Shaitani Rasmein

Shaitani Rasmein
Genre	Fantasy Thriller Horror
Created by	Nikhil Sinha
Directed by	Nikhil Sinha
Starring	Naqiyah Haji Vibhav Roy Shefali Jariwala Sumit Singh
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	216
Production
Producer	Nikhil Sinha
Camera setup	Multi camera
Running time	20-22 minutes
Production company	Triangle Film Company
Original release
Network	Star Bharat
Release	15 January 2024 (2024-01-15) – present

Shaitani Rasmein (transl. Satanic Rituals) (international title: Evil Affairs) is an Indian Hindi-language series which starred Naqiyah Haji, Vibhav Roy and Shefali Jariwala in season 1. As of 26 September, it stars Sumit Singh as the 2nd generation lead. It premiered on 15 January 2024 on Star Bharat and is digitally available on Disney+ Hotstar. It is a romance thriller with a wedding theme, as well as supernatural elements.

Plot

Nikki, an orphan city girl from Goa marries the young, charming, and handsome Piyush. Just before their wedding is concluded, a bunch of guards gate crash the wedding and claim that Piyush is the prince of Bhurangarh and is needed back home. Nikki, who was unaware of Piyush having a family questions him to which he explains that his family is very complicated. Nikki thinks nothing of it as she has longed for a family and convinces Piyush to drop their plan of going to London and meet his family instead. Hesitant, Piyush agrees and they leave for Bhurangarh.

Upon arrival, Nikki feels a weird and different aura around her but is happy that Piyush's family accepts her. It is then revealed that Piyush's family worships a satanic force, Maalik, to protect everyone from his wrath. Under the pretext of traditional wedding rituals, Nikki is made to perform satanic rituals Shaitani Rasmein, such as sacrificing a goat, taking a dip in a dark pool, which is one of her greatest fears, and taking a pot from a deep, dark waterless well. When Nikki tries to escape, Piyush stops her and locks her in their bedroom. When she questions him about the rituals, he does not give her a straight answer, infuriating her, but pleads with her to cooperate so that they leave sooner.

Back in Goa, Nikki's governess, Sister Anita, is brutally killed by Kapalika, Maalik's assistant and one sided lover, using black magic, after she tries contacting Nikki, but in vain. At first, Nikki refuses to perform any rituals as they scare her but ends up performing them anyway, after much persuasion from Sumitra, Piyush's mother, Aarohi, his sister-in-law, and Piyush himself. Veronica, Nikki's childhood friend from Goa, arrives in Bhurangarh in search of Nikki and reveals Anita's death. Out of jealousy, Veronica decides to separate Piyush and Nikki so that she can lead a luxurious life by marrying Piyush. Her schemes fail and ends up killed by Kapalika, as a sacrifice for Maalik, who also kills Aarohi's unborn child.

After witnessing Aarohi miscarry and to protect the family, Nikki continues performing the satanic rituals, empowering Maalik. After Nikki performs an engraving ritual, Maalik becomes powerful, falls for Nikki, declares her the Chosen One, and that she will be performing all 13 Shaitani Rasmein on every new moon, to regain all his body parts. This makes Kapalika jealous as she has loved Maalik for a long time. Meanwhile, Aarohi gets her child back and her mother tells Nikki that Maalik is an evil force and that Aarohi's behavior had also changed after her marriage as she too had to perform satanic rituals. Kapalika tells the family members to make the Shaitani Bhog for Maalik and sends it with a maid, Rachna, as she was born in Shatbeeja Nakshatra due to which she can go and offer the Bhog to Maalik. Nikki follows Rachna as she goes to meet Maalik. Kapalika ambushes Nikki but Nikki fights her with divine energy, which she is unaware of.

Rachna goes missing due to which Maalik becomes angry and punishes the villagers. Soon enough, Rachna is found and brought back by Saudamini, a researcher. Saudamini wants to know more about Maalik. She wishes to meet him and wishes to rule Bhurangarh. Outsiders are kept away from Bhurangarh to prevent them from finding out about Maalik, but if they discover him, they are forced to stay. According to the rule, Saudamini is forced to stay in Bhurangarh as she knows about Maalik.

Nikki finds a book about Maalik named Malik Puraan where Maalik's stories have been written. She tries to open it but in vain, so she and Piyush visit a sage who tells them about Bhurangarh's history with Maalik. In flashbacks, it is revealed that centuries ago, Piyush's ancestor, Vishwajeet Singh Gehlot, a poor farmer, was traveling to the temple of his family deity to pray for the livelihood of his family. During his journey, he falls into a pit where he discovers hidden treasure. Kapalika arrives to tell him the treasure can only be his if he swears to worship Maalik and has his wife perform the Shaitani Rasmein. Driven by greed, Vishwajeet reluctantly agrees and swears with a blood pact. Upon his return, he shares his encounter with his family, but his wife rebukes him and has him repent before their goddess. During this, Kapalika appears and states that Vishwajeet has betrayed Maalik and as punishment, she kills his daughter. After this incident, Vishwajeet, along with his wife and son made a deity of Maalik and replaced the goddess with his statue, worshiping him.

In the present, Kapalika visits Kaalmukhi, an astrologer, and has him make Nikki's horoscope, to find out more about her. She shockingly discovers that Nikki was born with divine energy in Shatbeeja Nakshatra. Kapalika goes into Nikki's past and discovers that Baaldevi, a goddess, left Nikki in an orphanage and tells Kapalika that she will bring an end to her and Maalik's atrocities. Kaalmukhi suggests that he and Kapalika inform Maalik, but she kills him instead. Nikki goes to a deserted place and finds a Trident and Goddess Statue and takes it back to the palace. The next day, after formulating a plan, Nikki chants Hanuman Chalisa in the palace, through a microphone, summoning Kapalika, whom Nikki challenges. Knowing that her blood could gravely harm Kapalika, after an intense battle, Nikki stabs herself and Kapalika with the trident and dies. Kapalika recognizes Nikki as Swarnaprabha and goes to Maalik to inform him. Before revealing the truth of Nikki's identity, Kapalika is turned to stone by Maalik as he finds out about Kapalika killing Kaalmukhi from his loyal servant.

Upon returning to life, thanks to Baaldevi, Nikki convinces the entire family to leave Bhurangarh, along with their subjects and servants. This plan is, however, sabotaged by Saudamini, who informs Maalik about the plan. In a fit of rage, Maalik terrorises them, forcing Nikki to summon Chhaya, a daayan, who is later revealed to be Maalik's elder sister who was captured by him. Chhaya arrives in Bhurangarh and tortures the Gehlot family and sends Nikki to steal Daakini's heart for Maalik's Shaitani Rasmein which is a success. Soon enough, Chhaya discovers Nikki has a protective shield implanted by Baaldevi and forces Nikki to commit a sin, which removes the protective shield. Chhaya starts drinking Nikki's blood to become more powerful. Nikki formulates a plan with Sumitra and Aarohi to kill Chhaya. Nikki finds out from Baaldevi, that a good daayan can kill Chhaya. They go to Bahuon Ki Baadi where all the deceased Gehlot daughters-in-law stay after death as they have not attained salvation by Maalik. They help Nikki find out about Maya Daayan, Chhaya's twin sister who was killed by Chhaya, and her soul was put in a bottle and buried. Nikki, Piyush, and Sumitra arrange for a ritual to awaken Maya's soul. With Maya's soul in Nikki's body, Chhaya is finally defeated. After this, Nikki awakens back in the palace and seems to have been possessed by a witch. Later, it is revealed that she was only pretending, with Sumitra's help. Under the pretense of performing the second ritual of the 13 Shaitani Rasmein, Nikki has to bring Betal's skeleton.

Nikki joins hands with Sumitra and Piyush and finds a magical Paash which can be activated by whipping a person 100 times. Nikki whips Piyush 100 times and the paash gets activated. Nikki finds Janjaal, a magical Betal, and defeats him. He takes her to the place where the Betal's skeleton was kept with a sword stuck on it. Nikki pulls the sword after which Betal recognizes her as Swarnaprabha and bows to her and agrees to be his servant. The entire family realizes the truth and supports Nikki's plan. On the day of the ritual, Nikki bombs the Purani Haveli to kill Maalik, which fails miserably as Maalik is immortal, unbeknownst to them. Livid, Maalik retaliates by punishing all of them by sending Kichkandi, who possesses Nikki and punishes the Gehlot family. Saudamini tells Maalik about her wish to rule Bhurangarh after which he tells her that she should meditate to Maha Shaitan to give her soul which she does successfully. Kichkandi kills Aarohi after stealing her child before returning to the spirit realm. Nikki holds onto Kichkandi's feet and is transported with her. With the help of a sage, Piyush brings Nikki and the baby back, while Aarohi comes back to life. The baby turns out to be Shaitan's baby, who torments the family, but Nikki returns the baby to Kichkandi, where the Gehlot family learns about Nikki's connection to Baaldevi as they meet her. Maalik announces Saudamini as the queen of Bhurangarh and gives her a powerful glove. During her coronation, Inspector Yashwant Sinha arrives in the palace searching for Saudamini who is revealed to be a runaway criminal. Vikram refuses to tell him as it would be inviting Maalik's wrath.

With Baaldevi's granted command, Nikki is sent into the past with a warning not to change any event in the past as it would affect the present. Nikki goes back to the past to find Maalik's weakness and meets Piyush's past life, Kadam, a warrior, who was sent by Akaal Shatru alias Maalik, to capture Maharani Swarnaprabha, who is Nikki in the past. Nikki decides to make Swarnaprabha and Kadam fall in love, which she succeeds and Kadam betrays Akaal Shatru. Swarnaprabha and Kadam attempt to marry, but Akaal Shatru attacks Divyanchal, kidnaps Kadam, and demands Swarnaprabha to make him immortal in return for Kadam's release, while Nikki tries to stop Swarnaprabha. Nikki returns to the present and vows to stop Akaal Shatru from becoming Maalik. Saudamini informs Malik about Nikki's journey to the past and he becomes angry.

Nikki realizes that she might lose her life in her fight with Akaal Shatru, so she bids goodbye to her family and Piyush without them knowing that she would never come back. She returns to the past with Saudamini's glove and goes to Akaal Shatru's palace, posing as Swarnaprabha while the real Swarnaprabha gets the Swarnpustika and is on her way to his palace to make him immortal. Yashwant catches Saudamini but Maalik stops him and his team and is about to kill the Gehlots, but is suddenly struck down. In the past, Nikki and Akaal Shatru kill one another, resulting in both Nikki and Maalik's deaths in the present. Swarnaprabha arrives and is shocked to see them dead. The entire family rejoices on Maalik's death and Saudamini gets arrested.

When Piyush goes to Nikki, he realizes that she has died fighting Akaal Shatru. Piyush summons Baaldevi and asks her to send him to the past to stop Nikki. Baaldevi agrees and sends him to the past. Piyush meets Nikki and tells her he knows about the future and has come to the past to stop her. They both formulate a plan to free Kadam. Swarnaprabha reaches Akaal Shatru's palace and begins the ritual of making him immortal. Kadam reaches there and Swarnaprabha stops the ritual. Nikki requests her not to make Akaal Shatru immortal by telling her about Maalik's cruel terror. Swarnaprabha then decides to kill Akaal Shatru. While Swarnaprabha and Akaal Shatru are having a battle, Nikki and Piyush open the time passage. As they jump in, Akaal Shatru's soul leaves his body in a hurry, following Nikki and Piyush to the present. Maalik's body gets reduced to ashes and his symbol disappears from Nikki, Sumitra, and Aarohi's hands, and the Gehlot daughters-in-law from Bahuon Ki Baadi attain salvation. Vikram declares to the subjects that Bhurangarh is free from Maalik's slavery and they are free to do anything they wish. He declares Nikki and Piyush as their heirs and throws a party in the palace. Nikki installs Lord Ganesh's idol in the palace and Vikram announces that Nikki and Piyush will be married with proper rituals. Later, Piyush reaches the Purani Haveli, and reveals his true colors. He summons Maha Shaitan and in flashbacks, it is revealed that Chhaya's arrival and defeat, Nikki pretending to be possessed, Kichkandi revealing Maalik's real weakness to Baaldevi sending Nikki to the past was his entire plan. To prevent Baaldevi from helping Nikki in any way, Maalik imprisons Baldevi in the Purani Haveli.

In the guise of Piyush, Maalik starts making Nikki unknowingly perform the Shaitani Rasmein once again, while strange things keep occurring in Bhurangarh and the villagers fear that Maalik has returned, but Nikki refuses to believe that. Maalik summons Netra, a nazariya chudail and Kapalika's sister, who attacks the Gehlots and turns them against Nikki. The Gehlots, especially Vikram, force Nikki to perform Shaitani Rasmein, injuring her in the process. Nikki feels hurt by the Gehlots' behavior, while Maalik prepares a new body for himself as Piyush's body is holy, therefore rejecting Maalik's spirit. With the help of the family priestess, Sugna Mai, Nikki hatches a plan to blind Netra, which she shares with Maalik. He then informs Netra about Nikki's plan, which backfires miserably as Nikki is blinded instead.

After agreeing to perform the next Shaitani Rasmein, Nikki soon regains her eyesight, where she has to bring Narmund Pisachini's favorite Kapaal for Maalik. Dressed as a bride, Nikki goes to Pisachini's cave after defeating the spirits and evil souls. She smartly gets Mayuraditya's Kapaal and returns to Ghelot Haveli. She then finds out that Maalik's soul has possessed Piyush's body. Maalik plans to use the Kapaal to form a new body vessel for him and sacrifice Piyush's body. At the Puraani Haveli, Nikki finds Baldevi who informs her that Piyush's soul is in Narklok. Upon hearing this, Nikki goes on a mission to reach Narklok and save Piyush. Nikki seeks help from Mashaan Pret and drives out Akaal Shatru's soul from Piyush's body and Piyush's soul returns to his body. Mashaan Pret takes Akaal Shatru's soul to Narklok but Akaal Shatru kills Mashaan Pret instead. Netra performs a ritual in which Akaalshatru's soul enters a body and becomes Maalik again. Maalik kills Pratik and Aarohi turns against Nikki.

Maalik makes Nikki perform new rituals so that Nikki can gain her powers and become Swarnaprabha so that she would make him immortal with the help of Arth Swarn Pustika. Netra realizes that Maalik killed Kapalika and joins hands with Nikki and Piyush. Netra rescues Vikram, Sumitra and the remaining family members and takes them to Nikki and Piyush. Nikki finds the Arth Swarn Pustika and becomes Swarnaprabha. Later, a great battle between Nikki, Piyush and Maalik results in their deaths. Before dying, Nikki gives birth to her and Piyush's daughter Pinni who is handed over to Vikram and Sumitra by Baaldevi and Maalik vows to return.

21 years later

Vikram and Sumitra live in Chandrabadpur, far away from Bhurangarh and have left the royal life and live a simple life, with Nikki and Piyush's daughter, Pinni, who is now a college student. On her 21st birthday, Pinni's locket goes away. In Bhurangarh, Netra is looking for Pinni and sends an army of Tantriks in search of her as Pinni is a Shatbeeja who has the powers of Swarnaprabha. Vikram and Sumitra perform various rituals to keep Pinni safe from all evil powers.

As he promised, Maalik returns as Veer, his reincarnation. Later, Netra reveals to her assistant, Raka, how she learned about Veer. She had an army of Tantriks to find Maalik's reincarnation. To get closer to Veer, Netra marries his brother, Siddharth, but kills him on their wedding night and paralyzes his grandmother. She has Siddharth's property put in her name, and then comes back to Bhurangarh along with Veer, Ruhi and their grandmother. Later, Netra schemes to get Pinni killed by Veer by getting them married and sends a brainwashed priest, Bhavani Singh, former guard of the Gehlots to Vikram and Sumitra to arrange Veer and Pinni’s wedding. Sugna gets to know about Netra's plan but she is imprisoned by Netra. It is revealed that every night, Netra hypnotizes Veer and sends him to find a girl to kill. By this time, Veer has killed 107 girls, but must kill one more to become Maalik. Being born a Shatbeeja, Pinni turns out to be the 108th victim. Sugna escapes from jail to stop the wedding, however, she fails to reach on time and Pinni and Veer get married.

Cast

Main

• Naqiyah Haji as
  • Nikki Singh Gehlot: Piyush's wife; Maalik's enemy; Pinni's mother (2024) (Dead)
  • Swarnaprabha: Nikki's previous birth; Maalik's enemy (2024)
• Vibhav Roy as
  • Piyush Singh Gehlot: Vikram and Sumitra's younger son; Pratik's brother; Nikki's husband; Pinni's father (2024) (Dead)
  • Kadam: Piyush's previous birth (2024)
  • Akaal Shatru/Maalik: Maalik's body vessel (2024)
• Shefali Jariwala as Kapalika: Maalik's assistant and one sided lover; Netra's sister (2024) (Dead)
• Sumit Singh as Pinni Singh Gehlot: Nikki and Piyush's daughter; Veer's wife (2024–present)

Recurring

• Siddhant Issar as
  • Akaal Shatru aka Maalik: The evil entity worshipped in Bhurangarh; Chhaya and Maya's younger brother; Swarnprabha's mortal enemy; Nikki's enemy (2024) (Dead)
  • Veer: Maalik’s reincarnation; Siddharth and Ruhi's brother; Pinni's husband (2024–present)
• Swati Sharma as Netra: A nazariya chudail; Kapalika's sister; Maalik's ex-assistant and enemy; Siddharth's widow (2024–present)
• Chandan K Anand as Vikram Singh Gehlot: Sumitra's husband; Pratik and Piyush's father; Pinni's grandfather (2024–present)
• Richa Soni as Sumitra Singh Gehlot: Vikram's wife; Pratik and Piyush's mother; Pinni's grandmother (2024–present)
• Priom Gujjar / Aniruddh Singh as Pratik Singh Gehlot: Vikram and Sumitra's elder son; Piyush's brother; Aarohi's husband; Pinni's uncle (2024) / (2024) (Dead)
• Surbhi Shukla as Aarohi Singh Gehlot: Pratik's widow; Pinni's aunt (2024)
• Neha Jha as Rachna: Gehlot family's maid (2024) (Dead)
• Nikita Sharma as Saudamini: A researcher and runaway criminal; Maalik's spy; Queen of Bhurangarh (2024)
• Sreejita De as
  • Chhaya: An evil daayan; Maalik's elder sister; Maya's twin sister (2024) (Dead)
  • Maya: A good daayan; Maalik's elder sister; Chhaya's twin sister (2024)
• Hazel Shah as Baaldevi: Nikki's protection goddess (2024)

Production

Release

Shefali Jariwala, Vibhav Roy and Naqiyah Haji were signed as the leads. The first promo was released in December 2023.

Development

The series was announced by Triangle Film Company on Star Bharat. It is a live action adaptation of Drishyam Comics series "Devil's Play" from the app Pratilipi Comics.

Filming

Principal photography for the show began in December 2023.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Star Bharat

External links

• Shaitani Rasmein on Disney+ Hotstar