The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir

The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir
Created by
Based on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Directed by Vasant Valsan
Starring
Opening theme "Haste Khelte Rehte"
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 50+ (list of episodes)
Production
Running time 22–23 minutes
Production company(s) The Company
Release
Original network Disney Channel India
Original release April 15, 2012 (2012-04-15) – 2014 (2014)
External links
Website

The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir is a Disney Channel India sitcom, which premiered on April 8, 2012. The series is an Indian adaptation of the American show The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.[1][2]

The series is set in the Raj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai and centers on Karan and Kabir, trouble-making twins who live at the hotel. The series' other main characters include the candy counter girl Vinnie, daughter of the owner of the hotel Rani, the boys' mother Preeti, who is an assistant manager and the hotel's manager Mr. Maan Singh. It will air in the US on Zee TV.

Plot

The show centers upon Karan and Kabir, twin brothers who live in the Raj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai with their mother, Preeti Jaiswal, an assistant manager in the hotel. The series also centers upon the hotel owner Oberoi's teenage daughter, Rani Oberoi, who is privileged and ditzy. Vinita 'Vinnie' Mishra is the hotel's down-to-earth candy-counter girl. Mr. Maan Singh, the strict and dutiful manager, is often a foil to Karan and Kabir's schemes and remains troubled by their antics which usually demolishes his hotel in some minor or major way.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Characters

Kabir Jaiswal

Kabir aged 10, is the kind, generous, and smarter twin brother. He is less adventurous but always gets into his brother's antics, mostly accidentally, often leading to trouble. He usually follows along as he was born ten minutes after Karan, a fact which Karan uses to knock Kabir out of the "center of things" and let him do all the "main work". He is the equivalent of Cody Martin in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Karan Jaiswal

Karan is typically a self-centered, non-studious, outgoing, immature boy. He is 10 minutes older than his twin Kabir, which he uses against him – often forcing him to do some sort of job that he doesn't want to do. He has a big crush on Vinnie, the candy counter girl at the hotel. He is the equivalent of Zack Martin in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Vinita (Vinny) Mishra/ Binnie Kukreja

Vinny (Tara Sutaria – season 1, Ayesha Kaduskar – season 2), aged 16, is the teenage candy-counter girl at the Raj Mahal Hotel, who also works as a babysitter for Karan and Kabir. She comes from a lower-class family. Vinny is very hard-working, outspoken, and intelligent, but is also very selfish and a bigger opportunist than Rani Oberoi, though she always loses out when this side of her personality is shown. She is Rani's closest friend, though Rani often treats her like a "poor class" Indian. Karan has a huge crush on her. She is left-handed and one of the most beautiful people at the Raj Mahal Hotel. In season 2, the actress playing Vinnie, Tara Sutaria, was replaced by Ayesha Kaduskar. She is the equivalent of Maddie Fitzpatrick.

Max

Max (Saniya Anklesaria) is one of Karan and Kabir's friends. She is a great dancer (as shown in the episode, "Hotel Hangout"), but can become extremely bossy at times. She is a tomboy and is sometimes mistaken for a boy (a running gag throughout the series). She is very good at sports, such as basketball, and is very outgoing. Over the series, she loses her tomboyish personality and becomes much girlier, though she still retains her love for sports. She is the equivalent of Max in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Rani Uberoi

Rani Oberoi (Shivshakti Sachdev) is the only daughter of the owner of the Raj Mahal Hotel where the twins live. Rani is a rich teenager with her own private suite at the hotel, complete with a large wardrobe with several divisions and a kitchen. Rani also haves a pomernian and she calls her "princess". When she is happy, she usually claps and jumps and say "Yay Rani". Rani loves fashion; she only wears designer clothes and hates people who dislike fashion. She does not have her father or any other person to live with her to help her; instead she relies on the Raj Mahal Hotel staff for any assistance or guidance. She often lies or exaggerates: In the first episode, she tells her friends about the great wedding she is going to attend, but the staff of the Raj Mahal Hotel find out she's lying when she cheats to enter the party. She sometimes also refers to Vinnie as poor. She is the equivalent of London Tipton in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

Preeti Jaiswal

Preeti Jaiswal (Shruti Seth) is the single working mother of Karan and Kabir and is the hotel's assistant manager, who sings beautifully. She and her sons traveled to several cities before arriving at the Raj Mahal Hotel, which she called "the best ever hotel we'll like to live ever in her life". She is the equivalent of Carey Martin.

Mr. Maan Singh

Mr. Maan Singh (Damandeep Singh Baggan) is the manager of the Raj Mahal Hotel, who speaks with a large vocabulary and urbane vernacular and is often annoyed by Karan and Kabir's schemes. Though he acts as though he does not care about the boys, he has a great deal of affection for them. Mr. Maan Singh is more of a father to Rani Oberoi than her own, because her real father is seldom around. Mr. Maan Singh taught Rani how to walk, her ABCs, and tried to teach her how to drive. He helps Rani with any problems she is having. Mr. Maan Singh often makes a fool of himself (mostly because of Karan's and Kabir's mischief). A running joke is that he often just barely catches a vase on the center table of the lobby from falling. He is fondly called "Maan Singh ji" (though Rani calls him "Maan Singh") by the hotel-mates rather than Mr. Maan Singh. He is the equivalent of Mr. Moseby.

Shobha ji

Shobha ji (Sulekshna) is a 60-year-old hotel employee who doesn't like to work for long. She is intolerant to Mr. Maan Singh. She is always hastily working to get a half-day's work. As the hotel's clothes washer, she often does her work half-heartedly and then blames the machines. She appeared in all but the first three episodes. Her catchphrase is "I am tired". She is the equivalent of Muriel.

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
Season premiere Season finale
1 22 April 8, 2012 (2012-04-08) July 1, 2012 (2012-07-01)
2 16 January 27, 2013 (2013-01-27) 2014 (2014)

References

  1. ↑ disneyduniya.in
  2. ↑ "The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir back with second season". NDTVMovies.com.

External links

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