Kasturi (TV series)

Infobox Television
bgcolour = red
show_name = white|Kasturi


format = Drama
picture_format = 480i (SDTV),
runtime = approx. 25 minutes
creator = Balaji Telefilms
director = Garry Binder , Shankar Verma
starring = Shubangi Atre Pooroy,Karan Patel,Jatin Shah
opentheme = "Kasturi" by Shreya Ghoshal
country = IND
language = Hindi
network = STAR Plus
first_aired = April 23 2007
last_aired = present
num_episodes = 200+
website = http://starplus.indya.com/serials/kasturi/index.html

"Kasturi" is an Indian soap opera from Balaji Telefilms that airs on STAR Plus.

Cast

* Shubangi Atre Pooroy - Kasturi Chawla

* Karan Patel - Robbie Sabharwal

* Jatin Shah - Raunak Singhania

* Rupa Ganguly - Kaushalya Chawla

* Amita Chandekar - Pooja Chawla

* Mohnish Behl - Kabir Dhanrajgir

* Salil Acharya - Nikhil

* Kobori - Alaana Sabharwal

* Runa Laila - Special Appearance at the Title Song

Concept & Story

"Kasturi" revolves around Kasturi Chawla, a young woman from a middle-class family. After graduating from university, she begins working for Robbie Sabharwal - a spoilt, arrogant, yet immensely popular rockstar.

Robbie and Kasturi take an instant disliking to each other due to the difference in their class, values and morals. Kasturi befriends Robbie's best friend Raunak, who seemingly respects and understands her beliefs. As Robbie and Kasturi spend more time together, they start to fall in love and eventually confess their feelings. Their relationship is short-lived, as a misunderstanding causes Robbie to believe that Kasturi is cheating on him with Raunak.

After Robbie and Kasturi split up, Raunak proposes to Kasturi and she accepts after brief hesitation. On the day of their wedding, Robbie comes to know that he had misunderstood Kasturi and Raunak's relationship. He apologizes and begs Kasturi to reconcile with him, but she denies on the basis that their relationship has no future due to his constant lack of trust in her.

Raunak and Kasturi's wedding is followed by a series of events where Robbie tries to sabotage their relationship, but his attempts backfire and bring Raunak/Kasturi even closer. Soon, Raunak dies in an accident and Kasturi starts to believe that Robbie killed him. She swears revenge by marrying him under the pretext of moving on and then makes life a living hell for him. Her plan seems to succeed and Robbie ends up in coma. However, Kasturi is shell-shocked when she comes face to face with Raunak in Malaysia, who is very much alive.

Raunak smugly tells Kasturi how he has been toying with her all along and how he has been the sole cause of their misery. He explains that he had always secretly resented Robbie because he (Robbie) gained fame and popularity while Raunak hadn't. So when he realized that Robbie/Kasturi broke-up, he decided to get even by deliberately marrying Kasturi to hurt Robbie. Then he faked his own death to frame Robbie for murder. The person who helped him engineer this plot turns out to be Robbie's sister Shivani. She and Raunak have been in love since childhood and she loathes Robbie with equal passion. The two of them tell an apalled Kasturi that their next move is to kill Robbie to get their hands on his wealth.

Kasturi returns to India, but finds out that Robbie (who has now recovered) detests her for making him suffer for a crime he didn't commit. Eventually, one incident leads to another and Robbie/Kasturi reunite - only to have Raunak re-enter their lives and torture Kasturi on a daily basis as she's the only one who's aware of his true intentions. A lot of twists and turns follow - Maasi (Robbie's maternal aunt) enters the picture and is revealed to be in cahoots with Raunak. Kasturi is shot, falls off a cliff and loses her mental balance.

Robbie lets her stay in his house, but she behaves like a child and can't remember anything about her past. Shortly after that, Raunak's true colours are exposed to everyone and he's sent to prison. However, everyone is still unaware of the fact that Maasi was in cahoots with him. Another accident returns Kasturi to her normal state. Once again, she and Robbie reunite.

During the preparations for Robbie and Kasturi's wedding, a middle-aged businessman named Kabir Dhanrajgir is introduced to the story. Kasturi finds out that a significant portion of Robbie's property has been sold, and that Kabir acted as a catalyst to it. When she begs him to fix the situation, he blackmails her by saying that she would have to marry him for that. On the day of her wedding, she leaves Robbie and marries Kabir.

Replacement

* Kasturi replaced the reality game show Kaun Banega Crorepati.

External links

* [http://starplus.indya.com/serials/kasturi/index.html Official Site]

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