Shakuntala (TV series)

Shakuntala
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Based onShakuntala
by Kālidāsa[1]
Directed by
  • Dharmesh Shah
  • Mukesh kumar Singh
  • Noel Smith
  • Swapnil Mahaling (Shahane)
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes104
Production
Running timeapprox. 24 minutes
Production companySagar Pictures[1]
Original release
NetworkSTAR One
Release2 February (2009-02-02) –
6 July 2009 (2009-07-06)
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Shakuntala is an Indian television series that premiered on 2 February 2009 and aired until 6 July 2009. The show was based on characters in Hinduism where Shakuntala (Sanskrit: शकुन्तला, Śakuntalā) is the wife of Dushyanta and the mother of Emperor Bharata. Her story is told in the Mahabharata and dramatized by Kalidasa in his play Abhijñānaśākuntala (The Sign of Shakuntala).[1][2]

  1. ^ a b c "Shakuntala in Gujarat". www.telegraphindia.com.
  2. ^ "STAR One: Not so young any more". afaqs!. 2 February 2009.