''Shanti - Ek Aurat Ki Kahani'' is an Indian television series that aired on

DD National DD National (formerly DD1) is a state-owned public entertainment television channel in India. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan, India's public service broadcaster, and the oldest and most widely available terrestrial television channel ...

in 1994. The series stars

Mandira Bedi Mandira Bedi (born 15 April 1972) is an Indian actress, fashion designer, and television presenter. She gained recognition by playing the titular role in the 1994 television show, '' Shanti'', which was telecast on India's national channel, Door ...

as Shanti.

Plot

Every character has a past and has something hidden, it all gets revealed when Shanti, an aspiring

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

hoping to write the biographies of Kamesh and Raj, arrives. The duo they only approve of a movie when it is appreciated by the

servant A domestic worker or domestic servant is a person who works within the scope of a residence. The term "domestic service" applies to the equivalent occupational category. In traditional English contexts, such a person was said to be "in service ...

s of the house and tell of how they went from

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. Then are shown the family members, Kamesh's eldest son Ramesh is mentally challenged. Younger son Somesh is a failing director struggling over the script which gets rejected even by his own father. His wife Ayesha is the daughter of a film producer whose career was ruined by the duo. His

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daughter Nidhi was revealed to be the illegitimate daughter of Kamesh. Raj's wife took to Ashrams and Sadhus, while his youngest son Nihal returns with an American white friend Michelle, who accidentally revealed that she is his wife. His elder daughter Maya is drawn to depression by her mother's absence, while his

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elder son Rohan is forced to marry a model Sasha after she threatens to come out to the press. All this is witnessed by Shanti who too has a dark past because one of them is her biological father. Shanti's mother was a

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working during the construction of Shanti Mansion who was

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d by both Kamesh and Raj.

Cast

as Shanti *Mohini Sharma as Tulsi *

Rajesh Tailang Rajesh Tailang is an Indian actor. He is best known to international audiences for his role in '' Siddharth'', for which he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.Amit Behl Amit Behl is an Indian theatre, television and film actor. Behl began his career in 1994 with a role in India's first daily soap opera '' Shanti''. He later went on to do almost 100 TV serials in Hindi, English, Marathi, Punjabi and Urdu. He ha ...

as Vijay *

Anup Soni Anup Soni (born 30 January 1975) is an Indian actor and anchor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Soni began his career with roles in television serials such as '' Sea Hawks'' and '' Saaya''. He then took a break from television ...

as Shekhar *

Yatin Karyekar Yatin Karyekar is a veteran Indian actor in the Bollywood film industry. He was also part of long running television serial ''Shanti (TV series), Shanti''. He appeared in the role of Aurangzeb in popular Marathi serial Raja Shivchhatrapati. ...

as Kamesh Mahadevan * Jyotsna Karyekar as Maa * Vijay Aidasani as Somesh Mahadevan * Sumukhi Pendse as Ayesha Mahadevan *

Iravati Harshe Iravati Harshe is an Indian actress and dubbing artist. Harshe has worked in many television serials. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Filmography * ''Split Wide Open'' (1999) * ''Hey Ram'' (Hindi, 2000) * '' Shararat'' (Hindi, 2002) * ...

as Nidhi Mahadevan * Richa Ahuja as Nidhi Mahadevan * Aman Verma as Sanjay *

Amar Talwar Amar Talwar (born 21 December 1949) is an Indian artist and Bollywood actor. He appeared in the historic television series '' Shanti'', in which he played Raj 'G.J.' Singh. Born to a Sikh family on 21 December 1949, Talwar was educated at the L ...

as Raj 'G.J.' Singh *

Anita Kanwal Anita Kanwal is an Indian television actress and producer who has acted in television serials such as ''Chanakya'', '' Shanti'' and '' Sonpari''. She is best known for her negative role of Mrs. Seth, the mother who gets her own son killed, in t ...

as Indu Singh * Sanjeev Kapadia as Nihaal *

Sukanya Kulkarni Sukanya Kulkarni Mone is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi and Marathi films and serials. Personal life Kulkarni was born in a Hindu family. She is married to Marathi veteran actor Sanjay Mone. The couple has one daughter, Julia M ...

as Maya * Salim Fatehi Rohan Singh * Jitu Shastri as Ramesh Mahadevan * Amikev Singh as Sasha *

Ashwini Kalsekar Ashwini Kalsekar is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Marathi and Hindi television and film industry. She is known mostly for her collaboration with Hindi movies directors Sriram Raghavan, Rohit Shetty, and Ram Gopal Varma. She ...

as Sasha * Sunil Shende as Bhandari/Bhai *

Rajesh Jais Rajesh Jais (born 6 September 1969) is an Indian film actor, known for first daily soap of india '' Shanti'' (1994), ''Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety'' (2018), ''Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'' (2008), ''Rocket Singh'' (2009), ''Airlift'' (2016) and ''Raazi'' ( ...

as Nanu

References

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