# Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap

Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap (transl.  Brave Son of India – Maharana Pratap) is an Indian historical fiction series produced by Contiloe Entertainment. It is based on the life of Maharana Pratap, a sixteenth century ruler of Mewar kingdom. It starred Sharad Malhotra, Rachana Parulkar, Faisal Khan and Roshni Walia.
The series premiered on 27 May 2013. Amitabh Bachchan narrated the introductory part of the series in the first episode tracing the background of the Mewar family and their resistance to Foreign Invasions.
The series received positive reviews and won numerous awards and nominations. The final episode of the series aired on 10 December 2015.

## Cast
### Main

* Sharad Malhotra as Maharana Pratap - Udai Singh and Jaiwanta Bai's son; Ajabde Punwar and Phool Bai's husband; Amar Singh's father
** Faisal Khan as young Maharana Pratap
* Rachana Parulkar as Maharani Ajabde Punwar - Rao Mamrakh Punwar and Hansa Bai's daughter; Pratap's beloved first wife and chief consort; Amar Singh's mother
** Roshni Walia as young Ajabde Punwar
* Krip Suri/Avinesh Rekhi as Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar - Mughal emperor; Ruqaiya Sultan, Salima Sultan and Harka Bai's husband
** Sahil Deshmukh Khan / Arish Bhiwandiwala / Vishal Jethwa as young Akbar
* Shakti Anand as Maharana Udai Singh II - Jaiwanta Bai, Dheer Bai, Sajja Bai and Veer Bai's husband; Pratap, Shakti, Vikram, Jagmal, Chand and Maan's father
* Rajshree Thakur as Maharani Jaiwanta Bai Songara - Udai Singh's first wife and chief consort; Pratap's mother; Amar Singh's grandmother
* Heena Parmar as Rani Phool Bai Rathore - Ramchandra Rathore's daughter; Pratap's fifth wife; Amar Singh's step-mother
** Jannat Zubair Rahmani as young Phool Bai Rathore
* Aashka Goradia as Rani Dheer Bai Bhatiyani - Udai Singh's third and favourite wife; Jagmal, Chand and Maan's mother
* Jineet Rath as Maharana Amar Singh I - Pratap and Ajabde's son; Udai Singh and Jaivanta Bai's grandson; 14th Maharana of Mewar

### Recurring

* Khuram Khan as Jagmal Singh - Udai Singh and Dheer Bai's son; Pratap's step-brother
* Divyaalakshmi as Rani Sajja Bai Solankini - Uday Singh's second wife; Shakti Singh and Vikramdev's mother; Pratap's Step mother
* Vineet Kumar as Shakti Singh - Udai Singh and Sajjabai's son; Vikramdev's brother; Pratap's step-brother
** Dhruv Sangwan as Young Shakti Singh
* Sarika Dhillon as Rani Veer Bai Jhala - Udai Singh's fourth wife; Pratap's step-mother
* Triyug Mantri as Pandit Chakrapani Mishra - Pratap's childhood friend and his Darbari-Pandit in the court; Saubhagyavati's husband
** Yash Karia as young Pandit Chakrapani Mishra
* Yash Mistry as Vikramdev Singh - Udai Singh and Sajjabai's son; Shakti's brother; Pratap's step-brother
* Vaishali Takkar / Vinita Mahesh as Rajkumari Maan Kanwar - Udai Singh and Dheer Bai's daughter; Pratap's step-sister
* Deeksha K Sonalkar as Rajkumari Chaand Kanwar - Udai Singh and Dheer Bai's daughter; Pratap's step-sister
** Tunisha Sharma as young Chaand Kanwar
* Bakul Thakkar as Rao Mamrakh Punwar - Governor of Bijolia; Rani Hansa Bai's husband; Maharani Ajabde's father
* Anjali Rana as Rani Hansa Bai - Rao Mamrakh Punwar's wife; Maharani Ajabde's mother
* Rajeev Bharadwaj as Rawat Sai Das Chundawat - Udai Singh and Mewar's chief, Governor of Salumber
* Shaize Kazmi as Rawat Krishna Das Chundawat - Udai Singh and Mewar's chief, Nephew of Rawat Sai Das Chundawat, Governor of Salumber
* Ankur Nayyar as Acharya Raghvendra; Mewar's Guru
* Nirbhay Wadhwa as Hakim Khan Sur - Pratap's army commander in Battle of Haldighati
* Rushiraj Pawar as Patta Chundawat - Ajabde's sworn brother; Mewar's army commander, governor of Kelwa
* Anand Goradia as Rao Surtan Singh - Governor of Bundi
* Ved Thapar as Jaimal Rathore - Mewar's army commander
* Tasha Kapoor as Harka Bai / Heer Bai - Princess of Amer. Akbar's wife and third empress consort
* Falaq Naaz as Ruqaiya Sultan Begum - Princess of Munghal empire. Akbar's cousin and first wife and chief consort.
* Riya Deepsi as Salima Sultan Begum - Princess of Mughal Empire. Akbar's cousin and second chief consort; Bairam Khan's former wife.
* Muskaan Nancy James as Meera Bai - Bhoj Raj's wife; Pratap's aunt; Udai Singh's Sister-in-law; Krishna devotee
* Shailesh Datar as Tulsidas - Rama's devotee
* Ankit Bhardwaj as Rao Chandrasen Rathore - Maldeo Rathore's son; Phool Bai's uncle
* Surendra Pal as Rao Maldeo Rathore - Phool Bai's grandfather; King of Marwar
* Jaya Bhattacharya as Maham Anga - Akbar's foster mother. Daughter of Babur from his consort Bibi Mubarika Begum
* Shahbaz Khan (actor) as Bairam Khan - Akbar's guardian; Salima Sultan's first husband
* Raj Thakur as Kalyan Singh Rathore / Kalla Rathore, Jaimal Rathore's nephew
* Mrinal Deshraj as Rani Uma Bhatiyani - Maldeo Rathore's wife; Dheer Bai's sister
* Hemant Choudhary as Dondiya Thakur Sanda - Udai Singh's army commander
* Piyush Sharma as Jhala Mann Singh - Pratap's commander in Battle of Haldighati, governor of Badi Sadri
* Manoj Verma as Bhil Rana Kheta Ji/Rana Punja Ji - Pratap's commander in Battle of Haldighati
* Vishal Patni as Bhim Singh Dodiya, Pratap's army commander in battle of Haldighati and governor of Sardargarh
* Vindhya Tiwari as Rani Durgavati - Dalpat Shah's wife and regent of Gondwana
* Raju Shrestha as Mia Tansen - Akbar's Navaratnas
* Neha Bam as Dai Kokoi - Dheer Bai's maid
* Sharhaan Singh as Ismail Khan
* Dakssh Ajit Singh as Raj Rana Bahadur
* Reema Vohra as Gauhar Jaan
* Pratibha Paul as Khetu
* Kunal Bakshi as Peer Mohammad
* Tarun Khanna as Zahir Saaka
* Ritesh M M Shukla as Takkal Pandit
* Javed Pathan as Husain Ali Quli Khan: Akbar's Soldier in Siege Of Chittor
* Manish Bishla as Aalim Khan - Akbar's Soldier in Siege Of Chittor
* Papiya Sengupta
* Mann Singh Bagga as Mehmood: An Afghan warrior

### Cameo appearance

* Aarav Chowdhary as Rana Sanga: Udai Singh's father; Pratap's grandfather
* Gufi Paintal as Humayun: Akbar's father
* Priya Marathe as Saubhagyawati
** Neeharika Roy as Child Saubhagyawati
* Amit Singh as Soldier of Rao Surtan Singh. Anmol Soni as behlol khan

## Awards and nominations
### Indian Television Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2013 | Best Historical/ Mythological Serial | Abhimanyu Raj Singh | Won |
| 2013 | Best Serial - Drama | Contiloe Entertainment | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Actress in a Negative Role | Aashka Goradia | Won |
| 2013 | GR8! Face of the Year – Male | Faisal Khan | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Art Direction | Sandesh Gondhalekar & Viswanath Sundaram | Won |
| 2013 | Best Costumes | Nikhat Mariyam Neerushaa | Won |
| 2013 | Best Editing | K. Rajgopal | Won |
| 2013 | Best Title Music/Song Track | Karthik Shah | Won |
| 2014 | Best Historical/ Mythological Serial | Abhimanyu Raj Singh | Won |
| 2014 | Best Actress in a Negative Role | Aashka Goradia | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Child Artist | Faisal Khan | Won |
| 2014 | Most Promising Child Star | Faisal Khan | Won |
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Shakti Anand | Won |

### Indian Telly Awards

| Year | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Best Historical/ Mythological Series | Abhimanyu Raj Singh | Won |
| 2014 | Best Child Artiste - Male | Faisal Khan | Won |
| 2014 | Best Child Artiste - Female | Roshni Walia | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Actress in a Negative Role | Aashka Goradia | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Rajshree Thakur | Won |
| 2014 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jury) | Rajshree Thakur | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Jury) | Shakti Anand | Won |
| 2014 | Best Dialogue Writer (drama series & soap) | B.M.Vyas | Won |
| 2014 | Best Screenplay Writer (drama series & soap) | Surbhi Saral | Won |
| 2015 | Best Historical/ Mythological Series | Abhimanyu Raj Singh | Won |
| 2015 | Best Actor in a Lead Role | Sharad Malhotra | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Daily Serial | Contiloe Entertainment | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Actor in a Negative Role | Avinesh Rekhi | Nominated |

### Gold Awards

| Year | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | Best Actress in a Negative Role | Aashka Goradia | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Lead Role | Faisal Khan | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Actor in a Lead Role | Sharad Malhotra | Nominated |

### BIG Star Entertainment Awards

| Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Most Entertaining Television Show | Abhimanyu Raj Singh | Won | |

### Lions Gold Awards

| Year | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Fiction Serial | Contiloe Entertainment | Won | |
| 2015 | Best Jodi | Rachana Parulkar & Sharad Malhotra | Won | |