Hubahu

Hubahu (transl. Same to same) is an Indian television miniseries. The story revolves around a pair of twin sisters who exchange places for a lark but end up getting intricately involved in each other's lives.^[1] The story is an adaption of the 1985s hit American two-part made-for-TV movie Deceptions, starring known Hollywood actors Stefanie Powers and Barry Bostwick, in which Powers starred as twins who swap places leading to dire consequences.^[2]

Hubahu
Genre	Drama
Written by	Ajitabh Menon
Directed by	Nupur Asthana
Starring	See below
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	30
Production
Producers	Milind Soman Deepa Sahi Parvati Balagopalan Tony Singh Deeya Singh
Production locations	Mumbai Bangkok
Camera setup	single-camera
Running time	Approx. 24 minutes
Production company	DJ's a Creative Unit
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television
Release	7 February (2002-02-07) – 29 August 2002 (2002-08-29)

The series premiered on Sony Entertainment Television on 7 February 2002.^[3] The series starred Sandhya Mridul in the lead who played the characters of both sisters, Aditi and Ananya.^[4] Produced by Parvati Balagopalan and Milind Soman (Season 1) and Tony Singh and Deeya Singh (since Season 2) it was shot in Mumbai and Bangkok.^[3][5]

Concept

The story portrays the lives of twin sisters Aditi and Ananya who have very different personalities. Aditi is a bored and neglected housewife in Pune whose lecturer husband has no time for her. Ananya is a sophisticated art dealer in Bangkok. Bored and fed up with their own lives they decide to switch identities as a game for a week but then things go haywire.^[6]

Cast

• Sandhya Mridul ... Aditi and Ananya
• Rajat Kapoor
• Suchitra Pillai
• Tarun Raghwan
• Alyy Khan

References

1. "The 'Couch' Sellers: Hubahu". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
2. "Sony TV's Hubahu". Indiantelevision.com. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
3. "Twining". Screen. 22 March 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2011.^{[dead link‍]}
4. Lalwani, Vickey (22 May 2004). "Sandhya Mridul in Hubahu". Indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
5. "Sony to pull the plug on Hubahu after 30 episodes". Indiantelevision.com. 31 May 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
6. "Sony hopes to lock up 8:30 band with double whammy - hospital drama and tale of twins". Indiantelevision.com. 29 January 2002.

External links

• Hubahu Official Site on Sony Entertainment Network