| Shrikant | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Srikanta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Directed by | Praveen Nischol |
| Starring | Farooque Shaikh
Rita Bhaduri Sujata Mehta Mrinal Kulkarni Irrfan Khan Ravindra Mankani Satish Pulekar Asha Sharma |
| Original language | Hindi |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National |
| Original release | 1987 |
| External links | |
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Shrikant is a TV show based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya's 1917-1933 four volume novel Srikanta. The show aired on Doordarshan in 1987.
The show was again telecast on DD National from 30 April 2020 during the lockdown due to coronavirus[1]
Synopsis[edit | edit source]
The show tells the story of protagonist Shrikant (Farooque Shaikh). Sujata Mehta plays Raj Lakshmi. She nurses him to health when he is infected by plague. Later during a sea voyage to Burma, he meets Abhaya (Mrinal Kulkarni), a woman abandoned by her husband (Irrfan Khan).[2] In Burma, he receives the devotion of a lodge caretaker played by Sukanya Kulkarni. His love ideal remains Rajlakshmi.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Farooque Shaikh as Shrikant
- Late Master Vikas Khanna as Young Shrikant
- Mrinal Kulkarni as Abhaya[3]
- Ravindra Mankani as Rohini
- Irrfan Khan as Abhaya's husband.; Rudra Sen Gupta[4]
- Sujata Mehta as Raj Lakshmi
- Ashvini Bhave as Jamuna
- Sukanya Kulkarni
- Tiku Talsania as Dada Thakur
- Asha Sharma
- Priyadarshini
- Urvashi Dholakia as younger Raj Lakshmi
- Master Chhotu
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Irrfan Khan's Shrikant to run again on Doordarshan, here's when you can watch". Hindustan Times. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ↑ "Mrinal Kulkarni: I was embarrassed to scold Farooque Shaikh while enacting 'Shrikant'". Times of India. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Mrinal Kulkarni: I was embarrassed to scold Farooque Shaikh while enacting 'Shrikant'". Times of India. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Irrfan Khan's 80s TV show to make a comeback". Times of India. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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