Naamkarann (transl. Naming ceremony) is an Indian drama television series which premiered 12 September 2016 on Star Plus. Inspired by the 1998 Bollywood film Zakhm, it was based on the life of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt.[3]
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Genre | Drama |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 536 |
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Executive producer | Aayush Agrawal |
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Editor | Sudhirr
Pravin vishwakarma Vinay Mandal Swapnil Nerukar |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 21 minutes |
Production companies | Dhaval and Guroudev Productions Pvt. Ltd |
Distributor | Star India |
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Original network | Star Plus |
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Original release | 3 January 2015 (2015-01-03) – 2 June 2018 (2018-06-02)[2] |
The show initially starred child actor Arsheen Naamdaar as Avni Ayesha, besides Viraf Patel, Barkha Sengupta and Reema Lagoo from September 2016 to March 2017.[4] It then took a fifteen year-leap and focused on Avni Ayesha (Aditi Rathore) and Neil Khanna (Zain Imam).[5][6] In May 2017, Ragini Shah replaced Reema Lagoo due to the latter's death. The show ended on 2 June 2018 completing 536 episodes.
9 year-old Avni Ayesha lives with her mother, Ayesha Haider. Avni's father, famous filmmaker Ashish Mehta, meets them in secret because of his mother, Dayawanti, a religious yet corrupt Hindu woman. She hates Ayesha as she is a Muslim and rejects Avni at every step. Ashish is forced to marry Neela Parikh, who befriends with Avni and stands up against Dayawanti.
Later, Ayesha delivers a son, Aman. Dayawanti kills Ayesha takes Aman, framing Avni for Ayesha's death. Ashish too believes Dayawanti and gets Avni arrested. Neela bails her out and leaves with her, divorcing Ashish. Dayawanti tricks Avni and shoots her, who is later saved by Neela. Avni is presumed to be dead.
Avni is now grown up under the name Ananya Verma and lives with Neela. ACP Neil Khanna is recruited to find out her identity. Avni meets her childhood friend, Ali, who is now a café owner and Neil's best friend. Neil's marriage is fixed with Avni's cousin, Riya. Soon, Ali finds out that Ananya is Avni and helps her. Meanwhile, Avni's brother, Aman is grown into a spoiled brat and troubles Avni and Neela.
Later, Neil finds that Ananya is in fact Avni. Avni marries Neil to save him from Mehtas'. Eventually, Neil develops a soft corner for Avni and learns about Avni's childhood from Neela. It's revealed that Ashish has found truth about Ayesha's death, but is killed by his brother, Ketan while confronting Dayawanti. Avni, Neil and Neela expose Dayawanti and Ketan, who are arrested. Aman realizes Dayawanti's truth and reforms himself. However, Dayawanti returns and tries to kill Avni, but is killed by Aman, who is arrested. Avni forgives Aman.
Neil's ex-fiancée, Juhi returns and informs him about their illegitimate daughter, Mishti; who is being held captive by Vidyut. Avni rescues Mishti and bonds with her. It is then revealed that Mishti is Vidyut's daughter. Juhi is shot to death and Avni is arrested for Juhi's death.
6 months later, Avni releases from prison and learns combat skills. Neil manages to get Vidyut to confess that Avni is innocent. Neela is shot to death saving Neil from his father, Prakash who was intoxicated by Vidyut. Avni is heartbroken over Neela's death. Later, Avni and Neil consummate their marriage. Vidyut threatens Avni to marry him to save Prakash. Avni burns Vidyut's house and escapes with Mishti, making everyone believe that they are dead.
Neil has quits his job as a police inspector and becomes a radio jockey. Avni has changed her name to Nilanjana and dedicates her life to the well-being of illegitimate children in an orphanage, named Sukoon house. She takes care of Mishti and her son, Mowgli with other orphaned children. Mishti is an aspiring singer and an ardent fan of actor Karan Kapoor. Mishti and Karan eventually fall in love, and get married.
Avni decides to leave the city with Mowgli so that Neil can start a new life with Mitali. Neil and Khannas find about Mowgli's truth. Mitali advices Neil to live with Avni and Mowgli. Finally, Avni and Neil reunite.
The show initially starred child actor Arsheen Naamdaar as Avni Ayesha, besides Viraf Patel, Barkha Sengupta and Reema Lagoo from September 2016 to March 2017.[4] It then took a fifteen year-leap and focused on Avni Ayesha (Aditi Rathore) and Neil Khanna (Zain Imam).[5] In May 2017, Ragini Shah replaced Reema Lagoo due to the latter's demise. The show ended on 18 May 2018 completing 463 episodes and its slot was taken by Krishna Chali London.[6]
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Track list(s) | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Music composer(s) |
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1 | "Naamkarann Title Track" (Shreya Ghoshal version) | Shreya Ghoshal | Kausar Munir | Anu Malik |
2 | "Naamkarann Title Track" (Monali Thakur version) | Monali Thakur | Kausar Munir | Anu Malik |
3 | "Aaj Jaane Ki Zid" | Arijit Singh | Fayyaz Hashmi | Sohail Rana |
4 | "Aa Leke Chalu Tujhko" | Palak Muchhal, Sneha Shankar | Vijay Vijawatt | Jeet Gannguli |
5 | "Chal Meri Jaan" | Aryan | Aryan | Aryan |
6 | "Chal Meri Jaan" (Unplugged) | Palak Muchhal | Aryan | Aryan |
7 | "Dhal Gaya Chand" | Asho Ghosala | Katil Shuphaie | Aaryan |
8 | "Dhoop Ka Ek Tukda" | Anuradha Paudwal, Kumar Sanu | Vijay Vijawatt | Samidh |
9 | "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" | Arijit Singh | Pritam | |
10 | Tere Dar Par Sanam | Aryan | Ravee | |
11 | Tere Dar Par Sanam Female | Saloni | Ravee |
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Films and television series by Mahesh Bhatt | |
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