Shrikant (TV series)

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 (1987)

The show was again telecast on DD National from 30 April 2020 during the lockdown due to coronavirus^[1]

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• 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
• Ashvini Bhave as Jamuna
• Sukanya Kulkarni
• Tiku Talsania
• Asha Sharma
• Urvashi Dholakia as younger Raj Lakshmi