Shastri Sisters

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Shastri Sisters: Chaar Dil Ek Dhadkan (transl. Shastri sisters: four hearts, one heart beat), commonly known as Shastri Sisters, is an Indian television series that aired from July 21, 2014, to August 8, 2015, on Colors TV. The show stars Ishita Ganguly, Sonal Vengurlekar, Vijayendra Kumeria, and Sumit Bhardwaj.^[2][3] Its plot follows four sisters as they journey from Kanpur to Delhi.

The show was dubbed in Telugu as Manam, which airs on Gemini TV,^[4][5] and in Tamil as Kanchana airing on Raj TV. It is titled Tere Naal Ishq on Colors Rishtey.

Four sisters Alka, Anushka, Devyani, and Piya live with their father Narayan Shastri in Kanpur. They lost their mother at a very young age and were raised single-handedly by Narayan. They move to Delhi after Narayan gets a job transfer, where they stay at his childhood friend Surinder Sareen's house. Surinder lives with his wife Minty and two sons, Neil and Rajat. Minty and Neil hate the sisters and try to oust them.

Narayan learns that Alka loves Rajeev, and thus takes a marriage proposal to Rajeev's father, but Narayan gets insulted instead. After knowing all this, Alka apologizes to Narayan. Surinder fixes her alliance to his friend, Harishankar Pandey's son, Rohan Pandey, and thus the two marry.

Both Anushka and Devyani fall in love with Rajat but he has feelings only for Anushka and wishes to marry her. Neil falls in love with Devyani but she rejects him and he tries to commit suicide but is saved by Minty and NIkki, Minty's best-friend who is more like her sister. When Rajat tries to confess his love for Anushka to his family, Minty and Nikki decide to seek revenge for Neil from Devyani. They create a misunderstanding and make everyone believe that Rajat loves Devyani. Everyone prepares for their engagement and when Anushka learns that Devyani also loves Rajat, she sacrifices her love for Devyani. Rajat learns on his engagement day that he is getting engaged to Devyani and he wants to inform everyone that he loves Anushka and not Devyani, but is stopped by Anushka. Anushka makes Rajat promise her to become engaged to her sister and he reluctantly agrees. Rajat and Devyani become engaged. As Minty and Nikki's plan fail, they again try to expose Anushka and Rajat. This time they become successful. Devyani becomes heartbroken after knowing the truth and she insults Anushka, accusing her of taking her fiancé, but Anushka remains silent. Rajat criticises her for disrespecting her sister, and tells her that he loves Anushka and not her. Anushka refuses and says that Rajat is only Devyani's. After Surinder and Rajat return to their house from upstairs they see Minty and Nikki celebrating as their plan of hurting Devyani has been successful. After learning the truth both of them are furious. Surinder ousts Nikki from the house and scolds Minty who proclaims that she hates SHASTRI SISTERS. All this is heard by Narayan, too.

Rajat's ex-girlfriend, Karishma, appears and Rajat makes a plan with her to make Anushka confess that she loves Rajat. To do so they pretend that they are in love and tries to make Anushka jealous. Rajat announces his marriage with Karishma, but Anushka remains focused on her relationship with her sister, Devyani. Later, Devyani tries to convince Anushka to stop Rajat's marriage and discusses this matter with Rajat, who insists that Anushka should profess her love for him first. He is later arrested for stealing a very important and confidential CD of Air Force and is suspended. Anushka is blamed for his arrest, initially but then it is revealed that Karishma is responsible.

Rajat and Anushka finally marry. Neil is forced by Minty to marry her friend Leela's daughter, Kajal, which upsets Devyani, who decides to work with Alka. Someone attacks Devyani at work and she suspects Neil's involvement. Anushka blames Neil for hurting Devyani, but he insists that he is innocent. After three days everyone returns home and Neil returns from jail.

Kajal is revealed to have married Neil only for his property, so Minty scolds her and ends her relationship with Neil. Kajal pushes Anushka off a cliff, and Rajat is kidnapped.

One year later, the Sareens and Shastris celebrate. Rajat and Devyani begin the wedding ceremony, but Anushka is revealed to be alive.

• Ishita Ganguly as Anushka Rajat Sareen – Narayan's third daughter; younger sister of Alka,and Devyani.elder sister of Piya. Rajat's wife
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Squadron Leader Rajat Sareen – An air force pilot; Minty and Surinder's elder son; Neil's brother; Anushka's husband
• Neha Pednekar as Alka Shastri Pandey – Narayan's eldest daughter;Devyani, Anushka,and Piya's sister; Rohan's wife
• Sujay Reu as Rohan Pandey – Harishankar and Vrinda's son; Alka's husband
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Shastri – Narayan's Second daughter; younger sister of Alka.elder sister of Anushka, and Piya.Neil's love interest
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Neil Sareen – Minty and Surinder's younger son; Rajat's brother; Devyani's love interest

• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri – Surinder's childhood friend; Alka, Anushka, Devyani and Piya's father
• Pragati Chourasiya as Piya Shastri – Narayan's youngest daughter; Alka, Anushka and Devyani's sister
• Neelu Kohli as Mintakshi "Minty" Sareen – Surinder's wife; Rajat and Neil's mother
• Gireesh Sahedev as Surinder Sareen – Narayan's childhood friend; Minty's husband; Rajat and Neil's father
• Chaitrali Gupte as Vrinda Pandey – Harishankar's wife; Rohan's mother
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey – Narayan's friend; Vrinda's husband; Rohan's father
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Aastha Pandey
• Navneet Nishan as Nikki
• Puneet Vashisht as Dr. Raghavendra Singh
• Sudeep Sahir as Veerarav "Veer" Rajshekhari
• Sumit Verma as Rajeev – Alka's ex-boyfriend
• Sudha Chandran as Buaji
• Swati Kumar as Karishma
• Priyanka Khera as Kajal Sareen – Neil's ex-wife
• Poonam Bhatia as Leela Massi – Minty's friend
• Smita Singh as Inspector Guggal Pandey^[6] (2015)
• Dipika Kakar as Simar

Kanchana (transl. Kanchana – Soul of Affection and Love) is a Tamil serial and a soap opera that premiered on 31 August 2015.

Manam is a Telugu serial and a soap opera that premiered on 8 February 2016 and airs Monday through Friday.

• Neha Pednekar as Kanchana Narayan Shastri/Kanchana Rajan Harishankar
• Ishita Ganguly as Akila Narayan Shastri/Akila Ranjeet Sareen
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri
• Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Rajat Saravanan Sareen
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Rajesh Saravanan Sareen
• Sujay Reu as Rajan Harishankar Pandey
• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri
• Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Saravanan Sareen
• Gireesh Sahedev as Saravanan Sareen
• Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey

• Neha Pednekar as Alekhya Narayan Shastri
• Ishita Ganguly as Anuskha Narayan Shastri/Anuskha Ranjeet Sareen
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Devyani Narayan Shastri
• Pragati Chourasiya as Priya Narayan Shastri
• Vijayendra Kumeria as Ranjeet Sareen
• Sumit Bhardwaj as Nitin Sareen
• Sujay Reu as Rohan Harishankar Pandey
• Rajesh Jais as Narayan Shastri
• Neelu Kohli as Meenakshi Surinder Sareen
• Gireesh Sahedev as Surendra Sareen
• Chaitrali Gupte as Brinda Harishankar Pandey
• Prithvi Zutshi as Harishankar Pandey
• Shraddha Jaiswal as Asha Harishankar Pandey