Patiala Babes

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Patiala Babes
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Genre Drama
Written byRajita Sharma
Rahul Sharma
Directed byFaheim Inamdar Yusuf Ansari
Creative directorsKunika Chaudhary
Niharika Singh
Starring Ashnoor Kaur
Saisha Bajaj
Saurabh Raj Jain
Paridhi Sharma
Aniruddh Dave
Theme music composerDevendra Bhome
Opening themeDevendra Bhome
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes349
Production
ProducersRajita Sharma
Vivek Budakoti
Production location Patiala
Running time20-22 minutes
Production companyKatha Kottage Production LLP
Original release
Network Sony Entertainment Television
Release27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) 
27 March 2020 (2020-03-27) [1]

Patiala Babes is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series directed by Faheim Inamdar Yusuf Ansari that premiered on 27 November 2018 on Sony Entertainment Television. Produced by Rajita Sharma and Vivek Budakoti under the banner of Katha Kottage, it starred Paridhi Sharma, Ashnoor Kaur, Aniruddh Dave, Saurabh Raj Jain and Saisha Bajaj. It abruptly ended on 27 March 2020 due to COVID-19. [2]

Contents

Seasons overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
125627 November 201819 November 2019
29320 November 201927 March 2020

Plot

Babita, a shy, innocent woman, lives with her in-laws and her 17-year-old, fearless daughter, Mini. Babita's husband, Ashok Khurana returns to India after 17 years. He cheats on Babita with his business partner, Meeta. Heartbroken, Babita leaves the house with Mini, who helps her to divorce Ashok and become independent and self-reliant. Their landlord, Inspector Hanuman Singh motivates them.

Babita open a catering service, Patiala Babes, which becomes successful. Ashok misbehaves with pregnant Meeta and Mini and Babita stand by her. Soon, He repents for his actions and moves to London with Meeta. Hanuman falls for Babita and they get married. After wedding, Babita turns into a busy wife and ignores the catering service and Mini. Mini is shocked by her behavior and takes care of catering.

Babita burns Ashok's letter, which was sent to Mini and sells the catering service to an arrogant agent, Khatri, much to Mini's dismay. Mini decides to purse her dream to become a photographer and wins a scholarship for a cinematography course. She prepares to travel to Australia, shocking Babita and Hanuman. Mini moves abroad after which Babita realizes her mistake. She finds Mini's letter and misses her.

5 years later

Mini returns to Manali for a project shoot. Delighted, Hanuman tries to meet her. The next day, Mini learns that both Babita and Hanuman have died due to an accident. After that, Mini returns to her home. She meets her half-sister, Arya, who informs the latter about Patiala Babes Restaurant, which was opened by Babita after Mini left. Naeem Bi tells Mini about Babita wish that Mini taking care of the restaurant. Then, Mini changes her decision of going back to Australia and takes the responsibility of restaurant. She hires a new chef, Neil Oberoi, who lives in Mini's house as a tenant.

Mini takes a legal action against Arya's school peon, Keval, who is a child abuser. Everybody supports her and Keval is punished. Eventually, Mini and Neil become closer. Mini learns that Neil is married and now wants to obtain a divorce. She meets his daughter, Kia and tries to leave Neil, remembering her own past. Neil tells Mini about how his wife Isha cheated on him with his friend, Ritwik. After that, Mini takes Neil's side and helps him to take a legal action against Isha.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Production

Casting

On 24 October 2019, news came that leads Paridhi Sharma and Aniruddh Dave, were asked to leave the show overnight after the makers decided to bring Season 2 and leap the storyline by five years. [10] Saurabh Raj Jain was cast as the lead Neil post leap in December 2019. [11]

Cancellation

On 27 March 2020, owing Covid-19 pandemic, the series was temporarily halted as the shootings were stalled. However, in April 2020, on mutual agreement between the makers and channel, it was decided to terminate the series abruptly. [2] Producer Rajita Sharma stated, "Ours was always a finite series, but unfortunately we are unable to shoot the remaining episodes because of the lockdown. None of us know when we will be in a position to resume shooting. So, it was a mutual decision to pull it off air." [12]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef
2019 Indian Telly Awards Best Drama Series (Jury) Patiala BabesWon [13]
Next Generation Star Ashnoor Kaur Won

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