Karmaphal Daata Shani () is an Indian dharmic devotional television series, which aired from 7 November 2016 to 9 March 2018 on

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. The series was produced by

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Plot

The story of the series is based on the life of God

Shani Shani (, ), or Shanaishchara (, ), is the divine personification of the planet Saturn in Hinduism, and is one of the nine heavenly objects ( Navagraha) in Hindu astrology. Shani is also a male Hindu deity in the Puranas, whose iconography cons ...

Dev, who is known for his justice and wrath. The serial also shows

Brahma Brahma (, ) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the triple deity, trinity of Para Brahman, supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.Jan Gonda (1969)The Hindu Trinity, Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pp. 212– ...

Vishnu Vishnu (; , , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism, and the god of preservation ( ...

and

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

's mentors. It also shows

's tough childhood, getting the title of ''karmaphaldaata'', his downfall, his return to Suryalok, marriage, getting his wife's curse and finally his return as ''Karmphaldaata''. The story is about Shani, son of Suryadev and Chaaya who is the shadow form of Sandhya, first wife of suryadev and with Sandhya, suryadev has two children namely

Yama Yama (), also known as Kāla and Dharmarāja, is the Hindu god of death and justice, responsible for the dispensation of law and punishment of sinners in his abode, Naraka. He is often identified with Dharmadeva, the personification of ''Dharm ...

and Yami, when Sandhya cannot bear Suryadev's Heat she created Chaaya, to take Care of her Children until she returns from a tap, she Warns her not to get close to her husband but Chaaya did so against Sandhya, Shanidev was born as dark but Suryadev later accepts his colour. Sandhya hates Chaaya and her son Shani, because she thinks that Chaaya Cheated her By getting close to her husband. So, she creates much trouble for Shani and his mother Chaaya with help of Indradev and Rahu. But Shani faced all this with help of his karmapal power and his karma. Later, Shani exposes Sandhya's evil character in front of Suryadev, so Suryadev chases out Sandhya and announced Chaaya as his official wife. Due to this, Chaaya Get Pregnant Again and they got a second baby named Badhra but actually because of Sandhya's evil plan Bhadhra became against for everyone and finally she killed herself but unfortunately the blame goes to Shani himself and as a result, Chaaya started to hate Shani and she took shani's karmalpal position from himself. Later, frustrating Shani forgave everything and went away and the years had gone. 10 years later, Shani returns and now he marries Dhamini due to some situation and even he earns lot of enemies namely

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Indra Indra (; ) is the Hindu god of weather, considered the king of the Deva (Hinduism), Devas and Svarga in Hinduism. He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war. volumes Indra is the m ...

and

Rahu Rāhu (Sanskrit: राहु, 16px, ☊) is one of the nine major celestial bodies ( navagraha) in Hindu texts and the king of meteors. It represents the ascension of the Moon in its precessional orbit around the Earth, also referred to as ...

. However, Shani faces all and tries to keep the situation normal, but due to sevvai, Dhamini curses Shani as he never sees anyone's face, because they were getting far instead of consummating their marriage. To avoid these kind of situations, Shani must to take over his karmapal power again but Shani refused. Later, Chaaya understood Shani by Dhamini's proof and speech. Finally, Ravana took a war on Suryaloka to capture all navagrahas but Shani tried to stop him as much as he can. By the end, Shani retakes his karmapal power and even released from bane which Dhamini gave and defeat Ravana and joins with his family. Further he continues his karmapal to everyone.

Cast

Main

* Rohit Khurana as

- Partial Incarnation & Student of Shiva; Surya and Chhaya's son; King of Shaniloka; Kakol's Mount Friend; Karmaphaldaata/Dandnayak; Sandhya's step-son; Bhadra's brother; Yami and Yam's half-brother; Dhamini and Neelima's husband. ** Kartikey Malviya as young Shani * Juhi Parmar as ** Saranyu/Sandhyadevi - The goddess of clouds, First Queen of Suryaloka; Surya's former wife; Vishwakarma's daughter; Yam's and Yami's real mother. **

Chhaya Chhaya or Chaya (), also known as Savarna, is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god. She is the shadow-image or reflection of Saranyu (Sanjna), the first wife of Surya. Chhaya was born from th ...

devi - The goddess of shadows; Second Queen of Suryaloka; Shani's and Bhadra's mother; Surya's second wife; Sandhya's reflection and spiritual sister; Yama's and Yami's step-mother.

Recurring

* Tarun Khanna as

* Tina Datta as Dhamini *

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* Gufi Paintal as

Vishwakarma Vishvakarma or Vishvakarman (, ) is a craftsman deity and the divine architect of the Deva (Hinduism), devas in contemporary Hinduism. In the early texts, the craftsman deity was known as Tvastar and the word "Vishvakarma" was originally used a ...

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as Indra * Zohaib Siddiqui as

* Tinu Verma as

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* Kamaljeet Rana as Vyaktagandha * Purvesh Pimple as Kakol, Shani's friend/mount. ** Praneet Sharma as young Kakol. * Sachin Yadav as

** Devish Ahuja as young

* Kajol Srivastav as Yami/Yamuna ** Drisha Kalyani as young

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* Shahbaz Khan as

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as Narrator *

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as Neelima, Shani's power and first wife **

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as younger Neelima *

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** Krish Chauhan as young

* Ishant Bhanushali as Ganesha/Vinayaka * Raj Routh as

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* Yash Bhojwani and Ayush Pathak as the Ashwini Kumaras * Shehzan Sayyad as young

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* Preeti Chaudhary as

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* Vibha Anand / Pooja Sharma as

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* Sameer Khan as Nandi *

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* Shweta Vyas as

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* Amardeep Garg as

* Raj Singh as

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* Siddharth Vasudev as Lohitaang Mangal * Snigdha Akolkar as Anjana *

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as Sinhika, * Kunwar Naveen Jinger as Kakol's father *

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* Suman Gupta as Taramati * Brownie Parashar as King Chitraratha, king of Gandharvaloka * Vishal Nayak as

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* Himanshu Bamzai as Akash Dev/Jal Devta * Pheel Mehta / Patrali Chattopadhyay as

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* Sampada Vaze as

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* Vijay Badlani as

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* Javed Pathan as Kuparn * Akash Singh Rajput as Raja Manu

Awards and nominations

Awards

* ITA Award for Best Historical/Dharmic, Devotional Serial, 2017 *ITA Award for Best Director-Drama, 2017 - Siddharth Kumar Tewary *ITA Award for Best Child Artiste, 2017 - Kartikey Malviya * Zee Gold Award for Best Child Actor - Kartikey Malviya *Golden Petal Award for Favorite Child Actor, 2017 - Kartikey Malviya *Golden Petal Award For Best Special Effects, 2017 - Swastik Pictures *Golden Petal Awards for Best Music Fiction, 2017 - Divya

Nominations

* ITA Award for Best Teleplay, 2017 - Utkarsh Naithani *ITA Award for Best Actor - Female, 2017 - Juhi Parmar *ITA Award for Best TV Show, 2017 *ITA Award for Best Actor - Male, 2017 -

, Kartikey Malviya * Zee Gold Award for Best Debue in a Lead Role - Kartikey Malviya

References

External links

Official website
* {{Colors Programmes 2016 Indian television series debuts Hindi-language television shows Indian television soap operas Indian drama television series Indian television series about Hindu deities Television shows set in Mumbai Colors TV original programming 2018 Indian television series endings Swastik Productions television series