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Ekta Kapoor's serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi completes an astounding 1,000 shows on April 13.

The episode will be a special one, and will feature an appearance from the queen of soaps, Ekta, herself. She will play a sutradhar in the one-hour episode, a deviation from the regular half-an-hour show.

Audiences all over India and even abroad have laughed and cried with the Virani family, and shared their troubles from Monday to Thursday at 10:30 pm for almost five years.

rediff.com presents some trivia about the mother of all soaps.

Name Game

Would you have watched the saga of the Virani family if it were called Amma? Probably not. No wonder the makers decided to change it to Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. They felt Amma -- a name they toyed with -- was not catchy enough.

That is not the end of the name saga. Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi had already been registered by actor-director Sachin. But he willingly gave the name to Balaji Telefilms, the producers of the show. Kyunki was added because of the K factor proving lucky for the company.

The name game still does not end here! The protagonist Mihir was named after Ekta Kapoor's school friend Mihir Shah.

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Text: Srabanti Chakraborty | Design: Uday Kuckian



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