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Shrikant is a TV show based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya's 1917-1933 four volume novel Srikanta. The show aired on Doordarshan in 1987.
| Shrikant | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Srikanta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Directed by | Praveen Nischol |
| Starring | Farooque Shaikh
Rita Bhaduri Sujata Mehta Mrinal Kulkarni Irrfan Khan Ravindra Mankani Satish Pulekar Asha Sharma |
| Original language | Hindi |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DD National |
| Release | 1987 |
The show was again telecast on DD National from 30 April 2020 during the lockdown due to coronavirus[1]
The show tells the story of protagonist Shrikant (Farooque Shaikh). Sujata Mehta plays Raj Lakshmi. She nurses him to health when he is infected by plague. Later during a sea voyage to Burma, he meets Abhaya (Mrinal Kulkarni), a woman abandoned by her husband (Irrfan Khan).[2] In Burma, he receives the devotion of a lodge caretaker played by Sukanya Kulkarni. His love ideal remains Rajlakshmi.
- Farooque Shaikh as Shrikant
- Mrinal Kulkarni as Abhaya[3]
- Ravindra Mankani as Rohini
- Irrfan Khan as Abhaya's husband[4]
- Sujata Mehta as Raj Lakshmi
- Sukanya Kulkarni
- Tiku Talsania
- Asha Sharma
- Urvashi Dholakia as younger Raj Lakshmi
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