Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal

Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal
Logo of Navya
Created by	Vivek Bahl
Written by	Vikas Bahl Sonali Jaffar Saba Mumtaz Bhavana Vyas Avantika Sahir Gautam Hegde Janaki V Rekha Babbal Preiti Magmain Vinod Sharma Mirduta Sharma
Directed by	Ravi Bhushan & Jeetu Arora
Creative director(s)	Prathyusha J
Starring	Shaheer Sheikh, Soumya Seth
Theme music composer	Vishal-Shekhar
Opening theme	"Bekaboo" by Shilpa Rao
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi (English subtitles in the UK)
No. of episodes	331
Production
Producer(s)	Siddhart Kumar Tewary Gayatri Gill Tewary Rahul Kumar Tewary (Swastik Pictures)
Editor(s)	Varun Mehndiratta
Cinematography	Madhu Vannier, Jagtar S Mangal
Running time	24 minutes
Release
Original network	STAR Plus/STAR Utsav
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	4 April 2011 – 29 June 2012
External links
Website

Navya is an Indian television drama series that aired on Star Plus. The series premiered on 4 April 2011, and is produced by Swastik Pictures. Originally on the 10:00 p.m. slot, it was scheduled to be taken off air on February 2012, to be replaced with Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein.^[1] However, in a last minute change, it was moved to the 6:00 p.m. slot instead.,^[2] The series initially received high rating, but after a change in concept of youth show to family drama, the rating fell and the series was pulled off air in June 2012.

Plot

Anant was seen by Navya's mother when he surprised her to wish her happy birthday.^[3] Their fate remains unknown. Later her mother starts to doubt Navya therefore she requests Renuka to talk to her about it. Navya confesses about Anant and her relationship. Renuka keeps this a secret from her mom. But later Navya's mother learns about the relationship. Navya's mother is very disturbed to learn about the relationship & decides to send Navya to Kanpur with her dadi and tells Navya that she will not be in touch with Anant.

Anant's cousin's wedding is in Kanpur and he was sure that Navya is invited because he sees the name of her father and dadi on a card. After two weeks, the wedding come closer and then there comes another problem. Father and his baba want Anant to stay home and look their business. Anant's brother says that Anant should go with them. His Chacha ji can stay at home and says that with this he will know about his responsibilities. His baba says that Anant can go to Kanpur.

In Kanpur at the wedding when Navya's mother learns that Anant is there, she keeps Navya away from him. Anant doesn't want to stay away. He meets Navya but Navya's mother see him with her. She takes both to a corner to warn Anant to stop all this as she doesn't want any problem. Navya's father listens and remembers that hewas there on Valentine's Day and he wants to know all about between them. Navya's mom wants to stop his father but she cannot stop navya father at that time. Anant's father come to talk to Anant that why he is not with his family and goes back then. Navya's father comes to know that he is Anant's father and go to meet Anant's father to meet and talk about his son. He explains all to his father and says false about Anant and his family. Anant's father gets angry and says that, "This is not about only Anant. There was your daughter Navya also" and they all fight. Anant's family goes out from there and so does Navya's family. Anant's father orders Anant to forget Navya and Navya's father, being disheartened by all this, tell Navya to forget Anant.

Anant's baba agrees that Navya and Anant can marry but there is one condition they lay if she will be in their house. She would be forced to follow their in-laws; they will go to Navya's house to fix Anant and Navya's alliance. Navya then gets ready for Anant's family to go and see her when she remembers she has to cook something for them. With help from her mother, she makes some samosas. Anant's family arrives 15 minutes early so she rushes to get ready with the help of Appy and Rits. Navya feels nervous and does not want to go out. Anant makes an excuse of going bathroom and calls Navya from there and asks her to come out soon. As Navya comes out, she and Anant accidentally hit each other. Anant's family agrees to the wedding. Anant goes to Navya's house to take her to college, when he accidentally calls her dad papa and she tells Appy and Rits and they laugh at him. He swears revenge.

Cast and characters

Characters	Age	Portrayed by	Relevance	Description
Mishra family
Deepak Mishra	51	Gireesh Sahedev	Navya’s father	He is a caring and loving father who is overprotective. He has a set off strict rules for Navya to safeguard her from the bad world outside. His dream for his daughter is to get a college degree followed by a happy married life. He gets angry on learning of Navya's affair but later learns that Anant and Navya's love is true. He goes to fix alliance and got insulted. Anant came and apologised to him. Later Shankar (Anant's grandfather) agree to fix an alliance.
Neeta Mishra	48	Kshitee Jog	Navya’s mother	She is an exemplary housewife and mother. She is talkative, friendly and lovable, and her world centres around her husband and children. She firmly believes that women should make compromises if that is required for the larger happiness of the family.
Dadiji Mishra	68		Navya's Grandma (Deepaks Mum)	She is a loving grandmother who cares for her children. She spoils Harsh as he is the only boy and the youngest of the family. Dadiji understands what Navya is going through and helps her along the way and she knows when something is wrong and Navya is trying to hide it. She is very comical and brings happiness to the family when they are all down.
Harsh Mishra	18		Navya’s brother	Being the only son of the family, Harsh is spoilt by his grandmother. He is quite mischievous and loves landing Navya in trouble.
Renuka	23	Shruti Sharma	Navya’s sister	Navya's eldest married sister who has a daughter. She is married to Gautam.
Gautam	25		Navya’s brother in law	He is Renuka's husband who has extramarital affairs, ignores his family, and enjoys life. He is the father of Renuka's daughter.
Bajpai family
Navya Anant Bajpai	21	Soumya Seth	Female protagonist	She is a simple, sweet next-door girl. Her family is quite conservative and she tries to strike a balance between traditions and modernity to keep herself and her family happy. She is innocent, sweet and believes in fairytale romances. She has two best friends Ritika (Ritz) and Appy. She falls not in love with Anant. Later her mother found out her affair and sent her to kanpur. But navya an anant didn't stop loving each other. When the family of each other's comes to know about their relationship they get angry. Navya's dad understood that she truly loves ananat and even anant also does the same. depak goes to fix alliance but was insulted. But anant's baba never wants to meet navya's family and fix the alliance.
Anant Bajpai	21	Shaheer Sheikh	Male Protagonist	He is a 22-year-old boy. On the surface he looks like any urban guy with a modern approach to life, but deep inside he is a traditionalist. He respects the concept of arranged marriage and joint family. He willingly follows whatever course that his family charts for him without any protests. When he sees Navya he falls in love with her. He has kissed her six times. He proposed to navya first. He is cool and dashing.
Om Prakash Bajpai	55	Achal Nagesh	Anant’s Father	He is a true traditionalist who runs a publishing house. He has a sharp tongue and is a stern father. He respects and loves his father more than anyone in the world and wants to make him proud and happy in whatever he does.
Sugandha Bajpai	53	Hemaakshi Ujjain	Anant’s Mother	She is a conformist and an ideal daughter-in-law. She shoulders all the household responsibilities. She is a loving and caring mother to Anant and the only family member who understands Anant’s ambiguities.
Shankar Dayal Bajpai	71		Anant’s grandfather	He is the backbone of the Bajpai family. He strongly believes in family values and traditions. He is an eminent speaker and often lectures people about traditions and their relevance. In all senses, he is a self-made man, and it is for this reason that he is highly respected by everyone, including his near and dear ones.
Sanjay Bajpai	52	Farukh Saeed	Anant's uncle	He is the father of Nimisha. He is not really involved with the family business. He didn't wanted Nimisha to get engaged so fast.
Nimisha Bajpai	18	Shivani Surve	Anant’s cousin	She is chirpy and full of life. Though, this attitude often lands her in trouble at home. She is getting married to Nikhil
Rama Bajpai	23	Snigdha Pandey	Anant’s sister-in-law	She is from Banaras and Anant's elder brother Mohan's Wife. She tries to get Anant married with her sister.
Mohan Bajpai	24	Rohit Bharadwaj	Anant's brother	He is scared to ask his father and his grandfather something. Rama doesn't like that. He doesn't wants Shagun to marry Anant.
Saraswati	68		Anant's Bua dadi	widow having lots of attitude..bosses around the whole bajpai family.she is so old so that she believes in all those old things like after 12th or may be before 12th girls should get married and even love marriage is not allowed and boys do not have any girl as his friend and girls do not have any girl as her friend in fact the family members have to take permission to love that's funny na well there is a problem that she lives with anant's family as her son and daughter-in-law lives in USA and she believes in that old Indian women can't live in USA.
OTHERS
Ritika Joshi	19	Vinita Joshi Thakkar	Navya’s friend	She is Navya childhood friend and shares a great rapport with her. She is chirpy and has an extravagant lifestyle. She likes to experiment and has a creative side to her. Her boyfriend is Ranbir.
Appy	19	Farhina Parvez Jarimari	Navya’s friend	She is also Navya’s childhood friend. Her chirpiness and innocence makes her incredibly lovable. She shares a great bond with Navya. Sometimes she gets close to Anant's friend Harry.
Ranbir	19	Rehan Sayed	Ritika's boyfriend and Anant's friend	He is Anant's childhood friend .He and Ritika share a great love relationship.
Harry	19	Meer Ali	Anant's friend	He is Anant's friend. He is very naughty and sometimes get close to Appy.
Shagun	19	Danica Moadi	Anant's sister-in-law's sister	Anant's sister-in-law wants her to get married to Anant. She is a small town girl from Banaras.
Sonia	19	Chestha Bhagat	Anant’s EX friend	She is madly in love with Anant and is ready to go to any lengths to win his affection. She is bossy, rude and has a lot of attitude. After she tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists after an incidenr involving Anant, she is never seen again.

Awards

Years	Awards	Categories	Winners	Results
2011	BIG Television Awards	Taaza male	Shaheer Sheikh	Won[4]
		Taaza female	Soumya seth	Won[4]
	Indian Television Academy Awards	GR8! face of the year	Shaheer Sheikh	Won
		Best singer	Shilpa Rao	Won
2012	Indian Telly Awards	Fresh new face (Female)	Soumya Seth	Nominated[5][6]

References

1. "Star Plus axes 'Navya' to launch 'Sajda Tere Pyar Mein'". media247.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
2. "'Navya' gets last-minute reprieve; stays on Star Plus". media247.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
3. http://starplus.startv.in/show/navya/about_118.aspx
4. BIG Television Awards. "BIG Television Awards".
5. 2012 Indian Telly Awards winners
6. http://www.zorsebol.com/television/11th-indian-telly-awards-2012-winners-photos/

External links

• Full episodes of Navya: http://starplus.startv.in/video/showvideo.asp?sid=118&showid=198