India Calling
About the Show
Set against the backdrop of a leading call center, India Calling is the story about Chandni, a young town girl from Jalandhar. She has an older sister - Manisha Kapur who is in Mumbai. Chandni stays with her beeji and parents Meera and Ranjit Kapur. It so happens that this simple, but confident girl lands up at Mumbai in search of her sister.
The fast pace of city life and the hep crowd are something new to her! Circumstances also force her to a job at India Calling, a leading call centre owned by Aditya. Aditya is the city slicker, the snob whose grandpa, Virender Khanna owns the call centre. He has an elder brother, Vishesh who is married to Kamini. The story then takes us through Chandni’s life at India Calling and her relationship with Aditya.
There are also some key characters at the call centre like Prashant (team leader), Varun, Smitha, Kabir, Reshma, Namrata, ‘Taxi’ Patil (driver) and Tyson (the security head) who will spice up and give a realistic picture of the organization.
India Calling airs every Monday - Wednesday, 9:30 PM only on STAR One!
Chandni Kapoor: Aged 20, she is traditional, determined, self reliant, bubbly, and righteous. She comes to India Calling in search of her missing sister, Manisha and falls in love with Aditya. Endears herself to people with her simplicity and her small-town innocence. She truly believes that its “cool to be an Indian”.
Aditya Khanna: Aged 25, he is the rich spoilt brat who is dismissive, brash and aggressive, but has a heart of gold. Kamini encourages his wayward ways so that she can run India Calling her way. The most significant incident in his life is his heartbreak. He is passionate about photography, but it has taken a backseat at the moment
Kamini Khanna: The manipulative, sweetly sarcastic, ambitious and control freak who has married Vishesh for the ‘Khanna’ money. She pampers Aditya, so she can control him. She is also sweet to Vishesh, but ‘love’ has no meaning for her. She has taken over the household and runs the business, because Vishesh travels on business a lot.
Virender Khanna: The Govt. servant who has brought up Vishesh and Aditya after their parents died. He dislikes his bahu Kamini, who treats him disrespectfully when his grandchildren are not around. He realises that she has a stronghold on Aditya and is responsible for spoiling him rotten. Together with Beeji, he plays cupid between Aditya and Chandni.
Lajjoji (Beeji): Chandni’s grandmother; traditional but worldly wise, has home remedies for every problem, instills Indian values in India Calling. Beware, beeji is also aware of global news and changing culture. Eternal romantic, she showers her fundas of love!