Karmaphal Daata Shani

Plot

The series follows the life of Shani Dev, a deity associated with justice and anger. His mentors are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The story covers his difficult childhood, how he earned the title of Karmaphaldaata, his fall from grace, his return to Suryalok, his marriage, a curse from his wife, and his eventual return as Karmaphaldaata. Shani is the son of Suryadev and Chaaya.

Chaaya is the shadow form of Sandhya, Suryadev’s first wife. With Sandhya, Suryadev has two children, Yama and Yami. Unable to bear Suryadev’s heat, Sandhya creates Chaaya to care for her children while she performs a tap. She warns Chaaya not to get close to her husband, but Chaaya disobeys.

Shani is born dark-skinned, but Suryadev later accepts his color. Sandhya resents Chaaya and Shani, believing Chaaya betrayed her by approaching Suryadev. With Indradev’s help, Sandhya creates many troubles for them. Shani faces these challenges using his karmapal power and his own karma.

He eventually exposes Sandhya’s evil nature to Suryadev, who banishes Sandhya and declares Chaaya his official wife. Chaaya then becomes pregnant again and gives birth to Bhadra. Due to Sandhya’s scheme, Bhadra turns against everyone and kills herself, but Shani is blamed. Chaaya begins to hate Shani and takes away his karmapal position.

Frustrated, Shani forgives everything and leaves. Years pass. Ten years later, Shani returns and marries Dhamini due to circumstances. He gains many enemies, including Ravana, Indra, and Rahu.

He faces them and tries to maintain peace, but due to sevvai, Dhamini curses him never to see anyone’s face, as their marriage remains unconsummated. To resolve this, Shani must reclaim his karmapal power, but he refuses. Later, Chaaya understands Shani’s truth through Dhamini’s proof and words. Ravana then attacks Suryaloka to capture all the navagrahas, and Shani does his best to stop him.

In the end, Shani regains his karmapal power, is freed from Dhamini’s curse, defeats Ravana, and reunites with his family. He continues to serve as Karmaphaldaata for everyone.

Cast

Rohit Khurana as Shani - 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 first wife; Vishwakarma's daughter; Yam's and Yami's real mother. Chhayadevi - 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.

Tarun Khanna as Shiva. Tina Datta as Dhamini. Salil Ankola as Surya. Gufi Paintal as Vishwakarma.

Kunal Bakshi as Indra. Zohaib Siddiqui as Rahu. Tinu Verma as Shukracharya. Kamaljeet Rana as Vyaktagandha.

Purvesh Pimple as Kakol, Shani's friend/mount. Sachin Yadav as Yama. Kajol Srivastav as Yami/Yamuna. Shahbaz Khan as Ravana.

Saurabh Raj Jain as Narrator. Parvati Sehgal as Neelima, Shani's power and first wife. Jannat Zubair Rahmani as younger Neelima. Nirbhay Wadhwa as Hanuman.

Ishant Bhanushali as Ganesha/Vinayaka. Raj Routh as Kamadeva. Preeti Chaudhary as Parvati.

Vibha Anand / Pooja Sharma as Mahakali. Diwakar Pundir as Vishnu. Amardeep Garg as Brahma. Sudha Chandran as Sinhika.

Did You Know?

• The series aired from 7 November 2016 to 9 March 2018 on Colors TV.
• It was produced by Swastik Productions of Siddharth Kumar Tewary.
• Kartikey Malviya won the ITA Award for Best Child Artiste in 2017 for his role as young Shani.