Kehta Hai Dil
| Kehta Hai Dil | |
|---|---|
| Starring | see below |
| Opening theme | "Kehta Hai Dil" by Priya Bhattacharya |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of episodes | Total 144 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 52 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | STAR Plus |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV), |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Kehta Hai Dil is an Indian soap opera that aired weekly on STAR Plus channel from 2002 to 2005. The story is based on the life of a girl name Karishma and portrays the dramatic events that occur in her life, which affect her entire family - who lives in the small, idyllic town of Anand Nagar. Currently, the series is being re-aired on TV Asia channel in USA.
Story
Kehta Hai Dil is the story of a family who lives in the small, idyllic town of Anand Nagar. It is the family of SP Aditya Pratap Singh, Dr Jaya Singh and their three children - Karishma, Kunal and Kiran. Karishma loves Dhruv who is her childhood friend and Dhruv's father is the friend of SP Aditya. SP Aditya tries to expose the corrupt town mayor Bhandari and his wife Lalita Devi. To take revenge, Lalita makes her elder son Nikhil befriend Karishma and then makes the media print fake report that Karishma is having affair with Nikhil. This forces Karishma to marry Nikhil. Its only after her marriage with Nikhil, her in-laws' cunningness is revealed. A devastated Karishma vows to take revenge on every single of them. The story follows Karishma as she extracts her revenge and exposes her in laws step by step.
Characters
- Kamya Punjabi / Pallavi Kulkarni as Karishma Singh
- Aman Verma / Akshay Anand as SP Aditya Pratap Singh
- Gautami Kapoor as Dr. Jaya Aditya Pratap Singh
- Swapnil Joshi asDhruv
- Rushad Rana as Nikhil
- Grusha Kapoor as Lalita Devi
- Ram Kapoor as Jai Singh
- Nivedita Bhattacharya as Mrs Singh
- Manoj Joshi as Mayor Sahab
- Manoj Pahwa .... Ranbir
- Kuljeet Randhawa as Sonia
- Mehul Kajaria as Kunal
- Tanvi Bhatia as Kiran (few episodes)
- Dara Singh as Karishma's Grandfather
- Soumya Arya as Dr.Talwar
- Kajal Nishad as Priya
- Rajiv Kumar as Inspector Vikram
- Lata Sabharwal as Constable's Wife
- S.P Khere as Ameeta's father
- Reshma Polekar as Ameeta
- Sushita Thatte as Sarson
- Pamela Mukherjee as Divya
- Devanshi as Sonia's son
- Sushmita Daan as Nilanjana
- Atul Srivastava as Charandas
- Hrishita as Deepti
- Shagufta Ali as Jaya's Mother
- Rakesh as Pappu
- Tina Parekh as Dhruv's Friend
- Rajesh Aasthana as Inspector
- Khyaati Khandke Keswani as Aanchal
- Abbas Khan as Chota pappu
- Shadab Khan as Doctor
- Sunita Verma as Menka
- Rajni Chandra as Nikhil's mother
- Manav Merchant as Ravi
- Dinesh Hinge as Judge
- Navin Nischol as Pradhan
- Natasha Sinha as Manju
- Tanvir Roy as Chief minister
- Rahul Lohani as Swayam
- Prithvi Zutshi as Professor
- Pankaj Mishra as Narayan
- Narendra Gupta as Dr.Jain
- Salil Ankola as Ranvir Rathore / Sandeep Jain / Shakti Singh
- Virendra Saxena as Bijlani
- Nagesh Bhonsle as Inspector Pandey
- Sandeep Vohra as Prosecutor
- Sunil Verma as Prisoner
- Sunil Ghate as Judge
- Kavita Vaid as
- Pooja as Shangrila
Awards
The series has won the following awards in The Indian Telly Awards of 2003:
- "Best Actor in a Negative Role (Male)" - Manoj Joshi Shared with Mohnish Behl
- "Best Actor of the Year (Male)" - Aman Verma