21 May 2012 (2012-05-21) – 23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke is an Indian television series that aired on Zee TV from 21 May 2012 to 23 January 2015. The show focused on celebrating adolescence by portraying the lives of two teenage cousin sisters, Gunjan and Rachana. The teenage years signify the start of a person's youth, and the experiences during this period have lasting effects on personality.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
Gunjan Sandhu, a fun-loving girl lives in Mumbai with her mother Sneha. Her father Akash lives for his business in Australia. Suffering cancer, Sneha expresses concern for Gunjan to her sister Shail. Shy and introverted, Shail's daughter Rachana Garg hails from Benaras. Her father, Dayal wants to get her married off if she fails in her exams. As Sneha dies, Shail brings Gunjan to Benaras. With many difficulties Gunjan settles herself in Garg Family much to Dayal's dismay due to her city lifestyle and modern ideas.
The Gargs later celebrate their son Mayank's return to home. Slowly the cousins Rachana and Gunjan turns friends. Rachana is interested in hockey. Later, Dayal also supports her, but fixes her wedding to Vihan, who flirts with Gunjan. She exposes him and the alliance is broken off. Gunjan and Mayank fall in love and try to elope but on the wedding day she rejects the idea of cheating parents and tells Mayank to return home and they return. Shail announces Mayank and Gunjan's wedding, but on the day, Charu marries him.
Rachana, her boss Kabir and Gunjan expose Charu, who is jailed. Gunjan and Mayank marry. Working in Kabir's company, Rachana falls for him but he leaves her for caring for Bittu, his mentally ill brother. She decides to care for him and leaves. Mayank and Gunjan start fighting and part ways.
6 months later
Mayank and Gunjan miss each other, returning home to tell family they failed to unite. Bittu is hospitalized; Rachana still cares of him. It turns out that Gunjan has lost her memory due to an accident, a truth that also leaves Rachana heartbroken. She finds a job of decorator at the house of Omkar Luthra, who is shocked to see her because she looks like his late wife, Divya.
Omkar's son Lucky is attached to Rachana, thinking she's Divya. Omkar learns that his brother Lalit killed Divya, and gets him arrested. He thanks Rachana, who consoles Lucky. Gunjan and Mayank affirm to forget the past and start afresh. Kabir returns, and Rachana still loves him. Eventually, he also realizes his love for her but due to his past deeds the Garg Family first disagrees but later accepts him and they marry.
Rachana and Gunjan turn out to be pregnant. In the end, all the Garg Family members pose for a group photo.
Cast
Main
Roopal Tyagi as Gunjan Sandhu Garg: Akash and Sneha's daughter; Rachana and Pihu's cousin, Mayank's wife.
The series produced by Shakuntalam Telefilms was a story depicting the lives of youth and the problems they face. The show premiered on 21 May 2012 and airs from Monday to Friday. At the launch event, while talking about the show, Sukesh Motwani, Fiction Head of Zee TV, said, "Sapne Suhane Ladakpan ke is all about celebrating adolescence. The show is full of hope, aspirations, wish, longing, desire and yearning. The idea was to enrich the lives of the viewers through an endearing content which will remind them of their carefree wonder years."[15] Further, producer Neelima Bajpai, said, "We’ve made the show look youthful and appealing".[15]
"Rachana Ki Sagai" was a special episode broadcast on 19 January 2013. The episode showcases Rachana and Vihan's engagement ceremony. The episode had various television actors performing on different songs.[21][22][23]
"Ladakpan Ke Suhane Rang" was a three-hour Holi special event hosted by Zee TV celebrated on the sets of Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke wherein various actors from the Zee TV family performed. The episode showcases the Holi of three different states, including Shail of Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke celebrating Holi in Uttar Pradesh style, Neetu of Ek Mutthi Aasman and Saavri Bua of Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya showcasing Holi of Punjab and Rajasthan.[24][25]
"Dawat-E-Eid" was an Eid special event on the sets of Qubool Hai where Rachana and Mayank gave their individual performances.[26] A crossover episode was filmed with Ek Mutthi Aasmaan on 5 May 2014.[27]
Reception
In week 6, 2013 with the rating of 4.3 TVR the show climbed to number one spot in the Hindi GEC space,[1] with reference to the show's success the Hindustan Times stated "Television's prime time slot gets redefined".[28] The report published on May 4, 2013, stated that with 2.9 Trp the show achieved third position among top 10 fictional shows.[29] An article published by toi in 2013 quoting, "Love stories pulling up TRPs on small screen", mentioned that the show received 4.0 Trp in week 4.[2] Yet another report published on June 29, 2013, stated that the show remained at No. 6 among top 10 fiction shows Top 10 fiction shows with the rating of 2.6.[30] In week 16,2013, with the Trp of 2.5 show remained at No. 6.[31] In week 17,2014 it averaged to 5.3 TVR.[32] However, it week 18,2014 it averaged to 4.7 TVR.[33]
