Balika Vadhu - Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte

Set in rural Rajasthan, 'Balika Vadhu' traces the arduous journey of child bride Anandi from the brink of childhood to womanhood. Married at the tender age of eight, to an equally young Jagdish, she enters a new world which is at once alienating and confusing. Torn away from the merriment of childhood and her family, she has to accept and accustom herself to this new family of strangers, new relationships and accept her roles as a friend, lover, wife and a mother as she forges her way in the world.'Balika Vadhu' very sensitively portrays the plight of children who are unwittingly forced into marriage, in the name of tradition, and have to bear the repercussions for the rest of their lives. The series narrates the story of these two feisty, spirited, strong willed kids who together discover friendship, the first pangs of adult love, sexual awakening, subsequent betrayal and coping with the turbulent circumstances that life meets out to them.