''Pishachini'' is an Indian

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-language television

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series that aired from 8 August 2022 to 13 January 2023 on

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. It is digitally available on

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. Produced by Shakuntalam Telefilms and MAJ Productions, it stars

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and

Harsh Rajput Harsh Rajput is an Indian television actor who is best known as Ansh Rathod in '' Nazar'' and now notably as Rocky in ''Pishachini''. Early life Rajput hails from Navsari. He faced a hard time when he came to Mumbai. He had language problem and ...

Premise

The show set against the backdrop of

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where a beautiful girl (actually a ''Pishachini'') named Rani seeks revenge from the Rajput family for settling on her land.

Cast

Main

as Raat Rani / Rani Singh Rajput – A Pishachini, Rakshit's former fiancée, Sanchit's wife and mother of a baby girl. *

as Pavithra "Piku" Bose Singh Rajput – Pandit Ji's grand daughter, Kanika's niece, Rakshit's wife. Mother of a baby girl. *

as Rakshit "Rocky" Singh Rajput – Sudhakar and Sapna's son, Shikha and Sanchit's brother, Pavithra's husband, Rani's former fiancé. Father of a baby girl.

Recurring

* Shrey Mittal as Veer - A Mahapishach * Raymon Singh as Kanika Sharma/Nashak - Pandit Ji's daughter, Pavithra's aunt *Amit Mehra as Sanchit Singh Rajput - Shikha and Rakshit's elder brother; Rani's husband * Susheel Parashar as Ayodhya Singh Rajput: Sudhakar, Manohar and Prateek's father; Sanchit, Shikha, Rakshit, Nikita and Vidya's grandfather; Rani's puppet (Dead) * Sachin Parikh as Sudhakar Ayodhya Singh Rajput – Ayodhya's son; Sapna's husband; Shikha, Sanchit and Rakshit's father * Anjali Gupta as Sapna Rajput – Sudhakar's wife; Shikha, Sanchit and Rakshit's mother * * Sagar Rambhia as Manohar Rajput – Ayodhya's son; Babbli's husband; Vidya's father * Jhumma Mitra as Babbli Rajput – Manohar's wife; Vidya's mother * Rutuja Sawant as Shikha Rajput – Sudhakar and Sapna's daughter; Rakshit and Sanchit's sister; Nikita and Vidya's cousin; Rani's puppet * Meghna Kukreja as Vidya Rajput – Manohar and Babbli's daughter; Shikha, Sanchit, Nikita and Rakshit's cousin *

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as Prateek Rajput – Ayodhya's son; Amrita's husband; Nikita's father; Rani's puppet (Dead) * Shweta Dadhich as Amrita Rajput – Prateek's wife; Nikita's mother; Rani's puppet (Dead) * Saumya Saraswat as Nikita Rajput – Prateek and Amrita's daughter; Sanchit, Shikha, Rakshit and Vidya's cousin * Raghav Binani as Mandy – A humanified

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; Rani's puppet and helper *

Amit Behl Amit Behl is an Indian theatre, television and film actor. Behl began his career in 1994 with a role in India's first daily soap opera '' Shanti''. He later went on to do almost 100 TV serials in Hindi, English, Marathi, Punjabi and Urdu. He ha ...

as Pandit Ji – Rajput family's helper; Pavithra's grandfather (Dead) * Garima Dixit as Himani – Sanchit's fiancée; Rani's puppet (Dead) * Farukh Khan – Himani and Vikas's father; Rani's puppet and fake father (Dead) * Reshma Merchant as Suddha – Himani and Vikas's mother; Rani's puppet and fake mother (Dead)

Production

Casting

In June 2022,

was cast for the title role.

finalized for a female protagonist.

Filming

The shooting of the series began in June 2022.

Release

On 19 June 2022, the first teaser featuring

as Pishachini released.

Airing

Show was initially planned as Finite Series Of 100 Episodes But,Due To Internal Factors Show was extended for Few Weeks.

References

External links

Production Website
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