Amanat (Indian TV series)

Amanat
[[Image:|270px]] A promotional logo image of "Amanat".
Created by	??
Written by	Mir Muneer
Directed by	Sanjiv Bhattacharya
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Amanat" by ??
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	varies
Production
Producer	??
Running time	approx. 22 minutes
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	?? – ??

Amanat was an Indian soap opera that aired on Zee TV in 2000. The series was one of the most popular Hindi television program of its time and received the highest Television Rating Point (TRP's) of 9.15 among many other 2000's Hindi language shows. The story focuses on the life of a man with seven beautiful and dutiful daughters.

Synopsis

The story is about a staunch Indian man, Lahori Ram, who holds a strong set of values and beliefs. Above all, his strongest support system is his 7 daughters: Pooja, Dinky, Smita, Gayatri, Ritu, Meenakshi, and Nimrata, each with their own peculiarities and their own problems.

Lahori Ram who is originated from Pakistan moves and settles down in India after the partition between both countries. The world has progressed or grown corrupt depending on how you look at it, but Lahori Ram’s values and traditions have not changed with the advent of modern times. Besides, having lost his wife early in life, he has been both father and mother to his girls. He has lavished on them all love and affection, but kept them within the constraints of a stern middle class morality. The bond between the sisters is extremely close. Not having a mother in their formative years has forged not merely a strong comradeship with each other but an almost telepathic communication. Their shared moments of happiness and grief, their love and admiration for their father and the desire never to hurt him, are their common ground.

It is only when they get married and go into different families with varied backgrounds and cultural environments, some rich, some poor, others real conflicts actually start. It is a struggle between fealty to the family of the husband and the love they have for their sisters. Lahori Ram is supportive like a rock and compassionate as a parent can be without hurting one for the sake of the other but it is a tricky tight-rope which he treads with skill. Unlike the tributaries of a mighty river, the lives of each girl break free from the confines of family and flow to distant places, while still being a part of the older stream. So Lahori Ram too follows the happiness and heartaches of his daughters with fond indulgence and parental concern. They are his “AMANAT” reared with love and bestowed one by one like a bounty on someone else. Each parent in turn goes through these profound experiences sooner or later when daughters come of age, and depart as brides leaving behind for the parents only sweet memories.

Cast

• Sudhir Pandey ... Lahori Ram
• Bharat Kapoor
• Pooja Madan
• Gracy Singh ... Dinky
• Smita Bansal
• Ravi Gosain ... Nigoda