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The last Shobana Desai serial on Sony was Alpviram. That was more than a decade ago. Now, the producer is coming back on Sony with a new family drama Thodi Khushi Thode Gham to be aired from April 24. To give you a brief on the storyline, Thodi... is about a patriarch, Mansukhlal Shah and a woman who challenges his claims of being superior to the fairer sex, Sneha. It is a struggle for truth between the ladies of the house led by Sneha, and the men of the house led by Mansukhlal Shah. The main thread of the story is supplemented with various sub-plots that promises to provide the audience with a sumptuous treat consisting of most of the tradition. Talking about her soap, Desai says, "it's a serial every woman will identify with. Our society is still male-dominated and women still face hurdles because of her sex." Doesn't the story of Thodi... remind you of films like Gharana and Khoobsoorat which had a strict disciplinarian in Shashikala and Dina Pathak respectively. It was about how their youngest daughters-in-law bring with them refreshing changes and laughter. But Desai insists that the story has never been told before, not in Gharana or in Khoobsoorat. "There the women were just strict, my serial is about Mansukhlal's strong beliefs. There is a reason for his peculiar stance which will be revealed eventually," she explains. Her other serial Mamata aired on Zee is about surrogate motherhood and how the protagonist Mamata gets accepted into the family. The serial according to Desai is doing well and is among the top five on the channel. She however laments that the serial is being sidelined and not given enough publicity, "yet it is doing well at No.4".
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