''Spy Bahu'' () is an Indian
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...
-language television spy drama series that premiered on 14 March 2022 on
Colors TV
Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
History
It was launched on ...
. It is digitally available on
Voot
Voot is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Viacom18. Launched in March 2016, it is Viacom18's advertising-led video-on-demand platform that is available as an app for iOS, KaiOS (JioPhone) ...
. Produced by
Ashvini Yardi under the banner of Viniyard Films, it stars
Sana Sayyad
Sana Tarannum Sayyad (born 29 October 1994) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Boyz Will Be Boyz'', portraying Ashita in 2015. Sayyad is best known for her portrayal of Drishti Sharma ...
and
Sehban Azim. The series went off-air on 30 September 2022.
Plot
Mahira Mirza is a young girl from Kashmir, whose parents Sharif and Aayat are killed in a terrorist attack and she gets separated from her brother. She is adopted by Saras and Minal Kotadia, who change her name to Sejal Kotadia. While, her brother Fareed is adopted by Shera and becomes Abhishek Singh.
Yohan Nanda, is the son of rich businessman Arun Nanda, his mother Aarti died when he was young and he hates his step-mother and aunt Veera Nanda. He live with his brothers Shail and Krish, sister Drishti and sister-in-law Shalini. Veera in reality is a terrorist and runs a group named "Mission Azaadi".
Sejal eventually join RAW with the help of S.K. and Tanha. She enters the Nanda mansion in order to spy on Yohan, who is suspected. She eventually learns that Yohan is innocent and Veera is the real culprit. She also learns that her brother, Abhishek is married to Yohan's sister Drishti. Abhishek looses his life in a mission to avenge his family's death, leaving Drishti in deep shock. She later give birth to Fareed's son Aditya.
Veera makes her assistant Ahana enter the Nanda house as fake Mahira. They together prove Sejal as a terrorist and she is arrested. During court's hearing, Sejal's police van is forced to fall off the cliff by Ahana and Sejal is presumed dead.
6 months later
Sejal disguises as Paro and is pregnant. She re-enters the Nanda house faking memory loss. With her constant efforts, Yohan finds out that his mother was killed by Veera. They also found that Veera and Ahana were giving wrong medicines to Drishti. They together decides to expose Veera.
Veera tries to kill Shalini when she finds out her truth. Shalini is however, saved by Yohan and Sejal. Veera plans to kill the Nandas in a blast during Ganpati. But, Sejal saves everyone on time. Veera is exposed and is arrested by SK. Yohan is arrested on false charges of rape, through a plan made by Ahana and Veera.
During the court hearing, Yohan proves himself innocent, but Ahana turns the table around. Veera escapes police custody with Arbaaz's help and SK sir is killed by a bomb planted in the court. Sejal promises to catch Veera. Sejal is finally able to capture Veera who is killed while escaping. Ahana and Arbaaz are arrested.
Sejal is awarded for her bravery. She later gives birth to a baby girl, Hichki. Yohan is asked by Tanha to join as a spy. He and Sejal are assigned their new mission in Lucknow. The show ends on a happy note with Sejal, Yohan and Hichki enjoying their family time.
Cast
Main
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Sana Sayyad
Sana Tarannum Sayyad (born 29 October 1994) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Boyz Will Be Boyz'', portraying Ashita in 2015. Sayyad is best known for her portrayal of Drishti Sharma ...
as Sejal Kotadia Nanda / Mahira Mirza: Sharif and Aayat's biological daughter; Saras and Minal's adoptive daughter; Fareed's elder sister; Bumba's adoptive elder sister; Yohan's wife; Shail, Drishti and Krish's sister-in-law; Hichki's mother
** Hardika Sharma as Child Mahira Mirza
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Sehban Azim as Yohan Nanda: Arun and Aarti's younger son; Shail's younger brother; Drishti's elder brother; Krish's elder half-brother; Sejal's husband; Veera's nephew and step-son; Hichki's father
Recurring
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Ayub Khan
Ayub Khan is a compound masculine name; Ayub is the Arabic version of the name of the Biblical figure Job, while Khan or Khaan is taken from the title used first by the Mongol rulers and then, in particular, their Islamic and Persian-influenced ...
as Arun Nanda: Aarti's widower; Veera's husband; Shail, Yohan, Drishti and Krish's father
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Parineeta Borthakur
Parineeta Borthakur is an Indian film and television actress and singer from Assam. She is known for playing Sharmishta Bose in ''Swaragini'', Anjana Hooda in '' Bepannah'' and Ganga Shiv Gupta in ''Gupta Brothers''. Her younger sister Plabita ...
as Veera Nanda / Sirji: Aarti's younger sister; Arun's second wife; Krish's mother; Shail, Yohan, and Drishti's maternal aunt and step-mother
* Ram Yashvardhan Passi as Shail Nanda: Arun and Aarti's eldest son; Yohan and Drishti's elder brother; Krish's elder half-brother; Shalini's husband
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Nikunj Malik
Nikunj Malik (born 30 October 1989) is an Indian actress and TV personality.
Career
Malik debuted as a contestant on the Indian reality wedding show, ''Rahul Dulhaniya le Jayega.'' The show first aired on NDTV Imagine on 1 February 2011. Althou ...
as Shalini Nanda: Shail's wife; Yohan, Drishti and Krish's sister-in-law
* Sayali Salunkhe / Aditi Bhagat as Drishti Nanda Singh: Arun and Aarti's daughter; Shail and Yohan's younger sister; Krish's elder half-sister; Abhishek's wife; Aditya's mother
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Wasim Mushtaq as Fareed Mirza / Abhishek Singh: Sharif and Aayat's biological son; Mahira's younger brother; Shera's adoptive son; Dhristi's husband; Aditya's father (Dead)
* Devashish Chandiramani as Krish Nanda: Arun and Veera's son; Aarti's nephew and step-son; Shail, Yohan and Drishti's younger half-brother
* Sanjeev Jotangia as Saras Kotadia: Sejal's adoptive father; Minal's husband; Bumba's father
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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 husb ...
as Minal Kotadia: Sejal's adoptive mother; Saras's wife; Bumba's mother
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Shubha Khote
Shubha Balsavar ('' née'' Khote) is an Indian film and television actress who has worked in several Hindi-language and few Marathi-language films. She is also a former women's national champion in swimming and cycling.
Early life and educati ...
as Mrs. Kotadia: Saras's mother; Sejal's adoptive grandmother; Bumba's grandmother
* Ekagra Dwivedi as Bumba Kotadia: Saras and Minal's son; Sejal's adoptive younger brother
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Kiran Karmarkar
Kiran Karmarkar (born 2 May 1958) is an Indian television, film and theatre actor. He is popularly known for his portrayal of the character Om Agarwal in the television saga ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' (2000 - 2008) that aired on Star Plus.
Care ...
as Suryakant Sharma;
RAW officer; one of Sejal's boss
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Krunal Pandit
''Bhakharwadi'' is an Indian comedy television series that premiered on Sony SAB on 11 February 2019. It was produced by Hats Off Productions.
The broadcast of the show was stalled in the last week of March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in I ...
as Tanha;
RAW officer; one of Sejal's boss
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Sara Khan as Ahana / fake Mahira: Veera's terrorist group member
* Shivendraa Saainiyol as Shera Singh: Nanda's head of security; Abhishek's adoptive father
* Subir Rana as Harsh: Sejal's colleague and a spy
* Aaryaa Sharma as Aarti Nanda: Arun's first wife; Veera's elder sister; Shail, Yohan and Drishti's mother; Krish's maternal aunt and step-mother (Dead)
* Aafreen Dabestani as Alisha Kapoor: Yohan's former fiancée
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Manas Shah as Jatin: Sejal's best friend and former fiancé
Cameo appearance
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Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor Khan (; ''née'' Kapoor; born 21 September 1980) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. She is the daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, and the younger sister of actress Karisma Kapoor. Noted for playing a v ...
as narrator in the first episode
Production
Development
Ashvini Yardi roped in actress
Kareena Kapoor Khan as the narrator for the promos and the show. On her part, Kapoor said, "Spy Bahu is a fascinating love story that has left me captivated. The audience is going to love Sejal and Yohan’s chemistry and enjoy this power-packed show."
Sana Sayyad
Sana Tarannum Sayyad (born 29 October 1994) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Boyz Will Be Boyz'', portraying Ashita in 2015. Sayyad is best known for her portrayal of Drishti Sharma ...
on her role and shows comparison to ''
Raazi
''Raazi'' (''Agree'') is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banners of Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions ...
'' said, "While the story is about an undercover agent, it has nothing to do with Raazi or even ''
Ek Tha Tiger
''Ek Tha Tiger'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language espionage action thriller film directed by Kabir Khan and co-written by Khan and Neelesh Misra, from a story by and produced by Aditya Chopra. It is the first installment in the ''Tiger ...
''. With our show, we want to pay tribute to the many unnamed detectives, who are no less than soldiers for us. Sejal’s flaws make her different. Honestly, I have always wanted to play a RAW agent or a spy and I feel I manifested this project."
Casting
Sana Sayyad
Sana Tarannum Sayyad (born 29 October 1994) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut with ''Boyz Will Be Boyz'', portraying Ashita in 2015. Sayyad is best known for her portrayal of Drishti Sharma ...
was cast to portray Mahira Mirza/Sejal Kotadia opposite Azim. Sana had to gain weight for her role of a spy.
Sehban Azim was chosen to portray Yohan Nanda opposite Sayyad. He had to loose 8 kgs for his role of a businessman.
Parineeta Borthakur
Parineeta Borthakur is an Indian film and television actress and singer from Assam. She is known for playing Sharmishta Bose in ''Swaragini'', Anjana Hooda in '' Bepannah'' and Ganga Shiv Gupta in ''Gupta Brothers''. Her younger sister Plabita ...
was cast as the main antagonist Veera Nanda.
Wasim Mushtaq was roped in to portray Sejal's brother Fareed/Abhishek. But his track ended within 4 months. In July 2022,
Sara Khan entered the show as Ahana.
Filming
The series is set in
New Delhi
New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the Capital city, capital of India and a part of the NCT Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati B ...
and in
Kashmir. It is mainly shot at the
Film City,
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
. Some initial sequences were shot in Kashmir. The team also shot in
Srinagar, including Lal Chowk.
Release
The series promos were released in February 2022, where
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor Khan (; ''née'' Kapoor; born 21 September 1980) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. She is the daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, and the younger sister of actress Karisma Kapoor. Noted for playing a v ...
introduced the characters of Sejal and Yohan. ''Spy Bahu'' premiered on 14 March 2022 on
Colors TV
Colors TV is an Indian general entertainment broadcast network owned by Viacom18. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, youth-oriented reality shows, shows on crime and television films.
History
It was launched on ...
and digitally on
Voot
Voot is an Indian subscription video on-demand and over-the-top streaming service, owned by Viacom18. Launched in March 2016, it is Viacom18's advertising-led video-on-demand platform that is available as an app for iOS, KaiOS (JioPhone) ...
.
Cancellation
The series went off-air on 30 September 2022.
Sehban Azim said, "Everyone was obviously sad on the last day of the shoot, as we were expecting the show to run longer. The story was nice and so were the cast and the production house. In fact, even the ratings were decent as compared to other shows on the channel. I think there are more shows in the offing. They might come come up with a 2.0 and I would love to take it up if it’s the same team."
Reception
Critical reception
''Spy Bahu'' generally received positive reviews from critics. Rasika Deshpande said, " It is pretty intriguing and keeps you hooked onto it. It looks promising and moreover very interesting. ''Spy Bahu'' brings on board something different yet strong on Television after a pretty long time."
Soundtrack
''Spy Bahu'' soundtrack is composed by Lenin Nandi. The series theme music was taken from the 2005 film ''
Salaam Namaste
''Salaam Namaste'' () is a 2005 Indian romantic comedy film, directed by first-time director Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta in their fo ...
''s song "My Dil Goes Mmmm". The track "Keh Do Naa" is the theme song of Yohan and Sejal.
Awards and nominations
See also
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List of programmes broadcast by Colors TV
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Current broadcasts Fiction Weekdays
Weekend
Non-fiction/Reality Show
Former broadcasts Drama
Mythological series
...
References
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