Shagun
Shagun is an Indian Hindi language television series that aired every Monday to Thursdays 2:30pm and later at 2pm on Star Plus from 2001 to 2004.[1][2] It is the story of fortune's twists and pitfalls that tear asunder the lives of two cousins tied together by a bond stronger than that of blood : the bond of love.[3]
| Shagun | |
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| Written by | Brij Mohan, Pawan K Sethhi, Ranbir Pushp |
| Directed by | Kaushik Ghatak, Santosh Bhatt Vijay Saraiya, Vijay Chaturvedi, Sunil Prasad Sangeeta Rao & Amitabh Sinha |
| Starring | see below |
| Opening theme | "Shagun" by ?? |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of episodes | Total 688 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Zarina Mehta |
| Running time | approx. 26 minutes |
| Production company | UTV Software Communications |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Plus |
| Picture format | 480i |
| Original release | January 2001 – April 2004 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Overview
Shagun is the story of two cousins, Aradhana and Aarti, brought up together and so close to each other that one hardly needs words to convey her thoughts to the other. Aarti is an optimist - she believes that she has what it takes to touch the stars, if she desires. Aradhana, however, considers herself unlucky.
Cast
- Surbhi Tiwari as Aradhana
- Kabir Sadanand as Karan
- Rekha Rao as Rajrani
- Surendra Pal as Kailashnath
- Prashant Narayanan as Sumer
- Rupal Patel as Lakhi
- Shweta Agarwal / Vandita Vasa / Pooja Ghai Rawal as Aarti
- Jiten Lalwani as Suraj
- Suhita Thatte as Aunt of Aradhana and Aarti, Sister of Kailashnath
- Renu Pandey as Gayatri
- Dimple Inamdar as Piya
- Tejal Shah as Poonam
- Shweta Gulati as Juhi
- Amit Varma as Dev
- Kapil Soni as Uday
- Sachin Shroff as Prashant
- Vishal Watwani as Anjali's Brother
- Akshay Anand as Akash
- Sanjay Mitra
- Sonia Kapoor as Anjali
- Kiran Bhargava
- Sunita Rajwar
- Suhasini Mulay as Akash's mother
- Shagufta Ali as Riftabi
- Naresh Suri
- Aparna Bhatnagar
Reception
Despite aired in an afternoon slot, it became the top rated afternoon soap.[4] In the week ending 28 May 2001, it garnered 3.4 TVR, occupying its position in top 20 Hindi GEC.[5] In the week ending 12 July 2003, it garnered 3.6 TVR.[6]
References
- "The Kahaani thickens". Indian Television.
- "Unending sagas". Tribune India.
- "A familiar, predictable family drama". Tribune India.
- "UTV's 'Shagun' riding high in afternoon slot: TAM data". Indian Television dot com.
- "Star Plus' two hit soaps mop up top 8 slots on ratings charts: TAM data". Indian Television dot com.
- "Star Plus switching production on two UTV shows". Indian Television dot com.