# Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai

Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai (transl. It's the Story of Those Days) is a Hindi coming of age romantic period drama television series produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions. It aired on Sony TV. It stars Ashi Singh and Randeep Rai as Naina Agarwal and Sameer Maheshwari. Set in the 1990s, it is inspired by the real-life love story of producers Shashi Mittal and Sumeet Mittal. It received a positive response from critics and audiences with praise for its performances and script.
After announcing that the show would end, Sony TV announced that the show would return with a second season.

## Plot

Set in 1990 in Ahmedabad, Naina Agarwal is a 16-year-old girl studying at Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir. Her mother passed away at birth and she is raised by uncle Anand and aunt Bela in a conservative joint family. Naina's father, Rakesh Agarwal, has an orthodox mindset, supporting only his son Arjun's dreams, and neglecting Naina. Meanwhile, in Nainital, a 16-year-old Sameer Maheshwari gets suspended from his boarding school and returns to his maternal grandfather, Jaiprakash Maheshwari, in Ahmedabad. Sameer has a very bitter relationship with his mother, Vishaka, who married Vivek Somani and moved to Delhi after Sameer's father died. Sameer joins his cousin, Munna's school as his classmate, where Naina also studies. Naina falls for Sameer at first sight.
Sameer decides to avenge Rakesh and Naina, who misunderstand him. He bets with the seniors about making Naina say "I Love You" to him. During the school trip at Mount Abu, Naina confesses her feelings to Sameer but is left heartbroken learning about the bet and decides to move on. Sameer apologizes to Naina, who breaks down and refuses to forgive him. Sameer finally realizes his love for Naina. Eventually, Naina forgives Sameer after seeing his efforts and they confess their love.
After Jaiprakash's demise, Sameer moves to Delhi, reconciles with Vishaka and bonds with his stepsiblings, Deepika and Rohan. The couple continue their long-distance relationship through phone calls and letters. While Naina tops her exams, Sameer joins a radio station as a programmer. However, he starts considering himself unlucky for his loved ones due to his step-grandmother's harsh taunts. He tries to disconnect from Naina, but Vishaka sends him back to Ahmedabad seeing his depression.
Naina enrolls in VJN College and makes Sameer realize that his assumptions are wrong. Sameer and Naina rekindle their relationship in college and but get caught by the Agarwal's. Sameer and Naina elope with help of their friends and hide. Later, Sameer and Naina's marriage is fixed. The Agarwal family breaks as Naresh and Beena disapprove of the alliance, but the couple marries with the help of friends and the remaining family. Sameer and Naina start living in a separate bungalow which he buys for her. Reality hits when the differences in their lifestyles and mindsets creates clashes. Sameer's maternal uncle, Kamlesh kicks him out of the family business. Sameer realizes his acting potential, and they sell their house, moving to Mumbai with Rakesh. After many financial and career struggles in Mumbai, Naina realizes her potential to take up writing. The couple presents their first story to Aruna Irani who telecasts their serial, which runs successfully.
Naina gives birth to their daughter, Suman. After two years, Sameer buys back his old bungalow in Ahmedabad. They return to Ahmedabad and reconcile with their family members. Naina, Sameer, and their friends reunite at their school's 50th anniversary and reminisce their old days. The story concludes happily in 1998, with Naina and Sameer succeeding in their careers and life.

## Cast
### Main

* Ashi Singh as Naina Agarwal Maheshwari – Rakesh and Rama's daughter; Bela and Anand's daughter-figure; Arjun's sister; Pooja, Preeti and Pralay's cousin; Sameer's wife; Suman's mother (2017–19)
* Randeep Rai as Sameer Maheshwari – Vishakha's son; Vivek's step-son; Deepika's half-brother; Rohan's step-brother; Munna and Devang's cousin; Munna and Pandit's best friend; Naina's husband; Suman's father(2017-19)

### Recurring

* Ayesha Kaduskar as Preeti Agarwal – Anand and Bela's younger daughter; Pooja's sister; Arjun, Naina and Pralay's cousin; Shubham's wife (2017–19)
* Raghav Dhir as Pushpendra "Pandit" Kapoor – Sameer and Munna's friend (2017–19)
* Kristina Patel as Swati Srivastava – Naina's best friend; Munna's former love interest (2017–19)
* Hema Sood as Shefali Victor – Naina's pen friend; Arjun's former love interest (2017–18)
* Malina Kumra as Kamya – Naina's former nemesis turned friend (2017–19)
* Hema Sai as Hema – Naina's former nemesis turned friend (2017–19)
* Chandresh Singh as Rakesh Agarwal – Naresh and Anand's brother; Rama's widower; Naina and Arjun's father; Suman's grandfather (2017–19)
* Sachin Khurana as Anand Agarwal – Rakesh and Naresh's brother; Bela's husband; Pooja and Preeti's father; Naina's father-figure (2017–19)
* Madhusree Sharma as Bela Agarwal – Anand's wife; Preeti and Pooja's mother; Naina's mother-figure (2017–19)
* Abha Parmar as Beena Agarwal – Juhi's aunt; Naresh's wife; Pralay's mother; Naina, Arjun, Pooja and Preeti's Elder Aunty (2017–19)
* Sanjay Batra as Naresh Agarwal – Rakesh and Anand's brother; Beena's husband; Pralay's father; Naina, Arjun, Pooja and Preeti's Elder Uncle (2017–19)
* Somendra Solanki/ Vivaan Singh Rajput as Arjun Agarwal – Rakesh and Rama's son; Naina's brother; Pooja, Preeti and Pralay's cousin; Shefali's former love interest; Juhi's husband (2017–18) / (2018–19)
* Manika Mehrotra as Rinki – Naina and Preeti's cousin (2018–19)
* Nidhi Bhavsar as Juhi Agarwal – Beena's niece; Arjun's wife (2018–19)
* Aditya as Prateek "Pralay" Agarwal – Naresh and Beena's son; Arjun, Pooja, Naina and Preeti's cousin (2017–18)
* Shweta Thakur as Pooja Agarwal Garg – Anand and Bela's elder daughter; Preeti's sister; Arjun, Naina and Pralay's cousin; Varun's wife (2017–19)
* Love Joshi as Varun Garg – Neeli's brother; Pooja's husband (2017–18)
* Jayshree T. as Phulla Bua – Arjun, Pooja, Naina, Preeti and Pralay's grand-aunt (2018–19)
* Vikas Tripathi as Shubham – Nirmala's son; Tanvi's brother; Preeti's husband (2019)
* Kanchan Gupta as Nirmala – Shubham and Tanvi's mother; Preeti's. Mother-in-law (2019)
* Tarjanee Bhadla as Tanvi Gadkari – Nirmala's daughter; Shubham's sister; Aditya's wife; Preeti's Sister-in-law (2019)
* Meghan Jadhav as Aditya Gadkari – Gauri and Gopal's son; Sameer's brotherly friend; Tanvi's husband (2019)
* Manoj Kolhatkar as Gopal Gadkari – Naina and Sameer's neighbor; Gauri's husband; Aditya's father (2019)
* Anuradha as Gauri Gadkari – Gopal's wife; Aditya's mother (2019)
* Sheetal Maulik as Sejal Gadkari – Aditya's sister-in-law (2019)
* Sanjay Choudhary as Manoj "Munna" Dhawan – Sameer's cousin; Sameer and Pandit's friend; Rewa's husband (2017–19)
* Prachi Joshi as Rewa – Munna's wife (2019)
* Kiran Kumar as Jaiprakash Dinanath Maheshwari – Leela's widower; Vishaka's father; Sameer and Deepika's grandfather; Rohan's step-grandfather; Suman's great-grandfather (Dead) (2017–18)
* Vaishnavi Mahant as Vishakha Maheshwari Somani – Leela and Jaiprakash's daughter; Kamlesh's cousin; Vivek's second wife; Sameer and Deepika's mother; Rohan's step-mother; Suman's grandmother (2017–19)
* Melanie Nazareth as Prabha Maheshwari – Kamlesh's wife; Devang's mother; Sameer and Deepika's aunt; Rohan's step-aunt (2018–19)
* Rajendra Chawla as Kamlesh Maheshwari – Vishaka's cousin; Prabha's husband; Devang's father; Sameer and Deepika's uncle; Rohan's step-uncle (2018–19)
* Atul Verma as Devang Maheshwari – Kamlesh and Prabha's son; Sameer and Deepika's cousin; Rohan's step-cousin; Poonam's husband (2018–19)
* Subuhi Joshi as Poonam Maheshwari – Devang's wife (2018–19)
* Sandeep Rajora as Vivek Somani – Vishaka's second husband; Rohan and Deepika's father; Sameer's step-father; Suman's step-grandfather (2017–19)
* Kitu Gidwani as Mrs. Somani – Vivek's mother; Rohan and Deepika's grandmother; Sameer's step-grandmother; Suman's step-great-grandmother (2018)
* Rohit Chandel as Rohan Somani – Vivek's son; Vishaka's step-son; Deepika's half-brother; Sameer's step-brother; Devang's step-cousin (2018)
* Riddhima Taneja as Deepika Somani – Vivek and Vishaka's daughter; Sameer and Rohan's half-sister; Devang's cousin (2018)
* Kiara Bhanushali as Suman Maheshwari – Sameer and Naina's daughter (2019)
* Ahsaan Qureshi as U.P Pandey – Principal of Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir (2017–18)
* Rishina Kandhari as Ms. Shanti – Maths teacher of Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir; Naina's teacher and mentor (2017–18)
* Rushad Rana as Lochan Sir – Ex-drama teacher turned principal in Pragati Vidya Ka Mandir (2018–19)
* Vikram Singh Rathod as Sanjay Tibriwal – Naina admirer and classmate at school (2017)
* Charu Trikha as Mitali – Rival gang's member at college; Pandit's former crush(2018)
* Nirbhay Shukla as Vicky – Kartik's friend; Naina and Sameer's senior (2018)
* Vaibhav Shrivastav as Priyank – Kartik's friend; Naina's rival (2018)
* Sejal Sharma as Dimple – Vicky's classmate and Sameer's admirer (2018)
* Nishi Singh as Sunaina Parekh – Naina and Sameer's nemesis at college (2018)
* Hitesh Sharma as Kartik Dholakia – Sameer and Naina's nemesis at college (2018)
* Guddi Maruti as VJN college Principal (2018)
* Vishnu Sharma as Jayesh Bhoummik Raval aka JBR – Accounts teacher of VJN college (2018)
* Arjun Aneja as Farzan Poonawala – Teacher appointed for college play rehearsals, Preeti's crush (2018)
* Garima Joshi as Sahiba – Sameer and Naina's neighbor (2019)
* Vipul Deshpande as Bakshi – Naina's boss.
* Ruchita Vijay Jadhav as Vanita – Jatin's wife; Sameer and Naina's neighbour and Society secretary (2019)
* Devang Taana as Jatin – Shibhani's brother; Vanita's husband; Naina and Sameer's neighbour (2019)
* Urvi Vyas as Shibhani – Jatin's sister (2019)
* Simran Lulla as Amrita Khanna – Sameer's neighbour and friend in Delhi (2018)
* Paras Priyadarshan as Sharad – Naina's proposed groom (2018)
* Rashika Singh as Neeli Madhumakkhi – Varun's sister (2018)
* Devarshi Shah as Raghav aka Ameer Maheshwari – Naina's fake husband (2019)

### Guests

* Kumar Sanu (2018)
* Anant Mahadevan
* Aruna Irani (2019)

### Voiceover

* Sadiya Siddiqui as Naina's Voiceover
* Jiten Lalwani as Sameer's Voiceover

## Soundtrack

The opening theme of Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai was composed by Anu Malik. The lyrics were written by Sanjay Chhel. It was sung by Kumar Sanu and Sadhana Sargam. The song was known for its melodious lyrics, which recall happenings in the 1990s.

## Reception

It was mainly hailed for its fresh outlook and for bringing out nostalgia and flavours of the 90s. It topped Sony TV shows by gaining a TRP of 1.5 in its first week.
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 .
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.
This show has earned compliments from various television and film actors.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 2018 | Gold Awards | Best Debut (Female) | Ashi Singh | Nominated |
| 2018 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actor (Popular) | Randeep Rai | Nominated |
| 2018 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Story (Jury) | Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai | Won |
| 2019 | Kalakar Awards | Best Female Debut | Ashi Singh | Won |
| 2019 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Jodi (Popular) | Ashi Singh & Randeep Rai | Nominated |
| 2019 | Indian Telly Awards | Best Daily Series (Popular) | Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai | Nominated |
| 2019 | Stardom Awards | Editor's Choice- Best Actor Male | Randeep Rai | Won |
| 2019 | Stardom Awards | Devrani ki Best Devrani- Best Debut Female | Ashi Singh | Nominated |
| 2019 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actress (Popular) | Ashi Singh | Nominated |
| 2019 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actor (Popular) | Randeep Rai | Nominated |
| 2019 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Jodi (Popular) | Ashi Singh & Randeep Rai | Won |
| 2019 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Show (Popular) | Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai | Nominated |