''Ek Thi Rani Ek Tha Raavan'' () is an Indian
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...
-language drama television series that premiered from 21 January 2019 to 21 September 2019 on
Star Bharat
Star Bharat is an Indian Hindi language General Entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It telecasts dramas, crime and comedy shows. The channel wa ...
and is digitally available on
Disney+ Hotstar
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.
An adaptation of ''
Darr
''Darr: A Violent Love Story'' ( ''Fear'') is a 1993 Indian romantic psychological thriller film directed and produced by Yash Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. The film stars Juhi Chawla, Sunny Deol and Shah Rukh Khan with Anupam ...
'', it starred Ram Yashvardhan,
Manul Chudasama
Manul Chudasama is an Indian television actress. She made her television debut in 2019 by playing lead role of Rani in ''Ek Thi Rani Ek Tha Raavan''. In same year she portrayed Princess Amrapali in ''Tenali Rama''.
Career
Manul Chudasama star ...
and
Sheezan Khan
Sheezan Khan (, born 9 September 1994) is an Indian television actor. He is best known as young Akbar/ Sultan Murad Mirza in '' Jodha Akbar'' and as Ali Baba in '' Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul''.
Early life
Khan was born on 9 September 1994 in M ...
.
Plot
The story revolves around Rani and her stalker Rivaaj. Rivaaj saw Rani at the college and instantly fell for her courageous nature. Ever since Rivaaj keeping Stalking Rani. Rivaaj propose Rani which she rejects. Out of frustration Rivaaj decided to marry Rani's sister Rukmini. Rivaaj plans to switch brides during the wedding to marry Rani. However his plan backfires and Rani marries Rivaaj mentally delayed brother Raghav.
Rivaaj tries everything he can to obtain Rani. When all his attempts backfired, Rivaaj burned Raghav and Rani Alive. Raghav died and Rani survived. Rani underwent plastic surgery and comes back under the name Mayura. Ruvaaj has become a successful actor. Mayura becomes Rivaaj's person bodyguard. Eventually after a lot of efforts Mayura burned Rivaaj in the same warehouse he burned Rani and Raghav.
Cast
* Ram Yashvardhan as Rivaaj
*
Manul Chudasama
Manul Chudasama is an Indian television actress. She made her television debut in 2019 by playing lead role of Rani in ''Ek Thi Rani Ek Tha Raavan''. In same year she portrayed Princess Amrapali in ''Tenali Rama''.
Career
Manul Chudasama star ...
as Rani
*
Sheezan Khan
Sheezan Khan (, born 9 September 1994) is an Indian television actor. He is best known as young Akbar/ Sultan Murad Mirza in '' Jodha Akbar'' and as Ali Baba in '' Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul''.
Early life
Khan was born on 9 September 1994 in M ...
as Raghav
* Natasha Singh as Kesha
*
Sara Khan as Dancer (Ringa ringa)
* Devaksh Rai as Journalist
Production
The series was announced in 2019 by
Star Bharat
Star Bharat is an Indian Hindi language General Entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It telecasts dramas, crime and comedy shows. The channel wa ...
, an official television adaptation of the 1993
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...
film ''
Darr
''Darr: A Violent Love Story'' ( ''Fear'') is a 1993 Indian romantic psychological thriller film directed and produced by Yash Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films. The film stars Juhi Chawla, Sunny Deol and Shah Rukh Khan with Anupam ...
''. The promos were released in December 2018. ''Ram Yashvardhan'' was cast in the titular role, and was joined by
Manul Chudasama
Manul Chudasama is an Indian television actress. She made her television debut in 2019 by playing lead role of Rani in ''Ek Thi Rani Ek Tha Raavan''. In same year she portrayed Princess Amrapali in ''Tenali Rama''.
Career
Manul Chudasama star ...
and
Sheezan Khan
Sheezan Khan (, born 9 September 1994) is an Indian television actor. He is best known as young Akbar/ Sultan Murad Mirza in '' Jodha Akbar'' and as Ali Baba in '' Ali Baba: Dastaan-E-Kabul''.
Early life
Khan was born on 9 September 1994 in M ...
as leads.
Due to creative differences
Manul Chudasama
Manul Chudasama is an Indian television actress. She made her television debut in 2019 by playing lead role of Rani in ''Ek Thi Rani Ek Tha Raavan''. In same year she portrayed Princess Amrapali in ''Tenali Rama''.
Career
Manul Chudasama star ...
was replaced overnight with
Srishti Jain
Srishti Jain is an Indian television actress known for portraying various roles including Durga in Star Plus's '' Meri Durga'' and Jaya Sharma opposite Namish Taneja in Sony TV's Main Mayke Chali Jaungi.
Early life
Jain was born in Bhopal, ...
. Natasha Singh was cast to portray the negative lead.
Mahek Chahal
Mahek Chahal (born 1 February 1979) is an Norwegian actress and model who works in Hindi films and television. She began her acting career in 2002 with Telugu film '' Neetho'' and later made her Hindi debut with '' Nayee Padosan'' in 2003. She ...
had a cameo appearance in the show, but later replaced with
Sara Khan.
It premeried on
Star Bharat
Star Bharat is an Indian Hindi language General Entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. It telecasts dramas, crime and comedy shows. The channel wa ...
from 21 January 2019
and went off-air within 9 months on 21 September 2019, due to low viewership.
See also
*
List of programs broadcast by Star Bharat
References
External links
*
''Ek Thi Rani Ek Tha Raavan''on
Disney+ Hotstar
Disney+ Hotstar (also known as Hotstar) is an Indian brand of subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Novi Digital Entertainment of Disney Star and operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both ...
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