Uttaran
Uttaran () is an Indian soap opera that was broadcast on Colors TV on weeknights from 1 December 2008 to 16 January 2015. It is the third longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV with 1,549 episodes. The show initially starred Sparsh Khanchandani and Ishita Panchal as young Ichcha and Tapasya in 2008 to 2009. It later took a generation leap and from 2009 to 2012, it focused on the characters of Ichcha, Tapasya, Veer and Vansh played by Tina Datta, Rashami Desai, Nandish Sandhu and Rohit Khurana. Sandhu was replaced by Vikas Bhalla in 2012. Rajsingh Verma played  Avinash as the key negative character. Another 18-year leap was introduced in 2012 and then the story centered around the life of Meethi, Mukta, Akash and Vishnu portrayed by Tina Datta, Sreejita De, Mrunal Jain and Ajay Chaudhary until its end. Synopsis. Uttaran Season 1- follow story of Ichcha and her friendship with Tapasya. In first season main leads are Ichcha, Tapasya, Veer and Vansh. Uttaran Season 2- Follow by story of Meethi and her friendship with Mukta. In second season main leads are Meethi, Mukta, Yuvraj, Akash and Vishnu. Plot. Set in Mumbai, Ichha is the daughter of  a poor widow Damini, who begins working at Thakur Mansion as a maid. Jogi's daughter Tapasya befriends Ichha and they share a sister-like bond. Sumitra influences Tapasya to see Ichha differently. Tapasya hits jealousy when Divya and Jogi care for Ichha as their own child, unaware that Jogi was responsible for Ichha's father Rajendra's death. 10 years later. Tapasya is a rich spoilt brat. Simple, Ichha wants to open a school to give free education to poor kids. She and Veer fall in love. Their families agree to their relation and they're about to marry . Insecure seeing Veer shower Ichha with expensive gifts, Tapasya does a suicide drama and begs Ichha to let her marry Veer. Ichha agrees and Veer marries Tapasya. His brother Vansh, a drug addict falls for Ichha looking at her caring nature. Veer, unaware of Vansh's love, tries to divorce Tapasya and marry Ichha. Tapasya manipulates Gunvanti who gets Vansh and Ichha married. Veer is heartbroken. Tapasya misleads Vansh, indirectly blaming him for Ichha's sufferings. As a result, he kills himself. Gunvanti blames Ichha. Veer finds out and exposes how Tapasya tried to kill Ichha and made Vansh commit  suicide. Shocked, Jogi disowns her. Ichha goes to Vrindavan. There, Veer arrives to unite with her. They express their love and marry in Vrindavan; the family accepts them. Tapasya meets Raghuvendra Rathore, who falls for her, but she betrays him in game of poker. He leaves her due to her disloyalty. Pregnant with his baby, she returns to Veer's family and delivers Mukta, whom she unintentionally abandons. Veer and Ichha raise her, unaware she is Tapasya's daughter. Ichha delivers a boy but Sumitra and Pushkar steal him. They bribe the nurse to tell Ichha, the boy was stillborn . Raghuvendra bumps into and takes the baby from Pushkar. He and Tapasya adopt the baby, named Yuvraj. Pregnant again, Ichha saves Veer from the cruel Avinash, who attacks him. Veer loses his memory. Ichha kills Avinash and is jailed for 18 years. Ichha delivers a girl in prison, and tells Damini to raise the baby, named Meethi. 18 years later. Meethi and Mukta are best friends just like their mothers. Ichha returns. Arrogant and selfish, Yuvraj hates her. Meethi also presumed her dead. Kanha, whom Damini raised is a successful CEO, happily married to Surbhi. Yuvraj and Meethi were brought  up by Gunvanti and Damini respectively, and Gunvanti brainwashed him against Ichha. Sumitra reveals to Meethi that Ichha is alive, but lies she ruined Tapasya's life since childhood. Earlier, Meethi is in denial. But when she knows Ichha was in prison for murder, she develops an negative opinion to her. Kanha also reveals Ichha was in prison for murder, but fails to mention she killed Avinash to save Veer. Meethi confronts and rejects Ichha. Damini and Kanha try to convince her to forgive Ichha. Meethi disbelieves them. Damini's attempt to unite them fails as Meethi hates Ichha even  more. Sumitra brainwashes Mukta, who gets close to Yuvraj. Later, he tries to rape Mukta but Ichha saves her. Mukta realises she misunderstood her and Meethi. Yuvraj is arrested, and finds out Ichha is his mother. His hatred for her further intensifies as she testifies against him in court, and he is incarcerated for 5 years. Veer who has still no memories, lives with Gunvanti and Amla. Reformed after living in US from years, Tapasya restores his memory. Vishnu encourages Meethi, who finally accepts Ichha. Eventually, Veer and Ichha unite. Meethi marries Vishnu on Ichha's arrangement. He is actually  Avinash's son, Akash, who wants revenge. Mukta discovers his truth and tries to locate the real Vishnu, a humble blue-collar worker for an NGO, to expose Akash. He orders his goons to kidnap and kill Mukta. Fortunately, Raghuvendra saves her. At Akash and Meethi's wedding, Mukta tries to expose him but no one except Sumitra believes her. Meanwhile, Ichha and Tapasya risk their life to save Mukta from Veer's uncle Tej, who shoots Tapasya. Fatally, Ichha gets hit by a truck and donates her heart to Tapasya before dying. Tapasya now cares for Meethi just like  Mukta. Later, Raghuvendra gets the evidence to expose Akash. Surbhi turns out as Akash's maternal cousin. His mom, Ekadashi orders him to kill Meethi but he falls in love with her. Meethi leaves the house. Tapasya throws the pregnant Surbhi out. Surbhi repents for her actions, and dies after delivering Ajitesh. Kanha forgives her and promises to raise Ajitesh. As Vishnu and Mukta love each other, they marry and soon have a son, Manav. Meethi and Akash unite. She is accepted by his family. After undergoing a plastic surgery, Yuvraj returns as Mukta's boss for revenge. He kidnaps  her. While saving her, a pregnant Meethi miscarries and disowns Yuvraj before Ekadashi banishes her. She travels to Srinagar. Caught up in a terrorist attack by Asgar, Meethi slips into a river and is transported by the current across the border to Gilgit. Aashfaq saves her; he falls in love with and helps her in returning to India. He bids her a tearful goodbye. Akash and Meethi unite. She adopts Rani as Nandini is imprisoned because she saved Akash from and murdered his old enemy. Meethi and Akash also adopt Tamanna, whom Rani hates. Sumitra reforms. Eventually, Sumitra and Damini  convince Mukta and Meethi to unite, and in the end, reflect the everlasting friendship of Ichha and Tapasya. Reception. "Uttaran"'s premiere had a 3.25 target rating point (TRP) and it became one of the top-rated Hindi GEC, and the second most watched program of Colors TV after Balika Vadhu. It was one of the show that helped Colors TV to briefly gain first position in Hindi GEC, breaking the nine-year run of Star Plus. Between Late 2008 to Early 2012, "Uttaran" maintained its top position mostly on the ratings charts. In week 51 of 2008, it occupied  fifth position with 3.84 TVR. In week 2 of 2009, it occupied fourth position with 4.5 TVR. In week of 24 October 2009, it occupied top position and garnered 8.2 TVR. In week of 14 November 2009, it garnered its highest weekly rating of 9.6 TVR. In week 3 of 2010, it occupied top position and garnered 8.1 TVR. In week of 17 July 2010, it garnered its highest weekly rating of 8.4 TVR. In week 46 of 2010, it occupied third position with 5.64 TVR. For a record week of 44, it was the top 10 position in Hindi  GEC throughout the year 2011 and In week 13 of 2011, it occupied top position with 5.9 TVR. In week 29 of 2011, it occupied fourth position with 5.04 TVR. In week 7 of 2012, It occupied fifth position with 4.44 TVR. After airing for 6 years, the serial ended on 16 January 2015 and was replaced by "Code Red" from 19 January 2015. Awards. The series has won the following awards: