Story 9 Months Ki
Genre	Drama Romance
Created by	Anjum Abbas
Screenplay by	Amit Senchoudhary
Story by	Anjum Abbas
Directed by	Aniruddha Rajderkar Ashish Ranglani
Creative director	Danish Mansurie
Starring	Sukirti Kandpal Aashay Mishra
Opening theme	Love Story Poore Nine Months Ki
Composer	Sarthak Nakul
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	102
Production
Producers	Ashraf Abbas Akash Thakkar
Cinematography	Ankit Trivedi
Editors	Sandeep Singh Vinay Mandal
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25–26 minutes
Production company	Rangrez Television Works[1]
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television
Release	23 November 2020 (2020-11-23) – 23 April 2021 (2021-04-23)

Story 9 Months Ki (transl. Story of 9 months) is an Indian television drama series on Sony TV. It premiered on 23 November 2020. Produced by Rangrez Television Works, it stars Sukirti Kandpal and Aashay Mishra. The show ended on 23 April 2021.

Plot

Aliya Shroff is a headstrong woman who has planned everything and achieved it. She lives with her father Gautam Shroff, who is always a show-off, has never cared for her, and is divorced from her mother Nandini Sharma because, apparently, she left them to become a painter (this also led Aliya to grow a strong dislike for her), which was later proven to be a false story made by Gautam. Aliya is married to Veer Malhotra and wants a child. Veer, however, is having an affair with Aliya's friend Nitya. Aliya catches him cheating and divorces him. She now plans her baby via IVF. On the other hand, Sarangdhar Pandey, an aspiring writer from Mathura, who has a very rigid-minded father, watches an interview of her, gets inspired, and so comes to Mumbai, with the support of his mother, to become a writer. Although he told his mother everything about his journey and other things, his father didn't know anything more than the fact that he left home to become a successful writer.

Sarang gets a job in Aliya's company, "Direct Dil Se" (DDS) as an Office Runner by mistake and is staying at a house shared by a few other people. Later on, Aliya appoints him as a writer on her business advisor's advice. Rahul, Aliya's secretary, was tasked to find her a suitable sperm donor for the IVF procedure and gets one; the donor he finds cancels the offer at the last minute due to personal issues. Unbeknownst to Aliya, he then tricks Sarang into donating. This helping of Aliya, however, hurts Rahul's own's love-life as when he is so caught up in the chaos, Mala, another employee of Aliya and Rahul's love interest, concludes him being homosexual, and she plans on marrying an NRI she met online; the marriage, however, to Rahul's delight, was later canceled because of the groom's shallow thinking and shaming of Mala, which was discovered and brought to light by Aliya herself.

Meanwhile, Kavya, Sarang's friend, on being encouraged by her regular visitor Nandini, confesses her love for him, but Sarang doesn't see her in the same way around. After Aliya gets pregnant, Rabia, Aliya's childhood best friend, and doctor, learns about the blunder and informs her. Sarang too, gets to know about it shortly after. This revelation is difficult for him as he was not ready to become a father – neither emotionally nor financially. He was traumatized by his childhood experiences with his father and grew up deciding never to become a father, but after a lot of soul searching, Sarang agreed he would help raise the child. In the meantime, Aliya gets to know she is pregnant with twins. When the media gets to know that her pregnancy is through IVF (due to an accidental slip-up by Sarang), people protest against her, but Sarang fights hard to protect her and their baby (here, he doesn't know that he is going to become a father of twins).

In Mathura, Sarang's sister, Kumkum, gets pregnant with the other parent being, her husband Suraj (on the day of Kumkum's wedding, Brij had an argument with her father-in-law which resulted in an incomplete marriage ceremony, so had to stay at his house rather than that of her husband's, although she still secretively meets him). In contrast, the eldest sister Kusum and her husband are thrown out of the house because she raises her voice against her father's ill-treatment of women but is called back later on.

Now to get rid of Sarang (as she doesn't want him as the father figures to her kids), Aliya begins looking for his weaknesses and concludes that they are Kavya (whom she thought was his girlfriend but later realized wasn't) and Brijmohan Pandey (Sarang's father). She recommended him to a famous film producer Mr. Mehta to make him resign from DDS and also tried to give him money to leave her. Around the same time, Brij discovers that Kamaleshwari is in touch with Sarang and discovers that Sarang is in Mumbai. They manage to contact each other and make a deal for getting and keeping Sarang in Mathura. Sarang is warned by his mother not to return to Mathura as his father is behaving strangely. However, he disobeys her when Aliya asks him to come to Mathura as he realizes he is in love with her. After reaching Mathura and meeting with his father, Alia realizes her mistake and tries to make an excuse to take Sarang back with her but fails. Sarang, disguised as a Punjabi, gets recognized by his family, and not long after, a family drama starts, during which Aliya faints due to the mayhem. A doctor is called who, bribed by Brij, advises her that she shouldn't travel but rest in Mathura instead for a minimum of three weeks. Brij also invites his strictly traditional and old-fashioned elder sister to stay with them. She brings along with her Sarang's childhood friend, Elaichi, whom he doesn't recognize at first, to marry him. She also realizes that Sarang loves Aliya but keeps it between herself, Brij, and Elaichi.

Due to her strict rules of following traditions, Sarang's aunt (or "Bua") would often get into arguments with Aliya, who believes that change is inevitable in life and that she (Bua) should change her ways of thinking too. During one such argument, Aliya's hand gets injured. Sarang provides her with first aid, but his mother overhears their conversation by which she realizes that Sarang is the going-to-be father of Aliya's child. Sarang takes her to another room and explains how he became a father while Aliya plans on leaving. Sarang's mother supports her decision to leave, packs Sarang's old clothes and toys for the baby, and immediately calls a cab. This left Sarang very unhappy and emotional, and he planned to leave the house too but changed his mind after seeing Aliya return. Aliya returned because, during her taxi ride, she saw a childhood painting of herself among the toys Sarang's mother gifted, with the "sweet" boy whom she met as a kid while she was on her way to boarding school, whom she then realizes is a very young Sarang. She realizes that she has feelings for Sarang but is unsure of them. Soon after, Sarang tells his mother how he feels for Aliya, and Aliya perceives that she is in love with Sarang during a phone-call conversation with Rabia. She informs Sarang that they will be the parents of twins and that Kumkum is pregnant (she realized this a few days back when she found Kumkum craving food in the middle of the night but promised not to tell anybody). Then, after playing pranks on each other, they confess their love and plan to return to Mumbai. Meanwhile, Suraj hires people to kidnap Brij so that he can tell him about the baby, and on the other side, Bua and Elaichi discovers that Sarang is the father of Aliya's child. As soon as Brij is left loose by Suraj, he teams up with Bua and Elaichi to get rid of the baby (here, while Brij is talking about Kumkum's baby, Bua and Elaichi are under the impression of the killing of Sarang and Aliya's). Brij gets Suraj arrested for kidnapping him, but his decision is overturned after Sarang and Aliya slyly trap him. Not long after, Bua and Elaichi inform him that the baby they wanted to be killed was that of Aliya's since Sarang is the father. Meanwhile, Gautam and Nandini realize their irresponsibility and go to Mathura. While everyone learns about Aliya and Sarang, including Gautam and Nandini, Brij decides to get them married on the grounds of tradition. Regarding this, Aliya has a conflict with Sarang about if he hurt her like Veer, on which Sarang gets upset and Aliya tries to make him happy, and they both agree on getting engaged. In the meantime, Aliya forgives and reconciles with her mother after learning the true story of her childhood. Gautam and Brijmohan are secretly trying to break off their relationship through various schemes. Soon Aliya and Sarang decide to return to Mumbai and not let anyone know about their relationship there, mainly at Sarang's insistence. However, soon as Sarang's family comes to Mumbai, masterminded by Bua, Brijmohan, Gautam, and Elaichi, disrupt Aliya and Sarang's relationship. Elaichi goes missing one day, and while Sarang and Aliya are searching for her, Aliya gets gravely injured in a car accident. Sarang makes a heartfelt video on his Facebook account, begging people to donate blood to save her life and the babies, and to everyone's surprise, Elaichi is later found to be the donor. This injury made Aliya's pregnancy a high-risk one, which she requested Rabia to keep a secret from everyone, especially Sarang, not to worry him. Meanwhile, Faheem suspects something is happening between Aliya and Sarang and starts investigating while trying to frame Sarang in various incidents. Soon Aliya tells everyone about their relationship, much to Sarang's dismay. Soon after, Sarang goes missing, and his workplace is vandalized the following day. Meanwhile, Brijmohan is beaten up and found unconscious by Kusum and her husband. Aliya soon finds Sarang injured in a warehouse with the help of the police, who later arrest Suraj's father for kidnapping him. Sarang is admitted to a hospital after being rescued, where with Aliya, they make vows and promise to love each other and stay together forever. Soon after, Sarang receives a call from Mr. Mehta to write for his new film, which Sarang accepts and leaves the city to start work while beginning to avoid Aliya. Meanwhile, the families prepare for Sarang and Aliya's wedding, but multiple abshagun (ominous events) occur throughout the pre-wedding functions hinting that the marriage won't happen.

Cast

Episodes

Reception

News18 termed the show's storyline 'progressive'.^[3] The show was lauded by film producer Farah Khan and actress Anita Hassanandani for delving into the subject of motherhood through IVF and supporting a woman's choice to be a mother.^[4][5]

References

External links

• Story 9 Months Ki at IMDb
• Story 9 Months Ki on Sony Liv