Swabhimaan

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Swaabhimaan (Hindi pronunciation: [sʋɑːbʱɪ.mɑːn]; transl. self-respect) is an Indian soap opera directed by Mahesh Bhatt and Debaloy Dey and was scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.^[1][2][3]

Swabhimaan
Genre	Drama
Created by	Amit Khanna
Written by	Shobha De Vinod Ranganathan Surabhi Pandey (Dialogue writer)
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Ek Pal" by Sunita Rao, "Kaise Unhein Bhool Jaye" by Shaan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	800
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	6 April 1995 (1995-04-06) – 1 May 1998 (1998-05-01)

Plot

Swaabhimaan divulges the story of an attractive woman - Svetlana - who finds herself in a battle where there are no real winners. Insecurity, suspicion and fear threaten to erode her vivacious spirit as she struggles to come to terms with her position - that of a pampered mistress whose tycoon patron Keshav Malhotra dies leaving her to cope with the ugly aftermath of the tragedy: inheritance wars, succession rights, property entanglements, petty quarrels and above all, emotional turmoil that threatens to destroy her.^[4]

Cast

Character	Actor
Svetlana	Kitu Gidwani
Ronnie Banerjee	Abhimanyu Singh
Ranjana Devi	Anju Mahendru
Mahendra Malhotra	Deepak Parashar
Nishi Malhotra	Kunika
Rishabh Malhotra	Rohit Roy[5]
Medha Hegde	Channa Ruparel
Abhijeet	Vinod Pandey
Sheela	Prabha Sinha
Ritu Malhotra	Sheetal Thakkar
Tyagi	Ashutosh Rana[6]
Sunil	Manoj Bajpayee
Grover	Sharad Kapoor
Neetu	Rinku Dhawan
Bobby	Karan Oberoi
Soha	Achint Kaur
Babli	Tanaaz Currim
Yuvraj	Anupam Bhattacharya
Shivani	Sandhya Mridul
Kunwar Singh	Arun Bali
Karan	Harsh Chhaya
Gayatri	Simone Singh[7]
Devika	Mita Vashisht
Rakshanda	Sagarika Soni
Rakshanda's Husband Ranjeet	Rajesh Khera
Dinesh Shah	Pankaj Berry
Rashmi	Poonam Dasgupta
Eknath	Kumud Mishra[8]
Rajat	Mukesh Khanna
KD	Shishir Sharma
Walter	Rajeev Paul
Maitri	Kiran Juneja
Bansal	Vineet Kumar
Daughter	Shana Sood
Keshav Malhotra	Nasir Abdullah
Tauji	R. S. Chopra

References

1. Awaasthi, Kavita (1 December 2016). "Swabhimaan: A saga of convoluted relationships". Hindustan Times. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
2. Tomar, Sangeeta (12 October 2023). "500 एपिसोड पूरे करने वाला देश का पहला TV शो, जिसने दिए 24 बड़े स्टार्स, दूरदर्शन पर बजा डंका" [The country's first TV show to complete 500 episodes, which gave 24 big stars, made a splash on Doordarshan]. Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
3. Yadav, Prerna (21 April 2021). "Manoj Bajpayee, Rohit Roy, Ashutosh Rana's hit DD show Swabhimaan to return after 25 years". India TV. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
4. "The show that goes on forever". Tribune India. Chandigarh. 26 July 1999. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
5. Roy, Rohit (8 April 2020). "First of Many: Rohit Roy revisits Swabhimaan". First of Many (Interview). Interviewed by Mimansa Shekhar. New Delhi: The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
6. Rana, Ashutosh (6 November 2019). "First of Many: Ashutosh Rana revisits Swabhimaan". First of Many (Interview). Interviewed by Mimansa Shekhar. New Delhi: The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
7. "Ek Hasina Thi to Heena: 5 memorable TV shows starring birthday girl Simone Singh". India Today. 10 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023. Swabhimaan: The role was small, but prominent enough to get Simone Singh noticed. The petite actress who played Gaayatri (Harsh Chhaya's love interest) did justice to her role despite the ensemble cast in this Mahesh Bhatt serial.
8. "Kumud Mishra hospitalised after testing Covid positive". India Today. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023. Kumud Mishra played the character of Eknath in the 1995 Doordarshan drama Swabhimaan.

External links

• Swabhimaan at IMDb