Saara Akaash

Saara Akaash is an Indian television series that was broadcast on Star Plus every Thursday at 9 P.M.[1] for one hour from 7 August 2003 to 29 July 2005. It starred Sai Deodhar,[2] Shakti Anand,[2] Sonal Sehgal,[3] Kiran Kumar,[4] Parmeet Sethi,[4] Manav Gohil,[5] and Manish Goel.[6] The fictional show depicted personal and professional lives of Indian Air Force officers and was produced by Miditech.'[7][8]

Saara Akaash
GenreAction, Drama
Screenplay byAnand Vardhan
Ila Bedi Datta
Directed byGurudev Bhalla
Creative directorAnimitra Chakravarti / Anil Jha
StarringSai Deodhar
Shakti Anand
Kiran Kumar
Kanwaljeet Singh
Opening theme"Saara Akaash" by Shaan & Mahalakshmi Iyer
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes104
Production
ProducersNikhil J.Alva
Niret Alva
EditorAdil Wassan
Camera setupShailesh N. Anikhindi
Running time42 minutes (Episode 1 to Episode 77)
21 minutes (Episode 78 to Episode 104)
Production companyMiditech
Release
Original networkStar Plus
Original release7 August 2003 (2003-08-07) –
29 July 2005 (2005-07-29)

The series which was supposed to end in 2004, got an extension for a year due its good viewership.[9]

It was converted to half-hour time slot[10] (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,[11] 10:30 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 10:30 P.M.[12]

Cast
  • Kiran Kumar[4] as Air Commodore AOC Suraj Singh
  • Sai Deodhar[2] 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[4] as Squadron Leader Srinivas Rao
  • Shakti Anand[2] as Flight Lieutenant / Squadron Leader Vikram Kochar, Fighter pilot on Sukhoi, Monica's husband
  • Kanwaljeet Singh[2] as Squadron Leader/Wing Commander Abhay Kochar, Vikram's father, Monica's father-in-law
  • Anuj Saxena[13][14] 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)[15]
  • Manish Goel[6] as Flight Lieutenant Saurav Singh, fighter pilot on Sukhoi, Suraj's son and Monica's Stepbrother, Fiancé of Kavita Pawar
  • Manav Gohil[5] as Flight Lieutenant Jatin Gohil, fighter pilot on Sukhoi, fiancé of Ayesha Pawar (killed by Sikandar (Blue Fox) right before his wedding)
  • Sonal Sehgal[16] 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[17] 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
  1. "Magnificent men & women in their flying machines". 2003-08-17.
  2. "I had taken a break from acting: Sai Deodhar | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  3. "Sonal Sehgal: Glad Shah Rukh Khan has supported Muay Thai - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  4. "Saara Akash - miditech". miditech. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  5. "More films for Manav? | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  6. "Tellywood is female dominated: Manish Goel - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  7. "'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.
  8. "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Entertainment - Flying High". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  9. "Saara Akash continues to soar; gets a year extension".
  10. "STAR's one-hour prime time slot to be down by half-hour". 2005-01-11.
  11. "Miillee to help STAR Plus don a new look". 2005-03-21.
  12. "'Kalcchakra' cut to size". 2005-03-28.
  13. "High-flying doc". 2004-04-11.
  14. "Anuj Saxena to resurface in 'Saara Akaash'". 2004-07-07.
  15. "TV celebs and their alternate business plans - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  16. "Sonal Sehgal". 2004-09-01.
  17. "Sai Deodhar's double grab !". 2004-12-15.
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