Aapki Antara (International title: Antara), produced by Drishtant Media, is a soap opera which ran on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 through 18 February 2010 as a social problem drama focusing on the issue of autism.[1][2]

Aapki Antara
Created byMonish Sekhri / Drishtant Media pvt ltd
Written byMonish Sekhri
Amit Senchoudhary
Koel Chaudhuri
Directed bySanjay Surkar
Dharam Dhiman
StarringZaynah Vastani
Darshan Pandya
Prabhleen Sandhu
Opening themeMahalakshmi Iyer
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes175
Production
ProducerMonish Sekhri
Running time27 minutes
Original release
NetworkZee TV
Release1 June 2009 (2009-06-01) –
18 February 2010 (2010-02-18)

Initially scheduled to premiere on 25 May 2009, it was postponed and premiered on 1 June 2009.[3]

Plot

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Aapki Antara is the story of a five-year-old girl named Antara. She is born to Anuradha, who had a relationship out of wedlock with Aditya Verma. When Anuradha dies in a car accident, Antara is orphaned, leaving Aditya with the responsibility of taking his illegitimate daughter home to his wife, Vidya, and son, Abhishek, and raising her as a part of his family.

With Antara in their life, things are not the same again for the Verma family. Antara does not behave like a normal child, being unable to express her emotions and living in her own world. To the outside world, she is a daydreamer and slow child. Eventually, Antara is revealed to have autism. Both she and her family are faced with the journey of navigating the world and being accepted by the society Antara is brought up in. Through her story, the show guides people to understand the needs of those with autism and handle them with sensitivity.

Cast

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  • Anjum Farooki as Antara Verma - Aditya and Anuradha's daughter; Vidya's step-daughter; Abhishek's half-sister
  • Darshan Pandya as
    • Aditya Verma - Aarti's brother; Anuradha's ex-fiancé; Vidya's husband; Antara and Abhishek's father (Dead)
    • Abhishek Verma - Aditya and Vidya's son; Antara's half-brother
  • Prabhleen Sandhu / Kshitee Jog as Vidya Verma - Aditya's widow; Abhishek's mother; Antara's step-mother
  • Rupali Ganguly as Anuradha Rai - Aditya's ex-fiancée; Antara's mother (Dead)
  • Himanshu Malhotra / Prashant Ranyal as Sameer Malhotra - Aditya's friend; Aarti's husband; Mili's adoptive father
  • Tulika Upadhyay as Aarti Verma Malhotra - Aditya's sister; Sameer's wife; Mili's adoptive mother
  • Apurva Paranjape as Mili Malhotra - Sameer and Aarti's adopted daughter
  • Raayo S. Bakhirta as Billu Gupta – Abhishek and Antara's friend
    • Sandeep Upadhyay as Teenage Billu
    • Aarav Velhal as Child Billu
  • Nikhil Ratanparkhi as Mr. Gupta - Aditya and Vidya's neighbour; Billu's father
  • Alka Mogha as Mrs. Gupta - Aditya and Vidya's neighbour; Billu's mother
  • Sujata Kumar as Kiran - Vidya's mother
  • Vijay Aidasani as Vidya's father
  • Sachin Khurana as Vikram Saxena - Vidya's childhood friend; Antara's doctor

References

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  1. ^ "Meet the cutie in Aap Ki Antara". Reddit. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ "The missing plot". Daily News and Analysis. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "IPL ends soon...what next on TV?". Times Of India. 14 May 2009.