Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai is an Indian soap drama that aired from 8 October 2007 to 13 November 2010 on STAR Plus during weekdays.

Sadhana's father promises to fly to the USA in order to accumulate more wealth, and she is left with her maternal uncle, Prakashchand Sharma.

Ragini is having difficulty finding a suitable match given her dark complexion, as she is always rejected in favour of the lighter-skinned Sadhana.

One proposal is eventually finalised, and Kaushalya and Ragini's maternal grandmother decide to keep Sadhana hidden.

In a strange twist of destiny, Ragini is the one who saves him when she dials his number by accident and tells him to move on with his life in wonderful words.

Ranveer is completely charmed by her perspective, and the two gradually begin conversing on the phone on a regular basis, oblivious of each other's identities.

Sadhana eventually figures it out, but she does not reveal them and instead trusts God to decide the fate of their phone friendship.

However, when they meet, they are both taken aback, and due to Vasundhara's interference (who always refused to accept Ragini as her daughter-in-law owing to her dark complexion), Ranveer believes Ragini was aware of his true identity all along, but chose to deceive him in order to marry into a wealthy family.

He decides that his life is not complete without her and fights tooth and nail to win her love after leaving her heartbroken.

Anmol promised Ranveer to look after his family, therefore, he lives in the Rajvansh household as Ragini’s husband and Tamanna's father.

After Sadhana and Ranveer's deaths, Alekh also loses his mental balance once again, but eventually recovers with the help of Shlok, and especially for his daughter.

Both couples take deceased Ranveer and Sadhana’s blessings and perform the Bidaai (farewell) ritual.

[12] In November 2008, the shootings and telecast of all the Hindi television series including this series and films were stalled on 8 November 2008 due to dispute by the technician workers of FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) for increasing the wages, better work conditions and more breaks between shootings.

However, they were pacified by Producer Rajan Shahi, Sara Khan and Parul Chauhan playing Sadhna and Ragini and the shootings resumed.

[22] In February 2009, the honeymoon track of the characters Sadhna and Alekh, Ragini and Ranbir was filmed in Kerala where Payal Nair and Anupam Bhattacharya were cast as Gayathri and Madhavan for a cameo.

[23] Initially they were supposed to go to Switzerland for the honeymoon sequence which could not as Sara Khan playing Sadhna did not have passport and time to arrange for it which was required soon and Kerala was finalized for it.

[24] A sequence during the last day shoot in a beach in Kerala was stalled in between due to dispute between the production unit and the local fishermen there and thus being cut during telecast.

[25] In February 2010, film actress Hansika Motwani was seen in a cameo as the chief guest of the dance competition event Natraj Mahotsav in the series.

[26] Besides Mouli Ganguly played the cameo of host, Sangita Ghosh and Sanjeeda Sheikh being the performers in the event.

[27] In June 2010, to increase the ratings, one of the main characters was killed, causing Sara Khan to exit the series.

[34] The channel prompted the producer to introduce twists like the death of the character Sadhna and a time leap after which the ratings rose.

"[40] Praising the two shows Bidaii and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai of Rajan Shahi's Director's Kut Production as game changers of Starplus which do not have excessive camera moves and mother in law – daughter in law melodramas unlike previously aired dramas, The Times of India stated, "The shows adequately highlighted the quintessential emotions with loads of romanticism and simplicity in story-telling.

[43] It also became the first Hindi GEC to beat Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi to the top position at that time garnering 5.28 TVR during first week January 2008.

Since April 2008 to September 2008, it was consistently the number one series except twice in June 2008, when it was pushed to second by Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Star Parivaar Awards.

[47] In January 2009, it recorded its highest rating of 9.6 TVR during lead characters Ragini and Ranveer's marriage.

[48] When the nine-year dominant number one position of StarPlus channel was beaten by Colors TV channel in week ending 11 April 2009, Bidaai and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai were the top watched Hindi shows with 7.4 and 7 TVR.

However, when the series took a leap in June 2010, ratings dipped and it went out of top 5 watched Hindi programs to 10th position.

[43][54] Writer Shoma Munshi in their book Prime time soap operas on Indian Television had included the series among her five specific serials chosen for analysis stating, "I chose Saat Phere… Saloni Ka Safar and Sapna Babul Ka… Bidaai as a counterfoil, because they were the first to challenge the K soaps' supremacy, and both were issue-based, focusing on the dark skin/fair skin thesis.

"[55][56] In January 2008, creative head of Zee TV and the writer of Saat Phere: Saloni Ka Safar accused Bidaai as a copy of Saat Phere, where both of them deals with the story of a dark complexion girl with different story lines for which Producer Rajan Shahi stated, "Why is the comparison being made after four months of Bidaai's launch?

[58][59] When Punjab police came to arrest the actor and Producer Rajan Shahi after a FIR was filed on them, but they got interim bail.