Roohaniyat
Roohaniyat (transl. Spirituality) (Hindi: रूहानियत)[1] is an Indian, Hindi-Language Web Series directed by Glen Barretto & Ankush Mohla for MX Player Originals.[2] The series stars Arjun Bijlani and Kanika Mann, Smita Bansal,[3] Aman Yatan Verma[4] in key roles and Yuvika Chaudhary[5] as a special appearance. It is based on the Forever Series by Novoneel Chakraborty with new characters and additional storyline written by Shilpa Choubey and Sushil Choubey.
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Based on | Forever Series by Novoneel Chakraborty |
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Story by |
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Directed by | Glen Barretto & Ankush Mohla |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 40 |
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Producer | Jay Dev Banerjee |
Production location | India |
Cinematography | Ramani Ranjan Das |
Editor | Steven Bernard |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Production company | Endemol Shine India |
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Original network | MX Player |
Original release | March 23, 2022 |
Summary
The series follows the story of Saveer Rathod, a man who has faced certain situations in his life that have led him to believe that love does not last forever, and Prisha Srivastava, a teen who strongly believes in love. The two are complete strangers to each other, only till they are met again and again by coincidence or destiny, as Saveer believes it. Prisha somehow ends up playing a crucial role in Saveer's life and discovers something terrible about him that changes her life in a way she never could have expected.
Cast
Chapter 1
- Arjun Bijlani as Saveer Rathod
- Kanika Mann as Prisha Srivastava
- Yuvika Chaudhary as Ishanvi Purohit (Special Appearance)
- Aman Yatan Verma as Ashok Srivastava
- Smita Bansal as Priya Srivastava
- Arushi Handa as Pratha Srivastava (Shelly)
- Palak Purswani as Anita Malkani (Anu)
- Geetika Mehandru as Gouri Singh
- Harshit Sindhwani as Digambar Ahuja (Diggy)
- Shaan Groverr as Rishi Kulkarni
- Smittika Acharya as Neha Shinde (Sweety)
- Shikha Dogra as Dr. Mrudula Deshpande
- Anuj Khurana as Sanjeev Kamath
- Karan Verma as Krishna Reddy
- Neetu Upadhyay as Shagufta Ali
- Arjun Singh Shekhawat as Aarav Saxena
- Aishu Deora as Priyata Thomas
- Karanbir Arora as Jaggi Singh
- Priya Parmar as Mrinal Gore
- Prakhar Mishra as Prakhar Mishra
- Namrata Joshi as Kamla Rathod
- Bushra Shaikh as Zenia Shaikh
- Ujjwal Gauraha as John
Chapter 2 (Recurring)
- Arjun Bijlani as Veer Rathod/Saveera Rathod (Voice Over by Aleeza Khan)
- Manoj Chandila as Aneesh Rebeiro
- Prajakta Parab as Patricia Rebeiro (Patty)
- Sameer Khandekar as Prakash Mukadam
- Saniya Dhawan as Dr. Nushrat
Overview
Episodes
Chapter 1
Episode No. | Title | Originally Aired | Plot |
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1 | "Forever Is A Lie" | March 23, 2022 | Saveer prepares for a dinner date with Ishanvi. He leaves after a fight over a phone call. Next morning, he wakes up to find that Ishanvi has been murdered. Six months later, Saveer is released from imprisonment. Anu advices him to move on from his grief of losing Ishanvi. One night, Saveer is on a date where he meets Prisha. He tells her that whatever had happened to her is because of the fact that forever is a lie. |
2 | "Middle Finger" | Prisha meets Gouri and Diggy. They plan a visit to Mahabaleshwar where Prisha meets Saveer again. She shows her disapproval to him, of what he had told her the last time. | |
3 | "Blind Date" | Prisha's friends set up a blind date for her. At the nightclub, Prisha meets Saveer again. As she confronts him, Saveer realizes that Prisha is drunk and alone. He gets a cab for her to go home. As she reaches outside Gouri and Diggy's place, three of them are attacked by two men. Saveer saves Prisha. | |
4 | "Thank You" | At a hospital, Prisha gets informed that someone with the name 'Saveer Rathod' had saved her. She gets his office address to thank him. Later that night, both of them meet again, this time at a restaurant. | |
5 | "Suicide Attempt" | Saveer finds a pen drive with a video of him trying to attempt suicide. At night, Saveer is surprised to see Prisha as his date. | |
6 | "Unconditional Love" | Prisha tells Saveer how she had created a fake profile for the date. The next day, Prisha is selected for internship, along with her friends. She is at the office for the final interview where she gets humiliated by Saveer. | |
7 | "Destiny" | Saveer is thinking about Ishanvi. He's reminded of her telling him about how destiny brings people together. The next day, Saveer and Prisha meet again outside the office. | |
8 | "Dream" | Saveer and Prisha decide to ignore each other. Later that night, Saveer discusses with his therapist about how he keeps seeing Ishanvi. Prisha ends up dreaming about Saveer. | |
9 | "Roohaniyat" | Prisha accidentally drops coffee on Saveer. She decides to apologize to him. She also tells him about a suggestion that she has for the podcast. Later, Prisha mails her voice recording to Saveer. | |
10 | "New Beginnings" | Prisha waits for Saveer to tell her if he has approved her work. The next day, in Mahabaleshwar, Prisha notices Saveer has stopped ignoring her. | |
11 | "Girlfriend Killer" | Prisha is selected as the voice for the podcast. At night, Prisha gets drunk and confronts Saveer. Saveer warns her to stay away from him as he reveals to her about his girlfriend's murder. | |
12 | "Who The Hell Is Prisha?" | Saveer realizes that it wasn't Prisha who was with him the previous night. Prisha gets drunk and falls into a pool. | |
13 | "Departure" | Saveer saves Prisha from drowning. The following day, Prisha tries to thank him for saving her life whereas Saveer ignores her. Prisha tells him that she will make sure that her message reaches him. |
Chapter 2
Episode No. | Title | Originally Aired | Plot |
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1 | "Thank You" | July 22, 2022 | Saveer finds out that Prisha has delivered her message to him through the 'Roohaniyat' podcast. But even after Prisha's confession of her love for him, Saveer continues to deny the truth. |
2 | "I Am In Love" | Saveer keeps daydreaming about Prisha but does not admit what the truth is. Prisha catches Saveer smiling while listening to her podcast. | |
3 | "She Has A Crush On You" | Prisha and her friends get in trouble after getting drunk in a nightclub. She calls Saveer, asking him to save them. He drives them to their place. Gouri advises him to stop ignoring Prisha. | |
4 | "Laghbagh" | July 29, 2022 | Saveer calls her at Ishanvi Cafe and apologizes to her. Prisha is surprised by Saveer's unexpected behaviour. |
5 | "Kaash Aur Laghbahg" | Prisha worries if she will ever be able to take Ishanvi's place in Saveer's life. Later that day, after the photoshoot ends, Prisha and Saveer have a conversation. | |
6 | "First Kiss" | Saveer calls Prisha and picks her up for a date. He advises her not to expect much from their relationship. | |
7 | "He Is Chasing Me" | August 5, 2022 | Saveer waits for Prisha at the office. Later, he decides to go and see Prisha at her college. The following day, Saveer takes Prisha to his house. |
8 | "We Are A Couple" | Saveer and Prisha have an argument . Prisha's family surprises her on her birthday. She hopes for Saveer to wish her. Saveer disappears. | |
9 | "Happy Birthday Prisha Srivastava" | Gouri and Diggy take Prisha to Mahabaleshwar. Saveer surprises Prisha. She notices a fire at the location. | |
10 | "Adhuri Kiss" | August 12, 2022 | Saveer is ignoring Prisha's calls again. Prisha doubts that Anu is behind all the mishappenings. She finally meets Saveer at the college. |
11 | "Fur Wala Stole" | Saveer discovers another video in his phone. Later, at the office, Saveer has a panic attack. At night, Prisha gets a message from Saveer who invites her for dinner. At Saveer's house, Prisha is blindfolded and almost choked to death. | |
12 | "Self Isolation" | Prisha questions Saveer about the previous night. Saveer asks Prisha to leave and not to contact him. Later that night, Saveer's therapist advises him to isolate himself. | |
13 | "Dil Pe Tattoo" | August 19, 2022 | Prisha asks Saveer for answers. At the office, she conveys her message to him through the podcast. On the night before his birthday, Saveer gets Prisha's name tattooed. |
14 | "Forever Is A Lie" | Saveer finds a knife at his doorstep. Later, he receives a message from Prisha to meet him in Mahabaleshwar. As Prisha waits for Saveer, she is pushed down a cliff. | |
15 | "Life And Death" | August 27, 2022 | Saveer finds out about Prisha's accident. Later, Saveer gets injured in a car crash. |
16 | "Back Off Prisha… Back Off…" | Saveer fails to recall how he got saved after the car accident. Prisha is visited by Saveer at the hospital. | |
17 | "Not Again Saveer" | Saveer confesses to the police about pushing Prisha down the cliff. Prisha gains consciousness. | |
18 | "Saveer Gayab Hai" | Saveer visits Prisha at the hospital. After a few days, Prisha is home. She talks to Gouri and Diggy about Saveer visiting her at the hospital twice. There is a sudden fire at Saveer's house. | |
19 | "Warning" | Saveer talks to Aneesh about how he is sure he's not the reason behind all the deaths. Prisha asks Anu for Saveer's location. Prisha finds a way to talk to Saveer. | |
20 | "Rooh Se Rooh Tak" | Prisha talks to Saveer through the podcast. The following day, Prisha and her friends chase Anu. Prisha takes it as challenge to find Saveer in the next 24 hours. | |
21 | "24 Ghante Ka Challenge" | Saveer's grandmother is missing. Prisha breaks into Saveer's house. Later that night, Prisha and Shelly catch their parents arguing. | |
22 | "Yehi Sach Hai" | The search for Saveer's grandmother begins. Saveer finds a video of him burying Brownie. Saveer, along with the police, succeeds in finding his grandmother. | |
23 | "The Proof" | September 2, 2022 | Anu reveals Saveer's location to Prisha. Prisha tells Saveer that she is certain about him not being the person who pushed her down the cliff. Aneesh is hit by Saveer's car. |
24 | "Khulasa" | Prisha and Saveer visit Aneesh, who is injured from the car accident. Later, Prisha and Saveer decide to set up security cameras in his house. Anu is murdered. | |
25 | "Tit For Tat" | The search for the murderer continues. A mysterious woman is discovered in Saveer's house. Saveer finds out about Anu's death. Later, he receives a sign about the murderer from his grandmother. | |
26 | "Gifty" | Aneesh receives a threat from the murderer. Saveer visits his childhood home. He discovers having a twin brother at a hospital. Diggy is killed by the mysterious woman. | |
27 | "Forever Is True" | Prisha is kidnapped. Saveer's twin brother reveals the truth to her. Saveer saves Prisha. |
Soundtracks
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Roohaniyat" | Syed Amir Hussain | Rishabh Srivastava | 5:11 |
2. | "Humqadam" | Syed Amir Hussain | Ananya Nanda & Rishabh Srivastava | 4:44 |
3. | "Yaad Aaye Wo" | Syed Amir Hussain | Mohammed Irfan | 5:12 |
4. | "Chhutti" | Syed Amir Hussain | Pratikhya Sarma & Rishabh Srivastava | 4:01 |
5. | "Roohaniyat 2.0" | Syed Amir Hussain | Arjun Kanungo | 3:16 |
6. | "Roohaniyat 2.0" (Female Vocals) | Syed Amir Hussain | Simran Choudhary | 3:30 |
7. | "Roohaniyat" (Female Vocals) | Syed Amir Hussain | Jyotica Tangri | 3:33 |
8. | "Precious Pearl" (Duet) | SCAR | Nikenna Barretto & SCAR | 3:10 |
9. | "Precious Pearl" (Male Vocals) | SCAR | SCAR | 3:09 |
10. | "Precious Pearl" (Female Vocals) | SCAR | Nikenna Barretto | 3:09 |
11. | "Roohaniyat Forever" | Shree D, Paresh Shah | Shree D | 2:44 |
The soundtrack of Roohaniyat has received a lot of admiration from the audience after its release on the 26th of August, 2022.
References
- India Today (11 March 2022). "Roohaniyat Trailer Out Arjun Bijlani's Forever is a lie belief is challenged by Kanika Mann". www.indiatoday.in.
- Keshri, Shweta (11 March 2022). "Roohaniyat trailer out. Arjun Bijlani's 'forever is a lie' belief is challenged by Kanika Mann". www.indiatoday.in.
- TellychakkarTeam (4 March 2022). "Smita Bansal on working with her husband in 'Roohaniyat'". www.tellychakkar.com.
- The Tribune (20 March 2022). "Aman Verma on being a part of Roohaniyat". www.tribuneindia.com.
- IWMBuzz (11 May 2022). "OTT is a blessing for actors: Yuvika Chaudhary". www.iwmbuzz.com.
External links
- Roohaniyat at IMDb
- Roohaniyat on MX Player