Udaan (2014 TV series)
| Udaan | |
|---|---|
 Udaan Title card | |
| Also known as | Udann Sapnon Ki |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by |
Robin Bhatt Javed Siddiqui Sameer Siddiqui (Dialogues) |
| Starring |
Meera Deosthale Paras Arora Sai Ballal Vijayendra Kumeria |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) |
Hindi Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 01 |
| No. of episodes | 514 as of 6 May 2016[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Gurudev Bhalla Dhaval Gada[2] |
| Producer(s) | Mahesh Bhatt[3] |
| Location(s) | Delhi[2] |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | Approximately 24 minutes |
| Distributor | Gurudev Bhalla Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Colors TV[4] Raj TV SCTV (Indonesia) |
| Original release | 18 August 2014 – Present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Udann (English: Flight, Fly) (also known as Udann Sapnon Ki) is an Indian television drama show, which premiered on 18 August 2014,[5] and airs on the Colors TV channel[6] Monday through Friday.[7] The show is produced by Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt[8] and is based on his unreleased movie of the same name.[5] It stars child artist Spandan Chaturvedi in a lead role.[9] The first promo of the show was released on 10 July 2014.[10]
The series is being dubbed into Tamil as Poovizhi Vasalile on Raj TV.
Udaan is a social message program to highlight the issue of bonded labour in Indian villages.[11]
Plot summary
Set in 1996 in the village of Azadganj, Udaan is the story of the bonded laborers of a wealthy landlord, Kamal Narayan Rajvanshi (Bhaiyaji). The story is about the female protagonist, named Chakor (Spandan Chaturvedi), who is kept (girvhi) as a collateral. When Chakor's mother Kasturi (Sai Deodhar) was pregnant, her father Hariya died of an accident. Bhuwan had neither money nor a cow to donate to Pandit for Hariya's funeral. Therefore, Bhuwan and Kasturi go to the Haveli and beg for money from Bhaiyaji. Instead, Tejaswini, Kamal Narayan Rajvanshi's wife, suggests they keep their unborn child as a collateral. The couple offer their unborn child as a bonded laborer of Bhaiyaji. Later, they complete the funeral of Hariya. Kasturi gives birth to a daughter, Chakor, on the night of a full moon. Tejaswini allows them to take Chakor back home for 7 years, and then she must be brought back to Haveli to work. After seven years (2003), Chakor enters Haveli. She is a fearless, kind-hearted and an intelligent girl, while being supported by Ishwar Rawat, (Sandeep Baswana) she dreams of freedom. Ishwar is the father of Aditya Rawat, who is a free spirited collector from Lucknow. He adores Chakor as his daughter and wants her to study. Bhaiyaji's family is against of him where Rawat's family wants to expose his cruelty to the public. Chakor goes to school .Arjun Khanna (Vineet Raina) enters in Chakor's life as a Physical Trainer teacher in her life. Vivaan Rajvanshi, the son of Manohar Rajavanshi and Nephew of Kamal Narayan Rajwanshi enters as Aditya Rawat's close friend. Ishwar is determined against all odds to get Chakor educated. He even takes her to Lucknow to seek his family's support. Ishwar's father Purshottam is fearful of Bhaiyaji; so he tries to return Chakor back to Haveli. However, Ishwar is arrested on a false charge by Bhaiyaji, who argues that Ishwar kept Chakor in his home illegally in order to sell her. To protect Ishwar, Chakor faces a difficult decision between saving the man who helped her and her own education. Chakor takes a vow that she will abandon the idea of education. Arjun Khanna enters Azadganj to help Chakor and Ishwar. Vivaan Rajwanshi also enters Azadganj. Chakor meets Bhagya (Sheetal Pandya) the daughter of Kamal Narayan. Arjun and Bhagya fall in love. Ishwar sends Kamal Narayan to jail. Arjun and Bhagya are happily married.Ishwar dies in a bomb blast made by Kamal Narayan. After Ishwar's death Kamal Narayan was released. He did not accept Arjun as his son-in-law and wants to kill Arjun. Kamal and Manohar see a girl Chunni in Delhi who looked like Chakor. They gave her 50 lakhs to act as Chakor. Arjun takes Bhagya to Lucknow. Kamal and Manohar comes to Azadganj with Chunni. Kasturi and others get happy seeing Chakor. Kamal Narayan learns that Arjun took Bhagya to lucknow and becomes very angry.Finally it is revealed that Chunni is the twin-sister of Chakor. Bhaiyaji kills Chunni. Chakor goes to the rainbow circus, unaware of Chunni's death. She bravely exposes the murderer in the circus and then travels to perform in Bhaiyaji and Ranjana's wedding after Ranjana kills Manohar. Ranjana marries Bhaiyaji. Bhayiaji tries to kill Chakor but Arjun re-enters Azadganj and saves Chakor. Bhayiaji gets angry and captures her dadi to maintain his fear on villagers. Arjun asks Chakor to give her 10 years to him. Chakor agree to give her 10 years to Arjun.
After 10 Years
The show takes a major leap of 10 years. The Story follows 3 Protagonists:- Chakor(Meera Deosthale), Aditya Rawat(Varun Sharma) and Vivaan Rajawanshi (Paras Arora). It shows Chakors is trained un Sder Arjun Khanna. Arjun(Vineet Raina) and Bhagya (Sheetal Pandya) take care of her like their own daughter. She grows up with a dream: to free Azadganj from the clutches of Kamal Narayan Rajvanshi.
Cast
- Main Cast
- Meera Deosthale as Chakor (Main Female Lead and Protagonist)
- Paras Arora as Vivaan Rajvanshi (Main Male Lead and Protagonist)
- Sai Ballal as Kamalnarayan Rajvanshi (Main Antagonist)
- Vijayendra Kumeria as Suraj Rajvanshi (Antagonist)
- Vidhi Pandya as Imli
- supporting Cast
- Varun Sharma as Aditya Rawat
- Vinny Arora as Tina Malhotra
- Sai Deodhar as Kasturi
- Dolphin Dwivedi as Abha Ishwar Rawat
- Prachee Pathak as Tejaswini Rajvanshi
- Aryan Vaid as Kabir
- Ginny Virdi as Ranjana Rajvanshi
- Rajiv Kumar as Bhuvan
- Nisha Pareek as Laali
- Former cast
- Vineet Raina as Arjun Khanna (Parallel Male Lead and Protagonist)
- Sheetal Pandya as Bhagya Arjun Khanna
- Spandan Chaturvedi as Young Chakor/Chunni
- Yash Mistry as Young Aditya Rawat
- Wahib Kapadia as Young Vivaan Rajvanshi
- Sandeep Baswana as Collector Ishwar Rawat
- Apurv Jyotir/ Darshan Gujrar as Young Suraj Rajvanshi
- Tasheen Shah as Young Imli
- Vaishnavvi Shukla as Young Ragini Rajvanshi
- Jineet Rath as Young Om
- Naveen Sharma as Rakesh Deshmukh/ Rocky
- Roma Bhali as Vaibhavi Deshmukh
- Suhasini Mulay as Shakuntala Rajvanshi
- Prakash Ramchandani as Laakhan
- Amit Dolawat as Mahesh Khanna (Owner of a circus)
- Moni Rai as Manohar Rajvanshi
- Deep Kaur as Swarnaa Rawat
- Vijay Aidasani as Samarithan Prabhakar Rawat
- Nishikant Dixit as Principal
- Shailesh Datar as Minister
Special Appearance
- Vidya Balan as Herself
References
- ↑ "Udaan episodes". Udaan. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Film maker Mahesh Bhatt at the launch of Udann in Delhi". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ "Interview: After four years of gap, Sai Deodar comes back on TV serial ‘Udaan’". daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ "Watch 'Udaan' on Colors". daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Mahesh Bhatt's unreleased film 'Udaan' becomes a TV show - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ "'Shastri Sisters' and 'Udann' cast visit the Andhericha Raja Pandal - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ "Udaan: Little Chakor becomes bonded labour". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ "Conceptualised 'Udaan' actually for a film Mahesh Bhatt". mid-day. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ Anil Wanvari. "Colors to awaken rural masses with ‘Udaan’ - Indian Television Dot Com". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ Anil Wanvari. "In Video: First promo of Colors’ ‘Udaan’ - Indian Television Dot Com". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ↑ "'I had tears in my eyes when I heard the script of Udaan'". Rediff. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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