Devon Ke Dev... Mahadev often abbreviated as "DKDM", is a mythological drama series based on the Hindu godLord Shiva, also known as Mahadev. It premiered on 18 December 2011 airing Monday through Friday nights on Life OK. The series concluded on 14 December 2014, having completed a total of 820 episodes.
Premise
The show's plot revolve around the story of Lord Shiva. This mesmerising story of Lord Shiva and his all avatar, traces his journey from being an ascetic to a family-man. During the creation of world in by Lord Brahma, Adi Shakti leaves Shiva from his Ardhanarishvara form. So to shape the universe she takes various births to marry Shiva but failed 106 times due to which Shiva becomes an ascetic. Hence Lord Brahma suggests his mind-born son Prajapati Daksh to please Adi Shakti and ask her to incarnate as his daughter. She takes birth as Daksh's daughter Sati. Meanwhile Shiva cuts Brahma's fifth head making Daksh hate him. Sati falls for Shiva and finally marry him, much to Daksh's dismay. Hence, Daksh humiliates Shiva in front of Sati in his yagna. Sati being unable to tolerate this, sacrifices her life once again. So, Shiva orders Virabhadra to behead Daksh but later revive him on Prasuti's request and Shiva goes into deep meditation for centuries. Adi Shakti, later incarnates as Parvati, daughter of Himalayas who meditates for 3000 years to please Mahadev to marry her. And finally Mahadev and Parvati marries. Later, Mahadev imparts some tantric knowledge to Parvati that helps her to take various forms like Nav Durga ; Mahavidyas and Matrikas to destroy various demons like Raktabija, Mahishasura, Shumbha Nishumbha, Chanda Munda, Durgmasura, Arunasura, Banasura etc. Later, Shiva and Parvati extends their family to Karthikeyan and Ganesha. The show also includes various forms of Mahadev including Virabhadra, Swami Adiyogi, Aghori, Bhoothnath, Vaidynaath, Bhairav, Rishabh, Pashupatinath, Kaal Bhairav, Baba Lokhnath, Shambhu, Nat Bhairav, Natraja, Martand etc in order to maintain sustainability in the universe, teaching humans moral values and slaying various asuras like Jalandhara, Andhak, Apasmarg, Vritrasura, Bhasmasura, Tripura, Shankachura, Nigaas etc. The show also covers various folk stories of Lord Shiva to teach people moral values and way to get moksha in the Kali Yuga. The supreme God protects common people from the evil demons and uncompassionate rulers by taking various avatars in human form. A detailed description of Lord Shiva's story and folk tales is shown in a breathtakingly beautiful manner. The story of twelve Jyotirlinga is also shown completely.
List of characters
Production
Ritoo Jenjani had done the prosthetic makeup for the presentation of Kali. 90 people were working under graphic department of the series. An episode of the series cost ₹14 Lakhs for production. Sonarika Bhadoria was replaced by Puja Bannerjee as Parvati in July 2013. However, in December 2013, Bannerjee quit citing health issues and was replaced by Suhasi Dhami. Mouni Roy who quit the series with the end of her role in 2012 returned back as Sati in 2014. In April 2014, a fire broke down on one of the show's sets in Mumbai. However, none were injured with only minor damages in property.
Distribution
The series has been dubbed into several languages including:
The series was also remade in Kannada as HaraHara Mahadeva on Star Suvarna. The series was re-aired on Star Bharat from 5 August 2018 to 24 November 2019 on Sundays, and again during the coronavirus lockdown on Star Bharat from 17 March 2020 to 11 June 2020 and on Star Plus from 14 April 2020 to 12 July 2020. The series is currently being broadcast on the newly launched Hindi-GEC, Shemaroo TV, 1 May 2020 onwards.
Impact
The series is available to stream in its entirety on Star India's SVOD platform, Hotstar, having also released on DVD in 2014.
Soundtracks
Reception
Initially, the series started with a rating of 0.7 TVR. In six months it improved to 2 and sometimes got 3 TVR. As in February 2013, it garnered an average rating of 3TVR. Later, the episode of 9 September 2012, featuring Kali killing the demon Raktabija rated the show its highest viewership with an 8.2 TVR being the highest TVR garnered during the year.
