''Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasmaan'' (English: ''A Little bit of Land A Little bit of Sky'') is an Indian television show broadcast on

STAR Plus StarPlus is an Indian Hindi language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. The network's programming consists of family dramas, comedies, ...

. The series was produced by

Smriti Irani Smriti Zubin Irani (''née'' Malhotra; born 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician and a former television actress and producer. She is a Minister in Union Cabinet of India since May 2019 currently administrating the Ministries of Women and C ...

along with

Ekta Kapoor Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...

. It aired during weekends from 19 August 2006 to 2 September 2007.

Plot

The show is based on the story of the mill workers, who have lost their job as the company (mill) has shut down. Uma (Smriti Irani) has to work hard to run her family as her father and brother have lost their job. Thus, Uma tries to motivate the people of her 'basti' to work hard to conform various roles in the running of a mall, so they can all have jobs to run their families. Besides being a hard worker, Uma goes to school to fulfill her dreams even though that is not her parents’ priority.

Cast

as Uma Apte *

Usha Nadkarni Usha Nadkarni (born 13 September 1946) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi and Marathi films and television who is best known for her role of Savita Deshmukh in the popular show ''Pavitra Rishta'', for which she was nominated ...

as Girija *

Pawan Shankar Pawan Shankar is an Indian film and television actor who played the title role in the serial ''Siddhant'' on Star One. He holds an MBA in finance from Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad. An alumnus of Allahabad's St. Joseph's ...

as Sanjay Apte *

Jaya Bhattacharya Jaya Bhattacharya is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing antagonistic roles in TV serials. She has also done small roles in movies. Best known for playing Payal in soap opera ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'', she also play ...

as Pooja *

Sanjeet Bedi Sanjit Bedi (8 May 1977 – 23 June 2015) was an Indian television actor. He was majorly known for playing the role of Dr. Omi Joshi in Indian television show '' Sanjivani''. He began his career as a model, before transitioning into theatre and, ...

as Munna *

Kiran Karmarkar Kiran Karmarkar (born 2 May 1958) is an Indian television, film and theatre actor. He is popularly known for his portrayal of the character Om Agarwal in the television saga ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' (2000 - 2008) that aired on Star Plus. Care ...

as Sudhanshu *

Harsh Chhaya Harsh Chhaya is an Indian actor. He debuted in a minor role as "Jijo" in the early 1990s Zee TV series '' Tara'', but first came into prominence in the role of Krishnakant Trivedi (KT) in mid 1990s TV series ''Hasratein'', where he portrayed t ...

as Dushyant Jajodia * Madhavi Chopra as Sapna *Sachin Tyagi as Prashant *

Shweta Salve Shveta Salve is an Indian television actress and model, best known as the 1st runner-up of the dance reality show '' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 1''. Early life and education Born in Chembur, Mumbai to Deepak and Hema Salve, sister of Sharvil. She stu ...

as Malvica Chopra *

Shraddha Nigam Shraddha Nigam (born 1 October 1979) is an Indian film and television actress. Personal life In 2008, Shraddha married television actor Karan Singh Grover. They divorced 10 months later following reports of his affair with choreographer Nicole ...

Production

The series was produced by Smriti Irani with her own new production house

Ugraya Entertainment Smriti Zubin Irani (''née'' Malhotra; born 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician and a former television actress and producer. She is a Minister in Union Cabinet of India since May 2019 currently administrating the Ministries of Women and C ...

partnering and co produced with Ekta Kapoor's

Balaji Telefilms Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that produces Indian soap operas, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment, and factual programming in several Indian languages. Balaji Telefilms is promoted by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor and is a ...

, based on the real life incidents and set in Mumbai Chawl. When the contract between them got over after 52 episodes, Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms moved out of the production of the series in February 2007. This is the first series produced by Smriti Irani and also the first one in which Balaji Telefilms were co-producers. On 4 November 2006, main lead Irani playing Uma could not be able to shoot for the series as she suffered from dengue and typhoid and was admitted in hospital. However, with the bank episodes available, the series was managed without her and she returned to shoot back after a week. The series initially had an average ratings but on progressing it dropped which made the channel to end the series in September 2007.

Reception

Business Standard ''Business Standard'' is an Indian English-language daily edition newspaper published by Business Standard Private Limited, also available in Hindi. Founded in 1975, the newspaper covers the Indian economy, infrastructure, international busine ...

stated, "The dialogues and their delivery are suited to the way the language is spoken in such places. And though the characters portray emotions, they do so within realistic parametres."

References

External links

Official Site on STAR Plus
{{SP Shows Balaji Telefilms television series Indian television soap operas StarPlus original programming 2006 Indian television series debuts 2007 Indian television series endings