''Ishaan: Sapno Ko Awaaz De'' is an Indian
musical
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* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film
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teen sitcom
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created by
Red Chillies Idiot Box
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which aired on
Disney Channel India
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from 15 May 2010 to 27 March 2011. It is a musical teen drama that focuses on a 15-year-old boy named Ishaan and the choices that he makes between music and his friends.
Plot
Ishaan wants to be famous. Ishaan has to leave his school because of a fee paying problem and joins the school of which he won against the 'Karma Yatra' where everyone hates him. On the other hand, Kabir is thrown out as the lead singer of their band as he was trying to win the competition by offering bribes to the judges, and Ishaan, after becoming the friend of the band members, becomes the lead singer too. After rejecting the chance to be a solo superstar, Ishaan and his friends try to make it big on their own. The group soon learns that success comes with a price and with strong competition in the form of 'Baby Shasha'—the superstar! When faced with choices that could jeopardize his friendship with others, Ishaan makes the toughest decisions of his life. Ishaan also has a love interest, Shyla (
Anisa Butt).
Cast
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Tapasvi Mehta
Tapasvi Mehta (born 17 January 1993) is an Indian actor, director and cinematographer. As an actor he is known for teen sitcom ''Ishaan''.
Career
Mehta started his acting career at the age of 12 with an "Essel World" commercial. Later that ...
as Ishaan Sharma
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Anisa Butt as Shyla
* Kishan Savjani as Ron
*
Sana Makbul as Sara
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Ayaz Ahmed as Pulkit
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Farhina Parvez as Munmun
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Rohan Shah as Mandy
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Nakul Roshan Sahdev as Kabir
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Sheena Bajaj Purohit as Himani
*
Bharti Kumar
Bharati K Jaisingh (born 26 January 1987) is an Indian actress and dancer known for her work in Hindi television. Kumar is best known for her portrayal of Twinkle in ''Ishaan: Sapno Ko Awaaz De'', Miloni Singhal in ''Humse Hai Liife'' and Kiya ...
as Twinkle
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Priyal Gor as Tara
* Nikita More as Lara
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Shruti Ulfat as Ishaan's mother
* Neville Bharucha as Sunny
* Deval Trivedi as Bubbles
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Rajeev Paul as Shyla's Father/ School Coach
*
Arshad Warsi
Arshad Khan (born 19 April 1968) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. He is the recipient of List of roles and awards of Arshad Warsi, several awards including a Filmfare Award from five nominations and is noted for acting in varied f ...
as himself
*
Shaan as himself
Music
The Music album of the series was launched on 29 March 2011. Music was provided by Anand Ranganathan and lyrics were penned by Irfan Siddiqui and P. A. Sreekanth. The album consists of 10 songs including a special bonus track by
Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Aparesh Lahiri (born Alokesh Aparesh Lahiri; 27 November 1952 – 15 February 2022), also known as Bappi Da, was an Indian singer, composer and record producer. He popularised the use of synthesised disco music in Indian music industry and ...
.
Other than that there are total 25 songs.
References
{{Disney_Channel_India_Original_Series
Disney Channel (Indian TV channel) original programming
2010 Indian television series debuts
2011 Indian television series endings
Indian teen drama television series
Indian musical television series
Television shows set in Mumbai
Red Chillies Idiot Box