Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si

Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si was an Indian Hindi-language drama television series that premiered from 21 August 2023 to 11 March 2024 on StarPlus. It streamed digitally on Disney+ Hotstar. Produced by Rajan Shahi under Director's Kut Productions, it is a remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Irabotir Chupkotha. It starred Sayli Salunkhe and Mohit Malik.

Plot
Vandana Karmarkar lives with her father Vijay, her aunt, her younger sister Mrunal, her older brother Hemant, his wife Anagha, and their son Shivam. She has been in a relationship with Vaibhav for about five years and is now marrying him. She wishes to be a playback artist and auditions for a job. Kunal Malhotra hates India and is forced to go to find the next great artist in Mumbai. He hears Vandana's voice and hates it and tells her that she will never be able to become a playback singer. She promises that she will be the best. Kunal's aunt Pammi, who practically raised him decides that she wants to live with him along with her son, Bobby, a viral social media influencer who is kind-hearted, and her husband. Kunal moves in next door to Vandana's house. Vandana is assaulted by a future employer and runs out of the room crying. Kunal sees her crying as he has a meeting with the employer for him to invest in this music label. He asks the man why Vandana was crying and he says that Vandana forced herself onto him. Kunal, knowing that Vandana's most important quality is her dignity and self-respect, causes him to beat up the man and cancel the deal. He leaves and finds Vandana, who falls unconscious. He carries her to her house and at the house are Vaibhav and his family. Vaibhav gets mad at Kunal and Kunal reveals that he saw Vaibhav at a cafe with another woman, which goes unnoticed by everyone else.

Vandana and her family get invited to a party hosted by the Malhotras and Kunal's father, Kuldeep, doesn't like the Karmarkars. He and Pammi decide to get rid of Vandana and her family. Pammi insults Vandana's aunt and Vandana grabs Kuldeep by the collar. Kunal sees this and fights with Vandana. He decides to make Vandana and her family's life a living hell. He buys their house and kicks them out. He agrees to let her family stay there only if she becomes his assistant. Mrunal and Vaibhav start an affair. Kunal finds this out and wants to tell Vandana but can't find any opportunities to. Anagha and Hemant find out but decide not to tell her as she is the lone supporter for her father not to sell the house. Hemant is in debt and if they can sell the house, they will have enough money to pay off the debt. Her aunt finds out but doesn't want her to find out so she begs Vaibhav not to continue the affair. He promises her but continues to do so.

Kunal overhears Mrunal and Vaibhav talking about how they plan to get married the next day, the supposed day of Vandana and Vaibhav's marriage. Kunal brings Vandana to the temple where Mrunal and Vaibhav will marry but they're not there. Vaibhav and Vandana marry and Vandana asks Kunal not to get involved in her life. As a tradition, Vandana's family goes to Vaibhav's house. Vandana faints and it turns out she can't be a mother. She walks out of her house in a daze and meets Kunal and Bobby on the road. Kunal, Bobby, and Vandana go to work together and Vandana sees a girl named Tara on the road. She is almost hit by a car but Kunal and Vandana save her. Tara and Vandana bond. Later that day, Soniya and Indraneel, Kunal's wife and his former best friend, show up and declare that Soniya wants a divorce from Kunal to marry Indraneel and wishes that Tara live with Kunal. Kunal refuses to accept Tara and Vandana takes care of her. Kunal can't bear to be a father and brings the child back to Soniya's house. Tara runs away from home and is kidnapped and Kunal and Vandana save her. Kunal decides that Soniya isn't responsible and decides to take care of Tara himself. Kunal accepts Tara and Soniya and Kunal gets a divorce.

Vandana learns of the affair and divorces Vaibhav and expels Mrunal from the house. Soniya accuses Kunal and Vandana of having an affair and blames it on Vaibhav and Mrunal. Kunal and Vandana get into a fight and he forbids her to meet Tara. Later, Tara has an allergic reaction to peanut butter. Kunal is drunk because of the sadness of the divorce so he cannot take care of her. Vandana finds her and takes her to the hospital. Kunal realizes Vandana will be a good fit for Tara as a mother. Vandana and Kunal decide to get married. Vaibhav and Anagha attempt to kill Vijay to get the property. Vandana finds out and has the police arrest Vaibhav. Anagha does not get exposed. Vijay refuses to accept Kunal as a son-in-law and states that if Vandana were to marry him, he would disown her. Mrunal, mad about Vaibhav being in jail, makes a deal with Soniya. Soniya will pay Vaibhav's bail in exchange for Mrunal morphing nude photos of Vandana. Vandana is harassed in public but Kunal protects her and figures out Mrunal and Soniya leaked the fake photos. Indraneel decides to move to Dubai with Soniya. Kuldeep learns of Kunal's marriage and decides to stop it along with Pammi. He calls Kunal back to London for six months.

6 months later
Kunal returns to India and marries Vandana. Soniya arrives and reveals that Indraneel hits her. Kunal lets Soniya stay at the Malhothra House, after it is revealed that Indraneel abuses her. She becomes jealous of Kunal and Vandana's budding relationship and takes Pammi's help with destroying their relationship. Tara has a panic attack at her birthday party and Kunal blames Vandana and calls her a bad mother. Vandana proves herself to be a good mom and Kunal apologizes. Kunal and Vandana hit a woman with their car and it turns out to be Vani, Kunal's mother. Kunal's father, Kuldeep, has sent her to a mental asylum and told the children that Vani had left for good. Vani has lost her memory and is now staying at the Malhotra House.

Main

 * Sayli Salunkhe as Vandana "Vandu" Karmarkar Malhotra: Vijay and Sumitra's elder daughter; Hemant's younger sister and Mrunal's elder sister; Vaibhav's ex–wife; Kunal's wife; Tara's stepmother (2023–2024)
 * Mohit Malik as Kunal "Kukku" Malhotra: Kuldeep and Vani's son; Vedika's younger brother; Bobby's elder cousin; Sonia's ex–husband; Vandana's husband; Tara's father (2023–2024)

Recurring

 * Karanveer Mehra as Vaibhav Joshi: Vinayak and Sarita's son; Anjali's elder brother; Mrunal's ex–boyfriend; Vandana's ex–husband (2023–2024)
 * Jazlyn Tanwani as Tara "Taru" Malhotra: Kunal and Sonia's daughter; Vandana's stepdaughter (2023–2024)
 * Leena Jumani as Sonia: Kunal's ex-wife; Tara's mother; Indraneel's girlfriend (2023–2024)
 * Yatin Karyekar as Vijay Karmarkar: Sumitra's widower; Hemant, Vandana and Mrunal's father; Shivam's grandfather (2023–2024)
 * Kshitee Jog as Sumitra Karmarkar: Vijay's wife; Hemant, Vandana and Mrunal's mother; Shivam's grandmother (2023) (Dead)
 * Vishal Nayak as Hemant Karmarkar: Vijay and Sumitra's son; Vandana and Mrunal's elder brother; Anagha's husband; Shivam's father (2023–2024)
 * Garvita Sadhwani as Mrunal Karmarkar Sood: Vijay and Sumitra's younger daughter; Hemant and Vandana's younger sister; Vaibhav's ex–girlfriend; Bobby's wife (2023–2024)
 * Abhidnya Bhave as Anagha Karmarkar: Hemant's wife; Shivam's mother (2023–2024)
 * Arisht Jain as Shivam Karmarkar: Hemant and Anagha's son (2023–2024)
 * Ujjwala Jog as Miss Karmarkar "Atya": Vijay's elder sister; Hemant, Vandana and Mrunal's paternal aunt (2023–2024)
 * Amit Behl as Kuldeep Malhotra: Pammi's elder brother; Vani's husband; Vedika and Kunal's father; Parisa's maternal and Tara's paternal grandfather (2023–2024)
 * Aishwarya Narkar / Chaitrali Gupte as Vani Malhotra: Kuldeep's wife; Vedika and Kunal's mother; Parisa's maternal and Tara's paternal grandmother (2023) / (2023–2024)
 * Ankita Sharma as Vedika "Vedu" Malhotra: Kuldeep and Vani's daughter; Kunal's sister; Bobby's cousin; Parisa's mother (2023–2024)
 * Ketaki Kulkarni as Parisa: Vedika's daughter (2023)
 * Sheeba Akashdeep as Pammi Malhotra Sood: Kuldeep's younger sister; Guneet's wife; Bobby's mother (2023–2024)
 * Romit Raj as Bobby Sood: Pammi and Guneet's son; Vedika and Kunal's younger cousin; Mrunal's husband (2023–2024)
 * Digvijay Purohit as Guneet Sood: Pammi's husband; Bobby's father (2023–2024)
 * Hitesh Sampat as Vinayak Joshi: Sarita's husband; Vaibhav and Anjali's father (2023)
 * Sanyogeeta Bhave as Sarita Joshi: Vinayak's wife; Vaibhav and Anjali's mother (2023)
 * Sushma Jaywant as Anjali Joshi: Sarita and Vinayak's daughter; Vaibhav's younger sister (2023)
 * Aishwarya Aher as Sam (2023)
 * Amit Pachori as Indraneel Sarkar: A music director; Kunal's rival; Sonia's boyfriend (2023–2024)
 * Keerti Choudhary as Simran "Simmi": Kunal's prospective bride (2023)

Guest appearances

 * Rupali Ganguly as Anupama (2023)
 * Anupamaa

Casting
Initially Drashti Dhami and Sriti Jha were approached to play the female lead. Later, Mohit Malik as Kunal Malhotra and Sayli Salunkhe as Vandana Karmarkar were signed as the lead.

Development
The series title is inspired by the song Baatein Kuch Ankahein Si, from the 2007 Bollywood movie, Life in a... Metro. The series was announced on Star Plus by Director's Kut Productions. It is Director's Kut Productions first attempt at a mature love story. The series marks the second collaboration between Rajan Shahi and Malik after Miilee (2005). The launch event for the series was held on 19 August 2023. A launch party was held on 21 August 2023.

Release
Initially scheduled to premiere on 8 August 2023, it was postponed for two weeks. The cast of the show sought blessings at the Siddhivinayak Temple ahead of the launch on 21 August 2023. Salunkhe also went on to make special appearances in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Anupamaa, Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin, Imlie, Pandya Store and Teri Meri Doriyaann to promote the show.

Cancellation
Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si aired its last episode on 11 March 2024. The cast and crew wrapped up their final shoot on 4 March 2024. The cast got emotional in their last shoot days.

Soundtrack
The title track has been sung by Usha Uthup and Sanam. The musical event for the launch of title track was attended by the cast of Anupamaa and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.