Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar

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{{Infobox television
| name = Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar
| image = SaatPhere1 1024.jpg
| caption =
| picture_format = [[480i]]
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator =
| writer = [[Purnendu Shekhar]]
| music = [[Abhijeet Hegdepatil KK]]
| director = Rakesh Sarang<br> Rajan Shahi<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leap of faith|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/leap-of-faith-3/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>
| starring = [[Rajshree Thakur]]
| opentheme = "Saat Pheron Mein" by [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| country = India
| company = [[Sphere Origins]]
| network = [[Zee TV]]
| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2005|10|17}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|2009|5|28}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 854
| website = https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/saat-phere/0-6-137
| image_alt =
| language = Hindi
| list_episodes =
}}

'''Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar''' (International title: ''Saloni'') is a Hindi television serial that was broadcast on [[Zee TV]] from 17 October 2005 to 28 May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=To die or not to die?|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/to-die-or-not-to-die/cid/515282|website=The Telegraph}}</ref> The story focuses on Saloni, who faces social discrimination because of her dark skin.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Two new shows propel Zee TV back into the soap game, unveil new traditional woman|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20060626-kasamh-se-and-saat-phere-boost-trp-of-zee-tv-782939-2006-06-26|website=India Today}}</ref> The series starred Rajshree Thakur and Sharad Kelkar.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fair in love war|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/fair-in-love-war/cid/1661492|website=The Telegraph}}</ref>

==Plot==
The story revolves around the life of Saloni, who despite being dark-skinned, sets out to prove that it doesn't matter what skin colour you might be. She marries Nahar and begins her journey fulfilling the seven rounds she took at her marriage. Saloni faces many problems, particularly, discrimination for her skin colour. However she is talented and sets out on a journey, to create an identity for herself. She faces many enemies such as Kaveri, Karan, Kuki Kaki, Padam, Chandni / Devika, Urvashi, Abhi, Varun and more. The series is titled Saat Phere in the context of seven rounds a couple takes at their wedding. This is Saloni's journey and after generation leap, her daughter Savri also faces many obstacles, in the end Saloni is reunited with her family and her daughters get married.

==Cast ==
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* [[Rajshree Thakur]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/rajshri-quits-saat-phere|title=Rajshri quits Saat Phere|date=2008-10-23|website= Tellychakkar Dot Com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-10}}</ref> as Saloni Singh / Saloni Nahar Singh - Narpat and Ambika's daughter, Nahar's wife, Savri's mother, Shweta's adoptive mother, Shubhra and Samar's elder sister (2005-2009)
* [[Sharad Kelkar]] as Nahar Singh - Saloni's husband, Savri's father, Shweta's adoptive father, Brijesh and Aditi's younger brother, Piya's elder brother (2005-2008) / Swami Amritanand (2008-2009)
* [[Raqesh Bapat]] as Neel / Neerav - Saloni's childhood friend and ex-boyfriend, Shubhra's ex-husband, Dr. Nishi's husband (2005-2008)
* [[Mohan Bhandari]] as Narpat Singh, Saloni, Shubhra and Samar's father (2005-2009)
* Pratichi Mishra as Ambika Narpat Singh, Saloni, Shubhra and Samar's mother (2005-2009)
* [[Neena Gupta]] as Manorama (Manno) Bhabhi, Saloni, Shubhra and Samar's aunt, Narendra's wife, Abhi's mother (2005-2009)
* [[Surekha Sikri]] as Bhabho, Saloni and Tara's adoptive mother-in-law, Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's adoptive mother (2005-2009)
* [[Bharat Kaul]] as Abhay Singh, Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's father (2007)
* Ahmed Khan as Mr. Singh, Abhay's father, Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's grandfather (2007)
* [[Akshay Anand]] as Brijesh Singh, Saloni's brother-in-law, Tara and Urvashi's husband, Aditya's father (2005-2009)
* [[Ashlesha Sawant]] as Tara Singh / Tara Brijesh Singh, Saloni's sister-in-law, Brijesh's wife, Urvashi's stepsister, Aditya's adoptive mother (2005-2009)
* [[Aditi Pratap]] as Aditi Singh - Brijesh's younger sister, Nahar and Piya's elder sister, Dheer's wife, Ishaan's mother (2005-2007)
* Ashish Kapoor as Dheer - Aditi's husband, Ishaan's father (2005-2009)
* Gaurav Vaish as Ishaan, Dheer and Aditi's son (2005-2009)
* [[Amrita Prakash]] as Piya Singh, Brijesh, Aditi and Nahar's younger sister, Shridhar's ex-wife, the false Abhi / Shekhar's wife (2005-2006)
* [[Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar]] as Chandni Singh, Padam Singh's daughter / Devika Nahar Singh, Nahar's ex-wife (double role) (2006-2007)
* Sachin Sharma as Dev, Chandni's husband (2007)
* Poonam Gulati as Shubhra Singh / Shubhra Kunjan Singh - Saloni's younger sister, Samar's younger sister, Karan's girlfriend, Neel's ex-wife, Kunjan's wife (2005-2008)
* [[Chetanya Adib]] as Kunjan Singh - Shubhra's husband (2005-2008)
* Meenakshi Verma as Padma Gajpratap Singh - Shubhra's mother-in-law, Kunjan's mother (2005-2008)
* [[Tej Sapru]] as Gajpratap Singh - Shubhra's father-in-law, Kunjan's father (2007-2008)
* [[Mazher Sayed]] as Samar Singh- Saloni and Shubhra's younger brother, Kaveri's husband, Kamini's father, Nikita's adoptive father (2005-2009)
* Aanchal Dwiwedi as Kaveri Chaudhary / Kaveri Samar Singh - Saloni's sister-in-law, Samar's wife, Kamini's mother, Nikita's adoptive mother (2005-2009)
* [[Apara Mehta]] as Kuki Veer Singh - Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's aunt, Veer's ex-wife, Kshitij's mother (2006-2008)
* [[Sadiya Siddiqui]] as Gayatri Singh - Saloni's paternal aunt, Dhananjay's wife (2005-2007)
* [[Sachin Khurana]] as Dhananjay - Gayatri's husband (2005-2007)
* [[Nattasha Singh]] as Juhi (2006)
* [[Shaleen Bhanot]] as Karan - Shubhra's boyfriend (2005-2006)
* [[Nivedita Bhattacharya]] as Urvashi Singh / Urvashi Brijesh Singh - Tara's stepsister, Brijesh's ex-wife, Veer's wife, Aditya's mother (2006-2009)
* Farida Dadi as Maa Sa, Tara's stepmother, Urvashi's mother (2006-2008)
* [[Akshay Sethi]] as Yug (2006-2007)
* [[Aastha Chaudhary]] as Urmila Singh, Padam Singh's out-of-wedlock daughter (2007)
* [[Jasveer Kaur]] as Katari (2006)
* Narendra Gupta as Aapji - Neel's grandfather (2005-2006)
* Sharmilee Raj as Chamki (2007)
* [[Barkha Madan]] as Reva Sehgal - Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's stepsister (2006-2007)
* [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]] as Padam Singh - Chandni, Devika and Urmila's father (2007)
* [[Amit Dolawat]] as Shridhar - Piya's first husband (2007)
* [[Sachin Shroff]] as Fake Abhi / Shekhar Sharma - Manno Bhabhi and Narendra's fake son and Piya's second husband (2007)
* [[Anand Suryavanshi]] as Samar Singh- Saloni and Shubhra's younger brother, Kaveri's husband, Kamini's father, Nikita's adoptive father (2005)
* [[Shweta Kawatra]] as Reva Sehgal - Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's stepsister (2005)
* Sonika Sahay as Ginni - Nikita's mother (2007-2008)
* [[Gunjan Walia]] as Vrinda - Dheer's second wife and Ishaan's stepmother (2007-2008)
* Niyati Joshi as Piya Singh, Brijesh, Aditi and Nahar's younger sister, Shridhar's ex-wife, fake Abhi / Shekhar's wife (2006-2009)
* [[Poonam Joshi]] as Dr. Nishi - Neel's second wife, Brigadier and Shanti's former daughter-in-law (2007-2008)
* Mahru Sheikh as Shanti, Brigadier's wife, Dr. Nishi's mother-in-law (2007-2008)
* [[Rajeev Verma]] as Brigadier, Shanti's husband, Dr. Nishi's father-in-law (2007-2008)
* [[Pracheen Chauhan]] as Kshitij Singh - Nahar and Brijesh's cousin, Veer and Kuki's son, Kalika's husband (2008)
* [[Amita Nangia]] as Shyama Singh - Narpat's girlfriend and Kalika's mother (2008)
* [[Aashka Goradia]] as Advocate Kalika Singh / Advocate Kalika Kshitij Singh - Saloni's stepsister, Narpat and Shyama's daughter, Kshitij's Wife, Veer and Kuki's daughter-in-law (2008)
* [[Pratima Kazmi]] as Lali Maasi (2008)
* [[Zahida Parveen]] as Savitri - Savri's adoptive mother (2008-2009)
* [[Mihir Mishra]] as Dr. Varun - Nahar's friend (2008) = Antagonist
* [[Aham Sharma]] as Aditya Singh - Brijesh and Urvashi's son, Tara's adopted son (2009)
* [[Shalini Kapoor]] as Madhu (2009)
* [[Ali Merchant]] as Rajveer - Shweta's husband, Saloni's adoptive son-in-law (2009)
* Vishal Watwani as Rohit - Neel's friend (2005-2006)
* Amit Sareen as Advocate Pratap Chauhan (2006)
* Amit Jain as Daksh - Savri's husband, Saloni's son-in-law (2009)
* [[Parikshit Sahni]] as Veer Singh - Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's uncle, Kuki's ex-husband, Kshitij's father, Urvashi's husband, Kalika's father-in-law (2007-2008)
* Sonal Pendse as Neelima - Nahar's ex-girlfriend (2006)
* Yusuf Hussain as Shamsher Singh - Tara and Urvashi's father (2006)
* [[Prithvi Zutshi]] as Narendra Singh - Saloni's uncle, Manno's husband, Abhi's father, Narpat's elder brother (2006-2007)
* [[Sonia Singh]] as Tanya - Samar's secretary (2007)
* Vijay Badlani as Sushant - Shekhar's friend (2007)
* [[Iira Soni]] as Kamini Singh - Samar and Kaveri's daughter (2009)
* Puneet Sachdev as Aman - Shweta's fiancé (2009)
* Sujata Krishnamurthy as Guruma - Swami Amritanand's mother (2008-2009)
* [[Rachana Parulkar]] as Savri Singh, Saloni and Nahar's daughter (2009)
* [[Ulka Gupta]] as Child Savri Singh (2009)
* [[Amrapali Dubey]] as Shweta Singh, Saloni and Nahar's adopted daughter (2009)
* [[Hiba Nawab]] as Child Shweta Singh (2009)

==Production==
In November 2008, the shootings and telecast of all the Hindi television series including this series and films were stalled on 8 November 2008 due to dispute by the technician workers of [[Federation of Western India Cine Employees|FWICE]] (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) for increasing the wages, better work conditions and more breaks between shootings.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cine technicians go on strike|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/cine-technicians-go-on-strike/368228/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Charming Kunwar|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/charming-kunwar/388185/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> FWICE first took a strike on 1 October 2008 when they addressed their problems with the producers and production was stalled.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Work hit as 1.5 lakh cine workers strike work|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/work-hit-as-15-lakh-cine-workers-strike-work/10878|website=Outlook India}}</ref> A contract was signed after four days discussions and shooting were happening only for two hours content in a day then after which differences increased between them while channels gave them time until 30 October 2008 to sort it out.<ref name=":3" /> Failing to do so lead to protests again from 10 November 2008 to 19 November 2008 during which channels blacked out new broadcasts and repeat telecasts were shown from 10 November 2008.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Strike off, TV shooting to resume|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/strike-off-tv-shooting-to-resume/387871/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=No more repeat of TV soaps as TV industry strike ends|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/no-more-repeat-of-tv-soaps-as-tv-industry-strike-ends-33649-2008-11-19|website=India Today}}</ref> On 19 November 2008, the strike was called off after settling the disputes and the production resumed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=No more repeat telecast of TV soaps as strike ends|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/lFsrye8ynEtEnU4oD9NEdL/No-more-repeat-telecast-of-TV-soaps-as-strike-ends.html|website=Live Mint}}</ref> The new episodes started to telecast from 1 December 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New look return|url=https://m.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/new-look-return/cid/515296|website=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Zee TV comes with a bang after the strike|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/release/y2k8/nov/novrel68.php|website=Indian Television dot com}}</ref>

Lead [[Sharad Kelkar]] was supposed to shoot for only 30 episodes for the series. But, good response for the series made him to continue until he quit before the generation leap.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sharad Kelkar's goodbye on 'Saath Phere'|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/hindi/Sharad-Kelkars-goodbye-on-Saath-Phere/articleshow/4559551.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Leap year|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/leap-year/450722/|website=The Indian Express}}</ref> However, he returned to the series for the finale episode.<ref name=":0" />

In October 2008, lead [[Rajshree Thakur]] confirmed quitting the show to spend time with her family and quit along with Kelkar when the series took a generation leap in April end of 2009.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=I am quitting the show|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2008/nov/01/i-am-quitting-the-show-3741.html|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> In April 2009, the series took a generation leap with addition of new casts, with story focussing on lead character Saloni's children when [[Rachana Parulkar]] was cast as Saawri.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajshri's look-alike on Saat Phere|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/tv/rajshri-s-look-alike-on-saat-phere/story-OqPWIkVaCT09XzZeOw9k2J.html|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

The series which was one of the top rated show for a long time with more than 6+ TVR. Later, when the ratings dipped, a generation leap was taken which was also unsuccessful in increasing the ratings as before which made channel to end the series in the same month after it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saloni's 'safar' ends|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-saloni-s-safar-ends-1254820|website=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref> Speaking about ending the series, Producer Sunjoy Wadhwa said, "''Saat Phere'' was Saloni’s story. The leap meant regenerating a story from scratch, which isn’t working for us. So, it’s best to end it now" and stated its ended on 22 May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saat Phere to go off air|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/tv/saat-phere-to-go-off-air/story-GC3dVgPvNdu9kxWHKxN8CK.html|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> However, it ended on 28 May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saat Phere goes off air|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/zee-launches-new-show-aap-ki-antara/470081/0|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critics===
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[[India Today]] described the plot of the series as simple.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Two new shows propel Zee TV back into the soap game, unveil new traditional woman|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/20060626-kasamh-se-and-saat-phere-boost-trp-of-zee-tv-785197-2006-06-26|website=India Today}}</ref>

===Ratings===
Initially, it ranged between 1.8-2 TVR. Within a month it started averaging 2-3 TVR and then gradually increased until ranging 6+TVR during 2006 becoming one of the most watched Hindi GEC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saat Phere: The dark girl theory|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/special/y2k6/saatphere.htm|website=Indian Television dot com}}</ref> In April and May, it averaged 4.44 TVR overall.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sony, Star One bid to get back on narrative track|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/special/y2k6/sony_star.htm|website=Indian Television dot com}}</ref> In December 2006, it garnered 5.1 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Zee scripted its own success story|url=https://m.rediff.com/money/2006/dec/26spec.htm|website=Rediff.com}}</ref> In week ending 17 March 2007, it garnered 1.59 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.economictimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/soaps-continue-to-have-a-ball-despite-world-cup/articleshow/1800702.cms|website=The Economic Times}}</ref> As in July 2007, it averaged 3.4 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In the name of the father|url=https://m.businesstoday.in/story/in-the-name-of-the-father/1/23.html|website=Business Today}}</ref>

The highest rating garnered in its runtime was 6.61 TVR during May 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Being second best isnt easy|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/being-second-best-isnt-easy/88815/|website=The Financial Express}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/saat-phere/0-6-137}}
*{{IMDb title|1445563}}

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