''Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan'' ( en, Prithviraj Chauhan, the Brave Warrior of the Land) is an Indian historical drama broadcast on

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. It was produced by Sagars which is based on ''

Prithviraj Raso The ''Prithviraj Raso'' (IAST: Pṛthvīrāja Rāso) is a Braj language epic poem about the life of Prithviraj Chauhan (reign. c. 1177–1192 CE). It is attributed to Chand Bardai, who according to the text, was a court poet of the king. Th ...

'', a Brajbhasha poem by

Chand Bardai Chand Bardai was an Indian poet who composed ''Prithviraj Raso'', an epic poem in Brajbhasa about the life of the Chahamana king Prithviraj Chauhan. The poem presents him as a court poet of Prithviraj. According to it, after Prithviraj was defea ...

which portrays the life of

Prithviraj Chauhan Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; reign. – 1192 CE), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present- ...

, a 12th-century

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

emperor in

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Rajat Tokas Rajat Tokas is an Indian television actor. He appeared in television series like '' Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan'', '' Dharam Veer'', '' Tere Liye'', '' Jodha Akbar'', '' Naagin'' season 1 & 3 and '' Chandra Nandini''. Career Toka ...

played the younger Prithviraj Chauhan and

Anas Rashid Anas Rashid is an Indian actor who works in Hindi television He rose to fame for portraying Prithviraj Chauhan in the historical drama ''Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan'' (2006–09) and later as ''Sooraj Rathi'' in the soap opera ''Diy ...

played adult Prithviraj Chauhan. The series is considered one of the costliest ones produced at that time.

Synopsis

The drama is based on Prithviraj Chauhan, a ruler of the

Chauhan Chauhan, historically ''Chahamana'', is a clan name historically associated with the various ruling Rajput families during the Medieval India in Rajasthan. Subclans Khichi, Hada, Songara, Bhadauria, Devda etc. are the branches or subclan ...

dynasty. Proficient in military skills, he took the throne of Ajmer at age 13 after his father died in battle. His maternal grandfather,

Anangpal Tomar Anangpal II, popularly known as Anangpal Tomar, was a ruler from the Tomar Rajput dyansty. He is known to have established and populated Delhi in the 11th century. He is often confused with Anangpal I, the founder of Tomar Dynasty of Delhi, w ...

, ruler of Delhi, declared Prithviraj Chauhan his heir after discovering his courage and bravery. This antagonizes King Jaichand (

Jaichand of Kannauj Jaya-chandra ( IAST: Jayacandra, r. c. 1170–1194 CE) was a king from the Gahadavala dynasty of northern India. He is also known as Jayachchandra ( IAST: Jayaccandra) in inscriptions, and Jaichand in vernacular legends. He ruled the Antarvedi ...

) who was expecting to be declared the heir. Chauhan falls in love with Sanyogita (Samyukta), the daughter of his enemy, Jaichand and elopes with her at her ''

swayamvara Svayamvara ( sa, स्वयंवर, svayaṃvara, translit-std=IAST), in ancient India, was a method of marriage in which a woman chose a man as her husband from a group of suitors. In this context, in Sanskrit means 'self' and means 'g ...

'' ceremony.

Background

The serial is based on the tales of the three most powerful ruling Rajput families of that time: those of Ajmer, Kannauj and Delhi. Roopsundari and Kamlavati are daughters of the King of Delhi, Anangpal I. Kamlavati is married to Someshwar Chauhan of Ajmer and Roopsundari to Vijaypal of Kannauj. Someshwar and Kamlavati are worried about not having an heir. They offer prayers and seek blessings from the God for a child. Someshwar thanks Vijaypal and Roopsundari for supporting them. Kamlavati suggests Someshwar marry another woman so that the dynasty will have an heir, but he dismisses that suggestion. Finally, Someshwar is happy to know that Kamlavati will soon conceive, and proclaims it. After some time, Kamlavati and Someshwar pray to God and are blessed with a son they name Prithviraj Chauhan III. Prithvi is sent to Gurukul to study and gain martial skill. A brilliant student, Prithvi attends the Vansaj of Eklavya who can hit targets with a bow and arrow by merely hearing them which is also known as Shabd Bhedi Baan Vidya.

Cast

/Surya *

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/ Pooja Joshi Arora / Sheetal Dabholkar as

Sanyogita Samyukta, also known as Sanyogita or Sanjukta, was the daughter of Jaichand, the King of Kannauj, and one of three wives of Prithviraj Chauhan. The love between Prithviraj and Samyukta is one of India's most popular medieval romances, composed b ...

/Nandini *

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as Someshvara Chauhan * Sunila Karambelkar as Prithvi's mother Maharani Kamlavati * Rupali Ahuja as Sayaali *

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as Someshwar's Mantri Dushyant * Mehul Vyas as Sanjham * Harsh Somaiya as Chandar *

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/Altaf Hussain as Pundir * Kush Kumar Sharma /

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/ Kumar Hegde as

Jaichand Jaya-chandra (IAST: Jayacandra, r. c. 1170–1194 CE) was a king from the Gahadavala dynasty of northern India. He is also known as Jayachchandra (IAST: Jayaccandra) in inscriptions, and Jaichand in vernacular legends. He ruled the Antarvedi co ...

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Alha Alha (देवनागरी: आल्हा ; ISO: Ālhā ) was a legendary general of the Chandel king Paramardideva (also known as Parmal), who fought Prithviraj Chauhan in 1182 CE. He is one of the main characters of the '' Alha-Khand'' ...

* Raja Gulati/ Javed Khan/Shobbit Atre as Chandra Bardai * Gaurav Kumar – Arjun *

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/ Preet Saluja as Samar Singh * Chinky Jaiswal / Swini Khara / Sareeka Dhillon as Pritha, Prithviraj's sister *

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as Mahipath *Vishnu Sharma as Jaimal * Vimmy Bhatt as Jwala * Shaji Chaudhary as Bhimdev's minister * Rizwana Seikh / Richa Mukharji as Vaishali * Irfan Haossain as Mohammad Of Gor *

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as King of Gujrat Bhimdev *

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as Chamki * Raji Patel as Gitanjali * Amit Panchori as Shikandar * Raj Premi- Shera/ Kanha Chauhan * Anurag Sharma as Elder Vanraj * Nirav Soni as Kanha *Varun Anand Mousam as King Kartikey *

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as Arjun

Production

The series was filmed at sets created in Sagar Sun City in

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with ₹4 and half crore spent for erecting the sets of palace which also consisted of a desert and a lake and with a budget of ₹20 crores . In November 2008, the shootings and telecast of all the Hindi television series including this series and films were stalled on 8 November 2008 due to dispute by the technician workers of FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) for increasing the wages, better work conditions and more breaks between shootings. FWICE first took a strike on 1 October 2008 when they addressed their problems with the producers and production was stalled. A contract was signed after four days discussions and shooting were happening only for two hours content in a day then after which differences increased between them while channels gave them time until 30 October 2008 to sort it out. Failing to do so lead to protests again from 10 November 2008 to 19 November 2008 during which channels blacked out new broadcasts and repeat telecasts were shown from 10 November 2008. On 19 November 2008, the strike was called off after settling the disputes and the production resumed. The new episodes started to telecast from 1 December 2008.

Reception

During June 2006, it garnered its peak rating of 5.67 TVR. In September 2006, the Vice President of India then,

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appreciated the channel and producers for the series.

received the best actor award in

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during 2007 for his lead role of Prithviraj Chauhan.

Music

Sagar Pictures released an original soundtrack for the

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with lyrics and music by composer

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. The title song was written by Sohan Sharma and composed by Gaurav Issar. The songs were sung by

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, Sushil Kumar,

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and

Sadhna Sargam Sadhana Sargam (née Ghanekar, born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Tamil language films. She is a recipient of the National Film Award and Filmfare Awa ...

. * "Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan" (title song), sung by Shahid Malliya * "O Vidhaata", sung by Roop Kumar Rathod, Sadhna Sargam * "Raj Dulare so ja", sung by Sadhna Sargam * "Uttaradhikaari", sung by Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty * "Sun re Megha", sung by Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal * "Jai Bholenath", sung by Babul Supriyo, Sushil Kumar * "Mitti", sung by Suresh Wadkar * "Har Nazar Ko Dua," (Singer unknown) * "Haayo Rabba," (Singer unknown) * "Prem Kaahaniyan," (Singer unknown) * "Kanha Re Thoda Sa Pyaar De," sung by

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and Suresh Wadkar * "Mitwaa – male and female versions (Singers unknown) * "Naa Aankhon Mein Aansu" (Singer unknown) * "Jai Gauri Jai Namah Shivaay" (Singer unknown) * "Mere Naam Ki Mehendi" (Singers unknown) * "Ek Tha Rajkumar (Mere Saathiyaa)" — (Singers unknown)

References

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