Devmanus

Devmanus is an Indian Marathi language crime thriller television series. The show premiered on 31 August 2020 and airs Monday to Saturday at 10:30 pm on Zee Marathi. Devmanus is supposedly inspired by true story. Dr.Santosh Pol was described as a doctor death a notorious doctor who killed 100-150 people in 13 years of his practice in the town of Satara. The show is produced by Shweta Shinde under the banner of Vajra Productions.[1][2]

Devmanus
Genre
Directed byRaju Sawant
Amit Sawardekar
StarringSee below
Country of originIndia
Original languageMarathi
No. of episodes133
Production
ProducersShweta Shinde
Sanjay Khambe
Production locationsSatara, Maharashtra
Running time22 Minutes
Release
Original networkZee Marathi
Original releaseAugust 31, 2020 (2020-08-31) –
present

Plot

A police inspector makes a criminal confess his crimes. A constanble chides a man giving false hopes to Dimple. When a doctor catches a compounder, then he injures the doctor and runs away. Later, Dimple returns to her village, her mother beats her with a broom. Then, Dr. Ajitkumar Dev (compounder becomes fake doctor) arrives at their Wada. Mangal (Dimple's mother) tells Dr. Ajitkumar Dev that Babu (Dimple's father) has not opened his eyes. Babu feds overwhelmed and tells his story to Ajitkumar. Mangal tells Babu to call Ajitkumar to stay in their house. After that, Ajitkumar gets scared on seeing Rupali (Ajitkumar's friend) in the clinic. Reshma, a savkar's wife pours heart out to Ajitkumar. Furious on learning the truth about Ajitkumar, Rupali confronts him. When he refuses to money her, she threatens him. After that, in aggression Ajitkumar kills Rupali and buried her behind the Wada and on that place he made spot (Katta) to sit. Ajitkumar sweet talks Reshma into eloping with him taking Vijay's (Reshma's husband) money and jewellery. Reshma refuses to get Ajitkumar out of Vijay house. As Vijay comes after her, she strikes him on the head with a flowerpot. After that, He also kills Reshma because he deceives her for money and he doesn't love her. Mangal matches the marriage of Dimple with Mahesh, but Dimple refuses to married. She blackmails Ajitkumar and asks him to break her marriage alliance. A confusion creates Ajitkumar leading to a fight and Dimple's marriage gets called off. Later, Ajitkumar asks Dimple about Reshma's dead body. Dimple talks about her goals and ambitions with Ajitkumar and tells him that she helps him in every crime. After that, Ajitkumar also killed Aparna and her mother for money. Later, everyone is happy as Manjula comes to the house. Mangal introduces Manjula to Ajitkumar. Manjula gives a fitting reply to Ajitkumar, who tries to get close to her. Manjula apologises to Ajitkumar and tells him the reason behind her actions. Manjula asks Namya to get medication from Mumbai on the promise that he won't tell to anyone. Manjula tells Aaji the truth about her husband. The villagers gossip bad about Manjula. Villagers asks Ajitkumar to talk sense into Manjula and tell him to oust her from the village if she fails to budge. The villagers protest for Manjula's to leave the village. Manjula introduces her husband who is in a wheelchair, shocking everyone. Manjula and her husband roam around the village and met with Aaji at the Wada. The villagers apologise to Manjula. Later, Manjula and Ajitkumar bury their hatchet and start afresh. Ajitkumar meets with Suresh to convince him to not buy Manjula's land. Manjula, Amar and Sanju wait for Suresh at the office, but Ajitkumar kills Suresh. Dimple notices the blood on Ajitkumar shoe and confronts him about it. After that altercation happen between Ajitkumar and Sanju. So, Ajitkumar kills Sanju also and buried him behind the Wada. At that time, Aaji came at that location, but she doesn't know who buried the Sanju. Next day, Aaji calls police and they came at that location. Police got dead body of dog because dimple replaced body with Sanju's body. Afterwards, Ajitkumar, Dimple, Manjula went to Mahabaleshwar. Ajitkumar won to take space in Manjula's mind in those days.

Cast

Main
  • Kiran Gaikwad[3] as Dr. Ajitkumar Dev (Devisingh) (2020-present)
  • Asmita Deshmukh as Sagarika Babu Patil (Dimple) (2020-present)

Recurring
  • Pratiksha Jadhav as Manjula Amar Sankpal (2020-2021)
  • Pushpa Choudhari as Vandi (2020)
  • Kiran Dange[4] as Bajarang Patil (2020-present)
  • Shashi Doiphode as Lala (2020)
  • Kabir Gaikwad as Krish (2020)
  • Nilesh Gaware as Namdev (2020-present)
  • Anjali Joglekar as Mangal Babu Patil (2020-present)
  • Ankush Mandekar as Babu Patil (2020-present)
  • Viral Mane as Shubhankar Babu Patil (Tonya) (2020-present)
  • Rukmini Sutar as Saru Aaji (2020-present)
  • Vansh Shah as Vitthal (2020-present)
  • Sagar Korade as Sanjay (2020-2021)
  • Eknath Gite as Vijay (2020-2021)
  • Rutuja Pawar as Rani (2020)

Guest Appearance
  • Shivani Ghatge
  • Shruti Puranik
  • Tejal Shinde
  • Neha Khan as Divya (2021)
  • Deepali Jadhav as Rupali (2020)
  • Gayatri Bansode as Reshma Vijay (2020)
  • Aishwarya Nagesh as Aparna (2020)
  • Sachin Hagvane-Patil as Suresh (2020)
  • Kulbhushan Palkar as Mahesh (2020)

Production

Casting

Kiran Gaikwad was selected to play Dr. Ajitkumar Dev. Asmita Deshmukh was selected to play Dimple and Pratiksha Jadhav was cast to play Manjula and other cast selected via Auditions.[5][6]

Airing

Devmanus started on 31 August 2020 and aired on Monday to Saturday during the Night slot of 10:30 pm replacing Ratris Khel Chale 2.[7]

References
  1. "Is 'Devmanus' based on a real story? All you need to know about the upcoming show". Republic World. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  2. "'देवमाणूस' : एक रंजक मर्डर मिस्ट्री". Loksatta (in Marathi). 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  3. "Actor Kiran Gaikwad to feature in the upcoming murder mystery TV show 'Devmanus' - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  4. "'देवमाणूस'मधील 'हा' कलाकार चालवतो रिक्षा; 'चला हवा येऊ द्या'च्या मंचावर उलगडला संघर्ष". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  5. "Actor Kiran Gaikwad to feature in the upcoming murder mystery TV show 'Devmanus' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  6. "'देवमाणूस' मालिकेतील कलाकारांच्या लय भारी अभिनयाची होतेय चर्चा". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  7. "Ratris Khel Chale 2 to go off air; these series is coming". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
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