Sadda Haq (TV series)

Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice
Genre	Youth show
Created by	Anand Sivakumaran
Written by	Durjoy Datta Sumrit Shahi Vikrant Vishwas Ranjil
Screenplay by	Alka Shukla Dialogue : Sumit Arora
Directed by	Season 1 : Noel Smith Aijaz A Sheikh Season 2 : Prateek Shah
Creative director(s)	Mishrkeshii Dev Anil
Starring	See Below
Music by	Abhijeet Das
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	654
Production
Executive producer(s)	Hamavvand Chwda
Producer(s)	Mamta Yash Patnaik Yash A Patnaik
Cinematography	Hanoz VK (Hanoz Kerawala)
Editor(s)	Pankaj Katpal
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 22 minutes
Production company(s)	Beyond Dreams Entertainment Pvt Ltd Inspire Films Pvt Ltd
Release
Original network	Channel V India
Picture format	720i(Hd)
Original release	November 25, 2013 – June 30, 2016
External links
Website
Production website

Sadda Haq - My Life, My Choice (translation : My Rights - My Life, My Choice) is an Indian television series which originally aired on Channel V India from November 25, 2013, to June 30, 2016, lasting two seasons. The Times of India said the show features characters from a range of areas across the country that are not common on television shows.^[1]

Cast

Main Cast (Season 2)

• Harshita Gaur as Sanyukta Aggarwal
• Param Singh as RanDhir Singh Shekhawat
• Ashwini Koul as Aryan Harshwal

Supporting Cast

• Shabnam Pandey as Sanaya Jha
• Mohak Khurana as Joy Dasgupta
• Sneha Shah as Kritika Narayan Swamy
• Puneett Chouksey as Arjun Khanna
• Aashutosh Semwal as Sumit Jain
• Ali Merchant as Nirmaan Nambia
• Ankit Gupta as Parth Kashyap
• Simran Kapoor as Becky
• Mridula Choudhury as Mrs. S Subramanyam
• Pooja Bisht as Meneka
• Nisha Neha Nayak as Vidushi Kumar
• Mohit Chauhan as Mr. Kishore Aggarwal
• Kushabh Manghani as Ankit Aggarwal
• Aaradhna Uppal as Mrs. Renuka Sanyal
• Harsh Vashisht as Mr. Harshvardhan Shekhawat

Main Cast (Season 1)

• Harshita Gaur as Sanyukta Aggarwal
• Param Singh as Randhir Singh Shekhawat

Supporting cast

• Ankit Gupta as Parth Kashyap
• Gachui Homring as Kaustuki Sherpa
• Chirag Desai as Jignesh Patel
• Nisha Neha Nayak as Vidushi Kumar
• Prince Dua as Khuswant Singh
• Manik Talwar as Sahil Mehta
• Krip Suri as Prof. Vardhan Suryavanshi
• Gaurav Chopra as Prof. Abhay Singh Ranawat
• Neeraj Khetarpal as Prof. Prem Kumar Chaudhary
• Sejal Shah as Mrs. Anjali Aggarwal
• Aaradhna Uppal as Mrs. Renuka Sanyal
• Mohit Chauhan as Mr. Kishore Aggarwal
• Kushabh Manghani as Ankit Aggarwal
• Harsh Vashisht as Mr. Harshvardhan Shekhawat
• Varun Sharma as Sameer Mittal
• Kunal Bakshi as Rana and Inspector Hooda

Characterization

A brief introduction to some of the characters in the show :

• Harshita Gaur portrays Sanyukta Aggarwal, she tries to overcome all hurdles in her life by stepping into the road not taken.^[2]
• Param Singh portrays Randhir Singh Shekhawat, a sheer genius in his field of study, rude and arrogant yet kind and irresistible.^[3]
• Nisha Neha Nayak portrays Vidushi Kumar, ambitious, aggressive, want achievements by any means necessary.^[4]
• Ankit Gupta portrays Parth Kashyap, calm and composed in nature, friendly and matured but his past haunts him every moment.^[5]
• Gachui Homring portrays Kaustuki Sherpa, honest, righteous but confused in nature.^[6]
• Chirag Desai portrays Jignesh Patel, known as Jiggy in college with a Gujarati lifestyle and accent, career oriented.^[7]
• Krip Suri portrays Prof. Vardhan Suryavanshi, the mentor of "Dream Team", genius, aggressive in nature, handles difficult students and forms the "Dream Team".^[8][9]
• Aaradhna Uppal portrays Mrs. Renuka Sanyal, Randhir's mother, a corporate woman and one of the members of board of trustees of FITE.^[10]
• Kushabh Manghani portrays Ankit Aggarwal, Sanyukta's elder brother, works in his father's company, supports the male dominance.^[11]
• Kunal Bakshi portrays Rana and Inspector Hooda, a corrupt police officer and a criminal.^[12]
• Afzaal Khan portrays Vikram Thakur, appointed as the Foreman in Sanyukta's father's company, carries out the internship programme.^[13]
• Meer Ali portrays Prof. Vivek Chauhan, appointed as the new mentor of "Dream team", alcoholic, later terminated from the post.^[14]
• Gaurav Chopra portrays Prof. Abhay Singh Ranawat, the new mentor of "Dream Team", appointed to groom them for the international college tech fest event, genius but alcoholic due to his troubled past.^[15][16]
• Ali Merchant portrays Nirmaan, a multi-layered intelligent guy and a passionate scientist and the director of "Indian Space Research Centre (ISRC)".^[17]

Production

Mamta Yash Patnaik, Producer and Chief Creative Director of Beyond Dreams Entertainment Private Limited house and co-founder of Inspire Films Private Limited production house says "The audiences are evolving with each passing day. So the content needs to evolve too. The same emotions have to be told in a new refreshing manner which will connect with the youth. We wanted to give a different show not only in terms of content but also make it visually different. The key was to have a play out which is emotional and still not look like any GEC soap." ^[18]

Yash A Patnaik, Chairman and Managing Director of Beyond Dreams Entertainment Private Limited house added "It's very exciting to produce youth shows because then you're not doing the regular things that are going on these days. You can break conventions and make your own rules with youth shows. It's a very unexplored space." ^[19]

Season overview

Season	No. of episodes	Originally aired
		First aired	Last aired
1	537	25 November 2013	25 December 2015
2	117	19 January 2016	30 June 2016

Awards and nominations

Year - 2014

• Indian Telly Awards^[20]
  • Youth Show (Fiction) [Won]
  • Actor in a Supporting Role (Drama) - Krip Suri [Nominated]

Year - 2015

• Indian Telly Awards^[21]
  • Youth Show [Won]

References

1. "Writers of 12 bestsellers Durjoy and Sumrit write Sadda Haq - The Times of India". indiatimes.com. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
2. "TV show with a difference". telegraphindia.com. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
3. "In Conversation with Param Singh!". thetellytimes.com. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
4. "Created a niche with acting chops". indiatimes.com. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
5. "Gape guys on TV". telegraphindia.com. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
6. "Sadda Haq- The young adult fave watch!". abplive.in. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
7. "Effort is to make modern characters more real". indiatimes.com. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
8. "Krip Suri is getting to explore different genres". indiatimes.com. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
9. "Primarily known for his role of Prof. Vardhan". tribuneindia.com. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
10. "Aaradhna Uppal to enter Sadda Haq!". urbanasian.com. 28 January 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
11. "Kushabh enthralled viewers". tribuneindia.com. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
12. "Kunal Bakshi enters Sadda Haq". tellychakkar.com. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
13. "Afzaal Khan will essay the role of Vikram Thakur". tribuneindia.com. 25 Jan 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
14. "Meer Ali enters 'Sadda Haq'". indiatimes.com. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
15. "Gaurav Chopraa turns alcoholic for 'Sadda Haq'". indiatimes.com. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
16. "Gaurav Chopraa devised a unique plan to prepare for his part". indiatimes.com. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
17. "Ali Merchant to return to TV with Sadda Haq". indianexpress.com. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
18. "Critic's Review". indiatimes.com. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
19. "The Unexplored genre". indianexpress.com. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
20. "List of nominees and winners of 13th Indian Telly Awards, 2014". indiantelevision.com. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
21. "List of nominees and winners of 14th Indian Telly Awards, 2015". indiantelevision.com. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Sadda Haq at the Internet Movie Database