Uttaran

''Uttaran'' () is an Indian soap opera that aired on Colors TV from 1 December 2008 to 16 January 2015. The third longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV, it was produced under Film Farm India. It stars Tina Datta, Rashami Desai, Nandish Sandhu, Rohit Khurana, Sreejita De, Saurabh Raj Jain and Mrunal Jain.

Plot

In Mumbai, Ichcha is the daughter of a poor widow Damini, who begins working at Jogi Thakur's mansion as a maid. Jogi's daughter Tapasya befriends Ichcha, and they share a sisterly bond. Sumitra influences Tapasya to see Ichcha differently. Tapasya gets jealous when Divya and Jogi care for Ichcha as their child, unaware that Jogi was responsible for Ichcha's father Rajendra's death.

Tapasya is a rich spoilt brat. Simplistic Ichcha wants to open a school to give free education to poor kids. Tapasya's parents arrange their daughter's marriage with Veer Singh, who belongs to a reputed wealthy family. But Tapasya does not show interest towards the wedding as she is in relationship with Siddharth (Sid). Slowly Veer and Iccha fall in love and their families agree to their marriage. Insecure seeing Veer shower Ichcha with expensive gifts, Tapasya fakes a suicide attempt and begs Ichcha to let her marry Veer. Ichcha agrees, and Veer marries Tapasya. That same night, Veer learns the truth, and Tapasya claims Ichcha forced her to marry him, believing she is not right for him. The next day, Veer lashes out at Tapasya in front of her family and forces Ichcha to tell the truth. Meanwhile, his elder brother Vansh, a drug addict, falls for Ichha because of her caring nature.

Veer, unaware of Vansh's love, tries to divorce Tapasya and marry Ichha, who tries to distance herself from him. Tapasya tries to get Iccha killed with the help of Sid. Veer saves Iccha, but not before she gets shot and is hospitalised; Sid is then arrested. Tapasya tricks Gunvanti who gets Vansh and Ichha married. A heartbroken Veer pretends to be happy with Tapasya. Vansh overhears Sid slamming Tapasya for ruining Iccha's life. Tapasya, however, misleads Vansh, indirectly blaming him for Ichha's suffering. As a result, he kills himself. Iccha holds Veer responsible for Vansh's death, and Gunvanti, in turn, blames Ichha. Veer explains how Tapasya tried to kill Ichha and made Vansh commit suicide, by playing a video revealing the day's actions filmed by Sid, who wanted to take revenge on Tapasya. Shocked, Jogi disowns her. Ichha goes to Vrindavan. There, Veer arrives to unite with her, and they get married; the family accepts them.

Tapasya meets Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore, who falls for her, but she betrays him in a game of poker. He leaves her due to her disloyalty. Pregnant with his baby, she returns to Veer's family and delivers Mukta, whom she unintentionally abandons. Veer and Ichha raise her, unaware she is Tapasya's daughter. They also adopt an orphan and name him Kanha. Ichha delivers a boy but Sumitra and her son Pushkar steal him and bribe the nurse to tell Ichcha that the boy was stillborn.

Raghuvendra bumps into and takes the baby from Pushkar. He and Tapasya adopt the baby, named Yuvraj. Sid creates misunderstandings between Raghuvendra and Tapasya, causing Tapasya to leave Rathore. Rocky Shah, Vansh's lookalike, enters the Bundela mansion as Vansh and falls for Iccha. Jogi rescues Iccha from him, accidentally kills Rocky and is bailed out by Rathore. Veer reveals Gunvanti to be behind all this, and Gunvanti admits to holding a grudge against Iccha for adopting the two children and not giving birth to her own son, whom she wants as an heir to the family. They later find out that Yuvraj is Iccha's son and give Mukta to Jogi in exchange for Yuvraj. Pregnant again, Ichcha saves Veer from the cruel Avinash, who attacks him. Veer loses his memory. Ichha kills Avinash and is jailed for 18 years. Ichha delivers a girl in prison, and tells Damini to raise the baby, named Meethi.

Meethi and Mukta are best friends just like their mothers were. Ichcha is released from prison. Kanha, whom Damini raised is a successful CEO, happily married to Surbhi. Yuvraj and Meethi were brought up by Gunvanti and Damini respectively, and Gunvanti instigated him against Ichcha. Sumitra tells Meethi that Ichcha is alive but lies that she ruined Tapasya's life. Initially in denial, Meethi develops a negative opinion of Ichcha when she learns she was in prison for murder. Kanha reveals Ichcha was imprisoned for murder but omits that she killed Avinash to save Veer. Despite Damini and Kanha's efforts, Meethi does not believe them and rejects Ichcha. Sumitra brainwashes Mukta, who grows close to Yuvraj.

Later, he tries to rape Mukta, but Ichcha saves her. Mukta realises she misunderstood her and Meethi. Yuvraj is arrested and finds out Ichcha is his mother. His hatred for her further intensifies as she testifies against him in court, and he is incarcerated for 5 years. Veer, who is still amnesiac, lives with Gunvanti and Amla. Reformed after living in US for years, Tapasya comes back and restores his memory. Vishnu encourages Meethi, who finally accepts Ichcha.

Eventually, Veer and Ichcha unite. Meethi marries Vishnu on Ichcha's arrangement. He is actually Avinash's son, Akash, who wants revenge. Mukta discovers his truth and tries to locate the real Vishnu, a humble blue-collar worker for an NGO, to expose Akash. He orders his goons to kidnap and kill Mukta. Fortunately, Raghuvendra saves her. At Akash and Meethi's wedding, Mukta tries to expose him but no one except Sumitra believes her.

Meanwhile, Ichcha and Tapasya risk their life to save Mukta from Veer's uncle Tej, who shoots Tapasya. Fatally, Ichcha gets hit by a truck. Before dying, Ichcha donates her heart to Tapasya. Later, Raghuvendra gets the evidence to expose Akash. Surbhi turns out to be Akash's maternal cousin. His mom, Ekadashi, orders him to kill Meethi but he falls in love with her. Meethi leaves the house. Tapasya throws the pregnant Surbhi out.

Surbhi repents for her actions and dies after delivering the child. Kanha forgives her and promises to raise their child. As Vishnu and Mukta love each other, they marry and soon have a son, Manav. Meethi and Akash unite and she is accepted by his family. After undergoing a plastic surgery, Yuvraj returns as Mukta's boss for revenge. He kidnaps her. While saving her, a pregnant Meethi miscarries and disowns Yuvraj before Ekadashi banishes her. She travels to Srinagar.

Caught up in a terrorist attack by Asgar, Meethi slips into a river and is transported by the current across the border to Gilgit. Ashfaq saves her. He falls in love with and helps her in returning to India. He bids her a tearful goodbye. Akash and Meethi unite. She adopts Rani as Nandini is imprisoned because she saved Akash from and murdered his old enemy. Meethi and Akash also adopt Tamanna, whom Rani hates. Sumitra reforms.

Eventually, Sumitra and Damini convince Mukta and Meethi to reconcile, and in the end, reflect the friendship of Ichcha and Tapasya.

Cast

Main

* Tina Datta as
** Ichcha Singh Bundela (nee Bharti): Damini and Rajendra's daughter, Veer's wife, Yuvraj and Meethi's mother, Akash's mother in-law, Rani and Tamanni's adoptive grandmother; (2009 - 2012) (Dead)
***Sparsh Khanchandani as Child Ichcha Bharti (2008 - 2009)
** Meethi Chatterjee (nee Singh Bundela): Ichcha and Veer's daughter, Yuvraj's sister, Akash's wife, Rani and Tamanni's adoptive mother; (2012 - 2015)
* Rashami Desai as Tapasya Rathore aka Tapu (nee Thakur) (formerly Singh Bundela): Divya and Jogi's daughter, Ichcha's childhood friend, Veer's ex-wife, Raghuvendra's wife, Mukta's mother, Manav's grandmother; (2009 - 2013)
** Ishita Panchal as Child Tapasya Thakur (2008 - 2009)
*Nandish Sandhu / Vikas Bhalla as Veer Singh Bundela: Gunvanti and Umed's younger son, Vansh's brother, Tapasya's ex-husband, Yuvraj and Meethi's father, Akash's father in-law, Rani and Tamanni's adoptive grandfather; (2009 - 2012) / (2012) (dead)
* Rohit Khurana as
** Vansh Singh Bundela: Gunvanti and Umed's elder son; (2009 - 2010)
** Rocky Shah: Vansh's lookalike (2011 - 2012) (Dead)
* Sourabh Raaj Jain / Bharat Chawda as Yuvraj Singh Bundela : Ichcha and Veer's elder son; (2012) / (2014)
* Mrunal Jain as Akash Chatterjee aka fake Vishnu Kashyap: Avinash and Ekadashi's elder son; (2013 - 2015)
* Sreejita De as Mukta Kashyap (nee Rathore): Tapasya and Raghuvendra's daughter; (2012 - 2015)

Recurring

* Vaishali Thakkar as Divya Thakur: Pushkar's cousin; (2008–2015)
* Ayub Khan as Jogi Thakur: Divya's husband; Tapasya's father; (2008–2015)
* Pratima Kazmi as Sumitra Devi Jaiswal: Pushkar's mother; (2008–2015)
* Arun Singh Sharma as Pushkar Jaiswal: Sumitra's son; (2008–2012)
* Akanksha Awasthi as Rohini Jaiswal: Pushkar's wife (2009–2013)
* Akhil Mishra as Umed Singh Bundela: Baldev's son; (2009–2013)
* Beena Banerjee as Gunvanti Bundela: Umed's wife; (2009–2015)
* Shamim Sheikh as Baldev Singh Bundela: Umed and Tej's father; (2009–2013)
* Pawan Mahendru as Kasa Seth: Bundela family's maid (2009–2014)
* Sunil Sinha/Kiran Karmarkar as Tej Singh Bundela: Baldev's son; (2009–2013)
* Sharhaan Singh as Siddharth aka Sid: Tapasya's ex-boyfriend (2009–2012)
* Gaurav Chopra as Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore: Ex-husband of Malvika; (2010 - 2013)
* Rishina Kandhari as Malvika (formerly Rathore): Raghuvendra's ex-wife; (2014–2015)
* Vividha Kirti as Ambika Rathore Chatterjee: Malvika and Raghuvendra's daughter; (2013–2015)
* Varun Toorkey as Sankrant Chatterjee: Ekadashi and Avinash's younger son; (2013–2015)
*Gaurav S Bajaj as Aman Verma (2012)
* Chaitanya Choudhury as Kanha Singh Bundela: Jignesh's son; (2012–2014)
* Pranitaa Pandit as Surbhi Singh Bundela (nee Yadav): Agarth and Kadambari's daughter; (2012–2013)
* Raj Singh Verma as Avinash Chatterjee: Prasad's son; (2011–2012)
* Krutika Desai Khan as Ekadashi Yadav Chatterjee: Agarth, Gomati and Pavitra's sister; (2012–2015)
* Arishfa Khan as Rani Chatterjee: Nandini's daughter; (2014–2015)
* Unknown as Tamanna Chatterjee: Khanna's daughter; (2015)
* Rumi Khan as Nirbhay Yadav: Agarth and Kadambari's son; (2013)
* Arti Singh as Kajri Yadav: Nirbhay's widow (2013–2014)
* Girija Shankar as Agarth Yadav: Ekadashi, Gomati and Pavitra's brother:(2013)
* Neena Singh as Gomati Yadav: Ekadashi, Agarth and Pavitra's sister (2013–2015)
* Hetal Yadav as Pavitra Yadav: Ekadashi, Agarth and Gomati's sister (2013–2014)
* Sonica Handa as Amla: Veer's nanny (2012–2013)
* Rajesh Khera as Maharani (2014)
* Ajay Chaudhary as Vishnu Kashyap: Mukta's husband; (2013 - 2015)
* Tiku Talsania as Colonel Swarnik Agnihotri (2014)
* Krip Suri as Asgar Rizvi: Saba, Nusrat, and Ashfaque's brother; (2014)
* Gaurav Vasudev as Babar (2014)
* Sahil Phull as Ashfaque Rizvi: Saba, Nusrat and Asgar's brother (2014)
* Anchal Sabharwal as Fida: Asgar's second wife (2014)
* Shriya Jha as Nandini "Chameli" Sharma: Akash's ex-lover; (2014–2015)
* Madhura Naik as Nilofer Naaz: Ashfaque's wife; (2014)
* Mansi Sharma as Saba Mehrami: Nusrat, Asgar and Ashfaque's sister (2014)
* Samikssha Batnagar as Zubeida Ahmed: Asgar's first wife (2014)
* Rakesh Pandey as Rizvi Gulzar: Saba, Nusrat, Asgar and Ashfaque's father (2014)
* Charu Rohatgi as Mumtaz Begum: Saba, Nusrat, Asgar and Ashfaque's mother;(2014)
* Amrin Chakkiwala as Nusrat Rizvi (2014)
* Vineett Kumar/Rrajvir Singh as Khalid: Saba's husband; (2014)
* An unknown actor as Mushtaq Ansari Sahab (2014)
* Baby Farida as Anjum Jalalan (2008–2014)
* Usha Bachani as Jailaxmi Khurana (2009)
* Aastha Chaudhary as Madhuran Sethi (2011)
* Sharad Kelkar as Satyaveer Singh (2011)
* An unknown actress as Kuki Arora (2009)
* Anjali Rana as Jyoti Bhatia: Lali's sister; (2008–2010)
* Shivshakti Sachdev as Lali Thakur: Jyoti's sister (2009)
* An unknown actor as Maharaj Karvansh: Thakur family's maid (2008–2009)
* Priya Marathe as Ruby Shekhawat: Rocky's fiancée (2011–2012)
* Harsha Khandeparkar as Sanchi Singh (2011)
* Apurva as Kinjal (2010)
* Nikita Sharma as Masoom (2010)
* Arun Bali as Godman (2014)
* Vikas Sethi as Inspector Abeeran Mattoo (2010)
* Nikhil Arya as Inspector Suryakant Tarte (2011–2012)

Production

Casting

The show initially starred Sparsh Khanchandani as young Ichcha with Ishita Panchal as young Tapasya in December 2008 to June 2009.

It later took a generation leap and from June 2009 to March 2012, it focused on the characters of Ichcha, Tapasya, Veer and Vansh played by Tina Datta, Rashami Desai, Nandish Sandhu and Rohit Khurana respectively. Sandhu quit the show as he doesn't want to be the part of 18 years leap and was replaced by Vikas Bhalla in 2012.

Another 18-year leap was introduced in March 2012 and then the story centered around the life of Meethi, Mukta, Yuvraj, Akash and Vishnu portrayed by Tina Datta, Sreejita De, Saurabh Raj Jain, Mrunal Jain and Ajay Chaudhary until its end in January 2015.

Reception

''Uttarans premiere had a 3.25 target rating point (TRP) and it became one of the top-rated Hindi GEC, and the second most watched program of Colors TV after Balika Vadhu at the time. It was one of the show that helped Colors TV to briefly gain first position in Hindi GEC, breaking the nine-year run of Star Plus. From 2008 until the first quarter of 2012, ''Uttaran'' maintained its top position mostly on the ratings charts.

Adaptations

Awards

The series has won the following awards:

References

External links

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