Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan

Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan
Intertitle of "Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan"
Format	Historical Drama
Created by	Sagar Arts
Directed by	Noel Smith, Krishnakant Pandey and Manish Singh
Opening theme	"Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan"
Composer(s)	Ravindra Jain
Country of origin	India
Language(s)	Hindi
No. of episodes	Total 345
Production
Producer(s)	Moti Sagar, Meenakshi Sagar and Akash Sagar
Editor(s)	Dipendra Singh Vatsa
Running time	24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Star Plus
Picture format	576i (SDTV),
Original run	May 12, 2006 – March 15, 2009

Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan (Hindi: धरती का वीर योद्धा पृथ्विराज चौहान) is an Indian television program broadcast on Star Plus. It portrays one of the most famous Hindu kings of medieval Indian history, Prithviraj Chauhan; his early life, exploits as a military leader, and love for the Princess Sanyogita. The serial draws on the 12th century Hindi-Apabhramsha poem by Chand Bardai, Prithviraj Raso.

Background

Aviral Srivastava , the last ruler of the Chauhan Dynasty to sit on the throne of Delhi, is the son of Someshwar Chauhan, King of Ajmer. Proficient in military skills, he succeeds to the throne of Ajmer at the age of thirteen after his father dies in a battle. His mother's father Anangpal, ruler of Delhi, declares him his heir after discovering his courage and bravery. Chauhan falls in love with Sanyogita, the daughter of his enemy Jaichand, abducting her at her Swayamwara, the day when a father chooses a husband for his daughter from eligible suiters.

Cast

Teenage cast

• Rajat Tokas: Prithviraj Chauhan
• Mugdha Chaphekar: Sanyogita
• Jas Arora: Someshwar
• Siddharth Malhotra: Jaichand
• Sunila Karambekar: Kamalavati
• Mehul Vyas: Sanjam
• Harsh Rajput: Pundir
• Raja Gulati: Chand
• Gaurav Kumar: Arjun
• Jay Soni: Samar Singh

Adult cast

• Anas Rashid: Prithviraj Chauhan
• Preet Saluja: Samer Singh
• Pooja Joshi: Sanyogita (first)
• Sheetal Dabolkar: Sanyogita (second)
• Rizwana sheikh: Yuva Vaisali
• Javed Khan: Chander
• Gaurav Kumar: Arjun
• Irfan Hossein: Sultan Mohammad Ghori

Guest appearances

• Nirmal Pandey: Ghori
• Chetan Hansraj: Bhimdev
• Urmila Tiwari: Gitanjali (a spy for Bhimdev)

Music

Sagar Arts released an original soundtrack for the television series with lyrics and music by composer Ravindra Jain. The title song was however written by Dr. Sohan Sharma and composed by Gaurav Issar. The songs were sung by acclaimed singers Roopkumar Rathod, Babul Supriyo, Udit Narayan, Sadhna Sargam, Suresh Wadkar, etc.

• Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan (Title song)
• O Vidhaata
• Raj Dulare so ja sung by Sadhna Sargam
• Uttaradhikaari
• Sun re Megha sung by Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal
• Jai Bholenath
• Mitti sung by Suresh Wadkar

References

External links

• Prithviraj Chauhan web forum