Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha

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Naagarjun-Ek Yoddha
Naagarjun Ek Yoddha
Genre	Fantasy Mythology Action Thriller Drama
Created by	Yash A Patnaik
Based on	Mahabharata
Written by	Robin Bhatt
Starring	See below
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	02
No. of episodes	127
Production
Producer(s)	Inspire Films
Location(s)	Mumbai Dharamshala Kangra Palampur Kerala Madhya Pradesh India
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	Mon-Fri 9PM (22 minutes approx).
Production company(s)	Beyond Dreams Entertainment Private Limited
Distributor	Star India
Release
Original network	Life OK
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	May 30, 2016 (2016-05-30) – Present
Chronology
Preceded by	Piya Rangrezz
External links
Website

Nagarjuna-Ek Yoddha is an Indian Hindi fantasy fiction drama television series, which premiered on 30 May 2016 and is currently airing on Life OK. The series is produced by Yash A Patnaik of Beyond Dreams Entertainment and it features Pearl V Puri, Nikitin Dheer and Pooja Banerjee in lead roles. The series is inspired by a reference to Naag Lok in the Mahabharata where one of the greatest warriors, Arjuna married Ulupi, a Naga princess. She was the one who saved him when he was cursed by the Vasus for killing Bhishma through foul means. The story is virtually unknown in Indian mythology but is quite interesting.

Jeet Ganguly composed the soundtrack, which have been sung by Jubin Nautiyal and Shankar Mahadevan while stunts have been designed by Amar Shetty.^[2][3] The show have been written by Robin Bhatt and Akash Khurana while Nitin Chandrakant Desai designed the set of the show. The show's first look was launched in Mumbai on May 24, 2016.^[4] The show completed its 100 episodes recently.^[5]

Cast

• Pearl V Puri as Arjun Shastri/Naagarjun/Nagrakshas^[6]
• Nikitin Dheer as Astika
• Mrunal Jain as Shankhachurna/A.C.P. Rajveer Singh
• Nitanshi Goel as Chhutki
• Sudeepa Singh as Mohini
• Abigail Jain as Tina
• Pooja Banerjee as Noorie Chaudhary
• Karishma Tanna as Maskini
• Saar Kashyap as Agni
• Rajesh Khera as Takshak
• Manish Wadhwa as Vasuki
• Aman Vasishth as Aslam
• Shruti Ulfat as Yashodha Shastri
• Richa Mukherjee as Urmi^[7]

Former cast

• Chetan Hansraj as Nag Dev, King of Naaglok many generations after Shesh Naag, King of all the Nagaas.
• Keerti Nagpure as Pranali (Naagarjun's mother)
• Nawab Shah as S. P. Baldev Singh
• Anshuman Malhotra as Arjun Shahstri/Nagarjun/Nagrakshah'
• Rishina Kandhari as Naag Maya

Cameo appearances

• Vishal Karwal as Krishna
• Rahul Sharma (actor) as Arjuna
• Iris Maity as Chitrāngadā
• Srishti Jain as Draupadi
• Esha Chawla as Ulupi
• Kishori Shahane as Goddess Manasa

Production

Development

The show is going to be produced by Yash A Patnaik under the banner of Beyond Dreams Entertainment. In March, Mrunal Jain was signed to portray the role of the lead antagonist^[8] Anshuman Malhotra was signed to portray the lead role in the series but replaced by Pearl V Puri in September 2016 . Anshuman's real life girlfriend Sanaya Pithawalla was initially signed to star oppsite him. But she was replaced by Pooja Banerjee at the last minute.^[9][10]Nikitin Dheer was signed to portray the second lead in the fantasy series. He will now be seen as a warrior, with grey shades, from the times gone by in the series.^[11][12]Keerti Nagpure was signed to star opposite him.^[13]Nawab Shah (actor) has been signed to play the role of a cop in the series.^[14] Nitanshi Goel was signed to play the role of Anshuman's kid sister Chutki. In May, Sheela Sharma, Gujarati actress Anandi Tripathi, model Arjun Singh and Ajay Kumar Singh have been roped to play prominent roles in the series.^[15]Kishori Shahane and Rishina Kandhari have also been finalised for prominent roles in the series.^[16] As of July 2016, Abigail Jain entered the show as Anshuman's childhood friend Tina.^[17]

Character and looks

Nikitin Dheer plays an unusual anti-hero character in the show. He is also be the reel father to Malhotra, the lead character.^[18] He trained himself in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and sword fighting for six months. Pooja has gone for a makeover of sorts for the show. The actress plays a simple girl-next-door character called Noorie in the show. Earlier, Pooja’s role was supposed to be played by Anshuman’s real life girlfriend Sanaya Pithawala but somehow the deal did not work out and Pooja bagged it at the last minute. Anshuman is four years younger to Pooja and to ensure they look approximately around the same age, she was asked to chop off her long tresses.^[19] Mrunal is seen in duel role, as a and super villain, who will double up as a cop called Rajbir,^[20] in the show. Explaining the intricacies of playing such a role, he says, "My character Shankachurna is different compared to what I have done in the past." The costume that he will be wearing has a lot of elements, including claws jutting out from the right shoulder."It takes the actor over an hour just to get into the look of the character, complete with the costume and a wig, which he is wearing for the first time.^[21] Nitanshi will be playing the role of Chutki. She will be very cute, naughty and intelligent and will love and care for her brother a lot. Earlier Veera girl Harshita Ojha was finalized to play this character. However it is Nitanshi who had managed to bag this prized role now. Actor Arjun Singh will be playing a grey shade, Anandi will be seen as Anshuman's mother, Ajay will be Anshuman's father and Sheela would play his aunt in the show. Rishina will be playing the role of Nag Maya who will protect the Naglok. Her character will foresee the future.^[22]Pearl has been maade to wear thick green-coloured lenses for his 'Naag' look.^[23]

Shooting locations

The show has been shot at intriguing districts of India like Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir.^[24]

References