''Chhatrasal'' is a 2021 Indian

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-language

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web series based on the life of Maharaja

Chhatrasal Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela (4 May 1649 – 20 December 1731) was the Bundela Raja of Panna State, Panna from 1675 to 1731. He is well known for his resistance against the Mughal Empire and leading the struggle of independence of Bundelkhand. ...

, who fought against the

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, and in 1675 established his kingdom in

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. The film is directed by Anadii Chaturvedi and stars

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, Jitin Gulati,

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Manish Wadhwa Manish Wadhwa (born 1972) is an Indian actor and voice actor. He is best known for his roles Chanakya in ''Chandragupta Maurya'', Balaji Vishwanath Bhatt in ''Peshwa Bajirao'', Kans in '' Paramavatar Shri Krishna'', Amal Nanda/Dansh in '' ...

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and

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. The film premiered and aired on OTT platform

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Cast

as the narrator * Jitin Gulati as Maharaja

as Devkunwari, wife of Maharaja Chhatrasal *

Aurangzeb Alamgir I (Muhi al-Din Muhammad; 3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, also called Aurangzeb the Conqueror, was the sixth Mughal emperors, Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707, becomi ...

, the Mughal Emperor *

* Jaswinder Gardner,as Sarandha * Anushka Luhar *

* Rudra Soni as Young Maharaja Chhatrasal

Secondary cast

* Sangam Rai as Champat Rai * Bhupendra as Mahabali Patel * Lokesh Batta as Bal Diwan * Yash Buddhadeb as Young Aurangzeb * Vikas Singh as Pahaad Singh * Ali Mughal as Baki Khan * BK Modi as Shahjahan * Zidan as Child Chhatrasal * Ajay Mehar as Vidvan * Harsh as Mohan Singh * Pramod Tripathi as Sarpanch * Shyam Sundar as Village Pandit * Krishnan Saajnani as Bheemsingh * Jitendra Bohra as Anirudh Singh * Kalyani Jha as Village Mother * Pradeep Tiwari as Karan * Visha Rai as Sambhu * Maushami Udeshi as Mehbooba * Arbendra Singh as Riyaaz Khan * Kamaldeep Maan as Fidai Khan * Nikhil Tyagi as Hriday Shah * Vikas Khokar as Jagat Rai * Sudeep Sarangi as South Pandit * Anil as Shubkaran * Himanshu as Jai Singh * Yash as Keshav Das * Shaan Kakkar as Kok Singh * Yash Puri as Dev Karan * Amit Lekhawani as Bahadur Khan * Shivam as Mittho Peerzada * Vinay Yadav as Fauze Miyan * Deepak Narang as Sher Afagan Khan * Jolly Bhatia as Angad Rai’s wife * Nishant Singh as Chhatrapati

Shivaji Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale, ; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the Sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the ...

Maharaj * Azad Chauhan as Keshav Rai Dangi * Prakhar Saxena as Ruh Allah Khan * Bhushan as Kavi Bhushan * Akanksha as Tej Kunwari

References

External links

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Chhatrasal film on MXPlayer
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