Shanti (TV series)

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Shanti
Genre Serial drama
Directed byAdi Pocha
Starring See below
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes780 [1]
Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running timeApprox. 24 minutes
Production company UTV Software Communications
Original release
Network DD National
Release1994 (1994)

Shanti - Ek Aurat Ki Kahani (transl. Shanti - A Woman's Story) is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1994. The series stars Mandira Bedi as Shanti. [2] [3]

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Plot

Every character has a past and has something hidden, it all gets revealed when Shanti, an aspiring journalist hoping to write the biographies of Kamesh and Raj, arrives. The duo only approve of a movie when it is appreciated by the servants of the house and tell of how they went from rags to riches.

Then are shown the family members, Kamesh's eldest son Ramesh is mentally challenged. Younger son Somesh is a failing director struggling over the script which gets rejected even by his own father. His wife Ayesha is the daughter of a film producer whose career was ruined by the duo. His adopted daughter Nidhi was revealed to be the illegitimate daughter of Kamesh. Raj's wife took to Ashrams and Sadhus, while his youngest son Nihal returns with an American woman Michelle, who accidentally revealed that she is his wife. His elder daughter Maya is drawn to depression by her mother's absence, while his womanizer elder son Rohan is forced to marry a model Sasha after she threatens to come out to the press.

All this is witnessed by Shanti who too has a dark past because one of them is her biological father. Shanti's mother was a laborer working during the construction of Shanti Mansion who was raped by both Kamesh and Raj.

Cast

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References

  1. ↑ "Real life Shanti". 13 December 1998. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Shanti: The serial that launched Mandira Bedi
  3. ↑ "TV serial Swabhimaan completes 500 episodes on DD1". 7 July 1997.
  4. ↑ "First of Many: Rajesh Tailang revisits Shanti". 22 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television".
  6. ↑ "First of Many: Ashwini Kalsekar revisits Shanti". 6 May 2020.
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