Tara (TV series)

Tara
Created byTracinema Media Entertainment
Written byVinta Nanda[1]
Varun Gautam.
Directed byRaman Kumar
Starring
Opening theme"Tara" by Kuldip Singh
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
Production
ProducerRaman Kumar
Running timeapprox. 23 minutes
Original release
NetworkZee TV
ReleaseFebruary 1993 (1993-02) –
1997 (1997)

Tara is an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV channel, based on the trials and tribulations, the joys and sorrows of the main character, Tara. The series was known as the first ever Indian soap on contemporary urban women, and was the first Hindi-language drama series to run for about five years.[2] Besides focusing on the life of Tara, the series also showed the lives of her four other friends, Kanchan, Devyani, Arzoo and Sheena.

Cast

Actor/Actress Character Notes
Navneet Nishan Choti Tara Seth / Tara Saigal,
Amita Nangia Sheena Pratap Singh
Rakesh Bedi Danny
Alok Nath Deepak Seth
Grusha Kapoor Cameo Role Usha Bachani Devyani Seth
Ratna Pathak Shah Kanchan Soni
Imran Khan Popo
Deven Bhojani Petha
Ram Mohan Bade Papa, Tara's paternal grandfather
Raja Bundela Rohit Seth, Tara's friend
Neha Sharad Arzoo Rana
Shefali Shetty Mala
Benjamin Gilani Prithvi Kanchan's husband
Harsh Chhaya Jijo
Girish Malik Rohan
Sushmita Mukherjee Replaced Navneet Nishan Anita Seth
Bharat Kapoor Ashok Sehgal, Tara's father 1993–1995
Avtar Gill Rana, Arzoo's father
Shiv Kumar Veeru Sehgal Kanchan's brother
Bhushan Jeevan
Akshat Kapoor Arzoo's son

References

  1. ^ "Return of soap queen". The Tribune.
  2. ^ "After 'Tara', a new star..." Thehinduonnet.com. 2002. Archived from the original on 27 December 2002.