Waaris (2008 TV series)

Waaris
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Written by	Rajesh Dubey
Directed by	Bhushan Patel, Santram Varma
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Waaris" by Mad Trax & Bittu Merchant
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	64
Production
Producer	Smriti Irani
Running time	24 minutes
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	28 July (2008-07-28) – 4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

Waaris is a Hindi television crime drama series directed by Bhushan Patel that aired on Zee TV channel from 28 July 2008 until 4 December 2008. (It should not be confused with the famous 1979 Pakistan Television drama Waris). The plot of the Indian drama Waaris is similar in quite a few aspects to the Ram Gopal Varma films, Sarkar (2005) and Sarkar Raj (2008). ^[1] The series ran for a total of 64 episodes, excluding the 12 episodes that could have broadcast but were canceled due to the Indian Television Strike that occurred for 3 weeks long. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Plot

The story is based on the life of an underworld mafia don, Rudra Pratapsingh, who is searching for a true or suitable "Waaris" (inherent, heir) for the position that he created in his criminal-world.

Cast

• Mohammed Iqbal Khan as Shankar Pratapsingh
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Rudra Pratapsingh
• Indira Krishnan as Yashoda Rudra Pratapsingh
• Gauri Nigudkar as Swati Pratapsingh
• Yuvraj Malhotra as Shaurya Pratapsingh
• Akshay Sethi as Karan
• Shilpa Shinde as Gayatri Shankar Pratapsingh
• Rucha Gujarathi as Simran
• Khushboo Purohit as Swati
• Kiran Kumar as Ganesh Shetty
• Manish Raisinghan as Sunny Shetty
• Buddhaditya Mohanty
• Bhawna Roy

References

1. "Sarkar inspires television show?". Rediff.com . 28 July 2008.
2. Olivera, Roshni K. (23 October 2008). ""I was unhappy with Waaris"". The Times of India .
3. Maheshwri, Neha (21 May 2016). "Iqbal Khan exits 'Waaris' in a week". The Times of India .
4. Rao, A. Varsha (5 June 2016). "Testing new waters". Deccan Herald .

External links

• Official Site
• Online Waaris Videos