Saraswatichandra (TV series)

Saraswatichandra
Genre	Soap opera
Based on	Saraswatichandra by Govardhanram Tripathi
Written by	Ved Raj Abhijit Sinha Shilpa D'Mello Shruti Vaidya
Directed by	Arvind Babbal Sharad Pandey Mayank Gupta Himanshu Singh Arshad Khan
Starring	Gautam Rode Jennifer Winget Varun Kapoor Ashish Kapoor
Theme music composer	Aadil-Prashant
Opening theme	"Kuch Na Kahe" by Shreya Ghoshal and Javed Ali
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of episodes	444
Production
Producer(s)	Sunjoy Waddhwa Comall Sunjoy W.
Cinematography	Deepak Pandey Arjun Rao
Running time	Approx. 22 minutes
Production company(s)	SLB productions (2013) Sphere Origins (2014)
Release
Original network	STAR Plus DD National
Picture format	576i 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	25 February 2013 (2013-02-25) – 20 September 2014 (2014-09-20)
External links
Official website

Saraswatichandra is an Indian soap opera and romantic drama, initially produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and written by Ved Raj and Abhijit Sinha. The show was initially based on Govardhanram Tripathi's novel of the same name. It aired on Star Plus from 25 February 2013 to 20 September 2014.^[1] It is dubbed into Malayalam as Swayamvaram.

Plot

Saraswatichandra narrates the story of a young, cultured aristocrat, Saraswatichandra Vyas (Saras) (Gautam Rode), whose mother, Saraswati (Maleeka R Ghai), committed suicide when he was a child. His father, Laxminandan Vyas (Chetan Pandit), then married Gumaan (Monica Bedi), an evil and selfish woman who bore him a son, Danny (Varun Kapoor), a kind and selfless boy.

Laxminandan arranges Saras' wedding with Kumud Desai (Jennifer Winget), the well-educated daughter of his best friend, Vidyachatur Desai (Yatin Karyekar/Ali Raza Naamdaar). However, Saras, indrawn since the death of his mother, refuses to marry and writes to Kumud to inform her. Having wholeheartedly accepted the marriage proposal, she challenges Saras to personally tell her father about his rejection. Saras leaves Dubai, the place where he had grown up, and comes to Ratnanagri, Kumud's village. However, as time goes on, Saras begins getting along with Kumud's family and starts adjusting to their ways. He eventually falls in love with Kumud and a short-lived romance follows.

However, on his return to Dubai, Saras finds a letter written by his mother, which a jealous Gumaan had secretly slipped into his things, revealing to Saras that the reason his mother committed suicide was that she found out that Laxminandan and Gumaan were having an affair. This shatters Saras who disowns his father and leaves his house. He then decides not to marry Kumud because he believes that, since he is no longer the son of a rich man, he will not be able to support her and is therefore unworthy to be her husband.

To save her family's reputation, a heartbroken Kumud agrees to marry Pramadan Dharmadhikari (Pramad) (Anshul Trivedi), the son of a political family. However, after the wedding, Kumud finds out that Pramad is an alcoholic who was forced to marry her. Although Kumud is mistreated by Pramad, she decides to stay with him and change him into a better person.

Kumud is unaware that Saras has realised his mistake and wanted to stop her wedding with Pramad but before he could do so, thugs beat him and left him for dead. Alak, Pramad's sister finds Saras and brings him to her family mansion. He regains his health and on finding Kumud there and learning about the pain Pramad has been inflicting on her, he promises himself that he will change Pramad's ways and unite him with Kumud.

Buddhidhan Dharmadhikari (Sai Ballal), who despises the deplorable lifestyle of his son, Pramad, appoints Saras (presenting himself as Naveenchandra) as his secretary. This causes Pramad to be jealous of Saras because he thinks his father loves Saras more than him.

Upon learning why Saras refused to marry her, Kumud forgives him and asks him to leave her house as she cannot see his constant humiliations from Pramad. Saras tells Kumud he won't go out of her life until he unites her with Pramad.

Kumud eventually separates from Pramad, after he attempts to kill her, and marries Saras. Kusum (Shiny Doshi), Kumud's sister marries Danny, who is smitten with her. Pramad is diagnosed with terminal cirrhosis and leaves for abroad for treatment, going away from Kumud's life. Further on, it is revealed that Saras' younger brother, Kabir (Ashish Kapoor), who was taught to have died in infancy, is alive and is working for Gumaan to destroy the Desai/Vyas Family. After some twists and turns, she is arrested and Kabir happily starts adjusting to his family and reconciles with his father, as well as Saras. He also discovers love with a bubbly girl from Mumbai named Anushka (Srishty Rode). Kumud also succeeds in finding Saras' long-lost mother who never died, but lost her memory and was imprissoned in a mental assylum. With the help of Kumud, she regains her memories and mental health, and reunites with her family. The story ends with the birth of Saras and Kumud's 1-st child, a daughter whom they name as Sanskriti Saraswatichandra Vyas.

Cast

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

• Albania: TV Klan (2016).
• Argentina: El Trece (2016).
• Bulgaria: bTV, bTV Lady (2015).^[13]
• Chile: TVN (2017).
• Costa Rica: Teletica (2017).
• Ethiopia: Kana TV (2016).^[14]
• Indonesia: Trans 7 & ANTV (2015).
• Japan: LaLa TV & BS Niteele (upcoming).
• Mexico: Imagen Televisión (2018).^[15]
• Panama: TVN (Panama) (2016).
• Peru: Panamericana (2017).
• Saudi Arabia: MBC Bollywood (2015)
• Slovakia: TV Doma (2016).^[16]
• South Korea: DRAMACube & AsiaN (upcoming).
• Sri Lanka: TV One (2016), Sirasa TV (2017)
• Turkey: Kanal 7 (9 February 2017) [Turkish title: İki Yabancı].^[17]
• Vietnam: TodayTV (2016).
• United States:PasionesTV(2018)

References

External links

• Official Website
• Saraswatichandra on IMDb
• Saraswatichandra on Facebook (official Slovak page)