''Katha Ankahee'' () is an Indian television

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series. Produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa under the banner of

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. An official

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remake of Turkish series ''

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'', better known as ''

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''. It stars Aditi Sharma and

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. It premiered on 5 December 2022 on

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, and streams digitally on

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Plot

Katha is a single mother who's primary job is architecture besides numerous secondary jobs while Viaan is calculated and cold hearted. Katha's son Aarav is ailing from a

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whose expensive treatment compels her to submit to her boss's request of spending a night with him.

Cast

Main

* Aditi Sharma as Katha Singh Garewal: Aditya's widow; Aarav's mother *

as Viaan Raghuwanshi: Viraj's son; Katha's boss * Ajinkya Mishra as Aarav Garewal: Aditya and Katha's son * Samar Vermani as Ehsan: Farah's son; Viaan's friend

Recurring

* Sheen Dass as Rewa: Katha's friend * Reeta Prajapati as Falguni Ben: Katha's neighbour *

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as Dr. Amit Rawal: Hematologist; Aarav's doctor *

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as Aditya Garewal: Kavita and Kailash's elder son; Yuvraj's brother; Katha's husband; Aarav's father (Dead) *

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as Kailash Garewal: Kavita's husband; Aditya and Yuvraj's father; Aarav's grandfather *

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as Kavita Garewal: Kailash's wife; Aditya and Yuvraj's mother; Aarav's grandmother * Vishal Malhotra as Yuvraj Garewal: Kavita and Kailash's younger son; Aditya's brother; Reet's husband * Jasveenn Kaur as Reet Garewal: Yuvraj's wife * Himanshu Manek as Jeetu Bhai * Priyamvada Singh as Farah: Ashan's mother * Priti Narnaware as Amrita Mehra *

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as Anirudh Verma: Pyramid Global Architecture limited (MD) *

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as Neerja: Aarav's donor

Production

Casting

Initially,

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was in talks to play male lead "Viaan", but couldn't join due to his prior commitments. Aditi Sharma as Katha, and

as Viaan were signed as the lead. Samar Vermani and Sheen Dass was cast as the other lead. In November 2022, it was confirmed

had a cameo appearance in the show.

Development

The series was announced by

for

in October 2022. It is the remake of

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's popular Turkish soap opera ''

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''. The series marks comeback for

and Aditi Sharma into fiction after

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pandemic and their first collaboration.

Filming

The series is set in

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, shooting began in November 2022 and mainly shot at the

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Release

The teaser of the series was released on 14 October 2022. It replaced ''

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'' from 5 December 2022.

Reception

Critical reception

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commented on Sharma and Khan for "seamlessly fit

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into their parts", and particularly noted the dialogue, the costuming and " en the Mumbai apartments" in which the production is filmed, but nonetheless faulted the program as "too slow with very few cheerful moments".

References

External links

*
''Katha Ankahee''
on

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