Tara (TV series)

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Tara
Written byVinta Nanda [1]
Varun Gautam.
Directed byRaman Kumar
Starring
Opening theme"Tara" by Kuldip Singh
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
Production
ProducerRaman Kumar
Running time23 minutes
Original release
Network Zee TV
Release1993 (1993) 
1997 (1997)

Tara is an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV channel, based on the trials and tribulations, the joys and sorrows of the main character, Tara. [2] The series was known as the first ever Indian soap on contemporary urban women, and was the first Hindi-language drama series to run for about five years. [3] Besides focusing on the life of Tara, the series also showed the lives of her four other friends, Kanchan, Devyani, Arzoo and Sheena.

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Cast

Actor/ActressCharacterNotes
Navneet Nishan Choti Tara Seth / Tara Saigal,
Amita Nangia Sheena Pratap Singh
Rakesh Bedi Danny
Alok Nath Deepak Seth
Grusha Kapoor Devyani Seth
Ratna Pathak Shah Kanchan Soni
Imran Khan Popo
Deven Bhojani Petha
Ram Mohan Bade Papa, Tara's paternal grandfather
Raja Bundela Rohit Seth, Tara's friend
Neha Sharad Arzoo Rana
Shefali Shetty Mala
Benjamin Gilani Prithvi Kanchan's husband
Harsh Chhaya Jijo
Girish Malik Rohan
Sushmita Mukherjee Replaced Navneet Nishan Anita Seth
Bharat Kapoor Ashok Sehgal, Tara's father1993–1995
Avtar Gill Rana, Arzoo's father
Shiv KumarVeeru Sehgal Kanchan's brother
Bhushan Jeevan
Akshat KapoorArzoo's son

Reception

According to India Today, Tara was number one in Delhi with a TRP of 14 in November 1993. [4]

References

  1. "Return of soap queen". Tribune India .
  2. Awaasthi, Kavita (4 August 2016). "Tara: A show that brought women power to the fore". Hindustan Times . Mumbai. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  3. "After 'Tara', a new star..." Thehinduonnet.com. 2002. Archived from the original on 27 December 2002.
  4. Chandra, Anupama; Agarwal, Amit (31 January 1994). "Young, gifted and brash" . India Today . New Delhi: Living Media . Retrieved 11 February 2025.