Shaitani Rasmein

Shaitani Rasmein
Genre	Fantasy Thriller Horror
Created by	Nikhil Sinha
Directed by	Nikhil Sinha
Starring	Naqiyah Haji Vibhav Roy Shefali Jariwala
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	119
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 starring Naqiyah Haji, Vibhav Roy and Shefali Jariwala. 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 marries her prince charming Piyush, and arrives at Bhurangarh. Nikki's-in-laws worship the satanic force Malik and make her perform Shaitani Rasmein, there she ends up challenging the evil entity. She performs rituals such as sacrificing a goat and dipping it in Coldwater, Taking a pot from the well. In Goa, Nikki's governess Anita is brutally killed after she tries contacting Nikki but in vain. Nikki refuses at first but keeps fulfilling the evil rituals. Veronica (Nikki's childhood friend) arrives at Bhurangarh to search for her; where she is surprised by the ongoing rituals. In greed, Veronica decides to separate Piyush and Nikki but ends up killed by Kapalika, she also kills Arohi's unborn child.

To protect the family, Nikki continues doing rituals empowering Maalik. After Nikki performs the engraving ritual, Maalik becomes powerful, falls for Nikki, and declares her the Chosen One, and declares that Nikki will be doing all 13 Shaitani Rasmein on every new moon night to regain all his body parts which makes Kapalika jealous as she loved Maalik for a long time. Meanwhile, Arohi gets her child back and Arohi's mother tells Nikki that Maalik is an evil force and that Arohi's behavior had also changed after her marriage. 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 pushes her away with divine energy. Rachna goes missing due to which Maalik gets angry and punishes the villagers. soon, Rachna is found and is brought by Saudamini, a researcher. Saudamini wants to know more about Maalik wants to meet him and wishes to rule Bhurangarh. Saudamini is forced to stay in Bhurangarh as she knows about Maalik. Nikki finds a book about Maalik named Maalik Puraan where Maalik's stories have been written. She tries to open it but in vain

Nikki and Piyush visit a sage who tells them about Bhurangarh's history with Maalik. It is revealed that a long time ago, Piyush's ancestor, Vishwajeet Singh Gehlot was traveling to the temple of his family deity. He falls into a pit where he discovers a treasure that disappears. Kapalika arrives and tells him that the treasure can be his only if he worships Maalik and his wife will have to do the Shaitani Rasmein. Vishwajeet and his family refuse to worship Maalik so Maalik comes and kills off his daughter. After this incident, They prepare a statue of Maalik and start worshipping him.

Kapalika wants to know about Nikki and goes to Kaalmukhi, an astrologer, and makes her horoscope. She shockingly discovers that Nikki is also born in Shatbeeja Nakshatra and born with divine energy. Kapalika goes into Nikki's past and shockingly discovers that a goddess Baaldevi left Nikki in the orphanage and tells Kapalika that she will bring an end to her and Maalik's atrocities. Kaalmukhi goes to Maalik to tell about Nikki but Kapalika kills him off. Nikki goes to a deserted place and finds a Trident and Goddess Statue and takes it back to the palace. Nikki starts chanting Hanuman Chalisa and Kapalika arrives but Nikki attacks her. Nikki stabs herself and Kapalika and gets injured. Kapalika recognizes Nikki as Swarnaprabha and goes to Maalik. Maalik gets to know about Nikki's birth secret and punishes Kapalika by making her into a statue.

Nikki recovers and convinces the entire family to leave Bhurangarh.

Cast

Main

• Naqiyah Haji as Nikki Gehlot: Piyush's wife (2024 - present)
• Vibhav Roy as Piyush Gehlot: Vikram and Sumitra's younger son, Pratik's brother, Nikki's husband (2024 - present)
• Shefali Jariwala as Kapalika: Malik's assistant and lover (2024 - present)

Recurring

• Richa Soni as Sumitra Gehlot: Vikram's wife, Pratik and Piyush's mother, Arohi and Nikki's mother-in-law (2024 - present)
• Chandan K Anand as Vikram Gehlot: Sumitra's husband, Pratik and Piyush's father, Arohi and Nikki's father-in-law (2024 - present)
• Priom Gujjar /Aniruddh Singh as Pratik Gehlot: Vikram and Sumitra's elder son, Piyush's brother, Arohi's husband (2024)(2024 - present)
• Surbhi Shukla as Arohi Gehlot: Pratik's wife (2024 - present)
• Nikita Sharma as Saudamini (2024 - present)
• Sreejita De as
  • Chhaya: A 200 year old wicked Daayan, Maya's twin sister (2024 - present)
  • Maya: A 200 year old good Daayan, Chhaya's twin sister (2024 - present)
• Praneet Bhat as Janjaal Betal (2024 - present)

Production

Release

Shefali Jariwala,Vipul 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