Uttaran
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| Uttaran | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | Ajay Aseem Arora Kumar Abhishek |
| Story by | Mitali Shipra Arora |
| Directed by | Ravindra Gautam Nandita Mehra Nishchal Shome Santosh Bhatt |
| Starring | See below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 1549[1] |
| Production | |
| Producers | Kalyan Guha Rupali Guha Harsh Dave |
| Production location | Mumbai |
| Cinematography | Santosh Suryavanshi Raj Panth |
| Production company | Film Farm India |
| Original release | |
| Network | Colors TV |
| Release | 1 December 2008 – 16 January 2015[2] |
Uttaran (transl. Donated items) is an Indian soap opera that aired on Colors TV from 1 December 2008 to 16 January 2015.[1] The third longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV, it was produced under Film Farm India. It stars Tina Datta, Rashami Desai, Nandish Sandhu, Rohit Khurana, Sreejita De, Saurabh Raj Jain and Mrunal Jain.[3]
Plot
[edit]Story revolved around Iccha & Tapasya who although spent childhood together but had differences because of their different economic background. Iccha is the daughter of a maid named Damini who worked for Tapasya's father Jogi at his haveli. Instigated by her Nani Tapasya misunderstood Iccha's friendship & thought of her as a threat towards her & her bond with her parents. Iccha sacrificed everything for Tapasya but when shall Tapasya understand that true bond knows no boundry even if it lies beyond someone being upper or lower. Tapasya's Uttaran(her discards) make an important part of the life of Iccha whereas Iccha has only love to give to Tapasya, all of this make the crux of the story called Uttaran!
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Tina Datta as Ichcha Singh Bundela (née Bharti) (2009-2013) (dead) / Meethi Chatterjee (née Singh Bundela) (2012-2015)
- Sparsh Khanchandani as Ichcha Bharti (2008-2009)
- Rashami Desai as Tapasya Pratap Rathore aka Tapu (formerly Singh Bundela) (née Thakur) (2009-2014)
- Ishita Panchal as Tapasya Thakur (2008-2009)
- Nandish Sandhu / Vikas Bhalla as Veer Singh Bundela (2009-2012) / (2012-2013)
- Rohit Khurana as Vansh Singh Bundela (2009-2010) (dead) / Rocky Shah (2010-2011) (dead)
- Gaurav Chopra as Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore (2010-2014)
- Sreejita De as Mukta Kashyap (née Pratap Rathore) (2012-2015)
- Sourabh Raaj Jain / Bharat Chawda as Yuvraj Singh Bundela aka Yuvaan (2012-2013) / (2014) (after plastic surgery)
- Mrunal Jain as Aakash Chatterjee (2013-2015)
- Ajay Chaudhary as Vishnu Kashyap (2013-2015)
Recurring
[edit]- Vaishali Thakkar as Damini Bharti (2008-2015)
- Sunil Chauhan as Rajendra Bharti (2009)
- Pragati Mehra / Pyumori Mehta Ghosh as Divya Thakur (née Jaiswal) (2008-2014) / (2014)
- Ayub Khan as Jogi Thakur (2008–2014)
- Pratima Kazmi as Sumitra Devi Jaiswal (2008–2015)
- Arun Singh Sharma as Pushkar Jaiswal (2008–2012)
- Akanksha Awasthi as Rohini Jaiswal (2009–2013)
- Akhil Mishra as Umed Singh Bundela (2009–2013)
- Beena Banerjee as Gunvanti Bundela (2009–2015)
- Shamim Sheikh as Baldev Singh Bundela (2009–2013)
- Pawan Mahendru as Kasa Seth: Bundela family's maid (2009–2014)
- Sunil Sinha / Kiran Karmarkar as Tej Singh Bundela (2009–2013)
- Sharhaan Singh as Siddharth aka Sid (2009–2012)
- Rishina Kandhari as Malvika Pratap Rathore (2014–2015)
- Vividha Kirti as Ambika Chatterjee (née Pratap Rathore) (2013–2015)
- Varun Toorkey as Sankrant Chatterjee (2013–2015)
- Gaurav S Bajaj as Aman Verma (2012)
- Chaitanya Choudhury as Kanha Chatterjee/Singh Bundela (2012–2014)
- Pranitaa Pandit as Surbhi Chatterjee/Singh Bundela (née Yadav) (2012–2013) (Dead)
- Raj Singh Verma as Avinash Chatterjee (2011–2012)
- Krutika Desai Khan as Ekadashi Chatterjee (née Yadav) (2012–2015)
- Arishfa Khan as Rani Chatterjee (2014–2015)
- Unknown as Tamanna Chatterjee (2015)
- Rumi Khan as Nirbhay Yadav (2013)
- Arti Singh as Kajri Yadav (2013–2014)
- Girija Shankar as Agarth Yadav (2013)
- Neena Singh as Gomati Yadav (2013–2015)
- Hetal Yadav as Pavitra Yadav (2013–2014)
- Sonica Handa as Amla Singh Bundela (2012–2013)
- Rajesh Khera as Maharani (2014)
- Tiku Talsania as Colonel Swarnik Agnihotri (2014)
- Krip Suri as Asgar Rizvi (2014)
- Gaurav Vasudev as Babar (2014)
- Sahil Phull as Ashfaque Rizvi (2014)
- Anchal Sabharwal as Fida (2014)
- Shriya Jha as Nandini Sharma aka Chameli (2014–2015)
- Madhura Naik as Nilofer Naaz (2014)
- Mansi Sharma as Saba Mehrami (2014)
- Samikssha Batnagar as Zubeida Ahmed (2014)
- Rakesh Pandey as Rizvi (2014)
- Charu Rohatgi as Mumtaz Begum (2014)
- Amrin Chakkiwala as Nusrat Rizvi (2014)
- Vineett Kumar / Rrajvir Singh as Khalid (2014)
- Unknown as Mushtaq Ansari Sahab (2014)
- Baby Farida as Anjum Jalalan (2008–2014)
- Usha Bachani as Jailaxmi Khurana (2009)
- Aastha Chaudhary as Madhuran Sethi (2011)
- Sharad Kelkar as Satyaveer Singh (2011)
- An unknown actress as Kuki Arora (2009)
- Anjali Rana as Jyoti Bhatia (2008–2010)
- Shivshakti Sachdev as Lali Bhatia: (2009)
- An unknown actor as Maharaj Karvansh: Thakur family's maid (2008–2009)
- Priya Marathe as Ruby Shekhawat (2011–2012)
- Harsha Khandeparkar as Sanchi Singh (2011)
- Apurva as Kinjal (2010)
- Nikita Sharma as Masoom (2010)
- Arun Bali as Godman (2014)
- Vikas Sethi as Inspector Abeeran Mattoo (2010)
- Nikhil Arya as Inspector Suryakant Tarte (2011–2012)
Production
[edit]Casting
[edit]The show initially starred Sparsh Khanchandani as young Ichcha with Ishita Panchal as young Tapasya in December 2008 to June 2009.[4]
It later took a generation leap and from June 2009 to March 2012, it focused on the characters of Ichcha, Tapasya, Veer and Vansh played by Tina Datta, Rashami Desai, Nandish Sandhu and Rohit Khurana respectively.[5][6] Sandhu quit the show as he doesn't want to be the part of 18 years leap and was replaced by Vikas Bhalla in 2012.[7]
Another 18-year leap was introduced in March 2012 and then the story centered around the life of Meethi, Mukta, Yuvraj, Akash and Vishnu portrayed by Tina Datta, Sreejita De, Saurabh Raj Jain, Mrunal Jain and Ajay Chaudhary until its end in January 2015.[8]
Reception
[edit]Uttaran's premiere had a 3.25 target rating point (TRP) and it became one of the top-rated Hindi GEC, and the second most watched program of Colors TV after Balika Vadhu at the time.[9][10][11] It was one of the show that helped Colors TV to briefly gain first position in Hindi GEC, breaking the nine-year run of Star Plus. From 2008 until the first quarter of 2012, Uttaran maintained its top position mostly on the ratings charts.[12]
Adaptations
[edit]| Language | Title | Original release | Networks | Last aired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi | Uttaran उतरन |
1 December 2008 | Colors TV | 16 January 2015 | Original |
| Marathi | Asava Sundar Swapnancha Bangla असावा सुंदर स्वप्नांचा बंगला |
7 January 2013 | Colors Marathi | 19 March 2016 | Remake[13] |
Awards
[edit]The series has won the following awards:
| Year | Category | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ITA Awards | ||
| 2009[14] | GR8! Ensemble Cast | Uttaran |
| 2010[15] | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Ayub Khan |
| Best Actress Popular | Rashami Desai | |
| Indian Telly Awards | ||
| 2010[16] | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Ayub Khan |
| Best Actress in a Negative Role | Rashami Desai | |
| Best Daily Serial | Film Farm | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Jury | Vaishali Thakkar | |
| 2013[17] | Best Actor in a Negative Role Jury | Kiran Karmarkar |
| Apsara Awards[18] | ||
| 2010 | Best Director | Nandita Mehra |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Ayub Khan | |
| Best Actress in a Drama Series | Tina Datta | |
| 2011 | Best Ensemble Cast | Uttaran |
| 2011 (ColorsGolden Awards) | Popular Jodi | Tina Datta Nandish Sandhu |
| 2012 | Best Writer | Mitali Bhattacharya |
| Zee Gold Awards[19][20][21] | ||
| 2010 | Best Debut Male | Nandish Sandhu |
| Best Actor In Supporting Role (Popular) | Ayub Khan | |
| Best Actress In Negative Role (Popular) | Rashami Desai | |
| Best Story | Mitali Bhattacharya | |
| 2011 | Best Actress (Critics) | Rashami Desai |
| Best Actor In Supporting Role (Popular) | Ayub Khan | |
| 2013 | Best Actor In Negative Role (Critics) | Kiran Karmarkar |
| Gold Producer's Honour for Completing 1000 episodes | Film Farm | |
| FICCI Frames Excellence Awards[22][23] | ||
| 2010 | Best TV Series (Fiction) | Film Farm |
| Best TV Actor (Male) | Ayub Khan | |
| 2011 | Best TV Actor (Female) | Rashami Desai |
References
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- ^ Deshmukh, Gayatri (25 March 2014). "TV viewers give Marathi TV serials inspired by Hindi soaps a thumbs up". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "ITA Awards 2009". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "ITA Awards 2010". Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Indian Telly Awards 2010". Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Indian Telly Awards 2013". 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "Apsara Awards". Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "ZGA 2010". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018.
- ^ "ZGA 2011". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018.
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- ^ "'Three Idiots', 'Paa' dominate FICCI-Frames awards". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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