Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev (Template:Lang-eng) is a drama series based on the legends of Shiva, also known as Mahadev. It premiered on 18 December 2011 airing Monday through Friday nights.
| Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev | |
|---|---|
| File:Logo of Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev.jpg Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev | |
| Genre | Mythological Drama Spiritual Drama |
| Created by | Life OK |
| Written by | C.L. Saini, Brij Mohan Pandey, Koel Chaudhary, Mihir Bhuta, Dr. Bodhisattva, , Bhavna Vyas, Manoj Tripathi, Utkarsh Naithani and Subrat Sinha |
| Directed by | Nikhil Sinha Manish Singh |
| Creative director | Aniruddh Pathak |
| Presented by | N/A |
| Starring | See Below |
| Opening theme | Shiv Shiv (Otherwise known as Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev Title Song.) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Hindi (Dubbed in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Oriya, Marathi, Indonesian) |
| No. of seasons | 01 (continuous season) |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Deepak Garg Amit Malvia |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 20 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Life OK |
| Release | 18 December 2011 – Present |
The drama is inspired by the works of mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik.
Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Mohit Raina | Shiva / Mahadev / Mahakala /Nataraja |
| Jalandhara | |
| Jatta | |
| Virabhadra | |
| Kal Bhairav | |
| Chandrashekar | |
| Dattatreya | |
| Lohitang (elder) | |
| Yaksha | |
| Kiraat/ Vyadh | |
| Aadi Yogi | |
| Aghora/Martand (Khandoba) | |
| Nat Bhairav | |
| Acharya Mahatapa | |
| Vrishabh | |
| Loknath | |
| Bhoothnath | |
| Pashupatinath | |
| Vaidhyanath | |
| Har-Narayan/ Harihar | |
| Bhola | |
| Shambhu | |
| Sonarika Bhadoria / Pooja Bose / Suhasi Goradia Dhami | Parvati |
| Adi Parashakti / Adi Shakti / Durga | |
| Matsya Kanya | |
| Ashta-Matrikas | |
| Navadurga | |
| Kali / Mahakali | |
| Dasha-Mahavidyas | |
| Kaalratri | |
| Bhramari Devi | |
| Bheelni | |
| Gayatri Devi | |
| Goddess Bhairavi | |
| Mahalasa | |
| Mouni Roy | Sati |
| Adi Parashakti / Adi Shakti / Durga | |
| Saurabh Raj Jain | Lord Vishnu / Narayan |
| Lord Krishna | |
| Dattatreya | |
| Nara-Narayana | |
| Lord Rama | |
| Ragini Dubey | Lakshmi |
| Sita | |
| Rukmini | |
| Radha Krishna Dutt | Lord Brahma |
| Dattatreya | |
| Salina Prakash | Saraswati |
| Hemant Choudhary | Prajapati Vishwaroop |
| Rushiraj Pawar[1] | (elder) Senapati Kartikeya |
| Tanya Sharma | Devasena |
| Ashnoor Kaur [2] | (younger) Ashokasundari |
| Ahsaas Channa [2] | (elder) Ashokasundari |
| Lavanya Bhardwaj | Nahusha (elder) |
| Sadhil Kapoor[3] | Ganesha / Vinayak (younger) |
| Alpesh Dhakan/Ehsaan Bhatia | Ganesha / Vinayak (elder) |
| Aarya Vora | Siddhi |
| Amrita Singh | Buddhi |
| Jiten Lalwani and Vikram Aditya | Lord Indra |
| Shivangi Sharma | Indrani |
| Manish Bishla | Suryadev |
| Vicky Batra [4] | Demigod Chandra |
| Deepika Upadhyay / Sangeeta Khanayat | Goddess Ganga |
| Godavari | |
| Banai | |
| Anjali Abrol[5] | Minakshi |
| Mohit Sharma | Vasuki |
| Piyush Sahdev | Rama |
| Rubina Dilaik | Sita |
| Kunal Verma | Lakshman |
| Garima Jain | Urmila |
| Vishal Kotian | Hanuman |
| Vineet Kumar | Bharat |
| Harshad Arora | Shatrughna |
| Arbaaz Ali Khan | Balarama |
| Reema Sheikh | (Younger) Manasa |
| Vishesh Bansal | Tripati |
| Kratika Sengar | Manasa |
| Manoj Kolhatkar | Sage Dadhichi |
| Rajeev Bharadwaj | Sage Kashyap |
| Romanch Mehta | Sage Atri |
| Jayant Rawal | Maharishi Halahal |
| Jitendra Trehan | Sage Markandeya |
| Shailesh Dattar | Sage Narada |
| Darshan Gandas | Sage Shukracharya |
| Raman Khatri | Sage Atharvan |
| Atul Singh | Sage Pulaha |
| Sushil Parashar | Sage Pitamber |
| Mohit Dagri | (younger) Lohitang |
| Raj Premi | Demon Tarakasur |
| Rahul Dev | Demon Arunasur |
| Chetan Hansraj | Nighas |
| Deepak Jaitley | Mahishasura |
| Manav Gohil | Andhaka |
| Tej Sapru | Shankhachura |
| Ibrar Yakub | Tuhund |
| Tushar Jha | (younger) Jalandhara |
| Arun Bali[6] | Vajranaka (Tarakasur's father) |
| Akhilendra Mishra[7] | King Mahabali |
| Sanjay Swaraj[8] | Bhasmasur |
| Manish Wadhwa / Tarun Khanna[9] | Ravan |
| Sudesh Berry | Malla-Manika |
| Jayant Rawal | Daitya-Rishi Halahal |
| Abhaas Mehta | Adi-Son of Andhaka |
| Vikramjeet Virk | Banasura |
| Kumar Hegde | Nandi |
| Rakshanda Khan | Madanike |
| Anupam Bhattacharya | Ripunjay/Devodas |
| Ojaswi Oberoi/Parakh Madan[8] | Mohini |
| Pankaj Dheer | King Himavan |
| Mugdha Shah / Shilpa Tulaskar | Queen Mainavati |
| Khyati Khandke | Kritika |
| Surendra Pal[10] | Prajapati Daksha |
| Shalini Kapoor Sagar | Queen Prasuti |
| Rishina Kandhari | Princess Khyati |
| Priyanka Panchal | Princess Aditi |
| Charu Asopa/Kanishka Soni | Princess Revati |
| Surbhi Shukla | Princess Rohini |
| Manini Mishra | Princess Vijaya |
| Annapurna Vitthal Bhairi | Shanta |
| Suhasini Mulay | Parvati's grandmother |
| Deepraj Rana | Parshuram |
| Amrapali Gupta | Matsyakanya |
| Prabhat Bhattacharya | King Aayu |
| Neha Kaul | Indumathi |
| Rishi Khuranna | Nahusha |
| Jaya Bhattacharya | Diti |
| Anand Goradia | Pushpadanta |
| Dolly Sohi | Mahalasa's mother |
| Shilpa Shinde | Mahananda |
| Vivek Mishra | Yella koti |
| Mitika Sharma | Queen Sunaina(Sita's mother) |
| Mohit Chauhan | King Janaka |
| Mihir Mishra | King Dashratha |
| Gauri Singh | Queen Kaushalya |
| Anushka Singh | Queen Sumitra |
| Manasi Vyas | Queen Kaikeyi |
| Tapeshwari Sharma | Usha( Banasura's daughter)/Behula |
| Aarti Singh | Baani (Banasura's wife) |
| Bhavna Khatri | Chitralekha |
| Daya Shankar Pandey | Lakulish |
| Tushar Dalvi | Chandradhar |
| Malhar Pandya | Aniruddha/Lakhsmichandra |
| Parul Chaudhary | Sanaka |
| Deepali Pansare | Tulsi |
| Rajendra Chawla | Acharya Gyanmurti |
| Gungun Uprari | Maharani |
| Neha Marda | Vrinda |
Former cast
- Anushka Sen as young Parvati]]]]a]]
Production and distribution
Ritoo Jenjani has done the prosthetic makeup for the presentation of Kali.[11]
The show has been dubbed in Tamil, Malayalam, Oriya, Telugu, and Indonesian with titles Shivam, Kailasanathan, Mahadev, Hara Hara Mahadeva, and Mahadewa respectively. The Tamil series used to air Monday to Friday on Star Vijay. The Malayalam series airs on Asianet Monday to Saturday. Kailasanathan airs to-date with high TPRs. The Telugu series airs Monday to Saturday on MAA TV, and the Indonesian series (has been started on June 2, 2014) airs on ANTV channel Monday to Saturday.
The official DVD version of the series has been released by Ultra Distributors, as a set of 10 DVDs containing all the episodes up to the Mahadev-Parvati wedding.[12]
Reception
The episode of 9 September 2012, featuring Kali killing the demon Raktabija rated the shows highest TRP with an 8.2 TVR. Ever since then, those episodes on which Kali appears have succeeded in spiking the TPRs. The show has had two replacements for the character of Parvati. After Sonarika Bhadoria quit the show, Pooja Bose played the role of Shiva's wife. In 2014, even she quit and Parvati is now played by Suhasi Dhami.[13]
References
- ^ 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) - ^ a b "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) - ^ "Vicky Batra as Sujamal in Jodha Akbar!". The Times of India. 27 February 2013.
- ^ 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) - ^ Bhopatkar, Tejashree (8 October 2012). "Arun Bali as Tarakasur's father in Mahadev". Times of India. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Maheshwri, Neha (1 June 2013). "Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev: Tarun in, Manish out". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ 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) - ^ 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 brings India's Greatest Stories on DVDs". Times of India. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
{{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. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
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