Saahil was a family drama that aired on Doordarshan during the mid-90s. In that era, Indian television was more into family sagas than social issues or other genres of shows, unlike earlier times. Sahil was a family drama that had diverse angles of different relationships. Unlike today’s television industry, at that point in time acting in television shows for a personality from the film fraternity was not a big thing. As the length of the shows was not so long, they can freely act in shows in between the shoot of the movies. Kiran Kumar, one of the leading actors from the Hindi film industry played the title role in the show.
Kiran Kumar started his film career in the mid-60s when he was nearly 15 years old. When he was at the peak of his acting career he took up few television projects which were finite shows. Sahil is one of them. The actor is still working on both the industries, TV, and Films.
The other actors in the show Soni Razdan and Kitu Gidwani were also featured in the show as the two leading ladies. The former actress was, like Kiran Kumar, also started her career with films during the early 80s. Kitu, on the other, started her career with a small screen. She did her first work on TV only back in the 80s. Then she did some short stories on TV and finally, Sahil happened to her that gave her huge popularity.
The show Sahil was based on a guy who has gone through emotional turmoil in his life. Sahil’s literal meaning is the bank of the sea. All the waves come and break at the bank of the sea where the waves come and set. Banks are the place for the people to rest. The show showed something like that.
The character Sahil who was enjoying his life with his lady love (played by Soni Razdan) had to go through hard times when he met Prerna (played by Kitu Gidwani). Sahil and his lady love were happiest until the female lead had to leave her boyfriend and life forever.
Prerna, on the other hand, a widow who lost her husband at a very young age started surrendering her life when she met Sahil who had turned out to be the new love in her life. She started breathing again under the love and care of Sahil.
The show was all about many folds of relationships that one has to deal with in real life. With each episode, the story had gradually turned to a more emotional angle as deeper relationships were showing in the series.
The show was all about relationships. If we talk about the relevancy of the show today, it is inevitable that the show is completely relevant in today’s life. The emotional turmoil that Sahil witnessed when he lost his lady love from his early life was something that can be relatable easily.
There was another relationship that was shown in the series was Prerna and Sahil’s relationship. It was not easy for Prerna to accept Sahil in the first place. It was also quite common and practical as we can imagine how it feels when someone loses her life partner at such an early age.
Today we can say that Sahil did not have anything special that we haven’t seen on TV till now. But at that point in time having such shows was rare. The show was made 20 years ago and still has the same effect on our life.
Saahil is one of the best Classic serials to be aired on DD metro. This family drama was aired in Hindi. The show started in 1995 and was very successful between households. In the mid-90s, Indian serials were mainly focused on the problems occurring in the family. The serial was focused on different individual relationships and problems these relations face daily. The show was produced by Cinevistaas Pvt. Ltd. it was directed by Surendra Mohan and created by Sunil Mehta. The serial had a total of 104 episodes each 23 minutes.
The show was focused on a young male named Sahil portrayed by Kiran Kumar an Indian film actor. In the program, the lead had to go through different challenges in his life. He was emotionally and physically challenged in the show. In the show, Sahil's girlfriend was played by Soni Razdaan. They were a happy couple enjoying their life until another lady named Prerna played by Kitu Gidwani makes an entry into the program. In the show, Soni Razdan had to leave Sahil due to some family problems and Sahil was left alone to live a sad life. He doesn't have a hope to be happy ever again and wants to end his life.
In the serial Prerna is a widow who lost her husband at a very young age and now lives a very simple life, without any joy in it. In the serial when she meets Sahil she falls in love with him, while Sahil who is still sad because his girlfriend left him needs someone to share his story. He meets Prerna and starts loving her. They both share their sad story and start to relate to each other. They both understand each other and help each other get over their first love. The serial was a new take on the life of different couples and how people change with time. In the 90s this was one of the best shows to change the perspective of people on a widow. It changed the way people think a widow should spend her whole life. It was a take on social issues spread in our society.