Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki

Shakti — Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
Genre	Drama
Created by	Rashmi Sharma
Written by	Rashmi Sharma Shanti Bhushan Mahesh Pandey Vikram Khurana Screenplay Shilpa F D'Mello Sancheeta Bose Dialogues Sharad Chandra Tripathi
Directed by	Pankaj Kumar
Creative directors	Soniaa Mehta Palash Mandloi
Starring	Rubina Dilaik Vivian Dsena Jigyasa Singh Simba Nagpal Cezanne Khan
Theme music composer	Anand Raaj Anand[1]
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	1,350
Production
Producers	Rashmi Sharma Pawan Kumar Marut
Cinematography	Danny Santosh
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	21 minutes approx.
Production company	Rashmi Sharma Telefilms
Distributor	Viacom 18
Release
Original network	Colors TV
Picture format	576i 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	30 May 2016 (2016-05-30) – 1 October 2021
External links
Voot

Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki (transl. Strength – feeling of existence) is an Indian social drama television series produced by Rashmi Sharma Telefilms and broadcast on Colors TV.^[2] The show premiered on 30 May 2016 and is one of the longest-running Indian television serials of Colors TV.^[3] It stars Rubina Dilaik, Jigyasa Singh and Simba Nagpal. The show is going off air on 1st October, 2021.^[4]

Plot[]

Set in rural Punjab, the story begins with Maninder who tries to bury his 1 year-old baby daughter Soumya, and his mother Nalini also helps him. The two are caught by Maninder's wife Nimmi who saves Soumya and warns him.

8 years later[]

Soumya is a quiet and simple girl raised lovingly by Nimmi but hated by Maninder and Nalini. Her sister Surbhi is bubbly and happy-go-lucky, and gets all the love and attention in the family.

15 years later[]

Grown-up, Soumya is kept away from outside, only living in house with Nimmi and having almost no friends. Surbhi attends her studies and decides to teach a lesson to spoilt troublemaker, Harman. Vengeful, he plans to kidnap her but mistakenly kidnaps Soumya instead. His father Harak Singh orders him to marry Soumya, to avoid social embarrassment.

Nimmi is forced to accept the wedding. Soumya and Harman marry and eventually fall in love. Nimmi tells Soumya's secret to both her and Surbhi. Upon learning she's intersex having a complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, Soumya in shock tries to die but survives. She informs Harman, enraging him. However, they later bond as friends and their love starts to grow.

Harman's mother Preeto learns Soumya's truth and exiles her to kinnar society. Eventually, Harman finds and unites with Soumya. Nimmi dies of a cardiac arrest after being deeply traumatized by Preeto. Harman brings Soumya back to his home. Preeto refuses to accept and blackmails Soumya to get Surbhi and Harman married, as she wants a grandchild. Harman marries Surbhi who later divorces him.

Preeto makes a big revelation that 27 years ago, she was firstly married to Harak's elder brother Nihaal, but after he abandoned her for hermitage, she married Harak and bore him Harman and Raavi. Soumya and Harman adopt an orphan, Aditya. Preeto reveals Soumya's truth to the orphanage who takes Aditya away.

Harak brings Mohini, a dancer to separate Soumya and Harman but falls in love with her and sends Preeto out. Soumya rescues her during this difficult time. Preeto reforms and accepts her. Surbhi marries Varun. Mohini's truth is revealed. Preeto forgives Harak, returning with Harman and Soumya. Later after some other twists Preeto's mother Payal visits them and wants Soumya to get pregnant.

Upon knowing her truth, Payal tries to burn Soumya alive. Harman saves her again, opposing Payal, and leaves the house with her. Varun, Veeran and Balwinder beat and throw them into river. They are hospitalised but lose their memory. With no previous memories, their relation starts off on mutual dislike. Slowly they befriend and again fall in love. Eventually, they recall everything and unite.

Veeran is forgiven for his deeds; Balwinder and Varun are expelled from the family. Pregnant, Surbhi is back from Delhi. Varun confronts and pushes her. Gravely injured, she gives birth to Soham. Before dying, Surbhi hands over Soham's responsibility to Soumya, which she accepts. Varun tries to win Soham's custody, but is defeated after it is proved he killed Surbhi and cannot raise Soham well.

The long-lost Nihaal who was a hermit and now sits on road is seen by Soumya who, unaware that he is Preeto's first husband, brings him into the house. Preeto asks Nihaal to leave. While stepping out, he falls unconscious and dies. Preeto is asked to perform the rituals of a widow despite her marriage with Harak, as Nihaal hadn't divorced her. She develops hate for Soumya as Soumya brought him back.

Due to this and huge tensions in the house, Soumya takes Soham away and searches for work. She gets the job of being caretaker for the paralyzed Vedant Bansal, who is in wheelchair. His father Sunil runs business with Harman and Harak. Vedant earlier dislikes, but later falls in love with Soumya. His leg successfully recovers. He confesses his feelings to Soumya who rejects him.

Vedant falsely frames and gets Harman jailed and blackmails Soumya. Helpless, she agrees to fake marrying him for Harman's freedom. Upon bail, Harman thinks Soumya cheated on him by marrying Vedant (unaware that it is fake). Jealous, he marries Mahi. Vedant's sister Rekha comes from London with her husband Vidhaan and son Rohan.

2 months later[]

Harman has liver problems due to excessive drinking. Mahi is pregnant. Rekha learns Soumya's truth, and leaves to return to London with Rohan and Vidhaan. They face an accident. Rekha and Vidhaan unfortunately die; Rohan is injured. Bansal family is left depressed. Sunil reveals to Harman that Vedant's marriage is fake, and he'd blackmailed Soumya. Vedant tries to forcefully marry her.

Harman comes to save her. Vedant pushes him off a cliff and is arrested in. Though Harman is presumed dead, Soumya and Preeto couldn't believe he has gone. Soumya adopts Rohan as her nephew. She and Preeto unite. Mahi delivers an intersex child. On learning the truth, she wants to disown her. But Preeto and Soumya stop her. Soumya raises the child. Harak, unaware of her truth, names her Heer.

5 years later[]

Heer is a bubbly girl brought up by Soumya and Preeto. Vedant escapes for revenge, but is arrested again. Upon learning Heer's truth, Harak loses his temper and intends to kill her but instead shoots Soumya who falls into coma. Harak is arrested. Soumya recovers and reunites with Heer, Soham and Rohan. Maninder finally accepts Soumya.

Varun returns from jail and joins hands with Nalini. They take Soham and poison his mind towards Soumya. Maninder reveals to Soham that Varun killed Surbhi. Soham returns to Soumya and disowns Varun. Nalini also accepts Soumya, sorry for her mistakes. The police frees Harak as he wants to meet Preeto. He says her to send Soumya away if she wants him to accept Heer.

Preeto accepts the condition, gets Harak bailed and asks Soumya to leave the country. She agrees but vows to return after 16 years. The family bids her a tearful goodbye. On the way to the airport, she meets an accident planned by Varun but survives.

16 years later[]

Happy-go-lucky and beautiful, Heer is fiercely protected by Soham and Rohan. In her college, she befriends Virat. They fall in love, elope and get married. Their families don't like each other and keep them separated during the COVID-19 lockdown. When Virat and Heer try to commit suicide, the families accept them.

However Preeto reveals Heer's truth to Virat who begins to hate her. Heer moves on. Virat understands later that he can't stay without Heer. Eventually, they unite and remarry. Virat hides Heer's truth from her. Pregnant, Simran is asked to abort the baby. Heer stops this as she gets her married to Rohan.

Upon knowing Heer's truth, Tejinder joins hands with Maharani's disciple, Angel who kidnaps and plans to take Heer to Bangkok. In Goa, Heer is sold off to Indrajit Shergill. Virat rescues and brings her back. Tejinder reveals Heer's truth to the whole family. Finally, she also learns about her truth.

Devastated, Heer confronts Preeto for hiding her truth. Angel manipulates Heer to take part in a kinnar ceremony. Virat is shocked. Heer befriends Shyam, who secretly loves her. Virat abducts Heer from the kinnar community. While attempting to save him from Angel, Heer falls off a cliff and is presumed dead.

6 months later[]

Alive, Heer works in another city, as a babysitter of Kuhu, the young daughter of Dr. Akshay, who saved her. Upon knowing Heer's truth, Surmeet throws her and Akshay out of the house. Heer and Virat's families find out she is alive. Heer returns for him, ready to undergo a gender surgery to lead a normal life with Virat.

Angel brutally wounds and throws Virat and Heer into river. They're presumed dead. Angel succeeds in becoming the Guruma of intersex community. Mallika visits and begs the alive Soumya to come back to home. She returns after 18 years and promises to protect Heer. The family accepts her back, but she clashes with Mahi.

Harman, who is shockingly alive, also returns and reunites with the family after convincing them that he's the same Harman, even though his face has changed (because of the accident, he needed to get a face surgery done). Angel kidnaps Soumya; Virat and Harman save her. She and Harman unite with Heer. Angel is arrested. Reformed, Mahi divorces Harman and steps back.

Virat and Heer's college life resumes. Heer hires Gitu as a housekeeper. Daljeet assaults Gitu. Balwinder completes his jail sentence; Raavi accepts him back. He cheats by getting their property. Also later, he intends to kill Raavi but Soumya shoots him to death. Heer fights for Gitu's justice, but the two get kidnapped by Parmeet, Daljeet, Kareena and Sant Baksh.

Soumya finds a video of Heer's abduction. She, Virat and Harman team to save Heer. Soumya traps Kareena, who escapes but gets hit by a speeding car and is hospitalised. Before dying, she reveals that Parmeet killed Heer, and Daljeet and Sant Baksh shot Gitu and her father to death. Enraged, Soumya and Harman confront Parmeet. They begin their revenge by abducting and killing Sant Baksh

Cast[]

Main[]

• Rubina Dilaik as Soumya Singh/Gulaabo: Harman's wife, Mahinder and Nimmi's daughter, Surbhi's sister, Soham, Rohan and Heer's adoptive mother, A Transgender (2016-2020)/(2021-present)^[5]
• Vivian Dsena/Cezanne Khan as Harman Singh: Soumya and Surbhi's former husband, Mahi's husband, Preeto and Harak's son, Raavi's brother, Heer's father; Soham's adoptive father (2016–2019)/(2021–present)^[6]
• Jigyasa Singh as Heer Singh/Apsara: Virat's wife, Soumya's adoptive child, Mahi and Harman's daughter, Preeto and Harak's granddaughter, Kuhu's caretaker, A Transgender (Killed by Parmeet) (2020-2021)
• Simba Nagpal as Virat Singh: Heer's husband, Parmeet and Sant's son, Daljeet and Simran's brother (2020–present)

Recurring[]

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• Kamya Panjabi as Preeto Kaur Singh: Harak's wife, Harman and Raavi's mother (2016–present)
• Sudesh Berry as Harak Singh: Preeto's husband, Harman and Raavi's father (2016–present)
• Bhuvan Chopra as Veeran Singh: Harak's brother; Shanno's husband; Sindhu's father (2016–present)
• Garima Jain/Pooja Singh as Raavi Singh: Preeto and Harak's daughter, Harman's sister, Balwinder's wife, Chintu's mother (2016–present)
• Chhavi Awasthi as Chameli: Transgender (2017–present)
• Parag Tyagi as DSP Sant Baksh Singh: Parmeet's husband; Virat, Daljeet and Simran's father (2020–present)
• Gauri Tonk/Jasveer Kaur as Parmeet Singh: Sant's wife, Virat, Daljeet and Simran's mother (2020–present)
• Aakash Talwar as Daljeet Singh: Parmeet and Sant's son; Virat and Simran's brother; Gurwinder's husband (2020–present)
• Ekroop Bedi as Gurwinder Singh: Daljeet's wife (2020–present)
• Rachana Mistry/Visha Vira as Simran Singh: Parmeet and Sant's daughter; Virat and Daljeet's sister; Rohan's wife (2020–present)
• Sonam Arora as Angel: Transgender; Heer's enemy (2020–present)
• Tushar Kawale as Chintu Singh: Balwinder and Raavi's son (2021–present)
• Mahira Khurana as Young Soumya Singh (2016)
• Tasheen Shah as Young Surbhi Singh (2016)
• Reena Kapoor as Nimmi Kaur Singh: Anjana's daughter; Mahinder's wife; Soumya and Surbhi's mother (2016)
• as Monty: Harman's friend (2016)
• Shiwani Chakraborty as Mahima: Harman's former fiancée (2016)
• Mahi Sharma as Kalsi: Soumya and Surbhi's best friend (2016–2017)
• Mahek Thaakur as Young Sindhu Singh (2016–2017)
• Kishori Shahane as Sharmani: Transgender (2016–2017)
• Roshni Sahota/Iti Kaurav as Surbhi Singh: Nimmi and Maninder's daughter, Soumya's sister, Harman and Varun's former wife, Soham's mother (2016–2019)
• Unknown as Anjana Singh: Nimmi's mother; Soumya and Surbhi's grandmother (2016–2019)
• Ayub Khan as Maninder Singh: Nalini's son; Nimmi's husband; Soumya and Surbhi's father (2016–2020)
• Mamta Luthra as Nalini Singh: Maninder's mother; Soumya and Surbhi's grandmother (2016–2020)
• Lakshya Handa as Varun Singh: Harak and Veeran's nephew; Surbhi's former husband, Soham's father (2016–2020)
• Aarya Rawal as Shanno Singh: Veeran's wife; Sindhu's mother (2016–2021)
• Ekta Singh as Saaya/Mallika Khanna: Transgender; Milkha's sister (2016–2021)
• Kajol Saroj as Kareena: Transgender; Soumya and Heer's enemy (2016–2021)
• Unknown/Unknown as Young Chintu Singh: Raavi and Balwinder's son (2017–2018)
• Sara Khan as Mohini: Harak's former mistress (2017–2018)
• Anand Goradia as Maharani: Transgender (2017–2019)
• Unknown/Rishikesh Ingley / Kush Sharma as Balwinder "Ballu" Sodhi: Raavi's husband; Kishan's son; Chintu's father (2017–2021)
• Unknown/Unknown as Kishan Lal Sodhi: Ballu's father (2017–2021)
• Krutika Desai Khan as Payal Singh: Preeto and Sukha's mother (2018)
• Sonal Handa as Jeet Singh: Motilal's son; Jasleen's brother; Raavi's former husband (2018)
• Amrita Prakash as Jasleen Kaur Singh: Motilal's daughter; Jeet's sister; Harman's childhood friend (2018)
• Hemant Choudhary as Motilal Singh: Jasleen and Jeet's father; Harak's friend (2018)
• Dheeraj Gumbar as Sumit Kapoor (2018)
• Sahil Mehta as Sameer Singh (2018)
• Tiya Gandwani as Dr. Lavneet Kaushal (2018)
• Alka Mogha as Gopika Singh: Sameer's mother (2018)
• Unknown as Dr. Samay Kaushal: Lavneet's father; Tanvi's husband (2018)
• Unknown as Dr. Tanvi Kaushal: Lavneet's mother; Samay's wife (2018)
• Prakash Ramchandani as Nihaal Singh: Harak and Veeran's brother; Preeto's former husband (2019)
• Abigail Jain as Riya (2019)
• Rohit Roy as Nishant Bhalla (2019); Sunaina's husband; Garry's father (2019)
• Mouli Ganguly as Shruti Bhalla (2019)
• Jaswant Menaria as Sukhwinder "Sukha" Singh: Payal's son; Preeto's brother; Sunaina's husband; Garry's father (2019)
• Shivani Gosain as Sunaina Singh: Sukha's wife; Garry's mother (2019)
• Rohit Chandel as Gurmeet "Garry" Singh: Sunaina and Sukha's son (2019)
• Nikita Sharma as Archana Kapoor (2019)
• Rushad Rana as Advocate Navjot Chaddha (2019)
• Ronit Roy as Advocate Rajat Singh (2019)
• Preetika Chauhan as Sneha (2019)
• Roopal Tyagi as Manasvi Mehat (2019)
• Tanvi Kishore as Sweety Singh: Varun's wife (2019)
• Unknown as Vidhaan Singh: Rekha's husband; Rohan's father (2019)
• Shweta Sinha as Rekha Bansal: Sunil's daughter; Vedant's sister; Vidhaan's wife; Rohan's mother (2019)
• Rajesh Puri as Sunil Bansal: Harak and Harman's business rival; Vedant and Rekha's father (2019)
• Ayaz Ahmed as Arjun: Vedant's friend (2019)
• Hitanshu Jinsi as Ankush Singh: Sindhu's husband (2019)
• Sahil Uppal as Vedant Bansal: Sunil's son; Rekha's brother (2019)
• Preeti Puri as Dr. Gayatri Mathur (2019)
• Avisha Shahu as Reet Mathur: Gayatri's daughter; Heer, Rohan and Soham's friend (2019)
• Sumaiya Khan as Young Heer Singh (2019–2020)
• Unknown/Meet Mukhi as Young Rohan Singh (2019–2020)
• Vivaan Sharma as Young Soham Singh (2019–2020)
• Nidhi Bhavsar/Vaani Sharma as Sindhu Singh: Veeran and Shanno's daughter; Ankush's wife (2019–2021)
• Sareeka Dhillon as Mahi Singh: Harman's former wife, Heer's mother (2019–2021)
• Kanwarjit Paintal as Baksh Singh: Sant and Tejinder's father; Virat, Daljeet and Simran's grandfather (2020)
• Shiva Gupta as Esha: Heer's friend (2020)
• Prerna Panwar as Nutan: Transgender (2020)
• Sonya Ayodhya as Jharna Narula: Uttam's daughter; Virat's former fiancée (2020)
• Naveen Saini as DIG Uttam Narula: Jharna's father (2020)
• Avinash Mukherjee as Soham Singh: Surbhi and Varun's son; Harman and Soumya's adoptive son (2020)
• Sikandar Kharbanda as Shergil: The man who buys Heer (2020)
• Nimisha Vakharia as Tejinder Singh: Sant's sister; Virat, Daljeet and Simran's paternal aunt (2020)
• Meherzan Mazda as Rohan Singh: Soumya's adoptive nephew; Simran's husband (2020–2021)
• Aniruddh Dave as Shyam: Transgender; Angel's partner (2021)
• Pankaj Bhatia as Jagjit Singh: Beeji's son; Akshay's brother; Archana's husband (2021)
• Bhawna Hada/Kaveri Priyam as Dr. Isha: Virat's friend (2021)
• Anahita Jahabaksh as Beeji: Jagjit and Akshay's mother (2021)
• Neha Narang as Archana: Jagjit's wife (2021)
• Kapil Nirmal as Jeet: A shooter hired by Angel to kill Soumya (2021)
• Sanjeev Siddharth as Jeet's grandfather (2021)
• Puneett Chouksey as Akshay: Jagjit's brother; Kuhu's father; Heer's boss (2021)
• Salman Shaikh as Arjun: Kamini's son; Nayantara's brother; Simran's child's father. (2021)
• Unknown as Kamini: Arjun and Nayantara's mother (2021)
• Dharti Bhatt as Nayantara: Kamini's daughter; Arjun's brother (2021)
• Paras Zutshi as Guru: A boy in college; Heer and Virat's friend (2021)

Special appearances[]

• Salman Khan to promote Big Boss 10 (2016)
• Parineeti Chopra and Ayushmann Khurrana to promote Meri Pyaari Bindu (2017)
• Jay Soni as Bakool Vasavda from Bhaag Bakool Bhaag (2017)
• Helly Shah as Devanshi Bakshi from Devanshi (2017))
• Piyush Sahdev as Pavan Bakshi from Devanshi (2017)
• Varun Kapoor as Dr. Veer Malhotra from Savitri Devi College & Hospital (2017)
• Swarda Thigle as Dr. Saachi Malhotra/Mishra from Savitri Devi College & Hospital (2017)
• Vikram Sakhalkar as Dr. Kabir Kapoor from Savitri Devi College & Hospital (2017)
• Meera Deosthale as Chakor Rajvanshi from Udaan (2017)/(2018)
• Sahil Uppal as Kunal Singhania from Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman (2017)
• Sangeita Chauhan as Meghna Singhania from Ek Shringaar-Swabhiman (2017)
• Sidharth Shukla as Parth Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak (2017)
• Rashami Desai as Shorvori Parth Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak (2017)
• Jasmin Bhasin as Teni Bhanushali from Dil Se Dil Tak (2017)
• Arjun Bijlani as Deep Raj Singh/Deep Raichand from Ishq Mein Marjawan (2018)
• Aalisha Panwar as Aarohi Raichand from Ishq Mein Marjawan (2018)
• Ritvik Arora as Ahaan Dhanrajgir from Tu Aashiqui (2018)
• Sanjay Dutt and Aditi Rao Hydari to promote Bhoomi (2017)
• Krystle D'Souza as Roopa from Belan Wali Bahu (2018)
• Harshad Chopda as Aditya Hooda from Bepannah (2018)
• Jannat Zubair Rahmani as Pankti Dhanrajgir from Tu Aashiqui (2018)
• Affan Khan as Young Roopendra Singh Vaghela to promote Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop (2018)
• Ankita Lokhande on Ganesh Chaturthi (2018)
• Mouni Roy on Ganesh Chaturthi (2018)
• Gauahar Khan on Ganesh Chaturthi (2018)
• Shashank Vyas as Roopendra Singh Vaghela from Roop - Mard Ka Naya Swaroop (2018)
• Avika Gor as Anushka Sangwan from Laado 2 (2018)
• Drashti Dhami as Nandini Thakur from Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka (2018)
• Aashish Kaul as Milkha Singh Khanna – Mallika's brother (2019)
• Arjit Taneja as Azaan from Bahu Begum (2019)
• Samiksha Jaiswal as Noor from Bahu Begum (2019)
• Kunal Jaisingh as Reyansh Khurana from Pavitra Bhagya (2020)
• Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia as Meher from Choti Sarrdaarni (2020)
• Siddharth Kumar For Online Promotion of NIIT Class (2021)
• Meenakshi Sharma as Meenakshi: Akshay's former's girlfriend, Kuhu's mother (only in flashbacks) (2021)

Production[]

Casting[]

After a ten-year leap in June 2016, child actors Mahira Khurrana and Tasheen Shah were replaced by Rubina Dilaik and Roshni Sahota respectively. Vivian Dsena was roped in as the male lead. Besides them Kamya Panjabi, Sudesh Berry, Garima Jain, Bhuvan Chopra, Aarya Rawal, Mahek Thaakur and Lakshya Handa joined the cast.

In November 2016 Reena Kapoor quit the series and her character Nimmi died. It had a crossover with Sasural Simar Ka in April 2017 and Savitri Devi College & Hospital in June 2017. In August 2017 Anand Goradia was chosen to play Maharani. In November 2017 Sara Khan bagged the series as Mohini. Three months later, Jain left the show and was replaced by Pooja Singh. Later Amrita Prakash was roped in to play Jasleen. Some other new cast entered including Sahil Mehta, Hemant Choudhary, Alka Mogha and Sonal Handa.

Afterwards Krutika Desai Khan played Payal but she later quit the show. The same month Sahota too quit. During Soumya and Harman's memory loss story, Tiya Gandwani joined the cast as Lavneet Kaushal whereas Mehta and Mogha returned. In very late of December 2018 Iti Kaurav replaced Sahota as Surbhi, but quit after a short 10 episodes in January 2019, before Jaswant Menaria, Shivani Gosain and Rohit Chandel joined the cast. In March 2019, Rohit Roy, Ronit Roy, Mouli Ganguly and Roopal Tyagi were cast and Aashish Kaul appeared in a special appearance.

Next month, Nidhi Bhavsar and Hitanshu Jinsi entered. In May 2019, Nikita Sharma and Prakash Ramchandani were seen in the series. In June 2019, Sahil Uppal entered in a negative role along with Rajesh Puri. In July 2019, Sareeka Dhillon became a part of the show. Next month, Shweta Sinha was cast for a short appearance and Dsena quit because of not wanting to play a father, as a five-year leap was confirmed.

In September 2019, child actors Sumaiya Khan, Vivaan Sharma and Meet Mukhi were cast in the series. In October 2019, Mamta Luthra, Handa and Ayub Khan returned while Preeti Puri and Avisha Shahu became a part of the show. Initially the 16 year leap was planned for November 2019, but got extended to January 2020. Dilaik quit the show, and several actors joined the cast, with Jigyasa Singh and Simba Nagpal as new leads. Others included Avinash Mukherjee, Meherzan Mazda, Parag Tyagi, Gauri Tonk, Kanwarjit Paintal, Aakash Talwar, Vaani Sharma, Ekroop Bedi and Rachana Mistry. In February 2020, Sonyaa Ayodhya, Prerna Panwar and Naveen Saini were hired. In late June 2020 actress Gauri Tonk quit the show and was replaced by Jasveer Kaur. In October 2020, Avinash Mukherjee also left the show.

In February 2021, Aarya Rawal who played as Shanno quit the show due to payment issues. In March 2021, Rubina Dilaik joined the show again. In April 2021, Cezanne Khan replaced Vivian Dsena and joined the show as Harman Singh.

Release[]

The show, which was originally broadcast at 8 pm on Colors TV, took the 10:30pm time slot from 9 August 2021 due to the launch of Balika Vadhu 2 at 8pm.

Adaptations[]

The show was dubbed in Tamil as சக்தி and aired on Polimer TV and was discontinued after airing 274 episodes.^{[citation needed]}
This show was also dubbed into Bengali under the name , it started airing from 24th February 2020; Mon-Sat 05:00-06:30 pm (each episode 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes approx) on Channel Colors Bangla but due to COVID-19 it stopped on 4th April 2020 after completing 24 episodes.

References[]

External links[]

• Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki at IMDb