''Katha Ankahee'' () is an Indian television

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series. Produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa under the banner of Sphere Origins. An official

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''. It stars Aditi Sharma and Adnan Khan. It premiered on 5 December 2022 on Sony Entertainment Television, and streams digitally on

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Plot

Katha is a single mother who's primary job is architecture besides numerous secondary jobs while Viaan is calculated and cold hearted. Katha's son Aarav is ailing from a blood cancer whose expensive treatment compels her to submit to her boss's request of spending a night with him.

Cast

Main

* Aditi Sharma as Katha Singh Garewal: Aditya's widow; Aarav's mother * Adnan Khan as Viaan Raghuwanshi: Viraj's son; Katha's boss * Ajinkya Mishra as Aarav Garewal: Aditya and Katha's son * Samar Vermani as Ehsan: Farah's son; Viaan's friend

Recurring

* Sheen Dass as Rewa: Katha's friend * Reeta Prajapati as Falguni Ben: Katha's neighbour * Vishal Gandhi as Dr. Amit Rawal: Hematologist; Aarav's doctor *

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as Aditya Garewal: Kavita and Kailash's elder son; Yuvraj's brother; Katha's husband; Aarav's father (Dead) *

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as Kailash Garewal: Kavita's husband; Aditya and Yuvraj's father; Aarav's grandfather * Jyoti Gauba as Kavita Garewal: Kailash's wife; Aditya and Yuvraj's mother; Aarav's grandmother * Vishal Malhotra as Yuvraj Garewal: Kavita and Kailash's younger son; Aditya's brother; Reet's husband * Jasveenn Kaur as Reet Garewal: Yuvraj's wife * Himanshu Manek as Jeetu Bhai * Priyamvada Singh as Farah: Ashan's mother * Priti Narnaware as Amrita Mehra * Manoj Chandila as Anirudh Verma: Pyramid Global Architecture limited (MD) * Preeti Amin as Neerja: Aarav's donor

Production

Casting

Initially, Mohit Malik was in talks to play male lead "Viaan", but couldn't join due to his prior commitments. Aditi Sharma as Katha, and Adnan Khan as Viaan were signed as the lead. Samar Vermani and Sheen Dass was cast as the other lead. In November 2022, it was confirmed Vishal Gandhi had a cameo appearance in the show.

Development

The series was announced by Sphere Origins for Sony Entertainment Television in October 2022. It is the remake of Kanal D's popular Turkish soap opera '' Binbir Gece''. The series marks comeback for Adnan Khan and Aditi Sharma into fiction after

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pandemic and their first collaboration.

Filming

The series is set in

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, shooting began in November 2022 and mainly shot at the Film City,

Release

The teaser of the series was released on 14 October 2022. It replaced '' Yashomati Maiyaa Ke Nandlala'' from 5 December 2022.

Reception

Critical reception

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commented on Sharma and Khan for "seamlessly fit inginto their parts", and particularly noted the dialogue, the costuming and " en the Mumbai apartments" in which the production is filmed, but nonetheless faulted the program as "too slow with very few cheerful moments".

References

External links

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