Saat Phere is Hindi serial that airs on Zee Tv. The serial is based on the discrimination and degradation of women that still continues in India today and the protagonist, Saloni, is one of the girls who faces this situation.

Saloni is a 24 year old girl who has a dark complexion and the story shows how Saloni's courage and strength lets her continue to overshadow her complexion and also to get on board a journey to search for her own identity hence the tagline - "Saloni ka Safar" which means "Saloni's journey".

Zee Tv explains the programme as:

Saat Phere is a story of a girl’s struggles against the stigmas forced upon her by society and her quest for her unique identity. Although India has progressed in various fields of technology, science & education, discrimination against women remains the root cause of regression in many societies in India leading to degradation of women.One such story is that of Saloni, a dark complexioned 24-year-old girl. Salonis’s talent is overshadowed by her complexion. Faced with such a situation, Saloni is determined to not let society's will be imposed upon her and ruin her life and has the will, spirit and the courage to embark upon the journey to search for her own unique identity.

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Zee Tv's synopsis defines the cause of my study and in itself, presents neatly the conflcit between modern and traditional values. It seems that the world has moved on yet women remain strongly at the heart of discrimination and at severe disadvantages.