Shrikant (TV series)

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Shrikant
Based on Srikanta
by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Directed by Praveen Nischol
Starring Farooque Shaikh

Rita Bhaduri Sujata Mehta Mrinal Kulkarni Irrfan Khan Ravindra Mankani Satish Pulekar

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Asha Sharma
Original language Hindi
Production
Running time25 minutes
Release
Original network DD National
Original release1987 (1987)

Shrikant is a TV show based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya's 1917-1933 four volume novel Srikanta. The show aired on Doordarshan in 1987.

The show was again telecast on DD National from 30 April 2020 during the lockdown due to coronavirus [1]

Synopsis

The show tells the story of protagonist Shrikant (Farooque Shaikh). Sujata Mehta plays Raj Lakshmi. She nurses him to health when he is infected by plague. Later during a sea voyage to Burma, he meets Abhaya (Mrinal Kulkarni), a woman abandoned by her husband (Irrfan Khan). [2] In Burma, he receives the devotion of a lodge caretaker played by Sukanya Kulkarni. His love ideal remains Rajlakshmi.

Cast

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References

  1. "Irrfan Khan's Shrikant to run again on Doordarshan, here's when you can watch". Hindustan Times. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Mrinal Kulkarni: I was embarrassed to scold Farooque Shaikh while enacting 'Shrikant'". Times of India. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. "Mrinal Kulkarni: I was embarrassed to scold Farooque Shaikh while enacting 'Shrikant'". Times of India. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. "Irrfan Khan's 80s TV show to make a comeback". Times of India. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.