Veer Shivaji
| Veer Shivaji | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Genre | Historical drama | 
| Created by | Abhimanyu Singh | 
| Screenplay by | Faizal Akhtar Virendra Singh Patyal Dialogues Mairaj Zaidi | 
| Story by | Rajesh Saksham | 
| Starring | See below | 
| Composers | Sunny Bawra Inder Bawra | 
| Country of origin | India | 
| Original language | Hindi | 
| No. of seasons | 1 | 
| No. of episodes | 182 | 
| Production | |
| Producer | Abhimanyu Singh | 
| Cinematography | Veerdhaval Puranik | 
| Editors | Rochak Ahuja Ayaz Ahmad Shadab (online) | 
| Camera setup | Multi-camera | 
| Running time | 20 minutes (approximately) | 
| Production company | Contiloe Entertainment | 
| Original release | |
| Network | Colors TV | 
| Release | 2 September 2011 – 25 May 2012[1] | 
Veer Shivaji (transl. Brave Shiva) is an Indian historical drama series that aired on Colors TV from 2 September 2011 to 25 May 2012. The show focuses on the life of Shivaji, the 17th century founder of the Maratha Empire.
Plot
Cast
- Paras Arora as Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle - Jijabai and Shahaji Bhosle's son, Sambhaji Bhosle's brother and Saibai and Soyarabai Bhosle's husband and become first Maratha Chhatrapati (Emperor).
- Shilpa Tulaskar as Jijabai Bhosale - Shahaji's first wife; Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosale & Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's mother.
- Palak Jain as Saibai Bhosle (née Sai Nimbalkar) - Shivaji's first and beloved wife, Mother of Sambhaji, Daughter of Mudhoji Rao and sister of Bajaji Rao.
- Sonia Sharma as Elder Sai Bhonsale
 
- Ayesha Kaduskar as Soyarabai Bhosle - (née Soyara Mohite) Shivaji's second wife and Rajaram and Balibai 's mother.
- Ruchita Jadhav as Elder Soyarabai Bhosle
 
- Milind Gunaji as Shahaji Raje Bhosale - Jijabai's husband; Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosale & Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's father
- Mandar Jadhav as Sambhaji Raje Bhosale / Sambhaji Shahaji Bhosale - Shivaji's elder brother
- Smita Shewale as Putalabai Bhosle - third wife of Shivaji
- Hemant Choudhary as Shyamraj Nilkant Pant- Prime Minister in Shivaji's Darbar
- Ritesh Mobh as Elder Sambhaji Raje Bhosle
- Alihassan Turabi as Mohammed Adil Shah
- Natasha Sinha as Begum Huzur - Sultan Adil Shah's mother
- Amit Behl as Sonopant Pingle
- Kumar Hegde as Baji Pasalkar
- Alok Narula as Rustam Zaman
- Chetan Hansraj as Inayat Khan
- Behzaad Khan as Noor Khan
- Nawab Shah as Afzal Khan
- Sonia Singh as Rambha Naikin / Janabai - A famous dancer and courtesan.
- Manoj Kumar as Aurangzeb
- Aarav Chowdhary as Dara Shikoh
- Amit Mohanrao Deshmukh as Bhimaji "Bhimya" Wagh
- Jasveer Kaur as Gauhar - Inayat Khan's mistress
- Dinesh Sharma as Tanaji Malusare
- Ravi Bhatia as Jiva Mahala
- Ishita Vyas as Janakibai
- Romanch Mehta as Jaswant Singh
- Yuri Suri as Sujat Khan
- Manoj Verma as Fateh Khan
- Amit Pachori as Netaji Palkar
- Gopal Singh as Bahirji Naik
- Raza Murad as Shah Jahan
- Sonia Sharma as Elder Saibai Bhosle
- Devdatta Nage as Tanaji Malusare
- Zaffar Beg as Sharhaan Singh
- Rishabh Jain as Raghoji
- Brownie Parashar as Krishnaji Bhatt
- Mahendra Ghule as Sayyad Banda
Extension
Due to the instant success and popularity and with TRP of more than 2.60, the show timing were extended to five days a week (Monday to Friday at 8:30 pm) from 3 October 2011.[2]
References
- ^ TNN (27 April 2012). "Veer Shivaji to end". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ "Veer Shivaji". colors.in.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.