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*Apollena – Sapno Ki Unchi Udann*
Apollena – Sapno Ki Unchi Udann
Genre	Science fiction; Drama;
Created by	Gul Khan
Starring	Aditi Sharma; Samarthya Gupta;
Opening theme	Apollena by Shaan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	47
Production
Producer	Gul Khan
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20 minutes
Production company	4 Lions Films
Original release
Network	Colors TV
Release	3 December 2024 –; present

Apollena – Sapno Ki Unchi Udann is an Indian Hindi-language television science drama series that premiered on Colors TV on 3 December 2024 and streams digitally on JioCinema. Produced by Gul Khan under 4 Lions Films, it stars Aditi Sharma. In 2025, Samarthya Gupta starred as the lead role. The series tells the inspiring story of a young girl aspiring to become India's first female astronaut while facing societal challenges linked to her father's past.

Plot

Set in 2005 in Delhi, an Independence Day celebration is underway. Giridhar Shukla's family, including his wife Madhu and their son Neil, attend the flag hoisting ceremony. Amidst the crowd, a stranger accidentally pushes Madhu, who is pregnant. Giridhar prevents her from falling. Later, Giridhar expresses his disappointment to Madhu, noting that Neil doesn't share an interest in aircraft like other children. She tells him that he is interested in music. Giridhar reflects on his dreams for Neil and his hopes to see them fulfilled. Pallavi Sachdeva, a senior Scientist and Giridhar's boss gets an official letter.

Girdhar tells his wife that Pallavi was a air force coordinator earlier. Now, she is a senior Scientist in his team. He wishes to introduce her to Pallavi. Pallavi informs Girdhar that about a research project, to develop the India's first astronaut training facility has got an fund. India's most prestigious space research organisation, SRI is funding it. Pallavi says to him if they become successful they will be able to send our astronauts in the space.

Madhu gets a labour pain. Pallavi informs them that VIP arrived here so the road is blocked. She takes them to the lab. She did her delivery there. Madhu gives a birth to a baby girl in the lab.

3 months later

Girdhar takes his family to his native Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh. His mom complaints that she got an chance to meet her granddaughter after three months as they are always staying in Delhi. A naming ceremony function is arranged for the baby. Madhu asks Renu to choose a name for her daughter. She suggests few names but Girdhar didn't liked it. He named Apollena to his daughter.

6 years later

Giridhar's mom creates a scene seeing the ticket to Delhi. He informs her that it's important to go back to Delhi. She argues with him. Giridhar notices that Neil is not interested in studies as he doesn't even know 9 plantes names. Apollena answers to it. He feels proud of her. He decided to fulfill his dream through his daughter which he dreamt for Neil. Giridhar and his family leaves for Delhi.

Later, Giridhar brought his family to the lab, where Pallavi notices Appolena's love for space and advises Giridhar to train Apollena to send to the space.

On her 6th birthday Apollena wears astronaut's custom and Giridhar encourages her. Pallavi and Giridhar are arrested some CBI officers under the charge of treason against the country. Apollena runs behind the police jeep but falls down. Giridhar is blacklisted by common people. Young Apollena vows to prove her father's innocence. Giridhar then trains Apollena in order to become an astronaut.

13 years later

Apollena is now grown up living in Chitrakut with her family members. Apollena got admission in a boys college at her village. Sanjay creates a fake MMS video in order to insult Appolena but fails. A mail comes to Apollena, who thinks that the mail came from IASA. A honouring ceremony was organised for Apollena. The mail later turns out to be fake. Soon, Shlok Pandey enters. Shlok and Apollena has a cute conversation.

Cast

Main

Aditi Sharma as Apollena Shukla aka Appu: Giridhar and Madhu's younger daughter; Neil's sister; Sangita's maternal cousin sister; Shlok's love interest (2024 - present)
- Ira Rai as Child Apollena Shukla aka Appu (2024)
Samarthya Gupta as Shlok Pandey: Mahadev and Saraswati's younger son; Ved's brother; Apollena's love interest (2025 - present)

Recurring

Sandeep Baswana as Giridhar Shukla: Damyanti's elder son; Brother of Renu; Madhu's husband; Neil and Apollena's father; Sangita's maternal uncle (2024 - present)
Eva Shirali as Madhu Shukla: Giridhar's wife; Neil and Apollena's mother; Maternal aunt of Sangita (2024 - present)
Hritik Yadav as Neil Shukla: Giridhar and Madhu's elder son; Apollena's brother; Sangita's maternal cousin (2024 - present)
- Hardik Mehta as Child Neil Shukla (2024)
Surabhi Tiwari as Renu Shukla Pathak: Damyanti's younger daughter; Giridhar's sister; Ramakant's wife; Sangita's mother; Neil and Apollena's paternal aunt (2024 - present)
Sameer Vijayan as Ramakant Pathak: Renu's husband; Sangita's father (2024 - present)
Garima Kaushal as Sangita Pathak: Renu and Ramakant's daughter; Neil and Apollena's cousin sister; Akshay's fiancee (2024 - present)
- Kayra Mulani as Child Sangita Pathak (2024)
Kiran Bhargava as Damyanti Shukla: Giridhar and Renu's mother; Neil and Apollena's grandmother; Sangita's maternal grandmother (2024 - present)
Karan Khandelwal as Sanjay Singh: Mohit's friend; Apollena's enemy (2024 - present)
Atul Bhardwaj as Mohit: Sanjay's friend (2024 - present)
Akash Kapoor as Abhay (2024 - present)
Vibhanshu Dixit as Akshay: Sangita's fiance (2024 - present)
Het Makwana as Bittu (2024 - present)
Surbhi Chandna as Pallavi Sachdeva: A senior scientist; Giridhar's boss (2024 - present)
Sanket Choukse as Ved Pandey: Mahadev and Saraswati's elder son; Shlok's brother; Soumya's husband (2025 - present)
Geeta Tyagi as Saraswati Pandey: Mahadev's wife; Ved and Shlok's mother (2025 - present)
Shahbaz Khan as Mahadev Pandey: Saraswati's husband; Ved and Shlok's father (2025–present)
Anjita Poonia as Soumya Pandey: Ved's wife (2025 - present)
Unknown as Ana (2025 - present)

Production

Casting

Shivangi Joshi, Niharika Chouksey and Adhik Mehta were approached for the lead role,^[2] but Aditi Sharma was finalized for the role.^[3]^[4] Sandeep Baswana was cast as Giridhar Shukla, Apollena's father.^[5] Akash Kapoor was selected to play Abhay.^[6] In late December 2024, Samarthya Gupta was roped in as the male lead, Shlok Pandey.^[7]