Raat Jawaan Hai (transl. The Night Is Young) is an Indian Hindi-language television series directed by Sumeet Vyas and written by Khyati Anand Puthran. Produced under Yamini Pictures Private Limited, starring Barun Sobti, Anjali Anand and Priya Bapat. It is premiered on SonyLIV on 11 October 2024.
Contents
Premise
Three friends, Avinash, Suman and Radhika navigate the challenges of parenting and work-life balance in this slice-of-life wholesome comedy.
Cast
Barun Sobti as Avinash/Avi
Anjali Anand as Radhika/Radz
Priya Bapat as Suman
Vikram Singh Chauhan as Satwinder Singh Gulati/Sattu, Suman's husband
Priyansh Jora as Rishi, Radhika's husband
Hasleen Kaur as Swadha, Avinash's wife
Raayan Nikhil Kanchan as Rahi, Avinash and Swadha's son
Jia Aman Yagnik as Kadambari, Radhika and Rishi's daughter
Khushvik Sharma as Eshaan, Suman and Satwinder's son
Production
The series was announced on SonyLIV. The principal photography of the series commenced in March 2024. A special screening of the series was held at Mumbai on 9 October 2024.
Reception
The series opened to positive reviews, with Arpita Sarkar of OTTPlay rating the series 3/5 stars. Sonal Pandya of Times Now gave the series 4/5 stars.
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in said in her review that "Fortunately, Raat Jawaan Hai doesn’t bite off more than it can chew, focusing on delivering a carefully prepared feast of laughs, frowns and tears."
Troy Ribeiro of The Free Press Journal gave 3.5 stars and said that "If you’re looking for a heartfelt series that embraces the messiness of parenting with open arms, this one’s for you".