Patiala Babes
| Patiala Babes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Rajita Sharma Rahul Sharma |
| Directed by | Yusuf Ansari |
| Creative director | Kunika Chaudhary |
| Starring | Ashnoor Kaur Saisha Bajaj Paridhi Sharma Aniruddh Dave Saurabh Raj Jain |
| Theme music composer | Devendra Bhome |
| Opening theme | Devendra Bhome |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hinglish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 349 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Rajita Sharma Vivek Budakoti |
| Production location | Patiala |
| Running time | 20-22 minutes |
| Production company | Katha Kottage Production LLP |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Release | 27 November 2018 – 27 March 2020[1] |
Patiala Babes is an Indian drama television series starring Ashnoor Kaur, Saisha Bajaj, Paridhi Sharma, Aniruddh Dave and Saurabh Raj Jain.[2] This series is created by Katha Kottage and produced by Rajita Sharma and Vivek Budakoti. Patiala Babes is dubbed in Tamil as Pavithra on Polimer TV.[3]
The series halted on 27 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis and later was announced in April to be not brought back thus being abruptly cancelled.[4]
Overview
Season 1 focused on the lives of Babita and her daughter, Mini. It is always said that a mother is responsible for the growth of her daughter. She being the one who teaches us how to walk. In this story, it is the daughter who gives her mother wings to fly, be independent and be self-reliant. Giving her mother all the freedom, often situations like facing society arises. Whether it is getting divorced or getting married the second time to Hanuman Singh, her former landlord. Mini, daughter of Babita, helped her remarry and become Babita Hanuman Singh. Post-marriage, the show focused on how Babita, Mini and Hanuman together solve all problems that come on their way.[2][5]
In the Season 2, this serial focuses on the character of Mini and her sister Arya, daughter of Babita and Hanuman Singh. It shows how a teenager Mini who does not know how to handle kids, tries to share a bond with her sister Arya, who at first hates Mini, but later likes her.Her life takes a turn when Neil Oberioi enters her life. She starts liking him but learns his shocking truth.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||
| 1 | 256 | 27 November 2018 | 19 November 2019 |
| 2 | 93 | 20 November 2019 | 27 March 2020 |
Cast
Main
- Ashnoor Kaur as Mini Babita/Khurana aka Veer Balika/Queen Victoria – Babita and Ashok's daughter, Hanuman's stepdaughter, Arya's half-sister, Neil's landlady and love interest, New Owner of Patiala Babes Restaurant (2018 –2020).[6]
- Saisha Bajaj as Arya Singh aka Chutanki – Babita and Hanuman's daughter, Mini's half-sister, Neha's best friend, Montu's nemesis and later friend (2019 –2020)
- Saurabh Raj Jain as Chef Neil Oberoi – Head Chef at Patiala Babes Restaurant, Mini's love interest, Arya's genie, Isha's ex-husband (2019 – 2020)
- Paridhi Sharma as Babita Singh/Khurana (née Chadda) – Mini and Arya's mother, Hanuman's wife, Ashok's ex-wife, Owner of Patiala Babes Restaurant[7] (2018 – 2019)
- Aniruddh Dave as Inspector Hanuman Singh – Mini's stepfather, Arya's father, Babita's husband, Imarti's ex-husband[8] (2018 – 2019)
Recurring
- Rushita Vaidya as Preet Kaur – Mini's best friend, Bobby's sister, Mickey's girlfriend (2018 – 2020)
- Bhawsheel Sahni as Bobby Singh – Preet's brother who loved Mini wholeheartedly (2018 – 2020)
- Mohit Hiranandani as Makhan Singh Ahluwalia aka Mickey – Preet's boyfriend, Mini's brotherly friend (2018 – 2019)
- Vizin sharma as Billa Mickey's friend
- Sandhya Shungloo as Naeem Bi – Mini and Arya's neighbour, Kishenchand and Shami's landlady (2019 – 2020)
- Anoop Puri as Kishenchand Khurana – Mini's paternal grandfather, Arya's adopted grandfather (2018 – 2020)
- Poonam Sirnaik as Shami Khurana – Mini's paternal grandmother, Arya's adopted grandmother (2018 – 2020)
- Ushma Rathod as Geeta Kumari – Lalit Mohan's wife, Chef in Patiala Babes Restaurant (2019 – 2020)
- Romit Puri as Lalit Mohan aka Laala – Hanuman Singh's companion, three-star inspector at Patiala Police (2018 – 2020)
- Priya Rajput as Raani – Maid in Mini's house (2019 – 2020)
- Jasleen Arora as Pooro – Arya's nanny (2019 – 2020)
- Harish Chhabra as Khursheed Miyan – Chef in Patiala Babes Restaurant (2019 – 2020)
- Deepika Khanna as Simpy – Chef in Patiala Babes Restaurant (2019 – 2020)
- Lipika Pradhan as Lajo Madam – Mini and Arya's School Principal (2019 – 2020)
- Lavishka Gupta as Neha – Arya's best friend who is a victim of child abuse (2020)
- Rajesh Chetri as Montu – Arya and Mini's neighbor, Arya's former nemesis and later friend (2019 – 2020)
- Kajal Khanchandani as Mrs. Sandhu – Montu's grandmother (2019 – 2020)
- Swati Rajput as Jazz – Mini's friend in Australia (2019)
- Bhanujeet Sudan as Ashok Khurana – Kichenchand and Shami's son, Babita's ex-husband, Meeta's husband, Mini's biological father[9] (2018 – 2019)
- Hunar Hali as Meeta Khurana (née Basu) – Ashok's business partner and later second wife[10] (2018 – 2019)
- Roshni Sahota as Imarti Singh (née Chautala)– Hanuman's ex-wife[11] (2019)
- Karmveer Choudhary as Sardar Singh Chautala – Imarti's father, Hanuman's former father-in-law (2019)
- Saurabh Sharma as Agent Khatri Seth – Babita and Mini's adversary, Kammo's husband (2018 – 2020)
- Ashu Sharma as Sukhwinder Chahal aka Sukhi – Lovely's husband, Jatin's brother (2018 – 2019)
- Shyn Khurana / Jazz Sodhi as Lovely Kaur Chahal (née Khurana) – Kishenchand and Shami's daughter, Sukhwinder's wife, Ashok's sister, Mini's paternal aunt (2018 – 2019)
- Jaspreet Chhabra as Kammo Khatri – Khatri's wife, Babita's former friend (2018 – 2020)
- Sandeep Kapoor as Kartaar – Khatri's best friend (2018 – 2019)
- Subeer Kasali as Madhu – Kartaar's wife (2018 – 2019)
- Bindia Kalra as Raano Kaur – Preet and Bobby's mother (2018 – 2019)
- Payas Pandit as Poonam – Babita's childhood friend (2019)
- Anshumaan Singh as Pinku Chadda – Babita's younger brother, Mini and Arya's maternal uncle (2018 – 2019)
- Harmanpreet Kaur as Saroj Chadda – Pinku's wife, Babita's sister-in-law, Mini and Arya's maternal aunt who tried to separate them (2018 – 2020)
- Mahinder Shera as Gurmel Singh – Preet's grandfather (2019)
- Mayank Mohan as Manmeet – Mini's nemesis in college who locked her in a room and acted weird (2019)
- Gaurav Roopdas as Irfaan – Naeem Bi's son (2019)
- Menali Mundra as Rukshana – Irfaan's wife (2019)
- Ariyan Sawant as Imraan – Irfaan and Ruksana's son (2019)
- Kirti Sually as Satto Chachi – Hanuman's aunt (2019)
- Amrita Prakash as Isha Oberoi – Neil's estranged wife, Kia's mother (2020)
- Akshay Arora as the milkman – Neil's friend who loves Rani secretly (2020)
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Drama Series (Jury) | Patiala Babes | Won | [12] |
| Next Generation Star | Ashnoor Kaur | Won |
Production
On 24 October 2019, news came that leads Paridhi Sharma and Aniruddh Dave, were asked to leave the show overnight after the makers decided to bring Season 2 and leap the storyline by five years.[13] Saurabh Raj Jain was cast as the lead Neil post leap in December 2019.[14]
On 27 March 2020, owing Covid-19 pandemic, the series was temporarily halted as the shootings were stalled. However, in April 2020, on mutual agreement between the makers and channel, it was decided to terminate the series abruptly.[4] Producer Rajita Sharma stated, "Ours was always a finite series, but unfortunately we are unable to shoot the remaining episodes because of the lockdown. None of us know when we will be in a position to resume shooting. So, it was a mutual decision to pull it off air."[15]
References
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- ^ "Patiala Babes – Know All About The New Upcoming Show On Sony TV!". Fuzion Productions. 2018-09-01.
- ^ a b "Sourabh Raaj Jain on why 'Patiala Babes' ended abruptly". The Times of India.
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- ^ "Patiala Babes actor Paridhi Sharma: Couldn't have asked for a better comeback". The Indian Express. 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "Aniruddh Dave's kickboxing skills came in handy on the sets of Patiala Babes". mid-day. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ^ "Bhanujeet Sudan to play the parallel lead in Patiala Babes". www.ucnews.in. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ^ "Hunar Gandhi out of 'Patiala Babes' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ^ "Patiala Babes: Roshni Sahota to enter as Anirudh Dave aka Hanuman's wife". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ^ Baddhan, Raj (2019-03-20). "Indian Telly Awards 2019: Winners list". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Events and Music. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ^ "Paridhi Sharma, Aniruddh Dave out of TV show overnight". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Sourabh Raaj Jain is the new male lead in Patiala Babes". India Today.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Beyhadh 2, Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein and Patiala Babes to go off air post Covid-19 lockdown: report". Hindustan Times. April 21, 2020.