Shastri Sisters

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Shastri Sisters: Chaar Dil Ek Dhadkan (transl. "Shastri sisters: four hearts, one beat"), commonly known as Shastri Sisters, is an Indian television series that aired from July 21, 2014, to August 8, 2015, on Colors TV. The show stars Ishita Ganguly, Sonal Vengurlekar, Vijayendra Kumeria, and Sumit Bhardwaj.^[2][3] Its plot follows four sisters as they journey from Kanpur to Delhi.

The show was dubbed in Telugu as Manam, which airs on Gemini TV,^[4][5] and in Tamil as Kanchana airing on Raj TV. It is titled Tere Naal Ishq on Colors Rishtey.

Plot[]

The four Shastri sisters—Alka, Anushka, Devyani, and Piya—live with their father, Narayan Shastri, in Kanpur. Alka loves her neighbour, Rajeev, but Narayan Shastri gets a job transfer and moves to Delhi with his daughters. They stay at the home of Surinder Sareen, Narayan's childhood friend with his wife Minty and two sons, Neil and Rajat. Minty and Neil hate the sisters and try to oust them.

Rajeev comes to Delhi and meets Alka. Narayan sees the two and tells Rajeev to leave. After hearing that Alka refuses to marry Rohan, Narayan agrees to meet Rajeev's faily and goes to Kanpur, but refuses to accept his proposal.

Narayan returns to Delhi and tells Alka the truth, but she does not believe him and insults him. Anushka corroborates the story and says that Rajeev does not support her. She apologizes to her father, and agrees to marry Rohan, who learns about Alka and Rajeev's relationship and gets angry with her. Her sisters plan to convince Rohan that Alka and Rajeev do not have a relationship anymore.

Rajat enters and Anushka and Devyani fall in love with him, but when Anushka learns that Devyani also loves Rajat, she sacrifices her love for Devyani. But Rajat also loves Anushka and on his engagement day he learns that he getting engaged to Devyani and he wants to tell her truth, but is stopped by Anushka. And she gives her kasam to become engaged to her sister and he agrees. Rajat and Devyani become engaged. Devyani insults Anushka, accusing her of taking her fiancé, but Anushka remains silent. Rajat criticises her for disrespecting her sister, and tells her that he loves Anushka and not her. Anushka refuses and says that Rajat is only Devyani's.

The next day, Surinder and Rajat learn about Minty and Nikki. Surinder ousts out Nikki from the house and scolds Minty. Surinder says that Devyani receives many proposals, but Anushka and Rajat love each other.

Rajat's ex-girlfriend Karishma appears. To make Anushka jealous, Rajat announces his marriage to Karishma, but Anushka remains focused on her relationship with her sister. Later, Devyani tries to convince Anushka to stop Rajat's marriage and discusses this matter with Rajat, who insists that Anushka professes her love for him first. He is later arrested. and Anushka is blamed for his arrest. It is revealed that Karishma is responsible.

Rajat and Anushka marry. Neil is forced by Minty to marry her friend Leela's daughter Kajal, which upsets Devyani, who decides to work with Alka. Someone attacks Devyani at work and she suspects Neil's involvement. Anushka blames Neil for hurting Devyani, but he insists that he is innocent. After three days everyone returns home and Neil returns from jail.

Kajal is revealed to have married Neil only for his property, so Minty scolds her and ends her relationship with Neil. Kajal pushes Anushka off a cliff, and Rajat is kidnapped.

One year later, the Sareens and Shastris celebrate. Rajat and Devyani begin the wedding ceremony, and Anushka is revealed to be alive.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Ishita Ganguly as Anushka Sareen – Narayan's 2nd daughter; Alka's younger sister; Devyani and Piya's elder sister; Rajat's wife
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Rajat Sareen – Minty and Surinder's elder son; Neil's elder brother; Anushka's husband
• Neha Pednekar as Alka Pandey – Narayan's 1st daughter; Anushka, Devyani and Piya's elder sister
• Sujay Reu as Rohan Pandey – Alka's husband
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Shastri – Narayan's 3rd daughter; Alka and Anushka's younger sister; Piya's elder sister
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Neil Sareen – Minty and Surinder's younger son; Rajat's younger brother

Recurring[]

• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri – Alka, Anushka, Devyani and Piya's father
• Pragati Chourasiya as Piya Shastri – Narayan's 4th daughter; Alka, Anushka and Devyani's younger sister
• Neelu Kohli as Mintakshi "Minty" Sareen – Rajat and Neil's mother
• Gireesh Sahedev as Surinder Sareen – Rajat and Neil's father
• Chaitrali Gupte as Vrinda Pandey
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Aastha Pandey
• Navneet Nishan as Nikki
• Puneet Vashisht as Dr. Raghavendra Singh
• Sudeep Sahir as Veerarav "Veer" Rajshekhari
• Sumit Verma as Rajeev – Alka's ex-boyfriend
• Sudha Chandran as Buaji
• Swati Kumar as Karishma
• Priyanka Khera as Kajal Neel Sareen – Neil's ex-wife
• Poonam Bhatia as Leela Massi – Minty's friend
• Smita Singh as Inspector Guggal Pandey^[6] (2015)
• Dipika Kakar as Simar

Dubs[]

Kanchana (English: Kanchana – Soul of Affection and Love) is a Tamil serial and a soap opera that premiered on 31 August 2015.

Manam is a Telugu serial and a soap opera that premiered on 8 February 2016 and airs Monday through Friday.

Cast (Tamil version)[]

• Neha Pednekar as Kanchana Narayan Shastri/Kanchana Rajan Harishankar
• Ishita Ganguly as Akila Narayan Shastri/Akila Ranjeet Sareen
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri
• Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Rajat Saravanan Sareen
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Rajesh Saravanan Sareen
• Sujay Reu as Rajan Harishankar Pandey
• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri
• Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Saravanan Sareen
• Gireesh Sahedev as Saravanan Sareen
• Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey

Cast (Telugu version)[]

• Neha Pednekar as Alekhya Narayan Shastri
• Ishita Ganguly as Anuskha Narayan Shastri/Anuskha Ranjeet Sareen
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri
• Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Ranjeet Sareen
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Nitin Sareen
• Sujay Reu as Rohan Harishankar Pandey
• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri
• Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Surinder Sareen
• Gireesh Sahedev as Surendra Sareen
• Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey

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