A heart wrenching love story on Yeh Hai Aashiqui

This week, bindass’ show, ‘Yeh Hai Aashiqui’ that features unusual love stories brings its viewers a tale that will leave them touched and extremely moved. This time, the show tells the story, set in the turbulent Punjab of the 1980s, of a young girl, Preeti who is ready to be wed. But fate intervenes in a drastic manner, changing her life forever, and makes her fall in love with Raghu, against all norms. The story has resemblance to the 2003 Urmila Matondkar starrer, Pinjar.

The story begins in tumultuous Punjab in the 80s where Preeti is a young girl who is soon to wed her fiancé, Pranav, from Canada. Preeti hails from a respected family and is looking forward to get married and settle in Canada. However, that was never meant to be.

One day, Preeti is abducted by Raghu. She soon learns that Raghu’s mother has a personal vendetta against Preeti’s father and she orders Raghu to defile Preeti so that her family has to bear the burden of this humiliation for the rest of their lives. But Preeti escapes, unknown of the fact that Raghu had actually helped her escape. Unfortunately, Preeti’s family refuses to accept her as she had been abducted and they suspect she had been sullied. Preeti tries to end her life but is rescued by Raghu once again. Given she has nowhere to go; she returns with Raghu to his house and lives with his family against her wish, hating Raghu all the while. All this while Raghu has developed feelings for Preeti but he never voices them, he just demonstrates them in small gestures. Soon, Preeti starts warming up to Raghu, after noticing everything he did for her and how he stands by her side.

They soon learn that Preeti’s family is moving to Canada and that her intended, Pranav is still waiting for her there. But finally speaking up, Preeti declares her love for Raghu and decides to spend her life with him, because it was he who supported her when even her family had turned their backs on her.

The episode will be hosted by the populartelevision actor Rithvik Dhanjani.
Do not miss Yeh Hai Aashiqui at 7pm on 2nd February, 2013 only on bindass