Tanhaiyan (transl. Solitude) is a Hotstar original romantic drama television series.[2] It stars Barun Sobti and Surbhi Jyoti in lead roles.[3][4] The series included 10 episodes of about 20 minutes each.[5] It was produced by 4 Lions Films and distributed by Star India.[6]
| Tanhaiyan | |
|---|---|
 Tanhaiyan titlecard | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Divy Nidhi Sharma (Dialogues) |
| Story by | Gul Khan |
| Directed by | Gorky M |
| Starring | Barun Sobti Surbhi Jyoti Aansh Arora Mohit Abrol Rahul Sharma Neelam Sivia Nisha Nagpal Priya Tandon Sheeba Chaddha |
| Theme music composer | Sanjeev Srivastava |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Gul Khan |
| Cinematography | Gorky M |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Production company | 4 Lions Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hotstar |
| Release | 14 February 2017[1] |
Plot
editThe show focuses on two individuals, Meera and Haider, who meet at the wedding of their friends Avantika and Sid. Haider is a Casanova and a carefree person, while Meera is bubbly and cheerful. Haider holds himself responsible for his friend Raza's suicide which, apparently, was because of a love failure, while Meera feels alone after her parents died in a car accident. Both bottle it under their new personalities.
The two constantly bicker with each other and decide to go for a one-night stand. However, Meera is unable to go through with it. They bond, and soon, they begin to develop feelings for each other. Haider feels affected by Meera and pushes her away, scared by his feelings.
Meanwhile, Avantika struggles with a secret of her own. When Sid and Avantika were briefly broken up, Avantika had a brief affair with someone else. Avantika reveals her long-buried secret to Sid, and he breaks off the marriage. Before packing her bags, Meera teaches Haider how to forget someone, but Haider visits Raza's mother, he decides not to let his love away and proposes to her, which she accepts.
Sid and Avantika reunite after sorting out their problems. On the engagement day of Haider and Meera, Haider notices Meera's earrings and recognizes them as his mother's, which were owned by Raza. Haider unlocks Raza's laptop (which was in his possession) by typing Meera's birthdate, and the laptop opens with a picture of Meera as the wallpaper. Heartbroken, Haider leaves the venue without any explanation.
Months later, Meera decides to go abroad for work and visits Avantika, who tells her about Raza. Meera remembers how she knows Raza, who worked with her but never knew his crush on her. She concludes that he might have committed suicide since she stopped working after her parents' death. She received the earrings as a gift, but she never knew who sent them.
Meanwhile, after a phone call with Raza's mother, who tells Haider how Meera has no part in Raza's death. Upon hearing this, he decides to reunite with her. On the night before Meera's flight, Haider, wondering where to search for her, visits his house where they first met and reminiscences when he finds an emotional Meera standing there. They reunite happily.
Cast
edit- Barun Sobti as Haider Ali Khan[7]
- Surbhi Jyoti as Meera Kapoor[8]
- Aansh Arora as Vishal Malhotra[9][10]
- Mohit Abrol as Siddharth Khanna "Sid", Haider's best friend, Avantika's husband
- Priya Tandon as Avantika Khanna, Meera's best friend, Sid's wife
- Rahul Sharma as Raza Siddiqui, Haider's friend
- Sheeba Chaddha as Mrs. Siddiqui, Raza's mother
- Neelam Sivia as Tanya, Meera's best friend
- Nisha Nagpal as Rashi
Development
editOn 3 June 2016, first teaser of the web show was released.[11] On 30 September 2016, a 3-minute trailer of the web show was released on YouTube.[12] On 14 February 2017, all episodes of the web series were aired on Hotstar.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Barun Sobti and Surbhi Jyoti's web series Tanhaiyan to go live this Valentine's Day - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "Original series 'Tanhaiyan' to air on Hotstar - BizAsia Media - The UK's only Asian media news site". Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Tanhaiyan trailer: Surbhi Jyoti sports a bikini, Barun Sobti plays a bad boy - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Just in: Clipping from Barun Sobti and Surbhi Jyoti's web series - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Television Post Team (5 December 2016). "Hotstar pushes the pedal on original content with 'Tanhaiyan'". Mumbai: Television Post. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "My career my way!". 25 September 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Barun Sobti and Surbhi Jyoti shoot for a romantic scene for web series - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "I'm very excited for Valentines Day, says Surbhi Jyoti - Times of India". The Times of India. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "Aansh Arora to replace Karan Wahi in Barun Sobti Web Series 'Tanhaiyan'". 18 November 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "From TV shows to web series, Arora does it all". 7 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ Unit 7 (3 June 2016). "Tanhaiyan - Making the web series - Barun Sobti, Surbhi Jyoti, Karan Wahi, Gul Khan and Gorky M". Retrieved 6 August 2016 – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Unit 7 (30 September 2016). "Tanhaiyan Trailer - Barun Sobti and Surbhi Jyoti - 3 mins". Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Watch Tanhaiyan only on Hotstar!". YouTube. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.