Sati-Satya ki Shakti NEW SERIAL : Power

Sati-Satya ki Shakti NEW SERIAL : Power of truth

By Ashish Mitra

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Taking a break from domestic strife Sahara One launches a series of female protagonistsin their new daily serial, Sati-Satya ki Shakti penned by Rang De Basanti fame Kamlesh Pande. Watch the woman in black fight legal battles for her gender
Sati played by Manasi Salvi is a happy go lucky third-year law student at a stage where colours, fun and dreams make up the fabric of life. But in one tragic turn, one act of rage - she is raped by the very people she thought were her friends - changes her life. The culprits walk free through a shameless miscarriage of justice helped by hostile witnesses. Sati's dreams shatter, diffusing shades of black and darkness all around, her family distance themselves from her. This is one point where any other woman's life would cease. But Sati strives to fight back. Fight for justice and truth, for self -respect and dignity. Sati survives her ordeal, regains her health, completes her law education while recuperating emotionally and physically, and finally fights her own case. She decides to give the society, which had raped her identity and her beauty, a taste of her brains. And wins finally. Her rapists are imprisoned so are the conspirators. She becomes a role-model giving other women confidence and courage to fight for their cause. Realizing this fact with the support of other motivated women she establishes "Swayam", an all-women law firm to voice the unheard stories pleading justice at the foot of law. It symbolizes victory and power, similar to what her dark stages exemplified in her life. Thus Sati always covers herself in black. It is this black from which she draws her strength from to keep moving on and touching that extra mile to uncover the truth. With honesty in her heart, satisfaction in her mind Sati has everything that she ever hoped for. Except for the presence of her loved ones. This vacuum in her life leads to different turns and twists. These clearly reflect in her decisions and at different junctures of Sati's journey. Says Purnendu Bose, COO, SaharaOne Television, "We at SaharaOne have been constantly portraying various shades of woman through our serials.This time we wanted to portray a woman who is around, a simple woman who fights evil. This is a story about one woman's fight against the atrocities committed against other women. If not for anything else, the serial sends out a message of hope that justice will prevail if women stand together in times of adversity." After Rang De Basanti, writer Kamlesh Pandey has taken it upon himself that entertainment ought to have some substance and set out to make a point, difference to society. With the development of the storyline for Sati...Satya Ki Shakti, he yet again reinforces this belief alarming the industry for a wake up call. Says Pandey, "The dictionary meaning of Sati is the woman who stands by truth. But the word has lost its real meaning. Like a blind man is named 'Nayan Sukh' in this land. Sati..Satya Ki Shakti is a meaningful subject which means the 'power of truth'. It's a unique concept of Indian television where the dividing line between fiction and reality almost disappears." Sati...Satya ki Shakti is SaharaOne Television's endeavour to present on the Indian television, a point of transition from the unreal and generic taste that has developed lately. Produced by Percept Picture Company, Sati...Satya ki Shakti is directed by Hemant Prabhu who has shows like Kundali, Kanyadaan and Koshish ek Asha to his credit. The lead protagonist Sati is played by Manasi Salvi who has impressed viewers by her strong roles including the Marathi film Sari Var Sari for which she has won the state level award - Maharasthra Puraskar.Incidentally, Sari Var Sari, also won the Best Film award at the Star Screen Awards 2006. After Aashirwad, Koi Apna Sa and Saarthi, Manasi now plays Sati, a determined, headstrong lawyer all ready to take up revelant social issues and stand by them. Others in the cast includes Sandeep Rajaura, Karan Mehra, Dimple Inamdar, Dimple Hirji.

SaharaOne Television which has been focusing on providing an entertaining and engrossing portrayal of strong, independent thinking Indian women in its soaps and serials has made female characters like Kituu from Kituu...Sabb Jaantii Hai, Shyamlee from Hare Kkaanch Ki Choodiyan, and Rani of Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki and the recent Ambika of Suno...Harr Dill Kuchh Kehtaa Hai household names among television viewers