Phir Wahi Talash

Phir Wahi Talash
Written by	Revati Saran Sharma
Directed by	Lekh Tandon
Starring	Poonam Rehani Sarin,Rakesh Kapoor,Neelima Azim, Rajesh Khattar, Ashwani Kumar, S M Zaheer
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	1989 (1989) – 1990 (1990)

Phir Wahi Talash is a television show by director Lekh Tandon^[1][2] broadcast on Doordarshan in 1989–1990.

The show's theme ghazal Mere humsafar mere saath tum, Kabhi haadson ki dagar mile kabhi muskilon ka safar mile^[3] was quite popular. This iconic ghazal 'Mere Humsafar mere Saath tum....' is sung by Shobhana Rao, an accomplished and talented ghazal and light music singer in New Delhi, India.

Synopsis

The show is a love story between a well-to-do girl Padma (Poonam Rehani Sarin) and Narendra (Ashwini Kumar), a boy from a poor family who is studying to be a BA Graduate, Ashwini's neighbor (Himani Shivpuri, in a brief role) likes him, whereas Padma has a strict father who is against the relationship and even gets her married to Sagar (Rakesh Kapoor). As Sagar(Rakesh Kapoor) is shown a person who had the modern thinking he lets go his wife to her love and sets her free.

Cast

• Poonam Rehani Sarin as Padma
• Dr Ashwini Kumar as Narender
• Virendra Saxena
  as Narender's father
• Nutan Surya as Narender's mother
• Himani Shivpuri as Tara (Narender's neighbour)
• Rakesh Kapoor as Sagar
• Neelima Azeem as Shehnaz (Padma's friend)
• Rajesh Khattar as Captain Salim (Shehnaz's love interest)^[4]
• S M Zaheer
  as Shehnaz's father
• Sadia Dehlvi as Shehnaz's mother
• Arun Bali as Professor
• B.L. Chopra as Padma's father
• Veena Khanna as Padma's aunt
• Hemant Mishra as Madho (gardener)
• Gyan Shivpuri as Banwari
• Anil Bhatia as Satish (Narender's friend)
• Khalid as Aadil (Salim's brother)
• Anand Sharma as Girish (Sagar's father)
• Vinita Malik as Sagar's mother

References