Kkavyanjali is an Indian television

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

series that aired on

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from 25 January 2005 to 28 August 2006. The series starred

Anita Hassanandani Natasha Hassanandani (born 14 April 1981), professionally known as Anita Hassanandani, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi and Telugu films and Hindi television. She made her acting debut in the television series '' Idhar Udha ...

, Rakshak Sahni and

Eijaz Khan Eijaz Khan is an Indian film and television actor. He rose to fame by playing the lead roles in Balaji Telefilms serials ''Kkavyanjali'', and ''Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa''. He appeared in the leading role of Raidhan Katara "Mukhi" in the Sony Enterta ...

. It is the tale of two lovers who love each other deeply but can never be together.

Plot

Kkavya Nanda, a charming and eligible young man, is the only son of the late Mayank Nanda (

Ronit Roy Ronit Bose Roy (born 11 October 1965) is an Indian actor who works primarily in Hindi television and films and Bengali films. One of the highest paid television actor in India, he has earned numerous accolades including a Filmfare Award, five ...

) and his wife, Nitya Nanda (

Amrita Singh Amrita Singh (born 9 February 1964) is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi films. Singh made her acting debut with '' Betaab'' (1983), and established herself as a leading actress of the 1980s and early 1990s. Singh appeared as a leadi ...

). He is the sole heir to more than half of the Nanda group of industries. Kkavya is coming back to India after many years and everyone in the close-knit joint family is eagerly awaiting his return. A series of parties and celebrations have been planned to welcome him. And in one such party, Kkavya sees a beautiful girl who leaves a lasting impression on his mind. After this first encounter, he repeatedly sees the same girl in various places, but is not able to speak to her on all occasions. However, her memory haunts him and eventually, he finds himself falling in love with this mysterious woman. It's been a year since Kkavya's death. Anjali has become a stronger person. She is performing Kkavya's duties in the family and is looking after the family business as well. It's the perfect match of a modern woman, who is also traditional. Recently a lookalike of Kkavya named Soham (

) has entered the program, Anjali had made out to the family that he is Kkavya so she can find the murderer of Kkavya. Soham seems to be an evil character. However soon after finding out about Kkavya's killer which was Yug, Soham decides to prove to Anjali that the killer is Yug (

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) but Yug tries to blame Kkavya and Nitya's death on Shaurya but everything is found out by Soham and he brings proof and Yug kills himself. Soon after that Soham realises that he loves Anjali but so does Shaurya. Anjali also starts to love him and Shaurya sees this in their eyes so when Shaurya and Anjali are about to get married, Shaurya stops the wedding and says bad stuff about Anjali and Soham says out loud Anjali is not and he also shouts out that he loves her. Shaurya said he knew as it was his plan to bring out his feelings. Then Soham and Anjali get married and live happily ever after with the blessings of the family.

Cast

Main

as Anjum Salve / Anjali Salve / Anjali Nanda / Anjali Sahni * Rakshak Sahni /

as Kkavya Nanda *

as Dr. Soham Sahni

Recurring

as Nitya Nanda * Iqbal Khan as Shaurya Nanda *

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as Romilla Nanda *

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as Nihal Nanda *

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as Bebe *

as Mayank Nanda * Vikrant Rai as Jai Nanda *

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as Arun * Pradeep Kharab /

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as Shlok Nanda *

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as Pammi Mittal *

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as Vanshita Nanda * Nisha Sareen /

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as Disha Jai Nanda * Talat Rekhi as Yash Nanda *

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as Sharmila Nanda *

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/ Mitika Sharma as Arpita Nanda / Arpita Vansh Malhotra *

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as Vansh Malhotra *

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as Vayu Kapoor * Shivalika Sharma as Rohina Nanda *

as Yug Mittal *

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as Sonia *

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as Mrs. Mittal * Madhumalati Kapoor as Khala *

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as Mrs. Salve *

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as Mr. Salve * Poonam Joshi as Bindiya * Ali Asgar as Adeep Nanda *

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as Aman Kapoor *

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as Aarav Nanda *

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as Mona Mittal *

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as Chaman *

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as Mr. Malhotra *

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as Mrs. Malhotra *

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as Kanishk Malhotra *

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as Reeva *

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/ Sandeep Bhansali as Sandeep "Sandy" Nanda *

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as Priya *

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/ Rajiv Paul as Naveen Nanda * Rocky Verma as Mr. Sad *

Kanika Maheshwari Kanika Maheshwari (born 24 April 1981) is an Indian television actress. She is best known for her roles in serials like ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'', '' Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat'', '' Kabhi Aaye Na Judaai'', '' Viraasat'', '' Geet - Hui Sabse Parayi ...

as Neha *

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as Akshara *

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as Gaurav

Special appearances

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as Prerna * Neha Bamb *

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(twice) as Parvati *

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as Chetan

Production

₹90 Million had been spent on the marketing of the series before its premiere. Mainly filmed in

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, one of the show's sequences was filmed at

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during 2005 for a total of ten episodes, and by collaboration with

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, various domestic locations were promoted in the series. In a sequence, to depict a deluge in

at that time (2005), about 80 tankers were used to create false floods, with the main lead caught admitting it. In June 2006, the series had a crossover with ''

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' ( ''The Story of Each Household'') is an Indian soap opera which ran on StarPlus from 16 October 2000 to 9 October 2008. The soap opera was created by Ekta Kapoor and was produced by her production company Balaji Tele ...

''. In March 2005, Rakshak Sahni playing Kkavya was replaced in the series, due to his incapability of bringing life into his role and also when he wanted for a ten-day break and

was made to quit ''Kahiin To Hoga'' for Sahni's role. Bollywood actress

and

made their television debut with the series. Days before its end, in August 2006,

quit the series owing professional ethics followed by the death of her character.

Reception

Kkavyanjali which premiered at 9:30pm (

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), which Producer

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considered one of her critical show at that time with a great hope, was touted as the best fiction launch of the year 2005 but did not receive the expected success. It opened with a rating of 13.91 TVR on 25 January and averaged 11.7 in that week, becoming the ninth-most-watched Hindi TV show overall. Specifically, in

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and

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it received 21 TVR and 29.4 TVR. However, the following weeks, the ratings dipped. In May 2006, when the storyline took a leap and with entry of Iqbal Khan, it improved quite a bit which was not sufficient to get the expected ratings. It got off-aired in August 2006 because of the conflict between Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms and

due to its change in storyline and time slot from 9:30 to 9:00 pm (IST), which received quite less ratings then in that slot compared to their rival channel Zee TV's ''Saat Phere:Saloni Ka Safar''. The show got the awards in both categories i-e Technical and Programming for both Jury and Popularity. ''

'' had a drop in its ratings in 2005, so

(producer) crossed it over with ''Kkavyanjali'' after which ''Kahaani'' saw a spike in its ratings.

charged 40 thousand per day at that time. The show was also shot in

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charged 20 lakhs for its unique music composition.

Awards

References

External links

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"Kavyanjali" Star TV, United Kingdom

"Kavyanjali on Star Content Syndication"
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