Saraswatichandra (TV series)
Saraswatichandra | |
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Genre | Soap opera |
Based on | Saraswatichandra by Govardhanram Tripathi |
Written by | Ved Raj Abhijit Sinha Shilpa D'Mello Shruti Vaidya |
Directed by | Arvind Babbal Sharad Pandey Mayank Gupta Himanshu Singh Arshad Khan |
Starring | Gautam Rode Jennifer Winget Varun Kapoor Ashish Kapoor |
Theme music composer | Aadil-Prashant |
Opening theme | "Kuch Na Kahe" by Shreya Ghoshal and Javed Ali |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of episodes | 444 |
Production | |
Producers | Sunjoy Waddhwa Comall Sunjoy W. |
Cinematography | Deepak Pandey Arjun Rao |
Running time | Approx. 22 minutes |
Production companies | SLB productions (2013) Sphere Origins (2014) |
Original release | |
Network | STAR Plus DD National |
Release | 25 February 2013 20 September 2014 | –
Saraswatichandra is an Indian soap opera and romantic drama, initially produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and written by Ved Raj and Abhijit Sinha. The show was initially based on Govardhanram Tripathi's novel of the same name. It aired on Star Plus from 25 February 2013 to 20 September 2014.[1] It is dubbed into Malayalam as Swayamvaram.
Plot
Saraswatichandra narrates the story of a young, cultured aristocrat, Saraswatichandra Vyas (Saras) (Gautam Rode), whose mother, Saraswati (Maleeka R Ghai), committed suicide when he was a child. His father, Laxminandan Vyas (Chetan Pandit), then married Gumaan (Monica Bedi), an evil and selfish woman who bore him a son, Danny (Varun Kapoor), a kind and selfless boy.
Laxminandan arranges Saras' wedding with Kumud Desai (Jennifer Winget), the well-educated daughter of his best friend, Vidyachatur Desai (Yatin Karyekar/Ali Raza Naamdaar). However, Saras, indrawn since the death of his mother, refuses to marry and writes to Kumud to inform her. Having wholeheartedly accepted the marriage proposal, she challenges Saras to personally tell her father about his rejection. Saras leaves Dubai, the place where he had grown up, and comes to Ratnanagri, Kumud's village. However, as time goes on, Saras begins getting along with Kumud's family and starts adjusting to their ways. He eventually falls in love with Kumud and a short-lived romance follows.
However, on his return to Dubai, Saras finds a letter written by his mother, which a jealous Gumaan had secretly slipped into his things, revealing to Saras that the reason his mother committed suicide was that she found out that Laxminandan and Gumaan were having an affair. This shatters Saras who disowns his father and leaves his house. He then decides not to marry Kumud because he believes that, since he is no longer the son of a rich man, he will not be able to support her and is therefore unworthy to be her husband.
To save her family's reputation, a heartbroken Kumud agrees to marry Pramadan Dharmadhikari (Pramad) (Anshul Trivedi), the son of a political family. However, after the wedding, Kumud finds out that Pramad is an alcoholic who was forced to marry her. Although Kumud is mistreated by Pramad, she decides to stay with him and change him into a better person.
Kumud is unaware that Saras has realised his mistake and wanted to stop her wedding with Pramad but before he could do so, thugs beat him and left him for dead. Alak, Pramad's sister finds Saras and brings him to her family mansion. He regains his health and on finding Kumud there and learning about the pain Pramad has been inflicting on her, he promises himself that he will change Pramad's ways and unite him with Kumud.
Buddhidhan Dharmadhikari (Sai Ballal), who despises the deplorable lifestyle of his son, Pramad, appoints Saras (presenting himself as Naveenchandra) as his secretary. This causes Pramad to be jealous of Saras because he thinks his father loves Saras more than him.
Upon learning why Saras refused to marry her, Kumud forgives him and asks him to leave her house as she cannot see his constant humiliations from Pramad. Saras tells Kumud he won't go out of her life until he unites her with Pramad.
Kumud eventually separates from Pramad, after he attempts to kill her, and marries Saras. Kusum (Shiny Doshi), Kumud's sister marries Danny, who is smitten with her. Pramad is diagnosed with terminal cirrhosis and leaves for abroad for treatment, going away from Kumud's life. Further on, it is revealed that Saras' younger brother, Kabir (Ashish Kapoor), who was taught to have died in infancy, is alive and is working for Gumaan to destroy the Desai/Vyas Family. After some twists and turns, she is arrested and Kabir happily starts adjusting to his family and reconciles with his father, as well as Saras. He also discovers love with a bubbly girl from Mumbai named Anushka (Srishty Rode). Kumud also succeeds in finding Saras' long-lost mother who never died, but lost her memory and was imprissoned in a mental assylum. With the help of Kumud, she regains her memories and mental health, and reunites with her family. The story ends with the birth of Saras and Kumud's 1-st child, a daughter whom they name as Sanskriti Saraswatichandra Vyas.
Cast
Main
- Gautam Rode as Saraswatichandra Laxminandnan Vyas [2]
- Jennifer Winget as Kumud Sundari Saraswatichandra Vyas (née Desai)[3]
- Varun Kapoor as Danny Laxminandan Vyas[4]
- Shiny Doshi as Kusum Danny Vyas (née Desai)[5]
- Ashish Kapoor as Kabir Laxminandan Vyas[6]
- Srishty Rode as Anushka Kabir Vyas[7]
Recurring
- Anshul Trivedi as Pramod Dhan Dharmadhikari[8]
- Chetan Pandit as Laxminandan Vyas
- Monica Bedi as Guman Laxminandan Vyas[9]
- Yatin Karyekar / Ali Raza Naamdaar as Vidyachatur Desai[10]
- Alpana Buch as Guniyal Desai
- Ragini Shah as Dugba
- Vinita Joshi Thakkar as Kumari
- Mehul Kajaria as Gyanchatur Desai[11]
- Mansi Jain as Chandrika Desai
- Surya Kanth / Winy Tripathi as Yash Desai
- Soni Singh as Kalika Desai
- Sonia Shah as Menaka
- Sai Ballal as Buddhi Dhan Dharmadhikari
- Pratichee Mishra as Saubhagyavati Devi Dharmadhikari
- Vahbbiz Dorabjee as Alak Kishori[12]
- Vijay Dadlani as Indresh
- Maleeka R Ghai as Saraswati Laxminandan Vyas
- Rahul Ram as Prashant
- Mithil Jain as Sub-Inspector Umesh Solanki
- Shahrukh Sadri as Murakh Das
- Smita Shetty as Sunder Baa
Awards and nominations
Year | Award Show | Category | Character | Cast | Result | Reference |
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2013 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best Actress Drama | Kumud | Jennifer Winget | Won |
International broadcast
- Albania: TV Klan (2016).
- Argentina: El Trece (2016).
- Bulgaria: bTV, bTV Lady (2015).[13]
- Chile: TVN (2017).
- Costa Rica: Teletica (2017).
- Ethiopia: Kana TV (2016).[14]
- Indonesia: Trans 7 & ANTV (2015).
- Japan: LaLa TV & BS Niteele (upcoming).
- Mexico: Imagen Televisión (2018).[15]
- Panama: TVN (Panama) (2016).
- Peru: Panamericana (2017).
- Saudi Arabia: MBC Bollywood (2015)
- Slovakia: TV Doma (2016).[16]
- South Korea: DRAMACube & AsiaN (upcoming).
- Sri Lanka: TV One (2016), Sirasa TV (2017)
- Turkey: Kanal 7 (9 February 2017) [Turkish title: İki Yabancı].[17]
- Vietnam: TodayTV (2016).
- United States:PasionesTV(2018)
References
- ^ "Saraswatichandra to go off air, Gautam Rode tweets last day pics with Jennifer Winget and crew". daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Gautam Rode isn't quitting Saraswatichandra". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Unplugged Sanjay Leela Bhansali". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Varun Kapoor to enter Saraswatichandra". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "I have never worked so hard in my life: Shiny Doshi". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Ashish Kapoor to play Gautam Rode's brother in Saraswatichandra". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Saras to die in Star Plus' Saraswatichandra!". Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Vijay Badlani back; Shahrukh Sadri in Saraswatichandra". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Never felt sidelined by Jennifer Winget in 'Saraswatichandra': Monica Bedi". The Indian Express. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Bhansali turns to TV, with Saraswatichandra". Rediff. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Mehul Kajaria in Bhansali's Saraswati Chandra". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Vahbbiz Dorabjee in 'Saraswatichandra'". dna. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Сияйна луна в България".
- ^ "saraswatichandra".
- ^ "Saras & Kumud - Imagen Televisión" (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Telenovela Indická nevesta prichádza na DOMA" (in Slovak). Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Saraswatichandra / İki Yabancı".
External links
- Official Website
- Saraswatichandra at IMDb
- Saraswatichandra on Facebook (official Slovak page)