Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann
Created by	Creative Eye Limited
Directed by	Rajan Shahi Romesh Kalra Sunand Kumar Baranwal Santosh Bhatt
Starring	Kshitee Jog Aleeza Khan Smriti Mohan Gunjan Walia Soni Singh
Music by	Abhijeet Hegdepatil KK
Opening theme	"Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann"
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	595
Production
Producers	Dheeraj Kumar Zuby Kochhar
Production location	Mumbai
Editor	Sameer Gandhi
Running time	approximately 23 minutes
Production company	Creative Eye Limited
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25) – August 27, 2009 (2009-08-27)

Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann (The wealth of the house - daughters) (also known as Betiyann) (International Title:Destiny) is a Hindi language television drama-series that aired on Zee TV. It premiered on 25 September 2006 and was directed by director, Rajan Shahi.^[1] The serial ended on 27 August 2009. This serial was produced under the banner of Creative Eye Ltd.

Other versions/telecasts

An Arabic dubbed-version premiered on Zee Aflam under the name "Al Banat Zinat Al Bayt" - girls are the beauty of the house/"البنات زينة البيت", the second season aired on 16 April 2014.

The Show was dubbed In English and aired on Zee World on DSTv channel number 166.

The Show was dubbed In French and aired on Zee Magic on Canal Sat channel number 51.

The Show was dubbed In Indonesian and aired on Zee Bioskop on MNC Vision channel number 23.

Summary

Suryakant Gadodia is married to Savitri and has four daughters - Saraswati, Gauri, Durga, and Lakshmi. He is adamant about having a son to continue the family dynasty and inherit the wealth. As Savitri's body cannot bear another pregnancy due to the consistent births year after year, Suryakant marries Menka, who gives birth to Yuvraj. Suryakant abandons and neglects his daughters and first wife while spoiling Yuvraj, who grows up insolent and arrogant.

Menka wishes to have sole rights to the household and wealth and seeks to get rid of the daughters as soon as possible by arranging marriages for them. She orchestrates Saraswati's marriage to Bhavishya Kapadia, an abusive man. However, Saraswati's childhood lover, Kshitij, saves her when Bhavishya attempts to set her on fire. After a lengthy trial, the sisters win the case. Saraswati, having avenged Bhavishya's actions and revealing the truth, becomes pregnant and eventually marries Kshitij.

The youngest, lively Lakshmi is to wed Satyakam, who also helps find clues against Bhavishya, but he dies, leaving her in a state of shock. She later meets Karan, who has come to the Gadodias to avenge his mother, who was actually harassed by Menka's brother Rasik. She marries him, where after she realises his real intentions of revenge, but insists her dad's innocence to no avail. Karan completes his revenge, leaving Suryakant in mental shock who disappears by falling down a mountain. The family believes he is dead. Laxmi begins to hate Karan at this point as he did not pay need to her when she begged him not to avenge her father. Realising his mistakes, Karan sets on a conquest to find Suryakant alive. He then remarries Lakshmi after she forgives him, but soon dies thereafter due to acknowledging an ancient family secret which, when exposed, bring shockwaves to the Gadodia family. Soon this secret is revealed, disclosing the fact that Menka deceived the family and gave birth to a daughter instead of a son years before. To the family's realisation, they seek their long lost daughter only to find she has been sold to a cat-house in Mumbai and is one of the most sought for prostitute at that place. Jhumki soon begins mingling with the family after defaming them, facing her own hurdles in love and marriage due to her past. Her first encounter is unsuccessful, but she soon meets Nikhil.

Yuvraj is now trapped by another prostitute, Kajri, whom he disguises as a traditional woman, Pavitra, to fool his family and marries. He is greedy and rebukes his mother. The sisters discover his secret, and Suryakant disowns Yuvraj. After accepting Yuvraj back into the family, he devises a plan with Kajri to take all the family wealth, which becomes a reality. The property is now in his name, and he throws everyone out of Gadodia Niwas, living there peacefully with Kajri and the brothel owner, Rasili Bai. The daughters fight back to reclaim the rightful property for their father. Eventually, Suryakant pays the price for Yuvraj's mistakes through his demise. Kajri begins to blackmail Yuvraj, controlling all the family wealth while enslaving the family.

As the show ends, Gauri is married to Akash Shah, Durga marries Bhavishya's lookalike Ranbir Dhawaan, and Saraswati reluctantly accepts the alliance. Lakshmi marries a mentally disturbed man with a brutal history of violence who is later cured in Australia. Jhumki, who changed her name to Jhanvi, marries Nikhil and moves to her husband's home, facing patriarchal trouble and female oppression at her in-laws, which is eventually overcome with the daughters proving they are equal to men.

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