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.
| Saaya | |
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| Written by |
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| 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 – 7 February 2001 |
Premise
editSudha 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ Hindustan Times
- ^ Saaya News Article on Tribune India
- ^ "Actors gone missing". The Times of India. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "This film could change the perception of me being a chocolate hero: R Madhavan". 29 January 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.