Shastri Sisters

Shastri Sisters — Chaar Dil Ek Dhadkan (English: Shastri Sisters — Four Hearts, One Beat) commonly abbreviated as Shastri Sisters is an Indian television series, which aired from 21 July 2014 till 8 August 2015 on Colors TV. The show stars Ishita Ganguly, Sonal Vengurlekar, Vijayendra Kumeria, and Sumit Bhardwaj^[2][3] as leads. The show's plot revolves around the lives of four sisters as they make their journey from Kanpur to Delhi.

It was dubbed in Telugu as Manam and airs on Gemini TV.^[4][5] and in Tamil as Kanchana and airs on Raj TV.

Plot summary

Shastri Sisters is the story of four sisters Alka (Neha Pednekar), Anushka (Ishita Ganguly), Devyani (Sonal Vengurlekar) and Peeya (Pragati Chourasiya) who live with their father Narayan Shastri (Rajesh Jais) in Kanpur. Alka is in love with a man named Rajiv (Sumit Verma). Narayan gets a job transfer so the family moves to Delhi. There they rent the upper story of Shastriji's friend Surinder Sareen's (Gireesh Sahedev) house. The Sareen family consists of Surinder, his wife Mintakshi aka Minty, and their sons Neel (Sumit Bhardwaj) and Rajat (Vijayendra Kumeria) who is a fighter pilot in Indian Air Force and appears later on the show.

Minty and Neel do not like the sisters and try to drive them out of the house but fail. Soon Shastriji fixes Alka's marriage with Rohan (Sujay Reu). Alka's ex love Rajiv comes to Delhi to be with her, but Alka realises that he is not good for her and she marries Rohan.

Meanwhile, Rajat comes home and Devyani falls in love with him at first sight. Later, Rajat falls in love with Anushka and she also falls for him. Meanwhile, Neel falls in love with Devyani and proposes to her. Devyani politely rejects him. Neel is heartbroken and tries unsuccessfully to commit suicide. Minty starts to hate the sisters and plans to take revenge. She creates misunderstandings and gets Devyani and Rajat engaged. Anu and Rajat are unhappy with this. Later Rajat learns the truth, breaks his engagement with Devyani, and expresses his love for Anushka. Devyani agrees, but Anu denies engagement to him as Devyani still loves him.

Then Karishma (Swati Kumar) appears. She was Rajat's college friend and loves him. She creates misunderstandings between Anu and Rajat with Aastha's (Shraddha Jaiswal) help. Aastha is Rohan's bhabi and the sisters' enemy. Jealous of Anu, Karishma steals an important CD from Rajat's office and hides it in Anu's cupboard. Rajat's officers find the CD in Anu's room. He is suspended from duty and considers Anu responsible for this. Karishma's father saves Rajat on the understanding that he marries Karishma. Under pressure, Rajat agrees but on their marriage day because of misunderstandings Anu and Rajat marry.

With Neel's help, Anu and Devyani prove Karishma guilty. Anu and Rajat's marriage preparations begin. Because of Minty's harsh words, Shastriji has a heart attack and asks Anu not to marry Rajat. He asks her to marry Veer (Sudeep Sahir) who is Rajat's childhood friend. When he learns that Anu and Rajat love each other, he unites them and Anu and Rajat get married again.

Neel takes revenge on Devyani for rejecting him — he makes her fall in love with him. When they get close, Aastha records them and plays the video with Neel's face blurred and only Devyani's face showing. Later Alka and Anu prove that the man is Neel. Neel and Devyani's marriage preparations begin but, thanks to Minty's plan, Neel marries her friend's daughter Kajal (Priyanka Behera) who appears to be a sweet traditional young girl but is actually cunning. She wants to take the Sareen family's money. Meanwhile, problems arise between Rohan and Alka because of Aastha. Then Kajal tries to kill Anu. Anu falls from a cliff. Rajat reaches her on time but does not hold her hand. (It is later revealed that he is a fake Rajat.)

After a one-year leap, a terrorist has swapped places with Rajat and is living with the family. Neel is again in love with Devyani but does not tells her. Devyani and the fake Rajat marry. Anu is supposed to be dead but she is kept in Aligarh by a Doctor Raghav (Puneet Vashisht). Anu somehow escapes and reaches Delhi but sees Devyani and the fake Rajat married. She enters the house as a maid named Mouni. Anu learns that the Rajat living in the house is fake. Fake Rajat knows that the maid is Anu. After a lot of drama Anu and Alka find the real Rajat and bring him back home. Anu identifies the real Rajat and the terrorist is caught.

Another small leap takes place and Anu and Rajat are remarried on their first year marriage anniversary day. Everything is good between Neil and Devyani and Alka and Rohan. The show ends with everyone living happily ever after.

Cast

Crossover episode

Sasural Simar Ka on March 3, 2015 — Anushka and Devyani helps Simar to get the keys of red door from Maya where she had kept Roli.

Dubbing version (Tamil)|(Telugu)

Kanchana (English: Kanchana – Soul of Affection and Love) is a Tamil serial and a soap opera that premiered on 31 August 2015 and airs Monday through Saturday at 8:30pm on Raj TV.

Manam is a Telugu serial and a soap opera that premiered on 08 February 2016 and airs Monday through Friday at 2:30pm on Gemini TV. Later on serial timings changed. Now it airs Monday -Friday 10:30pm on Gemini TV

Cast (Tamil version)

• Neha Padnekar as Kanchana Narayan Shastri / Kanchana Rajan Harishankar, the elder Shastri sister. Kanchana is Rajan's wife and is also Harishankar and Brinda's daughter-in-law.
• Ishita Ganguly as Akila Narayan Shastri / Akila Ranjeet Sareen, the second Shastri sister. Akila is Rajat's wife as well as Saravanan and Meenakshi's daughter-in-law. She is the smartest sister.
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri, the third Shastri sister. Devyani loves Rajat.
• Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri, the younger Shastri sister. Priya is a talented student.
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Rajat Saravanan Sareen, Saravanan and Meenakshi's elder son who falls in love with Akila. Rajat becomes Akila's husband.
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Rajesh Saravanan Sareen, Saravanan and Meenakshi's younger son. Rajesh loves Devyani..
• Sujay Rue as Rajan Harishankar Pandey, Kanchana's husband. Rajan is also Harishankar and Brinda's son.
• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri, the father of the Shastri sisters.
• Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Saravanan Sareen, Saravanan's wife. Meenakshi is Rajat and Rajesh's mother
• Gireesh Sahedev as Saravanan Sareen, Meenakshi's Husband. Saravanan is Rajat and Rajesh's Father
• Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey, Harishankar's wife. Brinda is Rajan's mother.
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey, Brinda's husband and Rajan's mother.
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey

Cast (Telugu version)

• Neha Padnekar as Alekhya Narayan Shastri the elder Shastri sister.
• Ishita Ganguly as Anuskha Narayan Shastri / Anuskha Ranjeet Sareen, the second Shastri sister. Ranjeet Wife
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri, the third Shastri sister. Nitin's love interest
• Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri, the younger Shastri sister. Priya is a talented student.
• Vijayendra Kumeriaas Ranjeet Sareen, Saravanan and Meenakshi's elder son , Anuskha's husband.
• Sumit Bhardwajas Nitin Sareen, Saravanan and Meenakshi's younger son. Nitin loves Devyani..
• Sujay Rue as Rohan Harishankar Pandey, Alekhya's husband.
• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri, the father of the Shastri sisters.
• Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Surinder Sareen; Minty - Ranjeet and Nitin's mother
• Gireesh Sahedev as Surendra Sareen, Meenakshi's Husband. Ranjeet and Nitin's Father
• Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey, Harishankar's wife. Brinda is Rohan's mother.
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey, Brinda's husband and Rohan's mother.
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey

References