Star Plus: Strange goings on in 'Raja ki aayegi baraat'

When the palace intrigues of Nandini, as well as her helpers in the form of the chhoti bahu, and her son and daughter-in-law against Rani and Yudhishtir was exposed, and they in turn forgave Rudra, Bhoomi and Chhoti Bahu, it seemed that peace finally returned to the palace. However, this is a Hindi serial, and it was impossible for things to remain at rest for so long, the story needs to take a new twist. And so it was for this serial, with the creators of the serial opting to add some crazy form of twist to the story.
So you have the arrival of 2 new ladies onto the scene, in the form of Thumki Bua (Nupur Alankar) and Jhumki Bua (Apra mehta). What do these ladies bring to the story of the serial ? Well, it turns out that these are witches who want to bring the haveli along with its riches in their control, and they slowly start creating havoc in the serial by hypnotizing people in the haveli. It turns out that Rani is the one pure soul who they cannot hypnotize, but they turn all of the house people against Rani to the extent that people in the house refuse to even recognize Rani.
Now Rani has to struggle to rescue her household from the control of these 2 ladies, and she has to do this even when the 2 Buas are in control of the house totally. She pretends to be a village girl who remains in a veil and who helps out in the house kitchen. Slowly, she is struggling to try and rescue her family from the clutches of these 2 witches, but it is not easy.

Raja ki Aayegi Barat - the truth comes out now

It was an interesting time on Raka ki Aayegi Barat on Star Plus. The serial, set in an heritage mansion, deals with a family who were the earlier rulers of the region, and still command a lot of wealth and respect. There was a lot of tension about the elder son, Yudhisthir marrying a common girl, Rani. Compounded by the fact his step-mother, the Choti Rani, wanted her son, Rudra (not as capable as the elder son) to become the king.
And then entered a new actor into the scene, with the entry of the niece, Princess Nandini. She is in the palace with evil intentions, but as usual, nobody suspects her of thinking of doing anything wrong. She is upto all sorts of deeds, with trying to kidnap Prince Yudhisthir on his coronation day, and continually poisoning the Raja (Pankaj Dheer). The Raja eventually dies, and Rani finds poison. The post-mortem also reveals that the Raja was murdered, and Yudhisthir is furious.
Rudra is suspected, and he reveals the hand of Choti Rani in the conspiracy behind the kidnapping of Yudhisthir so that Rudra could become the kind. Yudhisthir furious, and threatens to shoot Choti Rani, and is about to do so, when Rani comes in the way and saves Choti Rani. In the trial of Rudra and Choti Rani for the murder of Raja, they are saved at the last minute when Rani finds evidence that it was actually Nandini who was behind the whole effort and the murder. Now things are settling back in the palace, with Rudra and Choti Rani absolved of the murder.