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{{short description|Indian television series}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye.jpg
| caption =
| genre = [[Romance (love)|Romance]]<br />[[Drama]]
| creator =
| based_on =
| developer = [[Ekta Kapoor]]
| writer = Anil Nagpal
| director = Mujammil Desai<br/> [[Santram Varma]] <br/>Lalit Marathe
| creative_director = Tanushree Dasgupta
| starring =
| composer = Lalit Sen
| theme_music_composer =
| open_theme = "Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh"
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 107
| executive_producer =
| producer = [[Ekta Kapoor]]<br />[[Shobha Kapoor]]
| editor =
| location = [[Mumbai]]
| cinematography =
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 24 minutes
| company = [[Balaji Telefilms]]
| channel = [[Life OK]]
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2014|10|07}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2015|03|06}}
| related =
}}

'''Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh''' is an Indian [[Hindi|Hindi-language]] television soap opera that aired on [[Life OK]]. It was produced by [[Ekta Kapoor]] under her banner [[Balaji Telefilms]]. The series was dubbed in [[English language|English]] and aired on [[Star Life (African TV channel)|Star Life]] as '''An Unusual Tale'''.

The show was the television debut of [[Sonali Bendre]] in the fiction genre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-sonali-bendre-is-childlike-says-tv-actor-apurva-agnihotri-2020948|title=Sonali Bendre is childlike, says TV actor Apurva Agnihotri|website=DNA India|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426134752/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-sonali-bendre-is-childlike-says-tv-actor-apurva-agnihotri-2020948|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=12 September 2014 |title=Sonali Bendre enters fiction space on TV with Ajeeb Daastan Hai Yeh |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/television/sonali-bendre-enters-fiction-space-on-tv-with-ajeeb-daastan-hai-yeharticle1-1263199.aspx |work=Hindustan Times |location=Mumbai |access-date=10 October 2023|agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217212622/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/television/sonali-bendre-enters-fiction-space-on-tv-with-ajeeb-daastan-hai-yeharticle1-1263199.aspx |archive-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> The title of the show ''Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh'' is inspired by the [[Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh (song)|title song]] of the 1960 Bollywood movie ''[[Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai]].''

==Plot==
Shobha Sachdev ([[Sonali Bendre]]) is a middle-aged housewife who is married to a politician, Samarth Sachdev ([[Harsh Chhaya]]). The couple has two little children and a seemingly happy marriage until Shobha discovers that her husband is having an affair, and is involved in corruption. She is completely distraught and unsure of what to expect from life. She decides to pursue a career for the benefit of her children and her husband's innocent family.

Her new journey to be independent goes through major ups and downs, whilst she tries to figure out her seemingly arrogant, yet mysterious boss, Vikram Ahuja ([[Apurva Agnihotri]]). He inspires her to create an identity for herself and not rely on the one her husband has left her with. As she gets to know the man Vikram is, they form an unnamed, yet a divine bond. As her kids fall in love with the man too, their relationship becomes strong and pure.

==Cast==
===Main===
* [[Sonali Bendre]] as Shobha Sachdev<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Sonali-Bendre-was-interested-in-Ajeeb-Dastaan-Hai-Yeh-bEcause-iT-was-a-finite-show/articleshow/46000077.cms|title=Sonali Bendre was interested in Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh bEcause iT was a finite show - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=24 January 2015 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807150831/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Sonali-Bendre-was-interested-in-Ajeeb-Dastaan-Hai-Yeh-bEcause-iT-was-a-finite-show/articleshow/46000077.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Apurva Agnihotri]] as Vikram Ahuja<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/sonali-bendre-is-childlike-apurva-agnihotri/|title=Sonali Bendre is childlike: Apurva Agnihotri|date=2014-09-23|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725010927/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/sonali-bendre-is-childlike-apurva-agnihotri/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Harsh Chhaya]] as Samarth Sachdev, Shobha's ex-husband<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/harsh-chhaya-to-make-comeback-with-ajeeb-dastaan-hai-ye-says-not-interested-in-playing-father/|title=Harsh Chhaya to make comeback with 'Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Ye', says not interested in playing father|date=2014-09-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725010935/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/harsh-chhaya-to-make-comeback-with-ajeeb-dastaan-hai-ye-says-not-interested-in-playing-father/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Recurring===
* [[Vivana Singh]] as Sarika Sachdev/Madhura Kashyap
* [[Alka Amin]] as Sharda Sachdev, Samarth's mother
* Devyansh Tapuriah as Rehaan
* Kreesha Shah as Jia
* [[Ruchi Savarn]] as Garima Ganguly
* [[Sandeep Rajora]] as Tarun
* [[Anurag Sharma (actor)|Anurag Sharma]] as Sandeep
* [[Mihika Verma]] as Shikha
* [[Rushad Rana]] as Saurabh Ganguly
* Gaurav Nanda as Anil
* Prashant Chawla as Sanjay Ganguly
* Garima Kapoor as Riddhima
* Preeti Gupta as Shobha's friend

== Reception ==
Initially, the show was seen as a fresh take on the ''saas-bahu'' relationship seen in Indian television serials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/ajeeb-daastaan-hai-yeh-pilgrims-progress/|title=Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Yeh / Pilgrim's progress|date=2014-10-24|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725010924/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/screen/ajeeb-daastaan-hai-yeh-pilgrims-progress/|url-status=live}}</ref> Explaining why the show was taken off air, the show's co-creator [[Ekta Kapoor]] said that audiences were not ready for progressive shows that showed a married woman choosing to move on even after her husband mistreats her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/2016/06/18/indian-tv-serials-naagin-sasural-simar-ka-jassi-jaisi-koi-nahin-aadhe-adhoore-ajeeb-dastaan-hai-yeh-ekta-kapoor|title=Stop Calling Indian TV 'Regressive' – You're Part of the Problem|date=2016-06-18|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725010928/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/2016/06/18/indian-tv-serials-naagin-sasural-simar-ka-jassi-jaisi-koi-nahin-aadhe-adhoore-ajeeb-dastaan-hai-yeh-ekta-kapoor|url-status=live}}</ref> In another interview in 2017, [[Ekta Kapoor]] said that the show was poorly received as the idea of a woman in a bad marriage moving out and leaving her husband did not match the general accepted thought process of a family despite the show's depiction of reality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/ekta-kapoor-kundali-bhagya-tv-producer-altbalaji-web-content-failed-shows-ranveer-singh-on-small-screen-4726853/|title=Ekta Kapoor on why nobody questions TV, ideas that didn't work and her dream to see Ranveer Singh on small screen|date=2017-06-29|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=25 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725010926/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/ekta-kapoor-kundali-bhagya-tv-producer-altbalaji-web-content-failed-shows-ranveer-singh-on-small-screen-4726853/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt4296656}}
* [http://www.hotstar.com/#!/ajeeb-dastaan-hai-yeh-1650-s Official website] on [[Hotstar]]

{{Life OK Programmes}}
{{Balaji Telefilms}}

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[[Category:Balaji Telefilms television series]]
[[Category:Life OK original programming]]
[[Category:2014 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2015 Indian television series endings]]

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