Swabhimaan

Swabhimaan
Genre	Drama
Created by	Amit Khanna
Written by	Shobha De Vinod Ranganathan Surabhi Pandey (Dialogue writer)
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Ek Pal" by Sunita Rao, "Kaise Unhein Bhool Jaye" by Shaan
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	800
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	6 April 1995 – 1 May 1998

Swaabhimaan (Hindi pronunciation: [sʋɑːbʱɪ.mɑːn]; transl. self-respect) is an Indian soap opera directed by Mahesh Bhatt and Debaloy Dey and was scripted by Shobha De and Vinod Ranganath.

Plot

Swaabhimaan divulges the story of an attractive woman - Svetlana - who finds herself in a battle where there are no real winners. Insecurity, suspicion and fear threaten to erode her vivacious spirit as she struggles to come to terms with her position - that of a pampered mistress whose tycoon patron Keshav Malhotra dies leaving her to cope with the ugly aftermath of the tragedy: inheritance wars, succession rights, property entanglements, petty quarrels and above all, emotional turmoil that threatens to destroy her.

Cast