Mere Sai – Shraddha Aur Saburi (transl. My Sai – Faith And Patience) is an Indian Hindi-language historical drama series which aired on Sony TV from 25 September 2017 to 7 July 2023. It starred Abeer Soofi initially from 2017-2019 and later on Tushar Dalvi from 2019-2023 in the lead role along with Kishori Godbole, Vaibhav Mangle in supporting roles.[2][3][4] The show traces the journey of Sai Baba of Shirdi, a fakir who after witnessing the injustices due to religious and caste discrimination, faces several trials and tribulations on his journey to bring peace and love to the society.
| Mere Sai – Shraddha Aur Saburi | |
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| Also known as | Mere Sai |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Aparna Padgaonkar |
| Written by | Aparna Padgaonkar, Roshni Suvrna, Nitin Keswani |
| Screenplay by | Koel Chaudhuri |
| Story by | Nitin Keswani, Roshni Suvrna |
| Directed by |
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| Creative director | Siddhav Nachane |
| Starring | See below |
| Theme music composer | Devendra Bhome |
| Opening theme | "Om Sai Om...Sai Om..." |
| Composer | Devendra Bhome |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 1432 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rajan Singh |
| Producers |
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| Cinematography | Santosh Tripathi |
| Editor | Amey Godkar |
| Running time | 22 mins |
| Production company | Dashami Creations |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Release | 25 September 2017[1] – 7 July 2023 |
Plot
editThe show broadly covers the life and teachings of Sai Baba of Shirdi, a 19th-century healer and spiritual leader who resides in the village of Shirdi in modern-day Maharashtra. Through his numerous acts of kindness, honesty, compassion, and nonviolence, he helps the people of Shirdi overcome their struggles by emphasizing values such as righteousness, humility, forgiveness, faith, and patience.
The show gently tackles various sociopolitical issues of the time while Sai Baba reforms egotistic individuals who initially hate him and his teachings. He shows them the path of Dharma and restores their faith in God.
Cast
editMain
edit- Tushar Dalvi as Sai Baba (2019–2023)
- Abeer Soofi as Sai Baba (2017-2019)
- Abhishek Nigam as Young Sai Baba (2017)
- Toral Rasputra / Kishori Godbole as Bayaza Bai/Bayaza Maa(2017-2019)/(2019-2023)(death)
- Vaibhav Mangle as Kulkarni Sarkar (2017–2020; 2021–2023)
- Satish Salgare as Kulkarni Sarkar (2020)
Recurring
edit- Dhruti Mangeshkar as Jhipri 'Lakshmi' (child)
- Drisha Kalyani as Jhipri 'Lakshmi' (teenage)
- Ashwini Kasar[5] as Jhipri 'Lakshmi' (adult)
- Himanshu Rai[6][7] as Keshav Kulkarni
- Syed Aman Mian Sharma as Young Keshav Kulkarni
- Khushboo Tawde as Tejaswi Keshav Kulkarni
- Priyanka Joshi Hait as Rukmini Vaini: Kulkarni's wife
- Anish Railkar as Pralhad Keshav Kulkarni (Keshav's son)
- Saurabh Shrikant as Tatya Patil
- Rakshit Wahi as Young Tatya Patil
- Anjali Mishra as Rambha Tatya Patil
- Chirag Dave as Mhalsapati Ji
- Bhakti Chauhan/Anaya Soni as Parvati; Mhalsapati's wife
- Hemant Thatte/Vinayak Bhave as Appa Kote Patil
- Chhaya Phanse as Champa
- Karishma Dharmendra Bhuta[8] as young Champa
- Mahi Milan Kanani as Ragini
- Chandan Madan as Srikanth
- Sharmila Shinde as Chihu Tai (Kulkarni's younger sister);Srikanth wife and Govinda's mother
- Bhupindder Bhoopii as Santa (2019–2023)
- Bhushan Dhupkar as Panta: Kulkarni's servant and as tuddu: Panta's younger brother(dual role) (2017–2018)
- Sanjay Wadekar[9] as Panta (2019–2023)
- Vikas Verma as Uddhav
- Vikas Kumar as Ali
- Arsh Syed as Bheema
- Mrunali Shirke as Sanvari
- Piyush Singh as Bhanu
- Siddhant Karnick as Ganpat Rao
- Atul Patil as Shashikant
- Aaloak Kapoor as Gokuldas2
- Sushma Prashant as Appa Kote Patil's mother
- Yash Rajendra Karia as Bheema
- Anant Mahadevan as Bal Gangadhar Tilak
- Manav Soneji as Ali
- Vansh Sayani as Baal Sai
- Sonal Vengurlekar as Savitri
- Ruhanika Dhawan as Rama
- Raj Sharnagat as Narayan / Naveen
- Sneha Bhawsar as Sulakshana
- Shishir Sharma as Sateshwar
- Arun Singh as Devidas
- Vivaek Srivastav as Nanasaheb Chandorkar
- Avtaar N Vaishnani as Keshav: Kulkarni's son - young
- Harpreet Singh Bindra as Anta: Kulkarni's servant
- Bippin Procha as Ranoji
- Mahesh Welkar as
- Tarun Khanna as Ratnakar Rao
- Siddarth Arya as Bal Sai
- Aishani Yadav as Yamuna: Mhalsapati's eldest daughter
- Mohammad Samar as Balram: Pari's cousin
- Amit Jaat as Tryambak: Bayaza Maa's younger brother
- Anupriya Parmar as Gunwanta Bai: Tryambak's wife
- Rajiv Mishra as Dilawar Ali
- Sangita Adhikari as Pandhari's wife
- Smita Dongre as Funtru Kaki
- Flora Saini as Suvarna Bai
- Supriya Pilgaonkar as Suhasini Bai: Appa Kote Patil's aunt
- Sneha Wagh as Tulsa
- Bhawana Meghwal as Nirali's mother
- Advait Soman as Uddhav
- Tasheen Shah as
- Tara: Pari's cousin
- Gayatri: Sopan's daughter
- Ketki Dave as Kamala: Champa's mother-in-law
- Sarita Joshi as Savita
- Supriya Pathak as Geeta (Cameo)
- Sandeep Bhojak As BrahmaNandam (2019)
- Nishkarsh Kulshrestha as Raghunath
- Niel Satpuda as Ali (2019)
- Jay Zaveri as Ganpat/Das Ganu Maharaj
- Shruti Bhist as Sumati
- Kalpesh Rajgor as Chintamani
- Aaditya Bajpayee as Mohan
- Anubhav Dixit as Digambar
- Anang Desai as Ganjanan
- Praneet Bhat as Madhusudan
- Pankaj Berry as Chakra Narayan
- Govind Khatri as Kakasaheb Dixit
- Amit Anand Raut as self in episodes 1012-1012 and promo of "Sai Vachan"
- Girish Oak as Khashaba
- Vikas Singh Rajput as Mahesh
- Prachi Vaishnav as Malti
- Vishwanath Kulkarni as Hemant
- Krishnakant Singh Bundela as Sadhu
Production
editThe filming of the series which resumed after three months owing COVID-19 outbreak in India in late June was halted soon in early July until 7 July 2020 when a crew member was tested positive for the virus and the cast and crew were kept under quarantine.[10]
References
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- ^ "Abeer Soofi: I am not a saint in real life - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Little wonder on the sets of Mere Sai". Mid-Day. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Tarun Khanna roped in for 'Mere Sai' - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Ashwini Kasar Gets Candid About Her Character Jhipri In Mere Sai". Lehren. 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Himanshu Rai: I am glad I got a chance to do 'Mere Sai' - Times of India". The Times of India. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Himanshu Rai talks about working with Tushar Dalvi: His unbiased assessment helps me groom my acting skills in Mere Sai - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ IWMBuzz, Author (17 July 2018). "Karishma Dharmendra Bhuta to enter Sony TV's Mere Sai". IWMBuzz. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Sanjay Wadekar replaces Bhooshan Dhupkar in Mere Sai". Tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Mere Sai shoot stalled after crew member tests positive for coronavirus". The Indian Express. 6 July 2020.