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Porus
Genre
  • Historical Fiction
  • Drama
Created bySiddharth Kumar Tewary
Screenplay bySiddharth Kumar Tewary
Satyarth Nayak
Story by
Starring
ComposersSangeet Haldipur
Siddharth Haldipur
Suryaraj Kamal
Lenin Nandi
Raju Singh
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes249
Production
ProducersSiddharth Kumar Tewary
Rahul Kumar Tewary
Gayatri Gill Tewary
Production locationsThailand
Umargam, Gujarat
CinematographyKabir Lal
EditorsJanak Chauhan
Anil Vaishya
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time20-30 minutes
Production companyOne Life Studios
Budget₹500 crore (US$60 million)
Original release
NetworkSony Entertainment Television
Release27 November 2017 (2017-11-27) –
13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)

Porus is an Indian historical drama television series based on the Battle of the Hydaspes, visualizing the lives of Indian warrior and ruler Porus, King of the Pauravas and Alexander The Great, King of the Macedonian Empire. It premiered on 27 November 2017 on Sony TV. The series depicted the story of many Kingdoms - Paurav Rashtra (King Bamni, Kanishk, Porus), Macedonia (King Philip II, Alexander), Takshashila (King Ambhiraj, Ambhikumar), Dasyulok (King Arunyak), Persia/Faras (King Darius III), Bactria (King Bessus) and Magadh (King Dhananand).[2]

The show is created by Siddharth Kumar Tewary of Swastik Productions.[3][4] It is the most expensive show on Indian television, having a budget of about INR 500 crores (roughly USD 70 million).[5] In Sri Lanka, it airs on Sirasa TV, dubbed into Sinhala under the name Digvijaya.[6] The rights to the drama have also been sold to Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.[7] It is also dubbed in Tamil as Maaveeran which currently airs on Sun Life channel,Sun TV network from October 2018 onwards.The Malayalam version is titled Porus which currently airs on Surya TV from july.

Plot

The show focuses on the history of the most brave warriors of all time Porus and Alexander The Great and the one of the greatest battle fought between them, The Battle of Hydaspes.

Cast

The Pauravas

The Macedonians

  • Rohit Purohit as Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, and destined rival of Porus. (2017-2018, Deceased; cause is disputed)
  • Sameksha as Olympias, former Queen and Queen Mother of Macedonia, Philip's wife and Alexander's mother.[19][20][21] (2017-2018)
  • Sunny Ghanshani as Philip II, Former King of Macedonia, Alexander's father.(2017-2018, Deceased; assassinated by Pausanias on Alexander and Olympias' orders)[22]
  • Akash Singh Rajput / Akhil Kataria as Hephaestion, Alexander's best friend and general in his army. (2017-2018, Deceased; killed by wounds of battle with Porus)
  • Amaad Mintoo as Arrhidaeus son of Philip and Philinna, Prince of Macedonia, step brother of Alexander. (2017-2018)
  • Sarehfar as Philinna, Queen of Macedonia, wife of King Philip II, and mother of Arrihdaeus. (2017-2018, Deceased; killed by Olympias)
  • Nitin Joshi / Amir Malik as Cleitus the Black, one of Alexander's generals. (2018, Deceased; killed by Alexander)
  • Vikas Verma as Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander's generals. (2018)
  • Aruna Irani as an Oracle, a priestess who acts as medium between men and the gods, and an adviser to Alexander. (2018, Deceased; killed by Alexander),[23]
  • Ruby Kakar as an Oracle, a Greek priestess who acts as medium between men and the gods, who is a philosopher, and someone who out of vengeance for the Oracle Alexander killed tells Porus that he is meant to face Alexander. (2018)
  • Raviz Thakur as Pausanias, bodyguard and murderer of Philip II. (2018, Deceased; killed by Cleitus)
  • Vidvaan Sharma as baby Alexander (2017)[24]
  • (TBD) as Cleopatra of Macedon, Princess of Macedonia, Phillip and Olympias' daughter, sister of Alexander, later wife of Alexander of Epirus and Queen of Epirus. (2018)
  • Karishma Rawat as Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, Queen of Macedonia, King Philip's last wife. (2018, Deceased; killed by Olympias)
  • Rizwan Kalshyan as Alexander of Epirus, King of Epirus, uncle of Alexander the Great, and husband of Cleopatra of Macedon.(2018)

The Persians

  • Praneet Bhat as Darius III,[25][26] trader, later Emperor of Persia, succeeded by Alexander the Great (2017-2018, Deceased; killed on Bessus' orders)
  • Riya Deepsi as Barsine, Princess of Persia, elder daughter of Darius, second wife of Alexander the Great.[27][28] (2017-2018)
  • Chandan Dilawar as Muashiz, Darius' companion and assistant, Commander of the Persian army (2017–18, Deceased; killed by Roxane)
  • Vishal Patni as Farus, Muashiz's son, Commander of the Persian army (2017-2018, Deceased; killed by Alexander)
  • Suzanne Bernert as Ada of Caria, Queen of Caria. (2018)
  • Riyanka Chanda as Stateira I, former Queen of Persia, wife of Darius and mother of Barsine and Drypetis. (2018)
  • Shalini Sharma as Drypetis, Princess of Persia younger daughter of Darius.(2018)

The Dasyus

  • Suhani Dhanki as Laachi, princess of Dasyu Raj and Porus' friend & love interest, later Porus' wife and Queen of the Pauravas[29][30] (2017-2018, Deceased; killed by Seleucid archers)
  • Shraddha Musale as Mahanandini, Laachi's mother and matriarchal Queen of Dasyu Raj.[31][32] (2017-2018, Deceased; killed by Hephaestion)
  • Rishi Verma as Sumer, Laachi's brother, Prince of Dasyu Raj. (2017-2018, Deceased; killed by Anusuya)
  • Chirag Jani (actor) as Arunayak, Laachi's father and King of Dasyu Raj[33] (2017-2018, Deceased; killed by Alexander)

The Takshashilans (Taxilans)

The Bactrians

  • Aparna Dixit as Roxane / Rukhsana, princess of Bactria, later Queen of Macedonia, Alexander the Great's love interest and first wife. (2018)
  • Browny Parashar as Oxyartes, Father of Roxane and general of King Bessus of Bactria, later King of Bactria with help of Alexander The Great. (2018)
  • (TBD) as Bessus, King of Bactria (2018, Deceased; killed by Alexander).

The Magadhans

Monsters

  • Nalini Negi as Vishuddhi, a member of the Vishkanya(poison-girl) community, a community where women sustain on the venom of snakes. She was originally sent to murder Puru but later changes her intentions and helps Puru in his mission to reach Persia. (2018, Deceased; killed by Alexander)
  • Jaival Pathak as Malay, the only surviving boy when Vishuddhi killed all the villagers and introduce him as her younger brother to Puru and his team. He later disclosed all the secrets to Puru about role play of brother and the truth about Vishuddhi. At last, prior to proceed for Persia he sent Malay to Pauravas. (2018)
  • Pooja Sharma as River Jhelum, the Narrator. (2017-2999)

Reception

The show was hailed as 'visually captivating' by India Today.[36]

Pinkvilla called it the television version of the film Baahubali.[37]

Sequel

Porus, being a finite series went re-air on 18 October 2019. Swastik Pictures has decided to tell the story of Chandragupta Maurya through a new show on Sony TV which has replaced Porus and is currently airing on the same time slot. Many key characters of Porus like Chanakya, Dhananand, Amatya Rakshas reprise their roles in the new show with the same actors portraying them. The new show Chandragupt Maurya will be in seamless continuity with the continues of Porus.

Awards

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2018 Lions Gold Awards Favorite Actress of the Year (Critics)[38] Rati Pandey Won
Favorite Actor of the Year[38] Laksh Lalwani Won
2018 Asian Academy Creative Awards Best Telenova/Soap[39] Porus Won
2018 Asian Academy Creative Awards Best VFX[39] One Life Studios Nominated
2018 Asian Academy Creative Awards Best Theme Song[39] Porus Nominated
2018 Indian Telly Technical Awards Best VFX[40] One Life Studios Won
2018 Indian Telly Technical Awards Best Costumes[40] Ketki Dalal Won
2018 Indian Telly Technical Awards Best Director[40] Siddharth Kumar Tewary Won
2018 Indian Telly Technical Awards Best Screenplay Writer[40] Siddharth Kumar Tewary, Medha Jadav Won
2018 Indian Telly Technical Awards Best Sound(Fiction)[40] Raghu Hegde Won
2019 Asian Television Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role[41] Laksh Lalwani Nominated
2019 Asian Television Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role[41] Rohit Purohit Nominated
2019 Asian Television Awards Best Director[42] Siddharth Kumar Tewary Won

Global Distribution

Porus is the first Global TV series of India. Produced by One Life Studios, Porus has been distributed to over 11 countries and 14 territories. One Life Studios has licensed Porus in Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, Laos, and Myanmar in a deal with JKN Global Media, and in Indonesia in a licensing deal with Soraya Intercine Films.[43] The show has also been sold to Thailand. It has been dubbed in Sinhala and launched as 'Digvijaya' in Sri Lanka.[44] The show has been dubbed in English, Thai, Malay and Burmese.[45] Recently, Porus became the first Indian drama series to reach Japan. It has been launched on the digital platform Hulu.[46]

References

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