''Karishma Kaa Karishma'' (English: ''The Miracle of Karishma'') is an Indian television series which is a
remake
A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same s ...
of the 1980s American TV series ''
Small Wonder''. The series premiered on
StarPlus
StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, romantic comedies, youth-oriented realit ...
on 24 January 2003. It is produced by Sunil Doshi of Alliance Media & Entertainment, and starring
Jhanak Shukla as the cyber kid Karishma.
Plot
The story revolves around a scientist, Vikram, who designs a very lifelike robot. His goal is to find out if the robot (Karishma) will become more human-like as time goes on. His wife, Sheetal, who is easily influenced by her neighbour Shraddha, suspects Vikram to be having an extramarital affair due to his late work hours. But Vikram reveals the AI robot Karishma to the family and explains he was working on making her, Sheetal accepts Karishma as a daughter. Rahul, Vikram and Sheetal's son, is constantly annoyed by his neighbor, Sweety, who has a crush on him. Vikram and his family are the only ones who know that Karishma is a robot. Their nosy neighbors Shraddha and Paresh interfere in their lives and try to figure out who Karishma really is. This is the premise for a lot of episodes. Every episode, Karishma saves the day by solving the family's problem.
Cast
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Jhanak Shukla as Karishma Vikram Malhotra (A robot)
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Sanjeev Seth as Vikram Malhotra (Rahul and Karishma's father)
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Eva Grover/
Tisca Chopra as Sheetal Vikram Malhotra (Rahul and Karishma's mother)
*Mayank Tandon as Rahul Vikram Malhotra
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Bhavana Balsavar
Bhavana Balsavar (born 21 October 1967) is an Indian film, stage and television actress. She is the part of silent comedy series, '' Gutur Gu'' (2010).
Personal life
Bhavana is the daughter of Hindi cinema actress Shubha Khote and her husb ...
as Shraddha Paresh Parekh
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Shweta Prasad as Sweety Paresh Parekh
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Jamnadas Majethia as Paresh Parekh
*Athit Naik as Pintu/ Prince
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Kurush Deboo as Lappu (The Coward Ghost)
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Hansika Motwani
Hansika Motwani (born 9 August 1991) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu films. Motwani began her career as a child actor in Hindi films, and later went on to appear in lead roles in Telugu films, including '' ...
as Tina (Sweety's Cousin) Ep 18 (Also appeared as a Chinese Child Robot)
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Daisy Irani as Maasi Ji
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Aditya Kapadia as Rishta (Sweety's American Cousin)
References
External links
{{SP Shows
StarPlus original programming
Indian television series based on American television series
2003 Indian television series debuts
2004 Indian television series endings
Robots in television
Indian children's television series
Indian science fiction television series
Indian television sitcoms
Androids in television
Hindi language television sitcoms