Gangaa
| Gangaa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hindi | गंगा |
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Sphereorigins Multivision Private Limited |
| Written by |
Rajita Sharma Rajesh Joshi Manish Paliwal |
| Directed by | Yusuf Ansari |
| Starring |
Aditi Sharma Vishal Vashishtha |
| Opening theme | Ganga Bahi Chali Jaye & Ishq Nasheen |
| Composer(s) | Ashish Rego |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 595 total |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Sunjoy Waddhwa Comall S. Waddhwa Vivek Budakoti Rajita Sharma |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Sphere Origins Multivison Private Limited Magic Lantern Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | &TV |
| Picture format |
576i(SDTV) 1080i(HDTV) |
| Original release | 2 March 2015 – 2 June 2017 |
| External links | |
| Website |
andtv |
| Production website |
magiclantern |
Gangaa(also known as Sagar Ki Ganga) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language soap opera that airs daily Monday to Friday at 8:00 pm in the UK and at 8:30pm on &TV. It premiered on March 2, 2015.[1] The show went off air on 2nd June 2017 completing 595 episodes.[2] It was produced by Sphere Origins.
In 2015, the show won the award for Best Programme with a Social Message at the Indian Telly Awards, as well as a Best Child Actress award for Ruhana Khanna as young Ganga. In November 2016, Ruhana bags an award again for Desh Ki Ladli- Most Promising Child Star as Krishna at the Indian Telly Awards
On August 29 2016, on Janmashtami, Ruhana Khanna, who played child Ganga, made her comeback as Ganga and Sagar's daughter Krishna, 8 months after being replaced by Aditi Sharma as grown up Ganga.
Plot
The show centres around a young girl named Ganga, who becomes a widow on the same day as her marriage when her husband and her father, with whom she was very close, are killed in a riot on the bank of river Ganges in Varanasi. The show follows her struggle for her right to live happily, opposing all the restrictions placed upon widows by society as she is blamed for the death of her husband whom she never met or knew. Despite being at an age where Gangaa didn't know the meaning of marriage.
The story develops on Ganga and Sagar's childhood friendship where he always stands by her side. Sagar and Ganga are separated as Sagar moves to London and for the next 10 years Ganga has only been waiting for him. Her love for him is implacable as she hides and adores vermillion believing she is fulfilling her duty as Sagar's wife. It is believed that Sagar is Gangaa's last destination ( The river Ganga only flows to Sagar Island) until eternity. Ganga has always loved Sagar truly and worshipped him, she believes that if there is no Sagar then there is no Ganga.
As their love story goes on they face many hardships being together due to the restrictions put on her as a widow. As on the day of Holi he throws all the colours all over her as she deserved that right, and makes her wear a coloured sari changing her widowed life forever.
As 7 years pass, Ganga is seen bringing up her and Sagar's daughter Krishna alone. Sagar who is aware that Krishna is his daughter and trying to win Ganga's love and trust back to live happily again.
Cast
- Aditi Sharma as Ganga Sagar Chaturvedi [4][5]
- Vishal Vashishtha as Sagar Niranjan Chaturvedi[6][7]
- Ruhana Khanna as Krishna Sagar Chaturvedi
- Hiten Tejwani as Judge Niranjan Chaturvedi
- Gungun Uprari as Madhvi Niranjan Chaturvedi
- Sushmita Mukherjee as Kanta Chaturvedi
- Abhishek Tiwari as Pulkit Niranjan Chaturvedi
- Nivedita Tiwari / Roop Durgapal as Supriya Pulkit Chaturvedi
- Puja Sharma as Kashish Sameer Mirza (2016-17)
- Akash Gill as Yash(Antagonist)(dead) (2015-17)
- Rakhee Tandon as Prabha (Antagonist)(dead) (2015-17)
- Romanch Mehtha as Ratan (Dead) (2015-17)
- Sunil Jetly as Maharaj Ji (2015-17)
- Jaya Bhattacharya as Sudha (2015-16)
- Panchi Bora as Jhanvi Sagar Chaturdevi (Dead) (2015-16)
- Rucha Gujarati as Zoya Niranjan Chaturvedi / Zoya Sameer Mirza (Antagonist) (2016)
- Nausheen Ali Sardar as Rahat Sameer Mirza (Dead) (2016-17)
- Gaurav Deshmukh as Sahil (2015-16)
- Sarwar Ahuja as Palash Banerjee (2016)[8]
- Rizwana Shaikh as Mehri (2016)
- Mohit Abrol/Deepak Wadhwa as Rudra (2016)[9]
- Divyangana Jain as Ragini (2016)
- Ahsaas Channa as Saloni (2016)
+ Ruhana Khanna as Child Ganga Shukla (2015)
- Swar Hingonia as Child Sagar Niranjan Chaturvedi (2015)
- Vedant Sawant as Child Pulkit Niranjan Chaturvedi (2015)
- Suman Shashi Kant as Chief Minister (2015)
- Pooja Sethi as Drishti (2015)
- Sanjay Gandhi as Omkar (2015)
- Priya Wal / Gunjan Vijaya as Barkha (Dead) (2015)
- Samir Sharma as Raj (2015)
- Samridh Bawa as Bal Mahant Gautam (2015)
- Mukul Nag as Kanta's Husband (Dead) (2015)
- Raj Singh Verma as Ganga's Bappa (Dead) (2015)
References
- ↑ "&TV announces new fiction launch ‘Gangaa’". Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ↑ "SHOCKING! Hit show ‘Gangaa’ to go OFF-AIR". Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ↑ "&TV's Gangaa is all set for a revamp". 12 January 2017.
- ↑ "Gangaa - Sagar Ki Ganga". indiatoday. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ "Meet The grown up Gangaa-Sagar, Aditi Sharma-Vishal Vashistha Latest Picture". Tellydhamaal.
- ↑ "Vishal Vashishtha to Play The Leap in TV's Gangaa Post Leap". Bollywoodhelpline.
- ↑ "Gangaa on the threshold of a new beginning! – Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Real life couple Aditi and Sarwar pair up for a TV show". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "Not Cezanne Khan, but Mohit Abrol to play the new hero in 'Gangaa' - Times of India". Retrieved 6 December 2016.
External links
- Gangaa on IMDb (in English)
- Official Website (in English)
- Official Streaming Link (in English)
- Official Gangaa WebSite for Reunion Island - by Antenne Reunion (Reunion Island Official Broadcaster)