Saarrthi

Saarrthi is a Hindi television drama broadcast on STAR Plus and produced by Neela Tele Films Private Limited. It aired from November 9, 2004 to February 15, 2008 and contained 708 episodes. It aired every Monday–Thursday at 2:30 pm IST on STAR Plus channel and eventually started airing every Monday–Friday in August 2007. The story is a reworking of the Hindu epic, the Mahabharata, detailing the conflict between two brothers and their families in contemporary India.

History

The drama serial premiered on November 9, 2004 and aired every Monday to Thursday. The serial went on to become popued in the drama when original cast started leaving the serial in 2006. Rahil Azam left the serial and his character Suraj Kiran ended that was considered an important character of the drama. By 2007, the megacast had suffered a lot of decrease in number and the lead actress Neha Devi Singh herself left the serial and was replaced by Zalak Thakker. Only the main cast remained with the show. The serial began more decline when its most important character Arjun Goenka was shockingly killed. In reality, Karan Grover had started working in a new drama serial called Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni and did not get time for Saarrthi, so he requested the producers to remove him from the cast. He was killed and the drama serial began flopping.

In August 2007, Saarrthi began airing on Fridays as well. Gurpreet Singh was added in the drama to portray Rudra Singh as the new protagonist. He had previously replaced famous actor Rajeev Khandelwal as the protagonist in Kahiin To Hoga. However, Rudra could not get the same success and popularity as Arjun received. As a result, the drama serial could not air for long and ended on February 15, 2008 with 708 episodes.

Plot

The story and characters are adapted from Mahabharata is of conflict between two half-brothers—Mansen and Siddhartha (Dhritarashtra and Pandu)-- and their families. The lead, Bhoomika (Subhadra), and her husband Arjun (Arjuna), portray the eternal couple which tries to bring peace between the warring families. Along with them is Manasvi (Draupadi) who becomes the center of a conflict between two brothers Satya (Yudhishtira) and Suraj (Karna).While the Antagonist Shifali (Bhanumati), and her husband Yuvraj (Duryodhana), always tries to broken the planes of Arjun and Bhumi.

Cast

Awards

STAR Parivaar Awards

2006

• Favourite Devrani: Bhoomika

External links

• Official website