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*Mere Sai – Shraddha Aur Saburi*
Mere Sai – Shraddha Aur Saburi
Also known as	Mere Sai
Genre	Historical drama;
Created by	Aparna Padgaonkar
Written by	Aparna Padgaonkar, Roshni Suvrna, Nitin Keswani
Screenplay by	Koel Chaudhuri
Story by	Nitin Keswani, Roshni Suvrna
Directed by	Sachin Ambre; Harsh B Agrawal;
Creative director	Siddhav Nachane
Starring	See below
Theme music composer	Devendra Bhome
Opening theme	"Om Sai Om...Sai Om..."
Composer	Devendra Bhome
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1432
Production
Executive producer	Rajan Singh
Producers	Nitin Vaidya; Ninad Vaidya; Aparna Padgaonkar;
Cinematography	Santosh Tripathi
Editor	Amey Godkar
Running time	22 mins
Production company	Dashami Creations
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television
Release	25 September 2017 –; 7 July 2023

Mere Sai – Shraddha Aur Saburi (transl. My Sai – Faith And Patience) is an Indian Hindi-language historical drama series which aired on Sony TV from 25 September 2017 to 7 July 2023. It starred Abeer Soofi initially from 2017-2019 and later on Tushar Dalvi from 2019-2023 in the lead role along with Kishori Godbole, Vaibhav Mangle in supporting roles.^[2]^[3]^[4] The show traces the journey of Sai Baba of Shirdi, a fakir who after witnessing the injustices due to religious and caste discrimination, faces several trials and tribulations on his journey to bring peace and love to the society.

Plot

The show broadly covers the life and teachings of Sai Baba of Shirdi, a 19th-century healer and spiritual leader who resides in the village of Shirdi in modern-day Maharashtra. Through his numerous acts of kindness, honesty, compassion, and nonviolence, he helps the people of Shirdi overcome their struggles by emphasizing values such as righteousness, humility, forgiveness, faith, and patience.

The show gently tackles various sociopolitical issues of the time while Sai Baba reforms egotistic individuals who initially hate him and his teachings. He shows them the path of Dharma and restores their faith in God.

Cast

Main

Tushar Dalvi as Sai Baba (2019–2023)
- Abeer Soofi as Sai Baba (2017-2019)
- Abhishek Nigam as Young Sai Baba (2017)
Toral Rasputra / Kishori Godbole as Bayaza Bai/Bayaza Maa(2017-2019)/(2019-2023)(death)
Vaibhav Mangle as Kulkarni Sarkar (2017–2020; 2021–2023)
- Satish Salgare as Kulkarni Sarkar (2020)

Recurring

Dhruti Mangeshkar as Jhipri 'Lakshmi' (child)
Drisha Kalyani as Jhipri 'Lakshmi' (teenage)
Ashwini Kasar^[5] as Jhipri 'Lakshmi' (adult)
Himanshu Rai^[6]^[7] as Keshav Kulkarni
- Syed Aman Mian Sharma as Young Keshav Kulkarni
Khushboo Tawde as Tejaswi Keshav Kulkarni
Priyanka Joshi Hait as Rukmini Vaini: Kulkarni's wife
Anish Railkar as Pralhad Keshav Kulkarni (Keshav's son)
Saurabh Shrikant as Tatya Patil
- Rakshit Wahi as Young Tatya Patil
Anjali Mishra as Rambha Tatya Patil
Chirag Dave as Mhalsapati Ji
Bhakti Chauhan/Anaya Soni as Parvati; Mhalsapati's wife
Hemant Thatte/Vinayak Bhave as Appa Kote Patil
Chhaya Phanse as Champa
- Karishma Dharmendra Bhuta^[8] as young Champa
Mahi Milan Kanani as Ragini
Chandan Madan as Srikanth
Sharmila Shinde as Chihu Tai (Kulkarni's younger sister);Srikanth wife and Govinda's mother
Bhupindder Bhoopii as Santa (2019–2023)
Bhushan Dhupkar as Panta: Kulkarni's servant and as tuddu: Panta's younger brother(dual role) (2017–2018)
Sanjay Wadekar^[9] as Panta (2019–2023)
Vikas Verma as Uddhav
Vikas Kumar as Ali
Arsh Syed as Bheema
Mrunali Shirke as Sanvari
Piyush Singh as Bhanu
Siddhant Karnick as Ganpat Rao
Atul Patil as Shashikant
Aaloak Kapoor as Gokuldas2
Sushma Prashant as Appa Kote Patil's mother
Yash Rajendra Karia as Bheema
Anant Mahadevan as Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Manav Soneji as Ali
Vansh Sayani as Baal Sai
Sonal Vengurlekar as Savitri
Ruhanika Dhawan as Rama
Raj Sharnagat as Narayan / Naveen
Sneha Bhawsar as Sulakshana
Shishir Sharma as Sateshwar
Arun Singh as Devidas
Vivaek Srivastav as Nanasaheb Chandorkar
Avtaar N Vaishnani as Keshav: Kulkarni's son - young
Harpreet Singh Bindra as Anta: Kulkarni's servant
Bippin Procha as Ranoji
Mahesh Welkar as
Tarun Khanna as Ratnakar Rao
Siddarth Arya as Bal Sai
Aishani Yadav as Yamuna: Mhalsapati's eldest daughter
Mohammad Samar as Balram: Pari's cousin
Amit Jaat as Tryambak: Bayaza Maa's younger brother
Anupriya Parmar as Gunwanta Bai: Tryambak's wife
Rajiv Mishra as Dilawar Ali
Sangita Adhikari as Pandhari's wife
Smita Dongre as Funtru Kaki
Flora Saini as Suvarna Bai
Supriya Pilgaonkar as Suhasini Bai: Appa Kote Patil's aunt
Sneha Wagh as Tulsa
Bhawana Meghwal as Nirali's mother
Advait Soman as Uddhav
Tasheen Shah as
- Tara: Pari's cousin
- Gayatri: Sopan's daughter
Ketki Dave as Kamala: Champa's mother-in-law
Sarita Joshi as Savita
Supriya Pathak as Geeta (Cameo)
Sandeep Bhojak As BrahmaNandam (2019)
Nishkarsh Kulshrestha as Raghunath
Niel Satpuda as Ali (2019)
Jay Zaveri as Ganpat/Das Ganu Maharaj
Shruti Bhist as Sumati
Kalpesh Rajgor as Chintamani
Aaditya Bajpayee as Mohan
Anubhav Dixit as Digambar
Anang Desai as Ganjanan
Praneet Bhat as Madhusudan
Pankaj Berry as Chakra Narayan
Govind Khatri as Kakasaheb Dixit
Amit Anand Raut as self in episodes 1012-1012 and promo of "Sai Vachan"
Girish Oak as Khashaba
Vikas Singh Rajput as Mahesh
Prachi Vaishnav as Malti
Vishwanath Kulkarni as Hemant
Krishnakant Singh Bundela as Sadhu

Production

The filming of the series which resumed after three months owing COVID-19 outbreak in India in late June was halted soon in early July until 7 July 2020 when a crew member was tested positive for the virus and the cast and crew were kept under quarantine.^[10]