Uttaran () is an Indian soap opera that aired on many channels from 1 December 2008 to 16 January 2015. The third longest-running Indian television series of Colors TV, it was produced under Film Farm India. It stars Sparsh Khanchandani, Ishita Panchal, Tina Datta, Rashami Desai, Sreejita De, Nandish Sandhu, Vikas Bhalla, Rohit Khurana, Gaurav Chopra, Mrunal Jain, Varun Toorkey and Ajay Singh Chaudhary.
Plot In Mumbai, Ichcha Bharti is the daughter of a poor widow Damini Bharti, who begins working at Jogi Thakur's mansion as a maid. Jogi's daughter Tapasya befriends Ichcha, and they share a sisterly bond. Sumitra brainwash Tapasya through false theories to see Ichcha differently. Tapasya gets jealous when Divya and Jogi care for Ichcha as their child, unaware that Jogi was responsible for Ichcha's father, Rajendra's death. Sumitra fuels that jealousy hence ruining their friendship.
10 years later Tapasya is a rich spoilt brat. Simplistic Ichcha wants to open a school to give free education to poor kids. Tapasya's parents arrange their daughter's marriage with Veer Singh Bundela, who belongs to a reputed wealthy family. But Tapasya does not show interest towards the wedding as she is in a relationship with Siddharth (Sid). Slowly Veer and Ichcha fall in love and their families agree to their marriage, although Gunvanti never liked Ichcha for her status. Insecure seeing Veer shower Ichcha with expensive gifts, Tapasya fakes a suicide attempt and begs Ichcha to let her marry Veer. Ichcha agrees, and Veer marries Tapasya. That same night, Veer learns the truth, and Tapasya claims Ichcha forced her to marry him, believing she is not right for him. The next day, Veer lashes out at Tapasya in front of her family and forces Ichcha to tell the truth. Meanwhile, his elder brother Vansh, a drug addict, falls for Ichcha because of her caring nature.
Veer, unaware of Vansh's love, tries to divorce Tapasya and marry Ichcha, who tries to distance herself from him. Tapasya tries to get Ichcha killed with the help of Siddharth. Veer saves Ichcha, but not before she gets shot and is hospitalised; Siddharth is then arrested. Tapasya tricks Gunvanti who gets Vansh and Ichcha married. A heartbroken Veer pretends to be happy with Tapasya, while Vansh and Ichcha's marriage suffers. One day, Vansh overhears Siddharth slamming Tapasya for ruining Ichcha's life. Tapasya, however, misleads Vansh, indirectly blaming him for Ichcha's suffering. As a result, he kills himself. Ichcha holds Veer responsible for Vansh's death, and Gunvanti, in turn, blames Ichcha. Veer explains how Tapasya tried to kill Ichcha and is responsible for Vansh's death, by playing a video revealing the day's actions filmed by Siddharth, who wanted to take revenge on Tapasya. Shocked, Jogi disowns her. Ichcha goes to Vrindavan. There, Veer arrives to unite with her, and they get married; the family accepts them.
Tapasya, working to make ends meet at a chawl, meets Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore, who falls for her, but she betrays him in a game of poker. He leaves her due to her disloyalty. She reunites with Jogi and returns to Veer's house, faking pregnancy, but realises that she is pregnant with Raghuvendra's child. Ichcha gives her 15 days to reveal the truth to everyone. Later Ichcha and Tapasya reunite to stop Veer's business partner Satya and Sanchi from harming his family. However Tapasya can't lose Veer so she tries to create a misunderstanding but gets exposed. She delivers Mukta, whom she unintentionally leaves in an orphanage to test Raghuvendra's love. Damini and Ichcha find her on streets. Veer and Ichcha, unaware she is Tapasya's daughter, raise her, and adopt an orphan, Kanha. Raghuvendra accepts Tapasya and they get married and tries to find their daughter. They realise that Tapasya can never become a mother still Raghuvendra supports her. Ichcha delivers a boy but Sumitra and her son Pushkar steal him and bribe the nurse to tell Ichcha that the boy was stillborn.
Raghuvendra bumps into and takes the baby from Pushkar. He and Tapasya adopt the baby, named Yuvraj. Siddharth creates misunderstandings between Raghuvendra and Tapasya and blackmails Tapasya, causing Tapasya to leave Raghuvendra. Heartbroken after reading her letter Raghuvendra tries to find her. Rocky Shah, Vansh's look-alike, enters the Bundela mansion as Vansh and falls for Ichcha. Jogi rescues Ichcha from him, accidentally kills Rocky and is bailed out by Raghuvendra. Veer reveals Gunvanti to be behind all this, and Gunvanti admits to holding a grudge against Ichcha for adopting the two children and not giving birth to her own son, whom she wants as an heir to the family. They later find out that Yuvraj is Ichcha's son and give Mukta to Jogi in exchange for Yuvraj. Pregnant again, Ichcha saves Veer from the cruel Avinash Chatterjee, who attacks him. Veer loses his memory. Ichcha kills Avinash and is jailed for 18 years. Ichcha delivers a girl in prison, and tells Damini to raise the baby, named Meethi.
18 years later Meethi and Mukta are best friends just like their mothers were. Ichcha is released from prison. Kanha, whom Damini raised is a successful CEO, happily married to Surbhi. Yuvraj and Meethi were brought up by Gunvanti and Damini respectively, and Gunvanti instigated him against Ichcha. Sumitra tells Meethi that Ichcha is alive but lies that she ruined Tapasya's life. Initially in denial, Meethi develops a negative opinion of Ichcha when she learns she was in prison for murder. Kanha reveals Ichcha was imprisoned for murder but omits that she killed Avinash to save Veer. Despite Damini and Kanha's efforts, Meethi does not believe them and rejects Ichcha. Sumitra brainwashes Mukta, who grows close to Yuvraj.
Later, he tries to rape Mukta, but Ichcha saves her. Mukta realises she misunderstood her and Meethi. Yuvraj is arrested and finds out Ichcha is his mother. His hatred for her further intensifies as she testifies against him in court, and he is incarcerated for 5 years. Veer, who is still amnesiac, lives with Gunvanti and Amla. Reformed after living in US for years, Tapasya comes back and after lots of struggle restores his memory. Vishnu encourages Meethi, who finally accepts Ichcha.
Eventually, Veer and Ichcha unite. Tapasya reunites with her best friend Ichcha and her family. Meethi marries Vishnu on Ichcha's arrangement. He is actually Avinash's son, Akash Chatterjee, who wants revenge. Mukta discovers his truth and tries to locate the real Vishnu, a humble blue-collar worker for an NGO, to expose Akash. He orders his goons to kidnap and kill Mukta. Fortunately, Raghuvendra saves her. At Akash and Meethi's wedding, Mukta tries to expose him but no one except Sumitra and Raghuvendra believes her.
Meanwhile, Ichcha and Tapasya risk their life to save Mukta from Veer's uncle Tej, who shoots Tapasya. Fatally, Ichcha gets hit by a truck. Before dying, Ichcha donates her heart to Tapasya. Later, Raghuvendra gets the evidence to expose Akash. Surbhi turns out to be Akash's maternal cousin. His mom, Ekadashi, orders him to kill Meethi but he falls in love with her. Meethi leaves the house. Tapasya throws the pregnant Surbhi out.
Surbhi repents for her actions and dies after delivering the child. Kanha forgives her and promises to raise their child. As Vishnu and Mukta love each other, they marry and soon have a son, Manav. Meethi and Akash unite and she is accepted by his family. After undergoing a plastic surgery, Yuvraj returns as Mukta's boss for revenge. He kidnaps her. While saving her, a pregnant Meethi miscarries and disowns Yuvraj before Ekadashi banishes her. She travels to Srinagar.
Caught up in a terrorist attack by Asgar, Meethi slips into a river and is transported by the current across the border to Gilgit. Ashfaq saves her. He falls in love with and helps her in returning to India. He bids her a tearful goodbye. Akash and Meethi unite. She adopts Rani as Nandini is imprisoned because she saved Akash from and murdered his old enemy. Meethi and Akash also adopt Tamanna, whom Rani hates. Sumitra reforms.
Eventually, Sumitra and Damini convince Mukta and Meethi to reconcile, and in the end, reflect the friendship of Ichcha and Tapasya.
Cast and characters Main Tina Datta as Ichcha Rajendra Bharti/ Ichcha Veer Singh Bundela — Rajendra and Damini's daughter; Veer's wife; Yuvraj and Meethi's mother; Kanha's adoptive mother; Rani step-grandmother; Tamanna's adoptive grandmother (2009–2013) (Dead) Sparsh Khanchandani as child Ichcha (2008–2009) Meethi Akash Chatterjee — Veer and Ichcha's daughter; Yuvraj's sister; Kanha's adoptive sister; Akash's wife; Rani's stepmother; Tamanna's adoptive mother (2012–2015) Rashami Desai as Tapasya Jogi Thakur/ Tapasya Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore — Jogi and Divya's daughter; Raghuvendra's wife; Mukta's mother; Manav's grandmother (2009–2014) Ishita Panchal as child Tapasya (2008–2009) Sreejita De as Mukta Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore/ Mukta Vishnu Kashyap — Raghuvendra and Tapasya's daughter; Vishnu's wife; Manav's mother (2012–2015) Nandish Sandhu as Veer Singh Bundela — Umed and Gunvanti's younger son; Vansh's younger brother; Ichcha's husband; Yuvraj and Meethi's father; Kanha's adoptive father; Rani's step-grandfather; Tamanna's adoptive grandfather (2009–2012) Vikas Bhalla replaced Sandhu as Veer (2012–2013) Mrunal Jain as Akash Chatterjee — Avinash and Ekadashi's elder son; Sankrant's elder brother; Meethi's husband; Rani's father; Tamanna's adoptive father (2013–2015) Gaurav Chopra as Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore — Malvika and Tapasya's husband; Ambika and Mukta's father; Manav's grandfather (2009–2014) Ajay Singh Chaudhary as Vishnu Kashyap — Mukta's husband; Manav's father (2013–2014)
Recurring Sunil Chauhan as Rajendra Bharti — Damini's husband; Ichcha's father; Yuvraj and Meethi's grandfather; Kanha's adoptive grandfather (2009) (Dead) Vaishali Thakkar as Damini Rajendra Bharti — Rajendra's wife; Ichcha's mother; Yuvraj and Meethi's grandmother; Kanha's adoptive grandmother (2008–2015) Arun Singh Sharma as Pushkar Jaiswal — Sumitra's son; Rohini's husband (2008–2012) Akanksha Awasthi as Rohini Jaiswal — Pushkar's wife (2009–2013) Pratima Kazmi as Sumitra Devi Jaiswal — Pushkar's mother (2008–2015) Ayub Khan as Jogi Thakur — Divya's husband; Tapasya's father; Mukta's grandfather; Manav's great-grandfather (2008–2014) Pragati Mehra as Divya Thakur — Jogi's wife; Tapasya's mother; Mukta's grandmother; Manav's great-grandmother (2008–2014) Pyumori Mehta Ghosh replaced Mehra as Divya (2014) Shamim Sheikh as Baldev Singh Bundela — Tej and Umed's father; Vansh and Veer's grandfather; Yuvraj and Meethi's great-grandfather; Kanha's adoptive great-grandfather (2009–2013) (Dead) Akhil Mishra as Umed Singh Bundela — Gunvanti's husband; Vansh and Veer's father; Baldev's son; Tej's half-brother; Yuvraj and Meethi's grandfather; Kanha's adoptive grandfather (2009–2013) Beena Banerjee as Gunvanti Singh Bundela — Umed's wife; Vansh and Veer's mother; Yuvraj and Meethi's grandmother; Kanha's adoptive grandmother (2009–2013) Rohit Khurana as Vansh Singh Bundela — Umed and Gunvanti's elder son; Veer's elder brother; Ichcha's ex-husband (2009–2010) (Dead) Rocky Shah — Vansh's doppelganger (2010–2011) (Dead) Sourabh Raaj Jain as Yuvraj "Yuvaan" Singh Bundela — Veer and Ichcha's son; Meethi's brother; Kanha's adoptive brother (2012–2013) Bharat Chawda replaced Jain as Yuvraj (2014) (after plastic surgery) Raj Singh Verma as Avinash Chatterjee — Ekadashi's husband; Akash and Sankrant's father; Rani's grandfather; Tamanna's adoptive grandfather (2011–2012) (Dead) Kruttika Desai Khan as Ekadashi Chatterjee — Avinash's wife; Akash and Sankrant's mother; Rani's grandmother; Tamanna's adoptive grandmother (2012–2015) Varun Toorkey as Sankrant Chatterjee — Avinash and Ekadashi's younger son; Akash's younger brother; Ambika's husband (2013–2015)