Veer Shivaji Explained

Genre:	Historical drama
Creator:	Abhimanyu Singh
Story:	Rajesh Saksham
Screenplay:	Faizal Akhtar Virendra Singh Patyal Dialogues Mairaj Zaidi
Starring:	See below
Composer:	Sunny Bawra Inder Bawra
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	182
Producer:	Abhimanyu Singh
Cinematography:	Veerdhaval Puranik
Editor:	Rochak Ahuja Ayaz Ahmad Shadab
Camera:	Multi-camera
Runtime:	20 minutes (approximately)
Company:	Contiloe Entertainment
Last Aired:	^[1]

Veer Shivaji is an Indian historical drama series that aired on Colors TV from 2 September 2011 to25 May 2012. The show focuses on the life of Shivaji, the 17th century founder of the Maratha Empire.

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).
  • • Amol Kolhe as Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle 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]

Notes and References

1. News: Veer Shivaji to end. https://archive.today/20130127234614/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-27/tv/31411259_1_generation-leap-channel-end. dead. 27 January 2013. TNN. 27 April 2012. The Times of India. 16 December 2012.
2. Web site: Veer Shivaji. https://web.archive.org/web/20120527142905/http://colors.in.com/in/shows/veer-shivaji-69.html. dead. 27 May 2012. colors.in.com. 16 December 2012.