Published 22:30 IST, November 26th 2019

Beyhadh 2's Maya has introduced multiple firsts in Indian daily soap

There is nothing more different on TV than Maya. Jennifer Winget reprises her role as Beyhadh 2's Maya. Read to know about trends introduced by Beyhadh.

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Beyhadh 2 is all set to premiere on December 2. show will reportedly replace Amitabh Bachchan's quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati. show features Jennifer Winget who will reprise her role as psychotic Maya from first season. Beyhadh 2's cast, or than Jennifer, is fully new. Ashish Choudhary and Shivin Narang have replaced Kushal Tandon and Aneri Vajani. 

first season of Beyhadh was a raging success with audience. This seems to have inspired makers to come with a second season where Jennifer Winget will play role of Maya Mehrotra once again. show had a very different kind of content than what Indian audience is used to seeing on-screen. Beyhadh 2 has breached many boundaries and successfully delivered a thriller. It also introduced a few new ideas.

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Beyhadh has a flawed character as its pivotal character

While most Indian daily soaps have positive heroines as ir lead, Beyhadh is wholly different with an antagonist for its lead character. usual female lead characters in Indian daily soaps are apparently devoid of flaws and think about general good of humanity. But Maya is very different from se kinds of heroines. She is obsessed with her lover. She also commits a lot of murders including that of her far, mor, and mor-in-law. She makes mistakes, but makers attempt to make light of character's misdeeds. 

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Beyhadh has a lot of dark scenes

To capture essence of Maya's obsession and backstory, Beyhadh had a lot of dark and gory scenes. Maya had even killed her mor-in-law by trapping her in a box-bed and sleeping on it whole night. Such dark scenes have never before been portrayed on-screen in Indian daily soaps. 

Beyhadh's antagonist was more popular than positive character

Beyhadh also broke a trend in Indian television. Usually, positive and "good" people are loved by audience. But it seems that Jennifer Winget's Maya was more loved and appreciated than Saanjh, played by Aneri Vajani. response to Maya's character was particularly overwhelming, eugh to inspire makers to come with a second season featuring antagonist in a pivotal role. 

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Actor Jennifer Winget has reportedly promised her fans with a "darker, scarier, crazier" version w. Beyhadh 2's promo also lives up to Jennifer's statement showing a Maya who is more neurotic than that from  first season. While Maya from first season was obsessed with love, Beyhadh 2's Maya is obsessed with revenge. 

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Watch Beyhadh 2's promos here:

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20:44 IST, November 26th 2019