Divya Drishti

Divya Drishti
Genre	Supernatural Thriller Drama
Written by	Rekkha Modi
Screenplay by	Nikita Dhond Janki V
Story by	Mrinal Jha
Directed by	Arshad Khan
Starring	Sana Sayyad Nyra Banerjee Sangita Ghosh Adhvik Mahajan Mishkat Varma
Theme music composer	Ashish Rego
Opening theme	Channa Ve
Composer	Ashish Rego
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	106
Production
Producers	B.P. Singh Mukta Dhond
Cinematography	Hrishikesh Gandhi
Editors	Shatrujeet Singh Kapil Ubana
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Fireworks Productions
Original release
Network	Star Plus
Release	23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) – 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)

Divya Drishti is an Indian supernatural drama television series which premiered on 23 February 2019 on Star Plus aired during weekends and ended on 23 February 2020. Produced under Fireworks Productions, it stars Sana Sayyad, Nyra Banerjee, Sangita Ghosh, Adhvik Mahajan and Mishkat Varma.

Plot

The story starts with a pregnant woman, Vidya, meeting with her Guruji. They talk about Shachini, an evil pishaachini and a former disciple of Guruji, who is going after three magical gems. If she gets all three of the gems, she will become so powerful no one will be able to stop her. Guruji has given two of the gems, the Tatva Ratna, with the power to control the elements, and the Mayavi Ratna, with the power of illusions and mind control, to two of his disciples for safekeeping. Shachini, however, killed these disciples with her magic and acquired both the gems, which she wears on a pendant, and their powers. She is now after the third and most powerful of the three gems, the Kaal Vijay Ratna, which has the power to give visions of the future and the power to change the future, which is with Guruji himself. Vidya and Guruji go to his cave, where Shachini appears and asks Guruji for the Kaal Vijay Ratna. Guruji uses magic and pushes Shachini to the side while he throws the gem at Vidya. Shachini, however, recovers and moved in front of the incoming gem to catch it. The Kaal Vijay Ratna then enters her right eye, destroying it and revealing a glowing red light inside it. The gem then goes inside Vidya's womb. Guruji then tells her that her unborn twin children will get the powers of the gem and warns her to beware the dark forces that will come after her and to beware the full moon. He then tells Vidya to run away.

Vidya has two daughters, Drishti and Divya. Gifted with superpowers, Drishti has the ability to see the future while Divya has the power to change it. Vidya and Sarthak are worried as Shachini is hunting them down to steal their powers. They manage to save Divya and Drishti but end up sacrificing themselves. The sisters run away but ultimately get separated and adopted by different families.

20 years later

Divya and Drishti have grown up. Drishti is mature, and caring while Divya is carefree and free-spirited. They constantly try to find each other, feeling each other's presence at times yet are unable to identify each other. Drishti is hired as the assistant of Rakshit Shergill. Love blossoms between Rakshit and Drishti. Through a series of events, Divya marries Shikhar while Drishti marries Rakshit. Divya and Drishti discover the truth about each other and reunite. They decide to find their parents' murderer.

Drishti, Divya, Romi and Shikhar join hands to destroy Shachini and manage to kill her but her soul enters Divya's body, turning her into Divyachini. Drishti manages to separate Divya and Shachini but Shachini reenters her previous body, this time becoming even more powerful. Later, it is revealed that it was Shikhar's imposter who was helping Shachini in order to gain powers. Divya kills the imposter after which she is heartbroken.

A few days later, a cunning prisoner escapes from hell fooling the Kaal Devta. He comes through Pisachini's den which leads to the Shergill house and realises that they are a very rich family and decides to rob them. Rakshit traces out the real Shikhar through some detectives using his childhood pictures. The prisoner who has now named himself as Murari, is brought to the Shergill family as the real Shikhar. Shachini gives birth to Patali. She kills Patali and puts the blame on Divya, sending her to hell. Drishti, Rakshit and Murari rescue her. Murari has flashbacks of his forgotten childhood and realises that he is real Shikhar. The Shergill family then find out that Shikhar is from hell, putting a strain on Divya and Shikhar's relationship. Now, the mysterious Laal Chakor, an old disciple of Guruji, enters. Laal Chakor attacks Rashi, killing her to the chagrin of the Shergill family. To find out Laal Chakor's secret, Divya-Drishti decide to go into the cave, where many years ago the kaal vijay ratna was given to Vidya. They find the cave locked and the only way to open it is with their and their husbands hands on 4 handprints. Divya marries Shikhar since his hand fits the last handprint.

After many tries, Divya and Drishti find an oyster, which holds the secret of the cave. Drishti finds out she is pregnant with twins after a sudden vision. During the Shergill family reunion where Rakshit's cousins arrive, Shachini casts a spell, barring every exit with walls that form back when they are broken down. To make matters worse, Laal Chakor is attacking members of the Shergill family, killing everyone except Divya-Drishti, Rakshit and Shikhar, who escaped using a magic chest Divya-Drishti encountered in the cave. After escaping, they make a plan to lure Laal Chakor and Shachini to Divya-Drishti's old house by leaving a note in the Shergill house. A fight ensues between the heroes and the two villains. In a dramatic twist, Laal Chakor is revealed to be Mahima, Rakshit's mother, leaving everyone, especially Rakshit, shocked.

Mahima reveals that she was jealous of Vidya because she was given the Kaal Vijay Ratna by Guruji, rather than Mahima, his greatest pupil. Mahima vowed revenge and allied with Shachini to kill Vidya and get the gems. Mahima says she can bring back the dead family members with some magic water which she will give to them only if Divya-Drishti kill themselves. Divya-Drishti do so, releasing the Tatva Ratna, which Shachini takes and the Mayavi Ratna, which Mahima takes. The Kaal Vijay Ratna also came out but disappeared when Divya and Drishti touched hands. Divya and Drishti are resurrected once more, with the help of the two pearls inside the oyster. This came with news that both of them lost their new powers so Drishti can only see the future and Divya only has the power to change it. Also, Drishti's children were due in 48 hours. They return back to the Shergill house, where the family is tricking Mahima and Shachini into thinking that Divya and Drishti are ghosts. During this Shikhar and Divya fall in love and accept their marriage.

Guruji is revealed to be alive, having faked his death and being trapped in the cave by Mahima since then. He allies with Divya-Drishti, who are plotting to destroy Shachini and Mahima by turning them on one another. But later he reveals that the Kaal Vijay Ratna was cursed in the first place and he being greedy for powers could not join the three gems and hence approached Vidya, a pure soul who could possibly remove the curse but due to the chaos created by Pisachini before Vidya touched it lead the powers to be split to her children. He later disguised himself as Kaal Devta by killing the real Kaal Devta. Drishti gives birth to her twin children shortly after which Laal Chakor and Kaal Devta are killed by Rakshit. Pisachini then acquires all three ratnas which she combines to form the blue Maha Ratna. She transforms into Maha Pishachini and tries to kill Divya and Drishti but Lord Shiva ends her once and for all. Divya-Drishti are later revealed to have lost their powers which they are okay with. Drishti's twins are later shown to have Divya-Drishti's powers, while the Maha Ratna, thought to have gone back to Lord Shiva, is revealed to still be on Earth. The series ends with the family reunited and Rakshit and Drishti hold their twin children.

Cast

Main

• Sana Sayyad as Drishti Shergill: Vidya and Sarthak's daughter; Divya's sister; Nadika and Sarvesh's adopted daughter; Romi's adoptive sister; Rakshit's wife.(2019–2020) She has the power to see the future using her third eye. Later, she gets the power to read a person's mind by placing her palm on their forehead. She loses these powers after she is resurrected a second time.
  • Tamanna Jain as young Drishti (2019)
• Nyra Banerjee as Divya Shergill: Vidya and Sarthak's daughter; Drishti's sister; Garima and Brij's adopted daughter; Daitya Vanar's former wife; Shikhar's wife (2019–2020) She has the power to change the future using her Mano-Kaam Shakti from her hands. After her first resurrection, she gains new powers such as the ability to shapeshift. She loses these powers after she is resurrected a second time.
  • Aleena Lambe as young Divya (2019)
• Sangita Ghosh as Shachini: Pishachini; Patali's mother (2019–2020). She possesses a variety of evil powers that she uses in her fight against Divya-Drishti. She also has a magic knife that she uses as her ride for flying.
• Adhvik Mahajan as Rakshit Shergill: Mahima and Chetan's son; Guruji's grandson; Rashi's brother; Shikhar, Sunny, Twinkle and Simran's cousin; Lavanya's former fiancé; Drishti's husband (2019–2020)
• Mishkat Varma as Shikhar Shergill: Ashlesha and Bharat's son; Rakshit, Sunny, Twinkle and Simran's cousin; Divya's husband (2019–2020)

Recurring

• Vaishnavi Mahant as Mahima Shergill: Lal Chakor; Chetan's wife; Rakshit and Rashi's mother (2019–2020)
• Gireesh Sahdev as Chetan Shergill: Bharat and Nakul's brother; Mahima's husband; Rakshit and Rashi's father (2019)
• Parull Chaudhary as Ashlesha "Ash" Shergill: Bharat's wife; Shikhar's mother (2019–2020)
• Imran Khan as Bharat "Barry" Shergill: Chetan's brother; Ashlesha's husband; Shikhar's father (2019–2020)
• Prakriti Nautiyal as Rashi Shergill: Mahima and Chetan's daughter; Rakshit's sister; Shikhar, Sunny, Twinkle and Simran's cousin (2019)
• Kushagra Dua as Romi Sood: Nadika and Sarvesh's son; Drishti's adoptive brother (2019–2020)
• Richa Rathore as Patali: Shachini's daughter (2019)
• Mansi Srivastava as Lavanya Shergill: Rakshit's former fiancée; Sunny's former wife (2019)
• Ridheema Tiwari as Ojaswini Shergill: Nakul's wife; Sunny, Twinkle and Simran's mother (2019–2020)
• Ankit Narang as Sunny Shergill: Ojaswini and Nakul's son; Simran and Twinkle's brother; Rakshit and Shikhar's cousin; Lavanya's former husband (2019)
• Amika Shail as Twinkle Shergill: Ojaswini and Nakul's daughter; Sunny and Simran's sister; Rakshit and Shikhar's cousin (2019–2020)
• Shrishti Maheshwari as Simran Shergill: Ojaswini and Nakul's daughter; Sunny and Twinkle's sister; Rakshit and Shikhar's cousin (2019–2020)
• Karan Khanna as Daitya Vanar: Shikhar's imposter; Divya's former husband (2019)
• Paaras Madaan as Bicchu: Shachini's helper (2019)
• Gazal Sood as Rengeeli: Shachini's helper (2019)
• Eva Ahuja as Garima Walia: Brij's wife; Divya's adoptive mother (2019)
• Priyank Tatariya as Brij Walia: Garima's husband; Divya's adoptive father (2019)
• Ritu Vashisht as Nadika Sood: Sarvesh's wife; Romi's mother; Drishti's adoptive mother (2019)
• Hetal Puniwala as Sarvesh Sood: Nadika's husband; Romi's father; Drishti's adoptive father (2019)
• Rohit Chaudhary as Vicky Malhotra: Chinki's brother; Rakshit's friend (2019)
• Antara Banerjee as Chinki Malhotra: Vicky’s sister (2019–2020)

Guests

• Rati Pandey as Vidya Sharma: Sarthak's wife; Divya and Drishti's mother (2019) (dead)
• Amit Dolawat as Sarthak Sharma: Vidya's husband; Divya and Drishti's father (2019) (dead)
• Antara Biswas as Mohana– Daayan from Nazar; Pishachini's friend and helper (2019)

Production

The first promo of the series was released on 24 January 2019 where Sana Sayyad and Sangita Ghosh were introduced. The next promo was released on 15 February 2019 featuring Sana Sayyad and Nyra Banerjee as Drishti and Divya.

Reception

Critical reception

Originally, the series was planned for 52 episodes and to end in July 2019. But, a good response for it gave an extension and finally it would end on 23 February 2020.

In October 2019, The Times of India criticised the ongoing track then stating: "Divya-Drishti’s latest storyline is crossing all boundaries of bizarreness. This storyline is full of essence which is just opposite of what we expect from a thriller show. We can just wait and hope to witness something very thrilling in the show, something more real than just mere naivety."

Ratings

Divya Drishti was the seventh most watched Hindi urban television show in its debut week in India, reaching a TRP of 1.9. Since its premiere, the show has maintained its position in the top 20 most-watched Hindi shows.

Crossover

Nazar and Divya Drishti had a collaboration where Mohana portrayed by Monalisa from Nazar entered the show Divya Drishti teaming up with Pishachini portrayed by Sangita Ghosh for a sequence.