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The show begins with Arpita a beautiful young Bengali housewife being brought by her husband Shubhankar to meet her InLaws
They arrive Kolkata by boat ...
On the way she stops at a pooja mandap to pray to Durga maa
She is full term pregnant n slips on the steps ..she is supprted by a little boy who was at the temple next to her
The boy is called Shantanu
Arpita likes the boy n praises his mother for having such a nice son .
His mother thanks Arpita but thinks with teary eyes that where she came from children were mistakes or accidents n were unwanted .. And result of wrong doings ..
Scene moves to the locales of Sonagachi the infamous red light area of Kolkata
The prettiest sex worker..Beauty .. boasts about her looks n her fame ...
She is pampered by every one ...she sits pretty on the swing
Thakuma is the head of the Pari mahal ..which is the biggest Bari ... Or home for the good looking n the best sex workers .
Thankuma is seen performing prayers before Durga Maa on Vijaya Dashami day with utmost devotion
She is respected n obeyed by every other resident of the bari
Another sex worker Chanda is jealous of Beauty is always pitted against her .
She has an illegitimate son Shantanu ...who is the main lead of the show .
Shubu walks in with his pregnant wife .Arpita .
The new arrival causes a stir among the inmates ... Nayi maal ayi hai ..
He brings her on the pretext of meeting her saas sasur .
Beauty makes fun of Arpita's ignorance . She tlls Arpita that her husband hed brought her here to sell her . Arpita denies this but Shubu says this was right .
The wife suspects something wrong in the locality and is relucatnt to live here
The husband gets his wife to Pari and demands one and half lakhs for this woman
Beauty laughs and says pregnant women were not wanted in this profession
Chanda and Beauty argue over the price of Arpita and whether she was wanted or not
They decide to ask thanku ma for final decision
Arpita is shocked as She realizes she was being sold off by her husband
She tries to peruade him and pleads him. Not to leave her here
But he ruthlessly kicks her away n goes off
Thankuma pays Shubu the amount he demanded and asks chanda to take Arpita inside
Arpita is heart broken n disillusioned
Thakuma makes her cry and share her woes .
Hakuma imforms her that hence forth she n her child now were property of this bari .she had no other option .
Arpita soon starts getting labour pains and delivers a girl
Shantanu is very happy to get a play mate n names her puchki
Shantanu takes tiny baby puchki in his arms and thanks Durga ma for fulfilling his wishes
Precap
The show takes a five year leap
Shantanu and puchki will be seen as play mates as their mothers carry on the work of sex workers at the bari .
Anupamaa
