Saath Nibhaana Saathiya
| Saath Nibhaana Saathiya | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | Gautam Hegde Sampoorn Anand Jyoti Tandon Shilpa Demello Janki Vishwanathan Rashmi Sharma Ved Raj Divyana Bhavna Vyas Akash Deep |
| Directed by | Pawan Kumar Maurut Bhagwan Yadav Ravi Raj Mayank Gupta Pawan Sahu Deelip Kumar Pankaj Kumar |
| Creative director | Rashmi Sharma |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | Saath Nibhaana Saathiya by Alka Yagnik |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 2181 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Rashmi Sharma and Pawan Kumar |
| Cinematography | Basant Thakur Savin Mishra |
| Editors | Santosh Singh Dhananjay |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Production company | Rashmi Sharma Telefilms |
| Original release | |
| Network | StarPlus |
| Release | 3 May 2010 – 23 July 2017 |
| Related | |
Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (transl. Stand by Me, Partner) is an Indian Hindi-language television series produced by Rashmi Sharma under Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. It premiered on 3 May 2010 on Star Plus and became one of the longest running television series in India. The series starred Giaa Manek (later replaced by Devoleena Bhattacharjee), Rucha Hasabnis, Rupal Patel, Mohammad Nazim, Vishal Singh, Loveleen Kaur Sasan respectively.
The series filmed the Modi family, exploring morals and values of a typical Gujarati joint family. Initially, it focused on cousins Gopi and Rashi and their life in Modi Mansion after marrying Modis' sons Ahem and Jigar, respectively. After a leap, the series focused on Gopi's daughters, Meera and Vidya. Further leap focused on Ramakanth, Gopi's son and Sita. The storyline constantly skips forward in time: a year in June 2013, eight years in February 2014, ten years in February 2015, four years in May 2016, and three months in March 2017. The series ended on 23 July 2017, completing 2,181 episodes.
The second season of the series, Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2, premiered on 19 October 2020 on Star Plus starring cameo celebrities Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Rupal Patel, Mohammad Nazim, as well as Sneha Jain and Harsh Nagar (later replaced by Gautam Singh Vig) as protagonists.