Saaya (Indian TV series)

Indian television series

For the 2018 Pakistani horror drama television series, see Saaya (Pakistani TV series). For other uses, see Saaya (disambiguation).

Saaya

Written by|

* Vinod Ranganathan
* Praveen Raj
* Abhiram Bhadkamkar

Directed by| Sanjay Upadhyay
Starring| see below
Country of origin| India
Original language| Hindi
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 130
Production
Running time| 24 minutes
Original release
Network| Sony Entertainment Television
Release| 17 August 1998 (1998-08-17) –
7 February 2001 (2001-02-07)

Saaya (transl. Shadow) is an Indian soap opera aired on Sony TV in 1998.[1][2] The series was produced by popular production house, UTV Software Communications and revolved around two very different girls – Sudha (Manasi Joshi Roy) and Kamiya (Achint Kaur) who become friends.

## Premise

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Sudha is a quiet, fragile and an incredibly shy girl who comes from an orthodox family where her father Jagat Narayan has the final say. Kamiya, on the other hand, is bursting with a vibrant zest for life and is an extroverted, confident young girl from a modern family.

Sudha and Kamiya meet in college and become best friends always there to support each other through the rough times until things change between them.

## Cast

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* Manasi Joshi Roy as Sudha[3]
* Achint Kaur as Kamiya
* R. Madhavan as Shekhar[4]
* Amar Talwar as Mr Mehra, Tanya father
* Manju Vyas as Mrs Mehra, Tanya mother
* Karan Oberoi as Karan Mehra
* Nitesh Pandey as Manoj
* Prakash Ramchandani
* Harsh Chhaya as Bhaskar Sir
* Mandeep Bhandar as Bhaskar wife
* Rajendra Gupta as Jagat Narayan, Sudha's father
* Savita Prabhune as Sudha's mother
* Pamela Mukherjee as Sudha's sister
* Anup Soni as Prakash, Sudha's brother
* Loveleen Mishra as Prakash wife
* Shrivallabh Vyas as Sinha, Shekhar's father
* Shreechand Makhija as college principal
* Lalit Parimoo as Police Inspector Makhija
* Shishir Sharma as Chief Editor Krishnamurthi
* Daya Shankar Pandey as Assistant Editor Pandey
* Rajesh Khera as Ranvir Rastogi
* Varun Vardhan as ad agency owner of Eazyclean washing powder (Episodes 20 to 25)
* Vaquar Shaikh as Arnav Nanda
* Dinesh Kaushik as Ranvir Rastogi promoting partner. (Special Appearance) Episodes No 41 to 45
* Murli Sharma as Malik (Special Appearance Episode 114,115)

## References

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1. ^ Hindustan Times
2. ^ Saaya News Article on Tribune India
3. ^ "Actors gone missing". The Times of India. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
4. ^ "This film could change the perception of me being a chocolate hero: R Madhavan". 29 January 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

## External links

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* Saaya Official Site on Sony TV
* Watch Saaya on YouTube

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