Razia Sultan (TV series)
Razia Sultan is a period drama serial which aired from Monday to Friday evenings on &TV[1] from 6 March 2015. The main role of empress Razia Sultana is played by Pankhuri Awasthy. The serial is about Razia Sultan (Sultan Razia), the only female ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. It talks about a young lady and her dilemmas with everyday life. The serial was introduced by Shah Rukh Khan as Sutradhar.[2] The song titled Mere Maula of the serial was sung by Supriya Joshi
| Razia Sultan | |
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 Promotional image for Razia Sultan | |
| Genre | Historical Drama |
| Created by | Siddarth Kumar Tewary |
| Written by | Anshuman Sinha Surabhi Saral Saba Mumtaz |
| Directed by | Mukesh kumar singh Arif Ali Ansari Hasnain Haiderabadwala Manish Singh Kamal Monga |
| Creative directors | Prakriti Mukherjee Amol Soorvey |
| Presented by | Swastik Pictures |
| Starring | See Below |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 170 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Siddarth Kumar Tewary Gayatri Gill Tewary Rahul Kumar Tewary |
| Production location | India |
| Editors | Paresh Shah Ayan B Hashmi |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 22 minutes |
| Production company | Swastik Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network | &TV |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 2 March – 23 October 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Plot
The show focuses on the life of Razia Sultan. She was made the ruler by Sultan Iltutmish himself. In spite of having many sons, he felt that Razia would make a more capable ruler. The show later focuses on 13th century India and Razia's struggles and dilemmas as a Sultan, and as a woman in daily life.
Cast
- Pankhuri Awasthy as Razia Sultan
- Rohit Purohit as Ikhtiyar ud-din Malik Altunia
- Saurabh Pandey as Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut
- Sooraj Thapar as Shams-ud-din Iltutmish
- Khalida Turi as Qutub Begum
- Mohit Abrol as Nasiruddin Mahmud
- Seema Kapoor as Shamshad Begum (Valide Sultan)
- Sambhavna Seth as Shah Turkan
- Rishima as Kaneez of Shah Turkan
- Ankit Arora as Rukn-ud-din Firuz
- Puja Banerjee as Yasmine-Rukn-ud-din Firuz's wife and Ala ud din Mausad's mother.
- Zara Barring as Shazia Begum (New Shazia) [3]
- Dalip Tahil as Maroosh
- Manish Khanna as Taj al-Din Yildiz
- Bhavna Chauhan as Shazia Begum (Old Shazia)
- Praneet Bhat as Kasabi Kalandar Lahori / Shagird
- Riya Deepsi as Fatima / Fatima Begum (Validah Sultan)
- Himangini Singh Yadu as Uzma Begum (Old Uzma)
- Jaswinder Gardner as Uzma Begum (New Uzma)
- Swati Anand as Nadira Begum
- Eijaz Khan as Muiz ud din Bahram
- Mandar Jadhav as Iqbal Khan (Tafal Sultan)
- Baizad Khan as Nasir ad-Din Qabacha
- Anil Rastogi as Nizamuddin[4]
- Dhruvee Haldankar as Hippie
- Rishima Sidhu as Kaneez of Shah Turkan
- Vikram Mastal (Sharma) as Bilal Khan
Broadcast
In Indonesia, the drama premiered on 8 June 2015 dubbed into Indonesian on MNCTV.[5] In Thailand, the drama airs on Zee Nung.[6] Razia Sultan also airs in Pakistan on Geo Kahani. The drama premiered on Malaysian television through TV3 on 31 August 2016 and two episodes is shown per day. It is TV3's first Hindi drama.
In Africa and Mauritius, the show is aired on Zee TV Africa/Mauritius.
In Germany, it is aired on Zee.One.
In Kenya,Uganda & Tanzania,the drama was dubbed in swahili and aired on Startimes Swahili
In Africa the drama was aired on Televista
In Azerbaijan also the drama was aired on Hazar TV Xəzər TV.
References
- "Razia Sultan". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- "Shah Rukh Khan turns 'sutradhar' for 'Razia Sultan'". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- "In & Out: TV celebs onboard, quit or kicked out - The Times of India". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- "Veteran actor Dr. Anil Rastogi from Ishaqzaade in &TV's Razia Sultan - Times of India". Retrieved 11 July 2016..
- https://twitter.com/panawasthy_31/status/603911720982151169
- http://zeenung.com/cinemainner.php?cinid=273%26slotid=0