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{{Short description|Indian horror series}}
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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name = Woh
| image = WohLogo.jpg
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
| native_name =
| genre = [[Horror fiction|Horror]]<br> [[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
| genre = {{ubl|[[Horror fiction|Horror]]|[[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]}}
| creator =
| based_on = ''[[It (novel)|It]]'' by [[Stephen King]]
| developer =
| director = {{ubl|Glen Baretto|Ankush Mohla}}
| based_on = ''[[It (novel)|It]]''|[[Stephen King]]
| starring = [[Woh#Cast|See below]]
| director = Glen Baretto <br>Ankush Mohla
| open_theme = [[Raju Singh]]
| creative_director =
| end_theme = [[Uttank Vora]]
| presenter =
| country = India
| starring = [[Woh#Cast|See below]]
| language = Hindi
| theme_music_composer =
| num_seasons = 1
| opentheme =
| num_episodes = 52
| endtheme =
| producer = {{ubl|Noshir Desai|Bharat Sunder}}
| composer =
| editor = Steven Bernard
| country = [[India]]
| cinematography = Deepak Malwankar
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| num_seasons = 1
| runtime = 25 minutes
| num_episodes = 52
| company = United Studios Ltd
| executive_producer =
| budget = $2.3 million
| producer = Noshir Desai<br>Bharat Sunder
| network = [[Zee TV]]
| editor =
| first_aired = {{start date|1998|1|4|df=y}}
| location =
| last_aired = {{end date|1998|12|27|df=y}}
| cinematography = Deepak Malwankar
| related = [[It (miniseries)|It]]
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 25 minutes
| company =
| channel = [[Zee TV]]
| picture_format = [[480i]] ([[SDTV]])
| audio_format =
| first_aired = 4 January 1998
| last_aired = 20 December 1998
| website = https://www.zee5.com/tvshows/details/woh/0-6-530
| image_alt =
| list_episodes =
| network =
| first_run = India
| released =
}}
}}
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'''''Woh''''' ({{lit|that [one]}}) is a 52-episode Indian [[horror thriller]] television series which aired on [[Zee TV]] in 1998. The series starred Indian film director [[Ashutosh Gowarikar]], and [[dwarfism|dwarf]] actor [[Lilliput (actor)|Lilliput]] in the title role. It is a [[Hindi language|Hindi-language]] TV show adaptation of [[Stephen King]]'s epic horror novel ''[[It (novel)|It]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/flashback-remember-woh-the-indian-tv-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-it|title = Flashback! Remember 'Woh', the Indian TV adaptation of Stephen King's It?}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/hollywood-features/how-two-men-pulled-off-a-52-episode-indian-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-it-without-reading-a-single-page/|title=How Two Men Pulled off a 52-Episode Indian Adaptation of Stephen King's It... Without Reading a Single Page|date=16 September 2019}}</ref>

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'''''Woh''''' (English: '''''It''''') is a [[Hindi language]] Indian television horror-thriller series which aired on [[Zee TV]] in 1998. The series starred Indian film director [[Ashutosh Gowarikar]] as the protagonist. It is an adaptation of the 1990 American TV miniseries ''[[It (miniseries)|It]]''.<ref>https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/flashback-remember-woh-the-indian-tv-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-it</ref><ref>https://www.filmcompanion.in/indian-adaptation-of-stephen-kings-it-zee-tv-woh-1998-liliput-titular-clown-shreyas-talpade</ref>


==Premise==
==Premise==
Seven teenagers Ashutosh, Raja, Julie, Shiva, Ronnie, Sanjeev and Rahul battle an evil force called Woh that kidnaps children, and rid the town of [[Panchgani]] of his menace. They promise that they'll return, if Woh ever returns. Fifteen years after they had part ways, Ashutosh starts seeing balloons, at the places where children are being kidnapped. He immediately recognizes that Woh has returned and calls his friends to return.
Seven teenagers Ashutosh, Raja, Julie, Shiva, Ronnie, Sanjeev and Rahul battle an [[Demon|evil force]] that takes the form of a [[clown]] called [[It (character)|Woh]] who kidnaps children, and free the town of [[Panchgani]] of his evil influence. They promise to return, if Woh ever returns. Fifteen years after they part ways, Ashutosh starts seeing balloons, at places where children are being kidnapped. He immediately recognises that Woh has returned and calls his friends to return.

All the friends return except Sanjeev who gets killed by Woh. The day they realise this, the police take the friends into custody, and they narrate how they battled Woh with the help of Samidha fifteen years ago. The police believe them and release them. They go and meet Samidha and she joins their group. They battle Woh with difficulty. That same day Ashutosh learns his wife is pregnant and Raja proposes to Samidha. All the friends return to their normal lives.


All the friends return except Sanjeev who gets killed by Woh. The day they realize it the police take the friends into custody and they narrate how they battled Woh with the help of Samidha 15 years ago. Police believe them and release them. They go and meet Samidha and she joins their group. They finish Woh with difficulty. The same day Ashutosh comes to know his wife is pregnant. Raja proposes to Samidha. All the friends return to their normal lives. Bad omens happen during the birth of Ashutosh's child Siddharth, his doctor and years later Ashutosh's wife's aunt is mysteriously killed. Ashutosh's friends arrive for Siddharth's 7th birthday, they realize Woh has returned in form of Siddharth. They go to the same caves and find out from the mother of Woh that he is her son who faced trouble from the society due to his short height. He committed suicide and became a vengeful ghost. The friends convince him to leave Siddharth's body and help him attain salvation. Siddharth is saved and the story ends on a good note.
Bad omens occur during the birth of Ashutosh's child Siddharth. His doctor and Ashutosh's wife's aunt are mysteriously killed. Ashutosh's friends arrive for Siddharth's seventh birthday, and realise Woh has returned as Siddharth. They go to the same caves and discover from ''Woh''<nowiki/>'s mother that he was her son, who was bullied by society because of his [[dwarfism]]. He killed himself and became a vengeful ghost. The friends convince him to leave Siddharth's body and help him attain salvation. Siddharth is saved and the story ends on a happy note.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Lilliput (actor)|Lilliput]] as [[It (character)|Vikram / Woh]]
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* [[Ashutosh Gowarikar]] as Ashutosh
* [[Ashutosh Gowarikar]] as Ashutosh Dhar
** [[Shreyas Talpade]] as Young Ashutosh
** [[Shreyas Talpade]] as Young Ashutosh Dhar
* [[Lilliput (actor)|Lilliput]] as Vikram / Woh
* [[Mamik Singh]] as Rahul Sahni
* [[Mamik Singh]] as Rahul
* [[Nasirr Khan]] as Raja
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* [[Anupam Bhattacharya]] as Sanjeev
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** Parag Nair as Young Sanjeev
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* [[Amit Mistry]] as Ronnie
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** Sumeet Goradia as Young Ronnie
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* Shonali Malhotra as Samidha
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** [[Juhi Parmar]] as Young Samidha
* Nasirr Khan as Raja
** Ankur Javeri as Young Raja
** Ankur Javeri as Young Raja
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* Anupam Bhattacharya as Sanjeev
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** Parag Nair as Young Sanjeev
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* [[Amit Mistry]] as Ronnie Batliwala
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** Sumeet Goradia as Young Ronnie Batliwala
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* Shonali Malhotra as Samidha Dikshit, Omkarnath's daughter
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** [[Juhi Parmar]] as Young Samidha Dikshit, Omkarnath's daughter
* Seema Shetty as Julie
* Seema Shetty as Julie
** Namrata Gaur as Young Julie
** Namrata Gaur as Young Julie
* Ankush Mohla as Shiva
* Ankush Mohla as Shiva
** Adesh Rathi as Young Shiva
** Adesh Rathi as Young Shiva
* [[Parzan Dastur]] as Siddharth, Ashutosh's son
* [[Parzan Dastur]] as Siddharth Dhar, Ashutosh's son
* [[Sulabha Deshpande]] as Mother of Vikram / Woh
* [[Sulabha Deshpande]] as the mother of Vikram / Woh
* [[Manoj Joshi (actor)|Manoj Joshi]] as Amit
* [[Manoj Joshi (actor)|Manoj Joshi]] as Amit Divecha
* [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as Chandu
* [[Daya Shankar Pandey]] as Chandu
* [[Asif Basra]] as Omkarnath Dikshit, the history teacher
* [[Asif Basra]] as Omkarnath Dikshit, the history teacher
* [[Saurabh Dubey (actor)|Saurabh Dubey]] as Pinto,Julie's grandfather
* [[Saurabh Dubey (actor)|Saurabh Dubey]] as Pinto, Julie's grandfather
* [[Mukesh Jadhav]] as Anand
* [[Mukesh Jadhav]] as Anand
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* [[Iqbal Azad]] as Inspector Shinde
* Sukanya Kulkarni as Radhika, Ashutosh's wife
* [[Sukanya Kulkarni]] as Radhika Dhar, Ashutosh's wife
* Prashant Rane as Rohit,Rahul's brother
* Prashant Rane as Rohit Sahni, Rahul's brother
* Gyan Prakash as Shiva's father
* Gyan Prakash as Shiva's father
* Shobha Pradhan as Ronnie's mother
* Shobha Pradhan as Ronnie's mother
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* Dolly Dotiwalla as Mrs. Cooper, the librarian
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* Iqbal Azad as Inspector Shinde
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* Dolly Dotiwalla as Mrs.Cooper,the librarian
* Vicky Ahuja as Ranjeet
* Vicky Ahuja as Ranjeet
** Yogesh Pagare as young Ranjeet
** Yogesh Pagare as young Ranjeet
* Raul Dias as Chikki
* Raul Dias as Chikki
* Shishir Rungta as Samir
* Shishir Rungta as Samir
* Dr.Vilas Ujawane as Samir's father(Shiva's uncle)
* Dr.Vilas Ujawane as Samir's father (Shiva's uncle)
* Meena Naik as Samir's mother(Shiva's aunty)
* Meena Naik as Samir's mother (Shiva's aunt)
* Nayan Bhatt as Nayan,the maid
* Nayan Bhatt as Nayan, the maid
* Kannu Gill as Durga Masi(Radhika's aunt)
* Kannu Gill as Durga Masi (Radhika's aunt)
* Pratibha Goregaonkar as Mrs. Bhinde, Hindi teacher
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* Amarnath Mukherjee as Mr. Bhalla

* Ramesh Goyal as Salim Bhai
== See also ==
==See also==
* [[List of Hindi horror shows]]
* [[List of Hindi horror shows]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|7396230}}
{{Wikiquote}}
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* {{IMDb title|7396230|Woh}}


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Latest revision as of 14:55, 5 November 2024

For the 2013 TV series, see Woh (Pakistani TV series).

Woh
Genre
Based onIt by Stephen King
Directed by
  • Glen Baretto
  • Ankush Mohla
StarringSee below
Opening themeRaju Singh
Ending themeUttank Vora
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes52
Production
Producers
  • Noshir Desai
  • Bharat Sunder
CinematographyDeepak Malwankar
EditorSteven Bernard
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time25 minutes
Production companyUnited Studios Ltd
Budget$2.3 million
Original release
NetworkZee TV
Release4 January (1998-01-04) –
27 December 1998 (1998-12-27)
Related
It

Woh (lit. 'that [one]') is a 52-episode Indian horror thriller television series which aired on Zee TV in 1998. The series starred Indian film director Ashutosh Gowarikar, and dwarf actor Lilliput in the title role. It is a Hindi-language TV show adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel It.[1][2]

Premise

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Seven teenagers Ashutosh, Raja, Julie, Shiva, Ronnie, Sanjeev and Rahul battle an evil force that takes the form of a clown called Woh who kidnaps children, and free the town of Panchgani of his evil influence. They promise to return, if Woh ever returns. Fifteen years after they part ways, Ashutosh starts seeing balloons, at places where children are being kidnapped. He immediately recognises that Woh has returned and calls his friends to return.

All the friends return except Sanjeev who gets killed by Woh. The day they realise this, the police take the friends into custody, and they narrate how they battled Woh with the help of Samidha fifteen years ago. The police believe them and release them. They go and meet Samidha and she joins their group. They battle Woh with difficulty. That same day Ashutosh learns his wife is pregnant and Raja proposes to Samidha. All the friends return to their normal lives.

Bad omens occur during the birth of Ashutosh's child Siddharth. His doctor and Ashutosh's wife's aunt are mysteriously killed. Ashutosh's friends arrive for Siddharth's seventh birthday, and realise Woh has returned as Siddharth. They go to the same caves and discover from Woh's mother that he was her son, who was bullied by society because of his dwarfism. He killed himself and became a vengeful ghost. The friends convince him to leave Siddharth's body and help him attain salvation. Siddharth is saved and the story ends on a happy note.

Cast

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  • Lilliput as Vikram / Woh
  • Ashutosh Gowarikar as Ashutosh Dhar
  • Mamik Singh as Rahul Sahni
  • Nasirr Khan as Raja
    • Ankur Javeri as Young Raja
  • Anupam Bhattacharya as Sanjeev
    • Parag Nair as Young Sanjeev
  • Amit Mistry as Ronnie Batliwala
    • Sumeet Goradia as Young Ronnie Batliwala
  • Shonali Malhotra as Samidha Dikshit, Omkarnath's daughter
    • Juhi Parmar as Young Samidha Dikshit, Omkarnath's daughter
  • Seema Shetty as Julie
    • Namrata Gaur as Young Julie
  • Ankush Mohla as Shiva
    • Adesh Rathi as Young Shiva
  • Parzan Dastur as Siddharth Dhar, Ashutosh's son
  • Sulabha Deshpande as the mother of Vikram / Woh
  • Manoj Joshi as Amit Divecha
  • Daya Shankar Pandey as Chandu
  • Asif Basra as Omkarnath Dikshit, the history teacher
  • Saurabh Dubey as Pinto, Julie's grandfather
  • Mukesh Jadhav as Anand
  • Iqbal Azad as Inspector Shinde
  • Sukanya Kulkarni as Radhika Dhar, Ashutosh's wife
  • Prashant Rane as Rohit Sahni, Rahul's brother
  • Gyan Prakash as Shiva's father
  • Shobha Pradhan as Ronnie's mother
  • Dolly Dotiwalla as Mrs. Cooper, the librarian
  • Vicky Ahuja as Ranjeet
    • Yogesh Pagare as young Ranjeet
  • Raul Dias as Chikki
  • Shishir Rungta as Samir
  • Dr.Vilas Ujawane as Samir's father (Shiva's uncle)
  • Meena Naik as Samir's mother (Shiva's aunt)
  • Nayan Bhatt as Nayan, the maid
  • Kannu Gill as Durga Masi (Radhika's aunt)
  • Pratibha Goregaonkar as Mrs. Bhinde, Hindi teacher
  • Amarnath Mukherjee as Mr. Bhalla
  • Ramesh Goyal as Salim Bhai

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Flashback! Remember 'Woh', the Indian TV adaptation of Stephen King's It?".
  2. ^ "How Two Men Pulled off a 52-Episode Indian Adaptation of Stephen King's It... Without Reading a Single Page". 16 September 2019.
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