Patiala Babes

Patiala Babes is an Indian drama television series starring Paridhi Sharma, Ashnoor Kaur, Aniruddh Dave, Saurabh Raj Jain and Saisha Bajaj. This series is created by Katha Kottage and produced by Rajita Sharma and Vivek Budakoti. Patiala Babes is dubbed in Tamil as Pavithra on Polimer TV.[2]

Patiala Babes
GenreDrama
Written byRajita Sharma
Rahul Sharma
Directed byYusuf Ansari
Creative directorKunika Chaudhary
StarringAshnoor Kaur
Saisha Bajaj
Saurabh Raj Jain
Paridhi Sharma
Aniruddh Dave
Theme music composerDevendra Bhome
Opening themeDevendra Bhome
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes349
Production
ProducersRajita Sharma
Vivek Budakoti
Production locationPatiala
Running time20-22 minutes
Production companyKatha Kottage Production LLP
DistributorSony Pictures Networks India
Release
Original networkSony Entertainment Television
First shown inIndia
Original release27 November 2018 (2018-11-27) –
27 March 2020 (2020-03-27)[1]
External links
Patiala Babes

The series halted on 27 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis and in April its abrupt cancellation was announced.[3]

Seasons
Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 256 27 November 2018 19 November 2019
2 93 20 November 2019 27 March 2020

Plot (Season 1)

Babita is a shy, innocent woman who is respected in her family. She lives with her in-laws and her 17-year-old daughter, Mini who is a brave girl. Babita's husband, Ashok Khurana returns to India after 17 years. He cheats on Babita with his business partner, Meeta. On finding out about this she breaks down and leaves the house with Mini. Mini helps Babita to divorce Ashok and teaches her to become independent and self-reliant.

Babita opens a catering service named Patiala Babes with Mini's help. Soon, she becomes successful. Now, Meeta who is pregnant with Ashok's child suffers from Ashok's rude behavior towards her. When Mini and Babita learn about this they help Meeta to become independent. Ashok realises his mistake and apologizes to them and returns to London with Meeta.

Soon, Hanuman Singh who is Babita's landlord realises that he has feelings for Babita. Babita also feels the same. Mini learns about this and plans a huge wedding with her friends and grandparents. Hanuman and Babita marry. But, after the wedding, Mini feels excluded from Babita's life. Now, Babita has become busy as a wife and ignores the Patiala Babes Catering Service and Mini. Mini is shocked by Babita's behavior and takes care of the catering service.

Meanwhile, Ashok sends a letter to Mini which Hanuman hides from Mini. Mini finds the letter and asks Hanuman why he hid the letter. Babita learns about it and burns the letter before Mini can read it. Then, Babita sells the Catering Service to an arrogant agent named Khatri much to Mini's dismay. Then, Mini applies for a cinematography course and wins a scholarship for it. Mini prepares to travel to Australia, surprising Babita and Hanuman. Then, Hanuman's neighbour, Naeem Bi advises them to not to interfere in Mini's future. Mini leaves home with everyone's blessings. After she leaves, Babita realises her mistake. Finally, Babita finds Mini's letter and misses her.

Plot (Season 2)

5 years later

Mini returns to Manali for a project shoot. She calls Hanuman and informs him about it, to his delight, so he tries to meet her. But, the next day, Naeem Bi calls Mini and informs her that both Babita and Hanuman have died due to an accident. After that, Mini returns to her home.

Mini tries to return Australia after a few days. Mini's grandparents inform her about her 5-year-old half-sister, Arya who is Hanuman and Babita's daughter, doesn't know about their death. Mini talks with Arya and realizes that she already knows that. Meanwhile, Arya informs her about a restaurant named Patiala Babes which was opened by Babita after Mini left. Naeem Bi informs that Babita had dreamed of Mini taking care of the restaurant. Then, Mini changes her decision and takes the responsibility of restaurant. She hires a new chef, Neil Oberoi, who lives in Mini's house as a tenant recently.

A few days later, Mini sees Arya's weird behavior and asks about it. Arya tells her that she is afraid of her school peon, Keval, who is a child abuser. She informs Mini that Keval had punished her best friend also. After hearing that, Mini takes a legal action against Keval. Everyone supports her. In this time, Keval becomes the villain in front of law and gets punished rigorously.

Meanwhile, Mini and Neil become friends and Mini invites him to share his story with her. The next day, Neil brings Mini to his parents' house. There, Mini learns that Neil is married and now he tries to obtain a divorce. After seeing Neil's daughter Kia, Mini remembers the past how her father Ashok cheated her and her mother Babita. Then, she tries to ignore him and Neil informs her about how his wife Isha becomes violent to him with her friend Ritwik. After that, Mini takes Neil's side and helps him to take a legal action against Isha.

Cast

Main
  • Ashnoor Kaure as Mini Babita / Khurana aka Veer Balika – Babita and Ashok's daughter, Hanuman's step-daughter, Arya's half-sister, Neil's landlady and love interest, New owner of Patiala Babes Restaurant[4] (2018 – 2020).
  • Saisha Bajaj as Arya Singh aka Chutanki – Babita and Hanuman's daughter, Mini's half-sister, Neha's best friend, Montu's enemesis and later friend (2019 – 2020)
  • Paridhi Sharma as Babita Singh / Khurana (née Chadda) aka Babes – Mini and Arya's mother, Hanuman's wife, Ashok's ex-wife, owner of Patiala Babes Restaurant[5] (2018 – 2019)
  • Aniruddh Dave as Inspector Hanuman Singh – Babita's husband, Mini's step-father, Arya's father, Imarti's ex-husband[6] (2018 – 2019)
  • Saurabh Raj Jain as Chef Neil Oberoi – head chef at Patiala Babes Restaurant, Mini's love interest, Arya's genie, Isha's ex-husband (2019 – 2020)

Recurring
  • Rushita Vaidya as Preet Kaur – Mini's best friend, Bobby's sister, Mickey's girlfriend (2018 – 2020)
  • Bhawsheel Sahni as Bobby Singh – Preet's brother who loved Mini (2018 – 2020)
  • Mohit Hiranandani as Makhan Singh Ahluwalia aka Mickey – Preet's boyfriend, Mini's brotherly friend (2018 – 2019)
  • Vizin Sharma as Billa Bilawar, Happy and Mickey's best friend (2018 – 2019)
  • Sandhya Shungloo as Naeem Bi – Mini and Arya's neighbour, Kishenchand and Shami's landlady, Hanuman's foster mother (2019 – 2020)
  • Anoop Puri as Kishenchand Khurana – Mini's paternal grandfather, Arya's adopted grandfather, Ashok and Lovely's father (2018 – 2020)
  • Poonam Sirnaik as Shami Khurana – Mini's paternal grandmother, Arya's adopted grandmother, Ashok and Lovely's mother (2018 – 2020)
  • Ushma Rathod as Geeta Kumari – Lalit Mohan's wife, chef in Patiala Babes Restaurant (2019 – 2020)
  • Romit Puri as Lalit Mohan aka Laala – Hanuman Singh's companion, inspector at Patiala Police (2018 – 2020)
  • Priya Rajput as Raani – Mini's maid (2019 – 2020)
  • Jasleen Arora as Pooro – Arya's nanny (2019 – 2020)
  • Harish Chhabra as Khursheed Miyan – Chef in Patiala Babes Restaurant (2019 – 2020)
  • Deepika Khanna as Simpy – Chef in Patiala Babes Restaurant (2019 – 2020)
  • Lipika Pradhan as Lajo Madam – Mini and Arya's school principal (2019 – 2020)
  • Lavishka Gupta as Neha – Arya's best friend who is a victim of child abuse (2020) [7]
  • Rajesh Chetri as Montu – Arya and Mini's neighbor, Arya's former nemesis and later friend (2019 – 2020)
  • Kajal Khanchandani as Mrs. Sandhu – Mini and Arys's neighbour, Montu's grandmother (2019 – 2020)
  • Swati Rajput as Jazz – Mini's friend in Australia (2019)
  • Bhanujeet Sudan as Ashok Khurana – Kishenchand and Shami's son, Babita's ex-husband, Meeta's husband, Mini's father[8] (2018 – 2019)
  • Hunar Hali as Meeta Khurana (née Basu) – Ashok's business partner and second wife[9] (2018 – 2019)
  • Roshni Sahota as Imarti Singh (née Chautala)– Hanuman's ex-wife[10] (2019)
  • Karmveer Choudhary as Sardar Singh Chautala – Imarti's father, Hanuman's former father-in-law (2019)
  • Saurabh Sharma as Agent Khatri Seth – Babita and Mini's adversary, Kammo's husband (2018 – 2020)
  • Ashu Sharma as Sukhwinder Chahal aka Sukhi ji – Lovely's husband, Jatin's brother (2018 – 2019)
  • Shyn Khurana / Jazz Sodhi as Lovely Kaur Chahal (née Khurana) – Kishenchand and Shami's daughter, Sukhwinder's wife, Ashok's sister, Mini's paternal aunt (2018 – 2019)
  • Jaspreet Chhabra as Kammo Khatri – Khatri's wife, Babita's former friend (2018 – 2020)
  • Sandeep Kapoor as Kartaar – Khatri's best friend (2018 – 2019)
  • Subeer Kasali as Madhu – Kartaar's wife (2018 – 2019)
  • Bindia Kalra as Raano Kaur – Preet and Bobby's mother (2018 – 2019)
  • Payas Pandit as Poonam – Babita's childhood friend (2019)
  • Anshumaan Singh as Pinku Chadda – Babita's younger brother, Mini and Arya's maternal uncle (2018 – 2019)
  • Harmanpreet Kaur as Saroj Chadda – Pinku's wife, Babita's sister-in-law, Mini and Arya's maternal aunt who tried to separate them (2018 – 2020)
  • Mahinder Shera as Gurmel Singh – Preet's grandfather (2019)
  • Mayank Mohan as Manmeet – Mini's nemesis in college who locked her in a room and acted weird (2019)
  • Gaurav Roopdas as Irfaan – Naeem Bi's son (2019)
  • Menali Mundra as Rukshana – Irfaan's wife (2019)
  • Ariyan Sawant as Imraan – Irfaan and Ruksana's son (2019)
  • Kirti Sually as Satto Chachi – Hanuman's aunt (2019)
  • Amrita Prakash as Isha Oberoi – Neil's estranged wife, Kia's mother (2020)
  • Akshay Arora as the milkman – Neil's friend who secretly loves Rani (2020)

Awards
Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref
2019 Indian Telly Awards Best Drama Series (Jury) Patiala Babes Won [11]
Next Generation Star Ashnoor Kaur Won

Production

On 24 October 2019, news came that leads Paridhi Sharma and Aniruddh Dave, were asked to leave the show overnight after the makers decided to bring Season 2 and leap the storyline by five years.[12] Saurabh Raj Jain was cast as the lead Neil post leap in December 2019.[13]

On 27 March 2020, owing Covid-19 pandemic, the series was temporarily halted as the shootings were stalled. However, in April 2020, on mutual agreement between the makers and channel, it was decided to terminate the series abruptly.[3] Producer Rajita Sharma stated, "Ours was always a finite series, but unfortunately we are unable to shoot the remaining episodes because of the lockdown. None of us know when we will be in a position to resume shooting. So, it was a mutual decision to pull it off air."[14]

References
  1. "TV shows axed during lockdown leave lead actors heartbroken". The Times of India.
  2. "Patiala Babes – Know All About The New Upcoming Show On Sony TV!". Fuzion Productions. 2018-09-01.
  3. "Sourabh Raaj Jain on why 'Patiala Babes' ended abruptly". The Times of India.
  4. "I feel like a free bird right now, says Patiala Babes actress Ashnoor Kaur as she finishes her board exams - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  5. "Patiala Babes actor Paridhi Sharma: Couldn't have asked for a better comeback". The Indian Express. 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  6. "Aniruddh Dave's kickboxing skills came in handy on the sets of Patiala Babes". mid-day. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  7. Lavishka Gupta
  8. "Bhanujeet Sudan to play the parallel lead in Patiala Babes". www.ucnews.in. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  9. "Hunar Gandhi out of 'Patiala Babes' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  10. "Patiala Babes: Roshni Sahota to enter as Anirudh Dave aka Hanuman's wife". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  11. Baddhan, Raj (2019-03-20). "Indian Telly Awards 2019: Winners list". BizAsia | Media, Entertainment, Showbiz, Events and Music. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  12. "Paridhi Sharma, Aniruddh Dave out of TV show overnight". The Times of India.
  13. "Sourabh Raaj Jain is the new male lead in Patiala Babes". India Today.
  14. "Beyhadh 2, Ishaaron Ishaaron Mein and Patiala Babes to go off air post Covid-19 lockdown: report". Hindustan Times. April 21, 2020.
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