Kaali – Ek Punar Avatar

*Kaali – Ek Punar Avatar*
Kaali – Ek Punar Avatar
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Kamal Pandey; Yogesh Vikrant
Directed by	Dinesh Mahadev
Creative director	Niraj Kumar Mishra
Starring	See Below
Opening theme	'Sahaas Se Bada Koi Naa Hathiyaar'
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	69
Production
Producers	Shyamshish Bhattacharya; Nileema Bajpayee
Cinematography	Rishi Sharma
Editor	Afzal Sheikh
Running time	21 minutes
Production company	Shakuntalam Telefilms
Original release
Network	StarPlus
Release	3 December 2012 –; 8 March 2013

Kaali – Ek Punar Avatar is an Indian soap opera which aired on StarPlus from 3 December 2012 to 8 March 2013.^[1] The story was based on the famous Nitish Katara murder case where a mother fights and gets justice for her son.^[2]^[3]

Before premiere, while under production, it was initially titled as Nyaay but was later renamed Kaali - Ek Punar Avatar.^[4]

Overview

Sayali Tyagi falls in love with Nimai Bakshi, a middle-class man. But he gets killed by Sayali's father Rajan and brother Samar, as they don't want this alliance and fake his death as suicide. But Nimai's mother Vaani finds out the truth and seeks justice. She hires Inspector Devendra "Dev" Sandhu to protect her family. Sayali runs away. Lawyer Rajneesh Patak finds and takes her home. As Rajan finds out, he asks Rajneesh to fight his case but Dev finally with evidence arrests Rajan and Samar. Sayali and Rajneesh get married. Dev falls in love and starts a new life with Nimai's sister Paakhi.

Cast

Mangal Kenkre as Vaani: Nimai and Paakhi's mother
Aneri Vajani as Paakhi: Nimai's sister, Dev's love interest
Sonali Nikam as Sayali Tyagi/Sayali Patak: Rajan's daughter, Rajneesh's wife^[5]
Arjun Bijlani as Dev: Paakhi's love interest
Yashwant as Advocate Rajneesh Patak: Rajan's lawyer, Sayali's husband
Anshul Trivedi as Nimai: Sayali's ex-lover (dead)
Deepak Wadhwa as Samar Tyagi: Sayali's brother, Rajan's son, Nimai's murderer
Sudhir Nimai as Rajan Tyagi: Sayali and Samar's father
Ashutosh Tiwari^[6]

Reception

The Indian Express stated, "The performances are decent with Sudhir Nimai's Tyagi leading the pack. He's certainly one of the most watchable villains television has produced so far, Mangal Kenkre makes Vaani Rajhans her own as she lends the role with the right amount of tenderness and toughness, and Anshul Trivedi as good boy Nimai is endearing. All we wish is that the story be tighter and the pace quickened."^[7]