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Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
GenreDrama
Created byRashmi Sharma
Written by
  • Rashmi Sharma
    Shanti Bhushan
    Madhu Pandey
    Vikram Khurana
Screenplay
Shilpa F D'Mello
Sancheeta Bose Dialogues
Sharad Chandra Tripathi
Directed byPankaj Kumar
Creative directorsSoniaa Mehta
Palash Mandloi
Starring
Theme music composerAnand Raaj Anand[1]
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes1360
Production
ProducersRashmi Sharma
Pawan Kumar Marut
CinematographyDanny
Santosh
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time21 minutes approx.
Production companyRashmi Sharma Telefilms
Original release
NetworkColors TV
Release30 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.[2] It starred Rubina Dilaik, Vivian Dsena, Roshni Sahota, Jigyasa Singh, Simba Nagpal and Cezanne Khan. This show is the fourth longest-running television show of Colors TV.[3][4]

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 but mistakenly kidnaps Soumya. Harman's father, Harak Singh orders Harman to marry Soumya in order to avoid social embarrassment. They marry and soon fall in love. Nimmi reveals Soumya's truth.

This leaves Harman enraged, but he later starts loving Soumya. Knowing that Soumya is intersex, Preeto, Harman's mother, traumatizes Nimmi, who dies of cardiac arrest. Later, Preeto asks Soumya to pitch Harman and Surbhi. For Soumya's sake, the two marry but Surbhi later divorces Harman in order to not come between him and Soumya. 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. Harak's nephew, Varun, who hates Harak, marries Surbhi to remain close to them pretending to be a well-wisher. 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 "Gulabo" Harman Singh – Nimmi and Maninder's elder daughter; Surbhi's sister; Harman's wife; Soham, Rohan, Heer and Shagun's adoptive mother (2016–2020; 2021)[5]
    • 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 ex-husband; Soumya's husband; Heer's father; Soham and Shagun's adoptive father (2016–2019) / (2021) [6]
  • Jigyasa Singh as Heer Singh – Harman and Mahi's daughter; Soumya's adopted daughter; Rohan and Soham's adopted sister; 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 and Veeran's brother; Preeto's husband; Harman and Raavi's father; Chintu and Heer's grandfather; Rohan, Soham and Shagun's adoptive grandfather (2016–2021)
  • Garima Jain / Pooja Singh as Raavi Singh – Preeto and Harak's daughter; Harman's sister; Balwinder's widow; 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 Saaya aka Mallika Khanna – Milkha's sister; Soumya's mother-figure (2016–2021)
  • Kajol Saroj as Kareena – Soumya and Heer's enemy (2016–2021)
  • Tushar Kawale as Chintu Singh – Raavi and Balwinder's son (2021)
    • Unknown as Child Chintu Singh (2017–2018)
  • Nidhi Bhavsar / Vaani Sharma as Sindhu Singh – 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; Soham and Heer's adopted brother; Simran's husband (2020–2021)
  • Avinash Mukherjee as Soham Singh – Surbhi and Varun's son; Soumya and Harman's adopted son; Rohan and Heer's adopted brother (2020)
    • Vivaan Sharma as Child Soham Singh (2019–2020)
  • Sarika Dhillon as Mahi Singh – Harman's ex-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)
  • Lakshya Handa as Varun Singh – Nihaal, Harak and Veeran's nephew; Harman, Raavi and Sindhu's cousin; Surbhi's ex-husband; Sweety's husband; Soham's father (2016–2020)
  • 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 and Veeran's brother; Preeto's ex-husband (2019) (Dead)
  • Rishikesh Ingley / Kush Sharma as Balwinder "Ballu" Sodhi – Kishan's son; Raavi's 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 and Harman's rival (2019)
  • Shweta Sinha as Rekha Bansal 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 friend (2019)
  • Hitanshu Jinsi as Ankush Singh – 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 – (2016–2017)
  • Sara Khan as Mohini – Harak's former mistress (2017–2018)
  • Anand Goradia as Maharani – (2017–2019)
  • Chhavi Awasthi as Chameli – (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 Sumeet Kapoor (2018)
  • Sahil Mehta as Sameer Singh – Gopika's son (2018)
  • Tiya Gandwani as Dr. Lavneet Kaushal – Samay and Tanvi's daughter (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 – (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 Shergil – The man who buys Heer (2020)
  • Aniruddh Dave as Shyam – Angel's partner (2021)
  • Pankaj Bhatia as Jagjit Singh – Beeji's son; Akshay's brother; Archana's husband (2021)
  • Bhawna Hada / Kaveri Priyam as Dr. Isha – Virat's friend (2021)
  • Anahita Jahabaksh as Beeji – Jagjit and Akshay's mother (2021)
  • Neha Narang as Archana – 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 Akshay – Jagjit's brother; Kuhu's father; Heer's boss (2021)
  • Salman Shaikh as Arjun – Kamini's son; Nayantara's brother; Simran's child's father. (2021)
  • Unknown as Kamini – Arjun and Nayantara's mother (2021)
  • Dharti Bhatt as Nayantara – Kamini's daughter; Arjun's brother (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

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

References

  1. ^ "Richa Sharma and Anand Raaj Anand to sing title track of Shakti … Astitva Ke Ehsaas Kii". The Times of India. 17 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Richa Sharma and Anand Raaj Anand to sing title track of Shakti … Astitva Ke Ehsaas Kii". The Times of India. 17 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Colors to air 'Shakti…Astitva Ke Ehsaas Kii' from 30 May". Indian Television. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Jigyasa Singh on playing transgender in Colors' Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki". EasternEye. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Shakti Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki actress Rubina Dilaik says goodbye to the show, shares pics with co-stars". India Today. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Kamya Punjabi pens emotional note as Vivian Dsena bids adieu to Shakti". India Today. Ist. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
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