Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai
Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai (transl. It's a story about those days) was 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.[4][5]
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| 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 |
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The show has received critical acclaim with praise for its performances and script.[6][7]
In July 2019, it was announced that the show would go off air and the last episode was aired on 16 August 2019.[8][9] However, Sony TV announced that the show will return with a second season at an indefinite date.[10]
Plot
Set in Ahmedabad in the 90s, Naina Agarwal is a 16-year old girl studying at Pragati Vidya Mandir. She has a joint family and lost her mother. Sameer Maheshwari, a 17-year old hosteler lives in Nainital and gets suspended from his school due to his mischievous behavior. He returns to his maternal grandfather in Ahmedabad. As his father is dead, his mother Vishakha had married Vivek Somani and lives in Delhi. He hates Sameer. Sameer joins Naina's school as her classmate; instantly she falls for him.
Although Naina has a soft corner for Sameer, she had to stand against him on various instances, because she is the Head Discipline Monitor of her school. Naina's father who is the librarian of that school also stands against Sameer and insults him. An enraged Sameer decides to take revenge on Naina, by engaging in a bet to his seniors, wherein Sameer has to make Naina say "I Love You" and hug him. Sameer starts wooing Naina.
After a few months, the school decides to go on a trip to Mount Abu. Sameer and his friends Munna and Pandit decide to complete their bet during the trip. During their trip, Sameer realizes that Naina is very caring and good at heart. Though Sameer has a soft corner for Naina, he never realizes that he has already fallen for her. On the last day of their trip, Naina finally confesses her feelings. She soon comes to know of the bet and is completely dejected and heartbroken.
After a few days, Sameer finally realizes his feelings for Naina; he tells his friends about this. Sameer is now clueless about what to do now, as Naina hates him now. Meanwhile, Arjun gets to know about the bet. Enraged, he confronts Sameer and Sameer pushes Arjun, and the later breaks his leg. This causes the growth of hatred in Arjun and Sameer. As a punishment, Sameer is asked to serve Arjun until he recovers. During this time, Pooja's marriage is fixed. Sameer apologizes to Naina who finally forgives him.
Sameer's grandfather passes away and he has to shift to Delhi, which Naina comes to know days later. There Sameer bonds up with his stepbrother Rohan and half-sister Deepika. Sameer and Naina both communicate through phones and letters. This makes their relationship stronger.
Sameer returns to Ahmedabad after a year. Naina, Sameer, and their friends enroll in VJN College. In college too, they face too many challanges due to their nemesis, but their love gets stronger day by day. Naina also breaks up with Sameer due to Arjun-Shefali's relationship to be exposed to their families.
One day, Beena fixes Naina's marriage to an arrogant CA Sharad. The alliance soon breaks because of Sharad's violent behaviour towards Anand and also for slapping Naina in front of the college. During this time, Anand gets to know about Sameer and Naina's relationship and he approves, because of Sameer's true love. Anand also promises to conduct their marriage.
After a lot of trials and tribulations, the couple finally gets married. Sameer had built a huge bungalow for Naina with the money Nanu gave him. In the meantime, Swati marries a businessman, Preeti marries Shubham, Munna marries Rewa and Arjun marries Juhi.
Sameer's Mamaji and his son keep an eye on Sameer's grandfather's factory and business. To kick out Sameer from the business, they insult him in various ways. Enraged Sameer returns home. Hot-headed, he and Naina have a major fight, the later knowing nothing about what happened in the factory. Both of them slap each other and Naina returns to her home. She soon gets to know the incident and goes to meet Sameer; she meets with an accident. This reunites the couple.
Sameer and Naina start their own business, called 'Samaina boutique' which doesn't go very well. Sameer gets to act in an advertisement, where he realizes his acting potential. They decide to travel to Mumbai for an acting career. They decide to sell their house. They also consummate their marriage.
The couple travel to Mumbai with Rakesh. Naina finds a job as a writer, but due to her boss's negative attitude, she resigns. Sameer gets his first acting venture in a pressure cooker advertisement but struggles to find a permanent job. He decides to support his wife with writing. They present their first story to Aruna Irani. She accepts their story and telecasts their serial.
Finally, Naina and Preeti are pregnant. Naina delivers a baby girl and Preeti delivers a baby boy. Sameer and Naina name their child Suman Maheshwari. After the birth of their child, they buy their rented house in Mumbai. Sameer also buys his Ahmedabad bungalow which he sold while traveling to Mumbai. After 2 years, they return to Ahmedabad and reconcile with their family members, who turned foes during their marriage. Naina, Sameer, Munna, Swati, Pandit, Preeti, Hema, and Kamya reunite at their school's 50th anniversary. Sameer and Naina reminiscence their old days. The couple lives happily ever after. The story ends happily in 1998.
Cast
Main
- Ashi Singh as Naina Agarwal Maheshwari – Rakesh's daughter; Anand and Bela's niece and foster daughter; Arjun's sister; Preeti's closest cousin-sister; Sameer's wife; Suman’s mother
- Randeep Rai as Sameer Maheshwari – Vishaka's son; Deepika's half-brother; Munna and Pandit's best friend; Munna's cousin-brother; Naina's husband; Suman’s father
Recurring
- Ayesha Kaduskar as Preeti Agarwal Shubham – Anand and Bela's daughter; Naina's closest cousin ; Pooja's sister; Shubham's wife
- Sanjay Choudhary as Manoj aka Munna – Sameer and Pandit's best friend; Sameer's cousin-brother; Swati's ex-fiancé; Rewa's husband
- Raghav Dhir as Pushpendra aka Pandit – Sameer and Munna's best friend
- Sachin Khurana as Anand Agarwal – Rakesh and Naresh's brother; Bela's husband; Preeti and Pooja's father; Naina's younger uncle and foster father
- Madhusree Sharma as Bela Agarwal – Anand's wife; Preeti and Pooja's mother; Naina's younger aunt and foster mother
- Chandresh Singh as Rakesh Agarwal – Anand and Naresh's brother; Naina and Arjun's father; Suman's grandfather
- Kristina Patel as Swati – Naina's best friend; Munna's ex-fiancée
- Kiara Bhanushali as Suman Maheshwari – Sameer and Naina's daughter
- Abha Parmar as Beena Agarwal – Naresh's wife; Pralay's mother; Preeti, Pooja, Naina and Arjun's elder aunt
- Sanjay Batra as Naresh Agarwal – Rakesh and Anand's brother; Beena's husband; Pralay's father; Preeti, Pooja, Naina and Arjun's elder uncle
- Somendra Solanki / Vivan Singh Rajput as Arjun Agarwal – Rakesh's son; Naina's brother; Shefali's ex-fiancé; Juhi's husband
- Hema Sood as Shefali Victor – Naina's pen friend; Arjun's ex-fiancée
- Malina Kumra as Kamya – Naina's former nemises turned friend
- Hema Sai as Hema – Naina's former nemesis turned friend
- Shweta Rajput as Pooja Agarwal Mittal – Anand and Bela's daughter; Preeti's sister; Naina, Arjun and Pralay's cousin-sister; Varun's wife
- Nidhi Bhavsar as Juhi Agarwal – Beena's niece, Arjun's wife
- Love Joshi as Varun Mittal – Pooja's husband
- Kiran Kumar as Jaiprakash Maheshwari – Sameer's maternal grandfather; Vishaka's father (dead)
- Vaishnavi Mahant as Vishakha Maheshwari Somani – Vivek's wife; Sameer and Deepika's mother; Rohan's step-mother; Suman's grandmother
- Jayshree T. as Phulla Bua – Naina , Arjun, Pooja and Preeti's grand-aunt
- Ahsaan Qureshi as U.P Pandey – Principal of Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir
- Melanie Nazareth as Prabha Maheshwari – Sameer's aunt
- Rajendra Chawla as Kamlesh Maheshwari – Sameer's uncle
- Rishina Kandhari as Shanti Teacher – Maths teacher of Pragati Vidya Ka Manir
- Kanchan Gupta as Nirmala – Shubham and Tanvi's mother; Preeti's mother-in-law
- Ruchita Vijay Jadhav as Vanita – Sameer and Naina's neighbour and Society's secretary
- Nishi Singh as Sunaina Parekh – Naina and Sameer's nemesis at college
- Hitesh Sharma as Kartik Dholakia – Sameer and Naina's nemesis at college
- Subuhi Joshi as Poonam Maheshwari - Devang's wife
- Atul Verma as Devang Maheshwari – Sameer's cousin; Poonam's husband
- Vikas Tripathi as Shubham – Preeti's husband, Nirmala's son; Tanvi's brother
- Meghan Jadhav as Aditya Gadkari – Tanvi's husband; Sameer's brotherly friend
- Tarjanee Bhadla as Tanvi Gadkari – Nirmala's daughter; Shubham's sister; Aditya's wife
- Sandeep Rajora as Vivek Somani – Vishaka's husband; Sameer's step-father; Rohan and Deepika's father
- Kitu Gidwani as Mrs. Somani – Vivek's mother; Rohan and Deepika's grandmother
- Rohit Chandel as Rohan Somani – Vivek's son; Vishaka's step-son; Deepika's half-brother; Sameer's step-brother
- Riddhima Taneja as Deepika Somani – Vivek and Vishaka's daughter; Sameer and Rohan's half-sister
- Manika Mehrotra as Rinky Agarwal – Naina and Preeti's second cousin
- Aditya as Prateek "Pralay" Agarwal – Naresh and Beena's son
- Prachi Joshi as Rewa – Manoj's wife
- Rushad Rana as Lochan Sir – Ex Drama teacher of Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir
- Guddi Maruti as VJN college Principal
- Rashika Singh as Neeli Madhumakkhi – Varun's sister
- Devarshi Shah as Raghav/Ameer Maheshwari – Naina's fake husband
- Vishnu Sharma as Jayesh Bhoummik Raval aka JBR – Accounts teacher of VJN college
- Arjun Aneja as Farhan Poonawala - Teacher appointed for college play rehearsals
- Vikram Singh Rathod as Sanjay Tibriwal – Naina admirer and Sameer's classmate at school
- Nirbhay Shukla as Vicky – Kartik's friend , Naina and Sameer's senior
- Vaibhav Shrivastav as Priyank – Kartik's friend, team Naina's rival
- Sejal Sharma as Dimple - Vicky's classmate and Sameer's admirer
- Charu Trikha as Mitali - Rival gang's member at college
- Garima Joshi as Sahiba - Sameer & Naina's neighbor
- Paras Priyadarshan as - Sharad, employee of his "Boss CA Mr. Dilip Mirani"
Voiceover
- Sadiya Siddiqui as Naina's Voiceover[11]
- Jiten Lalwani as Sameer's Voiceover[11]
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.[12][13]
Adaptation
It has been dubbed in Tamil language as Ninaithale Inikum on Polimer TV.[14][15]
It also has been dubbed in Sinhala language as Season Ticket on Hiru TV from 29 July 2019 to 17 December 2020.[16]
Reception
It was particularly hailed for its fresh outlook and for bringing out the nostalgia and the flavours of the 90s.[17] It topped Sony TV shows by gaining a TRP of 1.5 in its first week.[6][18]
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.[7]
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.[19]
This show has also earned compliments from various television and film actors.[20]
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 |
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- "Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai will take you down the memory lane". indiatoday.in. 8 September 2017.
- "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.
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- "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.
- "Ninaithale Inikum Polimer TV serial".
- "Polimer Ninaithale inikum episodes".
- "Season Ticket Hiru TV In Sri lanka | Ep 01 | 29-07-2019". Sinhala Teledrama - Sri Lankan News. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- "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.
