Kya Mast Hai Life

Kya Mast Hai Life
क्या मस्त है लाइफ

Season 1 English title card
Created by Buena Vista International
SOL
Written by Karan Agarwal
Directed by
Starring See below
Opening theme "Kya Mast Mast Hai Life" by Sangeeth Haldipur and Vasudha Varma
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
English (dubbed)
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 126
Production
Running time approximately 25 minutes
Release
Original network Disney Channel India
Original release 27 April 2009 – 4 July 2010
External links
Website

Kya Mast Hai Life (क्या मस्त है लाइफ) was a 20092010 Buena Vista International television series produced for Disney Channel India.[1] It was released on 27 April 2009 after a special behind-the-scenes preview on 25 and 26 April. The first season, which ended on 5 November 2009, focused on the lives of five teen friends: Ragini, Zeeshan ('Zee'), Zenia, Ritu and Vir.[2] The second season started on 17 April 2010 and ended on 4 July 2010.[3] It airs on Kohinoor TV in Pakistan.[4] The show is the highest rated comedy television mini series of India. It proved a major career break for all stars of the show.

Production

Antoine Villeneuve, 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.[5]

Fazila Allana, managing director of 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."[5]

Plot

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

Season 1

Ragini Juneja aka Rags is a teenager and the daughter of the Bollywood star Sushmita Juneja. At her new college, Redfield Academy, she meets Zenia Khan, Zeeshan Khan aka Zee (Zenia's twin brother), Veer Mehra and Ritu Shah aka Rits, who are inseparable childhood friends. Ragini initially lies to her friends about her mother, as she doesn't want to be overshadowed by her fame, but they eventually find out and Ragini comes even closer to the group. During a duet, Veer and Ragini fall for each other. Ritu is heartbroken, but soon inclines towards her friend, Aryan. Meanwhile, Zenia agrees to date Jango, the college bully who's had a crush on her since a long time, and college fashion diva Kimmy starts dating Zee.

Season 2

The events of the second season take place during summer vacations. Zee works at a bookstore of which Mr. Mandal is temporarily in charge. Ritu is shown to be in Ahmedabad. Zee and Zenia's mother is introduced. The season starts off with Zee discovering a magic potion which makes the last thoughts of the characters come true. When Ritu returns, Ragini, Zee, Zenia, and Veer 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

Seasons 1 and 2

Season 1 only

Season 2 only

Soundtrack

The entire soundtrack was sung by the members of the Aasma Band

Awards and titles

Indian Telly Awards 2009

Merchandise

DVDs

Kya Mast Hai Life: The Best of Season 1 was released in April 2010. It consists of 15 handpicked episodes from season 1, a special blooper reel, and free posters.

Books

KMHL fanzines were released in April 2010. There are three fanzines that include interviews with the main cast.

Season Episodes First airdate Last airdate
Season 1 100 27 April 2009 5 November 2009
Season 2 26 17 April 2010 4 July 2010

Ratings (TRPs)

Kya Mast Hai Life Season 2 received a good response, but not as that of season 1. But even if the show's second season received poor ratings, shows like Ishaan and Best of Luck Nikki couldn't reach the overwhelming ratings of Kya Mast Hai Life. The first season's response was excellent. This was due to the actors' performance and the show's stories. Due to their popularity, the Disney India offered them many advertisements and soon the show became an award-winning.The show's rating is of about 2.5. It is the highest rated show on Disney India till date.and the second seasons highest was 1.3

References

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