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Swabhimaan
| Swabhimaan | |
|---|---|
| File:Swabhimaan.jpg | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Amit Khanna |
| Written by | Shobha De Vinod Ranganathan Surabhi Pandey (Dialogue Writer) |
| Starring | see below |
| Opening theme | "Ek Pal" by Sunita Rao, "Kaise Unhein Bhool Jaye" by Shaan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 800 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National |
| Original release | 31 December 1994 – 22 July 1997 |
Swaabhimaan is an Indian soap opera directed by Mahesh Bhatt and Debaloy Dey and was scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.
Plot[edit]
Swaabhimaan divulges the story of an attractive woman - Svetlana - who finds herself in a battle where there are no real winners. Insecurity, suspicion and fear threaten to erode her vivacious spirit as she struggles to come to terms with her position - that of a pampered mistress whose tycoon patron Keshav Malhotra (Naasir Abdulah) dies leaving her to cope with the ugly aftermath of the tragedy: inheritance wars, succession rights, property entanglements, petty quarrels and above all, emotional turmoil that threatens to destroy her. This serial was aired from 1995 to 1997.
This was the first Indian TV show to complete 500 episodes. The show ended on the final episode, where most villains getting killed or jailed.
Cast[edit]
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Svetlana | Kitu Gidwani |
| Ronnie Banerjee | Abhimanyyu Singh |
| Ranjana Devi | Anju Mahendru |
| Mahen Malhotra | Deepak Parashar |
| Nishi Malhotra | Kunika |
| Rishabh Malhotra | Rohit Roy |
| Medha Hegde | Channa Ruparel |
| Abhijeet | Vinod Pandey |
| Sheela | Prabha Sinha |
| Ritu Malhotra | Shital Thakkar |
| Sunil | Manoj Bajpayee |
| Grover | Sharad Kapoor |
| Neetu | Rinku Dhawan |
| Bobby | Karan Oberoi |
| Soha | Achint Kaur |
| Babli | Tanaaz Currim |
| Yuvraj | Anupam Bhattacharya |
| Tyagi | Ashutosh Rana[1] |
| Shivani | Sandhya Mridul |
| Kunwar Singh | Arun Bali |
| Karan | Harsh Chhaya |
| Gayatri | Simone Singh |
| Devika | Mita Vashisht |
| Rakshanda | Sagarika Soni |
| Rakshanda's Husband Ranjeet | Rajesh Khera |
| Dinesh Shah | Pankaj Berry |
| Rashmi | Poonam Dasgupta |
| Eknath | Kumud Mishra |
| Rajat | Mukesh Khanna |
| KD | Shishir Sharma |
| Walter | Rajeev Paul |
| Maitri | Kiran Juneja |
| Bansal | Vineet Kumar |
| Daughter | Shana Sood |
| Keshav Malhotra | Nasir Abdullah |
References[edit]
- ↑ Swabhimaan debut - Ashutosh Rana Interview Archived 3 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- Swabhimaan on IMDb
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