Suryaputra Karn is an Indian historical epic television series, which premiered on 29 June 2015 on Sony TV. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary of Swastik Pictures, the series covers the life journey of Karna in the Mahabharata. The show starred Gautam Rode, Vishesh Bansal and Basant Bhatt as the lead character at various stages of his life.
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Suryaputra Karn (transl. Son of Surya, Karna) is an Indian historical epic television series, which premiered on 29 June 2015 on Sony TV. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary of Swastik Pictures, the series covers the life journey of Karna in the Mahabharata. The show starred Gautam Rode (adult Karna), Vishesh Bansal (young Karna) and Basant Bhatt (teenage Karna) as the lead character at various stages of his life.
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Premise
The story revolves around one of the best archer of the Mahabharata, Karna and narrates the entire story of Mahabharata from Karna and Pandavas' birth to the eventual crowning of Karna in the Swarga. The show covers the life journey of Karna on his way to becoming a great warrior.
He was the son of Surya and Kunti. He was born to Kunti before her marriage with Pandu. Kunti thus abandoned him. He was then saved by Adhirath, who was a charioteer. Karna since his childhood only decided to become an archer. He learnt archery from Lord Parshurama and lied him about his identity of being a Brahmin. But his lie was soon discovered and Parshurama cursed him. Lord Parshurama said to Karna ,"I, the son of Jamadagni, curse you that you will forgot the method of calling divine astras when you need them the most."
After that Duryodhana made him the king of Anga and befriended him. Later, Shakuni, devised a plan to insult Draupadi, wife of the Pandavas. They arranged a gambling where Yudhishthir lost all of his properties including Draupadi. Duryodhana asked Dushasan to disrobe her but failed as Lord Krishna saved her dignity. The Pandavas and Draupadi were sent for an exile of 13 years. This sowed the seeds of Mahabharata war.
Indra, in disguise of a Brahmin took Karna's armour and earrings. Later, he learned his true identity of Kunti and Surya's son but he decided to fight for Duryodhana blaming Yudhishthir for owing Draupadi. The Mahabharata war resulted in the death of Karna, Bheeshma, Drona, and many of the Kauravas. Thus, the Pandavas won the war. Yudhishthir was made the king of Hastinapura.
Gandhari cursed Krishna for destroying Kuru Vansh. Her curse showed result after 36 years and Krishna's dynasty also got destroyed. A hunter named Jara killed Krishna mistakenly. Thus, the Pandavas decided to go to heaven where they met the Kauravas and Karna. The show ended with Krishna's blessings to everyone.
Cast
Main
Gautam Rode as Karna: Surya and Kunti's son, Pandavas' half brother, Adhiratha and Radha's adopted son, Vrushali and Supriya's husband, Duryodhana's friend and the King of Anga; Vrishasena and Vrishaketu's father
Basant Bhatt as teenage Karna
Vishesh Bansal as a child Karna
Saurabh Pandey as
Lord Krishna, Viratswaroop Narayan: Devaki and Vasudeva's son; Nanda and Yashoda's adopted son; Karna, Draupadi and Arjuna's friend
Paundraka; fake Lord, who preaches that Krishna is fake and he himseld is real Lord, Duryodhana's friend
Malika Juneja as Supriya – Karna's first wife, Vrishasena's mother
Farnaz Shetty as Vrushali: Karna's childhood friend-turned-second wife; Vrishaketu's mother
Richa Mehta as teenage Vrushali
Jagrati Sethia as Young Vrushali
Gautam Rode as Vrishaketu – Karna and Vrushali's son, later the King of Anga
Recurring
Aryamann Seth as Vichitravirya: King Shantanu and Queen Satyavati's son, Chitrangad's younger brother, and Ambika and Ambalika's husband.
Shweta Gautam as Sudharma: Queen of Gandhar, Subala's wife, and Shakuni and Gandhari's mother.
Priya Bathija as Kunti: Kuntibhoj's daughter; wife of Pandu; Karna's biological mother; Yudhisthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva's mother; Balarama and Krishna's paternal aunt; Queen Mother of Hastinapura
Kanan Malhotra as Yudhisthira: Dharmaraj, Kunti and Pandu's son, first Pandava, Draupadi's husband, Prativindhya's father, King of Indraprastha and later King of Hastinapura
Pravisht Mishra as young Yudhisthira
Shaleen Bhanot as Duryodhana: Dhritarashtra and Gandhari's first son, eldest of the Kauravas, Crown Prince of Hastinapura, Karna's best friend, Bhanumati's husband and Laxmankumar, Lakshamana, and more sons/daughters' father
Yash Rajendra Karia as teenager or child Duryodhana
Vishal Patni as Lord Shiva – Lord of Human and Animal Beings, Kirateshwar The Hunter
Sailesh Gulabani as Sanjaya
Ajay Jayram as Shakuni: Gandhari's brother, Kauravas's maternal uncle, Duryodhana's accomplice who is an expert in gambling, son of King Gubala
Navi Bhangu as Arjuna: Indra, Kunti and Pandu's son, third Pandava, Draupadi and Subhadra's husband; Abhimanyu and Shrutkarma's father, Karna's arch-rival
Bhavesh Balchandani as young Arjuna
Production
Karanvir Bohra, Karan Grover, Karan Tacker, Avinesh Rekhi and Aditya Redij were approached for playing the lead role of Karna, but Gautam Rode was signed for the eponymous role. In 2015, Gautam Rode won the Best Actor in a Historical Serial award in Indian Telly Awards for the show. The show was intended to be a finite series of 150 episodes but was extended up to August due to a rise in the ratings.
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Pankhuri Awasthy Rode as Draupadi: Dhrupad's daughter, Dhrishtadyumna's sister, Pandavas's common wife, Queen of Indraprastha and later Queen of Hastinapura, mother of Upapandavas
Ketan Karande as Bhima: Vayu, Kunti and Pandu's son, second Pandava, Hidimba, and Draupadi's husband, Ghatotkach and Sutasoma's father
Shaunak David as young Bhima
Buneet Kapoor as Nakula: Ashwinikumars, Madri and Pandu's son, fourth Pandava, Draupadi's husband, Shatanika's father
Suchit V. Singh as Sahadeva: Ashwinikumars, Madri and Pandu's son, fifth Pandava, Draupadi's husband, Shrutasena's father
Shubhi Ahuja as Bhanumati: Duryodhan's wife; Lakshmana and Lakshman Kumar's mother
Basant Bhatt as Vrishasena: Karna and Supriya's eldest son died on the third day of the war by Arjuna.
Sandeep Rajoral / Farooq Saeed as Lord Surya – Karna's biological father
Meghan Jadhav as Abhimanyu – Arjun and Subhadra's son, Krishna and Balarama's nephew, Uttara's husband, Parikshit's father
Alice Kaushik as Uttarā – Virat and Sudeshna's daughter, Uttar's sister, Abhimanyu's wife, Parikshit's mother
Babloo Mukherjee as Ucchasena – Adhirath's brother, Radha's brother-in-law, Karna and Shon's uncle
Ujjwal Gauraha as Visheshan – King of Sut Society where Karna was raised in childhood
Aditya Kapadia as Shon – Karna's foster brother
Uzair Basar As child Shon
Riva Bubber as Priyamvada – Kunti's maid
Daya Shankar Pandey as Shani – Surya's son, Karna's brother
Rumi Khan as Madhyam
Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh as Vrishbhan – Vrushali's father
Naved Aslam as Bhishma – Great-uncle (grandfather figure) of Pandavas and Kauravas, Shantanu and Ganga's son
Aditi Govitrikar as Ganga- Bhishma's mother, Shantanu's wife
Paras Thukral as Dhritarashtra – Son Of Ambika and Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapur, Gandhari's husband, father of the Kauravas and Dushala
Sandeep Arora as Vikarna – Third Kaurava prince, King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari's third son and Duryodhan and Dushasna's younger brother, Dushyala's elder brother
Manish Bishla as Yuyutsu: Dhritarashtra and Sugadha's son, Duryodhana's younger stepbrother and other Kauravas's elder stepbrother fought for Pandavas and remained alive.
Smriti Sinha Vatsa as Gandhari – Shakuni's sister, Dhritarashtra's wife, Queen of Hastinapura, mother of the Kauravas and Dushala
Garima Jain as Dushala
Anuj Sharma as Vidur – Younger brother Dritarashtra and Pandu, Prime Minister of Hastinapura
Nimai Bali as Dronacharya – Guru of Pandavas and Kauravas, Ashwathama's father, Kripi's Husband
Chandni Sharma as Kripi – Drona's wife and Kripa's sister
Kunal Bakshi as Ashwatthama – Son of Dronacharya and Kripi, Duryodhana's friend, Student of Dronacharya too
Hemant Choudhary as Kripacharya – Drona's brother-in-law, Kripi's brother
Surendra Pal as Parshuram – Guru of Bhishma, Drona, Karna, and Kripa
Kamaljeet Rana as Dushasan Dhritarashtra and Gandhari's second son, youngest of the Kauravas, Duryodhana's younger brother
Jay Thakkar as a child Dushasan
Raj Premi as Drupad – King of Panchala; Shikandini, Drishtadymna, and Draupadi's father
Payal Rohatgi as Shikhandini/Shikhandi – Daughter of Drupad, Dristadyumna and Draupadi's elder sister
Vicky Batra / Akash Sharma as Dhrishtadyumna – Drupad's son, Shikandini, and Draupadi's brother
Vikramjeet Virk as Jarasandha – King of Magadha, Brihadhrata's son
Dinesh Mehta as Jayadratha – Dushala's husband, Kauravas' brother-in-law, King Of Sindhu, Vriddhakshatra's son
Deblina Chatterjee/Aishwarya Sharma Bhatt as Urvashi
Karan Sharma as Virata – King of the Matsya kingdom, Sudeshna's husband, Uttara, and Uttar's father
Jaswinder Gardner as Sudeshna – Virata's wife, Queen of the Matsya kingdom, Uttara and Uttar's mother
Vishal Kotian as Lord Hanuman: Rama's devotee, Vayu's son, and Bheema's elder spiritual brother.
Sachin Verma as Lord Indra – King of the Devtas, Arjun's father
Kunal Bhatia as Lord Agni – God of fire. Drishtadyumna and Draupadi's father
Niel Satpuda as Prativindhya: Yudhishthira, Draupadi's son, and the Eldest Upapandava.
Aman Sharma as Sutasoma: Bheema and Draupadi's son.
Jay Joshi as Shatanika: Nakula and Draupadi's son.
Akshay Batchua as Shrutasena: Sahadeva and Draupadi's son.
Yagya Saxena as Eklavya: A devoted student of Drona who gives away his thumb as Guru Dakshina, son Of Hridaydhanush and Nishad Prince.
Ashwin Patil as Uttar – Virat and Sudeshna's son, Uttara's brother
Zohaib Siddiqui as Kichaka – Sudeshna's brother, Commander-in-chief of the Matsya kingdom army
Malhar Pandya as Balarama – Krishna's elder brother
Richa Mukherjee as Lakshmanaa – Duryodhana and Bhanumati's daughter, Samba's wife, Krishna's daughter-in-law
Aayush Shah/Shresth Kumar as Samba – Krishna's son, Lakshmanaa's husband
Aniruddh Dave as Shishupala, King Of Chedi, Son Of King Damaghosha
Tarakesh Chauhan as Vishwakarma
Kaushik Chakraborty as Shalya – Pandavas' maternal uncle, King of Madra
Vikram Soni as Prativindhya – Yudishtira and Draupadi's son
Ayush Shrivastava as Shrutkarma – son of Arjun and Draupadi
Akbar Ali as Ghatotkach – Bheem and Himdimba's son
