Uttaran is a daily Hindi soap broadcasting on the Indian channel Colors TV. It replaced Bigg Boss(Season 2) and went on air on December 1, 2008 at 10:00 pm. Within a month, it was able to retain a position among the Top 20 TV programmes in India. On June 22, 2009, the storyline of the show took a 10 year leap forward. On March 26, 2012, the story-line took an 18 year leap forward. It has also been dubbed in Tamil as Sindhu Bhairavi in Raj TV which airs Mon-Fri at 7:00pm.Uttaran is the story of two friends Ichcha and Tapasya with diametrically opposite backgrounds. 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. Ichcha uses clothes and other possessions that are cast-off by Tapasya. In spite of the vast difference in status, the little girls become best friends. Jogi Thakur discovers that he had accidentally caused the death of Ichcha's father long ago. He feels guilt-stricken and decides to become Ichcha's foster father, giving her the best possible upbringing. However, jealousy creeps into the girls relationship as Ichcha wins over Tapasya's family with her simple nature and good character. Divya's aunt Sumitra Devi (Nani), being resentful of Damini and Ichcha, poisons Tapasya's mind against her friend. Sumitra spreads rumors about Ichcha and Damini to Tapasya and she begins to hate her from that moment.