Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai
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Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai (transl. It's the story of those days) is an Indian Hindi language coming of age romantic period drama television series produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions which was aired on Sony TV.[2] It stars Ashi Singh and Randeep Rai as Naina Agarwal and Sameer Maheshwari.[3] Set in the 1990s and based on youngster's love story, it is inspired by the real-life love story of producers Shashi and Sumeet Mittal. It received a highly positive response from the critics and audience after its premiere and runtime.
| Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Coming of age Romantic drama |
| Written by | Shashi Sumeet Mittal Vaishali Naik Nageen Mirza Rajesh Chawla Mayur Puri Sanjay Chhel |
| Directed by | Jaladh K Sharma, Yogesh Bijendra Bhatti, Jasbir Bhatti, Pushkar Pandit |
| Creative directors | Indrajeet Mukherjee Ambica Sharma Nageen Mirza |
| Starring | Ashi Singh Randeep Rai |
| Voices of | Kumar Sanu [1]Sadhana Sargam |
| Theme music composer | Anu Malik Nishant-Raja |
| Opening theme | "Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai" |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 497 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Shashi Sumeet Mittal Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal |
| Production locations | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Editors | Jay B Ghadiali, Saurabh Raj Khanna |
| Running time | 21-23 minutes |
| Production company | Shashi Sumeet Productions |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Network |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Original release | 5 September 2017 – 16 August 2019 |
The show has received critical acclaim with praise for its performances and script.[4][5]
In July 2019, it was announced that the show would go off air and the last episode was aired on 16 August 2019.[6][7] However, Sony TV announced that the show will return with a second season at an indefinite date.[8]
Plot
The story starts in Ahmedabad, 1990. Naina Agarwal is a 16-year old girl studying at Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir. She had lost her mother at birth, lives in a joint family, mainly with Chacha-Chachi. And in Nainital, Sameer Maheshwari, a 17-year-old, gets suspended from his boarding school on account of mischief. He returns to his maternal grandfather, Jaiprakash Maheshwari, in Ahmedabad. After Sameer's father died, his mother Vishakha had married Vivek Somani and shifted to Delhi. In turn of events, Sameer joins Naina's school as her classmate; she falls for him at the first sight.
Sameer formed a disliking against Naina when she, as the Head Discipline Monitor of her school, stood against him. But his mind was changing when she started teaching Sameer for the Headboy competition. Then Naina's father Rakesh, the librarian of that school, caught and rebuked her as the opponent against Sameer was her brother Arjun Agarwal. Sameer again gets angry on Naina as she stayed silent. But the situation gets worse when she misunderstood and accused him of stealing the exam papers. His restrained relationship with his mother gets worse with his reputation. Thus an enraged Sameer decides to take revenge on both Rakesh and Naina, engaging in a bet with his seniors, where he has to make Naina say "I Love You" and hug him. Sameer starts wooing Naina. As Naina gets to know actually Arjun had stolen the question paper, she melts again for Sameer. Throughout the following time Sameer develops a soft corner for Naina though he's unaware of it, and Naina's love keeps getting deeper. He starts getting guilty, and soon by her gestures he falls in love too. On the last day of their school trip he tries to back off from the bet, but Naina confesses her feelings and immediately gets to know the truth. She gets heartbroken.
After a few days of constantly apologizing, Sameer realizes his feelings for Naina. He is now clueless about what to do now, as she hates him now. Naina's brother, Arjun gets to know about the bet and confronts Sameer. Sameer accidentally pushes him, that breaks his leg. As a punishment, Sameer is asked to serve Arjun at their home until he recovers. During this time, Naina's cousin, Pooja gets married. After Sameer's constant efforts to win Naina back, soon Naina finally forgives him.
Jaiprakash Maheshwari passes away and Sameer has to shift to Delhi. There Sameer reconciles with his mother. Sameer and Naina carry on their long distance relationship by communicating through phones and letters. But due to Mr. Somani's mother's harsh words Sameer starts considering himself as unlucky for his loved ones. He tries to disconnect from Naina, but he is sent back to Ahmedabad by his mother after she notices his depression.
Now in 1993, Naina, Sameer and their friends enroll in VJN College. Their happy days come to a halt when Naina breaks up with Sameer after seeing the consequences of Arjun-Shefali's relationship in her family. Soon her marriage is fixed to an arrogant CA Sharad. Soon Sameer and Naina decide to be friends to preserve the happy memories of their love. But destiny plays its game and Naina breaks the alliance because of Sharad's violent behavior towards her uncle, Anand. Anand gets to know about Sameer and Naina's relationship and he approves after realising Sameer's true love for Naina. He promises to stand by them during their marriage.
Sameer and Naina get back to pursuing their relationship in college. After some time, they get caught red-handed as a couple and hell breaks loose. Vishakha had already disapproved of Naina for Sameer assuming she's too practical unlike him. But after Sameer's blackmailing, the family had to come forward to agree to their marriage. After an ugly situation in the engagement, Sameer moves out of his house to marry Naina on his own, the Agarwal family too gets broken. But with the help of the friends and the remaining family, the couple finally gets married with everyone's blessings.
Sameer and Naina start living in a separate bungalow Sameer especially bought for her. But reality hits when the differences in their living and mindsets started creating clashes between them. Due to their young age and immaturity, their marriage starts on a rocky road. Sameer's uncle, Kamlesh and his son, Devang kick him out from the family business too. But after a big fight, Sameer and Naina decide to work on themselves and make their love last despite everything.
Sameer and Naina start their own business, called 'Samaina boutique' which doesn't run very well. But Sameer gets to act in an advertisement, where he realizes his acting potential. They decide to travel to Mumbai for an acting career. They sell their house and left for Mumbai with Rakesh. But it wasn't as easy as they thought it would be. They struggle to settle in the city. Eventually Naina decides to take her passion for writing as a career, and Sameer decides to support his wife with writing. They present their first story to Aruna Irani. She accepts their story and telecasts their serial which is successful. Soon they are able to buy their rented flat in Mumbai.
Naina gives birth to their daughter, named Suman Maheshwari. After 2 years, Sameer buys back his old bungalow in Ahmedabad for Naina. They return to Ahmedabad and reconcile with the family members, even those who had turned foes during their marriage. Naina, Sameer, and all their friends reunite at their school's 50th anniversary. They reminiscence their old days. Thus the story concludes happily in 1998.
Cast
Main
- Ashi Singh as Naina Agarwal Maheshwari – Rakesh and Rama daughter; Arjun's sister; Pooja, Preeti and Pralay's cousin; Swati's best friend; Sameer's wife; Suman's mother. (2017–19)
- Randeep Rai as Sameer Maheshwari – Vishakha's son; Vivek's step-son; Deepika's half-brother; Rohan's step-brother; Munna and Pandit's friend; Naina's husband; Suman's father. (2017–19)
Recurring
- Ayesha Kaduskar as Preeti Agarwal – Anand and Bela's younger daughter; Pooja's sister; Arjun, Naina and Pralay's cousin; Shubham's wife (2017–19)
- Sanjay Choudhary as Manoj "Munna" Dhawan – Sameer and Pandit's friend; Swati's ex-fiancé; Rewa's husband (2017–19)
- Raghav Dhir as Pushpendra "Pandit" Kapoor – Sameer and Munna's friend (2017–19)
- Sachin Khurana as Anand Agarwal – Rakesh and Naresh's brother; Bela's husband; Pooja and Preeti's father (2017–19)
- Madhusree Sharma as Bela Agarwal – Anand's wife; Preeti and Pooja's mother (2017–19)
- Chandresh Singh as Rakesh Agarwal – Naresh and Anand's brother; Rama's widower; Naina and Arjun's father; Suman's grandfather (2017–19)
- Abha Parmar as Beena Agarwal – Juhi's aunt; Naresh's wife; Pralay's mother (2017–19)
- Sanjay Batra as Naresh Agarwal – Rakesh and Anand's brother; Beena's husband; Pralay's father (2017–19)
- Kristina Patel as Swati Srivastava – Naina's best friend; Munna's ex-fiancée (2017–19)
- Kiara Bhanushali as Suman Maheshwari – Sameer and Naina's daughter (2019)
- Somendra Solanki / Vivaan Singh Rajput as Arjun Agarwal – Rakesh and Rama's son; Naina's brother; Pooja, Preeti and Pralay's cousin; Shefali's ex-love interest; Juhi's husband (2017–19)
- Hema Sood as Shefali Victor – Naina's pen pal; Arjun's ex-love interest (2017–18)
- Nidhi Bhavsar as Juhi Agarwal – Beena's niece; Arjun's wife (2018–19)
- Aditya as Prateek "Pralay" Agarwal – Naresh and Beena's son; Arjun, Pooja, Naina and Preeti's cousin (2017–18)
- Malina Kumra as Kamya – Naina's former nemesis turned friend (2017–19)
- Hema Sai as Hema – Naina's former nemesis turned friend (2017–19)
- Shweta Rajput as Pooja Agarwal Mittal – Anand and Bela's elder daughter; Preeti's sister; Varun's wife (2017–19)
- Love Joshi as Varun Mittal – Neeli's brother; Pooja's husband (2017–18)
- Kiran Kumar as Jaiprakash Maheshwari – Vishaka's father; Sameer and Deepika's grandfather (Dead) (2017–18)
- Vaishnavi Mahant as Vishakha Maheshwari Somani – Jaiprakash's daughter; Vivek's wife; Sameer and Deepika's mother; Rohan's step-mother; Suman's grandmother (2017–19)
- Jayshree T. as Phulla Bua – Arjun, Pooja, Naina, Preeti and Pralay's grand-aunt (2018–19)
- Ahsaan Qureshi as U.P Pandey – Principal of Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir (2017–18)
- Rishina Kandhari as Ms. Shanti – Maths teacher of Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir (2017–18)
- Melanie Nazareth as Prabha Maheshwari – Kamlesh's wife; Devang's mother; Sameer's aunt (2018–19)
- Rajendra Chawla as Kamlesh Maheshwari – Vishaka's cousin; Prabha's husband; Devang's father; Sameer's uncle (2018–19)
- Atul Verma as Devang Maheshwari – Kamlesh and Prabha's son; Sameer's cousin; Poonam's husband (2018–19)
- Subuhi Joshi as Poonam Maheshwari - Devang's wife (2018–19)
- Kanchan Gupta as Nirmala – Shubham and Tanvi's mother (2019)
- Ruchita Vijay Jadhav as Vanita – Jatin's wife; Sameer and Naina's neighbour and Society secretary (2019)
- Devang Taana as Jatin – Shibhani's brother; Vanita's husband; Naina and Sameer's neighbour (2019)
- Urvi Vyas as Shibhani – Jatin's sister (2019)
- Nishi Singh as Sunaina Parekh – Naina and Sameer's nemesis at college (2018)
- Hitesh Sharma as Kartik Dholakia – Sameer and Naina's nemesis at college (2018)
- Vikas Tripathi as Shubham – Nirmala's son; Tanvi's brother; Preeti's husband (2019)
- Meghan Jadhav as Aditya Gadkari – Gauri and Gopal's son; Sameer's brotherly friend; Tanvi's husband (2019)
- Tarjanee Bhadla as Tanvi Gadkari – Nirmala's daughter; Shubham's sister; Aditya's wife (2019)
- Manoj Kolhatkar as Gopal Gadkari – Naina and Sameer's neighbor; Gauri's husband; Aditya's father (2019)
- Anuradha as Gauri Gadkari – Gopal's wife; Aditya's mother (2019)
- Sheetal Maulik as Sejal Gadkari – Aditya's sister-in-law (2019)
- Sandeep Rajora as Vivek Somani – Vishaka's husband; Rohan and Deepika's father; Sameer's step-father (2017–19)
- Kitu Gidwani as Mrs. Somani – Vivek's mother; Rohan and Deepika's grandmother (2018)
- Rohit Chandel as Rohan Somani – Vivek's son; Vishaka's step-son; Deepika's half-brother; Sameer's step-brother (2018)
- Riddhima Taneja as Deepika Somani – Vivek and Vishaka's daughter; Sameer and Rohan's half-sister (2018)
- Manika Mehrotra as Rinky – Naina and Preeti's second cousin (2018–19)
- Aditya as Prateek "Pralay" Agarwal – Naresh and Beena's son (2017–18)
- Prachi Joshi as Rewa – Munna's wife (2019)
- Rushad Rana as Lochan Sir – Ex-drama teacher turned principal in Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir (2017–19)
- Guddi Maruti as VJN college Principal (2018)
- Rashika Singh as Neeli Madhumakkhi – Varun's sister (2018)
- Devarshi Shah as Raghav aka Ameer Maheshwari – Naina's fake husband (2019)
- Vishnu Sharma as Jayesh Bhoummik Raval aka JBR – Accounts teacher of VJN college (2018)
- Arjun Aneja as Farhan Poonawala – Teacher appointed for college play rehearsals (2018)
- Vikram Singh Rathod as Sanjay Tibriwal – Naina admirer and classmate at school (2017)
- Nirbhay Shukla as Vicky – Kartik's friend; Naina and Sameer's senior (2018)
- Vaibhav Shrivastav as Priyank – Kartik's friend; Naina's rival (2018)
- Sejal Sharma as Dimple – Vicky's classmate and Sameer's admirer (2018)
- Charu Trikha as Mitali – Rival gang's member at college (2018)
- Garima Joshi as Sahiba – Sameer and Naina's neighbor (2019)
- Paras Priyadarshan as Sharad – Naina's proposed groom (2018)
Guests
- Kumar Sanu (2018)
- Anant Mahadevanfor interviewing
- Aruna Irani (2019)
Voiceover
- Sadiya Siddiqui as Naina's Voiceover[9]
- Jiten Lalwani as Sameer's Voiceover[9]
Soundtrack
The opening theme of Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai is composed by Anu Malik. The lyrics are written by Sanjay Chhel, and it comprises the voices of legendary singers Kumar Sanu and Sadhana Sargam. The song has been praised for its melodious lyrics, which refresh the happenings in the 1990s.[10][11]
Reception
It was particularly hailed for its fresh outlook and for bringing out the nostalgia and the flavours of the 90s.[12] It topped Sony TV shows by gaining a TRP of 1.5 in its first week.[4][13]
The Times of India hailed it as one of the best TV shows launched in 2017 and praised the performances of newcomers Ashi Singh and Randeep Rai.[5]
The UK's weekly Asian newspaper Eastern Eye praised the creative team of the show for leaving no stone unturned to recreate the city of Ahmedabad from an earlier era, calling it a tribute to the city.[14]
This show has also earned compliments from various television and film actors.[15]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Gold Awards | Best Debut (Female) | Ashi Singh | Nominated |
| Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actor (Popular) | Randeep Rai | Nominated | |
| Indian Telly Awards | Best Story (Jury) | Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai | Won | |
| 2019 | Kalakar Awards | Best Female Debut | Ashi Singh | Won |
| Indian Telly Awards | Best Jodi (Popular) | Ashi Singh & Randeep Rai | Nominated | |
| Best Daily Series (Popular) | Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | Stardom Awards | Editor's Choice- Best Actor Male | Randeep Rai | Won |
| Devrani ki Best Devrani- Best Debut Female | Ashi Singh | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actress (Popular) | Ashi Singh | Nominated |
| Best Actor (Popular) | Randeep Rai | Nominated | ||
| Best Jodi (Popular) | Ashi Singh & Randeep Rai | Won | ||
| Best Show (Popular) | Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai | Nominated |
See also
References
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- ^ "बंद हो रहा टीवी सीरियल ये उन दिनों की बात है, गिरती टीआरपी नहीं ये है असली वजह". hindi.timesnownews.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "Pehredaar Piya Ki makers 'heartbroken' after show was axed; next project Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai". Firstpost. 6 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai will take you down the memory lane". indiatoday.in. 8 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Kundali Bhagya, Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai – a look at the best shows launched in 2017!". BollywoodLife.com. 28 December 2017.
- ^ "It's a wrap for Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai: Sameer and Naina get emotional on last day". India Today. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai written update, August 16, 2019: Sameer and Naina enjoy reunion with their school friends - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai Set to Return for Season 2, See Teaser, Poster". News18.
- ^ a b "Sumeet Mittal to act in 'Yeh Un Dinon...'". Business Standard.
- ^ "Bollywood songs are losing poetic value: Kumar Sanu". radioandmusic.com. 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Kumar Sanu: Singers who sang the original track must also sing the rehashed version". Hindustan Times. 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Ye Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai: A few shows down & the story keeps you hooked!". bollywoodmdb.com. 14 September 2017.
- ^ "'Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai': a love story from the 90s". The Times of India. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Shashi Mittal's tribute to Ahmedabad in Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai". Eastern Eye. 18 September 2017.
- ^ "Veteran actress Supriya Pilgaonkar compliments makers of 'Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2017.