Zaara is an Indian drama series, that aired from 4 December 2006 to 20 June 2008 on
Sahara One
Sahara One is an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in New Delhi. It is operated by Sahara India Pariwar.
History
Sahara One was launched as Sahara TV on 28 March 2000, which later in April 2003 was renamed as Sahara Manoranjan. ...
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Plot
The show focuses on Zaara Khan, who at the beginning of the show, is on the verge of tying the knot with her longtime boyfriend and love Samar. But her sister Zeenat approaches her and asks her to become the second wife of her husband Aamir, Zaara's brother-in-law, the reason being Aamir's family's insistence on getting him married a second time due to Zeenat's inability to conceive and give the family an heir. Zeenat wishes only Zaara to become Aamir's second wife for she feels any other girl will take her place in Aamir's life and separate the two of them. Zaara spurns Samar and marries Aamir for her sister's happiness. After some time Zaara and Aamir fall in love with each other, and both Zeenat and Zaara conceive.
However Zeenat's innate insecurity causes her to turn green at the very sight of Zaara and Aamir together. Unable to stand sharing her husband with her sister, Zeenat plots and successfully creates a rift between Zaara and Aamir. She also convinces Aamir that Khushi, Zaara's daughter, is not even his child but someone else's, the fruit of Zaara's unfaithfulness to him. Aamir divorces Zaara and she is thrown out of the house. She then realizes that it was Zeenat who all along created problems for her and ultimately separated her and Aamir, aided and abetted by none other than her first love Samar, who instead of accepting the change in situations gracefully, turned into a jealous and vengeful lover.
Zaara then changes from a simple and straightforward girl to a mature and intelligent woman bent on getting justice for herself and her innocent young daughter. How she manages to outwit and punish Zeenat and Samar form the rest of the story. The court thinks Zaara killed Aamir, and she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Then, 10 years later, Khushi grew up and Zaara was released from jail, and went back home. Many family members that lived in that house were suddenly disappeared. Zaara falls down the cliff, it was believed that Zaara was dead, but she was not. Zaara soul enters another girl's body. She learns her kids are in danger so she re-enters her home in order to get to save her kids and find the reason behind her death. She soon makes friends with everyone in the house. With the help of Sagar (Khushi's teacher), Zaara makes up a plan to get Zeenat's identity revealed.
Zeenat tries to kill Sagar and gets caught by the entire family. Zaara asks Zeenat why she brought her in the house as Aamir's second wife. Everyone realizes that the women is actually Zaara. Gul, Zeenat's partner in crime, confesses in front of everyone that Zeenat was jealous of Zaara so she gave Zaara a hard time, killed Aamir, and tried to kill Zaara several times. The family also finds out that Zaara gave up her son, Aman, for Zeenat's happiness (Zeenat wanted to give birth to a son) and took in Khushi as her own. Aman goes to Zaara and asks his mother for forgiveness. Zaara hugs Aman and Khushi. Zeenat is taken away by the cops. Gul asks for forgiveness and Zaara forgives her as Gul has repented for her mistakes, Gul turned to a good person. Sagar also proposes to Khushi to marry. The show ends by showing the family as being united and happy.
Cast
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Sameksha
Sameksha Singh (born 8 October 1985), known mononymously as Sameksha, is an Indian film and television actress. She has played a range of characters in various series and films, in multiple languages including Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Hindi an ...
as Zaara Khan
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Sonia Kapoor
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She married Bollywood actor, singer, music director Himesh Reshammiya on 11 May 2018 in a private ceremony in Mumb ...
as Zaara Khan, replaced Sameksha
* Jatin Garewal as Amir (Zeenat's first husband, Zaara's second husband, father of Aman and Khushi)
* Abhay Vakil as Samar (Zaara's childhood friend)
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Malini Kapoor
Malini Kapoor is an Indian television and theatre actress.
Television
* Yeh Hawayein as Resham
*''Jai Mahabharat'' as Ambalika
*''Ramayan'' as Shrutakirti
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*'' Sssshhh... Phir Koi Hai'' as Chandrika (episode – Satawan ...
as Zeenat (Zaara's elder sister)
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Shagufta Ali
Shagufta Ali is an Indian film and television actress. She is known for her roles in ''Punar Vivah'', '' Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera'', '' Sasural Simar Ka'' and ''Saath Nibhaana Saathiya.'' In 2018, she was seen in Colors TV's ''Bepannaah''. She ...
as Gul Phuphi
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Garima Ajmani as Shirin (Samar's sister)
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Zarina Wahab
Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in '' Chitchor'' and '' Gopal Krishna'' in Hindi and Malayalam cinema with films like ''Madanolsavam'', '' Chamaram'' ...
as Amir's mother
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Mihir Mishra as Farhan
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Uday Nair Uday or Odai is a masculine name in Arabic as well as several Indian languages. In many Indian languages it means 'dawn' or 'rise'. The Arabic name (عدي) means 'runner' or 'rising'.
List of people
* Uday Benegal, Indian musician
* Uday Pratap S ...
as Sohaib (Khushi's Friend)
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Varun Khandelwal
Varun Khandelwal is an Indian television actor. He has played roles in many serials like Bhabhi, Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, Jyoti, Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli, Diya Aur Baati Hum
''Diya Aur Baati Hum'' () is an Indian television soap opera ...
as Aman (Zaara's real son)
* Jaya Binju /
Ami Trivedi
Ami Trivedi (born 15 July 1982) is an Indian television and theatre artist. She is most known for her roles of ''"Kittu"'' in '' Kituu Sab Janti Hai'' (2005–06) and ''"Kokila"'' in popular comedy sitcom '' Papad Pol'' (2010–11). she is cu ...
as Khushi (Zeenat's real daughter)
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Amit Dolawat as Sagar (He loves Khushi)
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Priya Ahuja
Priya may refer to:
* Priya (given name), a given name of Indian origin
* Priya (actress)
Karpagavalli better known by her stage name Priya is an Indian actress who worked on South Indian movies. She was a prominent lead actress during the ...
as Mehek (Khushi's friend and Aman's wife)
* Iqlaq Khan
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Tarun Khanna
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Kabir Sadanand
Kabir Sadanand is an Indian actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and televis ...
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Nigaar Khan
Nigaar Khan (born 2 May 1979) is an Indian television actress mainly known for her portrayal of negative characters.
Early life
Khan was born and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. She is the elder sister of model-actress Gauahar Khan.
Car ...
References
External links
Official Website
{{Sahara One Programmes
Sahara One original programming
Indian television soap operas
Indian drama television series
2006 Indian television series debuts
2008 Indian television series endings