Karishma Kaa Karishma

*Karishma Kaa Karishma*
Karishma Kaa Karishma
Genre	Science fiction sitcom
Developed by	Abid Hussain; Aparna Ganesh;
Written by	Raghuvir Shekhavat
Directed by	Swapna Waghmare Joshi
Creative director	Vincent Franklin
Starring	See below
Theme music composer	Lalit Sen
Opening theme	"Karishma Kaa Karishma" by
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producer	Sushma Kaul
Producer	Sunil Doshi
Editor	Sheldon D'souza
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 24 minutes
Production company	Alliance Media & Entertainment
Original release
Network	StarPlus
Release	24 January 2003 –; 16 April 2004

Karishma Kaa Karishma (English: The Magic of Karishma) is an Indian television series which is a remake of the 1980s American TV series Small Wonder.^[1] The series premiered on StarPlus on 24 January 2003.^[2] It is produced by Sunil Doshi of Alliance Media & Entertainment, and starring Jhanak Shukla as the cyber kid Karishma.

Plot

The story revolves around a scientist, Vikram, who designs a very lifelike robot. His goal is to find out if the robot (Karishma) will become more human-like as time goes on. His wife, Sheetal, who is easily influenced by her neighbour Shraddha, suspects Vikram to be having an extramarital affair due to his late work hours. But Vikram reveals the AI robot Karishma to the family and explains he was working on making her, Sheetal accepts Karishma as a daughter. Rahul, Vikram and Sheetal's son, is constantly annoyed by his neighbor, Sweety, who has a crush on him. Vikram and his family are the only ones who know that Karishma is a robot. Their nosy neighbors Shraddha and Paresh interfere in their lives and try to figure out who Karishma really is. This is the premise for a lot of episodes. Every episode, Karishma saves the day by solving the family's problem.

Cast

Jhanak Shukla as Karishma Vikram Malhotra (A robot)^[3]
Sanjeev Seth as Vikram Malhotra (Rahul and Karishma's father)
Eva Grover/Tisca Chopra as Sheetal Vikram Malhotra (Rahul and Karishma's mother)
Mayank Tandon as Rahul Vikram Malhotra
Bhavana Balsavar as Shraddha Paresh Parekh
Shweta Prasad as Sweety Paresh Parekh
Jamnadas Majethia as Paresh Parekh
Athit Naik as Pintu/ Prince
Kurush Deboo as Lappu (The Coward Ghost)
Hansika Motwani as Tina (Sweety's Cousin) Ep 18 (Also appeared as a Chinese Child Robot)
Daisy Irani as Maasi Ji
Aditya Kapadia as Rishta (Sweety's American Cousin)

References

^ "Adorable robot girl of Karishma Kaa Karishma". TribuneIndia. 9 March 2003.
^ "Karishma Kaa Karishma debuts on Star Plus Friday". Indiantelevision.com. 22 January 2003.
^ "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.

External links

Karishma Kaa Karishma at IMDb

[1] "Adorable robot girl of Karishma Kaa Karishma". TribuneIndia. 9 March 2003.

[2] "Karishma Kaa Karishma debuts on Star Plus Friday". Indiantelevision.com. 22 January 2003.

[3] "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.

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