This incident is from the year 1994. Fantasy serial started on TV on Sunday. This serial was based on the novel by Hindi litterateur Devkinandan Khatri and its TV adaptation was done by well-known Hindi litterateur Kamaleshwar. The name of the TV serial was Chandrakanta. The characters of this serial – Princess Chandrakanta, Prince Kunwar Virendra Vikram Singh, Jaambaz, poison man Shivdutt and villain Krur Singh became so popular that their names were on everyone’s lips. This serial was also in seventh heaven in TRP ratings. Not only this, when chandrakanta serial doordarshan But when it started, there would be silence in the streets and kids like us would leave cricket and sit in front of the TV. That was an amazing period. Through Chandrakanta on TV, a magical world opened up for us children in which we got to see characters like Vish Purush and Iyyar. Princess Chandrakanta of this serial of Doordarshan became dear to everyone’s heart. But you know that Chandrakanta who appeared on TV was not the first choice of the makers.
Yes, you read it right. Shikha Swaroop, who won everyone’s hearts by playing Chandrakanta in the serial Chandrakanta, was not liked for this character. Why last? So let us tell you that this incident happened in the 1980s. At that time also an attempt was made to make Chandrakanta serial. At that time Anuradha Patel was selected for the role of Chandrakanta. Apart from this, many other big stars Dilip Dhawan and Satish Kaushik were signed. But this project could not take off and remained stuck. But when Chandrakanta was shot again, this time Shikha Swaroop was the perfect choice for the role of Chandrakanta. With this serial, she became a household name and her popularity was amazing.
Chandrakanta (1994-96) by Nirja Guleri.
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Chandrakanta serial on Doordarshan between 1994 and 1996. It was produced by Neerja Guleri. Big stars like Pankaj Dheer, Shabaz Khan, Shikha Swaroop, Mukesh Khanna, Irrfan Khan, Akhilendra Mishra, Mamik Singh, Vijendra Ghatge, Parikshit Sahni, Durga Jasraj, Rajendra Gupta, Krutika Desai and Sonika Gill were seen in Chandrakanta. This show has also been telecast again on Star Plus and Sony. 133 episodes of Chandrakanta serial were aired.
Chandrakanta Novela was written by Devki Nandan Khatri. It was published in 1888. It became extremely popular among the readers at the time of its publication. It is said that many people learned to read Hindi during that period to read this novel. Devaki Nandan Khatri had published this novel from his own press Lahari Press.
