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''Woh'' (English: It) is a 52-episode Indian
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which aired on
Zee TV Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also ...
in 1998. The series starred Indian film director
Ashutosh Gowarikar Ashutosh Gowariker (born 15 February 1964) is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for directing films "set on a huge canvas while boasting of an opulent treatment". His is particularl ...
, and
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actor Lilliput in the title role. It is a
Hindi-language Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
TV show adaptation of
Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
's epic horror novel '' It''.


Premise

seven teenagers Ashutosh, Raja, Julie, Shiva, Ronnie, Sanjeev and Rahul battle an evil force that takes the form of a
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called
Woh ''Woh'' (English: It) is a 52-episode Indian horror thriller television series which aired on Zee TV in 1998. The series starred Indian film director Ashutosh Gowarikar, and dwarf actor Lilliput in the title role. It is a Hindi-language TV sh ...
that kidnaps children, and free the town of
Panchgani Panchgani, called Paachgani (पाचगणी in Marathi), is a hill station and municipal council in Satara district in Maharashtra, India. Panchgani attracts tourists throughout the year. It is also known for having many residential educat ...
of his evil influence. They promise to return, if Woh ever returns. Fifteen years after they part ways, Ashutosh starts seeing balloons, at places where children are being kidnapped. He immediately recognizes that Woh has returned and calls his friends to return. All the friends return except Sanjeev who gets killed by Woh. The day they realize that the police take the friends into custody and they narrate how they battled Woh with the help of Samidha fifteen years ago. The police believe them and release them. They go and meet Samidha and she joins their group. They finish Woh with difficulty. The same day Ashutosh learns his wife is pregnant. Raja proposes to Samidha. All the friends return to their normal lives. Bad omens happen during the birth of Ashutosh's child Siddharth, his doctor and years later Ashutosh's wife's aunt is mysteriously killed. Ashutosh's friends arrive for Siddharth's seventh birthday, they realize Woh has returned in form of Siddharth. They go to the same caves and find out from the mother of Woh that he is her son who faced trouble from the society due to his short height. He killed himself and became a vengeful ghost. The friends convince him to leave Siddharth's body and help him attain salvation. Siddharth is saved and the story ends on a good note.


Cast

* Lilliput as Vikram / Woh *
Ashutosh Gowarikar Ashutosh Gowariker (born 15 February 1964) is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is known for directing films "set on a huge canvas while boasting of an opulent treatment". His is particularl ...
as Ashutosh Dhar **
Shreyas Talpade Shreyas Talpade (born 27 January 1976) is an Indian actor, film director and producer who appears in Hindi and Marathi films. He has appeared in several critically and commercially successful films. He is better known for his role as Shah Rukh ...
as Young Ashutosh Dhar *
Mamik Singh Harmeet Singh Mamik popularly known as Mamik (born 3 May 1963) is an Indian actor, who works on television and has also worked in a few Bollywood movies. He is best known for his roles in films like ''Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar'' (1992), ''Kya Kehna ...
as Rahul Sahni * Nasirr Khan as Raja ** Ankur Javeri as Young Raja * Anupam Bhattacharya as Sanjeev ** Parag Nair as Young Sanjeev *
Amit Mistry Amit Mistry (12 January 1974 – 23 April 2021) was an Indian actor drama, film and television actor. He had appeared in a number of tele serials, drama as well as films. He is mostly known for his appearance in Tenali Rama (TV series), Tenali ra ...
as Ronnie Batliwala ** Sumeet Goradia as Young Ronnie Batliwala * Shonali Malhotra as Samidha Dikshit, Omkarnath's daughter **
Juhi Parmar Juhi Parmar (born 14 December 1980) is an Indian anchor, actress, presenter, singer and dancer predominantly known for her work in Hindi television industry. She gained recognition for her portrayal as Kumkum in the long-running soap opera ''K ...
as Young Samidha Dikshit, Omkarnath's daughter * Seema Shetty as Julie ** Namrata Gaur as Young Julie * Ankush Mohla as Shiva ** Adesh Rathi as Young Shiva *
Parzan Dastur Parzaan Dastur is an Indian actor and writer. He is best remembered as the cute kid in the Dhara advertisement and the silent Sikh kid in ''Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' by many Indians. Early life Parzaan is an alumnus of Balvantray Mehta Vidya Bhaw ...
as Siddharth Dhar, Ashutosh's son *
Sulabha Deshpande Sulabha Deshpande ( mr, सुलभा देशपांडे; 1937 – 4 June 2016) was an Indian actress and theatre director. Apart from Marathi theatre and Hindi theatre in Mumbai, she acted in over 73 mainstream Bollywood films. She als ...
as the mother of Vikram / Woh * Manoj Joshi as Amit Divecha *
Daya Shankar Pandey Daya Shankar Pandey (born 19 November 1965) is an Indian film and television actor. He has acted in a number of Hindi movies like ''Lagaan'' (2001), ''Gangaajal'' (2003), ''Swades'' (2004) and ''Raajneeti'' (2010). He began his career with the ...
as Chandu *
Asif Basra Asif Basra (27 July 196712 November 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bollywood films and TV serials. He is best known to Western audiences for his role in '' Outsourced''. He also appeared in many other films. Basra died of suicide by h ...
as Omkarnath Dikshit, the history teacher * Saurabh Dubey as Pinto, Julie's grandfather *
Mukesh Jadhav Mukesh Jadhav (born 1967) is an Indian film actor, director, and screenwriter. Career Mukesh a theatre actor, writer, and director, began his career in the year 1989, when he was doing his masters in Chemistry at Mithibai College, Mumbai Un ...
as Anand *
Iqbal Azad Iqbal Azad is an Indian film and television actor who works mainly in the television Industry including in serials like ''Nadaniyaan'', ''Tedi Medi Family'' and ''Bepannah ''Bepannah'' ( Endless) is a romantic drama television series that ai ...
as Inspector Shinde *
Sukanya Kulkarni Sukanya Kulkarni Mone is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi and Marathi films and serials. Personal life Kulkarni was born in a Hindu family. She is married to Marathi veteran actor Sanjay Mone. The couple has one daughter, Julia M ...
as Radhika Dhar, Ashutosh's wife * Prashant Rane as Rohit Sahni, Rahul's brother * Gyan Prakash as Shiva's father * Shobha Pradhan as Ronnie's mother * Dolly Dotiwalla as Mrs. Cooper, the librarian * Vicky Ahuja as Ranjeet ** Yogesh Pagare as young Ranjeet * Raul Dias as Chikki * Shishir Rungta as Samir * Dr.Vilas Ujawane as Samir's father (Shiva's uncle) * Meena Naik as Samir's mother (Shiva's aunt) * Nayan Bhatt as Nayan, the maid * Kannu Gill as Durga Masi (Radhika's aunt) * Pratibha Goregaonkar as Mrs. Bhinde, Hindi teacher * Amarnath Mukherjee as Mr. Bhalla * Ramesh Goyal as Salim Bhai


See also

*
List of Hindi horror shows This is a list of notable Hindi horror shows. See also * List of Hindi thriller shows * List of Hindi comedy shows * List of Bollywood horror films Hindi-language horror films have been a subgenre of the Hindi film industry in India since the ...


References


External links

* {{Zee TV Programmes 1998 Indian television series debuts Indian horror fiction television series It (novel) Television shows based on works by Stephen King Zee TV original programming