''Ye Meri Life Hai'' is a Hindi TV serial that aired on

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. The story reflects the aspirations and dreams of today's youth, as they battle it out with conventions and norms to carve their own niche in the world. The screenplay and dialogues of the initial episodes were penned by Arif Ali and Sanyukta Chaudhuri.

Plot

The story revolves around a young girl named Pooja who hails from a conservative middle-class

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i household in

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. Pooja dreams of becoming a successful film director and idolises

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. To realise her dream, Pooja secretly joins a coveted film studies course at the trendy St. Martin's College, keeping her father in the dark. At the college, the simple and straightforward Pooja instantly comes face to face with the hip and high-class students of St. Martins's and is made intensely aware of her middle-class looks and attitude. She is ill-treated by the well-to-do English speaking students who label her as 'vernacular' as she speaks in her Gujarati tone and accent. The story revolves around her college life as she gradually wins over her classmates, makes new friends and successfully completes her course. Later, the story shifts to Pooja's life after college as she starts the new chapter in her life as an independent working woman. Her sister, Poornima falls in love with and marries Ronit. Young and rich businessman Ashmit woos Pooja and they get married. Pooja soon discovers that Ashmit, supposedly Ronit's step-brother, is in fact an impostor who kills Poornima to keep his secret safe. Eventually, Ashmit is arrested and is sent to prison. A broken and dejected Pooja is encouraged by Ronit to regroup herself and to continue her journey of accomplishing her goal of becoming a film director. Pooja finally finishes her first film. At the premier, Ronit proposes to her and she happily accepts.

Cast

* Shama Sikander as Pooja *

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as Ashmit Malhotra *

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as Mandeep "Mandy", Pooja's best friend * Amit Jain as Ronit *

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as Reema * Toasty Joshi / Aparna Tarakad as Annie * Manoj Joshi as Rasik, Pooja's father *

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as Pooja's mother *

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as Poornima, Pooja's sister *

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as Prerna *

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as Jayshree *

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as Professor Bikram Roy *

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as Shweta Kawatra *

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as Annie *

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as Poornima, Pooja's sister *

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as Jatin * Ajay Arya as Akash *

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as Ronit's mother *

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as Kushaan * Sujata Mehta as Ronit's mother * Abhijit Kelkar as Poornima's boyfriend and father of her child * Manmeet Singh as Mandy's father * Mihir Mishra as Gautam *

Gurmeet Choudhary Gurmeet Choudhary (born 22 February 1984) is an Indian actor and martial artist. He is known for his portrayal of Rama in '' Ramayan'', Maan Singh Khurana in '' Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi'' and Yash Suraj Pratap Sindhina in '' Punar Vivaah - Zi ...

as Gurmeet *

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* Amit Singh * Nikhil Yadav

External links

Ye Meri Life Hai Official Site on Sony TV
{{SET Shows 2004 Indian television series debuts 2005 Indian television series endings Indian television series Sony Entertainment Television original programming Television series by Optimystix Entertainment