''Chandrakanta — Ek Mayavi Prem Gaatha'' (English: ''Moonlight - An Elusive Love Story'') is an Indian supernatural fantasy television series which premiered on

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on 24 June 2017 and ended on 16 June 2018. Based on the 1888 novel of the same name by

Devaki Nandan Khatri Devaki Nandan Khatri (18 June 1861– 1 August 1913) was an Indian writer who lived in Varanasi and wrote the historic fiction fantasy novel ''Chandrakanta (novel), Chandrakanta''. Biography He was born on 18 June 1861 in a Punjabi family ...

, it tells the story of Princess Chandrakanta. The show is produced by

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and directed by Ranjan Kumar Singh under the

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banner. The series stars

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, and Vishal Aditya Singh.

Plot

Princess Chandrakanta Jai Singh is born to Ratnaprabha, a great magician who has the most powerful dagger of Lord Vishnu. Iravati Singh, an evil queen wants the dagger to rule the world and conquers

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. Ratnaprabha stores the dagger at a temple to protect and pass it to Chandrakanta after 21 years.

21 years later

Iravati still searches for the dagger. Her stepson Veer plans to conquer Suryagarh kingdom. Chandrakanta, raised by a poor couple gets the dagger but doesn't know its powers. He reaches Suryagarh, and wants revenge from Chandrakanta. However, they get romantically close and fall in love. But, Iravati succeeds in separating them. Veer unexpectedly stabs the dagger in Chandrakanta. Besides him, Iravati and her allies also brutally stab Chandrakanta, who falls off the cliff.

1 year later

Chandrakanta returns as Suryakanta. Veer has forgot their past and is a ruthless warrior under Iravati, who now owns the magical dagger. Veer eventually regains his memory and opposes Iravati. He fights her son Swayam, the beast but is unable to kill him, and finds out that Swayam is immortal blessed by Lord Vishnu. Iravati tries to find Chandrakanta. Veer receives new power of Narsimha, a powerful avatar of Lord Vishnu. Taking the form of great Narsimha, he kills Swayam and puts an end to terror of Hirnasur. Iravati escapes and later returns. Chandrakanta gives birth to a daughter blessed to kill Iravati, who attacks Veer. She dies when Chandrakanta's daughter touches her. The daughter is named Suryakanta. In the end, Chandrakanta and Veer establish peace and prosperity in Vijaygarh.

Cast

Main

as Rajkumari Chandrakanta Pratap Singh : Princess of Sooryagarh and later Queen of Vijaygarh, Veer's wife * Vishal Aditya Singh as Veerendra "Veer" Pratap Singh: King of Vijaygarh, Chandrakanta's husband , Champa's ex-lover *

as Iravati Singh: Senior Queen of Vijaygarh; Veer's step-mother and Swayam's mother; a greedy, evil woman to find a dagger

Recurring

* Nikhil Arya as Dhruv Dhyani: Prince of Chandangarh, Chandrakanta's friend *

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as Swayam Singh: 2nd Prince of Vijaygarh; Veer's step-brother and Iravati's biological son *

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as Sooryakanta: Chandrakanta's disguise *

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as Kroor Singh *

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as Bhuwan * Maleeka R Ghai as Bhadrama:

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; Iravati's former chief advisor *

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as Ratnaprabha: Queen of Vijaygarh; Jai Singh's wife; Chandrakanta's birth mother *

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as Raja Jai Singh: King of Vijaygarh; Ratnaprabha's husband; Chandrakanta's father *

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as Vishakha "Mayavi": Ratnaprabha's sister; Chandrakanta's maternal aunt * Charvi Saraf/Renee Dhyani as Gehna * Shreyas Pandit as Daksh Raj Rajput: Iravati's elder brother; Veer and Swayam's uncle * Lalit Sharma as Aryan Rajput: Iravati's nephew; Daksh and Nishi's son; Veer and Swayam's cousin * Roma Bali as Nishi: Daksh's wife; Aryan's mother; Iravati's sister-in-law; Veer and Swayam's aunt * Rita Kaul Kotru as Aaina: Iravati's former advisor; a spirit residing inside a mythical mirror * Surendra Thakur as monster * Shrruti Gholap as Ruchi Singh: Chandrakanta's foster mother * Nitin Wakhariya as Koopat Singh: Minister of Sooryagarh * Ajay Arya as Tejendra "Tej" Singh: Veer's friend * Nirmal Soni as Umang: a

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; Chandrakanta's friend * Sunaina Shukla as Satakshi: Princess of Sooryagarh * Deepak as Kancha: Iravati's secret shape-shifting spy * Purvi Mundada as Champa: Veer's Lover * Surendra Thakur as Beast * Ethan rao as Saand Typhoon. *

Surendra Pal Surendrapal Singh (born 25 September 1953) is an Indian film and television character actor who works in Hindi films and TV series. He is best known for his roles of Dronacharya in ''Mahabharat'', Amatya Rakshas in ''Chanakya'', Tamraj Kilvish ...

as King Avantimala: Sooryagarh's monarch * Neha Chowdhury as Daas * Saman Sadiq Ahmad as Sooryagarh's soldier * Shankar Mishra as Soorya's father *

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as Narrator in Episode 1

References

External links

* {{Balaji Telefilms Balaji Telefilms television series 2017 Indian television series debuts Colors TV original programming Indian fantasy television series Television shows based on Indian novels 2018 Indian television series endings