For the Indian government campaign, see Swabhimaan (campaign).
Swabhimaan
GenreDrama
CreatorAmit Khanna
WriterShobha De
Vinod Ranganathan
Surabhi Pandey (Dialogue writer)
Starringsee below
Open theme"Ek Pal" by Sunita Rao, "Kaise Unhein Bhool Jaye" by Shaan
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Num seasons1
Num episodes800
CameraMulti-camera
Runtime25 minutes
NetworkDD National
First aired6 April 1995
Last aired1 May 1998

Swaabhimaan (sʋɑːbʱɪ.mɑːn; ) is an Indian soap opera directed by Mahesh Bhatt and Debaloy Dey and was scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.[1][2][3]

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

CharacterActor
SvetlanaKitu Gidwani
Ronnie BanerjeeAbhimanyu Singh
Ranjana DeviAnju Mahendru
Mahendra MalhotraDeepak Parashar
Nishi MalhotraKunickaa Sadanand
Rishabh MalhotraRohit Roy[5]
Medha HegdeChanna Ruparel
AbhijeetVinod Pandey
SheelaPrabha Sinha
Ritu MalhotraSheetal Thakkar
TyagiAshutosh Rana[6]
SunilManoj Bajpayee
GroverSharad Kapoor
NeetuRinku Dhawan
BobbyKaran Oberoi (singer)
SohaAchint Kaur
BabliTanaaz Currim
YuvrajAnupam Bhattacharya
ShivaniSandhya Mridul
Kunwar SinghArun Bali
KaranHarsh Chhaya
GayatriSimone Singh[7]
DevikaMita Vashisht
RakshandaSagarika Soni
Rakshanda's Husband RanjeetRajesh Khera
Dinesh ShahPankaj Berry
RashmiPoonam Dasgupta
EknathKumud Mishra[8]
RajatMukesh Khanna
KDShishir Sharma
WalterRajeev Paul
MaitriKiran Juneja
BansalVineet Kumar
DaughterShana Sood
Keshav MalhotraNasir Abdullah
TaujiR. S. Chopra

References

  1. ^ Awaasthi, Kavita (1 December 2016). "Swabhimaan: A saga of convoluted relationships". Hindustan Times. Archived 18 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. 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] (in Hindi). Navbharat Times. Archived 28 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine. 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 29 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ "The show that goes on forever". Tribune India. 26 July 1999. Archived 14 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. ^ Roy, Rohit (8 April 2020). "First of Many: Rohit Roy revisits Swabhimaan". First of Many. New Delhi: The Indian Express. Archived 31 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  6. ^ Rana, Ashutosh (6 November 2019). "First of Many: Ashutosh Rana revisits Swabhimaan". First of Many. New Delhi: The Indian Express. Archived 31 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine. 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 21 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine. 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 21 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 14 October 2023. Kumud Mishra played the character of Eknath in the 1995 Doordarshan drama Swabhimaan.