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Udaan (2014 TV series)

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Udaan
GenreDrama
Created byGuroudev Bhalla
Written by
StarringSee below
Opening theme"Ye Honslo Ki Udaan Hai" by Kailash Kher
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1,352
Production
Executive producersGuroudev Bhalla
Dhaval Bhalla
ProducerMahesh Bhatt[1]
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyGuroudev Bhalla Screens[2]
Original release
NetworkColors TV[3]
Release18 August 2014 (2014-08-18) –
28 June 2019 (2019-06-28)

Udaan (transl. Flight) is an Indian soap opera that premiered on Colors TV on 18 August 2014, replacing Madhubala.[4] This show is the fifth longest running television shows of Colors TV. The story revolves around Chakor, a victim of bonded child labour who fights for her village's freedom and aspires to break free.[5] It starred Spandan Chaturvedi as a child version of Chakor until it took a generation leap in February 2016 & actress Meera Deosthale was roped in to play the role of an adult Chakor.[3][6][7] Produced by Mahesh Bhatt, it was originally conceived as a film but that plan was eventually shelved.[8]

Plot

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Kamal Narayan, a wealthy landlord in Azadganj village, uses the villagers as bonded labourers. Couple Bhuvan Singh and Kasturi face financial difficulty; as collateral for a loan, they has to let Kamal use their unborn child as a servant. Then, Kasturi gives birth to a girl and names her Chakor.

7 years later

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Chakor, now a bonded labourer, is an aspiring marathon runner and has a younger sister, Imli. She befriends Kamal's nephew, Vivaan and campaigns for the villagers' rights. She is unaware that she also has a twin sister, Chunni, who was secretly raised in Mumbai. Kamal kills Chunni, motivating Chakor to seek revenge. She escapes with her marathon coach to pursue her dreams and vows to return to the village in 10 years. Vengeful for the betrayal, Kamal gets Chakor's grandmother buried alive.

10 years later

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Chakor returns after becoming a famous marathon runner. Imli hates her for leaving them all behind. Chakor learns about her grandmother's death and gets Kamal and his son, Suraj arrested. Vivaan and Chakor fall in love while Imli falls for Suraj.

However, Suraj comes back as he promised to be a government witness against his father's deeds. Later, Kamal tries to kill him for his betrayal but he escapes with the help of Chakor, Imli and Vivaan. Suraj, whose marriage is arranged to Tina Raichand, also impregnates Imli. A double ceremony is planned for both Suraj and Vivaan. Imli explains this to Chakor who conspires to switch places in the ceremony. Suraj shows his cruelty by switching them, marrying Imli to Vivaan while he marries Chakor. Imli miscarries and later Vivaan and Imli fall in love. Kamal Narayan returns and forces Suraj to be a bonded laborer. In the process to set him free, Chakor and Suraj also realize their love for each other.

Imli turns evil and gives Vivaan a sleeping pill, putting him into coma. She also conspires with Kamal to have kill Chakor, which presumably succeeds. Chakor survives and learns that she's pregnant with Suraj's child. Suraj finds Chakor and they reunite and return to Azadganj, after forgiving Imli. Kamal kidnaps Chakor and she miscarries. In return, Chakor kills Kamal to avenge the deaths of her family and his prior sins. She gets jailed for 5 years elsewhere Imli hits Suraj with an iron rod, causing him to lose his memory.

5 years later

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Chakor is released and shocked to learn Imli's truth. She's hurt when Suraj fails to recognize her as he has lost his memory. Chakor motivates villagers to fight back against Imli and Ranvijay's cruelty. One day when Ranvijay tries to kill Chakor, Suraj regains his memories and saves Chakor. They reunite and the couple shares some romantic moments together. Eventually, Chakor becomes pregnant with Suraj's child and gives him the good news. They both come up with a plan and expose Imli and Ranvijay and eventually succeed. Imli has an accident and is presumed dead.

1.5 years later

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Chakor and Suraj lead a happy life with their baby daughter, Saanvi. Imli returns and tries to create rift in their relationship. Chakor suspects that Imli is alive.

Vivaan also comes back leaving both Suraj and Chakor shocked as they thought he died 7 years ago. Vivaan also believes that Imli is alive igniting Chakor's doubt about the same. Eventually, They find Imli and locks her in a room. Gun dealer Yashwant tries to kill Suraj; when Vivaan gets in the way, Chakor accidentally shoots him to death. Imli swears revenge and kidnaps Saanvi and fakes her death. Suraj blames Chakor for Saanvi's death and severs ties with her. Suraj moves to New York and Chakor moves to a different town while Imli makes Saanvi a bonded labourer.

7 years later

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Both Chakor and Suraj return to village for work and form a bond with Saanvi, who's now known as Anjor, unaware of the fact that she's their daughter. Imli finally tells them the truth and an apologetic Suraj reconciles with Chakor and Saanvi. Suraj is killed in a bomb-blast, a result of a political fallout. Chakor, pays Suraj's look-alike, Raghav Khanna to take Suraj's place, rather than telling the truth to Saanvi and family. Imli turns good and dies while saving Chakor life. Chakor gets jailed for 10 years under false charges and Saanvi is adopted by a rich couple.

10 years later

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Chakor traces her daughter and tries to get close to her. The rich couple tries to separate them and kills Raghav, causing Saanvi to leave them. Saanvi marries Sameer and they move to Sitapur. Sameer is brutally killed by Ranvijay, who had helped Imli earlier. Chakor and Saanvi unite to get revenge and Ranvijay is burnt alive. Finally, Chakor comes back to Azadganj as Saanvi decides to stay in Sitapur.

Cast

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Main

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  • Meera Deosthale / Toral Rasputra as Chakor Suraj Rajvanshi (née Singh): Marathon runner; Kasturi and Bhuvan's eldest daughter; Chunni and Imli's sister; Vivaan's childhood friend and ex-fiancée; Suraj's widow; Saanvi's mother (2016–2019) / (2019)
    • Spandan Chaturvedi[9][10] as
      • Child Chakor "Chauka" Singh (2014–2016)
      • Chunni Singh: Kasturi and Bhuvan's second daughter; Chakor and Imli's sister (2015) (Dead)
  • Vijayendra Kumeria as
    • Suraj Rajvanshi: Tejaswini and Kamal's son; Bhagya and Ragini's brother; Gumaan, Vivaan, Mahendra, Narendra, Vaani, Amit, Arvind and Jyoti's cousin; Chakor's husband; Saanvi's father (2016–2018) (Dead)
    • Raghav Khanna: Suraj's lookalike; Chakor's helper (2018–2019) (Dead)
  • Vidhi Pandya as Imli Vivaan Rajvanshi (née Singh): Kasturi and Bhuvan's youngest daughter; Chakor and Chunni's sister; Ranvijay's ex-wife; Vivaan's widow (2016–2019) (Dead)
  • Paras Arora as Vivaan Rajvanshi: Ranjana and Manohar's son; Bhagya, Gumaan, Suraj, Mahendra, Narendra, Vaani and Ragini's cousin; Chakor's childhood friend and ex-fiancé; Imli's husband (2016–2018) (Dead)

Recurring

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  • Tanya Sharma as Saanvi "Anjor" Sameer Sharma (Rajvanshi): Chakor and Suraj's daughter; Jatin and Poonam's adopted daughter; Sameer's widow (2019)
  • Gaurav Sareen as Sameer Sharma: Jaya and Manoj's son; Vanshika's brother; Abhiraj's cousin; Saanvi's husband (2019) (Dead)
  • Sai Ballal as Kamal Narayan Rajvanshi: Shakuntala's son; Manohar, Nayantara and Bharat's brother; Tejaswini and Ranjana's ex-husband; Bhagya, Suraj and Ragini's father; Chakor's arch enemy; Saanvi's grandfather (2014–2017) (Dead)
  • Vikas Bhalla as ACP Ranvijay Singh: Malini and Rajan's son; Kavya and Preeti's brother; Kamal, Chakor and Suraj's arch enemy; Imli's ex-husband; Sameer's uncle and murderer (2017–18, 2019) (Dead)
  • Prachee Pathak as Tejaswini Desai Rajvanshi: Ramesh's sister; Kamal's first wife; Bhagya, Suraj and Ragini's mother; Saanvi's grandmother (2014–2019) (Dead)
  • Sai Deodhar as Kasturi Singh: Bhuvan's wife; Chakor, Chunni and Imli's mother; Saanvi's grandmother (2014–2018)
  • Rajiv Kumar as Bhuvan Singh: Savitri's son; Kasturi's Husband; Chakor, Chunni and Imli's father; Saanvi's grandfather (2014–2018)
  • Vineet Raina as Arjun Khanna: Mahesh's brother; Chakor's sports coach; Bhagya's husband (2014–2016)
  • Sheetal Pandya as Bhagya Rajvanshi Khanna: Tejaswini and Kamal's elder daughter; Suraj and Ragini's sister; Vivaan, Amit, Jyoti, Vaani, Gumaan, Mahendra, Narendra and Arvind's cousin; Arjun's wife (2015–2016)
  • Sandeep Baswana as Collector Ishwar Rawat: Kamal's enemy; Abha's husband; Aditya's father (2014–2015) (Dead)
  • Dolphin Dwivedi as Abha Rawat: Ishwar's widow; Aditya's mother (2014–2015)
  • Varun Sharma as Aditya Rawat: Abha and Ishwar's son; Chakor's friend (2016)
  • Rishina Kandhari as Vishakha (2015–2016)
  • Amit Dolawat as Mahesh Khanna: Arjun's brother (2015–2016)
  • Ginnie Virdi as Ranjana Rajvanshi: Manohar's widow; Kamal's second wife; Vivaan's mother (2014–2017) (Dead)
  • Moni Rai as Manohar Rajvanshi: Shakuntala's son; Kamal, Nayanatara and Bharat's brother; Ranjana's first husband; Vivaan's father (2014–2016) (Dead)
  • Prakash Ramchandani as Lakhan Singh: Kamal's henchman; Chagan's father (2014–2017)
  • Shresth Kumar as Chagan Singh: Lakhan's son; Chakor's friend; Gauri's husband (2016–2018)
  • Sunidhi Chauhan as Gauri Singh: Chagan's wife (2017–2018)
  • Jhuma Biswas as Savitri Devi Singh: Bhuvan's mother; Chakor, Chunni and Imli's grandmother (2014–2016) (Dead)
  • Suhasini Mulay as Shakuntala Devi Rajvanshi: Kamal, Manohar, Nayantara and Bharat's mother; Bhagya, Gumaan, Suraj, Vivaan, Ragini, Mahendra, Narendra and Vaani's grandmother (2014–2015)
  • Jineet Rath as Om (2014–2015)
  • Alpana Buch as Nayantara Rajvanshi: Shakuntala's daughter; Kamal, Manohar and Bharat's sister (2015)
  • Deep Kaur as Swarnaa Rawat (2014–2016)
  • Roma Bali as Vaibhavi Deshmukh (2015) (Dead)
  • Naveen Sharma as Rakesh "Rocky" Deshmukh (2015–2016)
  • Vijay Aidasani as Samarithan Prabhakar Rawat (2014–2015)
  • Mak Mukesh Tripathi as Roney (2015–2016)
  • Nishikant Dixit as Principal Dharampal Chauhan (2015–2016)
  • Sandeep Nuval as Shikhu (2016–2018)
  • Vandana Singh as Ragini Rajvanshi: Tejaswini and Kamal's younger daughter; Bhagya and Suraj's sister; Gumaan, Vivaan, Mahendra, Narendra, Vaani, Amit, Arvind and Jyoti's cousin (2016–2018)
    • Vaishnavi Shukla as Child Ragini Rajvanshi (2014–2016)
  • Vinny Arora as Tina Raichand: Marathon runner; Chakor's competitor (2016)
  • Sehban Azim as Inspector Ajay Khurana (2017)
  • Unknown as Rajan Pratap Singh: Kamal's business rival; Malini's husband; Ranvijay, Kavya and Preeti's father (2017)
  • Unknown as Malini Rajan Pratap Singh: Rajan's wife; Ranvijay, Kavya and Preeti's mother (2017)
  • Simran Khanna as Kavya Singh: Malini and Rajan's elder daughter; Ranvijay and Kavya's sister (2017)
  • Sakshi Sharma as Preeti Singh: Malini and Rajan's younger daughter; Ranvijay and Preeti's sister (2017)
  • Drisha Kalyani as Paakhi Trivedi: Suraj's namesake sister; Chakor's friend (2017–2019) (Dead)
    • Chahat Tewani as Child Paakhi Trivedi (2017)
  • Mahi Sharma as Manju Bhatia (2018)
  • Keith Sequeira as Karan Oberoi (2018) (Dead)
  • Kiran Janjani as Abhay Singhania (2018)
  • Abhilash Choudhary as Ankush: Abhay's assistant (2018)
  • Mahesh Thakur as Colonel Yashwant Bedi: Kanchan's brother; Naina's father; Imli's gun dealer; Gumaan's boss (2018) (Dead)
  • Swati Kapoor as Naina Bedi: Yashwant's daughter; Chakor and Suraj's friend (2018)
  • Kajal Pisal as Kanchan Bedi: Yashwant's sister (2018)
  • Mohammad Nazim as Gumaan Rajvanshi: Bharat's eldest son; Mahendra, Narendra and Vaani's brother; Bhagya, Suraj, Ragini and Vivaan's cousin; Yashwant's former assistant; Garima's husband; Rohan's father (2018)
  • Abhishek Verma as Mahendra Rajvanshi: Bharat's second son; Gumaan, Narendra and Vaani's brother; Bhagya, Suraj, Ragini and Vivaan's cousin; Vatsala's husband (2018)
  • Sabina Jat as Advocate Vaani Rajvanshi: Bharat's daughter; Gumaan, Mahendra and Narendra's sister; Bhagya, Suraj, Ragini and Vivaan's cousin (2018)
  • Aastha Singh as Garima Rajvanshi: Gumaan's wife; Rohan's mother (2018)
  • Unknown as Rohan Rajvanshi: Garima and Gumaan's son (2018)
  • Unknown as Narendra Rajvanshi: Bharat's son; Gumaan, Mahendra and Vaani's brother; Bhagya, Suraj, Ragini and Vivaan's cousin; Madhuri's husband (2018)
  • Unknown as Madhuri Rajvanshi: Narendra's wife (2018)
  • Unknown as Vatsala Rajvanshi: Mahendra's wife (2018)
  • Neeraj Pandey as Keshav "Kesho" Dave: Sugna's husband; Saanvi's foster father (2018) (Dead)
  • Komal Sharma as Sugna Dave: Keshav's wife; Saanvi's foster mother (2018) (Dead)
  • Avisha Shahu as Tuntun Jagabandhi: Saanvi's friend (2018)
  • Pratima Kazmi as Rajeshwari Devi Singh: Politician; Vikram and Akash's mother (2018) (Dead)
  • Mukul Harish as Vikram Singh: Rajeshwari's son; Akash's brother (2018)
  • Micckey Dudaaney as Bachcha Pandey: Rajeshwari and Vikram's assistant (2018)
  • Minal Mogam as Rajjo: Chakor's friend (2018)
  • Unknown as Ramesh Desai: Tejaswini's brother; Amit, Arvind and Jyoti's father (2018)
  • Amika Shail as Jyoti Desai Singh: Ramesh's daughter; Amit and Arvind's sister; Bhagya, Suraj and Ragini's cousin; Akash's wife (2018–2019)
  • Manish Naggdev as Akash Singh: Rajeshwari's son; Vikram's brother; Jyoti's husband (2018–2019)
  • Unknown as Amit Desai: Ramesh's son; Bhagya, Suraj and Ragini's cousin; Arvind and Jyoti's brother (2018)
  • Unknown as Arvind Desai: Ramesh's son; Amit and Jyoti's brother; Bhagya, Suraj and Ragini's cousin (2018)
  • Karan Mehat as ACP Damodar Chauhan (2018–2019)
  • Sanjai Gandhi as Bhanu Pratap Singh (2019)
  • Unknown as Lallan Singh (2019)
  • Anurag Sharma as Jatin Shroff: Poonam's husband; Saanvi's adoptive father (2019)
  • Arti Singh as Poonam Shroff: Jatin's wife; Saanvi's adoptive mother (2019)
  • Barsha Chatterjee as Jaya Sharma: Manoj's wife; Sameer and Vanshika's mother (2019)
  • Digvijay Purohit as Manoj Sharma: Deepali's brother; Jaya's husband; Sameer and Vanshika's father (2019)
  • Prachi Singh as Vanshika Sharma: Jaya and Manoj's daughter; Sameer's sister; Abhiraj's cousin (2019)
  • Ashish Trivedi as Prakash Ahuja: Sameer's friend (2019)
  • Shantanu Verma as Abhiraj Dixit: Deepali's son; Sameer and Vanshika's cousin (2019)
  • Divya Bhatnagar as Deepali Sharma Dixit: Manoj's sister; Abhiraj's mother (2019)

Special appearances

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Production

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It replaced the long-running series Madhubala: Ek Ishq Ek Junoon.[11] The show was produced by Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and was based on his unreleased movie of the same name.[12][8]

Reception

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Udaan was the fourth longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV after Balika Vadhu, Sasural Simar Ka and Uttaran.[13] With more than 1300 episodes, it was one of the longest running Indian television series.[14]

Crossover episodes

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No Air date Shows
1 February 19, 2016 Ishq Ka Rang Safed Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka
2 March 10, 2016 Ishq Ka Rang Safed Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka
3 March 17, 2016 Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu
4 March 29, 2016 Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka Udaan
5 April 8, 2016 Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka Udaan
6 April 21, 2016 Ishq Ka Rang Safed Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka
7 May 12, 2016 Sasural Simar Ka Udaan Swaragini
8 May 20, 2016 Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka Udaan
9 May 26, 2016 Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu
10 March 5, 2018 Laado 2 Dil Se Dil Tak Savitri Devi College & Hospital

Dubbed versions

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  • The series is dubbed into Tamil as Poovizhi Vasalile on Raj TV.
  • It has been dubbed into Telugu as Vasantham on ETV Telugu
  • It has been dubbed into Malayalam as Nilapakshi on Surya TV from 15 July 2019 to 22 January 2021[15]
  • It is also dubbed into Sinhala as Dhoni on Hiru TV.
  • It is also broadcast in Bengali as Resham Jhanpi on Colors Bangla.
  • The series is translated into Armenian as Trichk (Թռիչք) and is broadcast on Armenia TV.
  • The Vietnamese dub is Đப்i Cநூnh Tự Do, which airs on Echannel (VTVCab5).
  • It was dubbed into Persian on GEM BOLLYWOOD with the name پرواز.
  • The Lithuanian dub is Parduotas gyvenimas, which airs on TV3. [16]

References

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  1. ^ "Film maker Mahesh Bhatt at the launch of Udann in Delhi". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman and Company LTD. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Guroudev Bhalla Screens". Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Watch 'Udaan' on Colors". daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. ^ "5 TV serials that broke stereotypes and educated India - Times of India". The Times of India. 4 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Interview: After four years of gap, Sai Deodar comes back on TV serial 'Udaan'". daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  6. ^ "'Shastri Sisters' and 'Udann' cast visit the Andhericha Raja Pandal". The Times of India. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  7. ^ Anil Wanvari (12 August 2014). "Colors to awaken rural masses with 'Udaan' – Indian Television Dot Com". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Mahesh Bhatt's unreleased film 'Udaan' becomes a TV show – Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  9. ^ Desk, India TV News (23 August 2014). "Udaan: Little Chakor becomes bonded labour". www.indiatvnews.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "Child actors Spandan Chaturvedi, Shivansh Kotian hit on TV - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Udaan to replace Madhubala in August – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  12. ^ "Conceptualised 'Udaan' actually for a film Mahesh Bhatt". mid-day. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Colors' Show Udaan completes 1000 Episodes". 17 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Udaan completes 1000 episodes; entire cast attends the success party". India Today. 17 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Pranasakhi and Nilapakshi-New Hindi dubbed serials on surya tv from 15th July Latest Hindi Dubbed Serials on Malayalam - Pranasakhi and Nilapakshi". keralatv.in. 14 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Parduotas gyvenimas". play.tv3.lt.
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