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{{short description|Indian social drama television series}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Shakti_title.jpg
| genre = [[Drama]]
| creator = Rashmi Sharma
| based_on =
| writer = {{ubl|Rashmi Sharma Shanti Bhushan Madhu Pandey Vikram Khurana }} '''Screenplay''' Shilpa F D'Mello Sancheeta Bose '''Dialogues''' Sharad Chandra Tripathi
| director = Pankaj Kumar
| creative_director = Soniaa Mehta Palash Mandloi
| presenter =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Rubina Dilaik]]|[[Vivian Dsena]]|[[Roshni Sahota]]|[[Jigyasa Singh]]|[[Simba Nagpal]]|[[Cezanne Khan]]}}
| judges =
| theme_music_composer = [[Anand Raaj Anand]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Richa-Sharma-and-Anand-Raaj-Anand-to-sing-title-track-of-Shakti-Astitva-Ke-Ehsaas-Kii/articleshow/52801326.cms|title=Richa Sharma and Anand Raaj Anand to sing title track of Shakti … Astitva Ke Ehsaas Kii|date=17 June 2016|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
| opentheme =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 1360
| producer = Rashmi Sharma Pawan Kumar Marut
| cinematography = Danny Santosh
| camera = [[Multi-camera]]
| runtime = 21 minutes approx.
| company = Rashmi Sharma Telefilms
| channel = [[Colors TV]]
| picture_format = {{Plainlist|
*[[576i]]
*[[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])
}}
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2016|5|30}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2021|10|1}}
}}
'''''Shakti — Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki''''' ({{Translation}} 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Richa-Sharma-and-Anand-Raaj-Anand-to-sing-title-track-of-Shakti-Astitva-Ke-Ehsaas-Kii/articleshow/52801326.cms|title=Richa Sharma and Anand Raaj Anand to sing title track of Shakti … Astitva Ke Ehsaas Kii|date=17 June 2016|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> It starred [[Rubina Dilaik]], [[Vivian Dsena]], [[Roshni Sahota]], [[Jigyasa Singh]], [[Simba Nagpal]] and [[Cezanne Khan]]. This show is the fourth [[List of longest-running Indian television series|longest-running television show of Colors TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/gecs/colors-to-air-shakti-astitva-ke-ehsaas-kii-from-30-may-160526|title=Colors to air 'Shakti…Astitva Ke Ehsaas Kii' from 30 May|last=|first=|date=2016-05-26|website=Indian Television|language=en|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.easterneye.biz/jigyasa-singh-on-playing-transgender-in-colors-shakti-astitva-ke-ehsaas-ki/|title=Jigyasa Singh on playing transgender in Colors' Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki|last=|first=|date=2020-01-18|website=EasternEye|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>

==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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/television/celebrity/story/shakti-astitva-ke-ehsaas-ki-actress-rubina-dilaik-says-goodbye-to-the-show-shares-pics-with-co-stars-1637387-2020-01-16|title=Shakti Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki actress Rubina Dilaik says goodbye to the show, shares pics with co-stars|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>
** 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) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/kamya-punjabi-pens-emotional-note-as-vivian-dsena-bids-adieu-to-shakti-1582582-2019-08-20|title=Kamya Punjabi pens emotional note as Vivian Dsena bids adieu to Shakti|newspaper=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-08-28|agency=Ist}}</ref>
* [[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)
** [[Meet Mukhi]] as Child Rohan Singh (2019–2020)
* [[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 [[Deputy superintendent of police|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)
* [[Paintal (comedian)|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 (actor)|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 (actress, born 1989)|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 [[Deputy inspector general of police|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===
* [[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 (TV series)|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 (2014 TV series)|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 (TV series)|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 film)|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 (TV series)|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 (actress, born 1989)|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 (actor)|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, [[Paintal (comedian)|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 ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;"| Language
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;"| Title
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;"| Original Release
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;"| Network(s)
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;"| Last aired
!style="background:LightSteelBlue;"| Notes
|-
| [[Hindi]]
| ''Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki'' शक्ति - अस्तित्व के एहसास की
| 30 May 2016
| [[Colors TV]]
| 1 October 2021
| Original
|-
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| ''[[Lek Majhi Durga]]'' लेक माझी दुर्गा
| 14 February 2022
| [[Colors Marathi]]
| 24 September 2022
| Remake
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Indian television soap operas]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:2010s LGBT-related drama television series]]

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