The new television reality show Pati, Patni Aur Woh features five celebrity couples completing childcare tasks.Taking on the parenting challenge are India’s most loved television stars and real life couples:
1. Television’s Ram and Sita - Gurmeet Chaudhary and Debina Bonnerjee.
2. Happily married for many years, the glamorous couple Shilpa Saklani and Apurva Agnihotri.
3. Recently engaged and India’s most talked about couple - Rakhi Sawant and Elesh Parujanwala.
4. On screen favorites and off screen newly-weds - Juhi Parmar and Sachin Shroff.
5. The scorching couple whose relationship is much talked about - Mouni Roy and Gaurav Chopra.
This show will isolate unique celebrity couples from their glamorous lives, and thrust them into the real world, where they will become parents
“Pati, Patni Aur Woh” is an adaptation of the hit international format by Love Productions called “Baby Borrowers” and will be produced by BBC Worldwide Productions India. The Indian version will see the couples spend one complete month in a closed environment, which will be under surveillance 24X7. There are no winners and eliminations during the show, or the public sms voting.
In this show, the couple will go through the challenging, frustrating but rewarding experience of parenthood from infancy to adolescence. The couple will be spending an entire month in a closed environment, monitored by cameras 24X7, which will capture their journey on new life discovery as first time parents.
Their journey will be divided in stages.
Pregnancy: Women will be made to wear empathy bellies similar to that of an 8 months pregnant woman, and will have to attend pre-natal classes.
Infants: A new born baby will be handed to them and they have to take care of their each and every need.
Toddlers: They come in next with their own sets of demand and tantrums.
Pre-teens and Teenagers: These are the rebellious years when parents need to learn how to discipline them.
The Elderly: Here the couple will need to show the maturity and understanding in dealing with them.
The children taking part in the show are real life infants, toddlers, pre-teens and teenagers. Their parents will be behind the scenes 24x7, monitoring their child and the couple, through the cameras, in close proximity.
Throughout the series the couples will continue to live their everyday lives - just like the rest of us. They will have to fulfil the many social and professional obligations that come with parenthood - from entertaining relatives, in-laws and guests to performing ceremonies and taking part in other activities like parties and picnics and of course ensuring that the kids finish their homework!
And all this will be without any help from nannies, house help or their parents. They will operate within a limited middle class budget.