Shastri Sisters
Shastri Sisters: Chaar Dil Ek Dhadkan commonly abbreviated as Shastri Sisters is an Indian television series, which aired from July 21, 2014, through August 8, 2015, on Colors TV. The show stars Ishita Ganguly, Sonal Vengurlekar, Vijayendra Kumeria, and Sumit Bhardwaj as leads. Its plot revolves around the lives of four sisters as they journey from Kanpur to Delhi.
It was dubbed in Telugu as Manam, which airs on Gemini TV, and in Tamil as Kanchana airing on Raj TV.
Plot
Alka, Anushka, Devyani and Pia are sisters who live with their father Narayan Shastri in Kanpur. Alka is in love with their neighbor Rajeev. Narayan gets a job transfer and moves to Delhi with his daughters.They then reside as tenants in Narayan's friend Surinder Sareen's house. Surinder has a evil wife Minty and two sons: the unemployed Neel and an IAF pilot Rajat. Alka turns Rajeev away and marries the kind and supportive Rohan.
Eventually, Anushka and Devyani fall in love with Rajat, who is smitten with Anushka's simplicity. Devyani turns bitters towards her. Neel falls in love with and proposes Devyani but she rejects him.
Rajat's ex-girlfriend Karishma tries to create misunderstandings between him and Anushka. Neel and Devyani thwart her and get betrothed. Later, Neel is forced by Minty to marry her friend Leela's greedy daughter Kajal.
Kajal who in actual wants the property of the family pushes Anushka off a cliff to be benefitted from her death. An imposter kidnaps Rajat and makes his face look alike as him through plastic surgery. The show takes a 1 year leap.
1 year later
The imposter who is in fact a terrorist still lives as Rajat. Neel still loves Devyani. Anushka is shown to be rescued by a doctor namely Raghav. Eventually, she recovers.Anushka manages to escape and misunderstands at first that Rajat has married Devyani before the truth is out. She finds out his whereabouts and brings him back. The imposter is arrested, and Anushka remarries Rajat in the end.
Cast
- Neha Pednekar as Alka Rohan Pandey née Shastri – Anu, Devyani and Piya's eldest sister, Rohan's wife
- Ishita Ganguly as Anushka ’Anu’ Rajat Sareen née Shastri -Alka's younger sister, Devyani and Piya's elder sister, Rajat's wife
- Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Shastri, née Rajat Sareen – Alka and Anu's younger sister, Piya's elder sister, Rajat's ex-wife and Neil's love interest
- Vijayendra Kumeria as Rajat Surinder Sareen – Anushka's husband, Neil's elder brother, Devyani's ex-husband
- Sumit Bhardwaj as Neil Surinder Sareen – Rajat's younger brother and Devyani's love interest
- Rajesh Jais as Pandit Narayan Shastri – father of the girls
- Pragati Chourasiya as Piya Shastri, Alka, Anu and Devyani's youngest sister
- Sujay Reu as Rohan Pandey – Alka's husband
- Neelu Kohli as Mintakshi Surinder Sareen; Minty – Rajat and Neil's mother
- Gireesh Sahedev as Surinder Sareen – Rajat and Neil's father
- Chaitrali Gupte as Vrinda Harishankar Pandey, Rohan's mother
- Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey, Rohan's father
- Shraddha Jaiswal as Aastha Sunil Pandey, Rohan's sister in law
- Navneet Nishan as Nikki
- Puneet Vashisht as Dr. Raghavendra Singh
- Sudeep Sahir as Veer
- 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
- Dipika Kakar as Simar
Crossover episode
Dubbing version (Tamil">Tamil language">Tamil)/(Telugu">Telugu language">Telugu)
Kanchana 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, the elder Shastri sister. Kanchana is Rajan's wife and is also Harishankar and Brinda's daughter-in-law.
- Ishita Ganguly as Akila Narayan Shastri / Akila Ranjeet Sareen, the second Shastri sister. Akila is Rajat's wife as well as Saravanan and Meenakshi's daughter-in-law. She is the smartest sister.
- Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri, the third Shastri sister. Devyani loves Rajat.
- Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri, the younger Shastri sister. Priya is a talented student.
- Vijayendra Kumeria as Rajat Saravanan Sareen, Saravanan and Meenakshi's elder son who falls in love with Akila. Rajat becomes Akila's husband.
- Sumit Bhardwaj as Rajesh Saravanan Sareen, Saravanan and Meenakshi's younger son. Rajesh loves Devyani..
- Sujay Reu as Rajan Harishankar Pandey, Kanchana's husband. Rajan is also Harishankar and Brinda's son.
- Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri, the father of the Shastri sisters.
- Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Saravanan Sareen, Saravanan's wife. Meenakshi is Rajat and Rajesh's mother
- Gireesh Sahedev as Saravanan Sareen, Meenakshi's Husband. Saravanan is Rajat and Rajesh's Father
- Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey, Harishankar's wife. Brinda is Rajan's mother.
- Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey, Brinda's husband and Rajan's mother.
- Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey
Cast (Telugu version)
- Neha Pednekar as Alekhya Narayan Shastri the elder Shastri sister.
- Ishita Ganguly as Anuskha Narayan Shastri / Anuskha Ranjeet Sareen, the second Shastri sister. Ranjeet Wife
- Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri, the third Shastri sister. Nitin's love interest
- Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri, the younger Shastri sister. Priya is a talented student.
- Vijayendra Kumeria as Ranjeet Sareen, Saravanan and Meenakshi's elder son, Anuskha's husband.
- Sumit Bhardwaj as Nitin Sareen, Saravanan and Meenakshi's younger son. Nitin loves Devyani..
- Sujay Reu as Rohan Harishankar Pandey, Alekhya's husband.
- Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri, the father of the Shastri sisters.
- Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Surinder Sareen; Minty – Ranjeet and Nitin's mother
- Gireesh Sahedev as Surendra Sareen, Meenakshi's Husband. Ranjeet and Nitin's Father
- Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey, Harishankar's wife. Brinda is Rohan's mother.
- Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey, Brinda's husband and Rohan's mother.
- Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey