Lakshana (TV series)

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.

Main

 * Jaganath.C as Bhupathi: CEO of MPR Foods; Shakuntala Devi's 3rd son
 * Vijayalakshmi as Nakshatra: Dusky Beauty Girl
 * Sukrutha Nag as Shwetha: Owner of SFM
 * Vaishnavi Gowda as Vaishnavi

Recurring

 * Sudha Belawadi as Shakuntala Devi: Owner of MPR foods; Shourya, Prithvi, Bhupathi, Mourya's mother
 * Roycott.S as Tukaram, the negative character playing the role of  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 1st elder brother; Shakuntala Devi's 1st son
 * Rashmi as Mayuri: Bhupathi's 1st elder sister-in-law; Shourya's wife; Shakuntala Devi's 1st daughter-in-law
 * Jeevika as daughter of Shourya and Mayuri
 * Krish as Prithvi: Bhupathi's 2nd elder brother; Shakuntala Devi's 2nd 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 2nd daughter-in-law
 * JK Mysore as Munna Shakuntala devi assist
 * Keerthi Bhanu as Chandrashekhar (CS) Nakshatra/Shwetha's father
 * Deepa Iyer as Arathi 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

Production
The show marks the comeback of actor Jaganath as a producer and actor after a brief break to serials. The show is being shot in and around Bengaluru. Some episodes of the show have been filmed in the outskirts of Bengaluru.

Soundtrack
The title song for the series Lakshana has been sung by singer Supriya Lohith. The original music has been given by Manikanth Kadri.