Shakuntala — Raja Rishi Character Profile

About Shakuntala

The daughter of Vishwamitra and Menaka, raised by Sage Kanva. She falls in love with Dushyanta, suffers from Durvasa's curse, and her life is ultimately fixed by her father.

Character Facts

Played by

Nalini

Appears in

Raja Rishi (1985)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Shakuntala — Conflict Obstacle Creator — Devendran (Srikanth)

  Source of divine trials affecting the daughter's fate.

• Shakuntala — Family Mother — Menaka (Lakshmi)

  Biological mother and daughter separated at birth.

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More characters from Raja Rishi

• Sage Vishwamitra / King Kaushika (Sivaji Ganesan)
• King Dushyanta (Prabhu)
• Sage Vashishta (M. N. Nambiar)
• Menaka (Lakshmi)
• Sage Kanva (V. K. Ramasamy)
• Sage Durvasa (R. S. Manohar)
• Ammani Husband also Kanvar Seedan (Venniradai Moorthy)
• Devendran (Srikanth)
• Kanvar Seedan (LIC Narasimhan)
• Dharmadevan Shiva (Vijayakumar)
• Thilothamai (Radikaa Sarathkumar)
• Parvati (K R Vijaya)