Karn Sangini

Karn Sangini is an Indian-television Mythological television series based on Kavita Kane's novel Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen that aired on Star Plus.[1] Created by Shashi Sumeet Productions, it starred Tejasswi Prakash and Aashim Gulati.[2]

Karn Sangini
Genre	Mythological Drama
Created by	Aayush Agrawal
Based on	Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen by Kavita Kane
Developed by	Shashi Mittal
Written by	Story: Shobhit Jaiswal Sameer Mishra Dialogues: Raghuvir Shekhawat
Directed by	Jai Basantu Singh Tushar J. Bhatia Huma Parveen
Creative director(s)	Amit Bhargava Aayush Agrawal
Starring	Tejasswi Prakash Aashim Gulati
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	90
Production
Executive producer(s)	Aayush Agrawal
Producer(s)	Shashi Mittal Sumeet Mittal
Running time	20 minutes
Production company(s)	Shashi Sumeet Productions
Distributor	Star India
Release
Original network	Star Plus
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	22 October 2018 (2018-10-22) – 25 February 2019 (2019-02-25)
External links
Website
Production website

The series went off air on 25 February 2019 due to low viewerships.[3]

Plot

Uruvi is Pukhiya's princess. Being King Vahusha and Queen Shubra's only daughter, Uruvi was pampered right from her birth and given whatever she wished for. She shares a strong bond of friendship with Arjun. Karn, on the other hand, though the son of Surya Dev, is considered of low caste because he was disowned by Kunti at his birth and adopted by a family of low caste; thus living a life full of hardships. Arjun has been in love with Uruvi since childhood but Uruvi considers him nothing more than a best friend.

Uruvi's friends Jaya and Vijaya gave her a precious pink gem which she gifts to Arjun as a sign of good luck. During a tournament, Karn challenges Arjun for a duel. Guru Drona refuses to let Karn take part in the competition, calling him a person of low caste. Duryodhana thus crowns Karn as the king of Anga. During the duel, Uruvi gets impressed with Karna's talent and courage. Karna's arrow breaks the pink gem gifted to Arjun by Uruvi. She approaches Karn and asks him to repair it. Karn promises to get her a similar gem by the next full moon. Duryodhana marries Bhanumati forcefully by kidnapping her. Bhanumati gives away her pink gem to Karn and he fulfills his promise to Uruvi. Uruvi and Karn slowly form a bond of mutual trust and respect.

Queen Shubra dislikes Karn due to his caste despite knowing that he is Kunti's eldest son who she had to disown. She always tries to push Uruvi towards Arjun. Despite this, Uruvi develops feelings for Karn.

Krishna makes Uruvi realise her love for Karn. Karn is a little hesitant at first but later accepts his feelings for Uruvi. When Shubra gets to know about Uruvi's love for Karn, she claims to never let the two unite. Karn confesses his love to Uruvi and the two marry each other. Uruvi is forced to leave her luxurious and comfortable lifestyle due to her marriage with Karn. Radha, Shubra and Purushottam make Uruvi and Karn's life miserable but they overcome all the problems and challenges.

Enter Kasturi, who claims to be Karn's first wife. Her aim is to separate Uruvi from Karn and become the queen. She manages to create a lot of misunderstandings between them but is finally exposed and Karn and Uruvi are united once again.

Karn chooses to support Duryodhana during the Mahabharata war. Even after learning about the truth of his birth, he continues to support his friend and as a result has to donate his armour and earrings to Indra.

Eventually Karn meets his end at the hands of Arjun during the war. Later he is again tested by Krishna on his death bed and Karn donates his golden teeth thereby succeeding and attaining salvation.

After Karn's death, his son was tutored by Krishna who later became the king of Indraprastha. Thus Karn's journey might have ended but Uruvi and Karn's love story remained immortal.

Cast

Main

• Tejasswi Prakash as Uruvi: Karn's wife, Pukhiya's princess, Vashuha and Shubra's only daughter, Radha's daughter-in-law, Arjun's love interest.
• Aashim Gulati as Karn: Uruvi and Kasturi's husband , Kunti and Surya God's only son, Radha and Adirath’s foster son, Duryodhan's best friend, Arjun's rival, Shon's elder-half brother

Recurring

• Narayani Shastri as Radha: Karna's foster mother, Adhirath Sushen's wife, Shon's mother, Uruvi's mother-in-law. (2018-2019)
• Ashlesha Sawant as Maharani Shubra: Vahush's wife, Uruvi's mother and Queen of Pukhiya Kingdom. (2018-2019)
• Gaurav Khanna as Maharaj Vahush, Uruvi's Father and King of Pukhiya (2018-2019)
• Anand Suryavanshi as Adhirath Sushen: Radha's husband, Karn's foster father, Shon's father, Uruvi's father-in-law. (2018-2019)
• Amita Khopkar as Radha: Karna's foster mother, Adhirath Sushen's wife, Shon's mother, Uruvi's mother-in-law. (2018)
• Kinshuk Vaidya as Arjuna: Kunti and Indra's only son, Dronacharya's favourite student, Draupadi and Subhadra's husband, Karn and Duryodhan's rival.
• Paras Chhabra as Duryodhana: Dhritarashtra and Gandhari's eldest son, Dushasan's elder brother, Karna's best friend, Bhanumati's husband.
• Sachin Shroff as Krishna: Eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Karna and Arjun's friend, Rukmini and Satyabhama's husband, Dwarka's additional King. (2018-2019)
• Sayantani Ghosh as Kunti: Mother of Pandavas, Pandu's wife
• Ravneet Kaur as Bhanumati: Duryodhan's only wife.
• Ajay Kumar Nain as Shakuni: Gandhari's brother, King of Gandhara kingdom, Duryodhan's paternal uncle, main cause of Mahabharata War
• Tej Sapru as Purushottam
• Urvashi Upadhya as Goura
• Smita Singh as Kali
• Charu Asopa as Kasturi: Karna's first wife
• Syed Zafar Ali as Maharaj Vahush (2018)
• Jyoti Gauba as Maharani Shubra (2018)
• Rehaan Roy as Dushasan: Gandhari and Dhritarashtra's son, Duryodhan's brother, Karna's friend
• Randheer Rai as Yudhishtir: Kunti and Yama's only son, eldest Pandava, Krishna's friend, Draupadi's husband.
• Devvrat Chaudhary as Bheem: Kunti and Vayu's son, Krishna's friend, Draupadi and Hidimba's husband, Ghatotkatch's father.
• Ruslaan Sayed as Nakul: Kunti and Ashiwin God's son, Draupadi's husband.
• Sushant Marya as Sahadeva: Kunti and Ashiwin God's son, Draupadi's husband.
• Naveen Pandita as Shon: Radha and Sushen's only biological son, Karna's half-younger brother.
• Sudesh Berry as Bhishma
• Amit Lekhwani as Dronacharya: Ashwathama's father, Bhishma's friend, Guru of Pandavas and Kauravas.
• Ambuj Mathur as Ashwathama: Dronacharya's son, Duryodhan and Karna's friend
• Gufi Paintal as Kripacharya
• Yajuvendra Singh as Dhritarashtra: Gandhari's husband, father of Kauravas.
• Suman Gupta as Gandhari: Dhritarashtra's wife, Mother of Kauravas.
• Deepak Jethi as Drupad: King of Panchala, Draupadi's father.
• Madhusree Sharma as Surili: Uruvi's maid
• Raj Premi as Parashurama: Sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, Karna, Bhishma and Dronacharya's guru.
• Shweta Rajput as Vijaya: Uruvi's friend
• Aleya Ghosh as Jaya: Uruvi's friend
• Pakhi Mendola as Young Uruvi
• Rudra Soni as Young Karn

Production

Development

Karn Sangini was supposed to go on air from 9 October, but was postponed to 22 October 2018 by the channel due to Navaratri.[4][5]

After 30 episodes the show underwent a complete revamp in the story line.[6] As a result, most of the supporting actors quit the show[7] and some new characters were introduced. Actress Madirakshi Mundle who was assigned to play the role of Draupadi could not enter the show due to the revamp.[8][9]

Casting

Tejaswini Prakash and Aashim Gulati were cast as the leads Urvi and Karn.[10][11] Karan Sharma was initially cast as Krishna.[12] But later it came down to Sachin Shroff when Sharma stepped out. But he also steeped out due to date issues and finally Anant Joshi was cast.[13] Sayantani Gosh was cast as Kunti.[14] Kinshuk Vaida was cast as Arjun. However, in December 2018, he quit due to the revamp when his character was sidelined.[15][16] Paras Chabbra was cast as Duryodhan.[17] Reyhaan Roy and Sushant Marya was cast as Dushashan and Sahadev.[17] Ruslan Sayed was cast as Nakul.[18] Narayana Shastri was finalized for the role of Radha instead of Amita Khopkar during the revamp.[19]

References

1. "Tejasswi Prakash: Karn Sangini is a contemporary take on a mythological tale". The Indian Express.
2. "KarnSangini stars take you on a tour of their grand palace". India Today.
3. "Tejasswi Prakash and Aashim Gulati's show 'Karn Sangini' to go off-air in February - Times of India". The Times of India.
4. "Tejaswi Prakash and Kinshuk Vaidya's Karn Sangini postponed". The Times of India.
5. "Star Plus confirms new launch date for 'Karn Sangini'". Biz Asia.
6. "We have scrapped 8 episodes of Karn Sangini as part of a total story revamp: Tejasswi Prakash". Iwmbuzz.
7. "Kinshuk Vaidya: I have quit 'KarnSangini' because it has become a saas-bahu costume drama". Times of India.
8. "City girl grabs Draupadi's role in 'Karna Sangini'". Daily Pioneer.
9. "I had a blissful time working with Shashi Sumeet Production: Madirakshi Mundle". Iwmbuzz.
10. "Tejasswi Prakash to make her mythological debut with Karn Sangini". The Times of India.
11. "Aashim Gulati to play Karna in 'Karna Sangini'". The Times of India.
12. "Make-up room fiasco leads to Karan Sharma's exit from TV show". The Times of India.
13. "After Karan Sharma and Sachin Shroff opt out, 'KarnSangini' finally gets its Lord Krishna in Anant Joshi". The Times of India.
14. "Sayantani Gosh will play Kunti in Karn Sangini". Daily Bhaskar.
15. "Kinshuk Vaidya to play Arjun in Karn Sangini". The Times of India.
16. "Kinshuk Vaidya: I have quit 'KarnSangini' because it has become a saas-bahu costume drama". The Times of India.
17. "Kinshuk Vaidya and Paras Chhabra in Shashi Sumeet's 'Karna Sangini'". The Times of India.
18. "Ruslaan Sayed on being part of Karn Sangini: I have come a long way from where I had started". The Times of India.
19. "Amita Khopkar out, Narayani Shastri to play Karn's mother in 'KarnSangini'". The Times of India.

External links

• Karn Sangini on IMDb