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Peshwa Bajirao (TV Series)
''Peshwa Bajirao'' is an Indian Hindi historical drama television series, which broadcast from 23 January 2017 to 25 August 2017 on Sony TV. The series is based on a Peshwa of the Maratha Empire, Bajirao I, who ruled under the Chhatrapati known as Shahu. The series was produced by Sphere Origins of Sunjoy Waddhwa and creatively produced by Nilanjana Purkayasstha's company Invictus T Mediaworks. The series was aired on weekdays. Plot The series chronicles the journey of Bajirao in becoming a Peshwa and a great Maratha warrior battling the Mughal Empire under the tutelage of his mother, father and the noble teacher Brahmanendra Swami and would also touch his arrange marriage with Kashibai and with Mastani. Cast *Karan Suchak as Bajirao I *Rudra Soni as young Bajirao I *Ishita Ganguly as Kashibai *Manish Wadhwa as Balaji Vishwanath *Megha Chakraborty as Mastani * Saurabh Ghokhale as Chimaji Appa * Anuja Sathe/ Rajeshwari Sachdev as Radhabai * Rahul Singh as Aurangzeb *Manish Kha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Period Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's '' The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relationships in sumptuous surroundings, cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is an Indian " newspaper of record". Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. Reuters rated ''TOI'' as India's most trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimaji Appa
Chimaji Balaji Bhat was born in a Chitpavan caste family in 1707 and died in 1740, commonly referred to as Appa or Bhau, was the son of Balaji Vishwanath, Balaji Vishwanath Bhat and the younger brother of Baji Rao I, Bajirao Peshwa of Maratha Empire. He was an able military commander who liberated the western coast of India from Portuguese India, Portuguese rule. The high watermark of his career was the capture of Bassein Fort, Vasai fort from the Portuguese in a hard-fought battle. He was known to run strategy for the Maratha Empire and was known to plan all the battles for Bajirao. Maratha campaigns against the Portuguese Chimaji Appa concentrated his energies towards the Western Ghats. Vasai (formerly known as Bassein) was the ultimate objective of the war, as this was the capital of the provincial government of Portugal's northern Indian Capture of Belapur Castle In 1733, the Marathas, led by Chimaji Appa, with Sardar Shankarbuwa Shinde wrested control of the Belapur Fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megha Chakraborty
Megha Chakraborty is an Indian film and television actress. She has appeared in various TV serials. She is playing the role of Imlie in ''Imlie'' season 2 as of 2022. Career She started her career with the Bengali serial ''Joto Hashi Tato Ranna.'' Her big break in Hindi Television was ''Badii Devrani.'' After that, she was seen in TV shows like '' Khwaabon Ki Zamin Par'' and ''Peshwa Bajirao'' and became a household name with ''Krishna Chali London.'' She also played the main protagonist Gulaal in the film ''Desert Tears'' which portrayed persecution of women in rural India and was shot in the state of Rajasthan. Since November 2020, she was playing the lead role of Garima Ruhail Rajawat in Kaatelal & Sons. After that show ended, she along with Sahil Phull started their own production company Mismanaged Company. Her first production would be the web show Dil-e-couch where she will be portraying the role of Nima and the series would premiere on the YouTube channel "Mismanage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaji Vishwanath
Balaji Vishwanath Bhat (1662–1720) was the first of a series of hereditary Peshwas hailing from the Bhat family who gained effective control of the Maratha Empire during the 18th century. Balaji Vishwanath assisted a young Maratha Emperor Shahu to consolidate his grip on a kingdom that had been racked by civil war and persistently intruded on by the Mughals under Aurangzeb. He was called ''the Second Founder of the Maratha State''. Later, his son Bajirao I became the Peshwa. Early life and career Balaji Vishwanath Bhat was born into a Marathi Konkanastha Chitpavan Brahmin family. The family hailed from the coastal Konkan region of present-day Maharashtra and were the hereditary Deshmukh for Shrivardhan under the Siddi of Janjira. He went out in search of employment to the upper regions of western ghats and worked as a mercenary trooper under various Maratha generals. According to Kincaid & Parasnis, Balaji Vishwanath entered the Maratha administration during the reign of Samb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manish Wadhwa
Manish Wadhwa (born 1972) is an Indian actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles Chanakya in Chandragupta Maurya (2011 TV series), Chandragupta Maurya, Kamsa, Kans in Paramavatar Shri Krishna and Amal Nanda/Dansh in Hero – Gayab Mode On. Filmography Films Television *''Aamrapali (TV serial), Aamrapali'' (2002) as Ajatashatru *''Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero'' as Col. Inayat Kiani *''Mitwa Phool Kamal Ke'' as Nirbhay Choudhary *''Kohinoor'' as Kaali *''Chandragupta Maurya (2011 TV series), Chandragupta Maurya (2011)'' as Chanakya *''Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'' as Ravan *''Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir'' as Niranjan Agnihotri *''Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani'' as Shivanand *''Time Machine (TV series), Time Machine'' as Kartik Devraj (KD) *''Siya Ke Ram'' as Vishwamitra *''Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha'' as Vasuki *''Crime Patrol (TV series), Crime Patrol'' - Crime Patrol In Chambal as Dacoit Leader (Season 3 - Episode 1) *''Peshwa Bajirao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishita Ganguly (TV Actress)
Ishita Ganguly is an Indian television actress. Career Ganguly's first television series was ''Mrs Sinha Roy'' , a Bengali daily soap on Sananda TV. She then appeared to Colors TV's 2014 drama ''Shastri Sisters'' in which she portrayed Anushka Shastri opposite Vijayendra Kumeria, and rose to fame. In 2015, she made a cameo appearance in Star Plus's ''Tu Mera Hero'' and played an episodic role in &TV's horror series ''Darr Sabko Lagta Hai''. In 2016, Ganguly played Kamini Nehra in Colors TV's ''Ishq Ka Rang Safed'' opposite Mishal Raheja and Navya in episodic show ''Yeh Hai Aashiqui''. She next took on the roles of Kashibai in ''Peshwa Bajirao'' for which she prepared horse riding and Rajkumari Amrusha in '' Prithvi Vallabh - Itihaas Bhi, Rahasya Bhi''. In 2018, she portrayed Nitya in '' Laal Ishq'' and Chandralekha/Raisa Rastogi in ''Kaun Hai?''. Her next roles were in ''Vikram Betaal Ki Rahasya Gatha'', ''Shrimad Bhagwat Mahapuran'' and ''Jag Janani Maa Vaishno Devi - Kahan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Today
''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the ''DailyO''. History ''India Today'' was established in 1975 by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter Madhu Trehan as its editor and his son Aroon Purie as its publisher.Bhandare, Namita"70's: The decade of innocence".''Hindustan Times''. Retrieved 29 July 2012. At present, ''India Today'' is also published in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S .... The India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015. In October 2017, Aroon P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal, in Delhi and played integral roles in the Indian independence movement as a nationalist daily. ''Hindustan Times'' is one of the largest newspapers in India by circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 993,645 copies as of November 2017. The Indian Readership Survey 2014 revealed that ''HT'' is the second-most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The Times of India''. It is popular in North India, with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi and Chandigarh. The print location of Nagpur was discontinued from September 1997, and that of Jaipur from June 2006. ''HT'' launched a youth daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajirao I
Baji Rao I (18 August 1700 – 28 April 1740), born as Visaji, also known as Bajirao Ballal (Pronunciation: ad͡ʒiɾaːʋ bəlːaːɭ, was the 7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. During his 20-year tenure as a Peshwa, he defeated Nizam-ul-Mulk at several battles like the Battle of Delhi and Battle of Bhopal. Baji Rao's contributed for Maratha supremacy in southern India and northern India. Thus, he was partly responsible for establishing Maratha power in Gujarat, Malwa, Rajputana and Bundelkhand and liberating Konkan (western coast of India) from the Siddis of Janjira and Portuguese rule. Baji Rao's relationship with his Muslim wife, a controversial subject, has been adapted in Indian novels and cinema. Early life Baji Rao was born into a Bhat Family in Sinnar, near Nashik. His biological father was Balaji Vishwanath the ''Peshwa'' of Shahu Maharaj I and his mother was Radhabai Barve. Baji Rao had a younger brother, Chimaji Appa, and two younger sisters, Anubai and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karan Suchak
Karan Suchak is an Indian television actor. He is known for his role in Siya Ke Ram as Lakshmana ; Akhilesh Pandey in Meri Hanikarak Biwi and Dr. Anurag Basu in Thoda sa Baadal Thoda sa Paani. Early life and career Suchak was born in Ahmedabad and is a Gujarati. He debuted in TV serials with a supporting role of Sambhav Malik in Star Plus's ''Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai'' and secondly appeared in Life OK's '' Savitri'' as Vikrant. In the last quarter of 2013, he entered Ekta Kapoor's popular daily TV soap ''Pavitra Rishta'' in the role of Shekhar Gupta. Few months later he was noticed when he began portraying Draupadi's brother Dhrishtadyumna in the epic TV series ''Mahabharat'' via Star Plus. Suchak portrayed Vikramaditya in Sony Pal's ''Singhasan Battisi'' from 2014–15. In 2015, he was roped in for '' Maharakshak: Devi''. Next, he bagged Star Plus's ''Siya Ke Ram'' as Lakshmana. In 2017, Suchak was seen in historic series '' Peshwa Bajirao'' as Baji Rao I alongsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil edition, '' Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspaper. Faced with financial difficultie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
