Abhay & Piya

Here it is the recap of Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani that I promised. For those not in the know, this is the Indian take on vampires and love. Some parts are similar to Vampire Diaries but it has an Indian kick to it. The story so far...

Piya Jaisewal. She's our main character. Strong-willed, passionate, ready to jump into battles for the right causes. She’s also friendly and kind, she tends to wear long skirts with tank tops - no idea why, but it works for her. Her style statement is completed with a silver chain with an ‘S’ (her mother’s name started with S and its the last keepsake she has of hers) and a scarf to ward against the ever-changing weather of her new surroundings. She's managed to get herself into quite a few pickles. An orphan from Delhi, she wins a prestigious scholarship and heads to Dehradoon, in the snow and cold she meets Misha Dobrial, a tomboy who quickly becomes her best friend. Along for the ride are Ruhi - 'Tracker' - who is boy crazy and the college beauty 'T' Tanushree. While Misha and Tracker are supportive of Piya, T generally serves as an antagonist.

Piya Dobrial

The twist in her friendship with Misha comes when Piya goes over to her place and meets her father. Misha's father is also Piya's father. As we've discovered over the past few months, Piya's mother and Arnab (Misha's dad) fell in love during a period of estrangement between Arnab and his wife, Madhu. Hence Misha and Piya are of the same age. Misha has an older sister, Panchi.

When Piya is three years old, her mother contracts cancer. Not wanting to be a burden on Arnab and not wanting to keep him away from his family, she fakes a car accident and has friends tell Arnab that Piya and her mother have died in said accident. A shattered Arnab returns home to his wife and daughters. When Piya enters their household, Arnab's wife realises who Piya is. They have a chat and Piya realizes that her mother sacrificed a lot so that this woman could be happy. The feeling is also shared by Madhu (the mom) and she asks Piya if she's ready to tell Arnab who she is.

Arnab & Madhu Dobrial in discussion

Piya decides against this and makes Madhu promise not to say anything. Madhu agrees, but feels guilty keeping such a large fact from her husband. Piya is angry at her father for leaving her mother at the time that she needed her most. We discover, Piya's mum died when she was 8, and Piya has grown up in St Mary's Orphanage.

At Mount College (in Dehradoon) apart from Misha and company, she meets Kabir, Misha’s best friend and all round nice guy, who is keen on Piya. They go on a few dates and this irks T, but pleases Misha who senses that Piya is very lonely, not just because she is without a family but because she seems to be caring a heavy burden of some sort.

Danesh plots.

Before we get to Abhay, some of the supporting cast deserves (and requires) a mention. Misha has recently fallen for an architect, Shaurya, who has in the past worked for her father and is now in charge of restoring a section of Mount College which had collapsed in an earthquake. Panchi’s ex fiance Danesh is out to get Piya - he was proven guilty of several misdemeanours by Piya (rape, attempted murder etc) and hence has lost face in front of his parents and family (Kabir is a cousin), he is now employed by the Raichands. Danesh tries to befriend Abhay over the course of the series as he works for Abhay’s father, but to no avail and often finds himself being beaten up by Abhay for his constant stalking and threatening of Piya. Sigh, some people just don’t learn.

Panchi decides to re-enter the workforce after discovering Danesh’s true colours, her new boss, name not given yet, is a ladies man who I suspect is one of the werewolves in town to monitor the Raichands. The other I fear may be, Misha’s love interest, Shaurya.