# Ek Shringaar – Swabhiman

Ek Shringaar — Swabhimaan (transl. Self-Respect – An Adornment) commonly abbreviated as Swabhimaan is an Indian television series. It was aired on Colors TV from 19 December 2016 to 29 September 2017. The show revolves around two sisters Meghna (Sangeeta Chauhan), Naina (Ankitta Sharma) and their mother Sharda (Prachi Shah) who has raised her daughters to be independent and self-sufficient. It replaced the show Swaragini. and was replaced by Show Laado – Veerpur Ki Mardani. Show is digitally available on JioCinema.

## Plot

Meghna and Naina are the beloved daughters of Sharda, a school teacher and single mother. After they graduate, they move to their uncle Vishnu's house with Sharda. Meghna falls in love with Kunal, the elder son of rich businessman Nandkishore whom she met in college days. Nandkishore rebuffs Sharda's proposal and humiliates her. But later, a royal marriage is fixed. Naina constantly bickers with kunal's younger brother Karan, who has health issues.
On the wedding day, Vishnu's wife Asha enrages Nandkishore who lays down condition that Meghna and Naina marry Kunal and Karan. Both couples marry, but Meghna vows to teach Nandkishore a lesson. His wife Nirmala lives under his domination. In reality her friend Sandhya and the governess of the Chauhans household, is Kunal's real mother. Naina befriends and helps the shy Karan overcome his hesitations. Vishnu's son Vishal falls in love with and marries Nandkishore's daughter Khyati.
After many turns of events, Naina and Karan fall in love and plan to get remarried. However it is revealed that Kunal is Sandhya's and not the real blood of Chauhan family, which leads to Nandkishore laying down an ultimatum for Kunal. Divorce Meghna and marry Saawri or leave the house. Kunal chooses his wife. After the departure of Kunal and Meghna, Naina is given all the responsibilities of the house. Soon all the women in the household depart from the mansion however Nandkishore soon realizes his mistakes and brings everyone together and begins treating everyone with love and respect. They have a family reunion.

## Cast
### Main

* Sangeita Chauhan as Meghna Singhania (née Solanki): Sharda and Avinesh's eldest daughter; Naina's elder sister; Vishal and Vaibhav's cousin; Kunal's wife; Sandhya and Devraj's daughter-in-law; (2016–2017)
* Ankitta Sharma as Naina Singh Chauhan (née Solanki): Sharda and Avinesh's youngest daughter; Meghna's younger sister; Vishal and Vaibhav's cousin; Karan's wife; Nirmala and Nandkishore's daughter-in-law; (2016–2017)
* Prachee Shah Paandya as Sharda Solanki (née Singh Rathore): Vishnu and Gopal's sister; Avinesh's widow; Meghna and Naina's mother; (2016–2017)
* Sahil Uppal as Kunal Singh Chauhan (Kunal Singhania): Sandhya and Devraj's son; Nirmala and Nandkishore's adoptive son; Karan and Khyati's adoptive brother; Meghna's husband; Sharda and Avinesh's son-in-law; (2016–2017)
* Samridh Bawa as Karan Singh Chauhan: Nirmala and Nandkishore's eldest son; Kunal's adoptive brother; Khyati's elder brother; Naina's husband; Sharda and Avinesh's son-in-law; (2016–2017)

### Recurring

* Kanwarjit Paintal as Sujan Singh Chauhan: Nandkishore's father; Karan and Khyati's grandfather; Kunal's adoptive grandfather (2016–2017)
* Vinay Jain as Nandkishore Singh Chauhan: Sujan's son; Nirmala's husband; Karan and Khyati's father; Kunal's adoptive father (2016–2017)
* Shweta Mahadik as Nirmala Singh Chauhan: Nandkishore's wife; Karan and Khyati's mother; Kunal's adoptive mother (2016–2017)
* Suchitra Pillai-Malik as Sandhya Singhania: Devraj's widow; Nirmala's friend; Kunal's mother; Chauhan’s governess (2016–2017)
* Aashika Bhatia as Khyati Singh Rathore (née Singh Chauhan): Nirmala and Nandkishore's youngest daughter; Karan's younger sister; Kunal's adoptive sister; Vishal's wife (2016–2017)
* Karan Singhmar as Vishal Singh Rathore: Asha and Vishnu's son; Meghna, Naina and Vaibhav's cousin; Khyati's husband (2016–2017)
* Anand Satyadev as Vaibhav Singh Rathore: Kalpana and Gopal's son; Meghna, Naina and Vishal's cousin (2016–2017)
* Jitendra Trehan as Vishnu Singh Rathore: Sharda and Gopal's brother; Asha's husband; Vishal's father (2016–2017)
* Shalini Arora as Asha Singh Rathore: Vishnu's wife; Vishal's mother (2016–2017)
* Manoj Bhaterjee as Gopal Singh Rathore: Sharda and Vishnu's brother; Kalpana's husband; Vaibhav's father (2016–2017)
* Akshaya Bhingarde as Kalpana Singh Rathore: Gopal's wife; Vaibhav's mother (2016–2017)
* Gulki Joshi as Sawri Dwivedi: Pushpa's daughter (2017)
* Anahita Jahanbaksh as Pushpa Dwivedi: Sawri's mother (2017)
* Khalid Siddiqui as Chief Minister Mehul Malik (2017)
* Manish Raisinghan as Shivraja "Shiva" Mahajan (2017)

### Special appearances

* Sidharth Shukla as Parth Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak
* Rashami Desai as Shorvori Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak
* Jasmin Bhasin as Teni Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak
* Keerti Gaekwad Kelkar as Simar Bhardwaj from Sasural Simar Ka

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | result |
| 2017 | Indian Television Academy Awards | Best lyricist | Raghvendra Singh | Nominated |
| 2017 | Golden Petal Awards | | | Won |

## Crossover episodes

* Sasural Simar Ka on 21 April 2017 — Piyush who is possessed by Kaal, goes missing and Roshni tries to find her but fails but succeeds when Naina helps her. Simar motivates her when she tells her that she is going to compete against her sister.
* Dil Se Dil Tak on 16 & 19 June 2017 — Naina and Parth are trapped in a fire. Teni, Shorvori and Karan saves them.
* Dil Se Dil Tak on 3 July 2017 — Meghna, Kunal, Shorvori, Parth, Teni and Aman decides to meet at a resort in Chittorgarh. Sandhya asks a man to don't let them go there but don't harm anyone. The man tries to harm them for some personal reasons. Teni and Kunal saves Meghna from get drown in the water.
* Dil Se Dil Tak on 14 & 17 July 2017 — Meghna invites Shorvori and her family to her house for Haryali Teej. Meghna, Naina, Shorvori, Teni, Kunal, Karan, Parth and Aman tries to clear all the misunderstandings between Sujan and Purshottam.