Chandrashekhar (TV series)

Chandrashekhar is an Indian historical drama and biopic television series based on the life on a freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad.^[1] It premiered on 12 March 2018 on Star Bharat and is produced by Anirudh Pathak.^[2][3][4]

Chandrashekhar
Genre	Historical drama
Starring	Dev Joshi
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	110
Production
Producer	Anirudh Pathak
Production company	Writer's Galaxy Studios Pvt Ltd
Original release
Network	Star Bharat
Release	12 March (2018-03-12) – 17 July 2018 (2018-07-17)

Cast

Main

• Karan Sharma as Chandra Shekhar Azad^[5]
  • Dev Joshi as Teenage Chandra Shekhar Azad^[6]
    • Ayaan Zubair Rahmani as Young Chandra Shekhar Azad^[7]
• Sneha Wagh as Jagrani Tiwari^[8][9]
• Satyajit Sharma as Sitaram Tiwari
• Rahul Singh as Ram Prasad Bismil
• Arjun Singh Shekhawat as Master Manohar
• Jason Shah as John Nott-Bower
• Karam Rajpal as Bhagat Singh^[10]

Recurring

• Chetanya Adib as Ashfaqulla Khan
• Vikas Shrivastav as Sachindranath Bakshi
• Nikunj Nayana as Shivaram Rajguru
• Preetesh Manas as Batukeshwar Dutt
• Jaya Binju Tyagi as Durgawati Devi
• Ashish Kadian as Sukhdev Thapar
• Pankaj Singh as Manmath Nath Gupta
• Ghanshyam Garg as Tikaram
• Priya Shinde as Darsi
• Hridyansh Shekhawat as Chittu: Chandrashekar's friend

Guest

• Swati Kapoor as Harleen Kaur
• Aanjjan Srivastav as Lala Lajpat Rai
• Chirag Vohra as Mahatma Gandhi
• Aishwarya Sakhuja as Kamala Nehru
• Ram Awana as Veermal
• Prakash Ramchandani as Ramprasad's brother
• Shaize Khazmi as Bharat

References

1. "Star Bharat launches biopic on freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad at 10pm". Best Media Info. 16 March 2018. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
2. "Star Bharat announces the launch of Chandrashekhar". Indian Television. 12 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
3. "Star Bharat's new show to explore the life of Chandra Shekhar Azad". Television Post. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
4. Baddhan, Raj (20 February 2018). "In Video: Promo of Star Bharat's upcoming series 'Chandrashekhar'". Biz Asia Live. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
5. Service, Tribune News. "Chandrashekhar goes off air". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 13 May 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "I want to break away from the image of a child actor now : Baal Veer Dev Joshi". Times of India. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
7. "This peace is the result of the sacrifice of freedom fighters like Azad: Ayaan Zubair". Times of India. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
8. "I AM TOO MUCH EXCITED FOR CHANDRASHEKHAR: WAGH". The Pioneer. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
9. Maheswari, Neha (11 July 2018). "Sneha Wagh plays a 65-year-old on her TV show, 'Chandrashekhar'". Times of India. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
10. "I've been wanting to play Bhagat Singh: Karam Rajpal". Times of India. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.