Kya Mast Hai Life

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Kya Mast Hai Life is an Indian teen sitcom television series which ran on Disney Channel India from 27 April 2009 to 7 July 2010.[2][3] The series produced by Sol Productions had 130 episodes. The show focused on the lives of five college friends: Ragini ('Rags'), Zeeshan ('Zee'), Zenia, Ritu ('Rits') and Vir.[4]

Kya Mast Hai Life
GenreTeen sitcom
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Opening theme"Kya Mast Mast Hai Life" by Sangeeth Haldipur and Vasudha Varma
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2[1]
No. of episodes130
Production
Running time20-25 minutes
Production companySol Productions
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
Release27 April 2009 (2009-04-27) –
4 July 2010 (2010-07-04)

Plot edit

The show revolves around five college friends and their daily comical lives.

Season 1 edit

Ragini "Rags" Juneja is the 16 year old daughter of Bollywood megastar Sushmita Juneja, about to join Redfield Academy junior college after 10 years of boarding school. Wary of people befriending her only for her status again, she makes the decision to hide her wealth and fame. Her mother doesn’t understand her concerns and Rags has to go as far as threatening her body guard with false allegations of laziness to get him to not trail her into school.

At Redfield, she meets a band of inseparable childhood friends: Zenia Khan, a fiery girl, her twin brother Zeeshan ‘Zee’ Khan, a hopeless flirt, Vir Mehra, whose parents want him to become a doctor like them despite his hemophobia, and Ritu Shah, who called BBB which stands for ‘Bin Baadal Barsaat’ (rain without clouds) for her tendency to burst into tears.

Zenia and Ritu look down upon the school’s most popular girls, known as the Teen Titliya (Three Butterflies) for being monied and snobbish. To avoid being alienated by her new friends, Rags lies to them, saying her mom is a kindergarten teacher and that she is a poor singer, despite her being excellent at singing. She also falsely claims her expensive clothes are cheap imitations to repel the attentions of the Teen Titliya.

Her friends eventually find out her secrets and, while initially angry, they ultimately forgive her.

Season 2 edit

The events of the second season take place during summer vacations. Zee works at a bookstore in which Mr. Mandal is temporarily in charge. Ritu is shown to be in Ahmedabad. Zee and Zenia's mother is introduced. The season starts with Zee discovering a magic potion that makes the last thoughts of the characters come true. When Ritu returns, Ragini, Zee, Zenia, and Vir have a wonderful adventure with the magic potion. But when they visit Ragini in Thailand, the magic potion turns out to be a ghost who wants to take revenge on the gang because of a mistake Zee made. Zee eventually defeats him, and they celebrate Ragini's birthday happily. They all breathe a sigh of relief thinking that the magic potion which had caused them so much trouble was gone, but it is actually back in Zee's bag. The series ends with a triumphant episode and it says that the five will be best friends forever.

Cast edit

Main edit

  • Nazneen Ghaani as Ragini Juneja[5] aka "Rags" : Rags describes herself as an ‘Ameer baap ki bhigdi hui (wealthy father’s spoiled) rich spoiled girl (sic)’. Despite the self criticism Rags is conscious of the class difference between the average teen and herself, and is desperate to blend in to avoid being befriended by flatterers and leeches. Her mother Sushmita is an megastar and father Ravi Juneja is a multimillionaire. She has a paternal grandmother named Radha Juneja. Rags is best friend to Zenia and Zee and goes on to date Vir.
  • Shaheer Sheikh as Vir Mehra: He is Rags' boyfriend. He calls Zee his "chuddy buddy" best friend as they have known each other since they were in diapers and underpants (chuddies). His parents are Dr. Mehra and Dr. Panchi Mehra. The doctor couple want their son to follow in their footsteps, for which reason he is the only one among the group to enroll in the science department despite his hemophobia that causes him to faint at the sight of blood. He has an aunt in the army named Anita. Ramu kaka (uncle) is his caretaker.
  • Sana Amin Sheikh as Ritu Shah[6] aka "BBB" (Bin Baadal Barsaat)/"Rits": She is a sensitive, sweet and girly girl who usually wears ethnic prints and patterns. Ritu lives in a joint, traditional family. She has a cousin nicknamed Guddi. She also has another, annoying cousin named Paresh Bhai. She had a crush on Vir but later fell in love with Aryan.
  • Ashish Juneja as Zeeshan Khan aka " Zee": is Zenia's twin brother. He likes flashy, hip hop culture inspired clothing and attempts to flirt with girls only to comically fail. The twins’ mother is Zarina Khan. Zee dates Kimmy.
  • Shweta Tripathi as Zenia Khan: An outspoken, feisty young girl who isn’t afraid of voicing her opinions on anyone or picking a fight. Despite her confident attitude she has worries of school popularity on mind and gives Rags advice on being cool: ‘Don’t do what teachers tell you to do, do what everyone else is doing, be yourself.’ She also hates the Teen Titliya with a passion. Zenia goes out with Jango.

Recurring edit

  • Vishakha Dugarh as Kimmy: She is the leader of the Teen Titliya. Despite her initial snobbish and classist attitude that kept her from socialising outside her posse, she used to harbour a crush on Vir before realising her love for Zee and dating him. She is very fashionable and charismatic, earning her the loyalty of the student body and especially her two fellow Titliya who always match her choice of clothing colour. Her catchphrase is ‘How downmarket!’
  • Manini Mishra as Sushmita Juneja: Rags mother. She is a mega filmstar and film producer Ravi Juneja's wife.
  • Sumana Das as Riya: She is a member of the Titliya. She is loyal and fawns upon Kimmy.
  • Romy Gupta as Liya: She used to be in the Titliya. She was the replacement for Tiya.
  • Reena Aggarwal as Tiya: She used to be a Titli, but later she left abroad for further studies.
  • Anamika Bhalla as Diya : She is a Titli. She is the replacement for Liya.
  • Sonali Sachdev as Ms. Sandra D'Souza: She is the dramatics teacher of Redfield Academy. She often gets into fights with Mr. Mandal, although she likes him. Her idol is Shakespeare.
  • Bhuvnesh Shetty as
    • Mr. Priyanshu Mandal: the Hindi teacher of Redfield Academy. His favorite student is Ritu Shah. He speaks in pure Hindi. He fights with Ms. D'souza, although he also likes her. He is also a big fan of Sushmita Juneja (Rags Mom).
    • Himanshu Mandal aka H.M Mandal: He is a retired principal of a college and Mr. Mandal's father.
  • Manmauji Mishra as Ramu Kaka: He is Vir's caretaker. He is very caring to Vir and his friends.
  • Prabal Panjabi as Jankidas Govind aka "Jango": He is the college bully, who used to especially bully Zee due to a misconception during Vir's birthday. He is Zenia's boyfriend. He is a very good friend to Disco, the canteen manager.
  • Rajesh Jais as Mr. Babyswhar a.k.a. 'Baby Sir': He is the principal of Redfield Academy. He is a fun-loving principal who believes in magic. He often gives lessons to the best friend's gang in different kinds of ways.
  • Rajatdeep Singh Sandhu as Disco: the canteen manager of Redfield Academy. He is quite friendly to his customers. He is a very good friend to Jango.
  • Iqbal Khan as Mr. Chotu: Rags bodyguard. He does not speak because he has a voice like a rat. Zee has only heard his voice. He and Zee are friends after that.
  • Devansh Doshi as Paresh Bhai: He is Ritu's cousin, he often irritates her and the gang. But sometimes he turned out to be helpful too. He is a world-class dandiya champion. He speaks in a Gujarati tone.
  • Rohit Vijay Bhardwaj as Aryan: He is Ritu's Boyfriend. He is a Mathematics Olympiad Champion.
  • Hiten Tejwani as Mr. Singhania
  • Mihir Mishra as Mr. Mehra: He is Vir's father, a doctor who wants to make his son a doctor. But Vir wants to be a musician, which leads them into arguments.
  • Sadhana Sharma as Panchi Mehra: Vir's mother.
  • Delnaaz Irani as Mrs. Zarina Khan : Zeeshan and Zenia's mother.
  • Alan Kapoor as Buzz Sharma
  • Vishal Malhotra as Maya Mantar

Production edit

Antoine Villeneuve, a senior vice-president and managing director, Walt Disney Television International India, said, "Teens today are wise and wired. Kya Mast Hai Life follows Disney Channel's philosophy of reflecting them, their families, their universe in an entertaining, safe and family-inclusive environment." The channel commissioned production house SOL to produce the show.[7]

Fazila Allana, managing director of Sol production company SOL, said, "We are excited about producing our first fiction show with a leading teen and family television brand like Disney Channel. SOL is well known for its expertise in non-fiction programming and television events. We look forward to establishing similar success with Kya Mast Hai Life in the fiction genre."[7]

Soundtrack edit

Kya Mast Hai Life
Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by
Released17 April 2009
Genre
LanguageHindi
English
LabelDisney India
ProducerSandip Sickand
Kya Mast Hai Lofe: Tracklisting
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Kya Mast Hai Life"Sangeeth Haldipur, Vasudha Varma2:45
2."Yeh Pal Jo Meethe Pal!"Sangeeth Haldipur, Vasudha Varma2:35
3."Saath Saath Rahe Forever"Sangeeth Haldipur, Vasudha Varma3:25
4."Yaadien"Sana Amin Sheikh3:11
5."Love Is In The Air"Sangeeth Haldipur, Vasudha Varma4:32
6."Abhi Abhi (The Titli Song)" 0:40
7."Life Ek Fest Hai"Aasma Band3:55
8."Rags Ko Vote"Aasma Band0:30
9."She Tops the Coolio Chart"Sangeeth Haldipur, Vasudha Varma0:30
Total length:22:25

The entire soundtrack was sung by the members of the pop group Aasma.[citation needed]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Adgully Bureau. "Disney Channel's show "Kya Mast Hai Life' makes a comeback this summer". Adgully.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Disney extends local content; launches new show on 27 April". Indiantelevision.com's Kidology. 2 April 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Serial for tweens - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
  4. ^ "Kya Mast Hai Life's second season to launch on 17 April". Indiantelevision.com's Kidology. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  5. ^ "TV's Archie gang is back". Hindustan Times. 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Mirchi RJ Sana moves to TV". www.radioandmusic.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Disney Channel launches tween show 'Kya Mast Hai Life'". IndiaInfoline. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.[permanent dead link]

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