Hubahu is a Hindi language Indian television series based on the story of two twin sisters who exchange places for a week. The story is an adaption of the 1985s hit American two-part made-for-tv movie Deceptions

Deceptions

Deceptions is a 1990 drama film starring Nicollette Sheridan, Harry Hamlin and Robert Davi. It was directed by Ruben Preuss and written by Ken Denbow and Richard Taylor....

, starring known Hollywood actors Stephanie Powers and Barry Bostwick

Barry Bostwick

Barry Knapp Bostwick is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing Brad Majors in the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show, replacing Peter Scolari as Mr. Tyler in the sitcom What I Like About You, and playing mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom Spin City...

, in which Powers starred as twins who swap places leading to dire consequences.

The series premiered on Sony TV

Sony Entertainment Television (India)

This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

 on February 7, 2002, and aired every Thursday at 8:30pm IST

Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

. The series starred Sandhya Mridul

Sandhya Mridul

Sandhya Mridul is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films and television, most known for her roles in films like, movies like Saathiya and Page 3 , and was first runners up in reality dance show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa .-Personal life and education:Mridul, also called 'Sandy', was born in...

 in the main lead who played the characters of both twin sisters, Aditi and Ananya. It was produced by Husmukh Shah and Parvati Balagopalan, and was shot both in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

. The channel ended the series after it completed a total of 30 episodes due to high cost of production, especially shooting overseas which costed half a million rupees an episode.

Concept

The story portrays the lives of two twin sisters Aditi and Ananya who share very different personalities. Aditi lives in India and her life is rather conservative and on the other hand Ananya is smart, sophisticated and lives in Bangkok. The story revolves around them switching identities and the comedy and tragedy that follows.

Cast

• Sandhya Mridul
  Sandhya Mridul
  Sandhya Mridul is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films and television, most known for her roles in films like, movies like Saathiya and Page 3 , and was first runners up in reality dance show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa .-Personal life and education:Mridul, also called 'Sandy', was born in...
  
   ... Aditi & Ananya
• Rajat Kapoor
  Rajat Kapoor
  Rajat Kapoor is an Indian actor, writer and director born in 1961.Kapoor was born in Delhi, India. As a teenager he would watch films with his family and decided to become a filmmaker at the age of 14. He mainly focused on acting at first...
  
  
• Suchitra Pillai
• Tarun Raghwan
• Aly Khan

External links

• Hubahu Official Site on Sony Entertainment Network
• Hubahu Producer's Interview
• Hubahu Serial Ratings