Kurukshetra
an online drama by Brandon IngramCharacters
The Characters of Kurukshetra
Generation One
Vijay Agnihotri (deceased)
- he is the husband of both Maya and Protima and has appeared on the show only in flashbacks.
Mahamaya Devi aka Maya Agnihotri (deceased)
- she is the strong-willed head of the Agnihotri Family whose own past and entry into Chandra Mahel was a questionable one as discovered after her death, she died of a heart attack on the same day as her Badi Bahu – Revati.
Protima Agnihotri (deceased)
- she is the first wife of Vijay Agnihotri who had to leave Chandra Mahel with her son Kaushik when she discovered her Saut Maya was pregnant with Vijay’s child, she is assumed to have died a natural death when the second leap of the show starts.
Aindri Kapoor
- she is Vijay’s sister, a supporter of Protima, she disliked Maya with a vengeance, throughout the series she is shown to have a special connection with characters like Tamanna, Ankita and Kartik, who have all been misunderstood tyrants at some point or the other, she is the mother of Sanket an Saas to Manisha whom she still lives with in Australia.
Kamini Agnihotri (deceased)
- she is the youngest sister of Vijay Agnihotri who faked her death in order to save the family from a scandal, the scandal being her pregnancy, she gave birth to twins – Shubhavi and Vidhushi and many years later she died in Benaras where she put Maya in charge of her daughters.
Ranveer Thandav
- he is the father of Shubhavi and Vidhushi who never committed to Kamini and later married Manorama who also bore him a daughter – Mahima, he is more supportive of Shubhavi and Vidhushi than he was of Mahima, he now lives alone in London.
Manorama Thandav (deceased)
- she is the wife of Ranveer Thandav who was responsible for carrying out Vanshita’s rape in London, she was later murdered and although Kartik took the blame for the murder it was Vanshita who killed her.
Vikram Chopra (deceased)
- the father of Tamanna, Naren and Ashvini, he appears dead of natural causes after the second leap.
Soumya Chopra (deceased)
- the mother of Tamanna, Naren and Ashvini, she is seen leaving Delhi on a long pilgrimage and like her husband, appears to be dead after the second leap.
Dhirendra Arora (deceased)
- the father of Rakshanda, Dhananjay and Rudrakshi, he is business minded man who loved his son-in-law Kartik very much, he too appears dead after the second leap.
Prasoon Vinayak (deceased)
- friend of Kamini Agnihotri, he helped raise Shubhavi and Vidhushi until Kamini’s death after which the girls moved to Chandra Mahel, he passed away during the first leap and he spent his last days in Benaras with Shubhavi.
Generation Two
Kaushik Agnihotri
- the oldest son of the second generation, he is Protima Agnihotri’s only son, he is injured during a visit to a construction site and becomes handicapped thereafter, which leads his wife Darpana to take over the business from him, he was briefly pursued by Urvashi before she decided to set her sights on Kartik, he is currently living in Chandini Mahel, Kolkota with his wife.
Darpana Agnihotri
- she took over Agnihotri Alliances after Kaushik’s accident and was bordering on an affair with her co-worker Mayank Agarwal, afterward she decided to move back to Chandini Mahel and work out her marital issues and to date remains there, she is the one responsible for bringing Urvashi into the lives of the Agnihotris.
Keshav Agnihotri (deceased)
- the oldest son of Mahamaya Devi, he was married to Revati until he realized that Rayyan was not his son, after which he broke all ties with her leading her to commit suicide, afterward, due to Kartik’s influence, he married Tamanna and made a home for himself with her before he was killed along with his brothers by Kartik, he is the father of Dushyanth.
Revati Agnihotri (deceased)
- she was the doting and caring Badi Bahu of Chandra Mahel who had a very dark secret, her son Rayyan was fathered by Sanket and not Keshav, a truth that was discovered by Tamanna who exposed her, this lead to Revati killing herself, a death which also caused Maya’s subsequent death.
Tamanna Chopra Agnihotri (deceased)
- one of the most important characters of Kurukshetra, Tamanna was initially married to Ketan Agnihotri whom she divorced after suspecting he was having an affair with his friend Sangeeta Singhania – she then took over Chandra Mahel with the help of Ankita but was defeated at her own game by her sister Ashvini who was married to Rayyan at the time – Tamanna was thrown out of Chandra Mahel by Kartik after which she fled to Kolkota where she lived with the Sen Guptas until Kartik found her by chance and brought her back as Keshav’s new wife – Tamanna bore Keshav a son, Dushyanth, although no one knew that she had also borne Ketan a son, Soumil – she was presumed dead after Revati’s nieces Sanskriti and Poornima threw her off a cliff, however it was later revealed that Poornima saved Tamanna and kept her alive – Tamanna returned to Chandra Mahel as the wife of Shatranj Pratap Singh who turned out to be Kartik – she was constantly challenged by Rudrakshi and the two of them could never see eye to eye but found that they had one thing in common, their love for Kartik – Tamanna was shot and killed in Chandra Mahel together with Rudrakshi by Inspector Vishal Choudary who was on a rampage to prove that Kartik was guilty of crimes he’d been absolved of – she was referred to as Badi Ma by the third generation of Agnihotris and to date remains one of the most memorable characters of the show.
Ketan Agnihotri (deceased)
- after divorcing Tamanna, Ketan married his college friend Sangeeta and she bore him a son, Nachiket – however Ketan was not alive to see his son because he was killed in a blast together with his brothers by Kartik.
Sangeeta Singhania Agnihotri (deceased)
- she went on to be an important part of Chandra Mahel even after her husband’s death and was one of the Bahus that Kartik placed his utmost trust in, she has always treated Chandra Mahel as her own home and she maintained a very close relationship with her son Nachiket and her Devrani Ankita – she was killed in a car crash by Ashvini who was on a rampage to get rid of the Agnihotris for past crimes.
Sanket Kapoor (deceased)
- son of Aindri Kapoor, Sanket was Revati’s lover before her marriage to Keshav and he discovered the truth about his son Rayyan on the same day the rest of the family did – he married Kaurav’s girlfriend Manisha who was living at Chandra Mahel and had two children with her – Sanket was also killed by Ashvini during her rampage against the Agnihotris.
Manisha Kapoor
- Manisha was Kaurav’s girlfriend who came to Chandra Mahel pregnant with his child, after taking her in, Ankita later kicks her down a flight of stairs, thus ending the life of her unborn child – Manisha assists the family in many endeavors before marrying Sanket against Aindri’s will – however, to date, Manisha remains against Chandra Mahel and all those who live there and continues living in Australia away from it all.
Kaurav Agnihotri (deceased)
- the bad boy of the second generation, Kaurav was the reason the Guru ji placed the curse on Chandra Mahel, he married Ankita, who was actually plotting against him, his son is Anirudh whom he never saw because he too was killed off by Kartik just before the first leap on the show.
Ankita Sharma Agnihotri Goenka
- one of the most loved characters of the show, Ankita married Kaurav even though she knew about his tryst with Manisha but the family didn’t know at the time that she was preparing to destroy them with the help of Tamanna, however, Ankita changes her mind after a lot of convincing from Sangeeta – in the first leap Ankita is shown as being distant from her son Anirudh and later admits that she’s afraid of losing him like she lost Kaurav – after the entry of her Bahu Sanskriti, Ankita finds companionship with Aindri’s doctor, Ruhan Goenka, a fact that Sanskriti uses to manipulate events that lead to Ankita’s departure from Chandra Mahel, but not before she and Ruhan are married – Ankita reappears during Poornima’s visit to Bangalore and she also helps expose Sanskriti – even though she is no longer a Bahu of Chandra Mahel, Ankita is treated like a daughter of the house and can’t let go of her ties to it, this is much to the dismay of her husband Ruhan – Kartik requests Ankita to stay and help him with things at Chandra Mahel after the deaths of Tamanna and Rudrakshi but due to the pressure from Ruhan, Ankita convinces Kartik to marry Urvashi before she goes back to Bangalore – the character has reappeared in the second leap just in time to save her grandson from being thrown out of Chandra Mahel.
Ruhan Goenka
- he is Aindri’s doctor who met and fell in love with Ankita and then married her to spare her from the shame Anirudh was subjecting her to, he is madly in love with her but over time has developed a lack of understanding toward Ankita’s connection to Chandra Mahel and why she can’t leave it alone.
Naren Chopra
- he is the brother of Tamanna who was meant to marry Shubhavi but married his true love Vidhushi with the help of Rudrakshi, he has been against Kartik and the Agnihotris for quite some time but this side of him is a grey are and has changed time and again, when we last saw Naren at the end of the first leap, he was disabled after witnessing Mahima kill herself in front of him and Ashvini was brought to Chopra Mansion to help nurse him back to health.
Vidhushi Chopra
- she is one of Kamini Agnihotri’s twin daughters and married Naren Chopra, in the beginning she joined forces with Manorama and Mahima to keep Shubhavi from getting close to Dhananjay, a fact that lead the sisters to not speak with each other for many years, however at a later stage, Vidhushi turns on Shubhavi when she discovers that her sister has stooped to new lows to get Dhananjay back from Mahima, at which point she breaks ties with her, she also begged Kartik to bring Ashvini out of jail to help nurse Naren back to health and she maintains a close relationship with her son Vayu.
Rakshanda Arora
- she is the oldest daughter of Dhirendra Arora and has made many special appearances at Chandra Mahel where she has helped various individuals in their time of need, she is particularly close to her nieces Krithika and Vanshita.
Dhananjay Arora
- in the beginning a close friend and ally of Kartik Agnihotri, he fell in love with Shubhavi but Rudrakshi was against this union because she knew of her brother’s past, this was further complicated with the arrival of Mahima Thandav who fell in love with him and wanted him for herself, in the end however, he married Shubhavi and they had a daughter, Vanshita – in the first leap Vanshita was raped during a visit to London and it was later discovered that Manorama was behind it – later on Dhananjay began having an affair with Mahima which caused Shubhavi to leave him but after Shubhavi attacked Mahima, Dhananjay divorced her and married Mahima – this triangle was further complicated when he decided to go back to Shubhavi, resulting in Mahima killing herself.
Shubhavi Thandav Arora
- after her marriage to Dhananjay, Shubhavi was very happy until a horrible tragedy befell her daughter Vanshita in London, Shubhavi was further distraught when her half sister Mahima plotted to steal her husband away from her, so in response to this, Shubhavi repaid Mahima by having her raped just like Manorama had Vanshita raped – during the time she was mentally traumatizing Mahima, the family found out abut it and threw her out, after which she disappeared only to be discovered later in Benraras, when she returned to Delhi however, Shubhavi went after Dhananjay again and finally got back together with him, much to the family’s dismay.
Mahima Thandav Arora (deceased)
- she is the half sister of Vidhushi and Shubhavi, she fell in love with Dhananjay and plotted to steal him away and her initial plan went terribly wrong giving the Thandav family a bad name in the media – when Mahima returned twenty years later she continued to go after Dhananjay and began an affair with him, which lead to a divorce between Dhananjay and Shubhavi, soon after, Mahima was raped and on discovering Shubhavi was responsible for it Dhananjay married Mahima – she was very happy with him until Shubhavi came back into his life – Mahima then decided to kill herself and she did it in style.
Kartik Agnihotri (Shatranj Pratap Singh)
Rudrakshi Arora Agnihotri (deceased)
Simran Srivastav
Ashvini Chopra Agnihotri
Viresh Thakral
Yathra Thakral
Vinay Thakral
Bhoomika Thakral
Gajendra Kaul
Nitya Kaul
Urvashi Basu Agnihotri
Generation Three
Rayyan Agnihotri (deceased)
Soumil Thakral-Agnihotri
Aksh Kaul
Rauktima Agnihotri Kaul (Drishti Kaul)
Drishti Kaul (deceased)
Anirudh Agnihotri
Sanskriti Tripati Agnihotri (deceased)
Jaya Mishra Agnihotri
Prithvi Shergill (deceased)
Krithika Agnihotri Shergill Trivedi
Rajind Trivedi
Nachiket Agnihotri
Poornima Tripati Agnihotri
Nakshatra Agnihotri (deceased)
Vayu Chopra
Nirmala Chopra
Akarsha Kapoor
Soorya Kapoor
Katya Kapoor Agnihotri
Dushyanth Agnihotri
Rishikesh Malhotra (deceased)
Vanshita Arora
Sanjeev Thakral
Umesh Kaul
Tagyatha Kaul
Sailesh Kaul
Charithri Kaul
Generation Four
Geet Kaul
Shubh Agnihotri
Shastra Agnihotri
Manasvi Agnihotri
Meenakshi Thakral
Nikhil Agnihotri
Support Characters
Kamesh Sen Gupta
Namrata Sen Gupta
Prakash Sen Gupta (deceased)
Inspector Vishal Choudary
Mayank Agarwal
u missed out Rayyan and Ashwini