Swabhimaan
| Swabhimaan | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Amit Khanna |
| Written by |
Shobha De Vinod Ranganathan Surabhi Pandey (Dialogue Writer) |
| Directed by | Mahesh Bhatt |
| Starring | see below |
| Opening theme | "Kaise Unhein Bhool Jaye" by Shaan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approximately 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National |
| Picture format | SDTV: 480i |
| Original release | 1995 – 1997 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Swaabhimaan was an Indian afternoon soap opera aired in 1995, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.
Plot
Swaabhimaan divulges the story of an attractive woman — Svetlana — who finds herself in a battle where there are no real winners. Insecurity, suspicion and fear threaten to erode her vivacious spirit as she struggles to come to terms with her position — that of a pampered mistress whose tycoon patron Keshav Malhotra (Naasir Abdulah) dies leaving her to cope with the ugly aftermath of the tragedy: inheritance wars, succession rights, property entanglements, petty quarrels and above all, emotional turmoil that threatens to destroy her. This serial was aired in the year 1995 to 1997.
This was the first Indian TV show to complete 500 episodes. The show ended on the final episode, where most villains getting killed or jailed.
Crew
- Producer: Amit Khanna
- Director: Mahesh Bhatt
- Art Direction: Samir Chanda
- Script: Shobha De & Vinod Ranganath
- Second Unit Director: Gogi Anand
- Second Unit Director: Debaloy Dey
- Second Unit Director: Sukhwant Dhadda
- Second Unit Director: Ajay Goel
- Second Unit Director: Sabah Shamsi
- Episode Teleplay: Vinod Ranganath
Cast
| Character | Actor |
|---|---|
| Svetlana Banerjee | Kitu Gidwani |
| Ronnie | Abhimanyu Singh |
| Ranjana Devi | Anju Mahendru |
| Mahendra Malhotra | Deepak Parashar |
| Nishi Malhotra | Kunika |
| Rishabh Malhotra | Rohit Roy |
| Medha Hegde | Channa Ruparel |
| Abhijeet | Vinod Pandey |
| Sheela | Prabha Sinha |
| Ritu Malhotra | Shital Thakkar |
| Sunil | Manoj Bajpayee |
| Neetu | Rinku Karmarkar |
| Bobby | Karan Oberoi |
| Soha | Achint Kaur |
| Babli | Tanaaz Currim |
| Yuvraj | Anupam Bhattacharya |
| Tyagi | Ashutosh Rana[1] |
| Shivani | Sandhya Mridul |
| Kunwar Singh | Arun Bali |
| Karan | Harsh Chhaya |
| Gayatri | Simone Singh |
| Devika | Mita Vashisht |
| Rakshanda | Sagarika Soni |
| Rakshanda's Husband Ranjeet | Rajesh Khera |
| Dinesh Shah | Pankaj Berry |
| Ruby | Poonam Dasgupta |
| Eknath | Kumud Mishra |
| Rajat | Mukesh Khanna |
| Walter | Rajiv Paul |
| Maitri | Kiran Juneja |
| Bansal | Vineet Kumar |
| Daughter | Shana Sood |
| Keshav Malhotra | Nasir Abdullah |