](https://filmibeat.com/television/news/2007/zee-party-250107.html)
7. [Banoo Main Teri Dulhan: Meandering, Crazy Hindi TV Serials (5 December 2007)](https://hindiserials.blogspot.com/2007/12/banoo-main-teri-dulhan-meandering.html)
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