Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama television series that aired on Sony Entertainment Television. The show, produced by Shashi Sumeet Productions, is set in the late 1980s and early 1990s and chronicles the youthful love story of Sameer Maheshwari and Naina Agarwal in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The title is borrowed from a popular song from the 1963 Hindi film Chhoti Bahen.
| Title | Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai |
|---|---|
| Genre | Romantic drama |
| Original network | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Original language | Hindi |
| Production company | Shashi Sumeet Productions |
| Producers | Sumeet Hukamchand Mittal, Shashi Sumeet Mittal |
| Original release | 2017–2019 |
| Setting | Ahmedabad, late 1980s–early 1990s |
The series is narrated as a flashback by an older Sameer recalling his school and college years. The plot revolves around Sameer Maheshwari, a Mumbai-born teenager who relocates with his family to Ahmedabad, and Naina Agarwal, a studious girl from a middle-class Marwari household. The two meet at St. Cardia's College and gradually develop a relationship that forms the emotional core of the show. The narrative weaves in their friendships, family dynamics, academic pressures, and the cultural texture of small-city India before the era of mobile phones and the internet.
The series was produced by Sumeet and Shashi Mittal under the banner of Shashi Sumeet Productions, the company also known for shows such as Diya Aur Baati Hum and Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji. Considerable effort was invested in recreating the period setting, including costumes, hairstyles, props, vehicles and music characteristic of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Ahmedabad locale was depicted through references to local landmarks, Gujarati culture and the Marwari trading community.
The show premiered on Sony Entertainment Television in 2017 in a weekday prime-time slot. It ran for over 700 episodes before concluding its broadcast in 2019. During its run, the series introduced a generational leap and shifted focus at one stage to the next phase of the protagonists' lives. The show was also made available on the digital streaming platform SonyLIV.
The title track is an adaptation of the song "Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai", originally composed by Shankar–Jaikishan with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and rendered by Mohammed Rafi for the 1963 film Chhoti Bahen. The series re-used the nostalgic melody to underline its retro setting, alongside background scores evoking the period.
The show was received favourably for its lead pairing, gentle storytelling and period detail, and developed a loyal viewership particularly among younger audiences drawn to its school- and college-era romance. Randeep Rai and Ashi Singh, who played the central couple, gained widespread recognition through the series.
Within Indian television, Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai is notable for moving away from the saas-bahu and joint-family conflict template that long dominated Hindi general entertainment channels, and for popularising a coming-of-age, period-set romance format on prime-time television. Its success encouraged further experiments with nostalgia-driven, youth-oriented storytelling on Indian TV.