Kavach (season 2)

''Kavach ... Kaali Shaktiyon Se (Season 1)''/ ''Kavach ... Mahashivrati (Season 2)'' (English: ''Shield'' ) 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 Goyal, Namik Paul and Vin Rana as Sandhya, Angad and Kapil. The second season ended abruptly on 27 October 2019. It had only 42 episodes.

Series overview

Plot

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 whom 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 realizes the truth about Kapil 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 ''rudraksha'' 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 behavior. A rift develops between Sandhya and Angad due to Prem, as Angad starts feeling that Sandhya favors 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. But this was not know to anyone except a tantrik, Bhao who wanted to become immortal by capturing his body. So, he sends his spirits to force Sandhya to give his son. But with the help of Rekha, Sandhya and Angad defeat every spirit sent by Bhao. Bhao who was afraid that Prem shouldn't know about his power, learns that Prem uses his powers and saves his family. Finally, Sandhya learns about Bhao and how finish him. Meanwhile, Bhao sends Rasika, a spirit who makes her whole family into ghungroo and blackmails Sandhya to give up Prem. She finally gives Prem to Bhao. She manages to get back her family. Meanwhile, Bhao captures Prem's body and goes to kill Angad and Rekha. But Prem resists him and his rituals becomes incomplete. Finally, he goes to Sandhya replacing Prem to stop her in her plan to finish Bhao. But Prem tries to make Sandhya aware of Bhao so that they could finish Bhao. Thus, Sandhya being a mother now becomes a ''kavach'' (shield) for Prem protecting him from Bhao.

Cast

Season 1

Main

* Mona Singh as Paridhi "Pari" Bundela– Bhavya's daughter; Minty's friend; Rajbeer's wife
*Vivek Dahiya as Rajbeer Bundela– Jagat and Janki's son; Vikrant and Shreya's brother; Shakti's foster brother; Manjulika's former lover; Paridhi's husband
* Mahek Chahal / Sara Khan as Manjulika Shah– Saudamini's daughter; Shakti's sister; Rajbeer's former lover; Tipsy's aunt
* Ashwini Kalsekar as Saudamini Shah– Manjulika and Shakti's mother

Recurring

* Rajeeta Kochhar as Kammo Singh Bundela, Rajbeer's grandmother
* Deepali Kamath as Dhaarini Bundela– Bharat's wife; Rajbeer, Vikrant and Shreya's aunt; Shakti's foster aunt
*Shiva Randani as Bharat Bundela– Jagat's brother; Dhaarini's husband; Rajbeer, Vikrant and Shreya's uncle; Shakti's foster uncle
* Preeti Gupta/Resha Konkar as Natasha Shah– Shakti's wife; Tipsy's mother
*Arun Singh Rana as Vikrant Bundela– Jagat and Janki's son; Rajbeer and Shreya's brother
*Anurag Sharma as Shakti Shah– Saudamini's son; Manjulika's brother; Jagat and Janki's foster son; Rajbeer, Vikrant and Shreya's foster brother; Natasha's husband; Tipsy's father
*An unknown child actress as Tipsi Shah– Shakti and Natasha's daughter
*Astha Agarwal as Minty Singhal– Paridhi's friend
* Neena Cheema as Damyanti– Paridhi's grandmother
* Avdeep Sidhu as Vishal Mehra– Yamini's son; Shreya's former fiancé
*An unknown actress as Shreya Bajpayee– Jagat and Janki's daughter; Rajbeer and Vikrant's sister; Shakti's foster sister; Kabir's wife
* Parveen Kaur as Yamini Mehra– Vishal's mother
* Leena Jumani as Niti
* Garima Jain as Nisha Angre– Rajbeer's former fiancée
* Arjun Bijlani as Arhaan– Jinn; Paridhi's helper
* Jyoti Gauba as Bhavya– Fairy; Paridhi's mother
* Malhar Pandya as Dr. Akaash Mehra– Psychiatrist
* Pavitra Punia as Ritu Bajpayee– Kabir's sister; Rajbeer's former fiancée
*Mehul Vyas as Kabir Bajpayee– Ritu's brother; Shreya's husband
* Mohit Abrol as Jolly
*Ritu Vijj as Janki Bundela– Jagat's wife; Rajbeer, Vikrant and Shreya's mother; Shakti's foster mother
*An unknown actor as Jagat Bundela– Bharat's brother; Janki's husband; Rajbeer, Vikrant and Shreya's father; Shakti's foster father

Season 2

Main

* Deepika Singh Goyal in double role as
** Sandhya Jindal– (nee Patvaradhan)Vinayak and Usha's daughter; Sakshi, Mowgli and Suman's sister; Kapil's former wife; Angad's wife; Prem and Aastha's mother
** Sakshi Salgaonkar– Vinayak and Usha's daughter; Sandhya, Mowgli and Suman's sister; Kapil's wife
* Namik Paul as Angad Jindal– Balraj and Malini's son; Shobha and Sanjana's brother; Roohi and Dev's cousin; Sandhya's husband; Aastha's father
* Zoya Viaan