Tara (TV series)

Tara is an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV channel, based on the trials and tribulations, the joys and sorrows of the main character, Tara.^[2] The series was known as the first ever Indian soap on contemporary urban women, and was the first Hindi-language drama series to run for about five years.^[3] Besides focusing on the life of Tara, the series also showed the lives of her four other friends, Kanchan, Devyani, Arzoo and Sheena.

Tara
Written by	Vinta Nanda[1] Varun Gautam.
Directed by	Raman Kumar
Starring	Navneet Nishan Alok Nath
Opening theme	"Tara" by Kuldip Singh
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
Production
Producer	Raman Kumar
Running time	23 minutes
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	1993 (1993) – 1997 (1997)

Cast

Actor/Actress	Character	Notes
Navneet Nishan	Choti Tara Seth / Tara Saigal,
Amita Nangia	Sheena Pratap Singh
Rakesh Bedi	Danny
Alok Nath	Deepak Seth
Grusha Kapoor	Devyani Seth
Ratna Pathak Shah	Kanchan Soni
Imran Khan	Popo
Deven Bhojani	Petha
Ram Mohan	Bade Papa, Tara's paternal grandfather
Raja Bundela	Rohit Seth, Tara's friend
Neha Sharad	Arzoo Rana
Shefali Shetty	Mala
Benjamin Gilani	Prithvi Kanchan's husband
Harsh Chhaya	Jijo
Girish Malik	Rohan
Sushmita Mukherjee Replaced Navneet Nishan	Anita Seth
Bharat Kapoor	Ashok Sehgal, Tara's father	1993–1995
Avtar Gill	Rana, Arzoo's father
Shiv Kumar	Veeru Sehgal Kanchan's brother
Bhushan Jeevan
Akshat Kapoor	Arzoo's son

Reception

According to India Today, Tara was number one in Delhi with a TRP of 14 in November 1993.^[4]