Naamkarann

Naamkarann
GenreDrama
Created byGuroudev Bhalla
Written by
  • Gautham Hedge
  • Nikita Dhond
  • Shipra Arora
  • Aayush Agrawal
  • Mitali Bhattacharya
  • Arundhati Sharma
  • Ishan Bajpai
Directed by
  • Mahesh Bhatt
  • Loknath Pandey
  • Faheim Inamdar
  • Sandeep Vijay
  • Jafar Shaikh
  • Yusuf Ansari
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes463
Production
Executive producerAayush Agrawal
ProducersGuroudev Bhalla
Dhaval Gada
Cinematography
  • Santosh Suryavanshi
  • Raj Panth
  • Shivankar Arora
EditorSudhirr

Pravin Vishwakarma Vinay Mandal

Swapnil Nerukar
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time21 minutes
Production companiesDhaval and Guroudev Productions Pvt. Ltd
Original release
NetworkStar Plus
Release12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) 
18 May 2018 (2018-05-18)

Naamkarann (transl.Naming Ceremony) (international title: My Identity) 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.

The show initially starred child actor Arsheen Naamdaar as Avni Mehta, Viraf Patel, Barkha Sengupta, Sayantani Ghosh and Reema Lagoo from September 2016 to March 2017. It then took a 15 year time jump and focused on Avni Mehta (Aditi Rathore) and Neil Khanna (Zain Imam). In May 2017, Ragini Shah replaced Reema Lagoo due to the latter's death. The show ended on 18 May 2018 after 463 episodes.