Saara Akaash

Saara Akaash^[1][2][3] is an Indian television series that was broadcast on Star Plus every Thursday at 9 P.M.^[4] for one hour from 7 August 2003 to 29 July 2005. It starred Sai Deodhar,^[5] Shakti Anand,^[5] Sonal Sehgal,^[6] Kiran Kumar,^[7] Parmeet Sethi,^[7] Manav Gohil,^[8] and Manish Goel.^[9] The fictional show depicted personal and professional lives of Indian Air Force officers and was produced by Miditech.'^[10][11]

Saara Akaash
Genre	Action, Drama
Screenplay by	Anand Vardhan Ila Bedi Datta
Directed by	Gurudev Bhalla
Creative director	Animitra Chakravarti / Anil Jha
Starring	Sai Deodhar Shakti Anand Kiran Kumar Kanwaljeet Singh
Opening theme	"Saara Akaash" by Shaan & Mahalakshmi Iyer
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	104
Production
Producers	Nikhil J.Alva Niret Alva
Editor	Adil Wassan
Camera setup	Shailesh N. Anikhindi
Running time	42 minutes (Episode 1 to Episode 77) 21 minutes (Episode 78 to Episode 104)
Production company	Miditech
Original release
Network	Star Plus
Release	7 August 2003 (2003-08-07) – 29 July 2005 (2005-07-29)

The series which was supposed to end in 2004, got an extension for a year due its good viewership.^[12]

It was converted to half-hour time slot^[13] (9 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.) due to the launch of the new show Kkavyanjali. From 27 January 2005 to 31 March 2005, it used to air every Thursday at 9 P.M.^{[citation needed]}

It was later shifted to Fridays,^[14] 10:30 P.M. due to the launch of the show Miilee. From 8 April 2005 to 29 July 2005, it used to air on every Friday at 10:30 P.M.^[15]

Cast

• Sai Deodhar^[5] as
  • Flight Lieutenant Monica Singh Kochar – Air Force cargo pilot; Suraj's daughter; Saurav's half-sister; Karan's widow; Vikram's wife.
  • Shazia Khan – An ISI Agent; Monica's lookalike
• Kiran Kumar^[7] as Air Commodore AOC Suraj Singh – Monica and Saurav's father
• Parmeet Sethi^[7] as Squadron Leader Srinivas Rao – Senior officer on Sukhoi
• Shakti Anand^[5] as Flight Lieutenant / Squadron Leader Vikram Kochar – Fighter pilot on Sukhoi; Abhay and Sujata's elder son; Rahul's brother; Kabir's half-brother; Monica's second husband
• Kanwaljeet Singh^[5] as Squadron Leader/Wing Commander Abhay Kochar – Sujata's husband; Vikram, Rahul and Kabir's father
• Anuj Saxena as
  • Flight Lieutenant Karan Singh Rathore – Fighter pilot on Sukhoi; Urmila's son; Abhay Rathore's cousin; Monica's first husband (Dead)^[16][17]
  • ISI Agent Falaq – Karan's lookalike (Dead)^[18]
• Manish Goel^[9] as Flight Lieutenant Saurav Singh – Fighter pilot on Sukhoi; Suraj's son; Monica's half-brother; Kavita's fiancé
• Manav Gohil^[8] as Flight Lieutenant Jatin Gohil – Fighter pilot on Sukhoi; Ayesha's fiancé (Dead)
• Sonal Sehgal^[19] as Naaz / Sanjana Malik – An ISI Agent; Sikandar's fake ex-wife (Dead)
• Rajlakshmi Solanki / Indira Krishnan as Sujata Kochar – Abhay's wife; Vikram and Rahul's mother (2003) / (2003–2005)
• Karishma Tanna as Kavita Pawar – AOC Pawar's elder daughter; Ayesha's sister; Saurav's fiancé
• Aparna Jaywant as Ayesha Pawar – AOC Pawar's younger daughter; Kavita's sister; Jatin's fiancé
• Tarun Khanna as Sikandar / Varun Saxena – An ISI Agent; Sanjan's fake ex-husband
• Surendra Pal as Raghuveer Singh Rathore – Abhay Rathore's father; Karan's uncle
• Gaurav Chopra as Abhay Singh Rathore – Raghuveer's son; Karan's cousin
• Niyati Joshi as Urmila Singh Rathore – Karan's mother
• Vaquar Shaikh as Mushtaq Ali (Red Dragon) – An ISI Agent
• Yash Tonk as Kabir Kochar – Abhay's son; Vikram and Rahul's half-brother
• Darshan Jariwala as Deputy AOC Pawar – Kavita and Ayesha's father
• Sudha Shivpuri^[20] as Mrs. Singh – Suraj's mother; Monica and Saurav's grandmother
• Abhimanyu Singh as Suraj's associate
• Rakshanda Khan as Sadia – An ISI Agent
• Karan Kapoor as Parvez / Flight Lieutenant Prabhat Srivastav – An ISI Agent; Shazia's boyfriend
• Ashwin Kaushal as Kabira
• Vimarsh Roshan as Jeet