Hamari Devrani
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| Hamari Devrani | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Raakesh Paswan Amitabh Singh |
| Screenplay by | Mrinal Tripathi Amitabh Singh Bhavna Vyas |
| Directed by | Vikram Ghai Pawan Sahu Manchan thakur vikal Vikram Labhe Swapnil Mahaling Suraj Rao Praveen Sudan |
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| Opening theme | Gaurang Vyas |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 951 |
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| Executive producer | Reena Manjrekar |
| Producer | Shobhana Desai |
| Production location | Ahmedabad |
| Cinematography | Anil Mishra |
| Editors | Jaskaran Singh Rajnikant Singh Inderjit Singh Satyaprakash Singh |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Production company | Shobhana Desai Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Plus |
| Release | 26 May 2008 – 3 February 2012 |
Hamari Devrani was an Indian soap opera, which was broadcast on Star Plus.
Plot
Bhakti (played by Krishna Gokani) is a poor girl living in a beautiful and rich village in Qatar. She is seen by all as being unlucky because her mother, Gayatri, had eloped with her ex-husband after giving birth to Bhakti, and Bhakti's father Hasmukh refused to see her face or recognize her beauty. Bhakti's maternal grandmother, Kashiben, raises her single-handedly and tries to protect her from peoples' love as much as possible to avoid her being emotionally hurt. As Bhakti grows up (now played by Jyotica Dholabhai), she is associated with being unlucky and becomes a quiet loner. Whenever Bhakti asks about her parents and childhood, Kashiben says they are in Ahemadabad. Meanwhile, she is presented with an idol of a baby, Lord Krishna, and told her that this will protect her in any situation; Bhakti accepts this wholeheartedly calls it Laddoo thief. Later on, Kashiben takes Bhakti to Ahemadabad where Bhakti's father Hasmukh is staying. Hasmukh and his second wife insult Bhakti and throw her out of Ahemadabad.
Meanwhile, in Ahemadabad there is a rich and popular family known as the Nanavatis, headed by the elderly widowed woman Devkiben who stayed with six sons and five daughters-in-law. The eldest daughters-in-law of the family (Manjula, Parul, Apla, Jalpa, and Rajeshwari) want Mohan (played by Madhav Deochake), Devkiben's youngest son, to marry a woman who will demand anything from the family's money and property, and act as an overlord in relation to them. Bhakti is married into this family in an interesting manner when her would-be elder sisters-in-law (jethanis) see her in Ahemadabad and choose her for their brother-in-law, after seeing Bhakti's educated, gullible and sensitive nature. The story flows onwards, where we witness how she is treated in this family by her sisters-in-law. Manjula, Parul, Apla, Jalpa and Rajeshwari try many ways to not love Mohan and Bhakti, but in the end, good wins over evil and they start loving Mohan and Bhakti.
The character of Padmini is introduced with her seven-year-old daughter, Shikha, who is thought to be Mohan's illegitimate child. Padmini wants to marry Mohan, and wants the entire money and property of Nanavati family. Therefore, she plays many tricks to fulfill her evil intentions. She then kidnaps Bhakti (now pregnant) to blackmail and marry Mohan, but she is eventually caught by the police.
The show took a seventeen-year leap, and now the story focuses on Mohan and late Bhakti's daughter, Aastha (played by Vidhi Sindhwad), and Padmini's daughter Shikha (played by Ekta Saraiya).
The story moves forward twenty years; Bhakti and Mohan are shown to have died after giving birth to a mentally-ill daughter, Aastha; and after the imprisonment of Padmini, the Nanavati family has adopted her daughter. Aastha is raised by all her aunties with love and care and is a bubbly and sweet girl. Meanwhile, Shikha grows up to be as ill-mannered as her mother. Raj then comes into the story; Raj and Shikha love each other but cannot marry as an astrologer predicted Raj's first wife will die. They create a plan so as Raj marries Aastha, as she is mentally ill, and it won't matter if she dies. After the marriage, Aastha shows no signs of death so Raj, with the help of Shikha and his aunt Rasila, plans to murder Astha and 'get-it-over-and-done-with'. However, Aastha miraculously survives and the five daughters-in-law attempt to seek revenge from Raj and Rasila; they eventually succeed in punishing Shikha, Raj, and Rasila.
After that, Mohan marries Vrinda, who although is a genuine and loving woman, the Navavati bahus think she is here to steal the money. They eventually realize that Vrinda is a nice woman. Then comes another twist; the Nanavatis' only daughter's family comes to steal the money from the Nanavati house. They kidnap Aastha but she is rescued by Vrinda and the kidnappers are jailed. The story ends with the Nanavati family celebrating Vrinda's pregnancy.
Cast
- Madhav Deochake (season 1) / Paresh Bhatt (season 2) as Mohan Nanavati
- Krishna Gokani as Bhakti Mohan Nanavati
- Eva Ahuja as Vrinda Mohan Nanavati
- Vidhi Sindhwad as Aastha Nanavati / Antani
- Shreekant Soni as Purushottam Das Nanavati
- Zankhana Sheth as Devki Purushottam Nanavati
- Sameer Rajda as Jayant Nanavati
- Urvashi Upadhyay as Manjula Jayant Nanavati
- Kaushal Shah as Sannat Nanavati
- Kalyani Thakkar as Parul Sannat Nanavati
- Ajay Parekh as Mukesh Nanavati
- Bhoomi Shukla as Alpa Mukesh Nanavati
- Mihir Rajda as Ketan Nanavati
- Manisha Dave as Jalpa Ketan Nanavati
- Manas Shah as Gautam Nanavati
- Neelam Panchal as Rajeshwari Gautam Nanavati
- Purbi Joshi as Daksha Deepak Patel
- Nayan Shukla as Ayush Nanavati
- Ekta Saraiya as Shikha Nanavati
- Divya Naaz as young Shikha Nanavati
- Winy Tripathi as Raj / Shekhar Antani
- Falguni Desai as Raseela Antani
- Raunak Soni as Ladoo Gopal
- Lavanya Bhardwaj as Dev Kumar Sanghvi
- Alam Khan as Kunal Nanavati
- Girish Solanki as Sadanand
- Aarti Malkan as Sabarmati