Udaan

Plot

Kamal Narayan, a wealthy landlord in Azadganj village, uses the villagers as bonded labourers. Couple Bhuvan Singh and Kasturi face financial difficulty; as collateral for a loan, they has to let Kamal use their unborn child as a servant. Then, Kasturi gives birth to a girl and names her Chakor.

7 years later

Chakor, now a bonded labourer, is an aspiring marathon runner and has a younger sister, Imli. She befriends Kamal's nephew, Vivaan and campaigns for the villagers' rights. She is unaware that she also has a twin sister, Chunni, who was secretly raised in Mumbai. Kamal kills Chunni, motivating Chakor to seek revenge. She escapes with her marathon coach to pursue her dreams and vows to return to the village in 10 years. Vengeful for the betrayal, Kamal gets Chakor's grandmother buried alive.

10 years later

Chakor returns after becoming a famous marathon runner. Imli hates her for leaving them all behind. Chakor learns about her grandmother's death and gets Kamal and his son, Suraj arrested. Vivaan and Chakor fall in love while Imli falls for Suraj.

However, Suraj comes back as he promised to be a government witness against his father's deeds. Later, Kamal tries to kill him for his betrayal but he escapes with the help of Chakor, Imli and Vivaan. Suraj, whose marriage is arranged to Tina Raichand, also impregnates Imli. A double ceremony is planned for both Suraj and Vivaan. Imli explains this to Chakor who conspires to switch places in the ceremony. Suraj shows his cruelty by switching them, marrying Imli to Vivaan while he marries Chakor. Imli miscarries and later Vivaan and Imli fall in love. Kamal Narayan returns and forces Suraj to be a bonded laborer. In the process to set him free, Chakor and Suraj also realize their love for each other.

Imli turns evil and gives Vivaan a sleeping pill, putting him into coma. She also conspires with Kamal to have kill Chakor, which presumably succeeds. Chakor survives and learns that she's pregnant with Suraj's child. Suraj finds Chakor and they reunite and return to Azadganj, after forgiving Imli. Kamal kidnaps Chakor and she miscarries. In return, Chakor kills Kamal to avenge the deaths of her family and his prior sins. She gets jailed for 5 years elsewhere Imli hits Suraj with an iron rod, causing him to lose his memory.

5 years later

Chakor is released and shocked to learn Imli's truth. She's hurt when Suraj fails to recognize her as he has lost his memory. Chakor motivates villagers to fight back against Imli and Ranvijay's cruelty. One day when Ranvijay tries to kill Chakor, Suraj regains his memories and saves Chakor. They reunite and the couple shares some romantic moments together. Eventually, Chakor becomes pregnant with Suraj's child and gives him the good news. They both come up with a plan and expose Imli and Ranvijay and eventually succeed. Imli has an accident and is presumed dead.

1.5 years later

Chakor and Suraj lead a happy life with their baby daughter, Saanvi. Imli returns and tries to create rift in their relationship. Chakor suspects that Imli is alive.

Vivaan also comes back leaving both Suraj and Chakor shocked as they thought he died 7 years ago. Vivaan also believes that Imli is alive igniting Chakor's doubt about the same. Eventually, They find Imli and locks her in a room. Gun dealer Yashwant tries to kill Suraj; when Vivaan gets in the way, Chakor accidentally shoots him to death. Imli swears revenge and kidnaps Saanvi and fakes her death. Suraj blames Chakor for Saanvi's death and severs ties with her. Suraj moves to New York and Chakor moves to a different town while Imli makes Saanvi a bonded labourer.

7 years later

Both Chakor and Suraj return to village for work and form a bond with Saanvi, who now renamed as Anjor, unaware of the fact that she's their daughter. Imli finally tells them the truth and an apologetic Suraj reconciles with Chakor and Anjor. Suraj is killed in a bomb-blast, a result of a political fallout. Chakor, pays Suraj's look-alike, Raghav Khanna to take Suraj's place, rather than telling the truth to Anjor and family. Imli turns good and dies while saving Chakor life. Chakor gets jailed for 10 years under false charges and Anjor is adopted by a rich couple.

10 years later

Chakor traces her daughter and tries to get close to her. The rich couple tries to separate them and kills Raghav, causing Anjor to leave them. Anjor marries Sameer and they move to Sitapur. Sameer is brutally killed by Ranvijay, who had helped Imli earlier. Chakor and Anjor unite to get revenge and Ranvijay is burnt alive. Finally, Chakor comes back to Azadganj as Anjor decides to stay in Sitapur.

Cast

Main

Meera Deosthale / Toral Rasputra as Chakor Singh Rajvanshi: Marathon runner; Kasturi and Bhuvan's eldest daughter; Chunni and Imli's sister; Suraj's widow; Anjor's mother (2016–2019) / (2019)

Spandan Chaturvedi as

Child Chakor Singh (2014–2016)

Chunni Singh: Kasturi and Bhuvan's second daughter; Chakor and Imli's sister (2015–2016)

Vijayendra Kumeria as

Suraj Rajvanshi: Tejaswini and Kamal's son; Bhagya and Ragini's brother; Chakor's husband; Anjor's father (2016–2018)

Darshan Gurjar / Apurva Jyotir as Child Suraj Rajvanshi (2014) / (2014–2016)

Raghav Khanna: Suraj's lookalike; Chakor's helper (2018–2019) (Dead)

Vidhi Pandya as Imli Singh Rajvanshi: Kasturi and Bhuvan's youngest daughter; Chakor and Chunni's sister; Ranvijay's ex-wife; Vivaan's widow (2016–2019) (Dead)

Tasheen Shah as Child Imli Singh (2014–2016)

Paras Arora as Vivaan Rajvanshi: Ranjana and Manohar's son; Imli's husband (2016–2018) (Dead)

Wahib Kapadia as Child Vivaan Rajvanshi (2014–2016)

Tanya Sharma as Saanvi "Anjor" Rajvanshi Sharma: Chakor and Suraj's daughter; Jatin and Poonam's adopted daughter; Sameer's widow (2019)

Samriddhi Yadav as Child Saanvi "Anjor" Rajvanshi (2018–2019)

Aadhya Barot as Baby Saanvi Rajvanshi (2018)

Recurring

Suhasini Mulay as Shakuntala Devi Rajvanshi: Kamal, Manohar, Nayantara and Bharat's mother; Bhagya, Suraj, Ragini, Vivaan, Gumaan, Mahendra, Narendra and Vaani's grandmother; Anjor and Rohan's great-grandmother (2014–2015) (Dead)

Sai Balla as Kamal Rajvanshi: Shakuntala's son; Manohar, Nayantara and Bharat's brother; Tejaswini's husband; Ranjana's widower; Bhagya, Suraj and Ragini's father; Anjor's grandfather (2014–2017) (Dead)

Prachee Pathak as Tejaswini Desai Rajvanshi: Ramesh's sister; Kamal's widow; Bhagya, Suraj and Ragini's mother; Anjor's grandmother (2014–2019) (Dead)

Vandana Singh as Ragini Rajvanshi: Tejaswini and Kamal's younger daughter; Bhagya and Suraj's sister (2016–2018)

Vaishnavi Shukla as Child Ragini Rajvanshi (2014–2016)

Moni Rai as Manohar Rajvanshi: Shakuntala's son; Kamal, Nayantara and Bharat's brother; Ranjana's first husband; Vivaan's father (2014–2016) (Dead)

Ginnie Virdi as Ranjana Rajvanshi: Manohar's widow; Kamal's second wife; Vivaan's mother (2014–2017) (Dead)

Alpana Buch as Nayantara Rajvanshi: Shakuntala's daughter; Kamal, Manohar and Bharat's sister (2015)

Unknown as Bharat Rajvanshi: Shakuntala's son; Kamal, Manohar and Nayantara's brother; Gumaan, Mahendra Narendra and Vaani's father; Rohan's grandfather (2014)

Mohammad Nazim as Gumaan Rajvanshi: Bharat's eldest son; Mahendra, Narendra and Vaani's brother; Garima's husband; Rohan's father (2018)

Aastha Singh as Garima Rajvanshi: Gumaan's wife; Rohan's mother (2018)

Other Recurring Cast

Unknown as Hariya (2014)

Unknown as Girija (2014–2019)

Nisha Pareek as Laali (2014–2016)

Unknown as Lovely (2014–2015)

Rishina Kandhari as Vishakha (2015–2016)

Prakash Ramchandani as Lakhan Singh: Kamal's henchman; Chagan's father (2014–2017)

Shresth Kumar as Chagan Singh: Lakhan's son; Chakor's friend; Gauri's husband (2016–2018)

Sunidhi Chauhan as Gauri Singh: Chagan's wife (2017–2018)

Jineet Rath as Om (2014–2015)

Deep Kaur as Swarnaa Rawat (2014–2016)

Roma Bali as Vaibhavi Deshmukh (2015) (Dead)

Naveen Sharma as Rakesh "Rocky" Deshmukh (2015–2016)

Vijay Aidasani as Samarithan Prabhakar Rawat (2014–2015)

Mukesh Tripathi as Roney (2015–2016)

Nishikant Dixit as Principal Dharampal Chauhan (2015–2016)

Sandeep Nuval as Shikhu (2016–2018)

Vinny Arora as Tina Raichand: Marathon Runner; Chakor's competitor (2016)

Unknown as Bijli

Unknown as Leela

Special appearances

Vidya Balan, to promote Hamari Adhuri Kahani and Kahaani 2

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, to promote Manjhi - The Mountain Man

Ranveer Singh, to promote Bajirao Mastani

Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma, to promote Sultan

Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma, to promote Jab Harry Met Sejal

Helly Shah as Swara Sanskaar Maheshwari from Swaragini

Jigyasa Singh as Thapki Bihaan Pandey Kumar from Thapki Pyar Ki

Manish Goplani as Bihaan Pandey Kumar from Thapki Pyar Ki

Toral Rasputra as Anandi Shiv Shekhar from Balika Vadhu

Gracy Goswami as Nandini "Nimboli" Shekhar from Balika Vadhu

Harshad Chopda as Aditya Hooda from Bepannaah

Jennifer Winget as Zoya Siddiqui Arora from Bepannah

Karan Wahi as himself for special dance performance

Krystle D'Souza as herself for special dance performance

Rohan Gandotra as Parth Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak

Rashami Desai as Shorvori Bhattacharya Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak

Jannat Zubair Rahmani as Pankti Sharma from Tu Aashiqui

Production

It replaced the long-running series Madhubala: Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. The show was produced by Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and was based on his unreleased movie of the same name.

Reception

Udaan was the fourth longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV after Balika Vadhu, Sasural Simar Ka and Uttaran. With more than 1300 episodes, it was one of the longest running Indian television series.