- Ardhangini
Infobox Television
bgcolour = darkcyan
show_name = Ardhangani
caption = A promotional logo image of "Ardhangani".
format =Drama
picture_format =480i (SDTV ),
runtime = approx. 24 minutes
creator =Jay Production
director = Shyam Maheshwari
producer = Jay Mehta &
Kinnari Mehta
starring = see below
opentheme = "Ardhangani" byDebojit Saha &Raktima Chatterjee
country = IND
language =Hindi
network =Zee TV
first_aired =October 29 ,2007
last_aired =March 20 ,2008
num_episodes = Total 82
website = http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=87"Ardhangani - Ek Khoobsurat Jeevan Saathi" is a
Hindi TV serial that aired onZee TV fromOctober 29 ,2007 toMarch 20 ,2008 based on the concept of how beauty turns into a curse. The story concludes by showing Kangana's death in the last episode.Plot
The story is based on the life of simple girl name Kangana, who belongs to a traditional family. Kangana is an exceptionally beautiful girl who knows that she can attract any man, but she still hopes for a life partner who will admire and respect her for what she is and not her beauty. But her beauty becomes a curse for her, which changes her life forever!
On the other hand, Kangana's own loved-ones (her sister Roktima and mother Sushmita) try to destroy every happiness that enters in Kangana's life. As the story steps further, Kangana's childhood sweetheart, Priyam comes back from America and the love story of Kangana and Priyam begins. As Priyam enters in Kangana's life, she falls-in love with him because he had all the qulaities that she was looking for in her 'prince-charming'. And very soon, she gets married to Priyam, starting a new chapter in her life. But, life is not straight-forward for Kangana as she was expecting it to be because as few weeks passes by the problems starts arising in her life because of her beauty. Priyam cannot stand that his wife is far more talented and in-demand than him, and with every passing day, his insecurities about Kangana keeps growing. He even accuses Kangana of having an affair with his own best friend Nivaan. And out of his lowliness complex, he starts keeping an eye on her to know that what Kangana does and whom she meets.
Priyam's suspects grow so much that he starts raising his hand on Kangana. Not only that, he even gives her a scar of her life on her face, so she would look like a normal person. The reality is that Kangana's very own beauty have become a curse for her, and the dilemma is that will she ever be able to get over with her trials and tribulations or will she has to suffer for the rest of her life because of her 'beauty'.
Cast
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Sudeepa Singh ... Kangana Bhattacharya (Priyam's wife, main lead,dead)
*Ajay Krishnamoorthi ... Priyam Bhattacharya (Kangana's husband)
*Chetan Pandit ... Chandra (Kangana's uncle who brought her up like her own daughter after her parents' death)
*Indira Krishnan ... Sushmita (Chandra's wife, foster mother of Kangana & antagonist)
*Melissa Pias ... Roktima (Kangana's cousin, Palash's wife, antagonist)
*Roma Sen Gupta ... Thakur Maa (Chandra's mother)
*Sonali Verma ... Paromita Bhattacharya (Priyam's maternal aunt who brought him up like her own son after his mother's admission in an asylum)
*Gireesh Sahdev ... Harish Bhattacharya (Paromita's husband & foster father of Priyam)
*Jay Pathak ... Palash Bhattacharya (Paromita and Rishi's son, older brother and cousin of Priyam, Roktima's husband)
*Shalini Kapoor ... Munmun Masi (Priyam's aunt)
*Bharti Sharma ... Oshima (Bipasha's elder sister, antagonist)
*Himanshi Chaudhary /Monaz Mevawala ... Bipasha (Ashima's younger sister, antagonist)
*Gaurav Khanna ... Nivaan (Priyam's childhood friend who lives in America, was in love with Kangana but returned to America when he came to know that Kangana and Priyam were in love for 14 years)
*Sudha Chandran ... Maushumi (Priyam's real mother, hates Kangana because of her beauty)
*Hemant Chaturvedi ... Onir Bhattacharya (Priyam's uncle)
*Ritu Vij ... Sonalika Bhattacharya (Onir's wife, Priyam's aunt)External links
* [http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=87 Official Website]
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