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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
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| genre = [[Serial drama]]
| creator =
| writer =
| director = Adi Pocha
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| starring = [[Shanti (TV series)#Cast|See below]]
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| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 780<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98dec13/sunday/filmtv.htm|title=Real life Shanti|date=December 13, 1998|accessdate=May 20, 2018}}</ref>
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| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = Approx. 24 minutes
| company = [[UTV Software Communications]]
| channel = [[DD National]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1994}}
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'''''Shanti - Ek Ghar Ki Kahani''' (transl. Peace - Story of a Home)'' is an Indian television series that aired on [[DD National]] in 1994. The series stars [[Mandira Bedi]] as Shanti.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiarelatednews.com/2007/09/15/shanti-the-serial-that-launched-mandira-bedi/ |title=Shanti: The serial that launched Mandira Bedi |access-date=9 November 2010 |archive-date=15 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615132836/http://indiarelatednews.com/2007/09/15/shanti-the-serial-that-launched-mandira-bedi/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/media/story/19970707-tv-serial-swabhimaan-completes-500-episodes-on-dd1-832593-1997-07-07|title=TV serial Swabhimaan completes 500 episodes on DD1|date=7 July 1997}}</ref>

==Plot==
Every character has a past and has something hidden, it all gets revealed when Shanti, an aspiring [[journalist]] hoping to write the biographies of Kamesh and Raj, arrives. The duo only approve of a movie when it is appreciated by the [[servant]]s of the house and tell of how they went from [[rags to riches]].

Then are shown the family members, Kamesh's eldest son Ramesh is mentally challenged. Younger son Somesh is a failing director struggling over the script which gets rejected even by his own father. His vengeful wife Ayesha is the daughter of a film producer whose career was ruined by the duo. His [[Adoption|adopted]] daughter Nidhi was revealed to be the illegitimate daughter of Kamesh. Raj's wife took to Ashrams and Sadhus, while his youngest son Nihal returns with an American woman Michelle, who accidentally revealed that she is his wife. His elder daughter Maya is drawn to [[Depression (mood)|depression]] by her mother's absence, while his [[Womanizing|womanizer]] elder son Rohan is forced to marry a model Sasha after she threatens to come out to the press.

All this is witnessed by Shanti who too has a dark past because one of them is her biological father. Shanti's mother was a [[laborer]] working during the construction of Shanti Mansion who was [[rape]]d by both Kamesh and Raj.

==Cast==
* [[Mandira Bedi]] as Shanti
*Mohini Sharma as Tulsi
* [[Rajesh Tailang]] as Manu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/rajesh-tailang-first-of-many-6515895/|title=First of Many: Rajesh Tailang revisits Shanti|date=22 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Amit Behl]] as Vijay
* [[Anup Soni]] as Shekhar
* [[Yatin Karyekar]] as Kamesh Mahadevan
* Jyotsna Karyekar as Maa
* Vijay Aidasani as Somesh Mahadevan
* Sumukhi Pendse/Joan David as Ayesha Mahadevan
* [[Iravati Harshe]] as Nidhi Mahadevan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010902/spectrum/tv.htm|title = The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television}}</ref>
* [[Richa Ahuja]] as Nidhi Mahadevan
* [[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]] as Sanjay
* [[Amar Talwar]] as Raj 'G.J.' Singh
* [[Anita Kanwal]] as Indu Singh
* Sanjeev Kapadia as Nihaal
* [[Sukanya Kulkarni]] as Maya
* Salim Fatehi Rohan Singh
* Jitu Shastri as Ramesh Mahadevan
* Amikev Singh as Sasha
* [[Ashwini Kalsekar]] as Sasha<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/ashwini-kalsekar-shanti-first-tv-show-6360520/|title=First of Many: Ashwini Kalsekar revisits Shanti|date=6 May 2020}}</ref>
* Sunil Shende as Bhandari/Bhai
* [[Rajesh Jais]] as Nanu
*Nissar khan as Munna

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0389681}}

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[[Category:DD National original programming]]
[[Category:1994 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:UTV Television]]
[[Category:Indian television soap operas]]
[[Category:1998 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:Hindi cinema in fiction]]

Shanti (TV series) - Revision history

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