''Kohinoor'' is an Indian mystery television series that aired on

Sahara One Sahara One is an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in New Delhi. It was operated by Sahara India Pariwar. History Sahara One was launched as Sahara TV on 28 March 2000, which later was renamed as Sahara Manoranjan in April 200 ...

. It was loosely adapted from Dan Brown's novel ''

The Da Vinci Code ''The Da Vinci Code'' is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is “the best-selling American novel of all time.” Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon—the first was his 2000 novel '' Angels & Demons''� ...

''. The series, starring

Kuljeet Randhawa Kuljeet Randhawa (29 January 1976 – 8 February 2006) was an Indian model and actress. She is best known for her work in TV series '' C.A.T.S.'', '' Special Squad'' and '' Kohinoor''. Early life and career Randhawa was born on 29 Janua ...

in the lead role, premiered on 5 September 2005. The channel launched a

Diwali Diwali (), also called Deepavali (IAST: ''Dīpāvalī'') or Deepawali (IAST: ''Dīpāwalī''), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual v ...

contest named "Kohinoor Ki Diwali Heeron Waali" from 17 to 31 October, where it gave away ₹45

lakhs A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2, 2, 3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ...

worth of diamonds to 300 randomly selected participants.

Plot

The story is of a young NRI woman, Irawati Kohli, who lives in

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and works for an art house. She comes to India in search of new things. Being raised in a foreign country, she knows very little about India. Her life spirals out of control when she is charged with murder. The victim turns out to be her grandfather who has left behind some bizarre clues. Now, to solve the mystery of his death, Irawati meets two men: Samar, a mysterious stranger and Karan, a besotted charmer. Suddenly she realizes that the

Kohinoor The ; ), also spelled Koh-e-Noor, Kohinoor and Koh-i-Nur, is one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, weighing . It is currently set in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The diamond originated in the Kollur mine in present d ...

, a most sought-after diamond taken away by the British, could be in India. And this could also be the reason of her grandfather's death, since he knew something about the diamond. Now the question remains: Will Irawati be able to find this invaluable diamond? And who else is looking for it so desperately that they could kill for it?

Cast

as Irawati Kohli *

Manish Wadhwa Manish Wadhwa (born 1972) is an Indian actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles Chanakya in ''Chandragupta Maurya'', Balaji Vishwanath Bhatt in ''Peshwa Bajirao'', Kans in '' Paramavatar Shri Krishna'', Amal Nanda/Dansh in '' ...

as Kali *

Amit Sadh Amit Sadh (born 5 June 1979) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in several films and television productions. He is best known for his performances in films like '' Kai Po Che!'' (2013), ''Sultan'' (2016) and ''Gold'' (2018). In recent ...

as Karan Saxena *

Ankur Nayyar Ankur Nayyar is an Indian television and film actor. He has worked in many shows like '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'', '' Kashmeer'' and '' Jeet''. He is also known for playing the lead role of Samman Chaudhary in Sahara One's show '' Ghar Ek Sapna ...

as Samar Khanna *

Neeru Bajwa Neeru Bajwa (born 26 August 1980) is a Canadian actress, director and producer best known for her work in Punjabi cinema; she has also appeared in Hindi cinema and made her Hollywood debut with the supernatural thriller '' It Lives Inside'' (20 ...

as Seductress * Tarun Khanna as Rakesh Mehra (Neeru's Consort and Associate) *

Murli Sharma Murali Sharma (born 9 August 1972) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi films. Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Malayalam cinema. Sharma gained wide r ...

as Abbas Bhai *

Zarina Wahab Zarina Wahab is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in ''Chitchor'' and '' Gopal Krishna'' in Hindi and Malayalam cinema with films like '' Madanolsavam'', '' Chamaram' ...

as Irawati's Mother * Rahul Singh as Abhimanyu *

Ajinkya Dev Ajinkya Deo (born 3 May 1963) is an Indian actor in Marathi films and is the son of veteran Marathi actor Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo. He was the Prominent figure in Marathi Cinema during 80s and 90s. He appeared over 85 movies in Hindi and Marath ...

as Shinde * Lucky Raajput as Naariyal Paani Wala

References

External links

Kohinoor Official Site on Sahara One
*
Kohinoor
' at Episodate * {{Sahara One Programmes Sahara One original programming 2005 Indian television series debuts 2005 Indian television series endings Indian mystery television series Golconda diamonds