Chandrakanta (TV series)
| Chandrakanta | |
|---|---|
 The main lead of Chandrakanta: Shahbaaz Khan as Prince Virendra Singh & Shikha Swaroop as Princess Chandrakanta. |
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| Format | Fantasy, Historical |
| Written by | Devaki Nandan Khatri |
| Directed by | Sunil Agnihotri & Nirja Guleri |
| Creative director(s) | Salim Arif |
| Starring | Refer Caste of Characters |
| Opening theme | "Chandrakanta" by Sonu Nigam |
| Country of origin | India |
| Language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | Total 73 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Nirja Guleri |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 52 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | DD National (Original); Sony TV (Syndicated) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original run | 1994 – 1996 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Kahani Chandrakanta Ki |
Chandrakanta is an Indian fantasy television series partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta. It was originally telecast on Doordarshan in the early 1995 and was produced by Nirja Guleri and directed by Sunil Agnihotri.
The serial was controversially pulled off air by Doordarshan in 1996 and the producers had to file a suit in court for reinstatement.[1] It later enjoyed reruns on Star Plus and Sony Entertainment Television.[2]
Contents |
[edit] Cast of characters
- Shahbaz Khan as Prince Virendra Singh
- Shikha Swaroop as Princess Chandrakanta
- Mukesh Khanna as Janbaaz, Also as Meghavat in later part of the story
- Parikshit Sahani as Maharaja Surendra Singh (King of Naugarh)
- Pankaj Dheer as Shiv Dutt (King of Chunargarh, a Vish Purush)
- Durga Jasraj as Rani Kalawati
- Rajendra Gupta as Pandit Jagannath/Shani (his twin brother, a villain)
- Akhilendra Mishra as Kroor Singh aka Yakoooo
- Irrfan Khan as Badrinath/Somnath (his twin brother)
- Krutika Desai as Sabya/Ramya (twin sister of Sabya)/Amba(Vish Kanya)/Jwala
- Sonika Gill as Amrapali(Amba's mother, a Vish Kanya)
- Kalpana Iyer as Dum Dumi Maai/Sultana (Ally of Tara)
- Rupa Ganguly as Damini
- Nimai Bali as Surya
- Mamik as Deva, false Surya
- Varsha Usgaonkar as Roopmati (Snake Queen)
- Anu Dhawan as Tara (Vish Kanya)
- Roopal Patel as Jamuna (Cousin sister of Roopmati, a villian)
- Vinod Kapoor as Amarjeet Singh/Barkat Khan
- Brownie as Ajgar
- Asif Shekh as Naagmani Devata (Snake King)
- Surendra Pal as King of Vijaygarh
- Pradeep Singh Rawat as Himmat Singh
- Arun Mathur as Vaidh Baba (Damini's father)
- Deepak Parashar as Devdutt (Shivdutt's father)
- Sudha Chandran as Stayavati(Shivdutt's mother)
- Avtar Gill as Dalpati Devata
- Waqar Sheikh as Vishwajeet Singh (son of Raja Surendra Singh and Damini).
- Javed Khan as Tej Singh
[edit] Criticism
Kamlapati Khatri, the grandson of the novel's author has said that the producer "had not done justice to the soul of Khatri’s Chandrakanta". He has also accused the producers of willfully misrepresenting certain concepts from the novel such as "tilism" (kind of a maze) and "ayyari" (spying) and showing it as "jaado-tona" (sorcery) plus the characters and the sequences in the Chunar fort were exaggerated beyond requirement while the Chandrakanta appeared after a really long time in the show.[3]
