''Aadha Full'' was a 2016 Indian

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series created by

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in association with

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. The series comprises 78 episodes and was released on

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in October 2016. Produced by Sunshine Productions, the series starred Richa Soni, Ahsaas Khanna, and

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Plot

Aadha Full is based on social challenges faced by youth of today's generation. The story revolves around three teenager, Adrak, Tara and Kitty who are best friends for each other and live in a small town called

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. These three form a team called Aadha Full to solve mystery and crime cases that take place in their town trying to make their small town a better place to live in. The series addresses coming of age issues such as under-age marriage,

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, fair skin and beauty myths,

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, stereotyping of women and girls.

Cast

* Neelanshi Singh as Tara *

Ahsaas Channa Ahsaas Channa (born 5 August 1999) is an Indian actress who works in the Hindi film and TV industry. As a child actress, she worked in '' Vaastu Shastra'', '' Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'', '' My Friend Ganesha'', '' Phoonk'', among others, and as a ...

as Kitty * Richa Soni as Roshni *

Ishaan Singh Manhas Ishaan Singh Manhas(born 18 October 1988) is an Indian people, Indian television and film actor. He has appeared on TV shows like ''Ek Mutthi Aasmaan (TV series), Ek Mutthi Aasmaan'', ''Chandra Nandini'', ''Mere Angne Mein'' and ''Ek Bhram...Sa ...

as Arjun *

as Adrak *Aaloak Kapoor as Police Officer (Karishma's Father) * Mallika Ghai as Kamlesh *

Shefali Rana Shefali Rana is an Indian television and film actress. She is best known for her role of Asha in the television series '' Mariam Khan - Reporting Live''. Career Rana played the role of Ranveer's aunt in the series '' Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi''. Sh ...

as Beauty aunty * Nabeel Ahmed as Rohan

Production

The theme of the show was sung by

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playback singer-composer

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actress

Priyanka Chopra Priyanka Chopra Jonas (; born 18 July 1982) is an Indian actress and producer. The winner of the Miss World 2000 pageant, Chopra is India's highest-paid actress and has received numerous accolades, including two National Film Awards and fiv ...

, who is also a

's National Ambassador, had recorded a special video to send her best wishes to the team of Aadha Full.

References

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External links

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