Chandrakanta (novel)

Sawita
AuthorDevaki Nandan Khatri
LanguageHindi
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherLehri Book Depot, Varanasi, India
Publication date
1888
Publication placeIndia
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Chandrakanta (Devanagri-चन्द्रकान्ता ; IAST-Candrakāntā) is an epic fantasy Hindi novel by Devaki Nandan Khatri. Published in 1888, it was the first modern Hindi novel. It gained a cult following, and contributed to the popularity of the Hindi language. The copyright on the novel expired in 1964 and it is now in the public domain, along with other titles by the author.

It inspired Nirja Guleri's mega-budget TV serial of the same name (though the screenplay had many differences from the novel) which became one of the biggest-ever blockbusters in the history of Indian television.[1]

  1. ^ "Chandrakanta, the show in which Irrfan won hearts four lines at a time". ThePrint. 2 May 2020.