Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki

Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
Genre	Drama
Created by	Rashmi Sharma
Written by	Rashmi Sharma Shanti Bhushan Madhu Pandey Vikram Khurana Screenplay Shilpa F D'Mello Sancheeta Bose Dialogues Sharad Chandra Tripathi
Directed by	Pankaj Kumar
Creative directors	Soniaa Mehta Palash Mandloi
Starring	Rubina Dilaik Vivian Dsena Jigyasa Singh Simba Nagpal Cezanne Khan
Theme music composer	Anand Raaj Anand
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1360
Production
Producers	Rashmi Sharma Pawan Kumar Marut
Cinematography	Danny Santosh
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	21 minutes approx.
Production company	Rashmi Sharma Telefilms
Original release
Network	Colors TV
Release	30 May 2016 (2016-05-30) – 1 October 2021 (2021-10-01)

Shakti — Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki (transl. Strength — feeling of existence) is an Indian Hindi-language social drama television series produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms airing from 30 May 2016 to 1 October 2021 on Colors TV. It starred Rubina Dilaik, Vivian Dsena, Jigyasa Singh, Simba Nagpal and Cezanne Khan. This show is the fourth longest-running television show of Colors TV.

Plot

Set in rural Punjab, Maninder and his mother Nalini try to bury the 1-year-old Soumya alive. They're caught by Nimmi who saves her and warns Maninder that if he and Nalini try to kill Soumya again, she won't spare them.

8 years later

Soumya is a quiet and simple girl, raised lovingly by Nimmi but hated by Maninder and Nalini. Her happy-go-lucky and bubbly sister, Surbhi gets all the love and attention in the family from their father and grandmother.

14 years later

Grown-up, Soumya mostly lives inside. Currently in college, Surbhi teaches a lesson to the spoilt troublemaker Harman. Vengeful, he vows to punish her by kidnapping her, but he mistakenly kidnaps Soumya. Harman takes care of Soumya all night and drops her to her house safe and sound the following morning. However, the villagers start throwing stones at Soumya, assuming that her and Harman slept together. Even when Harman saves Soumya from the villagers and attests to her purity, the villagers do not believe them and decide to punish Harman instead. Harman's father, Harak Singh orders Harman to marry Soumya in order to avoid social embarrassment. Harman and Soumya then marry according to all social rituals. Nimmi tries several times to tell Harman the truth about Soumya but is never able to. Finally, Harman finds out the truth that Soumya is a eunich.

This leaves Harman enraged and he tells Soumya to stay away from him but later becomes friends with her. Soon, the Kinnar (eunich) community kidnap Soumya and Harman vows to bring her back. Harman starts loving Soumya and realizes he can't live without her. Soumya too loves Harman, but doesn't confess as she believes she has no right to love anyone as she is a eunich. When Harman's mother finds out about Soumya, she brutally berates and traumatizes Nimmi, who then dies of cardiac arrest. After Nimmi's death, Maninder (Soumya's father) refuses to accept her and tells her to go back to the Kinnars (eunich) community. Harman then brings Soumya home and tells his family that Soumya will stay with him and he will always protect her.

Later, Preeto emotionally manipulates Soumya that she is ruining Harman's life as she can't give him a wife's love and children. Preeto asks Soumya to get Surbhi married to Harman so that Harman can have a normal life. Harman is furious as he only loves Soumya but Soumya compels him to marry Surbhi. For Soumya's sake, Harman and Surbhi get married. Initially, Surbhi supports Soumya and wants equal rights for her but slowly Preeto corrupts Surbhi's mind and she turns against Soumya for not letting her be with Harman. Hurt by Surbhi's words, Soumya tries to commit suicide but Harman saves her. Surbhi realizes her mistake and decides to divorce Harman in order to not come between him and Soumya.

Harman and Soumya adopt a child from the orphanage and name him Aditya. Harman says that now that he has a kid, Preeto and Harak should accept Soumya. Preeto refuses and says that she wants her own blood. Preeto tells the truth to Harman that she first married Harak's elder brother, but after few years of marriage he left her, then she married Harak Singh and they give birth to Harman and Raavi. She emphasizes the importance of pure blood and that someone from an orphanage is not his own son or blood. Preeto pays the orphanage owner to take Aditya back and has him taken out of country so Harman and Soumya cannot get him back.

Fed up with Harman's refusal to leave Soumya, Preeto and Harak kick him out of the house and tell him to survive on his love only. Harman and Soumya start living in a small hut where Harman secretly works as a dangerous stuntman to earn money. One night, Soumya and Harman are attacked by two men but Harman cannot fight back as he is drunk so Soumya fights with both men and saves him. Harman is proud that even Soumya can protect him. To force Harman to come home, Harak has him sent to jail on false murder charges. Soumya uses her identity as a eunich to find out the truth and save Harman from the jail. Harman decides to leave Gurdaspur forever as his parents won't let him and Soumya live in peace.

Preeto and Harak welcome Soumya and Harman back and pretend to accept Soumya so Harman will stay at home while they secretly plot to separate them forever. Meanwhile, Harak's nephew, Varun, who hates Harak, marries Surbhi to remain close to them pretending to be a well-wisher. One day, a eunich (kinnar) is shot in the street by an angry mob and dies in Harmna's arms. Harman is traumatized by this incident as he believes someone might try to kill Soumya and take her away from him. Preeto realizes Harman does not want the public to know Soumya's truth and makes a plan to separate the two forever. She lies to Soumya that she wants to publicly acccept Soumya as her daughter-in-law with her real identity and that she should convince Harman. When Harman refuses to tell Soumya's truth to the public (because he's scared someone might try to kill or harm her), Soumya thinks Harman only loves her beauty and not her real self. Heartbroken, Soumya leaves home and goes to live in the Kinnar (eunich) community as "Tarana". Harman realizes his mistake and tries to bring Soumya back but she is totally broken and refuses to come.

Harman tries to win Soumya back several times but she refuses. Soon, Soumya is transported to Bangkok by some Kinnars who plan to sell her at an auction to the highest bidder. Harman finds out and reaches the venue, where he bids 20 lakh rupees and takes Soumya home. Soumya is furious as Harman forces her to come home with him. Harman asks Soumya to forget everything but Soumya says he never loved her and they can't be together.

Eventually, Preeto realizes her misdeeds and accepts Soumya.

After numerous twists, Varun is finally disowned by Harak, who finds out his intentions. Pregnant, Surbhi returns from Delhi. In a confrontation, Varun ends up accidentally injuring her. Before dying, Surbhi delivers a son, Soham and hands over Soumya his responsibility. Varun is jailed for Surbhi's murder.

Preeto again starts hating Soumya, as she had to do widow's ritual, after her first husband, Nihaal's death. Thus, Soumya leaves them with Soham and lives in Mallika's community. She takes care of Vedant Bansal, who falls for her. As she rejects him, Vedant gets Harman jailed to blackmail Soumya. Soumya fakes her marriage to save Harman, who misunderstood her. In envy, Harman marries Mahi.

Soon after, Harman has liver problems due to excessive drinking. Mahi is pregnant. Harman finds out the truth about Soumya and Vedant's fake marriage and how Vedant threatened Soumya. He comes to save her but gets assumed dead as Vedant pushes him off a cliff and thus is jailed. Soumya and Preeto reunite and adopt Vedant's nephew, Rohan. Later, Mahi delivers a transgender child and disowns her. Soumya and Preeto stop Mahi and take responsibility of the child. Harak names the child Heer, unaware of her truth.

5 years later

Heer is a bubbly girl, brought up by Soumya and Preeto. On knowing her truth, Harak intends to kill Heer but is arrested. Bailed, Varun returns and tries to get Soham back. But Maninder exposes he killed Surbhi so Soham disowns him. The police allows Harak to meet Preeto. Harak asks to send Soumya away if she wants him to accept Heer. Preeto agrees; Soumya leaves with a tearful goodbye but vows to return after years.

16 years later

Heer is grown into a strong girl and is fiercely protected by Soham and Rohan. Heer falls in love with Virat and they elope to marry. However, Preeto reveals Heer's truth to Virat who initially hates her. Later, Virat realizes that he loves Heer and hides her truth. Virat and Heer marry. Eventually, everyone learns Heer's long-hidden truth. Heer blames her family for hiding her truth but soon understands their love for her. Angel manipulates Heer into joining their clan. Later, Virat comes to get her but gets beaten up. Heer falls off a cliff and presumed died while trying to save Virat.

After 6 months, Heer is shown to be alive and working as a caretaker and namesake family member of Dr. Akshay's family. Virat has gone mad. Heer returns to her family finding about Virat, who recovers and reunites with her. They are attacked by Angel. Soumya returns home after 16 years to protect her family. Surprisingly back and alive, Harman also reconciles with the family after years, proving he's Harman, though his face changed (as he got surgery). Angel is jailed. Soumya and Harman unite with Heer after years, who also remarries Virat. Heer hires a maid Gitu, who is molested by Virat's brother, Daljit. Heer fights for Gitu's justice is killed by Parmeet, Daljeet and Sant Baksh.

Soumya, Harman and Virat eventually learn about Heer's death. They make Parmeet, Daljeet and Santbaksh confess their crime who get arrested. Raavi's son, Chintu returns to destroy Harak's family. Preeto and Soumya save a baby from being buried alive. They adopt the child, being supported by entire family. Chintu and Angel team up to snatch the family happiness, but finally realize their mistakes. Preeto names the baby as Shagun. Soumya wills to protect and raise her by letting her know her truth. The show ends on a happy note, with the family united.

Cast

Main

• Rubina Dilaik as Soumya Singh – Transgender; Nimmi and Maninder's elder daughter; Surbhi's sister; Harman's wife; Soham, Rohan, Heer and Shagun's adoptive mother (2016–2020; 2021)
  • Mahira Khurana as Child Soumya Singh (2016)
• Vivian Dsena/Cezanne Khan as Harman Singh – Preeto and Harak's son; Raavi's brother; Surbhi and Mahi's former husband; Soumya's husband; Heer's father; Soham and Shagun's adoptive father (2016–2019) / (2021)
• Jigyasa Singh as Heer Singh – Transgender; Harman and Mahi's daughter; Soumya's adopted daughter; Virat's wife (2020–2021) (Dead)
  • Sumaiya Khan as Child Heer Singh (2019–2020)
• Simba Nagpal as Virat Singh – Parmeet and Sant's younger son; Daljeet and Simran's brother; Heer's widower (2020–2021)

Recurring

• Kamya Panjabi as Preeto Kaur Singh – Payal's daughter; Sukha's sister; Nihal's ex-wife; Harak's wife; Harman and Raavi's mother; Chintu and Heer's grandmother; Rohan, Soham and Shagun's adoptive grandmother (2016–2021)
• Sudesh Berry as Harak Singh – Nihaal, Veeran and Harjeet's brother; Preeto's husband; Harman and Raavi's father; Chintu and Heer's grandfather; Rohan, Soham and Shagun's adoptive grandfather (2016–2021)
• Lakshya Handa as Varun Singh – Harjeet's son; Harman, Raavi and Sindhu's cousin; Surbhi's ex-husband; Sweety's husband; Soham's father (2016–2020)
• Garima Jain/Pooja Singh as Raavi Singh – Preeto and Harak's daughter; Harman's sister; Balwinder and Jeet's former wife; Chintu's mother (2016–2018) / (2018-2021)
• Bhuvan Chopra as Veeran Singh – Nihaal and Harak's brother; Shanno's husband; Sindhu's father (2016–2021)
• Aarya Rawal as Shanno Singh – Veeran's wife; Sindhu's mother (2016–2021)
• Ekta Singh as Mallika "Saaya" Khanna – Transgender; Milkha's sister; Soumya's mother-figure (2016–2021)
• Kajol Saroj as Kareena – Soumya and Heer's enemy (2016–2018; 2020–2021)
• Tushar Kawale as Chintu Singh – Raavi and Balwinder's son (2021)
  • Unknown as Child Chintu Singh (2017–2018)
• Nidhi Bhavsar/Vaani Sharma as Sindhu Khurana – Veeran and Shanno's daughter; Ankush's wife (2019–2021)
  • Mahek Thaakur as Child Sindhu Singh (2016–2017)
• Meherzan Mazda as Rohan Singh – Rekha and Vidhaan's son; Soumya's adopted son; Simran's husband (2020–2021)
  • Meet Mukhi as Child Rohan Singh (2019–2020)
• Avinash Mukherjee as Soham Singh – Surbhi and Varun's son; Soumya and Harman's adopted son (2020)
  • Vivaan Sharma as Child Soham Singh (2019–2020)
• Sarika Dhillon as Mahi Singh – Harman's third wife; Heer's mother (2019–2021)
• Parag Tyagi as DSP Sant Singh – Baksh's son; Tejinder's brother; Parmeet's husband; Daljeet, Simran and Virat's father (2020–2021)
• Gauri Tonk/Jasveer Kaur as Parmeet Singh – Sant's wife; Daljeet, Simran and Virat's mother (2020–2021)
• Rachana Mistry/Visha Vira as Simran Singh – Parmeet and Sant's daughter; Daljeet and Virat's sister; Rohan's wife (2020–2021)
• Aakash Talwar as Daljeet Singh – Parmeet and Sant's elder son; Simran and Virat's brother; Gurwinder's husband (2020–2021)
• Ekroop Bedi as Gurwinder Singh – Daljeet's wife (2020–2021)
• Nimisha Vakharia as Tejinder Singh – Baksh's daughter; Sant's sister (2020)
• Kanwarjit Paintal as Baksh Singh – Sant and Tejinder's father; Daljeet, Simran and Virat's grandfather (2020)
• Sonam Arora as Angel – Soumya and Heer's enemy (2020–2021)
• Roshni Sahota/Iti Kaurav as Surbhi Singh – Nimmi and Maninder's younger daughter; Soumya's sister; Harman and Varun's ex-wife; Soham's mother (2016–2018)/(2018–2019) (Dead)
  • Tasheen Shah as Child Surbhi Singh (2016)
• Reena Kapoor as Nimmi Kaur Singh – Anjana's daughter; Maninder's wife; Soumya and Surbhi's mother; Soham's grandmother (2016) (Dead)
• Ayub Khan as Maninder Singh – Nalini's son; Nimmi's widower; Soumya and Surbhi's father; Soham's grandfather (2016–2020)
• Unknown as Anjana Singh – Nimmi's mother; Soumya and Surbhi's grandmother; Soham's great-grandmother (2016–2019) (Dead)
• Mamata Luthra as Nalini Singh – Maninder's mother; Soumya and Surbhi's grandmother; Soham's great-grandmother (2016–2020)
• Tanvi Kishore as Sweety Singh – Varun's wife (2019)
• Prakash Ramchandani as Nihal Singh – Harak, Veeran and Harjeet's brother; Preeto's ex-husband (2019) (Dead)
• Rishikesh Ingley/Kush Sharma as Balwinder "Ballu" Sodhi – Kishan's son; Raavi's former husband; Chintu's father (2017–2021) (Dead)
• Unknown as Kishan Lal Sodhi – Ballu's father; Chintu's grandfather (2017–2021)
• Krutika Desai Khan as Payal Singh – Preeto and Sukha's mother; Harman, Raavi and Garry's grandmother (2018)
• Jaswant Menaria as Sukhwinder "Sukha" Singh – Payal's son; Preeto's brother; Sunaina's husband; Garry's father (2019)
• Shivani Gosain as Sunaina Singh – Sukha's wife; Garry's mother (2019)
• Rohit Chandel as Gurmeet "Garry" Singh – Sunaina and Sukha's son (2019)
• Sahil Uppal as Vedant Bansal – Sunil's son; Rekha's brother; Soumya's obsessive lover (2019)
• Shweta Sinha as Rekha Singh – Sunil's daughter; Vedant's sister; Vidhan's wife; Rohan's mother (2019) (Dead)
• Unknown as Vidhan Singh – Rekha's husband; Rohan's father (2019) (Dead)
• Rajesh Puri as Sunil Bansal – Harak and Harman's business rival; Rekha and Vedant's father; Rohan's grandfather (2019)
• Ayaz Ahmed as Arjun – Vedant's ally (2019)
• Hitanshu Jinsi as Ankush Khurana – Sindhu's husband (2019)
• Preeti Puri as Dr. Gayatri Mathur – Soumya's doctor; Reet's mother (2019)
• Avisha Shahu as Reet Mathur – Gayatri's daughter; Heer, Rohan and Soham's friend (2019)
• Rohit Roy as Nishant Bhalla (2019)
• Emir Shah as Monty – Harman's friend (2016)
• Shivani Chakraborty as Mahima – Harman's ex-fiancée (2016)
• Mahi Sharma as Kalsi – Soumya and Surbhi's best friend (2016–2017)
• Kishori Shahane as Sharmani – Transgender (2016–2017)
• Sara Khan as Mohini – Harak's former mistress (2017–2018)
• Anand Goradia as Maharani – Transgender; Soumya's enemy from Bangkok; Angel's mentor (2017–2019)
• Chhavi Awasthi as Chameli – Transgender (2017–2021)
• Sonal Handa as Jeet Singh – Motilal's son; Jasleen's brother; Raavi's former husband (2018)
• Amrita Prakash as Jasleen Kaur Singh – Motilal's daughter; Jeet's sister; Harman's childhood friend (2018)
• Hemant Choudhary as Motilal Singh – Jasleen and Jeet's father; Harak's friend (2018)
• Dheeraj Gumbar as Sumit Kapoor: Surbhi's business partner (2018)
• Sahil Mehta as Sameer Singh – Gopika's son; Soumya's obsessive lover (2018)
• Tiya Gandwani as Dr. Lavneet Kaushal – Samay and Tanvi's daughter; Harman's obsessive lover (2018)
• Alka Mogha as Gopika Singh – Sameer's mother (2018)
• Unknown as Dr. Samay Kaushal – Lavneet's father; Tanvi's husband (2018)
• Unknown as Dr. Tanvi Kaushal – Lavneet's mother; Samay's wife (2018)
• Shiva Gupta as Esha – Heer's friend (2020)
• Prerna Panwar as Nutan – Transgender; Heer's best friend (2020)
• Sonya Ayodhya as Jharna Narula – Uttam's daughter; Virat's former fiancée (2020)
• Naveen Saini as DIG Uttam Narula – Jharna's father (2020)
• Sikandar Kharbanda as Indrajit Shergil – The man who buys Heer (2020)
• Aniruddh Dave as Shyam – Transgender; Angel's partner (2021)
• Pankaj Bhatia as Jagjit Singh – Jatinder's elder son; Akshay's brother; Archana's husband (2021)
• Bhawna Hada / Kaveri Priyam as Dr. Isha Hooda – Virat's childhood friend (2021)
• Anahita Jahabaksh as Jatinder Kaul – Jagjit and Akshay's mother; Kuhu's grandmother (2021)
• Neha Narang as Archana Kaul – Jagjeet's wife (2021)
• Kapil Nirmal as Jeet – A shooter hired by Angel to kill Soumya (2021)
• Sanjeev Siddharth as Jeet's grandfather (2021)
• Puneett Chouksey as Dr. Akshay Kaul – Jatinder's younger son; Jagjit's brother; Kuhu's father; Heer's boss (2021)
• Salman Shaikh as Arjun Randhawa – Kamini's son; Nayantara's brother; Simran's ex-boyfriend (2021)
• Dharti Bhatt as Nayantara "Nayan" Randhawa – Kamini's daughter; Arjun's sister (2021)
• Paras Zutshi as Guru – Heer and Virat's friend (2021)
• Abigail Jain as Riya (2019)
• Mouli Ganguly as Shruti Bhalla (2019)
• Nikita Sharma as Archana Kapoor (2019)
• Rushad Rana as Advocate Navjot Chaddha (2019)
• Ronit Roy as Advocate Rajat Singh (2019)
• Preetika Chauhan as Sneha (2019)
• Roopal Tyagi as Manasvi Mehat (2019)

Special appearances

• Salman Khan to promote Big Boss 10 (2016)
• Parineeti Chopra and Ayushmann Khurrana to promote Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017)
• Jay Soni as Bakool Vasavda from Bhaag Bakool Bhaag (2017)
• Helly Shah as Devanshi Bakshi from Devanshi (2017))
• Piyush Sahdev as Pavan Bakshi from Devanshi (2017)
• Varun Kapoor as Dr. Veer Malhotra from Savitri Devi College & Hospital (2017)
• Swarda Thigle as Dr. Saachi Malhotra/Mishra from Savitri Devi College & Hospital (2017)
• Vikram Sakhalkar as Dr. Kabir Kapoor from Savitri Devi College & Hospital (2017)
• Meera Deosthale as Chakor Rajvanshi from Udaan (2017)/(2018)
• Sahil Uppal as Kunal Singhania from Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman (2017)
• Sangeita Chauhan as Meghna Singhania from Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman (2017)
• Sidharth Shukla as Parth Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak (2017)
• Rashami Desai as Shorvori Parth Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak (2017)
• Jasmin Bhasin as Teni Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak (2017)
• Arjun Bijlani as Deep Raj Singh/Deep Raichand from Ishq Mein Marjawan (2018)
• Aalisha Panwar as Aarohi Raichand from Ishq Mein Marjawan (2018)
• Ritvik Arora as Ahaan Dhanrajgir from Tu Aashiqui (2018)
• Sanjay Dutt and Aditi Rao Hydari to promote Bhoomi (2017)
• Krystle D'Souza as Roopa from Belan Wali Bahu (2018)
• Harshad Chopda as Aditya Hooda from Bepannah (2018)
• Jannat Zubair Rahmani as Pankti Dhanrajgir from Tu Aashiqui (2018)
• Affan Khan as Young Roopendra Singh Vaghela to promote Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop (2018)
• Ankita Lokhande on Ganesh Chaturthi (2018)
• Mouni Roy on Ganesh Chaturthi (2018)
• Gauahar Khan on Ganesh Chaturthi (2018)
• Shashank Vyas as Roopendra Singh Vaghela from Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop (2018)
• Avika Gor as Anushka Sangwan from Laado 2 (2018)
• Drashti Dhami as Nandini Thakur from Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka (2018)
• Aashish Kaul as Milkha Singh Khanna – Mallika's brother (2019)
• Arjit Taneja as Azaan from Bahu Begum (2019)
• Samiksha Jaiswal as Noor from Bahu Begum (2019)
• Kunal Jaisingh as Reyansh Khurana from Pavitra Bhagya (2020)
• Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia as Meher from Choti Sarrdaarni (2020)
• Siddharth Kumar For Online Promotion of NIIT Class (2021)
• Meenakshi Sharma as Meenakshi: Akshay's former's girlfriend, Kuhu's mother (only in flashbacks) (2021)

Production

Casting

After a ten-year leap in June 2016, child actors Mahira Khurrana and Tasheen Shah were replaced by Rubina Dilaik and Roshni Sahota respectively. Vivian Dsena was roped in as the male lead. Besides them Kamya Panjabi, Sudesh Berry, Garima Jain, Bhuvan Chopra, Aarya Rawal, Mahek Thakur and Lakshya Handa joined the cast.

In November 2016 Reena Kapoor quit the series and her character Nimmi died. It had a crossover with Sasural Simar Ka in April 2017 and Savitri Devi College & Hospital in June 2017. In August 2017 Anand Goradia was chosen to play Maharani. In November 2017 Sara Khan bagged the series as Mohini. Three months later, Jain left the show and was replaced by Pooja Singh. Later Amrita Prakash was roped in to play Jasleen. Some other new cast entered including Sahil Mehta, Hemant Choudhary, Alka Mogha and Sonal Handa.

Afterwards Krutika Desai Khan played Payal but she later quit the show. The same month Sahota too quit. During Soumya and Harman's memory loss story, Tiya Gandwani joined the cast as Lavneet Kaushal whereas Mehta and Mogha returned. In very late of December 2018 Iti Kaurav replaced Sahota as Surbhi, but quit after a short 10 episodes in January 2019, before Jaswant Menaria, Shivani Gosain and Rohit Chandel joined the cast. In March 2019, Rohit Roy, Ronit Roy, Mouli Ganguly and Roopal Tyagi were cast and Aashish Kaul appeared in a special appearance.

Next month, Nidhi Bhavsar and Hitanshu Jinsi entered. In May 2019, Nikita Sharma and Prakash Ramchandani were seen in the series. In June 2019, Sahil Uppal entered in a negative role along with Rajesh Puri. In July 2019, Sarika Dhillon became a part of the show. Next month, Shweta Sinha was cast for a short appearance and Dsena quit because of not wanting to play a father, as a five-year leap was confirmed.

In September 2019, child actors Sumaiya Khan, Vivaan Sharma and Meet Mukhi were cast in the series. In October 2019, Mamta Luthra, Handa and Ayub Khan returned while Preeti Puri and Avisha Shahu became a part of the show. Initially the 16 year leap was planned for November 2019, but got extended to January 2020. Dilaik quit the show, and several actors joined the cast, with Jigyasa Singh and Simba Nagpal as new leads. Others included Avinash Mukherjee, Meherzan Mazda, Parag Tyagi, Gauri Tonk, Kanwarjit Paintal, Aakash Talwar, Vaani Sharma, Ekroop Bedi and Rachana Mistry. In February 2020, Sonyaa Ayodhya, Prerna Panwar and Naveen Saini were hired. In late June 2020 actress Gauri Tonk quit the show and was replaced by Jasveer Kaur. In October 2020, Avinash Mukherjee also left the show.

In February 2021, Aarya Rawal who played as Shanno quit the show. In March 2021, Rubina Dilaik joined the show again. In April 2021, Cezanne Khan replaced Vivian Dsena and joined the show as Harman Singh.

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original Release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Hindi	Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki शक्ति - अस्तित्व के एहसास की	30 May 2016	Colors TV	1 October 2021	Original
Marathi	Lek Majhi Durga लेक माझी दुर्गा	14 February 2022	Colors Marathi	24 September 2022	Remake

External links

• Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki at IMDb