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Indian television series
Daayan
Genre
Supernatural
Horror Created by
Ekta Kapoor Developed by Ekta Kapoor Written by Story Amitabh Mishra Veerendra Sahni Mohd Zeeshan Mahipal SainiScreenplay Ritu Goyal Rechal Navare Dialogues Aparna NadigDirected by Jitu Arora Creative directors Chloe Ferns Qureshi Riti Sahani Starring
Tina Datta
Priya Bathija
Mohit Malhotra Theme music composer Lalit Sen Nawab Arzoo Country of origin India Original language Hindi
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 66 Producers
Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor Editors Vikas Sharma Vishal Sharma Sandip Bhatt Camera setup
Multi-camera Running time 45 minutes Production company
Balaji Telefilms Network
&TV Release 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15 ) – 28 July 2019 (2019-07-28 )
Daayan (English: Witch ) is an Indian
paranormal romance drama series created by
Ekta Kapoor under
Balaji Telefilms . It premiered on 15 December 2018 on
&TV and starred
Tina Datta ,
Mohit Malhotra and
Priya Bathija .
[1]
Plot
The series revolves around two people who are madly in love with each other and how their lives change when a
daayan enters their lives and creates havoc. The young Janvi Maurya, a well-educated and family-oriented girl from
Ujjain , stumbles upon a dangerous ploy by an evil force as many unusual and mysterious happenings occur in her hometown. With her life on the line, she must unmask the identity of a daayan who is someone close to her. Accompanying her in this mission is her childhood friend and love interest, the wealthy and chivalrous Aakarsh Chaudhary. Janvi and Aakarsh marry with an intent to finish the daayan .
Later it is revealed that Asha, the maid, is Aakarsh's real mother and Aakarsh is the daayan . Due to her son's love, Asha is unable to kill Janvi. She joins hands with Saptroopa who erases Aakarsh's memory so that he forgets Janvi, his love, and marries Saptroopa instead. The daayan uses this opportunity to kill Janvi and offer her as a sacrifice to make herself immortal.
Cast
Main
Tina Datta as
Jhanvi Mourya: Narendra's daughter; Manvi and Harsh's sister; Akarsh's wife (2018–2019)
[2]
Kundani Roy: Popular actress; Jhanvi's look-alike; Viraj's wife (2018)
Mohit Malhotra as Akarsh Chaudhary: a male
daayan ; owner of The Fort ; Asha and Veerendar's son; Jhanvi's husband (2018–2019)
[3]
Recurring
Priya Bathija as Asha Chaudhary:
Daayan ; Kaalnemi's sister; Veerendar's wife; Akarsh's mother (2018–2019)
Aashka Goradia as Saptroopa:
Enchantress and
vampire who was trapped within a redstone since 500 years; Akarsh's one-sided obsessive lover (2019)
[4]
Anupama Solanki as Vaitalini: Queen of the devils; Asha's
guru (2019)
[5]
Aman Gandhi as Veer Singh Chauhan: Jhanvi's best friend; Prachi's husband (2018)
Afreen Nasir Dastani as Prachi Mourya: Sonali and Ballabh's daughter; Prithvi's sister; Veer's wife (2018)
Garima Goel as Manvi Mourya: Narendra's daughter; Jhanvi and Harsh's sister; Dibang's wife; Rimpi's mother (2018–2019)
Yash Pandit as Dibang Bhasin: Manvi's husband; Rimpi's father (2018–2019)
Nitanshi Goel as Rimpi Bhasin: Manvi and Dibang's daughter (2018–2019)
Aakash Talwar as Harshvardhan "Kaaju" Mourya: Narendra's son; Manvi and Jhanvi's brother; Jananta's husband (2018–2019)
Rishika Nag as Jananta "Kishmish" Mourya: Harsh's wife (2018–2019)
Hiten Tejwani as Viraj Roy: Kundani's husband (2019)
Prabhat Bhattacharya as Prithvi Mourya: Sonali and Ballabh's son; Prachi's brother; Vishakha's husband (2018–2019)
Ekta Saraiya as Vishakha Mourya: Prithvi's wife (2018–2019)
Amit Singh Thakur as Narendra Mourya: Ballabh's brother; Manvi, Harsh and Jhanvi's father (2018–2019)
Kanika Shivpuri as Sonali Mourya: Ballabh's widow; Prithvi and Prachi's mother (2018–2019)
Urfi Javed as Nandini Mehra: Chandrika's sister; Akarsh's manager (2018–2019)
Pavitra Punia as Chandrika Mehra: a restoration agent; Nandini's sister (2018–2019)
Mala Salariya as Paatalini: Queen of the
Underworld (2019)
Neelu Dogra as Menka Raichand: Kartik's sister; Akarsh's foster mother; Asha's lackey (2018–2019)
Abhinav Kohli as Kartik Raichand: Menka's brother; Asha's lackey (2019)
Mishmee Das as Tanya Sharma: Jhanvi's friend (2018)
[6]
Rohan Mehra as Rakesh Purohit: Jhanvi's friend (2018)
Vimarsh Roshan as King Veerendar: a 500-year old
wizard ; Asha's husband (2019)
Giriraj Kabra as Kaalnemi: Asha's brother; Akarsh's uncle; a male daayan (2019)
See also
References
External links
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