Uttaran
Uttaran (transl. Donated items) is an Indian soap opera that aired on Colors TV from 1 December 2008 to 16 January 2015.[1] The third longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV, it starred Tina Datta, Rashami Desai, Nandish Sandhu, Rohit Khurana, Sreejita De and Mrunal Jain.[2][3]
| Uttaran | |
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | Ajay Aseem Arora Kumar Abhishek |
| Story by | Mitali Shipra Arora |
| Directed by | Ravindra Gautam Nandita Mehra Nishchal Shome Santosh Bhatt |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1549[1] |
| Production | |
| Producers | Kalyan Guha Rupali Guha Harsh Dave |
| Production location | Mumbai |
| Cinematography | Santosh Suryavanshi Raj Panth |
| Production company | Film Farm India |
| Release | |
| Original network | Colors TV |
| Original release | 1 December 2008 – 16 January 2015 |
Plot
Set in Mumbai, Ichcha is the daughter of a poor widow Damini, who begins working at Jogi Thakur Mansion as a maid. Jogi's daughter Tapasya befriends Ichcha and they share a sister-like bond. Sumitra influences Tapasya to see Ichcha differently. Tapasya hits jealous when Divya and Jogi care for Ichcha as their child, unaware that Jogi was responsible for Ichcha's father Rajendra's death.
10 years later
Tapasya is a rich spoilt brat. Simple, Ichcha wants to open a school to give free education to poor children. Tapasya's parents arranges their daughter's marriage with Veer Singh, a reputed and wealthy family in the society. But Tapasya never shows interest towards the marriage as she is in relationship with sidharth. Slowly Veer falls for Ichcha for her kind and innocent character and slowly Ichcha starts liking Veer. Initially Veer's mother hesitates to accept Ichcha,Later their families agree to their relation and they're about to marry. Insecure seeing Veer shower Ichcha with expensive gifts, Tapasya does a suicide drama and begs Ichcha to let her marry Veer. Ichcha agrees and Veer marries Tapasya. On that same night Veer comes to know the truth and Tapasya tells him that it was Ichcha who forced her to marry Veer as she thinks she's not the right one for him. Next day Veer lashes out Tapasya in front of her family and forces Ichcha for the reason and she tells the truth. His brother Vansh, a drug addict falls for Ichcha looking at her caring nature.
Veer, unaware of Vansh's love, tries to divorce Tapasya and marry Ichcha. Tapasya manipulates Gunvanti who gets Vansh and Ichcha married. Veer is heartbroken. Tapasya misleads Vansh, indirectly blaming him for Ichcha's sufferings. As a result, he kills himself. Gunvanti blames Ichcha. Veer finds out and exposes how Tapasya tried to kill Ichcha and made Vansh kill himself. Shocked, Jogi disowns her. Ichcha goes to Vrindavan. There, Veer arrives to unite with her.
They express their love and marry in Vrindavan; the family accepts them. Tapasya meets a Ruthless, Raghuvendra Rathore, who falls for her, but she betrays him in 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 Ichcha raise her, unaware she is Tapasya's daughter. Ichha delivers a boy but Sumitra and Pushkar steal him.
They bribe the nurse to tell Ichcha, the boy was stillborn. Raghuvendra bumps into and takes the baby from Pushkar. He and Tapasya adopt the baby, named Yuvraj. Pregnant again, Ichha saves Veer from the cruel Avinash, who attacks him. Veer loses his memory. Ichcha kills Avinash and is jailed for 18 years. Ichcha delivers a girl in prison, and tells Damini to raise the baby, named Meethi.
18 years later
Meethi and Mukta are best friends just like their mothers. Ichcha returns. Arrogant and selfish, Yuvraj hates her. Meethi also presumed her dead. 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 brainwashed him against Ichcha. Sumitra reveals to Meethi that Ichcha is alive, but lies she ruined Tapasya's life since childhood. Earlier, Meethi is in denial.
But when she knows Ichcha was in prison for murder, she develops a negative opinion to her. Kanha also reveals Ichcha was in prison for murder, but fails to mention she killed Avinash to save Veer. Meethi confronts and rejects Ichcha. Damini and Kanha try to convince her to forgive Ichcha. Meethi disbelieves them. Damini's attempt to unite them fails as Meethi hates Ichcha even more. Sumitra brainwashes Mukta, who gets 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 has still no memories, lives with Gunvanti and Amla. Reformed after living in US from years, Tapasya 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 and donates her heart to Tapasya before dying. Tapasya now cares for Meethi just like Mukta. Later, Raghuvendra gets the evidence to expose Akash. Surbhi turns out as 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 Ajitesh. Kanha forgives her and promises to raise Ajitesh. As Vishnu and Mukta love each other, they marry and soon have a son, Manav. Meethi and Akash unite. 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. Aashfaq 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 unite, and in the end, reflect the everlasting friendship of Ichcha and Tapasya.
Cast
Main
- Tina Datta as
- Ichcha Bharti Bundela: Damini and Rajendra's daughter; Jogi's adopted daughter; Tapasya's best friend; Vansh's widow; Veer's wife; Yuvraj and Meethi's mother; Kanha's adoptive mother (2009–13)
- Sparsh Khanchandani as child Ichcha Bharti (2008–09)
- Meethi Bundela Chatterjee: Ichcha and Veer's daughter; Yuvraj's younger sister; Kanha's adopted sister; Mukta's best friend; Akash's wife; Rani and Tamanna's adoptive mother (2012–15)
- Ichcha Bharti Bundela: Damini and Rajendra's daughter; Jogi's adopted daughter; Tapasya's best friend; Vansh's widow; Veer's wife; Yuvraj and Meethi's mother; Kanha's adoptive mother (2009–13)
- Rashami Desai as Tapasya Thakur Rathore: Divya and Jogi's daughter; Ichcha's best friend; Raghuvendra's wife; Veer and Tej's ex-wife; Mukta's mother; Manav's grandmother (2009–14)
- Ishita Panchal as child Tapasya Thakur (2008–09)
- Nandish Sandhu/Vikas Bhalla as Veer Singh Bundela: Umed and Gunvanti's younger son; Vansh's younger brother; Tapasya's ex-husband; Ichcha's husband; Yuvraj and Meethi's father; Kanha's adoptive father (2009–13) (dead)
- Rohit Khurana as
- Vansh Singh Bundela: Umed and Gunvanti's elder son; Veer's elder brother; Ichcha's first husband (2009–10) (dead)
- Rocky Shah: Vansh's lookalike; Ruby's fiancé (2011–12)
- Sreejita De as Mukta Rathore Kashyap: Tapasya and Raghuvendra's daughter; Meethi's best friend; Vishnu's wife; Manav's mother (2012–15)
- Saurabh Jain/Bharat Chawda as Yuvraj Singh Bundela: Ichcha and Veer's son; Meethi's elder brother; Kanha's adopted brother (2012–14)
- Mrunal Jain as Akash Chatterjee: Avinash and Ekadish's son; Sankrant's elder brother; Surbhi and Nirbhay's cousin; Nandini's ex-fiancé; Meethi's husband; Rani's father; Tamanna's adoptive father (2013–15)
- Ajay Chaudhary as Vishnu Kashyap: Mukta's husband; Manav's father (2013–15)
Recurring cast
- Vaishali Thakkar as Damini Bharti: Rajendra's widow; Ichcha's mother; Thakur family's maid; Yuvraj and Meethi's grandmother; Kanha's adoptive grandmother; Rani and Tamanna's great-grandmother(2008–15)
- Ayub Khan as Jogi Thakur: Divya's husband; Tapasya's father; Ichcha's adoptive father; Mukta's grandfather; Manav's great-grandfather (2008–14)
- Pratima Kazmi as Sumitra Devi Jaiswal: Tapasya's grandmother; Mukta's great-grandmother; Pushkar's mother; Divya's aunt (2008–15)
- Pragati Mehra/Pyumori Mehta Ghosh as Divya Thakur: Pushkar's cousin; Jogi's wife; Tapasya's mother; Mukta's grandmother; Manav's great-grandmother (2008–15)
- Akanksha Awasthi as Rohini Jaiswal: Pushkar's wife (2008–13)
- Arun Singh Sharma as Pushkar Jaiswal: Sumitra's son; Rohini's husband; Divya's cousin (2008–12)
- Shamim Sheikh as Baldev Singh Bundela: Umed and Tej's father; Vansh and Veer's grandfather (2009–13)
- Akhil Mishra as Umed Singh Bundela: Baldev's son; Tej's half-brother; Gunvanti's husband; Vansh and Veer's father; Yuvraj and Meethi's grandfather (2009–13)
- Beena Banerjee as Gunvanti Bundela: Umed's wife; Vansh and Veer's mother; Yuvraj and Meethi's grandmother (2009–13)
- Monalika Bhonsle as Chanda Kumari Sachdev: Vansh and Veer's cousin; Gunvanti's niece (2009–13)
- Pawan Mahendru as Kasa Seth: Bundela family's maid (2009–14)
- Sunil Sinha/Kiran Karmarkar as Tej Singh Bundela: Baldev's son; Umed's half-brother; Tapasya's ex-husband (2009, 2012–13)
- Sunil Chauhan as Rajendra Bharti: Damini's husband; Ichcha's father; Yuvraj and Meethi's grandfather (2009) (Dead)
- Sharhaan Singh as Siddharth Verma: Tapasya's ex-boyfriend (2009–12)
- Gaurav Chopra as Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore: Malvika's ex-husband; Tapasya's husband; Ambika and Mukta's father; Manav's grandfather
- Gaurav S Bajaj as Aman Verma: Meethi and Mukta's colleague and former love (2012)
- Chaitanya Choudhury as Kanha Chatterjee: Jignesh's son; Avinash's maternal nephew; Ichcha and Veer's adopted son; Yuvraj and Meethi's adoptive brother; Surbhi's husband; Ajitesh's father (2012–14)
- Pranitaa Pandit as Surbhi Chatterjee: Agarth and Kadambari's daughter; Nirbhay's younger sister; Akash and Sankrant's cousin; Kanha's wife; Ajitesh's mother (2012–13) (dead)
- Krutika Desai Khan as Ekadish Chatterjee: Agarth, Gomati and Pavitra's brother; Avinash's wife; Akash and Sankrant's mother; Rani's grandmother; Tamanna's grandmother (2012–15)
- Varun Toorkey as Sankrant Chatterjee: Ekadish and Avinash's son; Akash younger brother; Surbhi and Nirbhay's cousin; Ambika's husband (2013–15)
- Vividha Kirti as Ambika Chatterjee: Malvika and Raghuvendra's daughter; Mukta's half-sister; Sankrant's wife (2013–15)
- Arishfa Khan as Rani Chatterjee: Akash and Nandini's daughter; Meethi's adopted daughter (2014–15)
- An unknown actress as Tamanna Chatterjee: Akash and Meethi's adopted daughter; Khanna's daughter (2015)
- Arti Singh as Kajri Yadav: Nirbhay's wife (2013–14)
- Rumi Khan as Nirbhay Yadav: Agarth and Kadambari's son; Surbhi's elder brother; Ekadish, Gomati, and Pavitra's nephew; Kajri's husband (2013) (dead)
- Girija Shankar as Agarth Yadav: Ekadish, Gomati, and Pavitra's brother: Kadambari's husband; Nirbhay and Surbhi's father (2013)
- Kabbir as Rajju Yadav (2013–14) (as Kabbir Khan)
- Neena Singh as Gomati Yadav (2013–15)
- Hetal Yadav as Pavitra Yadav (2013–14)
- Rishina Kandhari as Malvika Rathore: Raghuvendra's ex-wife; Ambika's mother (2014–15)
- Sonica Handa as Amla Bundela: Veer's third wife (2012–13)
- Rajesh Khera as Maharani (2014)
- Tiku Talsania as Colonel Swarnik Agnihotri (2014)
- Krip Suri as Asgar Rizvi: Saba, Nusrat, and Ashfaque's brother; Zubieda and Fida's husband (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 Sharma/Chameli: Akash's ex-girlfriend; Rani's mother; Sri Karna's daughter (2014–15)
- Madhura Naik as Nilofer Naaz: Ashfaque's wife; Khalid's sister (2014)
- Mansi Sharma as Saba Mehrami: Nusrat, Asgar and Ashfaque's sister (2014)
- Samikssha Batnagar as Zubieda Ahmed: Asgar's first wife (2014)
- Rakesh Pandey as Rizvi Gulzar: Saba, Nusrat, Asgar and Ashfaque's father; Mumtaz's husband (2014)
- Charu Rohatgi as Mumtaz Begum: Saba, Nusrat, Asgar and Ashfaque's mother; Rizvi's wife (2014)
- Amrin Chakkiwala as Nusrat Rizvi (2014)
- Vineett Kumar/Rrajvir Singh as Khalid: Saba's husband; Nilofer's brother (2014)
- An unknown actor as Mushtaq Ansari Sahab (2014)
- Farida Dadi as Anjum Jalalan (2008–14)
- Usha Bachani as Mrs. Jailaxmi Khurana (2009)
- Aastha Chaudhary as Madhuran Sethi (2011)
- Raj Singh Verma as Avinash Chatterjee: Ekadashi's husband; Akash and Sankrant's father; Prasad's son; Kanha's maternal uncle (2011–12)
- Sharad Kelkar as Satyaveer Singh (2011)
- An unknown actress as Kuki Arora (2009)
- An unknown actress as Jyoti Bhatia: Lali's sister; Thakur family's maid (2008–10)
- Shivshakti Sachdev as Lali Thakur: Jyoti's sister (2009)
- An unknown actor as Maharaj Karvansh: Thakur family's maid (2008–09)
- Priya Marathe as Ruby Shekhawat: Rocky's fiancée (2011–12)
- 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 (2011–12)
Production
Casting
The show initially starred Sparsh Khanchandani as young Ichcha with Ishita Panchal as young Tapasya in December 2008 to June 2009.[4]
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.[5][6] 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.[7] Rajsingh Verma played Avinash as the key negative character.
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.[8] It has been dubbed in 20+ languages
Reception
Uttaran's 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.[9][10][11] 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.[12]
In week 51 of 2008, it occupied fifth position with 3.84 TVR.[13]
In week 2 of 2009, it occupied fourth position with 4.5 TVR. In week of 24 October 2009, it occupied top position and garnered 8.2 TVR. In week of 14 November 2009, it garnered its highest weekly rating of 9.6 TVR.[14][15][16]
In week 3 of 2010, it occupied top position and garnered 8.1 TVR. In week of 17 July 2010, it garnered its highest weekly rating of 8.4 TVR. In week 46 of 2010, it occupied third position with 5.64 TVR.[17][18]
For a record week of 44, it was the top 10 position in Hindi GEC throughout the year 2011 and In week 13 of 2011, it occupied top position with 5.9 TVR. In week 29 of 2011, it occupied fourth position with 5.04 TVR.[19][20]
In week 7 of 2012, It occupied fifth position with 4.44 TVR.[21][22]
The 18 years leap marked a series of disappointments for the show so as during the years of mid-2012 to 2015, Uttaran TRP ratings dropped significantly and eventually the serial ended on 16 January 2015 after airing for 6 years and was replaced by Code Red from 19 January 2015.[23]
It has been dubbed in 20+ languages in 16+ countries
Awards
The series has won the following awards:
| Year | Category | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ITA Awards | ||
| 2009[24] | GR8! Ensemble Cast | Uttaran |
| 2010[25] | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Ayub Khan |
| Best Actress Popular | Rashami Desai | |
| Indian Telly Awards | ||
| 2010[26] | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Ayub Khan |
| Best Actress in a Negative Role | Rashami Desai | |
| Best Daily Serial | Film Farm | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Jury | Vaishali Thakkar | |
| 2013[27] | Best Actor in a Negative Role Jury | Kiran Karmarkar |
| BIG Television Awards | ||
| 2011 | Bechara actor | Nandish Sandhu |
| Bechari actress | Vaishali Thakkar | |
| Apsara Awards[28] | ||
| 2010 | Best Director | Nandita Mehra |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Ayub Khan | |
| Best Actress in a Drama Series | Tina Datta | |
| 2011 | Best Ensemble Cast | Uttaran |
| 2011 (ColorsGolden Awards) | Popular Jodi | Tina Datta Nandish Sandhu |
| 2012 | Best Writer | Mitali Bhattacharya |
| Zee Gold Awards[29][30][31] | ||
| 2010 | Best Debut Male | Nandish Sandhu |
| Best Actor In Supporting Role (Popular) | Ayub Khan | |
| Best Actress In Negative Role (Popular) | Rashami Desai | |
| Best Story | Mitali Bhattacharya | |
| 2011 | Best Actress (Critics) | Rashami Desai |
| Best Actor In Supporting Role (Popular) | Ayub Khan | |
| 2013 | Best Actor In Negative Role (Critics) | Kiran Karmarkar |
| Gold Producer's Honour for Completing 1000 episodes | Film Farm | |
| FICCI Frames Excellence Awards[32][33] | ||
| 2010 | Best TV Series (Fiction) | Film Farm |
| Best TV Actor (Male) | Ayub Khan | |
| 2011 | Best TV Actor (Female) | Rashami Desai |
Adaptations
| Language | Title | Original release | Network(s) | Last aired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi | Uttaran उतरन |
1 December 2008 | Colors TV | 16 January 2015 | Original |
| Marathi | Asava Sundar Swapnancha Bangla असावा सुंदर स्वप्नांचा बंगला |
7 January 2013 | Colors Marathi | 19 March 2016 | Remake |
| Kannada | Kulavadhu ಕುಲವಧು |
28 July 2014 | Colors Kannada | 31 August 2019 | |
| Bengali | Jhumur ঝুমুর |
3 May 2017 | Colors Bangla | 31 December 2017 | |
| Tamil | Oviya ஓவியா |
26 November 2018 | Colors Tamil | 3 September 2020 |
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