# Power of Paanch

Power of Paanch is an Indian Hindi-language superhero television series. Produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it stars Riva Arora, Jaiveer Juneja, Aditya Arora, Anubha Arora, Bianca Arora, Yash Sehgal, Barkha Bisht and Urvashi Dholakia. The series premiered on 17 January 2025 on Disney+ Hotstar.

## Plot

Bela Luthra, an 18-year old girl, and her mother Tabu Luthra, a single parent, live in Besar, Maharashtra. One night, Tabu leaves for a task with her research team, prompting Bela to search the restricted areas of her home. She finds her mother's connections with the town of Panchgiri and the age-old myth claiming that the five elements secretly lead a human life. While the parents of the current power-holders of the four elements search the "Fifth element", Bela travels to Panchgiri and sets on a mission to unveil the secrets of Panchgiri.
The story tells that on their 16th birthday powers of the parents are inherited to their first born child. As per this Ranveer, Ali , Baggu and Jhanvi become the power holder of the four elemental powers (air,fire,water and earth respectively).
To find her mother, Bela travels to Panchgiri. She gets to know that Tanu Shergill is her mother's twin sister. Tanu tries to damage Bela's hands by a car accident which fails. Bela soon finds out that she is the Earth element as she was born three months before Jhanvi, who fakes being a power holder.It is soon found out that Tanu's younger son Kai is the "Life element" when he comes back to life after dying from an accident. It is also revealed that Param gave Kai to Tanu when she faced a miscarriage during her second child delivery. Karthik reveals that on a day when five stars come in a straight line was suitable for opening the ancient box with help of the five elements. Tanu plans with Param to secretly damage Bela's hands to get the powers transferred to Jhanvi. But everyone finds out that Jhanvi was not the Earth element. Finally the box is opened, with a book inside it written in an ancient language which only Tabu could read. Bela has a fight with Tanu and disappears for 3 weeks. The Blue Jeans Cafe opens in Panchgiri.
Baggu and Ali face love complications due to Adeeba being in a relationship with Ali. Ali faces a accident with a mysterious girl and reaches Panchgiri Inn. Soon, Ali and Baggu find out that Bela and her best friend Ahaan are working there. The mysterious girl disappears from the hospital to the surprise of Aasma(Ali's mom and DGP of Panchgiri). Jhanvi and Karan grow closer and Ahaan gets a job at Blue Jeans Cafe. Karthik tells Aasma that evil powers have arrived.

## Cast

* Riva Arora as Bela Luthra: Tabu's daughter; an 18-year old girl from Besar, who houses the powers of the "Earth" element. Still unaware of the truth of her newfound powers, she is on a mission to unveil the secrets of Panchgiri. (2025-present)
* Anubha arora as Adeeba; Ali’s girlfriend who is madly in love with him, while, Ali wants to break up with her. She’s unaware of the world of powers and navigates her way through the secrets, finding her path to Ali. (2025-present)
* Jaiveer Juneja as Ranveer Deol: Param's son; Kai's half-brother; Ali's best-friend; Bela's admirer; Jhanvi's situationship partner; an 18-year old boy, who houses the powers of the "Wind" element. He appears to be a playboy, but is a sensitive person. (2025-present)
* Aditya Arora as Ali Mazhar: Aasma's son; Ranveer's best-friend; Baggu's admirer; an 18-year old boy, who houses the "Fire" element. He is upset of his relationship with Adeeba and wants to end it. He often loses control on his powers. (2025-present)
* Bianca Arora as Baggu: Kartik's daughter; Ali's love-interest; an 18-year-old girl who houses the "Water" element. She always calms Ali and guides him through tricky situations. (2025-present)
* Barkha Bisht in dual roles as
** Tanu Shergill: Tabu's twin sister; Jhanvi's mother; Kai's adoptive mother; the former power-holder of the "Earth" element. She hates Tabu owing to the latter getting more attention from her father. She plans to send Bela back to Besar. (2025-present)
** Tabu Luthra: Tanu's twin sister; Bela's mother; the former power-holder of the "Earth" element. She left her family years ago and lives away from Panchgiri to keep her daughter unknown to its secrets. (2025-present)
* Urvashi Dholakia as DGP Aasma Mazhar: a Haryanvi police officer; Ali's mother; the former power-holder of the "Fire" element. She is a strict mother and wants Ali to learn controlling his powers. (2025-present)
* Pankaj Vishnupurikar as Kartik: a scientist; Baggu's father; the former power-holder of the "Water" element.
* Tanvi Gadkari as Jhanvi Shergill: Tanu's daughter; Kai's sister; an 18-year-old girl, who fakes being the power holder of the "Earth" element under her mother's influence, but gets exposed. She is in a situationship with Ranveer, but secretly wants to get into a relationship with him. She dislikes Bela as the latter being older than her, gets the powers. (2025-present)
* Yash Sehgal as Kai Shergill: Param's estranged son; Ranveer's half-brother; Jhanvi's adoptive brother; a 15-year old boy, who houses the "Life" element. He gets upset of his mother's constant nagging. He bonds well with Bela and announces his homosexuality when she encourages her. (2025-present)
* Inder Bajwa as Param Deol: Ranveer's father; Kai's estranged father; a popular actor originally from Punjab, who shows careless approach towards Kartik's speculations. (2025-present)
* Omar Kandhari as Ahaan Sharma: Bela's best-friend (2025-present)
* Nikhat Khan as Sharmila: Tabu and Tanu's mother; Bela and Jhanvi's grandmother; Kai's adoptive grandmother; a generous lady who supports Bela in her tiff with Tanu. (2025-present)
* Umesh Pherwani as Akshat Shergill: Tanu's husband; Jhanvi's father; Kai's adoptive father. (2025-present)

## Production

The series was announced on Disney+ Hotstar. The trailer of the series was released on 13 January 2025.

## Reception

Archika Khurana of The Times of India rated the series 3/5 stars and wrote “ Power of Paanch is a decent attempt at exploring the supernatural mystery genre. With its talented cast and intriguing premise, it offers mild excitement and a refreshing departure from typical slice-of-life content.” Risha Ganguly of Times Now gave the show 3 stars.