Aapki Antara
| Aapki Antara | |
|---|---|
 A promotional logo image for Aapki Antara. | |
| Created by | Drishtant Media |
| Written by |
Monish Sekhri Amit Senchoudhary |
| Directed by |
Sanjay Surkar Dharam Dhiman |
| Starring |
Zaynah Vastani Darshan Pandya Prabhleen Sandhu |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 175 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Monish Sekhri |
| Running time | 27 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zee TV |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV), |
| Original release | June 1, 2009 – February 18, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Aapki Antara (International title:Antara) is a Zee TV soap opera which ran from June 1, 2009 through February 18, 2010 as a social problem drama focusing on the issue of autism.
Aapki Antara is also going to air because of its popularity on Zindagi from 23 May 2016 Mon-Sat 6:30pm under the title Antara.
Plot
Aapki Antara is the story of five-year-old girl, Antara. She is born to Anuradha who had a relationship out of wedlock with Aditya. When Anuradha dies in a car accident, Antara is orphaned. It is now the responsibility of Aditya to take her home to his wife Vidya and son Abhishek and accept her as a part of the family. With Antara in their life, things are not the same again in Aditya and Vidya's lives. Antara does not behave like a normal child. She cannot express emotions and lives in her own world. To the outside world she is a day dreamer and a slow child. During the course of time, Aditya discovers that Antara suffers from a condition called autism. He is then faced with a challenge to bring up his special child and get her accepted by the society. Through the story, the show guides people to understand the needs of people suffering from this condition and to deal with them sensitively.
Cast
- Antara - Zaynah Vastani as Young Antara/Anjum Farooki As Older Antara post the leap.
- Abhishek - Aditya Verma as Young Abhishek/Darshan Pandya As Older Abhishek
- Vidya - Prabhleen Sandhu
- Sameer - Himanshu Malhotra
- Abhishek - Sahil (earlier Raj Sumariya)
- Billu - Sandeep Upadhaya (earlier Aarav Velhal)
- Mr. Gupta - Nikhil Ratanparkhi
- Mrs. Gupta - Alka Mogha
- Vidya's mother (Kiran) - Sujata Kumar
- Vidya's father - Vijay Aidasani