Chandrakanta (1994 TV series)

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{{short description|1990s Indian Hindi-language fantasy television series}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Chandrakanta
| image = Chandrakantaimg.jpg
| caption = The main cast of ''Chandrakanta'': [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]] as Prince Virendra Singh and [[Shikha Swaroop]] as Princess Chandrakanta.
| creator =
| developer =
| writer = [[Devaki Nandan Khatri]] <br> [[Kamleshwar (writer)]]<br>[[Ranbir Pushp]]
| based_on = {{based on|[[Chandrakanta (novel)|''Chandrakanta'']]|[[Devaki Nandan Khatri]]}}
| director = Sunil Agnihotri
| creative_director = [[Sunil Verma]]
| starring = [[Chandrakanta (1994 TV series)#Cast|Cast and characters]]
| narrated = [[Harish Bhimani]]
| theme_music_composer = Usha Khanna
| opentheme = "Chandrakanta" by [[Sonu Nigam]] And [[Vinod Rathod]]
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 133
| executive_producer = Shrey Guleri <br> Sahil Guleri
| producer = Nirja Guleri
| location = Film City Mumbai
| cinematography = Nadeem Khan
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 52 minutes
| company = M/s Prime Channel
| distributor =
| network = [[DD National]]
| picture_format = [[480i]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|1994}}
| last_aired ={{End date|1996}}
| followed_by =
| website =
| website_title =
| production_website =
| story = Nirja Guleri
}}
'''''Chandrakanta''''' is an Indian [[fantasy series|fantasy television series]] partly based on [[Devaki Nandan Khatri]]'s 1888 [[Chandrakanta (novel)|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/features/chandrakanta-the-show-in-which-irrfan-won-hearts-four-lines-at-a-time/412322/|title=Chandrakanta, the show in which Irrfan won hearts four lines at a time}}</ref> It was originally telecast on [[DD National]] between 1994 and 1996 and was created, written, produced, and directed by Nirja Guleri. The serial was pulled off air by Doordarshan in 1996 and the producers had to file a suit in court for reinstatement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980416/10650264.html |title=Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Live News Online, Today Headline's |publisher=The Indian Express |date= |accessdate=2019-11-05}}</ref> Reruns of the show also aired on [[Star Plus]] and [[Sony Entertainment Television]].<ref>http://www.indiantelevision.com/Guestbook/headlines/y2k4/feb/feb205.htm</ref>

==Cast and characters==
* [[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]] as Kunwar Virendra Vikram Singh
* [[Shikha Swaroop]] as Princess Chandrakanta
* [[Javed Khan (actor)|Javed Khan]] as Tej Singh
* [[Mukesh Khanna]] as Janbaaz and Meghavat
* [[Pankaj Dheer]] as Shivdutt- King of Chunargarh
* [[Irrfan Khan]] as Badrinath / Somnath (twin brothers)
* [[Akhilendra Mishra]] as Kroor Singh, popularly known as Yakkoo
* [[Kausambi Ganguly]] as Devsena
* [[Mamik Singh]] as Surya / Deva
* [[Nimai Bali]] as Surya (original)
* [[Vijayendra Ghatge]] as Sumer Singh
* [[Parikshit Sahni]] as Maharaja Surendra Singh (King of Naugarh)
* [[Durga Jasraj]] as Rani Kalavati
* [[Rajendra Gupta]] as Pandit Jagannath / Shani (twin brothers)
* [[Krutika Desai Khan]] as twin sisters Sabhya and Ramya, Amba (Vishkanya), and Jwala, the dacoit
* Sonika Gill as Amrapali, Amba's mother
* Anu Dhawan as Tara (Vishkanya)
* [[Kalpana Iyer]] as Dum Dumi Maai. Iyer also plays Sultana, an ally of Tara
* [[Rupal Patel]] as Jamuna, who is a cousin sister of Roopmati, a villain
* [[Vinod Kapoor]] as Amarjeet Singh / Barkat Khan
* Brownie Parashar as Ajgar
* [[Aasif Sheikh]] as Naagmani Devata (Snake King)
* [[Surendra Pal]] as King of Vijaygarh
* [[Pradeep Rawat (actor)|Pradeep Rawat]] as Himmat Singh
* Arun Mathur as Vaidh Baba, Damini's father
* [[Deepak Parashar]] as Devdutt, Shivdutt's father
* [[Sudha Chandran]] as Satyavati, Shivdutt's mother
* Bhushan Jeevan as Dalpati Devata
* [[Roopa Ganguly]] as Damini, Vishwajeet Singh's mother
* [[Vaquar Shaikh]] as Vishwajeet Singh, the illegal son of Raja Surendra Singh and Damini.
* [[Brahmachari (actor)|Brahmachari]] as Nazim Aiyyar
* [[Arjun (Firoz Khan)]] as the magician mentor of Vishvajeet Singh
* [[Syed Badr-ul Hasan Khan Bahadur]]
* [[Varsha Usgaonkar]] as Roopmati Naagraani.

==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 them as "jadu-tona" ([[Magic (fantasy)|sorcery]]), as well as criticizing the characters and the sequences in the Chunar fort for being overly exaggerated, and how far into the show the Chandrakanta appeared.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Dont-follow-Neerja-Guleris-tele-serial/articleshow/10805867.cms|title=Don't follow Neerja Guleri's tele-serial | Lucknow News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0389594|Chandrakanta}}
*[http://www.setasia.tv/shows/shows_inside.php?id=30 Official Site on Sony TV]

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[[Category:Indian fantasy television series]]
[[Category:Television shows based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:1994 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1996 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:DD National original programming]]
[[Category:Television series about snakes]]
[[Category:Television series about shapeshifting]]
[[Category:Indian period television series]]

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