The Story of Mehek

Mehek (Essence of Life) a series coming to Zee World on April 6th is a story of Mehek Sharma, a talented cook who decides to pursue her passion by entering a cooking competition. However, her life takes a turn after she meets Shaurya, an arrogant judge of the competition.

About the series

Essence of Life or The Story of Mehek, also known in India as Zindagi Ki Mehek  is produced by Parin Media of Saurabh Tiwari.It aired earlier on Zee TV between September 2016 to September 2018 but will be making it’s debut on Zee World come April 2019. It stars Samiksha Jaiswal and Karan Vohra in lead roles.

In a new development, Zee world will be showing the series alongside a new cast assemble – The Cabella. Episodes from their series journey will run alongside the over 500 episodes of Mehek.

Plot / Full story

The story of the show is set in Delhi and depicts the journey of a homemaker Mehek and her passion for cooking. Mehek meets top chef Shaurya and while their cooking styles clash, they soon fall in love.

Shaurya Khanna is a rich and wealthy restaurant owner in Delhi while Mehek Sharma is a low confidence middle class girl. Cooking is her hobby and passion which she has inherited from her deceased mother.

Through her cooking, Mehek attains attention and importance that greatly pleases her would to-be husband Ajay and his materialistic family.

Meanwhile, Shaurya, the judge has a dislike for middle class girls and so insults her throughout the shooting of the show leading to a point where Mehek is publicly humiliated and she slaps Shaurya. Shaurya realises his mistake and apologises to her which she finally accepts.

In another development, Mehek agrees to marry Saurabh (a man she net in the show)  while Mehek’s cousin Nehal has a secret affair with Ajay. Ajay rejects Nehal and threatens her, forcing her to attempt suicide but she is saved by Shaurya. Shaurya then tricks Ajay into revealing the affair himself thus leading to the wedding being called off.

Along the line Shaurya and Mehek develop feelings for each other. Shaurya’s mother Karuna fixes their marriage but Shaurya must first prove himself to Mehek’s family which he does. On their wedding day, Mehek is shocked to discover Shaurya has gone abroad to promote his new restaurant and has taken her recipes and his parents with him. It is revealed that Shaurya was planning his revenge on Mehek all this while as he had not truly forgiven her.

Mehek decides to live in the Khanna household to make Shaurya realise his love for her. Shaurya helps Mehek’s best friend Sonal elope with Mehek’s brother Mohit. This causes Mohit’s father to suffer a heart attack and the Sharmas blame Shaurya.

In a fit of rage, Mehek’s father vandalises Shaurya’s restaurant and in retaliation Shaurya gets their shops bulldozed. This leads Mehek to finally give up and leave Shaurya.

Sometime later Mehek’s ex-fiance Ajay and Sonal’s ex-fiance Rohit abduct Mehek and try to rape her. Shaurya saves her in the nick of time but Mehek suffers serious injuries. Her family blames Shaurya and take Mehek away. But eventually, the Sharmas accept Shaurya.

Before their wedding day, Shaurya organises security for Mehek but the chief officer has a connection to a dark secret from Shaurya’s past. Just before their wedding, he reveals to Shaurya that 12 years ago, as a child, Shaurya caused a car accident and the couple killed were Mehek’s parents.

A shocked Shaurya tries to come clean to Mehek but the ceremony continues and they are married. Unfortunately, Mehek finds out the truth and believes Shaurya deceived her. She is enraged but pretends to be happily married for the sake of her family. When the Sharmas finally find out, they decide to reopen the case and Karuna is arrested. Finally all misunderstandings between the families are cleared up.

On their honeymoon in Rishikesh, Mehek witnesses a murder committed by Archie. Archie attacks Mehek and she is presumed dead in a drowning accident. A year later Shaurya returns to Rishikesh and runs into Vandana who looks exactly like Mehek but doesn’t remember him. He is able to bring her memory back and Archie is killed. Mehek and Shaurya adopt the young Neev and return home.

Terrorist Attack Track

Nehal is pregnant with Shaurya’s brother Vicky’s child so the families decide to get them married. During a visit to the mall, there is a terrorist attack and Shaurya is abducted. The terrorist pretends to be Shaurya and enters the Khanna House.

Neev discovers this but his throat is slit leaving him unable to speak. Mehek saves the day but her family is being blackmailed to plant a bomb but they defeat the terrorists. Later Mehek meets Saurabh who has been loving her since six years betraying Tanuja, his wife.

Anjali’s entrance track

Karuna’s illegitimate daughter Anjali (Aanchal Khurana) enters their lives and creates misunderstandings between Mehek and Karuna. She gets Karuna to throw Mehek and Shaurya out of the house. Karuna names Anjali as the sole heir to her property but when Mehek announces her pregnancy, Karuna welcomes them back to the family.

Eventually, Anjali’s truth is revealed and she is sent to jail where she meets Shaurya’s aunt Svetlana. They decide to break out of prison but Anjali is killed and Svetlana pretends that she was preventing Anjali’s escape. She is set free and returns home pretending to be blind.

In a series of events, Svetlana’s revenge materializes as she sets off a bomb at the Khanna house killing almost all the Khannas and Sharmas. In the end, she shoots Mehek and Shaurya who vow to return to complete their story before dying.

The reincarnation begins the season 2 of the series.

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