Bekaboo

Bekaboo (transl. Uncontrollable) is an Indian Hindi-language supernatural thriller television series that premiered on 18 March 2023 on Colors TV. An adaptation of the novel Beauty and the Beast, it is produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.[1] It stars Shalin Bhanot, Eisha Singh and Monalisa.[2][3][4]

Bekaboo
GenreSupernatural Supernatural fiction
Created byEkta Kapoor
Starring
Theme music composerLalit Sen
Nawab Arzoo
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes18
Production
Producers
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time32-52 minutes
Production companyBalaji Telefilms
Release
Original networkColors TV
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original release18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) –
present (present)

Plot

The story starts in 1994 with some friends going to the jungle, after ignoring an old man's warning, where they encounter a demon who eats them up.

A old man narrator tells a guy about the seven lok. Accordingly, the 7th lok, hell, is inhabited by evil demons. One of the demons named Valaka was praying to Lord Shiva to obtain the Asi Astra to relieve the curse of demons so they can roam freely in any lok.

The crown princess of Pari Lok, Devlekha, arrives on earth to create a rift between demon brothers Ashwat and Pratham, who were Valaka's sons. While Ashwat falls for her, Pratham too gets attracted to her. Valaka's daughter, Yamini, gets to know about Devlekha's real identity and uses this to create a rift between the two brothers. Pratham confronts Devlekha about her identity and she falsely accuses Pratham of molesting her, which ultimately leads to a huge brawl between both brothers. The brawl causes Valaka to leave his meditation incomplete. Pratham decides to take revenge by disguising himself as Farishta and marries Devlekha and sleeps with her. He reprimands her for cheating Ashwat by hiding her real identity and breaking Valaka’s penance. She curses him to die by her hands and lets his soul wander on earth until his soul gets a body of someone related to him to get salvation. She stabs him and pushes him to earth leading to his death and she also kills herself for her lost honour.

29 years later (present day)

The story is now shifted to Ashwat's son Ranav and Devlekha's reincarnation as Bela in human forms, both unaware of their supernatural powers as a demon and angel respectively. Bela keeps getting flashbacks of her past life as Devlekha but fails to understand her divinity. Ranav, who has no awoken his demon powers, is beaten to death by his cousins, and his body gets possessed by Pratham's spirit. Pratham is on a mission to figure out what happened to Ashwat and get revenge for both Ashwat and Ranav. Bela finds out Ranav is a demon and stops his wedding with her best friend, Mallika. Bela marries Ranav to take revenge for whatever happened in the past. Ranav being disappointed that he couldn't marry Pari who he believes to be Mallika and didn't accept Bela as his wife. But some unforeseen circumstances happen and Ranav brings Bela home as his wife. Mallika marries Adi so she can be closer to Ranav. Ranav, Bela, Adi and Mallika visit Valaka's mysterious mansion in Mussoorie for their "honeymoon". Ranav finds out about Ashwat's murder and Bela decides to help him before killing him. There they meet Indrajeet, unbeknownst to them is a demon and one of Ashwat's murderers. Indrajeet flirts with Bela making Ranav jealous. Ranav finds Ashwat's dead body in the garden of the hotel they were staying at. Bela gets to know from Shekhar that Yamini was planning to get the Asi Astra from Ashwath with the help of Ranav and kills off Ashwath's wife. When Yamini goes to meet Ashwath, she found him dead. Yamini ends up killing Ranav but Bela does penance and revives him.

Later, Ranav and Yamini meet Pataali (who was revived by Naagin Mahek and her husband Jeet who was a Rakshas) who was Seema, Yamini, Pratham, and Ashwath's mother, and meets Naagin Trisha, Mahek and Jeet's daughter who was getting married to Sheshnaag Raghu with the intention to attack Naaglok. Bela helps Sheshnaagin Prathna for finding her daughter Purvika who was in danger and can be saved by her twin sister, Meher. Prathna saves Purvika and stops the wedding and reunites with Raghu. Later, Yamini, Pataali, Mahek, and Trisha attack Naaglok with their army but get defeated by Prathna, Raghu, Bela, and Rani Pari. Prathna saves Bela's life after donating her blood to Prathna and goes back to Earth.

Cast

Main
  • Shalin Bhanot as
    • Pratham Raichand (spirit): An Asur from Kalkeya clan (Rakshas); Valaka and Pataali's son; Ashwat and Vansh's elder brother; Yamini's half-brother; Ranav, Aditya, Udit and Naksh's uncle; Mallika's ex-fiancée; Bela's husband
    • Ranav Raichand: An Asur from Kalkeya clan (Rakshas); Ashwat's son; Shekhar, Yamini, Vansh and Pratham's nephew; Valaka and Pataali's grandson; Aditya, Udit and Naksh's cousin (dead)
  • Eisha Singh as Bela Ranav Raichand: Raj Pari of Parilok; Devlekha's reincarnation; Arvind and Deepa's daughter; Vijay's ex-fiancèe; Ranav's wife
  • Antara Biswas as Yamini Shekhar Raichand : An Asur From Kalkeya clan (Rakshasni) ; Valaka's step-daughter, Pataali's biological daughter; Pratham, Ashwat and Vansh's half-sister; Ranav's aunt; Shekhar's wife; Aditya, Udit and Naksh's mother
  • Sudha Chandran as Pataali: An Asur from Kalkeya Clan (Rakshasni); Puloma's daughter; Valaka's wife; Pratham, Ashwat, Vansh, Seema and Yamini's mother Jeet, Ritesh,Sheena, Ranav, Aditya, Udit and Naksh's grandmother; Anmol, Param, Sayali's; Trisha's great-grandmother; Mastermind behind Ashwat's murderer.

Recurring
  • Abhishek Kumar as Aditya Shekhar Raichand: Yamini and Shekhar's son; Pratham, Vansh and Ashwat's nephew; Valaka's step-grandson; Pataali's grandson; Naksh and Udit's brother; Ranav's cousin; Mallika's husband
  • Chetan Hansraj as Shekhar Raichand: Yamini's husband; Aditya, Udit and Naksh's father; one of Ashwat's murderer
  • Himani Sahani as Mallika Aditya Raichand: Manoj's daughter; Aditya's wife; Ranav's ex-fiancée
  • Sanjay Swaraj as Manoj Sambiyal: Mallika's father; a MLA; one of Ashwat's murderer
  • Neel Motwani as Vijay: Bela's ex-fiancèe
  • Bakul Thakkar as Arvind: Bela's father; Deepa's husband
  • Richa Soni as Deepa: Bela's mother; Arvind's wife
  • Ravi Jhankal as Narrator / Kaka
  • Nitin Bhatia
  • Hrishikesh Pandey as Valaka: Pataali's husband; Pratham, Ashwat and Vansh's father; Yamini's step-father; Ranav's grandfather; Aditya, Naksh and Udit's step-grandfather (dead)
  • Rushal Parakh as Naksh Shekhar Raichand: Yamini and Shekhar's son; Aditya and Udit's brother; Ranav's cousin; Pratham, Vansh and Ashwat's nephew; Valaka's step-grandson; Pataali's grandson
  • Viral Yadav as Udit Shekhar Raichand: Yamini and Shekhar's son; Aditya and Naksh's brother; Ranav's cousin; Pratham, Vansh and Ashwat's nephew; Valaka's step-grandson; Pataali's grandson
  • Roselin Sonia Gomes
  • Abhishek Kapur as Indrajeet : Yamini's minion

Cameo appearance
  • Shivangi Joshi[5] as Angel Princess Devlekha: The Angel Queen's daughter; Pratham's wife; crown princess of The Angel Kingdom; Bela's previous birth
  • Zain Imam as Pratham Raichand: An Asur from Kalkeya Clan, Valaka and Pataali's eldest son; Ashwat's and Vansh's elder brother; Yamini's half-brother; Devlekha's husband; Spirit in Ranav's body after Ranav's death
  • Karan Jotwani as Ashwat Raichand: An Asur from Kalkeya clan, Valaka and Pataali's 2nd son; Pratham's younger brother; Yamini's half-brother; Ranav's father; Aditya, Udit and Naksh's uncle
  • Arjit Taneja as Vansh Raichand: Valaka and Pataali's youngest son; Pratham and Ashwat's younger brother; Yamini's half-brother; Aditya, Udit and Naksh's uncle;
  • Shubhaavi Choksey as Angel Queen: Devlekha's mother; Queen of The Angel Kingdom
  • Tejasswi Prakash as Prathna: Sarvashresth Maha Shesh Naagin from Vasuki clan, Pratha's daughter, Raghu's wife, Meher and Purvika's mother; Crossover episode with Naagin 6
  • Shrey Mittal as Raghu: Sarvashresth Shesh Naag from Sheshnaag clan, Swarna and Mrignayni's brother, Prathna's husband, Meher and Purvika's father Crossover episode with Naagin 6
  • Mahek Chahal as Mahek: A evil Naagin from Vasuki clan, Pratha's sister, Prathna's aunt, Trisha's mother; Crossover episode with Naagin 6
  • Poulomi Das as Swarna: A former Naagin from Sheshnaag clan, Raghu and Mrignayni's sister; Crossover episode with Naagin 6
  • Shivani Jha as Mrignayni: A evil Naagin from Sheshnaag clan, Raghu and Swarna's sister; Crossover episode with Naagin 6
  • Neha Jurel as Trisha: A evil Naagin from Vasuki clan, Mahek and Jeet's daughter, Prathna's cousin; Crossover episode with Naagin 6

Production

Casting

Initially, Mohsin Khan and Kushal Tandon were in talks to play male lead.[6][7]

Later, Shalin Bhanot, Eisha Singh and Monalisa were signed as the leads.[8][9][10]

Viral Yadav and Roselin Sonia Gomes were cast to portray a negative role was joined by Karan Jotwani.[11][12][13]

The series also features Shivangi Joshi, Zain Imam and Arjit Taneja in cameo appearances.[14][15]

Development

The series was announced by Balaji Telefilms for Colors TV in February 2023.[16] The series is a remake of Beauty and the Beast.[17]

Filming

In February 2023, principal photography commenced in Mumbai.[18]

Release

The promos featuring the leads was released in February 2023.[19][20]

Crossover

Bekaboo had crossover episodes on the 6th, 7th, and 13th of May with Naagin 6 where Bela helps Prathna to save her family and Naaglok from the enemies.

See also

References
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  6. "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai fame Mohsin Khan approached to play the lead in Ekta Kapoor's upcoming fairytale-based show ?". The Times of India.
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  10. Doshi, Hasti. "Monalisa on joining Bekaboo: I will be seen in a 90s look and I'm very excited about that". The Times of India.
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