''Kundali'' is an Indian

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soap opera that initially aired on

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in 2000. After the channel closed, the series was taken over by

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, and aired from the beginning. The series is produced by

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. It remade in Kannada as Kavyanjali which aired on Udaya TV and dubbed in Telugu as Kavyanjali which aired on Gemini TV, Tamil as Kavyanjali which aired on Star Vijay , Malayalam as Kavyanjali which aired on Surya TV. All regional languages series is produced by

Plot

The story centers on two sisters, Aarti and Vidhi, whose lives are governed by their parents' decision to marry them only to men having horoscopes that perfectly match theirs. Aarti (

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) is the mature and responsible elder sister while Vidhi (

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) is the impulsive, slightly childish but loving younger one. As luck would have it, the sisters find suitable matches in Viraj (Anupam Bhattacharya) and Abhishek (

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), two brothers who are devoted to each other. But there is a twist: because of their parents' insistence on matching horoscopes, Aarti, the elder sister, is married to Abhishek, the younger brother; while the younger sister Vidhi marries the elder brother Viraj. This leads to a few awkward situations, but the couples are basically quite happy. However, a series of trying circumstances overcomes the lives of the four, threatening to tear their most valuable relationships apart. How they overcome these challenges, and how their mutual love prevails in the end, forms the story of Kundali.

Cast

* Vipul Katre as Sunita Mesram *

as Aarti Abhishek Agarwal *

as Vidhi Viraj Agarwal * Anupam Bhattacharya as Viraj Agarwal *

as Abhishek Agarwal * Manorama as Dai Maa, the nanny *

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as Nirmala Agarwal *

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as Mr. Agarwal *

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as Aarti and Vidhi's mother *

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as Aarti and Vidhi's father *

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as Aarti and Vidhi's brother

References

External links

*
Kundali Official Site on STAR Plus
{{Balaji Telefilms Balaji Telefilms television series Metro Gold original programming Indian television soap operas Indian drama television series 2000 Indian television series debuts 2001 Indian television series endings