Shastri Sisters

Shastri Sisters
Also known as	Shastri Sisters Chaar Dil Ek Dhadkan
Genre	Indian Soap Opera Drama Romance
Created by	Shakuntalam Telefilms
Written by	Neelima Bajpai Damini Kanwal Shetty Kalpana Khurana Rajita Sharma Nidhi Singh Amit Babbar
Directed by	Jignesh M Vaishnav Lalit Jha
Creative director	Mrinal Tripathi
Starring	Vijayendra kumeria Ishita Ganguly Sonal Vengurlekar Sumit Bhardwaj Neha Pednekar Sujay Reu
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	329 [1]
Production
Producers	Neelima Bajpai Shymashis Bhattacharya
Production locations	Delhi Mumbai Kanpur
Editor	Afzal Sheikh
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Shakuntalam Telefilms
Original release
Network	Colors TV
Release	21 July 2014 (2014-07-21) – 8 August 2015 (2015-08-08)

Shastri Sisters: Chaar Dil Ek Dhadkan (transl. "Shastri sisters: four hearts, one beat"), commonly known as Shastri Sisters, is an Indian television series that aired from July 21, 2014, to August 8, 2015, on Colors TV. The show stars Ishita Ganguly, Sonal Vengurlekar, Vijayendra Kumeria, and Sumit Bhardwaj. ^{[2] [3]} Its plot follows four sisters as they journey from Kanpur to Delhi.

The show was dubbed in Telugu as Manam, which airs on Gemini TV, ^{[4] [5]} and in Tamil as Kanchana airing on Raj TV. It is titled Tere Naal Ishq on Colors Rishtey.

Plot

Four sisters Alka, Anushka, Devyani, and Piya live with their father Narayan Shastri in Kanpur. They had lost their mother at a very young age and were raised single-handedly by Narayan. They move to Delhi after Narayan gets a job transfer, where they stay at his childhood friend Surinder Sareen's house. Surinder lives with his wife Minty and two sons, Neil and Rajat. Minty and Neil hate the sisters and try to oust them.

Narayan learns that Alka loves Rajeev, and thus takes a marriage proposal to Rajeev's father, who insults him. After knowing all this, Alka apologizes to Narayan. He fixes her alliance to his friend Harishankar's son Rohan Pandey, thus the two marry. Both Anushka and Devyani fall in love with Rajat, who has feelings for Anushka. Neil falls in love with Devyani but she rejects him. When Rajat tries to confess his love for Anushka to his family, Minty and Nikki decides to seek revenge for Neil from Devyani. They create a misunderstanding and make everyone believe that Rajat loves Devyani. Everyone prepare for their engagement and when Anushka learns that Devyani also loves Rajat, she sacrifices her love for Devyani. But Rajat also loves Anushka and on his engagement day he learns that he getting engaged to Devyani and he wants to tell her truth, but is stopped by Anushka. And she gives her kasam to become engaged to her sister and he agrees. Rajat and Devyani become engaged. Ass Minty and Nikki's plan fail, they again try to expose Anushka and Rajat. This time they become successful. Devyani becomes heartbroken after knowing the truth and she insults Anushka, accusing her of taking her fiancé, but Anushka remains silent. Rajat criticises her for disrespecting her sister, and tells her that he loves Anushka and not her. Anushka refuses and says that Rajat is only Devyani's.

The next day, Surinder and Rajat learn about Minty and Nikki. Surinder ousts out Nikki from the house and scolds Minty.

Rajat's ex-girlfriend Karishma appears. To make Anushka jealous, Rajat announces his marriage to Karishma, but Anushka remains focused on her relationship with her sister. Later, Devyani tries to convince Anushka to stop Rajat's marriage and discusses this matter with Rajat, who insists that Anushka professes her love for him first. He is later arrested. and Anushka is blamed for his arrest. It is revealed that Karishma is responsible.

Rajat and Anushka marry. Neil is forced by Minty to marry her friend Leela's daughter Kajal, which upsets Devyani, who decides to work with Alka. Someone attacks Devyani at work and she suspects Neil's involvement. Anushka blames Neil for hurting Devyani, but he insists that he is innocent. After three days everyone returns home and Neil returns from jail.

Kajal is revealed to have married Neil only for his property, so Minty scolds her and ends her relationship with Neil. Kajal pushes Anushka off a cliff, and Rajat is kidnapped.

One year later, the Sareens and Shastris celebrate. Rajat and Devyani begin the wedding ceremony, and Anushka is revealed to be alive.

Cast

Main

• Ishita Ganguly as Anushka Shastri Sareen – Narayan's second daughter; Alka, Devyani and Piya's sister; Rajat's wife
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Squadron leader Rajat Sareen –An airforce pilot Minty and Surinder's elder son; Neil's brother; Anushka's husband
• Neha Pednekar as Alka Shastri Pandey – Narayan's eldest daughter; Anushka, Devyani and Piya's sister; Rohan's wife
• Sujay Reu as Rohan Pandey – Harishankar and Vrinda's son; Alka's husband
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Shastri – Narayan's third daughter; Alka, Anushka and Piya's sister; Neil's love interest
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Neil Sareen – Minty and Surinder's younger son; Rajat's brother; Kajal's ex-husband; Devyani's love interest

Recurring

• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri – Surinder's childhood friend; Alka, Anushka, Devyani and Piya's father
• Pragati Chourasiya as Piya Shastri – Narayan's youngest daughter; Alka, Anushka and Devyani's sister
• Neelu Kohli as Mintakshi "Minty" Sareen – Surinder's wife; Rajat and Neil's mother
• Gireesh Sahedev as Surinder Sareen – Narayan's childhood friend; Minty's husband; Rajat and Neil's father
• Chaitrali Gupte as Vrinda Pandey – Harishankar's wife; Rohan's mother
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey – Narayan's friend; Vrinda's husband; Rohan's father
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Aastha Pandey
• Navneet Nishan as Nikki
• Puneet Vashisht as Dr. Raghavendra Singh
• Sudeep Sahir as Veerarav "Veer" Rajshekhari
• Sumit Verma as Rajeev – Alka's ex-boyfriend
• Sudha Chandran as Buaji
• Swati Kumar as Karishma
• Priyanka Khera as Kajal Sareen – Neil's ex-wife
• Poonam Bhatia as Leela Massi – Minty's friend
• Smita Singh as Inspector Guggal Pandey ^[6] (2015)
• Dipika Kakar as Simar

Dubs

Shastri Sisters
Also known as	Kanchana Sakotarigal
Genre	Indian soap opera Drama Romance
Created by	Shakuntalam Telefilms
Starring	Ishita Ganguly Pragati Chourasiya Sonal Vengurlekar Neha Pednekar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of seasons	01
No. of episodes	329
Production
Production locations	Delhi Mumbai Kanpur
Running time	Approx. 23 minutes
Production company	Shakuntalam Telefilms
Original release
Network	Raj TV International: Raj TV US TET
Release	31 August 2015 (2015-08-31) – 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08)

Kanchana (English: Kanchana – Soul of Affection and Love) is a Tamil serial and a soap opera that premiered on 31 August 2015.

Shastri Sisters
Also known as	Manam
Genre	Indian soap opera Drama Romance
Created by	Shakuntalam Telefilms
Starring	Ishita Ganguly Pragati Chourasiya Sonal Vengurlekar Neha Pednekar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Telugu
No. of seasons	01
No. of episodes	162 as 22-September-2016
Production
Production locations	Delhi Mumbai Kanpur
Running time	Approx. 21 minutes
Production company	Shakuntalam Telefilms
Original release
Network	Gemini TV
Release	8 February 2016 (2016-02-08) – present

Manam is a Telugu serial and a soap opera that premiered on 8 February 2016 and airs Monday through Friday.

Cast (Tamil version)

• Neha Pednekar as Kanchana Narayan Shastri/Kanchana Rajan Harishankar
• Ishita Ganguly as Akila Narayan Shastri/Akila Ranjeet Sareen
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri
• Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Rajat Saravanan Sareen
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Rajesh Saravanan Sareen
• Sujay Reu as Rajan Harishankar Pandey
• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri
• Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Saravanan Sareen
• Gireesh Sahedev as Saravanan Sareen
• Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey

Cast (Telugu version)

• Neha Pednekar as Alekhya Narayan Shastri
• Ishita Ganguly as Anuskha Narayan Shastri/Anuskha Ranjeet Sareen
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri
• Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Ranjeet Sareen
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Nitin Sareen
• Sujay Reu as Rohan Harishankar Pandey
• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri
• Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Surinder Sareen
• Gireesh Sahedev as Surendra Sareen
• Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey

References

1. "Shastri Sisters episodes". Shastri Sisters. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.^{[ dead link ]}
2. "Shastri sisters excited about their roles on new show". Times Internet . 20 July 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
3. Shastri Sisters take special lessons
4. Set of Shashtri Sisters is a 'Dilli ki galli'
5. Shastri Sisters visit hometown Kanpur
6. "Swati Kumar enters Shastri Sisters !" . Retrieved 17 November 2014.