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Uttaran
GenreSoap opera
Written byAjay
Aseem Arora
Kumar Abhishek
Story byMitali
Shipra Arora
Directed byRavindra Gautam
Nandita Mehra
Nishchal Shome
Santosh Bhatt
StarringSee below
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes1549[1]
Production
ProducersKalyan Guha
Rupali Guha
Harsh Dave
Production locationMumbai
CinematographySantosh Suryavanshi
Raj Panth
Production companyFilm Farm India
Original release
NetworkColors TV
Release1 December 2008 (2008-12-01) –
16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)[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

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In Mumbai, Ichcha is the daughter of a poor widow Damini, who begins working at Jogi Thakur's mansion as a maid. Jogi's daughter Tapasya befriends Ichcha, and they share a sisterly bond. Sumitra influences Tapasya to see Ichcha differently. Tapasya gets jealous when Divya and Jogi care for Ichcha as their child, unaware that Jogi was responsible for Ichcha's father Rajendra's death.

Tapasya is a rich spoilt brat. Simplistic Ichcha wants to open a school to give free education to poor kids. Tapasya's parents arrange their daughter's marriage with Veer Singh, who belongs to a reputed wealthy family. But Tapasya does not show interest towards the wedding as she is in relationship with Siddharth (Sid). Slowly Veer and Iccha fall in love and their families agree to their marriage. Insecure seeing Veer shower Ichcha with expensive gifts, Tapasya fakes a suicide attempt and begs Ichcha to let her marry Veer. Ichcha agrees, and Veer marries Tapasya. That same night, Veer learns the truth, and Tapasya claims Ichcha forced her to marry him, believing she is not right for him. The next day, Veer lashes out at Tapasya in front of her family and forces Ichcha to tell the truth. Meanwhile, his elder brother Vansh, a drug addict, falls for Ichha because of her caring nature.

Veer, unaware of Vansh's love, tries to divorce Tapasya and marry Ichha, who tries to distance herself from him. Tapasya tries to get Iccha killed with the help of Sid. Veer saves Iccha, but not before she gets shot and is hospitalised; Sid is then arrested. Tapasya tricks Gunvanti who gets Vansh and Ichha married. A heartbroken Veer pretends to be happy with Tapasya. Vansh overhears Sid slamming Tapasya for ruining Iccha's life. Tapasya, however, misleads Vansh, indirectly blaming him for Ichha's suffering. As a result, he kills himself. Iccha holds Veer responsible for Vansh's death, and Gunvanti, in turn, blames Ichha. Veer explains how Tapasya tried to kill Ichha and made Vansh commit suicide, by playing a video revealing the day's actions filmed by Sid, who wanted to take revenge on Tapasya. Shocked, Jogi disowns her. Ichha goes to Vrindavan. There, Veer arrives to unite with her, and they get married; the family accepts them.

Tapasya meets Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore, who falls for her, but she betrays him in a game of poker. He leaves her due to her disloyalty. Pregnant with his baby, she returns to Veer's family and delivers Mukta, whom she unintentionally abandons. Veer and Ichha raise her, unaware she is Tapasya's daughter. They also adopt an orphan and name him Kanha. Ichha delivers a boy but Sumitra and her son Pushkar steal him and bribe the nurse to tell Ichcha that the boy was stillborn.

Raghuvendra bumps into and takes the baby from Pushkar. He and Tapasya adopt the baby, named Yuvraj. Sid creates misunderstandings between Raghuvendra and Tapasya, causing Tapasya to leave Rathore. Rocky Shah, Vansh's lookalike, enters the Bundela mansion as Vansh and falls for Iccha. Jogi rescues Iccha from him, accidentally kills Rocky and is bailed out by Rathore. Veer reveals Gunvanti to be behind all this, and Gunvanti admits to holding a grudge against Iccha for adopting the two children and not giving birth to her own son, whom she wants as an heir to the family. They later find out that Yuvraj is Iccha's son and give Mukta to Jogi in exchange for Yuvraj. Pregnant again, Ichcha saves Veer from the cruel Avinash, who attacks him. Veer loses his memory. Ichha kills Avinash and is jailed for 18 years. Ichha delivers a girl in prison, and tells Damini to raise the baby, named Meethi.

Meethi and Mukta are best friends just like their mothers were. Ichcha is released from prison. Kanha, whom Damini raised is a successful CEO, happily married to Surbhi. Yuvraj and Meethi were brought up by Gunvanti and Damini respectively, and Gunvanti instigated him against Ichcha. Sumitra tells Meethi that Ichcha is alive but lies that she ruined Tapasya's life. Initially in denial, Meethi develops a negative opinion of Ichcha when she learns she was in prison for murder. Kanha reveals Ichcha was imprisoned for murder but omits that she killed Avinash to save Veer. Despite Damini and Kanha's efforts, Meethi does not believe them and rejects Ichcha. Sumitra brainwashes Mukta, who grows close to Yuvraj.

Later, he tries to rape Mukta, but Ichcha saves her. Mukta realises she misunderstood her and Meethi. Yuvraj is arrested and finds out Ichcha is his mother. His hatred for her further intensifies as she testifies against him in court, and he is incarcerated for 5 years. Veer, who is still amnesiac, lives with Gunvanti and Amla. Reformed after living in US for years, Tapasya comes back and restores his memory. Vishnu encourages Meethi, who finally accepts Ichcha.

Eventually, Veer and Ichcha unite. Meethi marries Vishnu on Ichcha's arrangement. He is actually Avinash's son, Akash, who wants revenge. Mukta discovers his truth and tries to locate the real Vishnu, a humble blue-collar worker for an NGO, to expose Akash. He orders his goons to kidnap and kill Mukta. Fortunately, Raghuvendra saves her. At Akash and Meethi's wedding, Mukta tries to expose him but no one except Sumitra believes her.

Meanwhile, Ichcha and Tapasya risk their life to save Mukta from Veer's uncle Tej, who shoots Tapasya. Fatally, Ichcha gets hit by a truck. Before dying, Ichcha donates her heart to Tapasya. Later, Raghuvendra gets the evidence to expose Akash. Surbhi turns out to be Akash's maternal cousin. His mom, Ekadashi, orders him to kill Meethi but he falls in love with her. Meethi leaves the house. Tapasya throws the pregnant Surbhi out.

Surbhi repents for her actions and dies after delivering the child. Kanha forgives her and promises to raise their child. As Vishnu and Mukta love each other, they marry and soon have a son, Manav. Meethi and Akash unite and she is accepted by his family. After undergoing a plastic surgery, Yuvraj returns as Mukta's boss for revenge. He kidnaps her. While saving her, a pregnant Meethi miscarries and disowns Yuvraj before Ekadashi banishes her. She travels to Srinagar.

Caught up in a terrorist attack by Asgar, Meethi slips into a river and is transported by the current across the border to Gilgit. Ashfaq saves her. He falls in love with and helps her in returning to India. He bids her a tearful goodbye. Akash and Meethi unite. She adopts Rani as Nandini is imprisoned because she saved Akash from and murdered his old enemy. Meethi and Akash also adopt Tamanna, whom Rani hates. Sumitra reforms.

Eventually, Sumitra and Damini convince Mukta and Meethi to reconcile, and in the end, reflect the friendship of Ichcha and Tapasya.

Cast

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Main

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Recurring

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  • 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

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Casting

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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

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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

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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

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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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  3. ^ "Uttaran actor Sahel Phull to star opposite actress Nia Sharma". ABP News. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Tina Dutta hosts a 'Uttaran' reunion at her place". The Times of India. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Tina Dutta breaks down on last day of 'Uttaran'". The Times of India. 9 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Tina Datta Goes Bold for a Calendar Shoot, Poses with a Nude Model". India.com. 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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  12. ^ "TV wars: The rate race". 30 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "ITA Awards 2009". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  15. ^ "ITA Awards 2010". Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Indian Telly Awards 2010". Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Indian Telly Awards 2013". 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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  19. ^ "ZGA 2010". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018.
  20. ^ "ZGA 2011". Archived from the original on 27 March 2018.
  21. ^ "ZGA 2013". Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  22. ^ "'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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