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{{Infobox television
| name = Shakuntala... An eternal love story....!!!
| image = ShakuntalaTv.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = A promotional logo image of "Shakuntala"
| runtime = approx. 24 minutes
| picture_format = [[480i]]
| company = [[Sagar Films|Sagar Pictures]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/shakuntala-in-gujarat/cid/498918|title=Shakuntala in Gujarat|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>
| director = {{ubl|Dharmesh Shah|Mukesh kumar Singh|Noel Smith|Swapnil Mahaling (Shahane)}}
| producer =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| network = [[STAR One]]
| num_episodes = 104
|based_on = {{based on|''[[Shakuntala (play)|Shakuntala]]''|[[Kālidāsa]]}}<ref name="auto"/>
| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2009|2|2}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|2009|7|6}}
}}

'''''Shakuntala''''' is an Indian television series that premiered on 2 February 2009 and aired until 6 July 2009. The show was based on characters in [[Hinduism]] where Shakuntala ([[Sanskrit]]: शकुन्तला, '''Śakuntalā''') is the wife of [[Dushyanta]] and the mother of [[Emperor Bharata]]. Her story is told in the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and dramatized by [[Kalidasa]] in his play ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntala]]'' ''(The Sign of Shakuntala)''.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/23221_star-one-not-so-young-any-more|title=STAR One: Not so young any more|website=afaqs!}}</ref>

== Plot ==
The story is a fairy tale about a baby who was found by the Sage Kanva who gives her refuge in his ashram and raises her like his own daughter. Shakuntala meets King [[Dushyanta]] who is completely smitten. He approaches her, wins her heart, and gives her his Royal seal, his Ring. Circumstances separate Shakuntala from King Dushyant, and she pines for her love to return.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://starone.indya.com/serials/shakuntala/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801043517/http://starone.indya.com/serials/shakuntala/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2009|title=indya.com - STAR - STAR One - Shakuntala... An eternal love story|date=1 August 2009}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* Neha Mehta as [[Shakuntala]]
* [[Gautam Sharma]] as Rajkumar Dushyant
* [[Javed Khan (actor)|Javed Khan]] as Maharaja Puru
* [[Aaina Mehta]] as Young Shakuntala
* Abhileen as Young Dushyant
*Shreya Laheri as Young Karuna
* [[Sunny Nijar]] as Karan
* [[Gagan Malik]] as Senapati Veer
* [[Madhura Naik]] / [[Payel Sarkar]] as Rajkumari Gauri
* Shabana Mulani as Rajkumari Kalki
* [[Vicky Batra]] as Rajkumar Mritunjaya
*Rohit Singh Rana as Rajkumar Arnav
* Salina Prakash as Rundi
* Nandani as Ragini (Gauri's Friend)
* Simran Khanna as Priyamvada
* Sonali K. as Anusuya
* [[Deepali Pansare]] As Gauri's Friend
* [[Digangana Suryavanshi]] as Young Rajkumari Gauri
* [[Vaishali Thakkar]] as Maharani [[Gandhari (character)|Gandhari]]
*Jalina Thakur as Jeti maa Bai
* [[Payel Sarkar]] as Rajkumri Gauri
*[[Aaina Mehta]] as Young Shakuntala
*[[Digangana Suryavanshi]] as Young Gauri

== References ==
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{{STAR One}}

[[Category:Star One (Indian TV channel) original programming]]
[[Category:Indian television series]]
[[Category:Indian television soap operas]]
[[Category:2009 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2009 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:Works based on Shakuntala (play)]]

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