Tanhaiyan

Tanhaiyan

Set against a wedding backdrop, the show focuses on two individuals, Meera and Haider, who meet at the wedding of their friends Avantika and Sid. Haider is a rich and carefree casanova, while Meera is a bubbly and cheerful fashion designer. Haider holds himself and his absence responsible for his friend Raza's suicide, after Haider had left for London. Meera feels lonely after her parents died in a car accident. Both bottle their pasts, repressing their pain under their new personalities. The two constantly bicker, playfully flirt with each other and decide to go for a one-night stand, which Meera drunkenly calls "sleepex". They grow closer after a failed attempt, finally do it and soon realize that they developed feelings for each other. Haider feels affected by Meera and pushes her away, scared that his feelings will make him vulnerable, and break his 'casanova' coping mechanism to escape his past. Meanwhile, Avantika struggles with a secret of her own. When Sid and Avantika were briefly broken up at some point, Avantika had a brief one-night stand with their common friend, Sameer. Avantika reveals her long-buried secret to Sid, and he breaks off the marriage. Haider visits Raza's grave, which he had avoided since he died, and finally breaks down, mourning his best friend. Meanwhile, heartbroken by Haider's dismissive and absent behaviour towards her. Meera decides to leave for a job in New York.

Director

Gorky M

Release

14 Feb 2017

Run time

20 min

Language

Hindi