Agnisakshi (Kannada Serial)

''Agnisakshi'' is an Indian Kannada television drama that premiered on Colors Kannada on 2 December 2013. It came into the foray due some remarkable performances by the lead pair. The show formally came to an end in January 2020, after airing for 6 years. The show received the highest TVR of 19.7 which is still unbeaten by any of the Kannada soap operas

Plot

Two families are associated with Sannidhi, a kind and gentle person who puts the needs of others ahead of hers and Siddharth, a young easy-going, fun-loving businessman. Their marriage was arranged by Siddhartha's elder sister-in-law, Chandrika, who chose Sannidhi because of her infertility and thereby her inability to produce an heir to inherit the family fortune. As time progresses the two fall in love, and Siddharth's younger brother Akhil and Sannidhi's younger sister, Tanu also begin to like each and hope to get married. However, their dreams along with Sannidhi and Siddharth's marriage will be continuously threatened by Chandrika who due to unknown and mysterious reasons (surrounding her father's death, who in turn had a close relation with Vasudev, Siddharth's father) plans to destroy Siddharth's family with the help of her acquaintances. It is also revealed that Chandrika has an elder sister named Radhika who is the real wife of Gautham, the eldest son of Vasudev. The couple have two twin daughters, Kushi and Ayushi. The story revolves around how Sannidhi uses her will power to protect her family by foiling Chandrika's plans.

Adaptations

Cast

* Vaishnavi Gowda as Sannidhi-Siddhartha's wife;a kind and gentle person who vows to protect her family from Chandrika;shyam and Sumathi's daughter; Pradeep and Tanu's sister; Gautham, Akhil and Anjali's sister in law; Vasudeva's daughter in law.
* Vijay Suriya as Siddhartha- Sannidhi's husband;Vasudeva's 2nd son ;an easy-going and fun-loving guy who is unaware of Chandrika's evil nature but understands in later episodes
* Mukhyamantri Chandru as Vasudeva, Gautham, Siddhartha, Akhil and Anjali's father who is unaware of Chandrika's evil nature and his daughter-in-law Radhika and granddaughters Aayushi and Khushi
* Rajesh Dhruva as Akhil, Vasudeva's 3rd son, Siddhartha and Gautham's younger brother who breaks his marriage with Tanu for the sake of Sannidhi but later marries her because of Chandrika
* Aishwarya Salimath as Tanu, Sannidhi's younger sister who wanted to marry Akhil but couldn't as Sannidhi was asked to stop their marriageby Maya but she joins hands with Chandrika and marries him but later realizes her mistakes and helps Sannidhi
* Sukrutha Naag as Anjali, Vasudeva's only daughter, Siddhartha, Gautham and Akhil's sister, Shaurya's wife who also learns about Chandrika and accompanies Sannidhi and Maya in unravelling Radhika's mystery but is forced to marry Shaurya by Chandrika
* Shashank Purushottam as Gautham, Vasudeva's eldest son, real husband of Radhika, father of Aayushi and Khushi who dies saving Aayushi
* Priyanka S. as Chandrika, Radhika's younger sister who avenges her father's death from Vasudeva's family saying she is Gautham's wife, hiding Radhika and Khushi from them and separates Aayushi from Khushi and Radhika
* Anusha Rao as Radhika, the eldest daughter-in-law of Vasudeva's family, Gautham's wife, Aayushi and Khushi's mother, Maya and Chandrika's elder sister who is separated from Aayushi and trusts Chandrika
* Ishitha Varsha as Maya, Chandrika and Radhika's younger sister who was first evil and wanted to marry Akhil and stopped his and Tanu's marriage but after knowing that Chandrika has kept Radhika alive, she joins hands with Sannidhi and Anjali and gives up Akhil
* Sampath J.S. as Pradeep, Sannidhi and Tanu's elder brother
* Sithara Thaara as Vaani, Pradeep's wife, Sannidhi and Tanu's sister-in-law who is also a helper of Chandrika
* Chitkala Biradar as Sumathi, mother of Sannidhi, Tanu and Pradeep
* R. N. Sudarshan as Swamiji
* Sneha Kappanna as Maid
* Baby Chandana as Aayushi/Radhika/Khushi, who was kidnapped for seven years by Chandrika and kept away from Khushi and Radhika, she later is taken care by Vasudeva's family and Khushi, a happy-go-lucky girl who lives with Radhika, Gautham's twin daughters. Both also get swapped once but later reunite with their families
* Amith Rao as Kishore, Chandrika's boyfriend
* Nagarjun as Kaushik/Tejas, Kishore's younger brother who helps Chandrika to avenge Kishore's death by torturing Anjali by tricking her into marrying him but is later arrested
* Rajeshwari Parthasarathy as Chandrika
* Shobha Shetty as Tanu

Guest appearances

* Kavitha as Chinnu, Siddharth's love interest from Lakshmi Baramma serial
* Karthik Jayaram as JK, Sannidhi's brother (initial episodes and Siddharth's court episode)
* Skanda Ashok as Raman, Siddharth's friend (in Kishore's kidnapping episode)

Crossover

Agnisakshi actors have appeared together in several other shows. In Lakshmi Baramma, Chinnu is Siddarth's initial love interest and Chinnu appears in the first few episodes of the Agnisakshi and the entire cast of Lakshmi Baramma attends Sannidhi and Siddharth's wedding. In the serial Ashwini Nakshatra, Sannidhi portrays the role of JK's sister and finally, the serial Radha Ramana's lead Ramana has a friend which is portrayed by Siddharth of Agnisakshi. In October 2020, almost after eight months after ending the serial the cast joined the serial Nannarasi Radhe for a crossover episode.

References

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2013 Indian television series debuts
Kannada-language television shows
Colors Kannada original programming
2020 Indian television series endings