Kavach (TV series)


Kavach is a supernatural horror drama television series that airs on Colors TV. Produced by Balaji Telefilms, it is based on the story of Savitri and Satyavan.
The first season titled Kavach... Kali Shaktiyon Se premiered on 11 June 2016 and starred Mona Singh, Vivek Dahiya and Sara Khan as Paridhi, Rajbeer and Manjulika. The first season ended on 20 November 2016, completing 47 episodes.
The second season titled Kavach... Maha Shivratri premiered on 25 May 2019, starring Deepika Singh, Namik Paul and Vin Rana as Sandhya, Angad and Kapil. The second season ended abruptly on 27 October 2019. It has 42 episodes only.

Series overview

Plot

Season 1

The first season revolves around love, passion and obsession that breaks the barriers between the living world and the afterlife. It explores the never ending love of Paridhi for her husband Rajbeer Bundela protecting him from Manjulika, Rajbeer's former lover who has become a spirit after her death and has come to haunt him and Paridhi. Manujlika possessed Paridhi to get close to Rajbir. Manujlika's mother Saudamini who was trapped by Bundela family was also relseased. Paridhi is helped by a genie named Arhaan.

Season 2

The second season portrays the mystery of Lord Shiva's temple in Devlali beside a cremation ground where if an unmarried woman worships Lord Shiva on Mahashivratri night she can see her future husband's face. Evil spirits wander fearlessly at this time.
Sandhya, an unmarried beautiful girl ends up at this temple and worships Lord Shiva who shows her the face of a man. Sandhya, however, is engaged to be married to Angad who she suspects is seeing someone else. She meets the mystery man as Angad's best friend, Kapil. A number of mishaps befall Sandhya but she is saved by Kapil each time. She decides to still marry Angad but on the wedding day, Sandhya ends up marrying Kapil first, when it is revealed that Kapil is an evil entity who had been plotting revenge for two years. Later, She realises her mistake and her love for Angad and marries him, thus breaking her marriage with Kapil. However, Angad is soon possessed by Kapil who murders Ashutosh. Kapil also wants to impregnate Sandhya so that she bears his child in her womb. With help from Lord Shiva, a possessed Angad is able to reveal the truth to Sandhya who decides to protect Angad from Kapil by tying a rudraaksha around his neck.
Sandhya discovers Kapil's past, he was a just man living with his wife Sakshi and son, Shakshi is later revealed to be Sandhya's abandoned twin sister, and Usha and Vinayak's lost daughter. After Kapil and his family were murdered by Ashutosh, Manoj. Bhairavi and Jolly, he and Sakshi turned into vengeful spirits seeking revenge on the perpetrators of their family life. Sandhya tries to convince Kapil and Sakshi to stop the killings and then Kapil's spirit is forced unwilling to leave Earth with the help of Shivji's priests. However, before leaving Kapil had succeeded in his physical relationship with Sandhya. Thus she becomes pregnant with Kapil's child. She decides to keep the baby with support from Angad and their families. Soon, Sandhya gives birth to a baby boy named Prem. However, Sakshi's spirit blames Sandhya for her abandonment and kidnaps Prem.

7 years later

After a while, Angad and Sandhya have a daughter, Aastha. On the other hand, Sandhya misses Prem and is desperately searching for him. Prem is shown to be living in Kapil's house like an animal, completely untouched by human interaction. Soon Sandhya finds Prem and brings him home, but he is not well accepted by all the Jindals due to his wild behaviour. A rift develops between Sandhya and Angad due to Prem, as Angad starts feeling that Sandhya favours Prem who is her and Kapil's son over their own daughter, Aastha. Sakshi returns and becomes jealous on seeing Prem's growing attachment towards Sandhya. She soon takes control over Sandhya's body with the help of tantriks. However, with the help of a psychic named Rekha, Sandhya is able to find the truth behind Sakshi's death and convinces Angad to help her. Sandhya tells Sakshi that she will sacrifice herself and her life and leave everything to Sakshi. Sakshi is moved by Sandhya's kind act and finally decides to leave giving Prem safety to Sandhya.
After Sakshi's departure, Prem is constantly haunted by an evil entity named Bhao. Since Prem is a child born through the union of a human, Sandhya and Kapil, a spirit, he is supposed to possess special powers. Thus, Sandhya being a mother now becomes a kavach for Prem protecting him from Bhao.

Cast

Season 1

The series was released in 2016 on Colors TV. The series also airs on Colors TV HD and Colors TV Asia. The show is also broadcast internationally on the latter's international distribution. It airs in U.K., U.S., Malaysia, Canada, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Ireland, South Africa, Indonesia, Chile, Philippines, Ghana, and Singapore and has also been dubbed in several Indian languages.
Kavach 1 was dubbed in into Tamil as Maya Mohini and aired on Star Vijay TV but gradually lost viewers. Kavach 2 was dubbed into Tamil as Sandhya and aired on Colors Tamil TV. Kavach 1 has been dubbed in Bengali for the channel Colors Bangla under the name Pran Bhomra
Kavach 2 has also been dubbed in Bengali for the channel Colors Bangla under the name Kavach Mahashivratri
CountryChannelNameLanguage
WorldwideColors IndiaKavachHindi
AsiaColors RishteyKavachHindi
IndiaColors TVKavachHindi
IndiaRishteyKavachHindi
IndiaStar MaaKapade KavachamTelugu
IndiaStar VijayMaya MohiniTamil
IndiaColors TamilSandhyaTamil
IndiaAsianetKavachamMalayalam
IndiaColors BanglaPran Bhomra
Kavach Mahashivratri 		Bengali
IndonesiaANTVKavachIndonesian
VietnamEchannel Nàng Dâu Vệ Thần Vietnamese
VietnamTHVLCuộc Chiến Với Phù ThủyVietnamese