Indian media industry’s popular production house, Balaji Telefilms is known to experiment with their content and have been successful in delivering it to the audience. TV queen, Ekta Kapoor, this time is back again with a new concept. What happens when a spirit is cursed by the lord himself and is given no importance in the world above? What happens when this cursed spirit with an unfulfilled wish takes control over a human body? How does it react to the world and take revenge for all the deeds it has faced. That’s the story of Zee TV’s new fantasy-drama, Brahmarakshas.

The story begins with the visuals of a beautiful village Kamalpura, whose zamindar (Parag Tyagi) marries the love of his life, Aparjita (Kishwer Merchantt). Aparjita doesn’t develop any feelings for him, but gets married only for his wealth and royalty. On achieving what she always wanted, she seeks the opportunity and pushes him from the terrace of the place. The zamindar falls in the dense forest and gets killed by the beast living there. Cut to 20 years later and introduction of more characters.

Rishabh’s (Aham Sharma) sister, Rakhi (Charu Mehra) is about to get engaged. Mohini (Rakshanda Khan, Rishabh’s mom) is arranging everything for the ceremony, with perfection. He goes to meet his sister, where he comes face to face with Raina (Krystle D’souza). Rishabh, who is shown as a prankster, teases Raina and amidst this we find out that Rakhi is not ready for the marriage. But the girl is not able to convey the same to her brother. 

The engagement ceremony happens and the groom’s family sit together for the wedding preparations. They decide to buy the haunted village of Kamalpura and also keep the palace as the venue for the wedding. Mohini who knows the ill-fated story behind the cursed village hesitates, but the others insist on the same.

Both the families leave for the village, but Raina and Rishabh miss the train. They take a taxi and persist on taking the route which is risky. The kind taxi driver gives them a lotus flower to keep them away from the devil. Their friends, Shyam (Mridul Das) and Mishri, who accompany them, sneak out to enjoy their honeymoon in the village. They find the cursed, haunted palace and are killed by the devil. The devil takes the form and disguises itself as Shyam and meets the family with an intention to enter the house, but the flowers keep him away. The celebrations continue and so does the suspense.

There are several ‘filmy’ moments in the story - Nazre mili, background music baja, par ‘ab tak’ pyaar na hua. Mann ma emotions jaage?

Overall, Bramharakshas seems to be an interesting watch. The plot is gripping and has never been shown on TV before as a show. The actors are introduced with ease, without disturbing the flow of the episode and they enact their roles very well. The dialogues are well written, easy to understand and deliver the emotions well. The chemistry between the leads is interesting so far and is bound to build with the story further. All the other characters have a prominent role to play and are seen justifying the characters well, especially Rakshanda Khan and Kishwer Merchant. Both the versatile actresses deliver their dialogues with at most finesse.

But, will Rishabh and Raina fall in love? Will the devil take revenge? Will the curse from the village go away? Only the future episodes can reveal the suspense. For now, we urge you to watch this show and enjoy a new concept on Indian Television. Bramharakshas is not to be missed.

PS: Here’s the definition of Brahmarakshas, for all those who do not know about it.

There are some spirits which have unfulfilled wishes and in some cases there are spirits which are cursed by Lord Bramha, so neither do they get a place neither in hell nor in heaven. They are neither considered as a good spirit nor as a bad one. And when the spirit possess an animal's body, it transforms itself into Brahmarakshas.