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Uttaran
Indian television soap opera From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Premise
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!
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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 brainwash Tapasya through false theories 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. Sumitra fuels that jealousy hence ruining their friendship.
12 years later
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, although Gunwanti never liked Ichcha for her status. 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 Gunwanti who gets Vansh and Ichha married. A heartbroken Veer pretends to be happy with Tapasya. Sumitra and Tapasya causes a terrible misunderstanding between Vansh and Ichcha. One day, 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 Gunwanti, in turn, blames Ichha. Veer explains how Tapasya tried to kill Ichha and is responsible for Vansh's death, 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. Tapasya ends up in a chawl and faces miserable life. After few months she is taken back by Jogi. Sumitra and Tapasya plans a fake pregnancy drama to seperate Veer and Ichcha. But Tapasya is really pregnant but after few days she realises that she is pregnant with Rathore's child. Ichcha gives her 15 days to reveal the truth to everyone. Gunwanti believes that Tapasya is carrying Veer's child and is just being sweet to her for the baby. Later Ichcha and Tapasya reunites to stop Satya and Sanchi from harming Veer and others. However Tapasya can't lose Veer so she tries to create a misunderstanding but gets exposed. She delivers Mukta, whom she unintentionally leaves in an orphanage to test Rathore's love. Damini and Ichha find her on streets. Veer and Ichcha decides to raise her, unaware she is Tapasya's daughter. They also adopt an orphan and name him Kanha. Rathore accepts Tapasya and they get married and tries to find their daughter. They realise that Tapasya can never become a mother still Rathore supports her. Ichha delivers a boy but Sumitra and her son Pushkar steal him and bribe the nurse to tell Ichcha that the boy was stillborn.
Rathore bumps into and takes the baby from Pushkar who was trying to abandon it somewhere. He and Tapasya adopt the baby, named Yuvraj. Sid creates misunderstandings between Rathore and Tapasya and blackmails Tapasya, causing Tapasya to leave Rathore as she can't face his hatred. Heartbroken after reading her letter Rathore tries to find her. 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 Gunwanti to be behind all this, and Gunwanti 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.
18 years later
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 after lots of struggle restores his memory. Vishnu encourages Meethi, who finally accepts Ichcha.
Eventually, Veer and Ichcha unite. Tapasya reunites with her best friend Ichcha and her family. 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, Rathore saves her. At Akash and Meethi's wedding, Mukta tries to expose him but no one except Sumitra and Rathore 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, Rathore 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.
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Cast
Main
- 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
- 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)
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Production
Casting
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]
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Reception
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]
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Adaptations
Awards
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The series has won the following awards:
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