Tara (TV series)

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1993 Indian TV series or programme

Tara

Written by| Vinta Nanda[1]
Varun Gautam.
Directed by| Raman Kumar
Starring|

* Navneet Nishan
* Alok Nath

Opening theme| "Tara" by Kuldip Singh
Country of origin| India
Original language| Hindi
Production
Producer| Raman Kumar
Running time| 23 minutes
Original release
Network| Zee TV
Release| 1993 (1993) –
1997 (1997)

Tara is an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV channel, based on the trials and tribulations, the joys and sorrows of the main character, Tara.[2] The series was known as the first ever Indian soap on contemporary urban women, and was the first Hindi-language drama series to run for about five years.[3] Besides focusing on the life of Tara, the series also showed the lives of her four other friends, Kanchan, Devyani, Arzoo and Sheena.

## Cast

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Actor/Actress | Character | Notes

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Navneet Nishan | Choti Tara Seth / Tara Saigal,  |
Amita Nangia | Sheena Pratap Singh  |
Rakesh Bedi | Danny  |
Alok Nath | Deepak Seth  |
Grusha Kapoor | Devyani Seth  |
Ratna Pathak Shah | Kanchan Soni  |
Imran Khan | Popo  |
Deven Bhojani | Petha  |
Ram Mohan | Bade Papa, Tara's paternal grandfather  |
Raja Bundela | Rohit Seth, Tara's friend  |
Neha Sharad | Arzoo Rana  |
Shefali Shetty | Mala  |
Benjamin Gilani | Prithvi Kanchan's husband  |
Harsh Chhaya | Jijo  |
Girish Malik | Rohan  |
Sushmita Mukherjee Replaced Navneet Nishan | Anita Seth  |
Bharat Kapoor | Ashok Sehgal, Tara's father  | 1993–1995
Avtar Gill | Rana, Arzoo's father  |
Shiv Kumar  | Veeru Sehgal Kanchan's brother  |
Bhushan Jeevan  |  |
Akshat Kapoor  | Arzoo's son  |

## Reception

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According to India Today, Tara was number one in Delhi with a TRP of 14 in November 1993.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Return of soap queen". Tribune India.
2. ^ Awaasthi, Kavita (4 August 2016). "Tara: A show that brought women power to the fore". Hindustan Times. Mumbai. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
3. ^ "After 'Tara', a new star..." Thehinduonnet.com. 2002. Archived from the original on 27 December 2002.
4. ^ Chandra, Anupama; Agarwal, Amit (31 January 1994). "Young, gifted and brash". India Today. New Delhi: Living Media. Retrieved 11 February 2025.

## External links

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* Tara at IMDb

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Programs currently broadcast on Zee TV

Fiction|

* Pyar Ka Pehla Adhyaya: Shiv Shakti
* Pyar Ka Pehla Naam: Radha Mohan
* Bhagya Lakshmi
* Kumkum Bhagya
* Kundali Bhagya
* Rabb Se Hai Dua

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