V The Serial

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V The Serial
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Created by Vikas Gupta
Written byStory
Vikas Gupta
Screenplay
Vikas Gupta
Juhi Shekhar
Dialogues
Meghana Dutt
Directed byKushal Zaveri
Lovely Singh
Vishal Bhosale
Starring See below
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes75
Production
Producers
Production location Mumbai
CinematographyHanoz VK
Editors
  • Vikas Sharma
  • Sandeep Bhatt
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running timeApprox. 24 minutes
Production companies ALT Entertainment
A Lost Boy Productions
Release
Original network Channel V India
Original release26 November 2012 (2012-11-26) 
7 March 2013 (2013-03-07)

V The Serial is an Indian soap opera which premiered from 26 November 2012 to 7 March 2013 on the TV channel Channel V India. A unique and interesting yet much popular and better presented, the show explores the life of the television actors through the eyes of a 17-year-old Rohan Shah. [1] It includes all the actors in their real life roles. The show is jointly produced by Balaji Telefilms and Lost Boy Productions.

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Summary

The show is about an aspiring 17-year-old actor Rohan Shah whose role model is Karan Kundra. He goes to the Balaji office for an audition of Gumrah and gets selected. In the meantime he gets to go in Kundra's party (organised by Soumya Seth to reunite Kundra and Kittoo) with a friend and not knowing about Kundar's and Kittoo's (Kritika Kamra) breakup plays a cd having their past memories to wish them anniversary which angers Kundra. In the same party Sara Khan turns out naked to grab media attention and plays a large part in helping Rohan play that cd. The next day Sara is shocked to see the newspapers filled with the breakup news rather than her bikini pics. The story then covers the life and struggles of various celebrities from Rohan's point of view.

Cast

CharacterPortrayed by
Rohan Shah Rohan Shah
Karan Kundra Karan Kundra
Soumya Seth Soumya Seth
Sara Khan Sara Khan
Pooja Gor Pooja Gor
Raj Singh Arora Raj Singh Arora
Priya Wal Priya Wal
Aly Goni Aly Goni
Vikrant Massey Vikrant Massey
Abigail Jain Abigail Jain
Karan AroraKaran Arora
Kritika Kamra Kritika Kamra
Nauman Sait Nauman Sait
Karan ChabraKaran Chabra
Paras Chhabra Paras Chhabra
Arjit TanejaArjit Taneja
Ayesha KangaAyesha Kanga
Nikita Sharma Taani ( Karan Kundra's childhood friend)
Drashti Dhami Drashti Dhami

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