Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal

Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal
File:Navya.jpg Intertitle of " Navya "
Created by	Vivek Bahl
Written by	Anantika Sahir, Bhavana Vyas, Saba Mumtaz, Gautam Hegde, Vinod Sharma & Mirduta Sharma
Directed by	Jeetu Arora
Creative director	Prathyusha J
Starring	Shaheer Sheikh, Soumya Seth
Theme music composer	Vishal-Shekhar
Opening theme	"Bekaboo" by Shilpa Rao
Country of origin	India
Original languages	Hindi (English subtitles in the UK)
No. of episodes	260 as of March 23, 2012
Production
Producers	Siddhart Kumar Tiwari, Gayatri Gill Tiwari & Rahul Kumar Tiwari (Swastik Pictures)
Cinematography	Madhu Vannier, Jagtar S Mangal
Editor	Varun Mehndiratta
Running time	24 minutes
Original release
Network	STAR Plus/STAR Utsav
Release	April 4, 2011

Navya is a drama series currently on-air on Star Plus. The series premiered on 4 April 2011, and is produced by Swastik Pictures. Originally on the 10:00 p.m. slot, it was scheduled to be taken of air on February 2012, to be replaced with Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein. However, in a last minute change, it was moved to the 6:00 p.m. slot instead.

Cast and characters

Characters	Age	Portrayed by	Relevance	Description
Mishra family
Deepak Mishra	51	Girish Sahedev	Navya’s father	He is a caring and loving father who is overprotective. He has a set off strict rules for Navya to safeguard her from the bad world outside. His dream for his daughter is to get a college degree followed by a happy married life. He gets angry on learning of Navya's affair but later learns that Anant and Navya's love is true. He goes to fix alliance and got insulted. Anant came and apologised to him. Later Shankar (Anant's grandfather) agree to fix an alliance.
Meeta Mishra	48	Kshitee Jog	Navya’s mother	She is an exemplary housewife and mother. She is talkative, friendly and lovable, and her world centres around her husband and children. She firmly believes that women should make compromises if that is required for the larger happiness of the family.
Dadiji Mishra	68		Navya's Grandma (Deepaks Mum)	She is a loving grandmother who cares for her children. She spoils Harsh as he is the only boy and the youngest of the family. Dadiji understands what Navya is going through and helps her along the way and she knows when something is wrong and Navya is trying to hide it. She is very comical and brings happiness to the family when they are all down.
Harsh Mishra	18		Navya’s brother	Being the only son of the family, Harsh is spoilt by his grandmother. He is quite mischievous and loves landing Navya in trouble.
Renuka	23	Shruti Sharma	Navya’s sister	Navya's eldest married sister who has a daughter. She is married to Gautam.
Gautam	25	[[]]	Navya’s brother in law	He is Renuka's husband who has extramarital affairs, ignores his family, and enjoys life. He is the father of Renuka's daughter.
Bajpai family
Navya Anant Bajpai	21	Soumya seth	Female protagonist	She is a simple, sweet next-door girl. Her family is quite conservative and she tries to strike a balance between traditions and modernity to keep herself and her family happy. She is innocent, sweet and believes in fairytale romances. She has two best friends Ritika (Ritz) and Appy. She falls not in love with Anant. later her mother found out her affair and sent her to kanpur.But navya an anant didn't stop loving each other. when the family of each others comes to know about their relationship they get angry. Navya's dad understod that she truly loves ananat and even anant also does the same. depak goes to fix alliance but was insulted.But anant's baba never wants to meet navya's family and fix the alliance. Now she is married to Anant
Anant Bajpai	21	Shaheer Sheikh	Male Protagonist	He is a 22-year-old boy. On the surface he looks like any urban guy with a modern approach to life, but deep inside he is a traditionalist. He respects the concept of arranged marriage and joint family. He willingly follows whatever course that his family charts for him without any protests. When he sees Navya he falls in love with her. He has kissed her six times. He proposed to navya first. He is cool and dashing. Now to married to Navya
Om Prakash Bajpai	55	Achal Nagesh	Anant’s Father	He is a true traditionalist who runs a publishing house. He has a sharp tongue and is a stern father. He respects and loves his father more than anyone in the world and wants to make him proud and happy in whatever he does.
Sugandha Bajpai	53	Hemaakshi Ujjain	Anant’s Mother	She is a conformist and an ideal daughter-in-law. She shoulders all the household responsibilities. She is a loving and caring mother to Anant and the only family member who understands Anant’s ambiguities.
Shankar Dayal Bajpai	71		Anant’s grandfather	He is the backbone of the Bajpai family. He strongly believes in family values and traditions. He is an eminent speaker and often lectures people about traditions and their relevance. In all senses, he is a self-made man, and it is for this reason that he is highly respected by everyone, including his near and dear ones.
Sanjay Bajpai	52	Farukh Saeed	Anant's uncle	He is the father of Nimisha. He is not really involved with the family business. He didn't wanted Nimisha to get engaged so fast.
Nimisha Bajpai	18	Shivani Surve	Anant’s cousin	She is chirpy and full of life. Though, this attitude often lands her in trouble at home. She is getting married to Nikhil
Rama Bajpai	23	Snigdha Pandey	Anant’s sister-in-law	She is from Banaras and Anant's elder brother Mohan's Wife. She tries to get Anant married with her sister.
Mohan Bajpai	24	Rohit Bharadwaj	Anant's brother	He is scared to ask his father and his grandfather something. Rama doesn't like that. He doesn't wants Shagun to marry Anant.
Saraswati	68		Anant's Bua dadi	widow having lots of attitude..bosses around the whole bajpai family.she is so old so that she believes in all those old things like after 12th or may be before 12th girls should get married and even love marriage is not allowed and boys do not have any girl as his friend and girls do not have any girl as her friend in fact the family members have to take permission to love that's funny na well there is a problem that she lives with anant's family as her son and daughter-in-law lives in USA and she believes in that old Indian women can't live in USA.
OTHERS
Ritika Joshi	19	Vinita Joshi Thakkar	Navya’s friend	She is Navya childhood friend and shares a great rapport with her. She is chirpy and has an extravagant lifestyle. She likes to experiment and has a creative side to her. Her boyfriend is Ranbir.
Appy	19	Farhina Parvez Jarimari	Navya’s friend	She is also Navya’s childhood friend. Her chirpiness and innocence makes her incredibly lovable. She shares a great bond with Navya. Sometimes she gets close to Anant's friend Harry.
Ranbir	19	Rehan Sayed	Ritika's boyfriend and Anant's friend	He is Anant's childhood friend .He and Ritika share a great love relationship.
Harry	19	Meer Ali	Anant's friend	He is Anant's friend. He is very naughty and sometimes get close to Appy.
Shagun	19	Danica Moadi	Anant's sister-in-law's sister	Anant's sister-in-law wants her to get married to Anant. She is a small town girl from Banaras.
Sonia	19	Chestha Bhagat	Anant’s EX friend	She is madly in love with Anant and is ready to go to any lengths to win his affection. She is bossy, rude and has a lot of attitude. After she tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists after an incidenr involving Anant, she is never seen again.

External links

• Full episodes of Navya: http://starplus.startv.in/video/showvideo.asp?sid=118&showid=198