Shanti - Ek Ghar Ki Kahani (transl. Peace - Story of a Home) is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1994. The series stars Mandira Bedi as Shanti.
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Plot
Every character has a past and has something hidden, it all gets revealed when Shanti, an aspiring journalist hoping to write the biographies of Kamesh and Raj, arrives. The duo only approve of a movie when it is appreciated by the servants of the house and tell of how they went from rags to riches.
Then are shown the family members, Kamesh's eldest son Ramesh is mentally challenged. Younger son Somesh is a failing director struggling over the script which gets rejected even by his own father. His vengeful wife Ayesha is the daughter of a film producer whose career was ruined by the duo. His adopted daughter Nidhi was revealed to be the illegitimate daughter of Kamesh. Raj's wife took to Ashrams and Sadhus, while his youngest son Nihal returns with an American woman Michelle, who accidentally revealed that she is his wife. His elder daughter Maya is drawn to depression by her mother's absence, while his womanizer elder son Rohan is forced to marry a model Sasha after she threatens to come out to the press.
All this is witnessed by Shanti who too has a dark past because one of them is her biological father. Shanti's mother was a laborer working during the construction of Shanti Mansion who was raped by both Kamesh and Raj.
Cast
Mandira Bedi as Shanti
Mohini Sharma as Tulsi
Rajesh Tailang as Manu
Amit Behl as Vijay
Anup Soni as Shekhar
Yatin Karyekar as Kamesh Mahadevan
Jyotsna Karyekar as Maa
Vijay Aidasani as Somesh Mahadevan
Sumukhi Pendse/Joan David as Ayesha Mahadevan
Iravati Harshe as Nidhi Mahadevan
Richa Ahuja as Nidhi Mahadevan
Aman Verma as Sanjay
Amar Talwar as Raj 'G.J.' Singh
Anita Kanwal as Indu Singh
Sanjeev Kapadia as Nihaal
Sukanya Kulkarni as Maya
Salim Fatehi Rohan Singh
Jitu Shastri as Ramesh Mahadevan
Amikev Singh as Sasha
Ashwini Kalsekar as Sasha
Sunil Shende as Bhandari/Bhai
Rajesh Jais as Nanu
Nissar khan as Munna



