Mahadev & Sons
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| Genre | Family drama |
| Created by | Saurabh Tewari |
| Based on | Pandian Stores 2 by Priya Thambi[1] |
| Developed by | Priya Thambi |
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| Starring | Shakti Anand Sneha Wagh Manasi Salvi Aasim Khan Garvita Sadhwani |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 178 |
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| Producer | Saurabh Tewari |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 20–25 minutes |
| Production company | Parin Multimedia |
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| Network | Colors TV |
| Release | 5 January 2026 – present |
Mahadev & Sons is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that aired on 5 January 2026 on Colors TV and digitally available on JioHotstar.[2] Produced by Saurabh Tewari under Parin Multimedia, it stars Shakti Anand, Sneha Wagh and Manasi Salvi. The series is an official adaptation of Star Vijay's Tamil series Pandian Stores 2.[3]
Plot
Mahadev, an orphan, works as a servant in the house of the Bajpai family, the owners of Bajpai Brick Kiln. Their elder daughter, Bhanu is deeply attached to her younger sister, Vidya.
10 years later, he elopes with Vidya. Later, Bhanu's wedding is fixed to a man named Madhav, who angers her by talking about Vidya and Mahadev. Later, she swears that she will not marry until she sees Mahadev's funeral. Due to this, their father, Omprakash Bajpai goes in a dilemma and dies.
25 years later, Vidya and Mahadev live in a wealthy family, and have 5 children: Ashish, Kamakshi, Ketan, Dheeraj, and Priya. Bhanu prays for Mahadev's demise wih her brother Yash, while their youngest son, Dheeraj, wants his family to celebrate their 25th anniversary, and brings a poster along with his uncle, Satya. Seeing this, Mahadev is angered and throws the poster, which lands at Bhanu's house and destroys her cake. Because of this, they both fight outside their houses, and Mahadev decides to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Bhanu tells the people coming to their anniversary to eat her birthday cake first. Mahadev is heartbroken when no one comes to his celebration.
Later, Ketan secretly steals money from Mahadev's rice mill to buy a gift for his girlfriend, Narmada, which Dheeraj is blamed for. Ashish is also heartbroken after he sees his girlfriend Madhu married to someone else, so Ashish gets drunk. Mahadev is shocked to see this, and he soon asks a priest to find brides for their 3 sons. Dheeraj later ensures Ketan that he will be married to Narmada. Ashish comes home drunk once more, which makes his dad angry, and as a result of this Ashish is beaten up. Dheeraj goes to Narmada's house, and talks to her father, Ramesh Saini. He later tells Mahadev about Ketan, who is also thrashed. Mahadev later states that no one in the house will have a love marriage. So, Ketan ends his relationship with Narmada, upsetting her. Later, Narmada comes to their house, and they later plan to elope and marry. Dheeraj assures his brother's marriage.
The next day, they both go to the temple to marry each other, which Bhanu and her foster daughter Rajji see, who call Mahadev asking for help with rice bags. Mahadev and Vidya come and are shocked to see their marriage. Bhanu provokes Mahadev, while Dheeraj tells Ketan to stay strong. After they discover Dheeraj's involvement in the marriage, Mahadev expels Dheeraj from the house. He later spends the night on a bench.
Narmada later tells Rajji to help her in finding Dheeraj. Bhanu later lies to Mahadev that Vidya is secretly betraying him, who asks her to choose between him or Dheeraj. Yash and Ramesh secretly plot against Dheeraj, and send goons to stab Dheeraj.Their plan succeeds and Dheeraj is sent to the hospital.Vidya warns Mahadev that she would never forgive him if something were to happen to Dheeraj. Mahadev eventually realises his mistakes. He asks Dheeraj for forgiveness and the family reunites. Mahadev, being certain that Yash and Bhanu had some hand in Dheeraj's planned attack, files FIR against them. Bhanu proves Yash and herself innocent while proving Ramesh responsible for the entire attack leading to his arrest. This causes friction between Narmada and the family with Vidya saying she would never become a member of their house, while Dheeraj promises he would give Narmada her rightful place in the family.
Elsewhere, Rajji is in love with Kalyan, a fraudster and criminal who is playing love game with her with the evil intention of selling her to some goons. Even after warnings from Dheeraj, she keeps believing in Kalyan. One day Dheeraj overhears Kalyan promising the goons to deliver Rajji to them by the college fest. He tries to tell Rajji the truth but she misunderstands that he is intentionally trying to create friction between the two. Helpless Dheeraj tells about Rajji's love affair to his grandmother and Bhanu warning them about Kalyan's plan to sell Rajji. In a twist of events planned by Bhanu, Rajji and Dheeraj are forcefully married by Vidya which causes a chaos in the Mahadev household. Bhanu convinces Rajji to stay in the marriage to destroy Mahadev family while Dheeraj takes the blame of the marriage and protects Vidya.
However, Rajji grows a fondness towards the family after marriage and is unable to do what Bhanu asked. Bhanu gets Mahadev arrested for stealing Rajji's jewelry causing conflicts between Rajji and Dheeraj. Rajji goes to Kalyan and gets back her jewelry, saving Mahadev from going to jail.
Mahadev starts finding proposals for Ashish. He fixes his marriage with Mogra, who is a fraud. Narmada and Rajji suspect Mogra and try to expose her but fail. Eventually, Ashish and Mogra get married. Dheeraj and Rajji become friends and their relationship develops, the family starts accepting Rajji too. Post marriage, Mogra reveals her true colours to Rajji and how she wants to break the family. Rajji takes the challenge and promises she won't let the family break.
The family goes to a picnic, where Mogra spikes Rajji's drink, causing her to reveal the whole truth about Kalyan and Vidya being behind the marriage. Mahadev is furious upon learning the truth and separates from Vidya. Everybody in the family blames Rajji and calls her enemy's daughter. With the help of Narmada, Rajji is able to bring out Mogra's truth in front of Dheeraj and Ashish but they hide it from Mahadev to protect him. Dheeraj apologizes for doubting Rajji and they become friends again.
Vidya decides to open her own business with support from Rajji and Dheeraj, going against Mahadev. Dheeraj starts to fall in love with Rajji. Narmada becomes pregnant which makes Mogra jealous. She creates misunderstandings between Narmada and Rajji. Narmada miscarries and all of the blame falls on Rajji, who is asked to leave the house. Rajji starts living in the shed outside the house and Dheeraj supports her and together they try to expose Mogra. Later, Narmada, Dheeraj and Rajji together exposes Mogra in front of the family.
Cast
Main
- Shakti Anand as Mahadev: Vidya's husband; Kamakshi, Aashish, Ketan, Dheeraj and Priya's father (2026–present)
- Unknown as young Mahadev (2026)
- Sneha Wagh as Vidya Bajpai Mahadev: Omprakash and Radharani's younger daughter; Bhanu, Yash and Satya's sister; Mahadev's wife, Kamakshi, Aashish, Ketan, Dheeraj and Priya's mother (2026–present)
- Nysa as young Vidya (2026)
- Manasi Salvi as Bhanu Bajpai: Omprakash and Radharani's elder daughter; Yash, Vidya and Satya's sister; Vishwa and Rajji's foster-mother (2026)
- Khushi Bhanushali as young Bhanu (2026)
- Deepak Khati as Aashish Mahadev: Mahadev and Vidya's eldest son; Kamakshi, Ketan, Dheeraj and Priya's brother; Mogra's husband (2026–present)
- Saniya Khera as Mogra Rajvanshi Mahadev: Raju and Lajwanti's daughter; Sikander's ex-wife; Aashish's wife (2026–present)
- Mohit Joshi as Ketan Mahadev: Mahadev and Vidya's second son; Kamakshi, Aashish, Dheeraj and Priya's brother; Narmada's husband (2026–present)
- Neha Rana as Narmada Saini Mahadev: Ramesh's daughter; Ketan's wife (2026–present)
- Aasim Khan as Dheeraj Mahadev: Mahadev and Vidya's youngest son; Kamakshi, Aashish, Ketan and Priya's brother; Rajji's husband (2026–present)
- Garvita Sadhwani as Rajji Bajpai Mahadev: Bhanu's foster-daughter; Vishwa's sister; Dheeraj's wife (2026–present)
Recurring
- Sakshi Sinha as Kamakshi Mahadev: Mahadev and Vidya's elder daughter; Aashish, Ketan, Dheeraj and Priya's sister; Pinky's mother (2026–present)
- Alaya Umar as Pinky Mahadev: Kamakshi's daughter (2026)
- Khushi Bhanushali as Priya Mahadev: Mahadev and Vidya's younger daughter; Kamakshi, Aashish, Ketan and Dheeraj's sister (2026–present)
- Abhay Bhargava as Omprakash Bajpai: Radharani's husband; Bhanu, Yash, Vidya and Satya's father (2026)
- Nishigandha Wad as Radharani Bajpai: Omprakash's widow; Bhanu, Yash, Vidya and Satya's mother (2026)
- Ashutosh Tiwari as Yash Bajpai: Omprakash and Radharani's elder son; Bhanu, Vidya and Satya's brother; Kiran's husband (2026–present)
- Neelakshii Naithani as Kiran Bajpai: Yash's wife (2026)
- Sham Mashalkar as Satya Bajpai: Omprakash and Radharani's younger son; Bhanu, Yash and Vidya's brother (2026–present)
- Unknown as Ramesh Saini: Narmada's father (2026)
- Bhavya Shinde as Vishwa Bajpai: Bhanu's foster-son; Rajji's brother (2026–present)
- Sagar Rambhia as Raju Rajvanshi: Lajwanti's husband; Mogra's father (2026–present)
- Monika Agnihotri as Lajwanti Rajvanshi: Raju's wife; Mogra's mother (2026–present)
- Spandan Soni as Laksh (2026)
- Kareena Gulabani as Madhu: Ashish's former love interest (2026)
- Hari Singh as Dhruv (2026)
- Ajay Raju as Vendor (2026)
- Ansh Manuja as Kalyan: Rajji's ex-boyfriend and a fraudster (2026)
- Uttar Kumar as Sikander: Mogra's ex-husband (2026)
- Sushmita Sahela as Gargi (2026)
Guest appearances
- Sudhanshu Pandey as Baldev Singh Chauhan from Do Duniya Ek Dil (2026)
- Pravisht Mishra as Krishna Bacchan from Bareilly Ke Bacchan (2026)
- Kinshuk Mahajan as Ganga Bacchan from Bareilly Ke Bacchan (2026)
Production
Release
In November 2025, Colors TV unveiled a teaser introducing the new show titled Mahadev & Sons.[4]
Casting
Shakti Anand was selected to portray Mahadev.[5] Sneha Wagh was cast as Vidya.[6] In May 2026, Salvi who played Bhanu quit the series, due to internal conflict with the makers.[7]
References
- ↑ "Writer Priya Thambi". NetTV4u.
- ↑ "'Mahadev & Sons' traces love, legacy and rebellion in a family bound by rules". Indian Broadcasting World. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ "Mahadev and Sons to replace Shiv Shakthi next month!". Justshowbiz. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ↑ "Colors TV drops first promo of new series 'Mahadev & Sons'". BizAsia. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ "Shakti Anand has fun day driving a tractor on Mahadev & Sons set'". Mid-Day. 7 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ Sehgal, Chirag (15 January 2026). "Sneha Wagh On Her Role In Mahadev & Sons: 'Vidya Is A Mixture Of All the Mothers'". News18. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ↑ Maheshwari, Neha (1 May 2026). "Mahadev & Sons producer Saurabh Tewari on Manasi Salvi's exit: No exit without honouring contract, legal action possible". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2026.