Raavan | |
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Created by | Films & Shots Productions |
Written by | Umesh Chandra Upadhyay, Chandan N Singh |
Directed by | Ranjan Singh |
Opening theme | Raavan |
Country of origin | India |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 1097 |
Production | |
Running time | 52 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Zee TV |
Release | 5 February 2006 16 November 2008 | –
Raavan is an Indian mythological drama series aired on Zee TV from 18 November 2006 to 16 November 2008, based on the life of the primary antagonist of the epic Ramayana, Ravana.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Narendra Jha - Dasanan Ravan (10-headed Goad King of Lanka)
- Tapasvi Mehta - Child Dasanan Ravana
- Jay Soni - Teenage Dasanan Ravan
- Kavin Dave - Teenage Kumbhkaran
- Meghan Jadhav- Teenage Vibhishan
- Ravee Gupta - Kaikesi (Dasanan, Kumbhkaran, Vibishian, Shrupnakha, Chandranakha's mother, Maharashi Vishrava's wife)
- Rajendra Gupta - Sumali (Malyavan's brother & Dasanan's grandfather)
- Arun Mathur - Malyavan (Sumali's elder brother)
- Sunil Singh - Prahasta (Sumali's son)
Cameo
[edit]- Mahendra Ghule - Akampana (Sumali's son)
- Sanjeev Siddharth - Dand (Sumali's Son)
- Sanjeev Tyagi - Dhumraksh (Sumali's son)
- Shailendra Srivastav - Mayasura (Mandodari's Father)
- Manasi Salvi / Rashami Desai - Mandodari (Queen of Lanka & Dasanan Ravan's wife)
- Shashi Sharma - Tadka (Marecch & Subahu's mother)
- Gajendra Chauhan - Maharaj Dasharath (King of Ayodhya)
- Diwakar Pundir - Shri Ram (Avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu/Husband of Sita)
- Chirag Ruia - Child Lord Ram
- Paras Arora - Child Lakshman
- Ujjwal Rana - Sumitranandan Lakshman (Younger brother of Shri Ram, Bharat & twin brother Shatrughna)
- Namrata Thapa - Janaknandini Sita (Wife of Shri Ram)
- Shweta Dadhich - Kaushalya (Shri Ram's mother & Dasharath's first wife)
- Sonia Kapoor - Kaikeyi (Bharat's mother & Dasharath's second wife)
- Yashodhan Rana - Shiva
- Amit Pachori - Hanuman (Avatar of Kalashpati Shankar (Shiva) & Shri Ram's true devotee)
- Shahbaaz Khan - Mahishmati Raj Kartavirya Sahastrarjun/Patalok Raj Ahiravan (Double Role/Dasanan Ravan's Cousin)
- Richa Soni - Chitrangada (Ravan's second wife)
- Alihassan Turabi - Patalok Raj Mahiravan (Brother of Ahiravan/Dasanan Ravan's Cousin)
- Nimai Bali- Bali (Sugriv's twin brother & Devraj Indra's son)
- Vinod Kapoor - Maharashi Gautam/Maharashi Agustya (Double Role/Ahilya's husband)
- Pawan Chopra - Kuber (Dasanan Ravan's elder brother)
- Malini Kapoor - Devayanai (Sage Shukracharya's daughter)
- Anjali Rana - Manorama (Ravan's second wife's best friend)
- Ratan Rajput / Divya Dwivedi - Chandernakha (Dasanan Ravan's sister)
- Pankaj Bhatia- Shrihari Vishnu (Preserver of the Universe)
- Radhakrishna Dutta- Rishi Vishrava (Father of Dasanan Ravan, Kumbhkaran, Vibishian, Chandranakha)
- Tarakesh Chauhan- Guru Vashistha
- Anil Yadav - Vishwamitra
- Sanjay Swaraj - Parashurama
- Ranjeev Verma - Virupaksh (Malyavan’s son)
- Sunil Nagar - Jamdagni (Father of Parashurama]
- Jassi Singh - Mali (Younger brother of Malyavan and Sumali, killed by Shrihari Vishnu)
- Sandeep Bhanushali - Vibhishana
- Rajesh Singh - Kumbhakarna
References
[edit]- ^ "Zee TV enters new genre with 'Ravan' on Saturdays at 9". Indiantelevision.com. 16 November 2006.
- ^ "Anti-hero as hero". Retrieved 11 December 2006.