Aapki Antara

Aapki Antara
A promotional logo image for Aapki Antara.
Created by	Monish Sekhri / Drishtant Media pvt ltd
Written by	Monish Sekhri Amit Senchoudhary Koel Chaudhuri
Directed by	Sanjay Surkar Dharam Dhiman
Starring	Zaynah Vastani Darshan Pandya Prabhleen Sandhu
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	175
Production
Producer	Monish Sekhri
Running time	27 minutes
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	1 June 2009 – 18 February 2010

Aapki Antara (International title: Antara), produced by Drishtant Media, is a soap opera which ran on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 through 18 February 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.

The Show Was Dubbed In English and Aired on Zee World on DSTv channel: 166

Plot

Aapki Antara is the story of a five-year-old girl named 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, Antara was lost and found Aditya discovers that she has 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 Verma - Zaynah Vastani (Kid)/Aaina Mehta (Teenager)/Anjum Farooki (Adult)
• Aditya Verma (Antara & Abhishek's father) (dead) - Darshan Pandya
• Vidya Verma (Abhishek's mother & Antara's stepmother) - Prabhleen Sandhu/Kshitee Jog
• Sameer - Himanshu Malhotra
• Abhishek Verma - Raj Sumariya (Kid)/Sahil (Teenager)/Darshan Pandya (Adult)
• Billu Gupta - Aarav Velhal (Kid)/Sandeep Upadhyay (Teenager)/Rayo Bakhirta (Adult)
• Mr. Gupta (Billu's father) - Nikhil Ratanparkhi
• Mrs. Gupta (Billu's mother) - Alka Mogha
• Vidya's mother (Kiran) - Sujata Kumar
• Vidya's father - Vijay Aidasani
• Anuradha (Antara's mother) - Rupali Ganguly
• Vikram - Sachin Khurana