Saara Akaash
| Saara Akaash | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Drama |
| Screenplay by | Anand Vardhan Ila Bedi Datta |
| Directed by | Gurudev Bhalla |
| Creative director | Animitra Chakravarti / Anil Jha |
| Starring | Sai Deodhar Shakti Anand Kiran Kumar Kanwaljeet Singh |
| Opening theme | "Saara Akaash" by Shaan & Mahalakshmi Iyer |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Nikhil J.Alva Niret Alva |
| Editor | Adil Wassan |
| Camera setup | Shailesh N. Anikhindi |
| Running time | 42 minutes (Episode 1 to Episode 77) 21 minutes (Episode 78 to Episode 104) |
| Production company | Miditech |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Plus |
| Release | 7 August 2003 – 29 July 2005 |
Saara Akaash is an Indian television series that was broadcast on Star Plus every Thursday at 9pm for one hour from 7 August 2003 to 29 July 2005. It starred Sai Deodhar,[1] Shakti Anand,[1] Sonal Sehgal,[2] Kiran Kumar,[3] Parmeet Sethi,[3] Manav Gohil,[4] and Manish Goel.[5] The fictional show depicted personal and professional lives of Indian Air Force officers and was produced by Miditech.'[6][7]
The series which was supposed to end in 2004, got an extension for a year due its good viewership.[8]
It was converted to half-hour time slot[9] (9 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.) due to the launch of the new show Kkavyanjali. From 27 January 2005 to 31 March 2005, it used to air every Thursday at 9 P.M.
It was later shifted to Fridays[10], 9 P.M. due to the launch of the show Miilee. From 8 April 2005 to 29 July 2005, it used to air on every Friday at 9 P.M.
Cast
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- Kiran Kumar[3] as Air Commodore AOC Suraj Singh
- Sai Deodhar[1] as
- Flight Lieutenant Monica Singh / Flight Lieutenant Monica Karan Singh Rathore / Squadron Leader Monica Vikram Kochar, Air Force cargo pilot, Suraj's daughter, Flight Lieutenant Karan Singh Rathore 's widow and Flight Lieutenant / Squadron Leader Vikram Kochar's wife.
- Shazia Khan, an ISI Agent, Monica's Lookalike
- Parmeet Sethi[3] as Squadron Leader Srinivas Rao
- Shakti Anand[1] as Flight Lieutenant / Squadron Leader Vikram Kochar, Fighter pilot on Sukhoi, Monica's husband
- Kanwaljeet Singh[1] as Squadron Leader/Wing Commander Abhay Kochar, Vikram's father, Monica's father-in-law
- Anuj Saxena[11] as Flight Lieutenant Karan Singh Rathore (supposedly deceased in war), Fighter pilot on Sukhoi, Monica's first husband / ISI Agent Falaq (killed by an ISI Agent in an encounter while saving Monica)
- Manish Goel[5] as Flight Lieutenant Saurav Singh, fighter pilot on Sukhoi, Suraj's son and Monica's Stepbrother, Fiancé of Kavita Pawar
- Manav Gohil[4] as Flight Lieutenant Jatin Gohil, fighter pilot on Sukhoi, fiancé of Ayesha Pawar (killed by Sikandar (Blue Fox) right before his wedding)
- Sonal Sehgal[2] as Naaz (Cactus) / Sanjana Malik, An ISI Agent, fake ex-wife of Sikandar (Blue Fox) / Varun Saxena, Vikram's fiancé (killed by a contract killer Moosa at the orders of ISI Agent Falaq)
- Rajlaxmi Solanki / Indira Krishnan as Sujata Abhay Kocchar, Vikram's mother, Monica's mother-in-law
- Karishma Tanna as Kavita Pawar, Deputy AOC Pawar's Elder daughter, Flight Lieutenant Saurav Singh's fiancé
- Aparna Jaywant as Ayesha Pawar, Deputy AOC Pawar's younger daughter, Flight Lieutenant Jatin Gohil's fiancé
- Gaurav Chopra as Abhay Singh Rathore, Karan Singh Rathore's cousin
- Tarun Khanna as Sikandar (Blue Fox) / Varun Saxena, An ISI Agent, fake ex-husband of Naaz (Cactus) / Sanjana Malik
- Surendra Pal as Raghuveer Singh Rathore, Abhay Singh Rathore's father
- Niyati Joshi as Urmila Singh Rathore, Karan Singh Rathore's mother, Monica's ex-mother-in-law.
- Vaquar Shaikh as Mushtaq Ali (Red Dragon), An ISI Agent
- Yash Tonk as Kabir, Flight Lieutenant Abhay Kocchar's illegitimate son
- Darshan Jariwala as Deputy AOC Pawar, father of Kavita and Ayesha
- Sudha Shivpuri as Mrs. Singh (Dadi), Monica and Saurav's grandmother
- Abhimanyu Singh as Air Force Officer, AOC Suraj Singh's associate
- Rakshanda Khan as Sadia, An ISI Agent whose baby daughter gets exchanged with Monica's baby daughter
- Karan Kapoor as Parvez / Flight Lieutenant Prabhat Srivastav, An ISI Agent and Shazia's boyfriend
- Ashwin Kaushal as Kabira
- Vimarsh Roshan as Jeet
References
- ^ a b c d e "I had taken a break from acting: Sai Deodhar | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ a b "Sonal Sehgal: Glad Shah Rukh Khan has supported Muay Thai - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ a b c d "Saara Akash - miditech". miditech. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ a b "More films for Manav? | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ a b "Tellywood is female dominated: Manish Goel - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ "'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai' actress Tulip Joshi to make debut on TV show 'Airlines' | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Entertainment - Flying High". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ "Saara Akash continues to soar; gets a year extension".
- ^ "STAR's one-hour prime time slot to be down by half-hour". 2005-01-11.
- ^ "Miillee to help STAR Plus don a new look". 2005-03-21.
- ^ "TV celebs and their alternate business plans - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
External links
- Saara Akaash at IMDb