Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev is a Hindu spiritual television drama series which airs on Life OK channel. It premiered on 18 December 2011 and showcases the story of Lord Shiva, also called as Mahadev.
| Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev | |
|---|---|
| File:Logo of Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev.jpg Image Of Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev | |
| Genre | Mythological Drama Spiritual Drama |
| Created by | Life OK |
| Written by | Story Mihir Bhuta Brij Mohan Pandey Dialogues Subrat Sinha Screenplay Bhavna Vyas Manoj Tripathi |
| Directed by | Nikhil Sinha Manish Singh |
| Creative director | Aniruddh Pathak |
| Starring | See Below |
| Opening theme | Shiv Shiv |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 01 |
| No. of episodes | 311 as on 18 January 2013 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Deepak Garg Amit Malvia |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Life OK |
| Release | 18 December 2011 – Present |
The drama is inspired by the works of Devdutt Pattanaik. The story has been researched from Bodhisattva and has been penned up by Mihir Bhuta.
Plot
Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev is the story of the Hindu God Shiva, also called as Mahadev. The show portrays his journey from a hermit to a house holder. In the show Shiva takes many incarnations and many incidents take place. However, this plot mentions only the major events.
The story starts with the tale of Shiva's marriage with Sati. Sati who is the daughter of Prajapati Daksha, a staunch Vishnu devotee, is drawn towards Shiva against the wishes of her father. She finally marries Shiva, but soon dies by self-immolation when her husband is insulted at the yajna of Daksha. The grief-striken Shiva produces Virabhadra, who slays Daksha, however he restores Daksha's life after beseeching of Daksha's wife. A distraught Shiva leaves with burnt corpse of Sati and wanders the universe. Vishnu severs the body into pieces, shattering them on earth. Shiva transforms the pieces into Shakti Peethas, embodiments of the power of the Goddess Adi Shakti.
Sati is reborn as Parvati, the daughter of Himavan, king of the Himalayas and Mainavati. She is also the sister of the river-goddess, Ganga. Parvati is raised in the hermitage of the Shiva devotee sage Dadhichi, who teaches her devotion to Shiva. Parvati grows up and like Sati, is captivated by Shiva. She slowly remembers her past life, then wins Shiva by her austerities leading to their marriage.
Shiva and Parvati give birth to Kartikeya, who slays the demon Tarakasura and his brothers. Kartikeya is also nominated for the throne of the King of Devas but Shiva asks Indra to continue as the king. After this Kartikeya is sent to the Dakshin (south) where he is cared by Meenakshi and here he slays the demon (asura), Tripath with her help. The story goes on with the tale of the destruction of Tripura, belonging to the revengeful sons of Tarakasura, who were earlier given boons by Shiva. And just before the destruction of the Tripura, Shiva and Parvati's daughter, Ashoksundari is born.
After the destruction of Tripura, except Lord Indra (the King of Devas) everyone congratulate Shiva for destructing Tripura and also for being the father of Ashokasundari. Rishi Durvasa gives him a special garland, which Shiva gave Narada as prasadam. When given Lord Indra accepts the garland placing it on the trunk of his elephant, Airavata to proof that he is egoistic throws it. This enrages the sage and he curses Indra and evryone to be bereft of all wealth and fortune. Soon later to take revenge on the destruction of Tripura, King Bali attacks heaven and in attempt to steal Amrita (nectar of immortality). But it falls into the Ocean of milk. To get the Amrit back Devas join hands with Asuras to churn the ocean for the Amrita and to share it among them.
The churning of the ocean, known as Samudra Manthan is an elaborate process. In the process the Devas disadvantage the Asuras in many ways. Despite this, they churn the ocean. In the process Lord Vishnu also takes his second incarnation of a turtle, Kurma.
The process releases a number of things from the ocean. One product is the lethal poison known as Halahala. This could contaminate the ocean and destroy all of creation. To save everyone Lord Shiva inhales the poison in an act of self-sacrifice but Parvati rescues him by pressing his neck to stop the poison from spreading. As a result, the color of Lord Shiva's neck turns blue. During the churning many things are obtained from the ocean which includes Lakshmi, the Goddess of fortune and wealth, who is the eternal consort of Vishnu. Thus, everyone gets their wealth and fortune back. Later Vishnu takes the Amrita secretly from the Asuras and distributes it among the Devas.
The story takes some years leap after which it is shown that Kartikeya has been removed from the post of Senapati (head of the army), which pleases Indra and for the first time, after so many years, a grown-up Ashoksundari meets Kartikeya. Kartikeya also meets his parents. He enlightens Ashoksundari about meditation and she is inspired by it so much that she renounces her life to meditate, which disturbs Parvati.
Looking at the ill-happenings of the world, of how Ahalya is seduced by Indra, Parvati gives birth to a mangalkari son Ganesh. Ganesh stops Mahadev from entering Kailash. Enraged, Mahadev cuts off his head; however, an elephant's head is fixed to his body.
Cast
| Gods and Goddesses | |
|---|---|
| Actor | Character |
| Mohit Raina | Shiva |
| Veerbhadra | |
| Kal Bhairav | |
| Jatta | |
| Natya | |
| Sonarika Bhadoria | Parvati |
| Matsya | |
| Durga | |
| Kali | |
| Adi Shakti | |
| Mouni Roy | Sati |
| Adi Shakti | |
| Radha Krishna Dutt | Lord Brahma |
| Saurabh Raj Jain | Lord Vishnu |
| Rama | |
| Ragini Dubey | Lakshmi |
| Sita | |
| Jiten Lalwani[1] | Lord King Indra |
| Rushiraj Pawar[2] | (elder) Senapati Kartikeya |
| Ashnoor Kaur [3] | (younger) Ashokasundari |
| Vicky Batra | Demigod Chandra |
| Deepika Upadhyay | Ganga |
| Sadhil Kapoor[4] | (younger) Vinayak / Ganesha |
| Anjali Abrol[5] | Minakshi |
| Sages | |
| Manoj Kolhatkar | Sage Dadhichi |
| Rajeev Bharadwaj | Sage Kashyap |
| Romanch Mehta | Sage Atri |
| Jitendra Trehan | Sage Markandeya |
| Shailesh Dattar | Sage Narada |
| Darshan Gandas | Sage Shukracharya |
| Raman Khatri | Sage Atharvan |
| Atul Singh | Sage Pulaha |
| Sushil Parashar[6] | Sage Pitamber |
| Demons | |
| Raj Premi | Demon Tarakasur |
| Arun Bali[7] | Vajranaka (Tarakasur's father) |
| Akhilendra Mishra[8] | King Mahabali |
| Sanjay Swaraj[9] | Bhasmasur |
| Manish Wadhwa | Ravan |
| Others | |
| Kumar Hegde | Nandi |
| Rakshanda Khan | Madnike |
| Ojaswi Oberoi[9] | Mohini |
| Pankaj Dheer | King Himavan |
| Mugdha Shah / Shilpa Tulaskar | Queen Mainavati |
| Khyati Khandke | Kritika |
| Surendra Pal[10] | Prajapati Daksha |
| Shalini Kapoor Sagar[11] | Queen Prasuti |
| Rishina Kandhari | Princess Khyati |
| Priyanka Panchal | Princess Aditi |
| Charu Asopa[12] | Princess Revati |
| Surbhi Shukla | Princess Rohini |
| Manini Mishra | Princess Vijaya |
| Annapurna Vitthal Bhairi | Shanta |
| Suhasini Mulay[13] | Parvati's grandmother |
| Deepraj Rana | Parshuram |
Awards
| Year | Awards Event | Category | Nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Zee Gold Awards | Most Fit Actor / Actress | Mohit Raina Mouni Roy |
Nominated[14] |
Music
Music for the first 140 episodes was composed by Sandeep Mukherjee, Kartik, and composer duo Inder Bawra and Sunny Bawra. Later on, Sandeep Mukherjee for a few episodes and then Bawra brothers for a few episodes, took over complete responsibility as the series composer. Famous Pakhawaj player, singer and composer Pandit Bhavani Shankar recorded an original composition for the Tandav sequence shown after Sati's demise.[15]
Production
Ritoo Jenjani, who has worked in Kamal Hassan's upcoming Tamil film Vishwaroopam, has done the prosthetic makeup for the presentation of Kali.[16]
The production house also plans to release DVD version of the show under the title Mahadev: The Movie for the first phase.[17]
Reception
The show has been a popular mythological drama currently on air. The episode of 9 September 2012, featuring Kali killing the demon Raktabija earned the highest TRP ever of the show since 2011. As per TAM ratings, this special episode of the show recorded a 8.2 TVR.[18]
References
- ^ "Jiten Lalwani feels blessed playing Indra Dev in Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev". Telly Chakkar. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Chatterjee, Swasti (3 November 2012). "Actor Rushiraj Pawar roped in for Mahadev". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Ashnoor Kaur to enter Mahadev". The Times of India. 30 October 2012.
- ^ Tejashree Bhopatkar (15 November 2012). "Mahadev finds Ganesha in Sadhil Kapoor?". Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Bhopatkar, Tejashree (17 October 2012). "Anjali Abrol to wow Mahadev as Meenakshi". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Sushil Parashar to play Rishi Pitamber in Devon Ke Dev Mahadev". Telly Chakkar. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Bhopatkar, Tejashree (Oct 8, 2012,). "Arun Bali as Tarakasur's father in Mahadev". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ Tiwari,Vijaya (2 November 2012). "Shahbaaz out; Akhilendra Mishra in Mahadev". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Bhopatkar, Tejashree (29 October 2012). "Sanjay Swaraj and Ojaswi Oberoi in Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ Wadhwa, Akash (22 October 2012). "I have 20-year-olds proposing to me: Surendra". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Shalini Kapoor in Life OK's Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev". Telly Chakkar. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Charu Asopa skips her B-day celebration to shoot for Mahadev". Telly Chakkar. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Suhasini Mulay to enter Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev!". Telly Chakkar. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Maheshwri, Neha (14 July 2012). "No nomination upsets Mahadev's cast". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Pandit Bhavani Shankar sings a tandav song for Mahadev". Telly Chakkar. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Debarati S Sen (2 November 2012). "Ritoo Jenjani creates a Goddess". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Life OK's Mahadev now on DVD". Telly Chakkar. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Mahadev tops TRP charts with a new record of 8.2 TVR". Times of India. Sep 21, 2012. Retrieved Sept 24, 2012.
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