Son Pari
{{short description|Television series}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Son Pari.jpg
| image_size = 230
| caption = A promotional image of the series
| company = Taurus Video
| runtime = 21 minutes
| starring = Tanvi Hegde
Mrinal Kulkarni
Ashok Lokhande
Vivek Mushran
Shashikala
| opentheme = 'Son Pari Aayi' by Shreya Ghoshal
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| network = StarPlus
| location = Mumbai
| producer = Neena Gupta
Anupam K Kalidhar
| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2000|11|23}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2006|03|1|df=y}}
| num_episodes = 268
}}
Son Pari ({{langx|en|Golden Fairy}}) is an Indian children's fantasy adventure television series which aired from 2000 to 2006 on StarPlus. The series follows the story of Fruity, a young girl who receives a magical ball that, when rubbed, summons a fairy named Son Pari and her friend Altu.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/son-pari-cast-then-and-now-5762421/|title=The stars of Son Pari: Where are they now?|website=Indian Express|date=26 December 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/photo-gallery/photos-shaka-laka-boom-boom-to-sonpari-6-popular-tv-shows-from-the-2000s-we-all-grew-up-watching/462970|title=Shaka Laka Boom Boom to Sonpari, 6 popular TV shows from the 2000s we all grew up watching!|website=Times Now News}}
Plot
Bunty, a scientist's apprentice, catches a dove to give it to his boss to use in an experiment. Bunty and the scientist want to capture Son Pari and use her to become rich by showing her off to the world. Fruity set the dove free, not knowing that the bird was Son Pari (Golden Fairy), who often comes to Earth with the permission of the fairy queen, called Pari Ma (Fairy Mother).
Fruity's mother died long ago. Fruity goes to the terrace to look at the stars, as she believes her mother is one of them. One night Son Pari comes to her and offers her friendship in return for the assistance Fruity once gave her. This starts the story of their strange friendship. Son Pari and Altu start meeting Fruity regularly and have many adventures. They help her get rid of Ruby, a woman who wants to marry Fruity's father, Rohit, for his money. Although Ruby's brother helps Ruby, Son Pari and Altu, make sure they don't succeed. Later, Son Pari realizes that Fruity is in great danger, for it is written in the prophecies that Fruity will kill Kali Pari (Dark Fairy), who is the main villain of Season 2. For a short while, Son Pari makes Tooty, a fairy who is Fruity's look-alike, take care of Fruity and protects her from Kaali Pari.
Much later, a new character, Princy, comes into the picture, who will be able to see Son Pari and Altu despite them being invisible to everyone. The series contains multiple subplots and finally, Fruity will be able to kill Kaali Pari and thus the darkness ends.
Cast
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! scope="col" style="width: 200px;" | Actor ! scope="col" style="width: 150px;" | Character | |
| Tanvi Hegde | Fruity and Tooty |
| Mrinal Dev-Kulkarni | Sonpari/Dr.Sonali Tripathi/Kaalipari in 2 episodes |
| Ashok Lokhande | Altamash/altu |
| Vivek Mushran | Rohit(fruity's father) |
| Upasana Singh | Kaali Pari/Cruella, Sonali Tripathi Fake Mother, Sonpari in 2 episodes |
| Deepshikha Nagpal | Rooby,Witch Medusaa,Cruella in 3 episodes |
| Sunila Karambelkar | Naashikaa, Rohit's Assistant |
| Kaivalya Chheda | Jeff D'Souza(fruity's best friend) |
| Benazir Shaikh
| Twinkle, Fruity's Friend | |
| Aditya Surtey | Appy |
| Jhanak Shukla | Princy |
| Shashikala | Daadi(fruity's grandmother){{Cite web|url=https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/veteran-actress-shashikala-aka-son-paris-daadi-dies-at-88/|title=Veteran Actress Shashikala AKA Son Pari's Daadi Dies at 88|date=5 April 2021}} |
| Anita Kanwal | Mrs. Dhillon |
| Harsh Khurana | Deepak |
| Tina Parekh | Jennifer |
| Pratibha | Teressa |
| Yashodhan Bal | Jennifer's father |
| Akul Tripathi | Bunty |
| Yahsraj Khushwaha | Yash, Fruity's friend |
| Zoya Afroz | Dimple,Fruity's Friend |
| Zohaib Ahmed | Zack/Dimple cousin |
| Aditya Kapadia | Anokha Abijith |
| Natasha Sinha | Pari Maa |
| Archisha Mukherjee | Tina, Fruity's bully in boarding school |
| Swati Patra | Genius, Fruity's friend |
| Shraddha Shrivastava | Genius, Fruity’s friend
| Chulbuli 229 |
| Anisha Hinduja
| Hakim's Magical Book Women | |
| Sri Vallabh Vyas | Bindhula, tantric priest, (Episodes 144-146) |
| Sonal Pendse
|Janglika (Episodes 117-118) |
Broadcasting
Son Pari originally aired on Star Plus channel from November 2000 and 1 October 2004. Re-runs of the show also aired on Star Utsav,{{Cite web|url=http://starutsav.indya.com:80/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616052000/http://starutsav.indya.com:80/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 June 2004|title=indya.com - STAR - STAR Utsav|date=16 June 2004}} STAR One{{Cite web|url=http://app.indya.com:80/epg/asp/displaySchedules.asp?ddChannelName=starone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202231954/http://app.indya.com:80/epg/asp/displaySchedules.asp?ddChannelName=starone|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2008|title=STAR - Programme Guide|date=2 February 2008}} and Disney Channel India.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/television/broadcasting/tv-channels/kids/disney-to-air-break-time-masti-time-in-october|title=Disney to air 'Break Time Masti Time' in October|date=16 September 2008|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081211173000/http://starplus.indya.com/serials/sonpari/index.html Official Site on Star Plus]
- {{IMDb title|tt3175266|Son Pari}}
{{Children television series in India}}
{{SP Shows}}
{{TV ASIA Programmes}}
Category:Indian fantasy television series
Category:2000 Indian television series debuts
Category:StarPlus original programming
Category:Indian children's television series
Category:2004 Indian television series endings
Category:Television shows about fairies