{{Short description|Indian television series}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox television | image = Hindi arc ksks image.jpg | caption = Promotional logo | runtime = approx. 25 minutes | creator = Ekta Kapoor | creative_director = Monisha Singh, Nivedita Basu | writer = {{ubl|Beena Gera|Anil Nagpal}} | director = {{ubl|Qaeed Kuwajerwala|Himanshu Gonsul|Ashwini Gaddo}} | producer = Ekta Kapoor<br/>Shobha Kapoor | editor = Md.Nazir | cinematography = Santosh Suryavanshi | starring = see below | opentheme = "Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelli" by Pamela Jain | country = India | language = Hindi | network = {{ubl|Metro Gold|StarPlus}} | first_aired = {{Start date|2001|02|19|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|df=y|2002|11|14}} | num_episodes = 191 }}
'''''Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii''''' (English: ''sometimes co-wife, sometimes friend'') is a Hindi-language Indian television soap opera that premiered on Metro Gold channel on 19 February 2001 and later shifted to StarPlus after the closure of Metro Gold.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k1/feb/feb42.htm|title=New Balaji serial 'Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii' launches Monday on 9 Gold|work=Indiantelevision.com|date=19 February 2001}}</ref> The series was produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.balajitelefilms.com/serial-production.php|title=PAST PRODUCTIONS|access-date=19 June 2018|website=Balaji Telefilms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/what-was-really-behind-the-success-of-the-k-serials-045354426.html|title=What Was Really Behind the Success of the K-Serials?|publisher=Yahoo! News}}</ref>
==Plot== ''Kabhi Soutan Kabhi Saheli'' is the story of two childhood friends, Tanushree and Sonia. The two are very close and share everything. Things take a strange twist when they discover that they are both married to the same man, Harsh. This tests the purity of their friendship and their ability to face hard realities. ''Kabhi Soutan Kabhi Saheli'' is an emotional saga that tests the strengths of relationships.
The series ended with Tanushree and Sonia realising that Harsh is a greedy and unscrupulous man. In a show of strength of character and being strong independent women, they decide to leave him. Tanu goes on to marry her close friend Uday while Sonia chooses to remain single and bring up her daughter. For his many crimes, Harsh is sent to prison.
==Cast== ===Main=== * Anita Hassanandani as Tanushree (a.k.a. Tanu)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/kabhi-sautan-kabhi-shagun-a-look-at-anita-hassanandani-s-journey-on-her-birthday-317964-2016-04-14|title=Kabhi Sautan, Kabhi Shagun: A look at Anita Hassanandani's journey on her birthday|website=India Today|date=14 April 2016 }}</ref> * Urvashi Dholakia as Sonia * Pankit Thakker as Harsh, husband to both Tanu and Sonia * Daman Maan as Tanu's Father
===Recurring=== * Hiten Tejwani as Praveen: Tanu's youngest brother * Dimple Inamdar as Manisha: Praveen's wife * Prakash Ramchandani as Viren: Tanu's brother * Seema Pandey as Kanchan: Viren's Wife * Neelam Mehra as Tanu's mother * Kannu Gill as Harsh's Mother * Ujjwal Rana as Uday Kiran * Abir Goswami as Ranjeet * Pooja Ghai Rawal as Tanisha * Harsh Somaiya as Tanisha's son
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|7425324}} {{Balaji Telefilms}} {{SP Shows}} {{TV ASIA Programmes}}
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Category:Balaji Telefilms television series Category:Indian television soap operas Category:Metro Gold original programming Category:2001 Indian television series debuts Category:2002 Indian television series endings