Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev
Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev (English: Lord of the Lords... Mahadev), often abbreviated as DKDM, was a mythological spiritual series based on the Hindu god, Lord Shiva, also known as Mahadev.[1] It premiered on 18 December 2011, airing Monday to Friday nights on Life OK. The series concluded on 14 December 2014, having completed a total of 820 episodes.[2]
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| Also known as | Mahadeva Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev - Rudra Bhi Aur Bhole Bhi |
| Written by | C.L. Saini Brij Mohan Pandey Koel Chaudhuri Mihir Bhuta Dr. Bodhisattva Aas Mohammad Abbasi Bhavna Vyas Manoj Tripathi Utkarsh Naithani Subrat Sinha Aayush Agrawal |
| Directed by | Nikhil Sinha Ismail Umarr Khan Manish Singh Govind Agrawal Satish Bhargav |
| Creative directors | Aniruddh Pathak Nitin Shukla Animesh Verma Hiten Ganatra Prangshu P Ghosh kadar kazi(kk) Aayush Agrawal |
| Starring | Mohit Raina Mouni Roy Saurabh Raaj Jain Sonarika Bhadoria |
| Opening theme | Shiv Shiv (Otherwise known as Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev Title Song.) |
| Composer | Sajan Rajan mishra |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 36 |
| No. of episodes | 820 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Deepak Panth Aayush Agrawal |
| Producers | Co Producer Nikhil Sinha (Triangle Film Company) Creative Producer Anirudh Pathak |
| Cinematography | Deepak Garg Amit Malvia |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 20 minutes (Mahaepisode. 45 minutes) |
| Distributor | Star India |
| Release | |
| Original network | Life OK and Star Bharat |
| Picture format | 576i 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital Plus |
| Original release | 18 December 2011 – 14 December 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
SummaryEdit
The show's plot revolve around the story of Lord Shiva. This story of Lord Shiva traces his journey from being an ascetic to a family man.
During the creation of the world by Lord Brahma, Adi Shakti leaves Shiva from his Ardhanarishvara form. So to shape the universe she takes various births to marry Shiva but failed 106 times due to which Shiva becomes an ascetic. Hence Lord Brahma suggests his mind-born son Prajapati Daksh please Adi Shakti and ask her to incarnate as his daughter.
She takes birth as Daksh's daughter Sati. Meanwhile, Shiva cuts Brahma's fifth head making Daksh hate him. Sati falls for Shiva and finally marries him, much to Daksh's dismay. Hence, Daksh humiliates Shiva in front of Sati in his yagna. Sati being unable to tolerate this, sacrifices her life once again. So, Shiva orders Virabhadra to behead Daksh but later revive him on Prasuti's request and Shiva goes into deep meditation for centuries.
Adi Shakti later incarnates as Parvati, daughter of the Himalayas who meditates for 3000 years to please Mahadev to marry her. And finally, Mahadev and Parvati married. Later, Mahadev imparts some tantric knowledge to Parvati that helps her to take various forms like Nav Durga (Shailaputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kaalratri, Mahagauri, and Siddhidhatri); Mahavidyas (Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshvari, Tripura Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamala) and Matrikas (Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Maheshvari, Indrani, Kaumari, Varahi, Chamunda, Narasimhi, Vinayaki) to destroy various demons like Raktabija, Mahishasura, Shumbha Nishumbha, Chanda Munda, Durgmasura, Arunasura, Banasura, etc. Later, Shiva and Parvati extend their family to Karthikeyan, Ganesha and Ashok Sundari.
The show also includes various forms of Mahadev including Virabhadra, Swami Adiyogi, Aghori, Bhoothnath, Vaidynaath, Bhairav, Rishabh, Pashupatinath, Kaal Bhairav, Baba Lokhnath, Shambhu, Nat Bhairav, Natraja, Martand, etc. in order to maintain sustainability in the universe, teaching humans moral values and slaying various asuras like Jalandhara, Andhak, Apasmarg, Vritrasura, Bhasmasura, Tripura, Shankachura, Nigaas, etc. The show also covers various folk stories of Lord Shiva to teach people moral values and ways to get moksha in the Kali Yuga. The supreme God protects common people from evil demons and uncompassionate rulers by taking various avatars in human form. The story of twelve Jyotirlinga is also shown completely.
List of charactersEdit
| Cast | Character(s) |
|---|---|
| Mohit Raina[3] | Shiva / Mahadev / Mahakala / Nataraja / Nilakantha / Jalandhara / Jata / 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/ Jalandhar. (2011-2014) |
| Mouni Roy[4] | Shakthi / Parvati / Adi Parashakti / Adi Shakti / Durga / Sati / Dakshayani / Matsya Kanya / Ashta-Matrikas / Navadurga / Kali / Mahakali / Devi / Tridevi / Dasha-Mahavidyas / Ardhanarishvara / Kaalratri / Bhramari Devi / Bheelni / Gayatri Devi / Goddess Bhairavi / Mahalasa / Goddess Katyayani / Navadurga (Shailputri, Brahmcharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandmata, Katyayani, Kalratri, Mahagauri and Sidhidatri) / The ten Mahavidyas (Kali, Meenakshi, Tara, Sodhasi, Tripurasundari, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi and Matangi) / Ambika / Ardhanarishvara / Annapurna / Kamakhya / Bhramari / Shakambhari/ Bimala / Kanyakumari and other incarnations of Shakti.(2011-2014) |
| Anushka Sen (Young Parvati).(2011) | |
| Sonarika Bhadoria / Puja Banerjee / Suhasi Goradia Dhami. (2011-2013)/(2013) | |
| Saurabh Raaj Jain | Narayana/Lord Krishna/Rama/Dattatreya/Harihara/Nara-Narayana/Har-Narayan/Guru Pratyaya.(2012-2013) |
| Rushiraj Pawar | Senapati Kartikeya / Murugan(2012-2014) |
| Tanya Sharma | Devayanai(2013-2014) |
| Ramya Pandian | Valli(2014) |
| Ahsaas Channa / Ashnoor Kaur | Ashokasundari |
| Lavanya Bhardwaj / Rishi Khurana | Nahusha |
| Sadhil Kapoor / Alpesh Dhakan / Ehsaan Bhatia | Ganesha / Vinayak |
| Aarya Vora | Siddhi |
| Amrita Singh | Buddhi |
| Kratika Sengar/Reem Shaikh | Manasa |
| Ragini Rishi/Falaq Naaz | Goddess Lakshmi / Haripriya / Vedavati / Sita / Radha / Rukmini / Padmavati |
| Piyush Sahdev | Rama |
| Rubina Dilaik | Sita |
| Radha Krishna Dutt | Lord Brahma / Dattatreya |
| Puja kameshwar Sharma / Salina Prakash / Via Roy Choudhary | Saraswati |
| Jiten Lalwani | Lord Indra |
| Kumar Hegde[5] | Nandi |
| Priyanka Thakare | Suyasha (Nandi's wife) |
| Vishal Kotian | Hanuman |
| Shivangi Sharma | Indrani |
| Manish Bishla | Surya |
| Vicky Batra | Chandra |
| Hans Dev Sharma | Vishvakarma |
| Manoj Kolhatkar | Sage Dadhichi / Sage Pippalada |
| Yogesh Mahajan | Sage Bhrigu |
| Rajeev Bharadwaj | Sage Kashyap |
| Romanch Mehta | Sage Atri |
| Jayant Rawal | Maharishi Halahal |
| Jitendra Trehan | Sage Markandeya |
| Shailesh Datar | Sage Narada |
| Darshan Kumar | Sage Shukracharya |
| Raman Khatri | Sage Atharvan |
| Atul Singh | Sage Pulaha |
| Sushil Parashar | Sage Pitamber |
| Vikramjeet Virk | Banasur |
| Hemant Choudhary | Prajapati Vishwaroop |
| Samiksha Bhatt | Jaya |
| Ram Awana | Chakri |
| Deepika Upadhyay / Sangeeta Khanayat / Yashashree Chiplunker | Goddess Ganga / Godavari / Banai |
| Anjali Abrol | Meenakshi |
| Mohit Sharma | Vasuki |
| Kunal Verma | Lakshman |
| Garima Jain | Urmila |
| Rohit Sagar | Vayu |
| Vineet Kumar | Bharat |
| Harshad Arora | Shatrughna |
| Ulka Gupta | Devi Kanya Kumari |
| Arbaaz Ali Khan | Balarama |
| Vishesh Bansal | Grihapati |
| Mohit Dagri | (Younger) Lohitang |
| Raj Premi | Demon Tarakasur |
| Rahul Dev | Demon Arunasur |
| Chetan Hansraj | Nighas |
| Deepak Jethi | Mahishasura |
| Manav Gohil | Andhaka |
| Tej Sapru | Shankhachudha |
| Ankur Nayyar | Krauncha Giri |
| Ibrar Yakub | Tuhund |
| Tushar Jha | (Younger) Jalandhara |
| Arun Bali | Vajranaka (Tarakasur's father) |
| Akhilendra Mishra | King Mahabali |
| Sanjay Swaraj | Bhasmasur |
| Manish Wadhwa / Tarun Khanna | Ravan |
| Sudesh Berry | Malla / Mani |
| Abhaas Mehta | Adi |
| Rakshanda Khan | Madanike |
| Anupam Bhattacharya | Ripunjay / Devodas |
| Ojaswi Oberoi / Parakh Madan[6] | Mohini |
| Ritu Chauhan | Rati |
| Pankaj Dheer | King Himavan |
| Mugdha Shah / Shilpa Tulaskar | Queen Menavati |
| Khyaati Khandke Keswani | Kritika |
| Surendra Pal | 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 | Indumati |
| 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 |
| Manasvi Vyas | Queen Kaikeyi |
| Tapeshwari Sharma | Usha / Behula |
| Arti Singh | Vaani |
| Bhavna Khatri | Chitralekha |
| Daya Shankar Pandey | Lakulish |
| Tushar Dalvi | Chandradhar |
| Malhar Pandya | Aniruddha / Lakhsmichandra |
| Kalpesh Rajgor | Supriy |
| Parul Chaudhary | Sanaka |
| Deepali Pansare | Tulsi |
| Rajendra Chawla | Acharya Gyanmurti |
| Gungun Uprari | Maharani |
| Neha Marda | Vrinda |
| Jaya Binju | Andhaka's Wife |
| Chestha Mehta | Prithvi |
| Javed Pathan | Mayadhari |
| Samiksha Bhatnagar | Mandodari |
| Mansi Sharma | Indrani |
| Sudeep Sarangi | Shatbhish |
| Anju Ajayakumar | Child Usha |
ProductionEdit
DevelopmentEdit
Ritoo Jenjani had done the prosthetic makeup for the presentation of Kali.[7]
90 people were working under the graphic department of the series. An episode of the series cost ₹14 Lakhs for production.[8]
In April 2014, a fire broke out on one of the show's sets in Mumbai. However, none were injured with only minor damages to property.[9]
CastingEdit
Sonarika Bhadoria was replaced by Puja Bannerjee as Parvati in July 2013.[10] However, in June 2014 Bannerjee quit citing health issues and was replaced by Suhasi Dhami.[11] Mouni Roy who quit the series with the end of her role in 2012 returned as Sati in 2014.[12]
DistributionEdit
The series has been dubbed into several languages including:
- in Bengali as Devadidev Mahadev on Star Jalsha
- in Kannada as Om Namah Shivay on Star Suvarna[13]
- in Malayalam as Kailasanathan on Asianet[14]
- in Marathi as Devanche Dev Mahadev on Star Pravah
- in Odia as Mahadev on Tarang TV and Sarthak TV
- in Assamese as Mahadev on Rang (TV Channel)
- in Tamil as Shivam on Star Vijay
- in Telugu as Hara Hara Mahadeva on Star Maa
- in Indonesian as Mahadewa on antv
- in Thai as Shiva Phra Mahadev on Bright TV
The series was also remade in Kannada as HaraHara Mahadeva on Star Suvarna.[15][16]
The series was re-aired on Star Bharat from 5 August 2018 to 24 November 2019 on Sundays, and again during the coronavirus lockdown on Star Bharat from 17 March 2020 to 11 June 2020 and on Star Plus from 14 April 2020 to 12 July 2020.[17]
The series is currently being broadcast on the newly launched Hindi-GEC, Shemaroo TV, 1 May 2020 onwards.[18]
ImpactEdit
The series is available to stream in its entirety on Star India's SVOD platform, Hotstar, having also released on DVD in 2014.[19]
SoundtracksEdit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Karpura Gauram Karunavataram" | 6.10 |
| 2. | "Shiv Shiv (Opening Theme)" | 2.46 |
| 3. | "Shankar Shiv Bhole" | 4.55 |
| 4. | "Yagyaswaroopaya Mahadev" | 5.18 |
| 5. | "Sarvopari Premi Shiv Shankar" | 2.41 |
| 6. | "Chandrama Priytam Mere" | 3.50 |
| 7. | "Har Bhola Har Har Mahadev" | 2.23 |
| 8. | "Santakaaram" | 2.19 |
| 9. | "Sangeet Beena" | 9.15 |
| 10. | "Vishweshwaraya Mahadevaya" | 4.34 |
| 11. | "Shiva Rudrastakam" | 2.22 |
| 12. | "O Mere Raj Dulare" | 2.27 |
| 13. | "Mere Jalandhar Mere Munna" | 2.13 |
| 14. | "Ritu Basant Aa Gayi" | 2.53 |
| 15. | "Mann Re Tu Kitna Bebass Hai" | 4.42 |
| 16. | "Babul Ke Ghar Se Chali" | 1.23 |
| 17. | "Shiv Tandav Stuti" | 3.27 |
| 18. | "Maharoop Mahakaaya" | 2.24 |
| 19. | "Parvati Entrance Theme" | 2.32 |
ReceptionEdit
RatingsEdit
The series started with a viewership rating of 0.7 TVR. Following which in initial six months, it ranged between 2 and 3 TVR.[20] Later, the episode of 9 September 2012, featuring Kali killing the demon Raktabija rated the show its highest viewership with an 8.2 TVR being the highest TVR of Hindi television program during the year.[21][22]
In week 3 of 2013, it garnered an average rating of 3 TVR.[23] In week 7, it was one of the top ten watched Hindi GEC program with 3.6 TVR.[24]
CriticsEdit
Amar Ujala claimed that some events mentioned in the series were distorted and not mentioned in any Puranas and Shastra.[25]
LegacyEdit
Mohit Raina featured in Limca Book of Records for portrayal of about 52 characters in the series with his main role being Shiva.[26][27]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Mythology makes a tentative comeback on Indian television". Business Today.
- ↑ "Why you won't see Lord Shiva in a reality show". Rediff.com.
- ↑ "Lords of the small screen". Deccan Herald.
- ↑ "WATCH: Mouni Roy celebrates birthday with boyfriend Mohit Raina and Naagin co-actors". Times of India. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "Nandi". tellychakkar.
- ↑ Bhopatkar, Tejashree (29 October 2012). "Sanjay Swaraj and Ojaswi Oberoi in Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ↑ Debarati S Sen (2 November 2012). "Ritoo Jenjani creates a Goddess". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
- ↑ "Indian TV gets bigger with better budgets". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Fire on the sets of Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev, no injuries". NDTV.
- ↑ "I had given notice three months ago: Sonarika Bhadoria". Business Standard.
- ↑ "Mahadev to get a new Parvati again". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Mouni Roy returns as Sati on 'Devon Ke Dev Mahadev' after a two-year hiatus". The Indian Express.
- ↑ "Dubbed show 'Om Namah Shivaya' to go off-air". The Times of India.
- ↑ M, Athira (20 March 2015). "Voice of the stars". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
- ↑ "Star Suvarna to air Hara Hara Mahadeva Mahime". The Times of India.
- ↑ IBTimes. "Colors to launch another Kannada entertainment channel 'Colors Super'". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ↑ "Star Bharat experiments with early morning slot". Indian Television.
- ↑ "Shemaroo simulcasts TV content on Facebook". exchange4media. 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "Life Ok's Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev launched on DVD". Indian Television.
- ↑ "An epic battle". The Financial Express.
- ↑ "Mahadev tops TRP charts with a new record of 8.2 TVR". The Times of India. 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ "Life OK's Mahadev top-viewed". Business Standard.
- ↑ "DAS capital". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Mahadev Mahaepisode Include In Tam Rating Week 7". Amar Ujala.
- ↑ "दर्शकों को भ्रमित कर रहा है देवों का देव महादेव". Amar Ujala.
- ↑ "Mohit Raina in Limca Book of Records". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021.
- ↑ "लिम्का बुक में नाम दर्ज कराने को तैयार टीवी के 'महादेव". Daily Bhaskar. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021.