Lakshana is an Indian television drama in the Kannada language which premiered on Colors Kannada from 9 August 2021. It stars Jaganath.C, Vijayalakshmi and Sukrutha Nag in the lead roles.
Summary The story revolves around the lives of two girls Nakshatra and Shwetha who are exchanged in the hospital 23 years back by doctor Tulsi. Nakshatra is a dusky brown colour girl who works hard to meet the daily expenditures of the family. She has been not accepted as the daughter and granddaughter by her father Thukarama and his mother as she is not fair. He feels that Nakshatra is not his daughter as he and his wife Jaya are fair complexioned and she is in dark complexion. Bhupathi the owner of MPR Foods and S/O Shakuntala Devi is staying as a PG guest in Nkashatra's house for rent disclosing his real identity. Nakshatra who dreams of becoming TV anchor is pushed back as her skin tone will not match the requirements of an anchor. Finally she does manage to land a job as RJ where she is only the voice, while Shwetha, is the face of the show. Trouble begins when Bhupathi falls in love with her voice, while believing that it's Shwetha's.The way how Nakshatra and Shwetha meet their real parents and how Bhupathi falls in love with Nkshatra form the rest of the story.
Cast Main Jaganath.C as Bhupathi: CEO of MPR Foods; Shakuntala Devi's third son Vijayalakshmi as Nakshatra: Dusky Beauty Girl Sukrutha Nag as Shwetha: Owner of SFM
Recurring Sudha Belawadi as Shakuntala Devi: Owner of MPR foods; Shourya, Prithvi, Bhupathi, Mourya's mother Roycott.S as Tukaram: Nakshatra / Shwetha & Shrushti's father Bhagyashri Rao as Jaya Srishti: Nakshatra / Shwetha's mother Archana Udupa as Dr. Tulsi: who has exchanged Nakshtra and Shwetha 23 years ago Sacchin Thimmaiah as Shourya: Bhupathi's first elder brother; Shakuntala Devi's first son Rashmi as Mayuri: Bhupathi's first elder sister-in-law; Shourya's wife; Shakuntala Devi's first daughter-in-law Jeevika as daughter of Shourya and Mayuri Krish as Prithvi: Bhupathi's second elder brother; Shakuntala Devi's second son Abhishek Shrikanth as Mourya: Shakuntala Devi's youngest son Sara as Shierly: Bhupathi's 2nd elder sister-in-law; Prithvi's wife; Shakuntala Devi's second daughter-in-law JK Mysore as Munna: Shakuntala devi assistant Keerthi Bhanu as Chandrashekhar (CS): Nakshatra / Shwetha's father Deepa Iyer as Aarthi: Nakshatra / Shwetha's mother Priya Shatasharman as Bhargavi: Nakshatra / Shwetha's aunt Shruthi Ramesh as Milli: Shwetha's manager Uma dikshith as Seethalakshmi: Tukaram's mother Nakshatra / Shwetha's grandmother Ashwini as Srishti: Nakshatra's sister; Thukaram's daughter Anup as Srishti's son Vaishnavi Gowda as Vaishnavi
Adaptations LanguageTitleOriginal releaseNetwork(s)Last airedNotesKannadaLakshana ಲಕ್ಷಣ9 August 2021Colors Kannada7 October 2023OriginalMarathiAbeer Gulal अबीर गुलाल27 May 2024Colors Marathi24 November 2024Remake
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