Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev (Template:Lang-eng) was 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 Govind Agrawal |
| 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 Assamese, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Oriya, Marathi, Indonesian) |
| No. of seasons | 01 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Deepak Garg Amit Malvia |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | approx. 20 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Life OK |
| Release | 18 December 2011 - 14 December 2014 |
The drama is inspired by the works of mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik.
Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Mohit Raina | Shiva / Mahadev / Mahakala /Nataraja/Nilakantha |
| Jalandhara | |
| Jatta | |
| Virabhadra | |
| Kal Bhairav | |
| Ardhanarishvara | |
| Chandrashekar | |
| Dattatreya | |
| Lohitang (elder) | |
| Yaksha | |
| Kiraat/ Vyadh | |
| Aadi Yogi | |
| Aghora/Martand (Khandoba) | |
| Nat Bhairav | |
| Acharya Mahatapa | |
| Vrishabh | |
| Loknath | |
| Bhoothnath | |
| Pashupatinath | |
| Shambhu | |
| Vaidhyanath | |
| Har-Narayan/Harihara | |
| Bhola | |
| Sonarika Bhadoria / Pooja Bose / Suhasi Goradia Dhami | Parvati |
| Adi Parashakti / Adi Shakti / Durga | |
| Matsya Kanya | |
| Ashta-Matrikas | |
| Navadurga | |
| Kali / Mahakali | |
| Dasha-Mahavidyas | |
| Ardhanarishvara | |
| 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 | |
| Guru Pratyaya | |
| Har-Narayan/Harihara | |
| Nara-Narayana | |
| Lord Rama | |
| Falaq Naaz / Ragini Dubey | Goddess Lakshmi |
| Sita | |
| Haripriya | |
| 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 / 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 |
| Priyanca Thakare | Suyasha [ Nandi's wife] |
| Vineet Kumar | Bharat |
| Harshad Arora | Shatrughna |
| Ulka Gupta | Devi Kanya Kumari |
| 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 | Shankhachudha |
| Ankur Nayyar | Krauncha Giri |
| 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 |
| Abhaas Mehta | Adi |
| 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 / Riyanka Chanda | 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 |
| Pankaj Berry | Raja Durdum |
| Mitika Sharma | Queen Sunaina |
| Mohit Chauhan | King Janaka |
| Mihir Mishra | King Dashratha |
| Gauri Singh | Queen Kaushalya |
| Anushka Singh | Queen Sumitra |
| Manasi Vyas | Queen Kaikeyi |
| Tapeshwari Sharma | Usha/Behula |
| Aarti Singh | Baani |
| 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 |
| Cheshta Mehta | Prithvi [11] |
Production and distribution
Ritoo Jenjani has done the prosthetic makeup for the presentation of Kali.[12]
The show has been dubbed in Tamil, Malayalam, Oriya, Telugu, Assamese, and Indonesian with titles Shivam, Kailasanathan, Mahadev, Hara Hara Mahadeva, Mahadev, and Mahadewa respectively.
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.[13]
Reception
The episode of 9 September 2012, featuring Kali killing the demon Raktabija rated the shows highest TRP with an 8.2 TVR.[14]
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) - ^ http://www.filmyfolks.com/celebrity/tellywood/cheshta-mehta.php
- ^ 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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