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{{short description|Indian drama television series (2005)}}
{{about|the Hindi television serial|the Hindu marriage ceremony|Satphere}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Saat Phere poster.jpeg
| caption = Promotional poster
| runtime = 30 minutes
| writer = Purnendu Shekhar, Sampurn Anand, Anar Anand, Rajesh Dubey
| music = Abhijeet Hegdepatil
| 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|date=3 September 2010}}</ref>
| starring = [[Rajshree Thakur]], [[Sharad Kelkar]]
| opentheme = "Saat Pheron Mein" by [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| country = India
| company = [[Sphere Origins]]
| network = [[Zee TV]]
| first_aired = {{start date|2005|10|17|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2009|05|28|df=yes}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 854
| language = Hindi
}}

'''''Saat Phere – Saloni Ka Safar''''' (International title: ''Saloni'') is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series that aired 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> Produced by Sphere Origins, the show starred [[Rajshree Thakur]] and [[Sharad Kelkar]]. The story focused on issues of social discrimination, especially surrounding skin colour, and was one of Zee TV’s most popular shows in the mid-2000s.<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|date=26 June 2006}}</ref>

==Plot==
The series follows Saloni (Rajshree Thakur), a young woman who faces prejudice due to her dark skin tone. Despite societal challenges, she strives to build her own identity and lead a fulfilling life through her talent of singing. Saloni marries Nahar (Sharad Kelkar) and navigates the struggles of marriage and family responsibilities while confronting social biases and various external enemies who want to harm her family.

Later in the series, following a generation leap, the focus shifts to Saloni's daughter Savri, who encounters her own challenges before the family is ultimately reunited.<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>

==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 – Narpat and Ambika's elder daughter; Shubhra and Samar's sister; Kalika's half-sister; Nahar's widow; Savri's mother; Shweta's adoptive mother (2005–2009)
* [[Sharad Kelkar]] as
** Nahar Singh – Abhay's younger son; Bhabho's adopted son; Brijesh, Aditi and Piya's brother; Saloni's husband; Savri's father; Shweta's adoptive father (2005–2008) (Dead)
** Swami Amrit – Nahar's lookalike; Gurumaa's son; Saloni's friend; Savri and Shweta's foster father (2008–2009)
* [[Raqesh Bapat]] as Neel / Neerav – Saloni's childhood friend and ex-lover; Shubhra's ex-husband; Nishi's husband (2005–2008)
* [[Mohan Bhandari]] as Narpat Singh – Narendra's brother; Ambika's husband; Shyama's ex-lover; Saloni, Shubhra, Samar and Kalika's father (2005–2009)
* Pratichi Mishra as Ambika Singh – Saloni, Shubhra and Samar's mother (2005–2009)
* [[Prithvi Zutshi]] as Narendra Singh – Narpat's brother; Manno's husband; Abhi's father (2006–2007)
* [[Neena Gupta]] as Manorama "Manno" Singh – Narendra's wife; Abhi's mother (2005–2009)
* Poonam Gulati as Shubhra Singh – Narpat and Ambika's younger daughter; Saloni and Samar's sister; Kalika's half-sister; Neel's ex-wife; Kunjan's wife (2005–2008)
* [[Chetanya Adib]] as Kunjan Singh – Shubhra's husband (2005–2008)
* [[Anand Suryavanshi]] / [[Mazher Sayed]] as Samar Singh – Narpat and Ambika's son; Saloni and Shubhra's brother; Kalika's half-brother; Kaveri's husband; Kamini's father; Nikita's adoptive father (2005–2009)
* Aanchal Dwiwedi as Kaveri Chaudhary Singh – Samar's wife; Kamini's mother; Nikita's adoptive mother (2005–2009)
* [[Surekha Sikri]] as Mrs. Singh aka Bhabho – Abhay's wife; Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's adoptive mother; Aditya, Ishaan, Savri and Shweta's adoptive grandmother (2005–2009)
* [[Bharat Kaul]] as Abhay Singh – Bhabho's husband; Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's father; Aditya, Ishaan and Savri's grandfather; Shweta's adoptive grandfather (2007)
* Ahmed Khan as Mr. Singh – Abhay's father; Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's grandfather (2007)
* [[Akshay Anand]] as Brijesh Singh – Abhay's elder son; Bhabho's adopted son; Aditi, Nahar and Piya's brother; Urvashi's ex-husband; Tara's husband; Aditya's father (2005–2009)
* [[Ashlesha Sawant]] as Tara Singh – Maasa's step-daughter; Urvashi's step-sister; Brijesh's second wife; Aditya's adoptive mother (2005–2009)
* [[Nivedita Bhattacharya]] as Urvashi Singh – Maasa's daughter; Tara's step-sister; Brijesh's ex-wife; Veer's wife; Aditya's mother (2006–2009)
* [[Aditi Pratap]] as Aditi Singh – Abhay's elder daughter; Bhabho's adopted daughter; Brijesh, Nahar and Piya's sister; Dheer's wife; Ishaan's mother (2005–2007)
* Ashish Kapoor as Dheer – Aditi's husband; Ishaan's father (2005–2009)
* [[Amrita Prakash]] as Piya Singh – Abhay's younger daughter; Bhabho's adopted daughter; Brijesh, Aditi and Nahar's sister; Shridhar's ex-wife; Shekhar's wife (2005–2006)
* [[Amit Dolawat]] as Shridhar – Piya's ex-husband (2007)
* [[Sachin Shroff]] as Shekhar Sharma / Fake Abhi – Manno and Narendra's fake son; Piya's second husband (2007)
* [[Rachana Parulkar]] as Savri Singh – Saloni and Nahar's daughter; Amrit's foster daughter; Shweta's adopted sister; Aditya, Ishaan and Kamini's cousin; Nikita's adopted cousin; Daksh's wife (2009)
* *[[Ulka Gupta]] as Child Savri Singh (2009)
* [[Amrapali Dubey]] as Shweta Singh – Saloni and Nahar's adopted daughter; Amrit's foster daughter; Savri's adopted sister; Aditya, Ishaan, Kamini and Nikita's adopted cousin; Aman's ex-fiancée; Rajveer's wife (2009)
** [[Hiba Nawab]] as Child Shweta Singh (2009)
* [[Ali Merchant]] as Rajveer – Shweta's husband (2009)
* Puneet Sachdev as Aman – Shweta's ex-fiancé (2009)
* [[Aham Sharma]] as Aditya Singh – Brijesh and Urvashi's son; Tara's adopted son; Ishaan and Savri's cousin; Shweta's adopted cousin (2009)
* [[Shalini Kapoor (actress)|Shalini Kapoor]] as Madhu (2009)
* Gaurav Vaish as Ishaan – Dheer and Aditi's son; Aditya and Savri's cousin; Shweta's adopted cousin (2005–2009)
* [[Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar]] as
** Chandni Singh, Padam Singh's daughter /
** Devika Nahar Singh, Nahar's ex-wife (2006–2007)
* Sachin Sharma as Dev, Chandni's husband (2007)
* 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)
* [[Apara Mehta]] as Kuki Veer Singh – Brijesh, Aditi, Nahar and Piya's aunt, Veer's ex-wife, Kshitij's mother (2006–2008), antagonist
* [[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), antagonist
* 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)
* [[Vineet Kumar]] – Kaveri's father
* 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), antagonist
* [[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), Antagonist
* [[Zahida Parveen]] as Savitri – Savri's adoptive mother (2008–2009)
* [[Mihir Mishra]] as Dr. Varun – Nahar's friend (2008), antagonist
* Vishal Watwani as Rohit – Neel's friend (2005–2006)
* [[Amit Sarin]] 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)
* [[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)
**[[Navika Kotia]] as Child Kamini Singh (2009)
* Sujata Krishnamurthy as Guruma – Swami Amritanand's mother (2008–2009)

==Production==
In November 2008, production of all Hindi television series, including ''Saat Phere'', was halted following a strike by the [[Federation of Western India Cine Employees]] (FWICE). The dispute concerned wages and working conditions.<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> After nearly two weeks of repeat telecasts, the strike was resolved on 19 November 2008 and fresh episodes began airing again from 1 December 2008.<ref>{{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|date=19 November 2008}}</ref>

Lead actor Sharad Kelkar was originally signed for 30 episodes but continued due to the popularity of his character. He eventually quit in 2009 but returned for the final episode.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sharad Kelkar's goodbye on 'Saath Phere'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Sharad-Kelkars-goodbye-on-Saath-Phere/articleshow/4559551.cms|website=The Times of India|date=21 May 2009}}</ref> Rajshree Thakur also left the series during its generation leap.<ref>{{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> In April 2009, the show introduced new storylines featuring Saloni’s children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rajshri's look-alike on Saat Phere|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/rajshri-s-look-alike-on-saat-phere/story-OqPWIkVaCT09XzZeOw9k2J.html|website=Hindustan Times|date=20 April 2009}}</ref>

Despite strong early ratings, the leap failed to revive viewership, leading Zee TV to end the show in May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saloni's 'safar' ends|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-saloni-s-safar-ends-1254820|website=DNA India}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical response===
[[India Today]] described the show’s plot as "simple" but noted its role in boosting Zee TV’s ratings in the mid-2000s.<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|date=26 June 2006}}</ref>

===Ratings===
The show opened with ratings around 2 TVR and steadily climbed, reaching above 6 TVR in 2006, making it one of the most-watched Hindi serials at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saat Phere: The dark girl theory|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/special/y2k6/saatphere.htm|website=Indian Television dot com|date=12 August 2006}}</ref><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> Ratings later declined after the generation leap, leading to its conclusion in May 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saat Phere to go off air|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/saat-phere-to-go-off-air/story-GC3dVgPvNdu9kxWHKxN8CK.html|website=Hindustan Times|date=8 May 2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

[[Category:2005 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2009 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:Zee TV original programming]]
[[Category:Indian television soap operas]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Rajasthan]]

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