Veer Shivaji

Veer Shivaji (transl. Brave Shiva) is an Indian historical drama series that aired on Colors TV from 2 September 2011 to 25 May 2012. The show focuses on the life of Shivaji, the 17th century founder of the Maratha Empire.

Veer Shivaji
Genre	Historical drama
Created by	Abhimanyu Singh
Screenplay by	Faizal Akhtar Virendra Singh Patyal Dialogues Mairaj Zaidi
Story by	Rajesh Saksham
Starring	See below
Composers	Sunny Bawra Inder Bawra
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	182
Production
Producer	Abhimanyu Singh
Cinematography	Veerdhaval Puranik
Editors	Rochak Ahuja Ayaz Ahmad Shadab (online)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20 minutes (approximately)
Production company	Contiloe Entertainment
Original release
Network	Colors TV
Release	2 September 2011 (2011-09-02) – 25 May 2012 (2012-05-25)

Cast

• Paras Arora as Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle - Jijabai and Shahaji Bhosle's son, Sambhaji Bhosle's brother and Saibai and Soyarabai Bhosle's husband and become first Maratha King .
  • Amol Kolhe as Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosle
• Shilpa Tulaskar as Jijabai Bhosale - Shahaji's first wife, Sambhaji and Shivaji Maharaj's mother.
• Palak Jain as Saibai Bhosle (née Sai Nimbalkar) - Shivaji's first and beloved wife, Mother of Sambhaji, Daughter of Mudhoji Rao and sister of Bajaji Rao.
  • Sonia Sharma as Elder Sai Bhonsale
• Ayesha Kaduskar as Soyarabai Bhosle - (née Soyara Mohite) Shivaji's second wife and Rajaram and Balibai 's mother.
  • Ruchita Jadhav as Elder Soyarabai Bhosle
• Milind Gunaji as Shahaji Raje Bhosale - Jijabai's husband, Shivaji and Sambhaji's father
• Mandar Jadhav as Sambhaji Raje Bhosale - Shivaji's elder brother
• Smita Shewale as Putalabai Bhosle- third wife of Shivaji
• Hemant Choudhary as Shyamraj Nilkant Pant- Prime Minister in Shivaji's Darbar
• Ritesh Mobh as Elder Sambhaji Raje Bhosle
• Alihassan Turabi as Mohammed Adil Shah
• Natasha Sinha as Begum Huzur - Sultan Adil Shah's mother
• Amit Behl as Sonopant Pingle
• Kumar Hegde as Baji Pasalkar
• Alok Narula as Rustam Zaman
• Chetan Hansraj as Inayat Khan
• Behzaad Khan as Noor Khan
• Nawab Shah as Afzal Khan
• Sonia Singh as Rambha Naikin / Janabai - A famous dancer and courtesan.
• Manoj Kumar as Aurangzeb
• Aarav Chowdhary as Dara Shikoh
• Amit Mohanrao Deshmukh as Bhimaji "Bhimya" Wagh
• Jasveer Kaur as Gauhar - Inayat Khan's mistress
• Dinesh Sharma as Tanaji Malusare
• Ravi Bhatia as Jiva Mahala
• Ishita Vyas as Janakibai
• Romanch Mehta as Jaswant Singh
• Yuri Suri as Sujat Khan
• Manoj Verma as Fateh Khan
• Amit Pachori as Netaji Palkar
• Gopal Singh as Bahirji Naik
• Raza Murad as Shah Jahan
• Sonia Sharma as Elder Saibai Bhosle
• Devdatta Nage as Tanaji Malusare
• Zaffar Beg as Sharhaan Singh
• Rishabh Jain as Raghoji
• Brownie Parashar as Krishnaji Bhatt
• Mahendra Ghule as Sayyad Banda

Extension

Due to the instant success and popularity and with TRP of more than 2.60, the show timing were extended to five days a week (Monday to Friday at 8:30 pm) from 3 October 2011.