Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai

Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
The logo of Bidaai
Genre	Drama Romance
Created by	Director Kut's Productions
Written by	Zama Habib Garima Goyal Virendra Shahaney Aparna Shahaney Anjali Bahura Misra Bahnishikha Das Reshma Khan Sonali Jaffar M P Anamika
Directed by	Rajan Shahi Romesh Kalra Sunand Kumar Neeraj Baliyan Sharad Pandey Mayank Gupta
Creative director(s)	Shefali Lal Madhura Rapsang Richa Singh Gautam Garima Dimri Meet Kohli RItu Goel
Starring	Sara Khan Parul Chauhan
Opening theme	"Bidaai" by Manish Tripathi
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	739
Production
Producer(s)	Rajan Shahi
Cinematography	Arjun Rao Bappi Mangal
Editor(s)	Sameer Gandhi
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Director Kut's Productions
Release
Original network	STAR Plus/STAR Utsav
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Original release	8 October 2007 – 13 November 2010 STAR Plus 6 October 2008–11 December 2010 STAR Utsav

Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai is an Indian soap drama that aired from 9 October 2007 to 13 November 2010 on STAR Plus channel, Monday to Friday. It tells the story of a father and his two daughters and explores the social impacts of skin colour. The show got replaced by Gulaal.

This story is about Ragini and Sadhana who are cousin sisters. The first few episodes portray the demise of Sadhana's mother due to her illness, and Sadhana's father being incapable of saving her due to him having an insufficient amount of money. Sadhana's father vows to travel to America to accumulate more money and endows the young Sadhana to her maternal uncle Prakah Chandra. The show then takes a 17-year leap with Sadhana living in Agra and her father in California. Sadhana's father's only dream is to see her in the form of a bride. On the contrary, Sadhana longs to see her father. Living in the Sharma household, she manages to win over both Ragini's and Prakash Chandra's heart however Ragini's mother, Kaushalya is hesitant to due the difference of skin complexion between the two. One day, the news comes that Sadhana's father is returning from California and will take Sadhana back to Udaipur. Everyone rejoices. However, a turn of fate destoys all hope. Unfortunately, due to the violent weather, Sadhana's father's plane crashes and he dies. Sadhana is heartbroken to hear the news. The next day, Sadhana is visited by someone from the airline her father was taking home. The man states that he must compensate for the demise by giving 10 lakh to Sadhana as per law. A few days later, when the Sharma family holds a mourning ceremony for Sadhana's father, Sadhana's paternal family arrives. Although her paternal family seem noble, they wish to steal the money from Sadhana and leave her. Prakah Chandra's daughter-in-law, Malti also wishes to do the same and suspects that the paternal family have the same intentions. Sadhana's paternal family scheme and manage to take Sadhana away whilst Prakash Chandra submerges Sadhana's father's ashes. Due to him missing his bus, he is incapable of stopping them. When Prakash Chandra arrives home, Sadhana has already left however he goes after her after he hears from Malti that they have malicious intentions. Meanwhile, the paternal family make Sadhana sign a document that dictates their right over Sadhana's money. Luckily, Prakash Chandra arrives and stops them from taking Sadhana whilst ripping the paper. Sadhana is happy to return home. A new chapter then unfolds, Saket, a boy who studied in Sadhana and Ragini's college, falls in love with Sadhana whilst Ragini falls in love with him. Saket tells his mother about his feelings for Sadhana and states she is Prakash Chandra's daughter in haste. They decide to take a proposal home however the Sharma family mistakes it as a relationship for Ragini. When they arrive, Saket's family clears this misconception leaving everyone shocked. Kaushalya threatens the family and warns them to never return to their threshold.