The story revolves around grown-up Tapasya (Rashmi Desai) and Ichcha (Tina Datta). Tapasya intentionally abandons Ichha in a forest on a school trip and her parents decide to put her in a boarding school as punishment, however, she apologises to Ichha and they become best friends again. It is revealed that Jogi Thakur is unintentionally responsible for the death of Rajendra Bharti (Ichha's father) which is the reason he takes care of Ichha as his own child. Tapasya becomes jealous and horrible to Ichha when her mother, Divya Thakur (Pragati Mehra/Pyumori Mehta Ghosh), and her father, Jogi Thakur (Ayub Khan), start loving Ichha as their own daughter.

The two spend much time together and share a sister-like bond despite their different classes until Tapasya's maternal grand-aunt Sumitra Devi aka Nani (Pratima Kazmi) arrives and manipulates Tapasya to stop being friends with Ichha for the difference in their economic cultures. Sumitra spreads rumors about Ichcha and Damini to Tapasya and she begins to hate her from that moment.The story set in Mumbai starts with Ichha Bharti (Sparsh Khanchandani) and Tapasya Thakur (Ishita Panchal) becoming best friends as Ichha is the daughter of Tapasya's family's maidservant, Damini Bharti (Vaishali Thakkar). Divya's aunt Sumitra Devi (Nani), being resentful of Damini and Ichcha, poisons Tapasya's mind against her friend. However, jealousy creeps into the girls relationship as Ichcha wins over Tapasya's family with her simple nature and good character. He feels guilt-stricken and decides to become Ichcha's foster father, giving her the best possible upbringing. Jogi Thakur discovers that he had accidentally caused the death of Ichcha's father long ago. In spite of the vast difference in status, the girls become best friends.

Ichcha uses clothes and other possessions that are cast-off by Tapasya. Tapasya is the daughter of a wealthy couple, Divya and Jogi Thakur, while Ichcha is the daughter of their poor, live-in domestic help, Damini Bharati. Serial Concept: Uttaran is the story of two friends with opposite backgrounds. The series is dubbed in Tamil as Sindhu Bhairavi on Raj Network. It has also obtained a trp of 5.0 becoming the most watched TV serial in India beating Na Aana Is Des Laado and Balika Vadhu on the same channel and Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV. It is among the most popular serials in India. Uttaran is a long-running Indian soap opera that airs on Colors TV every Mon-Fri at 10 pm.

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