''Meri Saas Bhoot Hai'' () is an Indian
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
-language
horror-comedy
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television series. Produced by
Film Farm India
Film Farm India is a production house based in Mumbai and New Delhi. It produces Indian Soap opera, soap operas for various channels like Zee TV and Colors TV. It is founded and established in 2004 by Pintoo and Rupali Guha.
Productions
Awa ...
and an official remake of
Star Jalsha's Bengali series ''
Chuni Panna
''Chuni Panna'' is a horror-comedy Bengali television soap opera that was premiered on 11 November 2019 on Star Jalsha and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar. It was produced by Shree Venkatesh Films
SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. ...
'',
it starred
Sushmita Mukherjee
Sushmita Mukherjee is an Indian actress and author. She has starred in several Hindi movies and television shows.
She studied at Jesus and Mary College of the University of Delhi. She is an alumnus of National School of Drama passing out in 198 ...
, Kajal Chauhan and
Vibhav Roy
Vibhav Roy is an Indian actor and model. Roy made his acting debut in ''Life OK''’s show ''Gustakh Dil''. Vibhav started as a model and has been in TV commercials for well known brands such as Hindware, Suzuki Connect, Philips and Olay among ot ...
. It premiered on 23 January 2023 on
Star Bharat
Star Bharat is an Indian Hindi language General Entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It telecasts dramas, crime and comedy shows. The channel was l ...
.
Cast
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Sushmita Mukherjee
Sushmita Mukherjee is an Indian actress and author. She has starred in several Hindi movies and television shows.
She studied at Jesus and Mary College of the University of Delhi. She is an alumnus of National School of Drama passing out in 198 ...
as Rekha
* Kajal Chauhan as Gaura
*
Vibhav Roy
Vibhav Roy is an Indian actor and model. Roy made his acting debut in ''Life OK''’s show ''Gustakh Dil''. Vibhav started as a model and has been in TV commercials for well known brands such as Hindware, Suzuki Connect, Philips and Olay among ot ...
as Som
Recurring
* Kundan Kumar as Panditji
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Bhavana Balsavar
Bhavana Balsavar (born 21 October 1975) is an Indian film, stage and television actress. She is the part of silent comedy series, ''Gutur Gu'' (2010).
Personal life
Bhavana is the daughter of Hindi cinema actress Shubha Khote and her husband ...
as Kanchan Jiji, Rekha's sister-in-law and Som's Bua
* Vishal Chaudary as Rahul, Jiji's son.
* Karan Gupta as Manish and Son's Friend
* Anant Kumar as Satish Sharma
Production
Sushmita Mukherjee
Sushmita Mukherjee is an Indian actress and author. She has starred in several Hindi movies and television shows.
She studied at Jesus and Mary College of the University of Delhi. She is an alumnus of National School of Drama passing out in 198 ...
was cast in the titular role, of Ghost as Rekha. Kajal Chauhan was cast as Gaura opposite Mukherjee.
Initially,
Namik Paul was in talks to play male lead but couldn't join due to his prior commitments.
Vibhav Roy
Vibhav Roy is an Indian actor and model. Roy made his acting debut in ''Life OK''’s show ''Gustakh Dil''. Vibhav started as a model and has been in TV commercials for well known brands such as Hindware, Suzuki Connect, Philips and Olay among ot ...
was cast opposite Chauhan. Anushka Srivastava was cast to portray the negative lead.
The series is set against the backdrop of
Varanasi
Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
*
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* The city has a syncretic t ...
. It is mainly shot at the
Film City, Mumbai
Film City or Dadasaheb Phalke Chitra Nagari is an integrated film studio complex situated near Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Goregaon East, Mumbai in India. It has several recording rooms, gardens, lakes, theatres and grounds that serve as t ...
. It replaced ''
RadhaKrishn '' from 23 January 2023.
Adaptations
''Meri Saas Bhoot Hai'' is an official remake of
Star Jalsha's Bengali series ''
Chuni Panna
''Chuni Panna'' is a horror-comedy Bengali television soap opera that was premiered on 11 November 2019 on Star Jalsha and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar. It was produced by Shree Venkatesh Films
SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. ...
'', that aired from 11 November 2019 to 11 October 2020.
See also
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List of programs broadcast by Star Bharat
This is a list of television shows that are broadcast on the Indian pay television channel Star Bharat.
Current broadcasts
Former broadcasts Comedy series
Drama series
Mythological series
Reality series
Acquired series
See also
*List ...
References
External links
''Meri Saas Bhoot Hai''on
Disney+ Hotstar
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