Ssshhhh...Koi Hai
| Ssshhhh...Koi Hai | |
|---|---|
 Inter-title of Ssshhhh...Koi Hai | |
| Also known as | Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai (Season 2–3) |
| Genre |
Horror Supernatural |
| Created by |
Prem Krishen Malhotra & Sunil Mehta (Season 1) Abhimanyu Singh [Suman Dey](Season 1–3) |
| Written by | Arshad Sayed |
| Directed by |
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| Creative director(s) | Vincent Franklin |
| Starring | See below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 393 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
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| Producer(s) |
Prem Krishen Malhotra & Sunil Mehta (Season 1) Abhimanyu Singh (Season 1–3) |
| Editor(s) |
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| Location(s) | Mumbai, India |
| Cinematography |
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| Running time | 45 minutes approx. |
| Production company(s) |
Cinevistaas Limited (Season 1) Contiloe Entertainment (Season 1–3) |
| Distributor | Star India |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Star Plus (Season 1) Star One (Season 2–3) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 27 July 2001 – 16 May 2010 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Aahat Raat Hone Ko Hai Darr Sabko Lagta Hai |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Ssshhhh...Koi Hai (English: Ssshhhh...someone's there) is an Indian thriller/horror television anthology series created by Cinevistaas Limited and Contiloe Entertainment for Star Plus. The first season was created by them together, while later seasons were only created by Abhimanyu Singh and were aired on Star Plus' sister channel STAR One. The series which premiered on 27 July 2001, ran for three seasons ending on 16 May 2010.
Shiva Rindani, Vindu Dara Singh, Ronit Roy, Mac Mohan, Sunil Grover, Murali Sharma, Hrishikesh Pandey, Kamya Panjabi and many more have been starred in the series. Shakti Anand, Indian TV actor has also worked in the first season and two episodes of second season.[1]
The series was based on fictional stories. The show covered supernatural events including ghosts, ghouls, goblins, zombies, and haunted houses.
Brother Aditya and Abhimanyu Singh started their production house Contiloe Films Private Ltd in 1996, and made serials for Doordarshan.[2]
Abhimanyu Singh was partnering with Cinevistaas for post-production facilities.[2]
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 154 | 27 July 2001[3] | 13 August 2004 | |
| 2 | 221 | 3 November 2006 | 22 August 2009 | |
| 3 | 18 | 19 March 2010 | 16 May 2010 | |
Season 1 (2001-2004)
The first season was a weekly season airing on every Friday nights. The season managed to gain high TRP ratings and became a hit.[3]
In July 2002, the show introduced a ghostbuster named Vikraal (first played by Mamik Singh who was later replaced by Salil Ankola) and other ghostbusters. This time, the show's target viewership were children.
Cast
- Mamik Singh / Salil Ankola as Vikraal
- Reshma Khan / Sonali Malhotra as Lily
- KK Goswami as Gabroo
- Shakti Anand / Manav Gohil / Jiten Lalwani as Captain Kishan
- Neha Devi Singh as Sameera / Bijli
- Tom Alter as Mritunjay
- Vishnu Sharma as Satyacharya
- Nandini Singh as Nandini
- Shahbaz Khan as Mayakaal
- Aashish Kaul as (episodic role)
- Devan in "Bhediya"
- Hiten Paintal as (episodic role)
- Rohit in "Bhediya"
- Tom Alter as (episodic role)
- Randhir Singh Seva in "Bhediya"
- Paintal as (episodic role)
- Madhav Singh / Werewolf in "Bhediya"
Plot
The show takes place after the return of Mayakal, who was the most powerful wizard. He captured Vikraal. Guru Satyacharya observed that Vikraal could not handle the situation alone, and therefore decided to call Mitunjay's daughter Bijli and Captain Kishan in to help Vikraal. These three defeated Mayakaal. These ghost-busters' mission in life was to get rid of all the ghosts & evil spirits in the world. These three ghost-busters were called the Trikaal, who were always ready to fight against evil powers. After the contribution of both of Trikaal, no one was supposed to kill them. They fight with ghosts and get caught in bottles. They also have an office known by Trikaal's office.[4]
Season 2 (2006-2009)
Due to the huge popularity of the first season, the channel decided to bring back the series in its second season. The second season was titled Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai, (English: Ssshhhh...someone's again there) which was a weekly season, airing on every Friday nights.[5] This time too the season became a huge hit. On 6 July 2007, a special series named Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai - Aryaamaan of four episodes was aired. In this series, Indian television actor Rahil Azam plays the role of Aryaamaan as the ghost buster. His mission was to cast away all kind of negative powers in the world. This special series ended on 27 July 2007. On 14 December 2007, the season aired on Friday and Saturday, each story being split into two episodes. In January 2009, the format of the series was changed. Each story was made to run for eight weeks.
Cast
- Rahil Azam as (episodic role)
- Aryamann in "Yaakshi"
- Aryamann in "Choona Mana Hai"
- Aryamann in "Shaitaani Sipahi"
- Aryamann in "Shaitaan Aa Raha Hai"
- Sonia Singh as
- Viveka Sharma in "Choona Mana Hai"
- in "Kitaab Jaadu Aur Teen Chudail"
- Bharat Chawda in
- "Choona Mana Hai"
- Pranit Bhatt as
- in "Choona Mana Hai"
- Manish Paul as (episodic roles)
- Prem in "Khooni Saaya"
- Prashant in "Kaali Chudail"
- Raj in "Guest House"
- Siddharth in "Honeymoon Hotel"
- Rushad Rana as Aniket/Varun in "Balight Ka Bargad", "Raaz Ki Ek Raat"
- Shakti Arora as various
- Rashmi Desai as Priya
- in "Kaali Chudail"
- Divyanka Tripathi as unknown in "Intezaar"
- Vicky Ahuja as
- in "Intezaar"
- in "Pahaari Daayan"
- in "Dacait"
- Mukesh Khanna as unknown
- Kruti Popat in
- "Qayamat"
- Tuhina Vohra in
- "Raavanraaj"
- "Maa"
- "Ek Aam Aadmi"
- Lavanya Tripathi as unknown
- Eijaz Khan as (episodic role)
- Virat Saniyal in "Nishaan"
- Rucha Gujrati as (episodic role)
- Aditi in "Drishti"
- Shakti Anand as (episodic role)
- Dr. Ashish / Nitin Kapoor in "Drishti"
- Megha Gupta as (episodic role)
- Devaki in "Danav Dasi"
- Sukirti Kandpal as (episodic role)
- Ghost in "Deewar"
- Giresh Jain as
- in "Deewar"
- Nirmal Pandey as unknown
- in "Dacait"
- Aastha Choudhary as unknown
- in "Anaamika"
- Tia Bajpai as
- in "Qayamat"
- in "Tum Meri Ho"
- in "Parchaae"
- Shivani Gosain as unknown in "Rukmani Mansion"
- Ali Merchant as
- Rahul in "Jauhar"
- in "Terrace"
- Kunal Bakshi as unknown
- in "Kaali Chudail"
- Nandini Singh as
- in "Raavaraaj"
- Nandini in "Balighat Ka Bargad"
- Amrapali Gupta as various/kalika/priya in "Intezaar", "Junnon", "Thakur Ki Dulhan"
- Kishori Shahne as maa sa in "Intezaar"
- Utkarsha Naik as unknown in "Intezaar"
- Tarun Khanna as unknown in "Dastkhat"
- Jhumma Mitra as unknown
- in "Anaamika"
- Ashish Malkani
- Manish Naggdev as
- in "Maa"
- Paras Chaurasia as
- in "Khooni Saaya"
- Tushar Dalvi
- Hrishikesh Pandey as unknown in "Manorajan"
- Abhinav Kohli as
- in "Raavanraaj"
- Manish Khanna as
- in "Khoon Ka Badla Khoon"
- Romit Raj as
- in "Bhoot Bangla"
- Kurush Deboo as
- Cyrus Batliwala in "Honeymoon Hotel"
- Pubali Sanyal as
- in "Qayamat"
- in "Terrace"
- Shriya Bisht as
- in "Khooni Saaya"
- in "Kumbharakha"
- Kanika Kalra as
- in "Vetaal Ki Wapsi"
- in "Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neechey"
- Akansha Kanjilal as
- in "Khooni Saaya"
- in "Woh Kaun Thi"
- Jignesh Mehta as
- in "Kumbharaka"
- in "Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neechey"
- Manish Khanna
- in "Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neechey"
- Rajiv Mishra as
- in "Ek Aam Aadmi"
- Jitu Malkani as
- in "Kumbharaka"
- Priya Arya as
- in "Honeymoon Cottage"
- Priya Ahuja as
- in "Kitaab Jaadu Aur Teen Chudail"
Season 3 (2010)
The series was once again brought back by the channel. Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai 3 aired on every Friday and Saturday nights, later shifting on every Saturday and Sunday on 10 April 2010.[6]
Cast
- Gauri Tonk as Vayika (witch)
- Sandeep Rajora as Saarthak (ghost buster)
- Naman Shaw as Ajinkya (older brother of Veer, wheel chair is his life partner)
- Ashish Kapoor as Ajinkya's brother Veer (he is the hero and believes that her mother abandoned him after birth)
- Murli Sharma as Vikrant (demon king)
- Mouni Roy as Koena, later replaced by Anupriya Kapoor from fifteenth episode.
Plot
The season introduces a very old story which was to be happened in the past. It had also introduced a prophecy that was made centuries ago. It's the story of two brothers (Ajinkya and Veer), whose lives are destined to intertwine. Ajinkya has been in search of his mother for the past 20 years. Ajinkya and Veer join hands only to realize eventually they are the lost brothers - but with completely different motives. The powerful demon king – Vikrant destroys the much feared demon-slayer – Saarthak. He tries to destroy his two sons also. Ajinkya manages to find his mother but is shocked to know she had never transformed. He managed to kill Vikrant but that wouldn’t be the end of him. He enters Vayika’s body, who is injuired in a struggle and in order to finish Vikrant completely, ends up killing Vayika.
Reception
Ratings
STAR India senior creative director Shailja Kejriwal stated about second season, "We are extremely delighted at the response that we have got from the audience for Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai." But from March 2009, the TRPs of the second season declined with every passing week, which the channel had to unfortunately shut down the season on 22 August 2009.[7]
Accolades
Roy Baretto won Indian Telly Awards for Best TV Show Packaging in 2002 and 2003, while Hiroo Keswani won for Videography (Best TV Cameraman - Fiction) in 2004.[8] Cinevistaas Limited won Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Special/Visual Effects for television in 2002 and 2003, while Contiloe Entertainment was nominated in 2009.[9]
Cinevistaas Limited also won Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 2001,[10] while Contiloe Entertainment won for Best Thriller / Horror Serial in 2007 and for Best Thriller Programme in 2008 and 2009.[11]
References
- ↑ "‘Aahat’ will increase horror quotient in genre: Shakti Anand". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
- 1 2 "I don't believe half-baked shows are accepted by viewers". Indian Television. Retrieved 23 October 2003.
- 1 2 "On Fridays entertainment, on Sundays devotion is the Star Plus credo". Indian Television. Retrieved 28 June 2001.
- ↑ "Key to weekdays prime time in hand, Star Plus aims to lock in Saturdays too". Indian Television. Retrieved 6 October 2003.
- ↑ "Star One whispers Shhh...!". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
- ↑ "Past...Shhh...Phir Koi Hai! returns on Star One". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ↑ "Ssshhh….Phir Koi Hai to go off air". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ "The Indian Telly Awards 2004". Indian Television.
- ↑ "The Winners of The Indian Telly Awards 2002". Indian Television.
- ↑ "The Indian Television Academy Awards for 2001". Indian Television Academy.
- ↑ "The Indian Television Academy Awards for 2007". Indian Television Academy.
External links
- Ssshhhh...Koi Hai at the Internet Movie Database
- Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai at the Internet Movie Database