Star Plus confirms launch of ‘Naamkaran’

The popular series ‘Diya Aur Baati Hum’ will exit the channel in September and be replaced with Mahesh Bhatt’s ‘Naamkaran’.

BizAsiaLive.com can confirm that the long-running hit show ‘Diya Aur Baati Hum’ will end on Friday 9th September. It will be replaced with ‘Naamkaran’ on Monday 12th September at 21:00. ‘Naamkaran’ has been described as a fiction, which will continue where Bhatt’s 90s hit film ‘Zakhm’ left. Earlier there were reports that the show was a remake of ‘Zakhm’, which have been refuted.

Asked if the show was based on ‘Zakhm’, Bhatt told The Indian Express, “Why would I make a Janam or a Zakhm again. I have done that. The story starts where Zakhm ends. But we cannot create Zakhm in today’s era, things have changed since then. The narrative unfolds from the perspective of a 10-year-old girl who asks the question–why is it necessary for a woman to be identified by her father or husband’s name, why can’t she be a force in herself? She lives in a single parent’s home and wonders why the parents and the people around us do not live the truth they often state.”

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Bhatt also gave viewers an insight into what the show ‘Naamkaran’ has in store, “When the heart speaks, the heart listens. That’s been my experience as a filmmaker. It is a story told from the perspective of a girl chid. She asks some relevant questions–why is it that a woman’s name is always connected to the identity of her husband or father? Why can’t she be a force in herself, defined by her own name? These are some of the questions she will ask society.

Naamkaran is going to astound you, when you see our first episode. In the first episode is the DNA of what you are going to see in the rest of the episodes. It will uplift you. It will provide a sense of closure to your hidden pains.”

‘Naamkaran’ launches on Monday 12th September at 21:00.