Karishma Kaa Karishma

Written byRaghuvir ShekhavatDirected bySwapna Waghmare JoshiCreative directorVincent FranklinStarringSee belowTheme music composerLalit SenOpening theme"Karishma Kaa Karishma" byCountry of originIndiaOriginal languageHindiNo. of seasons1No. of episodes65ProductionExecutive producerSushma KaulProducerSunil DoshiEditorSheldon D'souzaCamera setupMulti-cameraRunning timeApprox. 24 minutesProduction companyAlliance Media & EntertainmentOriginal releaseNetworkStarPlusRelease24 January 2003 (2003-01-24) –
16 April 2004 (2004-04-16)

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

External links

Karishma Kaa Karishma at IMDb