Shararat (sitcom)

Shararat
A promotional image of the series
Created by	UTV Software Communications
Directed by	Rajiv Mehra
Starring	Farida Jalal Shoma Anand Mahesh Thakur Poonam Narula Eva Grover Shruti Seth Daisy Irani Aditi Shirwakar Harsh Vashisht Simple Kaul Karanvir Bohra Suhail Jaffer
Opening theme	"Shararat" by Sunidhi Chauhan
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of episodes	192
Production
Producer(s)	Ronnie Screwvala,Zarina Mehta,Deven Khote
Running time	approx. 23 minutes
Release
Original network	STAR Plus (Original) Disney Channel India (Syndicated)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	24 January 2003 – 23 April 2007
External links
Website	starutsav.indya.com

Shararat – thoda jaadu, thodi nazaakat (Hindi: शरारत – थोडा जादू, थोड़ी नज़ाकत; translation: Mischief – a little magic, a little finesse) was an Indian fantasy-sitcom, originally broadcast on Star Plus channel from 2003 to 2007. Over the years, it has reaired on many channels, namely STAR Utsav, TV Asia, and Disney Channel India. Shararat is loosely similar to the American show Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Despite initial competition from soap-operas and other fantasy shows, Shararat became very popular as the series progressed and has since become a cult-classic. After almost five years of airing, the show came to an end on 23 April 2007 with 5 seasons. In September 2010, Disney Channel India bought the rights to the show.

Shararat revolves around Jiya (Shruti Seth), who is the great great great grand daughter of Rani Devi. It opens with Jiya celebrating her 18th birthday and unknowingly, is now the wielder of supernatural powers. Jiya lives with her family: her father Dr. Suraj Malhotra, her mother Radha, her brother Jai and her maternal grandmother Sushma. Apart from this, there are Jiya's college friends and acquaintances such as Dhruv - on whom Jiya secretly has a crush. Dhruv returns her ardor, Parminder (or Pam, as she yells at everybody to call her), the latest NRI entry in the college, who threatens Jiya that she will grab all of Dhruv's attention; Meeta, her starry-eyed and romantic best friend and Raja, Dhruv's best friend who is always irritated with Meeta running around him. Pam is also the niece of Shanti Saberwal - the classic neighbour - who is convinced that everything is not normal with the Malhotra household and who always goes there to borrow something or the other.Shanti has a son named Bittu who sometimes tease Jia's brother Jai. The Malhotra home with three fairies who use, or rather misuse, their magic nearly always ends up in trouble. Suraj, who learnt on his wedding day that not only his wife, but also his mother-in-law is a fairy, has to deal with his mother-in-law who insists that her daughter and grand daughter practice magic. Midway through the series, Bebo, a 10-year-old fairy, is sent to live with the Malhotra family as she is causing mischief everywhere in Paristan, the world of fairies. Normally, a fairy cannot use her magical powers until her 18th birthday, at which Rani Devi sprays a few drops of magical potion on the fairy, thereby freeing all her magical powers. However, Bebo accidentally fell in the entire pot of potion, and that's why she can do magic when other underage fairies cannot.