Hum Log is an Indian television soap opera and also the first serial drama series in Hindi. It began telecast on 7 July 1984 on Doordarshan, the only television channel in India at the time. It is the story of an Indian middle-class family of the 1980s and their daily struggles and aspirations.
Sarabhai vs Sarabhai is an Indian Hindi-language television sitcom that aired on STAR One from 1 November 2004 to 16 April 2006 and on Disney+ Hotstar from 15 May to 17 July 2017 for two seasons in 80 episodes altogether. The show was directed by Deven Bhojani and produced by Jamnadas D. Majethia and Aatish Kapadia under the production banner of Hats Off Productions. Starring an ensemble cast of Satish Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sumeet Raghavan, Rupali Ganguly and Rajesh Kumar, the show revolves around the Sarabhais, a quintessential upper-class Gujarati family living in the upmarket neighbourhood of Cuffe Parade in South Mumbai. The family members include the matriarch, Maya; her husband, Indravadan; their two sons, Sahil and Rosesh; Sahil's wife, Monisha; Indravadan and Maya's son-in-law, Dushyant; and Indravadan's brother-in-law, Madhusudan Fufa. Regarded as being ahead of its generation in terms of its concept, writing, and average viewership ratings at the time of its initial release, the show has gone on to become a cult classic.
Instant Khichdi is an Indian sitcom that aired on STAR One from 1 July 2005 to 7 August 2005. The series served as the second season of Khichdi franchise and a sequel to the show Khichdi, which aired on STAR Plus channel. The show has been made into a film: Khichdi: The Movie.
Khichdi is a Hindi language sitcom produced by UTV Software Communications in association with Hats Off Productions, which debuted on STAR Plus on 10 September 2002. The series has been rerun on STAR Plus and its sister channels several times. It served as the first series in the Khichdi franchise. The second series in the franchise was called Instant Khichdi, which aired on Star Plus's sister channel, STAR One. The reruns have aired on several channels including STAR Utsav and Pogo. A twenty-episode third series also titled Khichdi premiered on 14 April 2018 on StarPlus.
Naaginn – Waadon Ki Agniparikshaa is a Hindi television series that aired on Zee TV from 5 October 2007 till 11 April 2009. The show was produced by AK Films.
Seema Pahwa is an Indian actress and director known for her comedic characters in films and television. She is the recipient of several awards including a Filmfare Award and a Filmfare OTT Award.
Katha Sagar is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1986. The series featured a collection of stories by writers from around the world, including Katherine Mansfield, Guy de Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, and Anton Chekhov. Each episode was directed by one of eight well known Indian directors, including Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah, Ved Rahi and Satyen Bose. Most of the stories in the series were one-episode long.
Manoj Pahwa, is an Indian film and television actor who is noted for his role as Bhatia in the comedy series Office Office (2001). He has acted in over 70 films as a character actor, including 7½ Phere (2005), Being Cyrus (2005), Singh Is Kinng (2008), Dabangg 2 (2012), Jolly LLB (2013), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), Mulk (2018) and Article 15 (2019).
Khidki: Humari Funny Kahani is an Indian Hindi language mini-series produced by Hats Off Production. The show premiered on 28 June 2016 and is based on users who tweet their funny stories in 140 characters on Twitter. Casting director is Vineeth Pandey.
Khichdi is an Indian television comedy series that premiered on 14 April 2018 on StarPlus. Positioned as the third season on television and the fourth installment in the Khichdi franchise, the show featured the same principal cast and introduced a slightly modified storyline.
Family Of Thakurganj is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Manoj K. Jha, and produced by Ajay Kumar Singh. The film stars Jimmy Sheirgill and Mahie Gill, and follows the influence of modern society on traditional values in a typical family. Principal photography of the film began in October 2018 in Lucknow,
Bigg Boss 13, also known as Bigg Boss Tedha, is the thirteenth season of the Indian reality TV series Bigg Boss and premiered on 1 October 2019 on Colors TV. Salman Khan hosted the season for the tenth time. The finale was scheduled for January, but it was given a one-month extension, and became the second-longest season. The grand finale of the show took place on 15 February 2020, when Sidharth Shukla emerged as the winner and Asim Riaz as the runner-up. Bigg Boss 13 became the most successful Bigg Boss season since the inception of the series and also the most watched. It had an average 2.1-2.5 TRP every week.
The Family Man is an Indian Hindi-language spy thriller television series created by Raj & DK for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video and features Manoj Bajpayee as Srikant Tiwari, a middle-class man secretly working as an intelligence officer for the Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC), a fictitious branch of the National Investigation Agency. It also stars Priyamani, Sharad Kelkar, Neeraj Madhav, Sharib Hashmi, Dalip Tahil, Sunny Hinduja and Shreya Dhanwanthary. The series is produced and directed by Raj & D.K, who also co-wrote the story and screenplay with Suman Kumar, with dialogue penned by Sumit Arora and Kumar. Samantha Ruth Prabhu was hired for the second season of the series as the main antagonist, making her foray into the digital medium with Suparn S. Verma directing a section of the season.
Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language family drama film directed by Seema Pahwa and produced by Jio Studios and Drishyam Films. It features an ensemble cast of Naseeruddin Shah, Vikrant Massey, Konkona Sen Sharma, Parambrata Chatterjee, Vinay Pathak, Supriya Pathak, Manoj Pahwa, and Vineet Kumar. The film also marks the directorial debut for actress Seema Pahwa, who also wrote the film, based on her own play, Pind Daan.
Tabbar (transl. Family) is an Indian Hindi-Punjabi language thriller streaming television series created and written by Harman Wadala, directed by Ajitpal Singh and produced by Ajay G. Rai for SonyLIV, and premiered on 15 October 2021. It stars Supriya Pathak, Pavan Malhotra, Gagan Arora, Kanwaljit Singh and Ranvir Shorey in lead roles.
Gagan Arora is an Indian actor best known for his roles in the shows College Romance (2018-present), and the Sony Liv drama series Tabbar (2021) for which he won a Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Mai: A Mother's Rage or simply known as Mai is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language family thriller drama streaming television series on Netflix created by Atul Mongia, directed by Anshai Lal and produced by Anushka Sharma with her elder brother Karnesh Sharma under the banner of Clean Slate Filmz. The series stars Sakshi Tanwar, Wamiqa Gabbi, Prashant Narayanan, Raima Sen, Anant Vidhat Sharma and Vaibhav Raj Gupta in lead roles. It follows a story of a grieving mother who discovers the criminals behind her daughter's tragic death, and transforms from meek to merciless to get the real cause behind death. The series premiered on 15 April 2022 on Netflix.The series is renewed for season 2.
Adhura (transl. Incomplete) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language horror thriller web series on Amazon Prime Video. It stars Rasika Dugal, Ishwak Singh and Rahul Dev and is directed by Ananya Banerjee and Gauravv K. Chawla and produced by Monisha Advani, Nikkhil Advani and Madhu Bhojwani. The series premiered on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video on July 7, 2023. The primary shooting for the series was done in The Lawrence School, Lovedale.
12th Fail is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed, produced and written by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is based on the 2019 eponymous non-fiction book by Anurag Pathak about Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame extreme poverty to become an Indian Police Service officer. The film stars Vikrant Massey as Sharma, alongside Medha Shankr, Anant V Joshi, Anshumaan Pushkar, and Priyanshu Chatterjee.
Chamak is an Indian musical thriller on SonyLIV, starring Paramvir Singh Cheema, Isha Talwar, Akasa Singh, Manoj Pahwa, Gippy Grewal, Mukesh Chhabra, Kunwar Grewal, Prince Kanwaljit Singh and other artists from Hindi as well as Punjabi film industry.
