Aarambh: Kahaani Devsena Ki | |
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Also known as | Aarambh |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Written by | V. Vijayendra Prasad R M Joshi Neha Singh |
Directed by | Goldie Behl |
Creative directors | Ranjeet Bahadur, Dhananjay Gour, Shouvik Bhadra |
Starring | Karthika Nair Rajneesh Duggal |
Theme music composer | Shankar Eshaan Loy |
Opening theme | 'Ek sach tera, Ek sach mera, Takraye to bane sach naya' by Mahalaxmi Iyer and Siddharth Mahadevan |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 24 |
Production | |
Producers | Shrishti Arya Goldie Behl |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 43 minutes |
Production company | Rose Audio Visuals |
Original release | |
Network | StarPlus |
Release | 24 June – 10 September 2017 |
Aarambh: Kahaani Devsena Ki is an Indian historical fiction television series, produced by Rose Audio Visuals. It was aired on StarPlus, on weekends, from 24 June 2017 to 10 September 2017. [1] [2] The story revolves around the rivalry between the Dravidians and Aryans. [3] The story was written by V. Vijayendra Prasad. [4] The title song is sung by Mahalaxmi Iyer and Siddharth Mahadevan.
As the series did not receive expected ratings, it ended with 24 episodes which was earlier planned for 32 episodes. [5]
Set in ancient India during the decline of the Indus Valley civilization and beginning of the Vedic age, this epic follows a saga of war between the Dravidians and the Aryans. In Arambh, Devasena, the daughter of Chamundi, leads Dravidians in a battle against the Aryans. However, she meets Varundev on the battlefield and falls in love with him, despite knowing that he is an Aryan.
Aarambh is a high budgeted series with ₹1 crore spent for each sequence. [6] [7] Before its premiere, the series was promoted at India Gate in New Delhi. [8]
Writer Vijayendra Prasad quoted "This is a creation of a parallel world of heroism. My story of Devsena will be the first and only narration of a woman so strong that she could rule the world of patriarchy by knowledge and sword. This is the only project which has brought me to the small screen". [9]
To increase its viewership, it went through many changes including a 200 years leap and a change in its title from Aarambh to Aarambh: Kahaani Devasena Ki. [10] [11] [12]
The Quint wrote, "The show promos - visually, it didn’t seem as great as we had seen in Mahadev, Mahakumbh and Siya Ke Ram. Over all, the performances and execution of Aarambh was quite average. It failed to connect with the viewer." [13]
Anvita Singh of India Today wrote, "It promises good things; like a tight script, decent acting, and some great visual effects. The treatment of the basic 'plot' is not completely bizarre. The scenes chase each other, and the pilot packs in a lot of information. Rajniesh Duggall (Varundev), Karthika Nair (Devasena), Tarun Khanna (Veer Kayast), and Tanuja (Hahumaa) were believable." [14]
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