''Chhatrasal'' is a 2021 Indian

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-language

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web series based on the life of Maharaja

Chhatrasal Chhatrasal Bundela (4 May 1649 – 20 December 1731) was an Indian warrior and ruler from the Bundela Rajput clan, who fought against the Mughal Empire, and established his own kingdom in Bundelkhand during the 17th-18th centuries. Early l ...

, who fought against the

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, and in 1675 established his kingdom in

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. The film is directed by Anadii Chaturvedi and stars

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, Jitin Gulati,

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and Rudra Soni. The film premiered and aired on OTT platform

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Cast

as the narrator * Jitin Gulati as Maharaja

as Devkunwari, wife of Maharaja Chhatrasal *

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

, the Mughal Emperor *

* Jaswinder Gardner,as Sarandha * Anushka Luhar *

* Rudra Soni

Secondary cast

* Sangam Rai as Champat Rai * Bhupendra as Mahabali Patel * Lokesh Batta as Bal Diwan * Yash Buddhadeb as Young Aurangzeb * Vikas Singh as Pahaad Singh * Ali Mughal as Baki Khan * BK Modi as Shahjahan * Zidan as Child Chhatrasal * Ajay Mehar as Vidvan * Harsh as Mohan Singh * Pramod Tripathi as Sarpanch * Shyam Sundar as Village Pandit * Krishnan Sardani as Bheemingh * Jitendra Bohra as Anirudh Singh * Kalyani Jha as Village Mother * Pradeep Tiwari as Karan * Visha Rai as Sambhu * Maushami Udeshi as Mehbooba * Arbendra Singh as Riyaaz Khan * Kamaldeep Maan as Fidai Khan * Nikhil Tyagi as Hriday Shah * Vikas Khokar as Jagat Rai * Sudeep Sarangi as South Pandit * Anil as Shubkaran * Himanshu as Jai Singh * Yash as Keshav Das * Shaan Kakkar as Kok Singh * Yash Puri as Dev Karan * Amit Lekhawani as Bahadur Khan * Shivam as Mittho Peerzada * Vinay Yadav as Fauze Miyan * Deepak Narang as Sher Afagan Khan * Jolly Bhatia as Angad Rai’s wife * Nishant Singh as Chhatrapati

Shivaji Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adils ...

Maharaj * Azad Chauhan as Keshav Rai Dangi * Prakhar Saxena as Ruh Allah Khan * Bhushan as Kavi Bhushan * Akanksha as Tej Kunwari

References

External links

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Chhatrasal film on MXPlayer
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