Suryaputra Karn

Suryaputra Karna (English: Son of Surya, Karna) was an Indian mythological epic television series, which premiered on 29 June 2015 on Sony Entertainment Television (India) and Sony Entertainment Television Asia. The show aired Monday through Friday nights at 8:30 PM. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary of Swastik Pictures, the series covers the life journey of Karna, one of the great archers and a prominent character from the Mahabharata.The show starred Gautam Rode[1] (adult Karna), Vishesh Bansal (young Karna) and Basant Bhatt (teenage Karna) as the lead character at various stages of his life.

Suryaputra Karn
Suryaputra Karn
GenreMythology
Drama
Created bySiddharth Kumar Tewary
Based onMahabharata through Karna's perspective
Written byMihir Buta Radhika Anand
Vinod Sharma
Utkarsh Naithani
Directed byKamal Monga
Gautam Nagrath
Swapnil Mahaling
Sumit Thakur
Sunil Dharmadhikari
Gurpreet Rana
Kiran Gorde
Creative directorAnish N surana
StarringGautam Rode
Theme music composerLalin Nandi
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes307
Production
ProducersSiddharth Kumar Tewary
Gayatri Gill Tewary
Rahul Kumar Tewary
Production locationsMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeApprox 24 minutes
Production companySwastik Pictures
Release
Original networkSony Entertainment Television
Picture format576i(SDTV)
1080i(HDTV)
Original releaseJune 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) –
August 7, 2016 (2016-08-07)
External links
Website
Production website

Premise

The story revolves around the ace archer of the Mahabharata, Karna and tells the Mahabharata from his point of view. The show covers the life journey of Karna on his way to becoming a great warrior.

He was the son of Surya and Kunti. He was born to Kunti before her marriage with Pandu. Kunti thus abandoned him. He was then saved by Adhirath, who was a charioteer. Karna since his childhood only decided to become an archer. He learnt archery from Lord Parshurama and lied him about his identity of being a brahmin. But his lie was soon discovered and Parshurama cursed him.

After that Duryodhana made him the king of Anga and befriended him. Later, he along with Shakuni, devised a plan to insult Draupadi, wife of the Pandavas. They arranged a gambling where Yudhishthir lost all of his properties including Draupadi. Duryodhana asked Dushasan to disrobe her but failed as Lord Krishna saved her dignity. The Pandavas and Draupadi were sent for an exile of 13 years. This sowed the seeds of Mahabharata war.

Indra, in disguise of a brahmin took Karna's armour and earrings. Later, he came to know about his true identity of Kunti and Surya's son but he decided to fight for Duryodhana blaming Yudhishthir for owing Draupadi. The Mahabharata war resulted in the death of Karna, Bheeshma, Drona, and many of the Kauravas. Thus, the Pandavas won the war. Yudhishthir was made the king of Hastinapura.

Gandhari cursed Krishna for destroying Kuru Vansh. Her curse showed result after 36 years and Krishna's dynasty also got destroyed. A hunter named Jara killed Krishna mistakenly. Thus, the Pandavas decided to go to heaven where they met the Kauravas and Karna. The show ended with Krishna's blessings to everyone.

Cast

Main
  • Gautam Rode as Karna - Surya and Kunti's biological son, Pandava's elder brother, Adhirath and Radha's adopted son, Vrushali and Supriya's husband, Duryodhana's friend, and King of Anga / Vrishaketu - Karna and Vrushali's youngest son, later King of Anga and Indraprastha
  • Farnaz Shetty as Vrushali - Karna's friend turned second wife, Vrishaketu's mother
  • Malika Juneja as Supriya - Karna's first wife, Vrishasena's mother
  • Basant Bhatt as Vrishasena - Karna and Supriya's son
  • Shaleen Bhanot as Duryodhan - Dhritarashtra and Gandhari's first son, eldest of the Kauravas, Crown Prince of Hastinapura, Karna's best friend
  • Saurabh Pandey as Lord Krishna - Devaki and Vasudev's son; Nanda and Yashoda's adopted son; Karna, Draupadi and Arjun's friend
  • Pankhuri Awasthy as Draupadi - Dhrupad's daughter, Dhrishtadyumna's sister, Pandavas's common wife, Queen of Indraprastha and later Queen of Hastinapura, mother of Upapandavas
  • Kanan Malhotra as Yudhisthira - Dharmaraj, Kunti and Pandu's son, first Pandava, Draupadi's husband, Prativindhya's father, King of Indraprastha and later King of Hastinapura
  • Ketan Karande as Bhim - Vayu, Kunti and Pandu's son, second Pandava, Hidimba and Draupadi's husband, Ghatotkach and Sutasoma's father
  • Navi Bhangu as Arjuna - Indra, Kunti and Pandu's son, third Pandava, Draupadi and Subhadra's husband; Abhimanyu and Shrutkarma's father, Karna's arch rival
  • Buneet Kapoor as Nakula - Ashwinikumars, Madri and Pandu's son, fourth Pandava, Draupadi's husband, Shatanika's father
  • Suchit V. Singh as Sahadeva - Ashwinikumars, Madri and Pandu's son, fifth Pandava, Draupadi's husband, Shrutasena's father

Recurring
  • Priya Bathija as Kunti - Kuntibhoj's daughter; wife of Pandu; Karna's biological mother; Yudhistira, Bheem, Arjuna, Nakul and Sahadev's mother; Balram and Krishna's paternal aunt; Queen Mother of Hastinapura
  • Sandeep Rajora as Surya - Karna's biological father
  • Mouli Ganguly / Hemaakshi Ujjain as Radha - Karna's foster mother, Shon's mother, Adhirath's wife
  • Anand Suryavanshi as Adhirath - Karna's foster father, Shon's Father, Radha's husband, Bhishma's charioteer
  • Babloo Mukherjee as Ucchasena - Adhirath's brother, Radha's brother-in-law, Karna and Shon's uncle
  • Aditya Kapadia as Shon - Karna's foster brother
    • Uzair Basar as child Shon
  • Riva Bubber as Priyamvada - Kunti's maid
  • Daya Shankar Pandey as Shani - Surya's son, Karna's brother
  • Rumi Khan as Madhyam
  • Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh as Vrishbhan - Vrushali's father
  • Naved Aslam as Bhishma - Great-uncle (grandfather figure) of Pandavas and Kauravas, Shantanu and Ganga's son
  • Aditi Gowitrikar as Ganga- Bhishma's mother, Shantanu's wife
  • Paras Thukral as Dhritarashtra - King of Hastinapur, Ganchari's husband, father of the Kauravas and Dushala
  • Smriti Sinha Vatsa as Gandhari - Shakuni's sister, Dhritarashtra's wife, Queen of Hastinapura, mother of the Kauravas and Dushala
  • Ajay Jayram as Shakuni - Gandhari's brother, Kauravas's maternal uncle, Duryodhana's accomplice who is an expert in gambling
  • Anuj Sharma as Vidur - Younger brother Dritarashtra and Pandu, Prime Minister of Hastinapura
  • Nimai Bali as Dronacharya - Guru of Pandavas and Kauravas, Ashwathama's father
  • Surendra Pal as Parshuram - Guru of Bhishma, Drona and Karna
  • Sachin Verma as Indra - King of the Devtas, Arjun's father
  • Kamaljeet Rana as Dushasana - Dhritarashtra and Gandhari's second son, second Kaurava, Duryodhan's brother
  • Shubhi Ahuja as Bhanumati - Duryodhana's wife, mother of Lakshmanaa (and Lakshmana Kumar)
  • Raj Premi as Drupad - King of Panchala; Shikandini, Drishtadymna and Draupadi's father
  • Payal Rohatgi as Shikhandini/Shikhandi - Daughter of Drupad, Dristadyumna and Draupadi's elder sister
  • Vicky Batra/Akash Sharma as Dhrishtadyumna - Drupad's son, Shikandini and Draupadi's brother
  • Vikramjeet Virk as Jarasandha - King of Magadha
  • Dinesh Mehta as Jayadratha - Dushala's husband, Kauravas' brother-in-law
  • Deblina Chatterjee as Urvashi
  • Karan Sharma as Virata - King of the Matsya kingdom, Sudeshna's husband, Uttara and Uttar's father
  • Jaswinder Gardner as Sudeshna - Virata's wife, Queen of the Matsya kingdom, Uttara and Uttar's mother
  • Meghan Jadhav as Abhimanyu - Arjun and Subhadra's son, Krishna and Balarama's nephew, Uttara's husband
  • Alice Saraswat as Uttarā - Virat and Sudeshna's daughter, Uttar's sister, Abhimanyu's wife, Parikshit's mother
  • Ashwin Patil as Uttar - Virat and Sudeshna's son, Uttara's brother
  • Zohaib Siddiqui as Kichaka - Sudeshna's brother, Commander-in-chief of the Matsya kingdom army
  • Malhar Pandya as Balarama - Krishna's elder brother
  • Richa Mukherjee as Lakshmanaa - Duryodhana and Bhanumati's daughter, Samba's wife, Krishna's daughter-in-law
  • Aayush Shah/Shresth Kumar as Samba - Krishna's son, Lakshmanaa's husband
  • Anirudh Dave as Shishupala
  • Tarakesh Chauhan as Vishwakarma
  • Kaushik Chakravorty as Shalya - Pandavas' maternal uncle, King of Madra
  • Vikram Soni as Prativindhya - Yudishtira and Draupadi's son
  • Ayush Shrivastava as Shrutkarma - son of Arjun and Draupadi
  • Akbar Ali as Ghatotkach - Bheem and Himdimba's son
  • Vashu Chauhan as Barbareek - Ghatotkach's son

Production

Karanvir Bohra, Karan Grover, Karan Tacker, Avinesh Rekhi and Aditya Redij were approached for playing the lead role of Karna, but Gautam Rode was signed for the eponymous role.

In 2015, Gautam Rode won the Best Actor in a Historical Serial award in Indian Telly Awards for the show. The show was intended to be a finite series of 150 episodes but was extended up to August due to a rise in the ratings.[2]

International broadcast
  • In Indonesia, it premiered in September 2015 on antv.[3]
  • In India, it has been dubbed in Tamil as Karnan - Suryaputhran and aired Monday through Fridays at 8.30 pm on Polimer TV.
  • In India, it has been dubbed in Malayalam as Karnan and aired Monday through Saturday at 6:30 pm on Mazhavil Manorama.
  • In Myanmar, it has been dubbed in Burma as ရန်ပုံခွင်းမည့် မင်းသူရိန် and aired everyday at 9:00 pm on 5 Plus Channel.

References
  1. "Gautam Rode joins 'Suryaputra Karn'". The Indian Express. 2015-09-22. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
  2. "Gautam's 'Suryaputra Karn' gets an extension". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 Jan 2016.
  3. WowKeren, Tim. "Gautam Rode Perankan Karna Dewasa, Fans 'Surya Putra Karna' Heboh". WowKeren.com.
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