''Shagun'' was an Indian
Hindi
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language television series that aired every Monday to Thursdays 2:30pm and later at 2pm on
Star Plus
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from 15 January 2001 to 29 April 2004. 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.
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
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Surbhi Tiwari as Aradhana
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Kabir Sadanand as Karan
* Rekha Rao as Rajrani
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Surendra Pal
Surendrapal Singh (born 25 September 1953) is an Indian film and television character actor who works in Hindi films and TV series. He is best known for his roles of Dronacharya in '' Mahabharat'', Amatya Rakshas in '' Chanakya'', Tamraj Kil ...
as Kailashnath
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Prashant Narayanan
Prashant Narayanan is an Indian actor, known for his roles in films like '' Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II'', '' Shadows of Time'', '' Bombil and Beatrice'', '' Via Darjeeling'' and '' Murder 2''. He also worked in the telefilm ''Ek Tamanna''. His ...
as Sumer
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Rupal Patel
Rupal Patel is an Indian actress best known for portraying Kokila Modi in ''Saath Nibhaana Saathiya'' —one of the List of longest-running Indian television series, longest-running Indian TV soaps—and Meenakshi Rajvansh in ''Yeh Rishtey Hai ...
as Lakhi
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Shweta Agarwal / Vandita Vasa / Pooja Ghai Rawal as Aarti
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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
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Shweta Gulati as Juhi
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Amit Varma as Dev
* Kapil Soni as Uday
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Sachin Shroff
Sachin Shroff (born 17 December 1972) is a businessman and TV personality. He is an actor, anchor and dancer.
He played Gyan in '' Har Ghar Kuch Kehta Hai'' and Arjun in '' Naaginn''. Other appearances include ''Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka'', '' Saa ...
as Prashant
* Vishal Watwani as Anjali's Brother
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Akshay Anand as Akash
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Sanjay Mitra
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Sonia Kapoor as Anjali
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Kiran Bhargava
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Sunita Rajwar
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Suhasini Mulay
Suhasini Mulay (born 20 November 1950) is an Indian actress in Assamese, Bollywood and Marathi films as well as television. She won National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1999, for her performance in Gulzar's film '' Hu Tu Tu''.
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as Akash's mother
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Shagufta Ali as Riftabi
* Naresh Suri
* Aparna Bhatnagar
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Ekta Jain
Ekta Jain is an Indian television and Film actress known for portraying Shagun, Shaka Laka Boom Boom, Family No.1 and Apun Toh Bas Vaise Hi. She has earlier worked in films like Anjaane , Nayak: The Real Hero.
Filmography
Television
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Reception
Despite aired in an afternoon slot, it became the top rated afternoon soap. In the week ending 28 May 2001, it garnered 3.4 TVR, occupying its position in top 20 Hindi GEC. In the week ending 12 July 2003, it garnered 3.6 TVR.
References
External links
Official Website on STAR PlusOfficial Website on STAR Utsav
Indian television series
2001 Indian television series debuts
2004 Indian television series endings
StarPlus original programming
UTV Television
Indian drama television series
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