Ayushmaan

Ayushmaan is a Hindi language Indian television serial on  Sony TV (Global), which aired from 2 August 2004 to 19 May 2005. It is the story of a child medical genius. The series used to air from Monday to Thursday.

Plot summary
The popular soap was the story of a teenager whose carefree adolescence is pitted against the responsibilities that his medical profession demands from him. It later leads to heart-rending conflicts. It is based on a true child prodigy who became a qualified doctor at the age of 17.

Trying to blend in, Ayushmaan pretends to be a poor student in school barely scraping through in his examinations. He spends his time playing basketball with his two close friends, Sonia (a carefree tomboy girl) and Rohit (a free-spirited boy from a rich family). His medical knowledge is revealed when he helps deliver a child in an emergency. The dean of a renowned hospital, Dr. Sunaina Seth, recognizes his talent and forces him to acknowledge and accept his strengths. From here begins his journey of self-realization and he becomes the youngest qualified doctor. The blessings of his mother give him an optimistic outlook to life. Being a practicing doctor, Ayushmaan remains a teenager at heart but everything turns topsy-turvy when he falls in love with another doctor who is senior to him. He struggles to strike a balance between his professional and personal life.

The plot, however, shifted focus from Ayushmaan's life as a medical prodigy after just 50 episodes and went on to trace Ayushmaan's romantic relationships moving from Tani to Sonia to Kavya. In the later stages, Ayushmaan's brother Bodhi is introduced First shown as autistic, he turned out to be the antagonist at the end of the show.

Cast
 Vinod Singh / Sudeep Sahir as Dr.Ayushmaan Jaiswal, a Teenage Wonder Doctor who treats his patients with kindness
 Indira Krishnan as Mrs. Jaiswal (Ayushmaan's Mother)
 Uday Tikekar as Mr. Jaiswal (Ayushmaan's Father) 
 Gunn Kansara as Sonia, Ayushmaan's Childhood Friend and Second Love 
 Chandana Sharma / Riva Bubber as Dr. Kavya Ayushmaan Jaiswal, Ayushmaan's Wife 
 Neha Mehta as Dr. Tani, Ayushmaan's First Love who is later murdered by his own brother Bodhi
 Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Urvashi, Sonia's Mother
  Ayub Khan / Ikhlaq Khan as Sonia's Father 
 Hemant Thatte as Bodhi Jaiswal, Ayushmaan's Elder Brother who is autistic and has been raised by his Grandmother, away from his parents and brother; antagonist
 Nivedita Bhattacharya as Dr. Sunaina, Tani's Elder Sister; Senior Doctor at Vardaan Hospital and Ayushmaan's Mentor and Well Wisher
 Darshan Jariwala / Rajeev Verma as Dr. Dalmia, Sunaina and Tani's Father, Chief of Vardaan Hospital 
 Manav Gohil as Dr. Mayank, Sunaina's Husband; antagonist
 Prabha Sinha as Dr. Kavya's Mother
 Nigaar Khan as Dr. Kavya's Elder Sister
 Jhumma Mitra as Sister Laila, a Friendly Nurse at Vardaan Hospital
 Siddharth Dhawan as Dr. Khan
 Shaleen Bhanot
 Sikandar Kharbanda 
 Tinnu Anand

Controversy
As the wonder doctor and protagonist in Ayushmaan, actor Vinod Singh was forced to make an exit from the show in November 2004. This was after he allegedly bashed up a studio hand during an Ayushmaan shoot at the Cinevistaas studio in Kanjur Marg. He had taken offence when a helper from the neighbouring set brushed past his co-star Tani (Neha Mehta). The channel had described his action as "unfortunate" and said they "did not subscribe to such behaviour." Later, Sudeep Sahir played the role of Ayushmaan.

References

External links
 Ayushmaan at Sony Entertainment Network

Category:Sony Entertainment Television series
Category:Indian medical television series
Category:Indian television soap operas
Category:2004 Indian television series debuts
Category:2005 Indian television series endings
Category:2000s Indian television series