Char Divas Sasuche

Char Divas Sasuche ( Four days of a mother-in-law) is an Indian Marathi soap opera that aired on ETV Marathi. It is the second longest running Indian serial with 3,147 episodes. It was premiered on November 2001 and ended on 5 January 2013. It was directed by Khalil Herekar.

This Marathi serial entered the Limca Book of World Records as the longest-running series on Indian television. This serial created an history in the Indian Television by becoming the first Indian serial across the other languages to cross both 2000 and 3000 episodes and ran for 11 years.

Plot
Ashalata and Anuradha, the pillars of the Deshmukh family, who have been portrayed as an ideal women, deals with life practically and fights it out when necessary as they strived for the well being of their family. Ashalata Deshmukh is the matriarch of the Deshmukh family whose decisions and words are followed. Her son Ravi goes against her decision and marries Anuradha who is a very simple, sensible and a self-respecting girl.

Anuradha is unaware that she married Ravi against his mother's wish. The story follows on how will she get Ravi's support and copes up with the family. Overall, it is the saga of human relationships around the Deshmukh family - tales of love and hate, losses and victories, good and evil, strength and perseverance.

Cast

 * Rohini Hattangadi as Ashalata Deshmukh
 * Kavita Lad as Anuradha Deshmukh
 * Pankaj Vishnu as Ravi Deshmukh
 * Priya Marathe as Sona Deshmukh
 * Sagar Talashikar as Ashok Deshmukh
 * Anand Kale as Ashok Deshmukh
 * Kashmira Kulkarni as Urmila Deshmukh
 * Manasi Naik as Priyanka Deshmukh
 * Gauri as Mrudula
 * Prasad Oak
 * Sulekha Talwalkar
 * Rajesh Shringarpure
 * Bhargavi Chirmule
 * Prachi Mate
 * Mugdha Ranade
 * Smita Oak
 * Ashwini Apte
 * Abhijit Kelkar
 * Sarika Nilatkar
 * Prajakta kulkarni
 * Jayant Ghate
 * Pallavi Subhash
 * Dipti Devi
 * Vijay Mishra as Dhananjay Mohite
 * Vikas Patil
 * Anjali Ujawane
 * Shailesh Datar
 * Trupti Bhoir
 * Ashok Sathe
 * Samir Vijay
 * Vilas Ujwane
 * Sunila Karambelkar
 * Shweta Shinde
 * Anand Abhyankar
 * Aditya Vaidya

Reception and impact
It was one of the top rated serials in Marathi during its running period. During its run time, it was the longest ran Indian soap opera.

The serial has beaten many of the mega Hindi serials of various channels in the 8 to 8.30 pm slot. The serial has even beaten Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.