Ssshhhh...Koi Hai

Ssshhhh...Koi Hai

Inter-title of Ssshhhh...Koi Hai
Also known as 'Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai (Season 2–3)
Genre Horror
Supernatural
Created by Prem Krishen Malhotra
& Sunil Mehta
(Season 1)
Abhimanyu Singh
(Season 1–3)
Written by Arshad Sayed
Directed by
  • Kaushik Ghatak
  • Pavan S. Kaul
  • Nitin Kakkar
  • Govind Agrawal
  • Suraj Rao
  • Vinod Manikrao
Creative director(s) Vincent Franklin
Starring See below
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 393 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Anirudh
  • Mani
  • Randhir Rai
  • Tanveer Alam
  • Nishith Madiar
Producer(s) Prem Krishen Malhotra
& Sunil Mehta
(Season 1)
Abhimanyu Singh
(Season 1–3)
Location(s) Mumbai, India
Cinematography
  • Shakil B. Khan
  • Subhransu
  • Sandip Yadav
Editor(s)
  • Ganga Kacharla
  • K. Rajgopal
  • Sachindra Vats
Running time 45 minutes approx.
Production company(s) Cinevistaas Limited
(Season 1)
Contiloe Entertainment
(Season 1–3)
Release
Original network Star Plus (Season 1)
Star One (Season 2–3)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original release 27 July 2001 (2001-07-27) – 16 May 2010 (2010-05-16)
Chronology
Related shows Aahat
Raat Hone Ko Hai
Darr Sabko Lagta Hai
External links
Website

Ssshhhh...Koi Hai (English: Ssshhhh...someone's there) is an Indian thriller/horror television anthology series created by Cinevistaas Limited and Contiloe Entertainment for Star Plus. The first season was created by them together, while later seasons were only created by Abhimanyu Singh and were aired on Star Plus' sister channel STAR One. The series which premiered on 27 July 2001, ran for three seasons ending on 16 May 2010.

Shiva Rindani, Vindu Dara Singh, Ronit Roy, Mac Mohan, Sunil Grover, Murali Sharma, Hrishikesh Pandey, Kamya Panjabi and many more have been starred in the series. Shakti Anand, Indian TV actor has also worked in the first season and two episodes of second season.[1]

The series was based on fictional stories. The show covered supernatural events including ghosts, ghouls, goblins, zombies, and haunted houses.

Brother Aditya and Abhimanyu Singh started their production house Contiloe Films Private Ltd in 1996, and made serials for Doordarshan.[2]

Abhimanyu Singh was partnering with Cinevistaas for post-production facilities.[2]

Plot

The series was based on fictional stories which consisted of tales of ghosts, black magic, monsters and creepy creatures, and it combined hair-raising stories with technical wizardry.

Cast

Each story had a different star cast. Sometimes the actors/actresses who had appeared in some episodes of the series reappeared in other episodes of the series.

Series overview

Season No. of
episodes		 Originally aired
Season premiere Season finale
1 154 27 July 2001[3] 13 August 2004
2 221 3 November 2006 22 August 2009
3 18 19 March 2010 16 May 2010

Season 1 (2001–2004)

The first season was a weekly season airing on Friday evenings.[3]

Main article: Vikraal Aur Gabraal

In July 2002, the show introduced a ghostbuster named Vikraal (first played by Mamik Singh who was later replaced by Salil Ankola) and other ghostbusters. This time, the show's target viewership were children.

Plot

The show takes place after the return of Mayakal, who was the most powerful wizard. He captured Vikraal. Guru Satyacharya observed that Vikraal could not handle the situation alone, and therefore decided to call Mitunjay's daughter Bijli and Captain Kishan in to help Vikraal. These three defeated Mayakaal. These ghost-busters' mission in life was to get rid of all the ghosts & evil spirits in the world. These three ghost-busters were called the Trikaal, who were always ready to fight against evil powers. After the contribution of both of Trikaal, no one was supposed to kill them. They fight with ghosts and get caught in bottles. They also have an office known by Trikaal's office.[4]

Cast

Season 2 (2006–2009)

The second season was titled Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai, (English: Ssshhhh...someone's again there) which was a weekly season, airing on Friday evenings.[5] On 6 July 2007, a special series named Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai - Aryaamaan of four episodes was aired. In this series, Indian television actor Rahil Azam plays the role of Aryaamaan as the ghost buster. His mission was to cast away all kind of negative powers in the world. This special series ended on 27 July 2007. On 14 December 2007, the season aired on Friday and Saturday, each story being split into two episodes. In January 2009, the format of the series was changed. Each story was made to run for eight weeks. One of them was Intezar. The main cast includes Gautam Rode, Divyanka Tripathi and Amrapli Gupta. The story was about two lovers Mohan and Radhika. Mohan was the son of a Thakur in Kishangarh who was gone to foreign for studies. He comes back and meet Ambika( a witch). When he reaches his home he meets Radhika (his lover). Ambika was hired by Darshat Singh a rival of Mohan's father. He wanted all of his property. Ambika plays such a game that Mohan and Radhika starts disbelieving each other. Ambika kills Mohan's and Radhika's father and the blame comes on Mohan and Radhika respectively. Mohand thinks that Radhika killed his father and Radhika thinks that Mohan killed her father. Ambika tricks Mohan and snatch all of his property to Darshat Singh. Ambika wanted Mohan for her purpse but she start loving him. Mohan's mother asks Mohan to marry Ambika. During this time period Radhika gets to know the truth of Ambika and tells that truth to Mohan. Ambika tricks Radhika and kill her, beforing killing her she makes her believe that Mohan killed her. Mohan after listening of Radhika's death jumps from a cliff. A second janam(birth) is shown in which Mohan is born as Madhav and Radhika as born Meera while Ambika just changes her name from Ambika to Kalika. Madhav is an engineer who has come to Kishangarh for making a dam. He gets flashes of his previous birth. He then meets Kalika and Kalika narrates her the story of Mohan, Radhika and Ambika in which she makes Madhav believe thath Radhika was the witch but Madhav having flashes and knowing a little bit of truth doesn't believe on her. Meera is the daughter of Durga devi, the owner of the haveli (darshat singh's daughter in law). She often gets possessed by the spirit of Radhika and forgets herself. Both of them don't know that they are rebirth as Mohan and Radhika. One day both of them get to know the truth but the truth Meera got to know was a lie. She thinks that Mohan killed her. She then meets Madhav and tried to kill him but something stops her. Madhav tell him the real and they both unite. Madhav(Mohan) and Meera(Radhika) kill Ambika and they both get married in the end of the drama.

Cast

  • Rahil Azam as (episodic role)
    • Aryamann in "Yakshi"
    • Aryamann in "Choona Mana Hai"
    • Aryamann in "Shaitaani Sipahi"
    • Aryamann in "Shaitaan Aa Raha Hai"
  • Sonia Singh as
    • Viveka Sharma in "Choona Mana Hai"
    • in "Kitaab Jaadu Aur Teen Chudail"
  • Bharat Chawda in
    • "Choona Mana Hai"
  • Praneet Bhatt as
    • in "Choona Mana Hai"
  • Manish Paul as (episodic roles)
    • Prem in "Khooni Saaya"
    • Prashant in "Kaali Chudail"
    • Raj in "Guest House"
    • Siddharth in "Honeymoon Hotel"
  • Rushad Rana as Aniket/Varun in "Balight Ka Bargad", "Raaz Ki Ek Raat"
  • Shakti Arora as various
    • in "Virasat"
    • in "Dehshat Ke Saaye"
    • in "Dacait"
  • Rashami Desai as Priya
    • in "Kaali Chudail"
  • Divyanka Tripathi as Radhika and Meera in "Intezaar"
  • Gautam Rode as Mohan and Madhav in "Intezaar"
  • Vicky Ahuja as
    • in "Intezaar"
    • in "Pahaari Daayan"
    • in "Dacait"
  • Mukesh Khanna as unknown
  • Kruti Popat in
    • "Qayamat"
  • Tuhinna Vohra in
    • "Raavanraaj"
    • "Maa"
    • "Ek Aam Aadmi"
  • Lavanya Tripathi as unknown
  • Eijaz Khan as (episodic role)
    • Virat Saniyal in "Nishaan"
  • Sukirti Kandpal as
  • Girish Jain as
    • in "Deewar"
  • Rucha Gujrati as Aditi
  • Shakti Anand as Dr. Ashish / Nitin Kapoor
  • Nirmal Pandey as unknown
    • in "Dacait"
  • Aastha Chaudhary as unknown
    • in "Anaamika"
  • Tia Bajpai as
    • in "Qayamat"
    • in "Tum Meri Ho"
    • in "Parchaae"
  • Shivani Gosain as unknown in "Rukmani Mansion"
  • Ali Merchant as
    • Rahul in "Jauhar"
    • in "Terrace"
  • Kunal Bakshi as unknown
    • in "Kaali Chudail"
  • Nandini Singh as
    • in "Raavaraaj"
    • Nandini in "Balighat Ka Bargad"
  • Amrapali Gupta as various/kalika/priya in "Intezaar", "Junnon", "Thakur Ki Dulhan"
  • Kishori Shahane as maa sa in "Intezaar"
  • Utkarsha Naik as unknown in "Intezaar"
  • Tarun Khanna as unknown in "Dastkhat"
  • Jhumma Mitra as unknown
    • in "Anaamika"
  • Ashish Malkani
  • Manish Naggdev as
    • in "Maa"
  • Paras Chaurasia as
    • in "Khooni Saaya"
  • Tushar Dalvi as
    • in "Ek Aam Aadmi"
  • Hrishikesh Pandey as unknown in "Manorajan"
  • Abhinav Kohli as
    • in "Raavanraaj"
  • Manish Khanna as
    • in "Khoon Ka Badla Khoon"
  • Romit Raj as
    • in "Bhoot Bangla"
  • Kurush Deboo as
    • Cyrus Batliwala in "Honeymoon Hotel"
  • Pubali Sanyal as
    • in "Qayamat"
    • in "Terrace"
  • Shriya Bisht as
    • in "Khooni Saaya"
    • in "Kumbharakha"
  • Kanika Kalra as
    • in "Vetaal Ki Wapsi"
    • in "Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neechey"
  • Akansha Kanjilal as
    • in "Khooni Saaya"
    • in "Woh Kaun Thi"
  • Jignesh Mehta as
    • in "Kumbharaka"
    • in "Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neechey"
  • Manish Khanna
    • in "Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neechey"
  • Rajiv Mishra as
    • in "Ek Aam Aadmi"
  • Jeetu Malkani as
    • in "Kumbharaka"
  • Priya Arya as
    • in "Honeymoon Cottage"
  • Priya Ahuja as
    • in "Kitaab Jaadu Aur Teen Chudail"
  • Gaurav Chopra as Yuvraj
    • in "Qayamat"

Season 3 (2010)

Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai 3 aired on Friday and Saturday evenings, later shifting on every Saturday and Sunday on 10 April 2010.[6]

Plot

The season introduces a very old story which was to be happened in the past. It had also introduced a prophecy that was made centuries ago. It's the story of two brothers (Ajinkya and Veer), whose lives are destined to intertwine. Ajinkya has been in search of his mother for the past 20 years. Ajinkya and Veer join hands only to realize eventually they are the lost brothers - but with completely different motives. The powerful demon king – Vikrant destroys the much feared demon-slayer – Saarthak. He tries to destroy his two sons also. Ajinkya manages to find his mother but is shocked to know she had never transformed. He managed to kill Vikrant but that wouldn’t be the end of him. He enters Vayika’s body, who is injured in a struggle and in order to finish Vikrant completely, ends up killing Vayika.

Cast

  • Gauri Tonk as Vayika (witch)
  • Sandeep Rajora as Saarthak (ghost buster)
  • Naman Shaw as Ajinkya (older brother of Veer, wheel chair is his life partner)
  • Ashish Kapoor as Ajinkya's brother Veer (he is the hero and believes that her mother abandoned him after birth)
  • Murli Sharma as Vikrant (demon king)
  • Mouni Roy as Koena, later replaced by Anupriya Kapoor from fifteenth episode.

Reception

Ratings

STAR India senior creative director Shailja Kejriwal stated about second season, "We are extremely delighted at the response that we have got from the audience for Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai." But from March 2009, the TRPs of the second season declined with every passing week, which the channel had to unfortunately shut down the season on 22 August 2009.[7]

Accolades

Roy Baretto won Indian Telly Awards for Best TV Show Packaging in 2002 and 2003, while Hiroo Keswani won for Videography (Best TV Cameraman - Fiction) in 2004.[8] Cinevistaas Limited won Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Special/Visual Effects for television in 2002 and 2003, while Contiloe Entertainment was nominated in 2009.[9]

Cinevistaas Limited also won Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 2001,[10] while Contiloe Entertainment won for Best Thriller / Horror Serial in 2007 and for Best Thriller Programme in 2008 and 2009.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "'Aahat' will increase horror quotient in genre: Shakti Anand". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "I don't believe half-baked shows are accepted by viewers". Indian Television. Retrieved 23 October 2003.
  3. 1 2 "On Fridays entertainment, on Sundays devotion is the Star Plus credo". Indian Television. Retrieved 28 June 2001.
  4. ↑ "Key to weekdays prime time in hand, Star Plus aims to lock in Saturdays too". Indian Television. Retrieved 6 October 2003.
  5. ↑ "Star One whispers Shhh...!". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
  6. ↑ "Past...Shhh...Phir Koi Hai! returns on Star One". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  7. ↑ "Ssshhh….Phir Koi Hai to go off air". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "The Indian Telly Awards 2004". Indian Television.
  9. ↑ "The Winners of The Indian Telly Awards 2002". Indian Television.
  10. ↑ "The Indian Television Academy Awards for 2001". Indian Television Academy.
  11. ↑ "The Indian Television Academy Awards for 2007". Indian Television Academy.

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