Kab Kyon Kaise is a Hindi drama serial that was aired on the channel, DD National. DD National is the flagship channel of Doordarshan and is meant for general entertainment. It is a terrestrial television channel owned by Doordarshan. The show, Kab Kyon Kaise was launched in the year 2006. The first episode of the show was aired on 26th August 2006. The show had a good run for a few years. Each episode of the show lasted for 30 minutes on an average. The show was aired once a week, on every Saturday at 9:00 p.m.
The show, Kab Kyon Kaise is a drama based television show which focuses on the adversities of a woman’s life. Irrespective of any era, women have always been subjected to exploitations of heinous nature. Women have been victims of crimes like molestation, sexual harassment, domestic violence, dowry, verbal abuse, etc., from ages. Even today, the time we call modern, women are not safe from these harassments. It is a shameful truth of the society we live in. This shameful truth has been highlighted in the show, Kab Kyon Kaise.
The show features a series of stories about different women around the country who suffer these tortures even today. Each episode of the show features one story where a certain woman has been traumatized by these social menaces. Being tortured by on laws for dowry, being abused physically and mentally by their husbands, hindrances faced by women who want to work towards a successful career; these stories pick up each of these issues and bring it to the audience in the form of a short story.
The main focus of the show is the struggles of relationships, small disputes taking drastic turns which eventually results in a crime. The show very efficiently portrays the mindset of the society and the lives of the women who suffer because of the narrow-mindedness of the people she lives among. The show very well brings forth the pain of a woman in this male-dominated society. Sakshi Tanwar, who has been a celebrity in the world of television, anchors this show. She gives a very detailed and heart-touching introduction to each of the stories and the crimes that are about to be shown in each episode and expresses the anguish of the women who still go through these abuses in real life.
The show has made a special place in the hearts of the audience, especially female audience, who find it easy to relate to these stories and in a way, find the show a medium to vent out their resentment. The show is an open picture of the society of the 20th century.