Chandrakanta
The main cast of Chandrakanta: Shahbaz Khan as Prince Virendra Singh and Shikha Swaroop as Princess Chandrakanta.
Based on	Chandrakanta by Devaki Nandan Khatri
Written by	Devaki Nandan Khatri Kamleshwar (writer) Ranbir Pushp
Story by	Nirja Guleri
Directed by	Sunil Agnihotri
Creative director	Sunil Verma
Starring	See below
Narrated by	Harish Bhimani
Theme music composer	Usha Khanna
Opening theme	"Chandrakanta" by Sonu Nigam And Vinod Rathod
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	133
Production
Executive producers	Shrey Guleri Sahil Guleri
Producer	Nirja Guleri
Production location	Film City Mumbai
Cinematography	Nadeem Khan
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	52 minutes
Production company	M/s Prime Channel
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	1994 (1994)

Chandrakanta is an Indian fantasy television series partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's 1888 novel of the same name.^[1] It was originally telecast on DD National between 1994 and 1996 and was created, written, produced, and directed by Nirja Guleri. The serial was pulled off air by Doordarshan in 1996 and the producers had to file a suit in court for reinstatement.^{[citation needed]} Reruns of the show also aired on Star Plus and Sony Entertainment Television.^[2]

Cast and characters

• Nadeem Shaikh as child artist who is cousin brother of Badrinath/Somnath (irrfan khan)

Criticism

Kamlapati Khatri, the grandson of the novel's author, has said that the producer "had not done justice to the soul of Khatri's Chandrakanta". He has also accused the producers of willfully misrepresenting certain concepts from the novel, such as "tilism" (kind of a maze) and "ayyari" (spying), and showing them as "jadu-tona" (sorcery), as well as criticizing the characters and the sequences in the Chunar fort for being overly exaggerated, and how far into the show Chandrakanta appeared.^[3]