''Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'' () is an Indian
historical fiction series produced by
Contiloe Entertainment
Contiloe Pictures Pvt Ltd., formerly known as Contiloe Films from 1995 until 2008 and Contiloe Entertainment from 2008 until 2015 is an Indian production company. It was founded by Abhimanyu Singh and Aditya Narain Singh in 1995. It has produc ...
. It is based on the life of
Maharana Pratap
Pratap Singh I (9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597), popularly known as Maharana Pratap (), was king of the Kingdom of Mewar, in north-western India in the present-day state of Rajasthan, from 1572 until his death in 1597. He is notable for leadi ...
, a sixteenth century ruler of
Mewar
Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasth ...
kingdom. It starred
Sharad Malhotra,
Rachana Parulkar,
Faisal Khan and
Roshni Walia.
The series premiered on 27 May 2013.
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.*
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narrated the introductory part of the series in the first episode tracing the background of the
Mewar family and their resistance to
Foreign Invasions.
The series received positive reviews and won numerous awards and nominations. The final episode of the series aired on 10 December 2015.
Cast
Main
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Sharad Malhotra as
Maharana Pratap Singh I of Mewar:
13th Maharana of the Kingdom of Mewar; Udai Singh II and Jaiwanta Bai Songara's son; Sajja Bai Solankini, Dheer Bai Bhattiyani and Veer Bai Jhala's step-son; Shakti, Vikram, Jagmal, Maan and Chaand's half-brother; Ajabde Bai Punwar and Phool Bai Rathore's husband; Amar Singh I's father
**
Faisal Khan as a young Pratap Singh I
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Rachana Parulkar as
Maharani Ajabde Bai Punwar of Mewar:
Maharani
Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a prince. However, in late ancient India ...
of the Kingdom of Mewar; Rao Mamrakh Punwar and Rani Hansa Bai's daughter; Pratap Singh I's first wife and chief consort; Amar Singh I's mother
**
Roshni Walia as a young Ajabde Bai Punwar
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Heena Parmar as
Maharani Phool Bai Rathore of Mewar:
Maharani
Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a prince. However, in late ancient India ...
of the Kingdom of Mewar; Ramchandra Rathore's daughter; Pratap Singh I's fifth wife; Amar Singh I's step-mother
**
Jannat Zubair Rahmani as a young Phool Bai Rathore
* Jineet Rath as
Maharana Amar Singh I of Mewar:
14th Maharana of the Kingdom of Mewar; Pratap Singh I and Ajabde Bai Panwar's son; Phool Bai Rathore's step-son; Udai Singh II and Jaiwanta Bai Songara's paternal grandson; Rao Mamrakh Punwar and Rani Hansa Bai's maternal grandson
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Shakti Anand as
Maharana Udai Singh II of Mewar:
12th Maharana of the Kingdom of Mewar: Sangram Singh I's son; Jaiwanta Bai Songara, Sajja Bai Solankini, Dheer Bai Bhattiyani and Veer Bai Jhala's husband; Pratap Singh I, Shakti, Vikram, Jagmal, Maan and Chaand's father; Amar Singh I's grandfather
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Rajshree Thakur as
Maharani Jaiwanta Bai Songara of Mewar:
Maharani
Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a prince. However, in late ancient India ...
of the Kingdom of Mewar: Udai Singh II's first wife and chief consort; Pratap Singh I's mother; Amar Singh I's grandmother
Recurring
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Krip Suri/
Avinesh Rekhi as Jalal-ud-din Muhammad
Akbar
Akbar (Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, – ), popularly known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expa ...
- Mughal emperor; Ruqaiya Sultan, Salima Sultan and Harka Bai's husband
**
Sahil Deshmukh Khan / Arish Bhiwandiwala /
Vishal Jethwa
Vishal Jethwa (born 6 July 1994) is an Indian actor. He is known for portraying Akbar on '' Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'' which aired on Sony TV, and Sunny in '' Mardaani 2''.
Early life
Jethwa is a Gujarati. He was born to Nares ...
as young Akbar
* Khuram Khan as
Jagmal Singh - Udai Singh and Dheer Bai's son; Pratap's step-brother
* Divyaalakshmi as Rani Sajja Bai Solankini - Uday Singh's second wife; Shakti Singh and Vikramdev's mother; Pratap's Step mother
* Vineet Kumar as
Shakti Singh - Udai Singh and Sajjabai's son; Vikramdev's brother; Pratap's step-brother
**Dhruv Sangwan as Young Shakti Singh
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Aashka Goradia as Rani Dheer Bai Bhatiyani - Udai Singh's third and favourite wife; Jagmal, Chand and Maan's mother
* Sarika Dhillon as Rani Veer Bai Jhala - Udai Singh's fourth wife; Pratap's step-mother
* Triyug Mantri as Pandit Chakrapani Mishra - Pratap's childhood friend and his Darbari-Pandit in the court; Saubhagyavati's husband
** Yash Karia as young Pandit Chakrapani Mishra
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Yash Mistry as Vikramdev Singh - Udai Singh and Sajjabai's son; Shakti's brother; Pratap's step-brother
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Vaishali Takkar /
Vinita Mahesh as Rajkumari Maan Kanwar - Udai Singh and Dheer Bai's daughter; Pratap's step-sister
* Deeksha K Sonalkar as Rajkumari Chaand Kanwar - Udai Singh and Dheer Bai's daughter; Pratap's step-sister
**
Tunisha Sharma as young Chaand Kanwar
* Bakul Thakkar as Rao Mamrakh Punwar -
Governor of Bijolia; Rani Hansa Bai's husband; Maharani Ajabde's father
* Anjali Rana as Rani Hansa Bai - Rao Mamrakh Punwar's wife; Maharani Ajabde's mother
* Rajeev Bharadwaj as
Rawat Sai Das Chundawat - Udai Singh and
Mewar
Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasth ...
's chief, Governor of Salumber
* Shaize Kazmi as
Rawat Krishna Das Chundawat - Udai Singh and
Mewar
Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasth ...
's chief, Nephew of Rawat Sai Das Chundawat, Governor of Salumber
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Ankur Nayyar
Ankur Nayyar is an Indian television and film actor. He has worked in many shows like '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay'', '' Kashmeer'' and '' Jeet''. He is also known for playing the lead role of Samman Chaudhary in Sahara One's show '' Ghar Ek Sapna ...
as Acharya Raghvendra;
Mewar
Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasth ...
's Guru
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Nirbhay Wadhwa
Nirbhay Wadhwa is an Indian film and television actor. He had appeared in Star Plus' ''Mahabharat (2013 TV series), Mahabharat'', where he played the negative role of Dushasana. He also played Hanuman in ''Sankatmochan Mahabali Hanuman'' and '' ...
as
Hakim Khan Sur - Pratap's army commander in
Battle of Haldighati
The battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 between the Mewar forces led by Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal forces led by Man Singh I of Amber. The Mughals emerged victorious after inflicting significant casualties on Mewari forces, ...
*
Rushiraj Pawar as Patta Chundawat - Ajabde's sworn brother;
Mewar
Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasth ...
's army commander, governor of Kelwa
*
Anand Goradia
Anand Goradia is an Indian television actor and writer. He is known for his roles in ''ROAR: Tigers of the Sundarbans'' (2014), '' Sanskaar Laxmi'' (2011) and ''Adaalat (2010)''. He played the role of Bundi ruler Rao Surtan Singh in '' Bharat ...
as
Rao Surtan Singh - Governor of
Bundi
* Ved Thapar as
Jaimal Rathore -
Mewar
Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasth ...
's army commander
* Tasha Kapoor as
Harka Bai / Heer Bai - Princess of Amer. Akbar's wife and third empress consort
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Falaq Naaz as
Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
Ruqaiya Sultan Begum (alternatively spelled Ruqayya or Ruqayyah; 1542 – January 1626) was the first wife and one of the chief consorts of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar.
Ruqaiya was a first cousin of her husband and was a Mughal princess ...
- Princess of Munghal empire. Akbar's cousin and first wife and chief consort.
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Riya Deepsi as
Salima Sultan Begum
Salima Sultan Begum (23 February 1539 – 2 January 1613) was the third wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and a granddaughter of Babur.
Salima was the daughter of Akbar's paternal aunt, Gulrukh Begum, and her husband, the Vic ...
- Princess of Mughal Empire. Akbar's cousin and second chief consort; Bairam Khan's former wife.
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Muskaan Nancy James as
Meera Bai
Meera, better known as Mirabai, and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna. She is a celebrated Bhakti saint, particularly in the North Indian Hindu tradition. She is mentioned in '' Bhaktama ...
- Bhoj Raj's wife; Pratap's aunt; Udai Singh's Sister-in-law;
Krishna
Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...
devotee
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Shailesh Datar
Shailesh Datar (Shailesh Dattar) is an Indian film, television and stage actor, who started in Marathi theatre and television. He is best known for playing role of sage Narada in the mythological TV series '' Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'' (2012). Pr ...
as
Tulsidas
Rambola Dubey (; 11 August 1511 – 30 July 1623pp. 23–34.), popularly known as Goswami Tulsidas (), was a Vaishnavism, Vaishnava (Ramanandi Sampradaya, Ramanandi) Hinduism, Hindu saint and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. H ...
-
Rama
Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda' ...
's devotee
*
Ankit Bhardwaj
Ankiit Bhardwaaj is an Indian film and television actor. He made his debut with the Hollywood movie '' Desires of the Heart (2013 film)'' as Gopal from India. Ankiit bhardwaaj got best actor male award for his film LOVE YOU MHAARI JAAN in raja ...
as Rao
Chandrasen Rathore
Rao Chandrasen (30 July 1541 – 11 January 1581) was a Rathore Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Marwar. He was a younger son of Rao Maldev Rathore. He followed his father's policy and stayed hostile to the ruling foreign powers in north Indi ...
- Maldeo Rathore's son; Phool Bai's uncle
*
Surendra Pal
Surendrapal Singh (born 25 September 1953) is an Indian film and television character actor who works in Hindi films and TV series. He is best known for his roles of Dronacharya in ''Mahabharat'', Amatya Rakshas in ''Chanakya'', Tamraj Kilvish ...
as
Rao Maldeo Rathore - Phool Bai's grandfather; King of
Marwar
Marwar (also called Jodhpur region) is a region of western Rajasthan state in North Western India. It lies partly in the Thar Desert. 'Maru' is a Sanskrit word for desert. The word 'wad' literally means fence in Rajasthani languages. Engl ...
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Jaya Bhattacharya
Jaya Bhattacharya (born 1 July 1978) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing antagonistic roles in TV serials, widely known for playing Payal in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi''. She also played the ...
as
Maham Anga
Maham Anga (died 25 June 1562) was the foster mother and chief wet nurse of the Mughal emperor Akbar. She was the political adviser of the teenage emperor and the de facto regent of the Mughal Empire from 1560 to 1562.
Biography
Maham Anga w ...
- Akbar's foster mother. Daughter of Babur from his consort Bibi Mubarika Begum
*
Shahbaz Khan as
Bairam Khan
Muhammad Bairam Khan (; 18 January 1501 – 31 January 1561), commonly known as Bairam Khan or Bayram Khan was an important military commander, and later commander-in-chief of the Mughal Empire, Mughal army, a powerful statesman and regent at ...
- Akbar's guardian; Salima Sultan's first husband
* Raj Thakur as Kalyan Singh Rathore / Kalla Rathore, Jaimal Rathore's nephew
* Mrinal Deshraj as
Rani Uma Bhatiyani - Maldeo Rathore's wife; Dheer Bai's sister
*
Hemant Choudhary
Hemant Choudhary is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi serials, films and web series.
Early life and career
Hemant Choudhary was born in Godda, a small town in Jharkhand and brought up in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. He completed his later ed ...
as Dondiya Thakur Sanda - Udai Singh's army commander
* Piyush Sharma as Jhala Mann Singh - Pratap's commander in
Battle of Haldighati
The battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 between the Mewar forces led by Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal forces led by Man Singh I of Amber. The Mughals emerged victorious after inflicting significant casualties on Mewari forces, ...
, governor of Badi Sadri
* Manoj Verma as
Bhil
Bhil or Bheel refer to the various Indigenous peoples, indigenous groups inhabiting western India, including parts of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and are also found in distant places such as Bengal and Tripura. Though they now speak the Bhili ...
Rana Kheta Ji/Rana Punja Ji - Pratap's commander in
Battle of Haldighati
The battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 between the Mewar forces led by Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal forces led by Man Singh I of Amber. The Mughals emerged victorious after inflicting significant casualties on Mewari forces, ...
* Vishal Patni as Bhim Singh Dodiya, Pratap's army commander in battle of Haldighati and governor of Sardargarh
*
Vindhya Tiwari as
Rani Durgavati
Rani Durgavati (5 October 1524 – 24 June 1564) was the queen regent of Gondwana in 1550–1564 AD. She married King Dalpat Shah, the son of King Sangram Shah of Gondwana. She served as regent of Gondwana during the minority of her son, Vir Na ...
- Dalpat Shah's wife and regent of Gondwana
*
Raju Shrestha
Raju Shrestha (born Fahim Ajani; 15 August 1966), known by his stage name Master Raju or Master Rajoo, is an Indian film and television actor, who started his film career as a child actor, in the 1970s.
Raju has acted in films like Gulzar's ' ...
as
Mia Tansen - Akbar's
Navaratnas
Navaratnāḥ (Sanskrit dvigu ''nava-ratna'', , ) refers to a distinguished assembly of nine learned and virtuous individuals who adorned the royal sabhā (court) of certain illustrious List of Indian monarchs, bhūpati-s (kings) in History of ...
*
Neha Bam as Dai Kokoi - Dheer Bai's maid
* Sharhaan Singh as Ismail Khan
*
Dakssh Ajit Singh as Raj Rana Bahadur
*
Reema Vohra
Reema Worah is an Indian actress who primarily work in Hindi television and Kannada films. Worah is known for playing Sanjana in ''Shaka Laka Boom Boom'', Vaidehi Singh in ''Na Aana Is Des Laado'', Gauhar Jaan in '' Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Mah ...
as Gauhar Jaan
*
Pratibha Paul as Khetu
*
Kunal Bakshi
Kunal Bakshi is an Indian television actor. He has done lots of serials for almost all the leading channels. Ashwathama in ''Suryaputra Karn'' and Indra Dev in ''Karmaphal Daata Shani'' to name a few.
Television
References
External links ...
as Peer Mohammad
*
Tarun Khanna as Zahir Saaka
* Ritesh M M Shukla as Takkal Pandit
* Javed Pathan as Husain Ali Quli Khan: Akbar's Soldier in
Siege Of Chittor
* Manish Bishla as Aalim Khan - Akbar's Soldier in
Siege Of Chittor
*
Papiya Sengupta
* Mann Singh Bagga as Mehmood: An Afghan warrior
Cameo appearance
*
Aarav Chowdhary as
Maharana Sangram Singh I of Mewar:
8th Maharana of the Kingdom of Mewar: Udai Singh II's father; Jaiwanta Bai Songara, Sajja Bai Solankini, Dheer Bai Bhattiyani and Veer Bai Jhala's father-in-law; Pratap Singh I, Shakti, Vikram, Jagmal, Maan and Chaand's grandfather; Amar Singh I's great-grandfather
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Gufi Paintal as
Humayun
Nasir al-Din Muhammad (6 March 1508 – 27 January 1556), commonly known by his regnal name Humayun (), was the second Mughal emperor, who ruled over territory in what is now Eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan from ...
: Akbar's father
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Priya Marathe
Priya Marathe Moghe is an Indian actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in mo ...
as Saubhagyawati
** Neeharika Roy as Child Saubhagyawati
* Amit Singh as Soldier of
Rao Surtan Singh
* Anmol Soni as behlol khan
Awards and nominations
Indian Television Academy Awards
The Indian Television Academy Awards, also known as the ITA Awards, is an annual award ceremony organised by the Indian Television Academy to honour excellence in Hindi-language television, films and web content.
The Indian Television Academ ...
Indian Telly Awards
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Gold Awards
BIG Star Entertainment Awards
The Big STAR Entertainment Awards was an annual award show presented by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited in association with STAR India to honour personalities from the field of entertainment across movies, music, television, sports, theatr ...
Lions Gold Awards
References
External links
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Sony Entertainment Television original programming
Indian period television series
Indian historical television series
Memorials to Maharana Pratap
2013 Indian television series debuts
Television shows set in Rajasthan
2015 Indian television series endings
Cultural depictions of Akbar
Television series set in the 16th century