Maharani is a 2009 soap opera that aired Monday through Friday on

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from 19 October 2009 to 4 November 2011 for 492 episodes. It is a remake of the

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serial '' Ente Manasaputhri'' that was aired on

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. This is a story of two best friends (

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and Archana) who turn out to be enemies. The show starred

, Archana,

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and Sulakshana among others. It was director by Baiju Deveraj.

Plot

Maharani is a story of two young girls named Mahalakshmi (

) and Rani (Archana) who are brought up in an orphanage. Maha is calm, shy and a very simple person. Whereas Rani is smart and tries to outwit others with her villainous plots. The orphanage follows a certain system, where for all those who attain 18 years of age will be married to some suitable persons. Such an initiative is always taken by the orphanage owners for every person belonging to the orphanage. Rani always dreams of a very luxurious and luminous life in the outside world. Maha with her simplicity and clear focus in life tries to overcome all her problems independently! But will she tackle more issues created by Rani too?

Cast

* Archana Suseelan as Rani *

as Mahalakshmi (Maha) *

as Sandhya * Sulakshana as Yamuna * Sreenath / Murali Mohan as Devraj * Sathish as Prakash *

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as Thopiyas * Chitra Shenoy as Prakash's mother *

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as Suja * Katam Reddy * Srilekha *Sreekala as Servant

Adaptations

References

External links

*
Official website
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