Raavan (TV series)
| Raavan | |
|---|---|
 A promotional logo image of Raavan | |
| Created by | Films & Shots Productions |
| Written by | Umesh Chandra Upadhyay, Chandan N Singh |
| Directed by | Ranjan Singh |
| Opening theme | Raavan |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 105 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee TV |
| Release | 18 November 2006 – 16 November 2008 |
Raavan is an Indian mythological drama series aired on Zee TV from 18 November 2006, to 16 November 2008, based on the life of the primary antagonist of the epic Ramayana, Ravana.[1]
Cast
- Narendra Jha - Dasanan Ravan (10-headed Goad King of Lanka)
- Jay Soni - Teenage Dasanan Ravan
- Kavin Dave - Teenage Kumbhkaran
- Meghan Jadhav- Teenage Vibhishan
- Ravee Gupta - Kaikesi (Dasanan, Kumbhkaran, Vibishian, Chandranakha's mother, Maharashi Vishrava's wife.
- Rajendra Gupta - Sumali (Malyavan's brother & Dasanan's grandfather)
- Arun Mathur - Malyavan (Sumali's elder brother)
- Sunil Singh - Prahasta (Sumali's son)
- Mahendra Ghule - Akampana (Sumali's son)
- Sanjeev Siddharth - Dand (Sumali’s Son)
- Sanjeev Tyagi - Dhumraksh (Sumali's son)
- Shailendra Shrivastava - Mayasura (Mandodari's Father)
- Manasi Salvi / Rashami Desai - Mandodari (Queen of Lanka & Dasanan Ravan's wife)
- Shashi Sharma - Tadka (Marecch & Subahu's mother)
- Gajendra Chauhan - Maharaj Dasharath (King of Ayodhya)
- Diwakar Pundir - Shri Ram (Avatar of Bhagwan Vishnu/Husband of Sita)
- Chirag Ruia - Child Lord Ram
- Paras Arora - Child Lakshman
- Ujjwal Rana - Sumitranandan Lakshman (Younger brother of Shri Ram, Bharat & twin brother Shatrughna)
- Namrata Thapa - Janaknandini Sita (Wife of Shri Ram)
- Shweta Dadhich - Kaushalya (Shri Ram's mother & Dasharath's 1st wife & older sister of Sumitra & Kaikeyi)
- Sonia Kapoor - Kaikeyi (Bharat’s mother & Dasharath’s 3rd wife)
- Yashodhan Rana - Shiva
- Amit Pachori - Hanuman (Avatar of Kalashpati Shankar (Shiva) & Shri Ram's true devotee)
- Shahbaz Khan - Mahishmati Raj Kartavirya Sahastrarjun/Patalok Raj Ahiravan (Double Role/Dasanan Ravan's Cousin)
- Richa Soni - Dhanyamalini (Ravan’s second wife)
- Ali Hassan - Patalok Raj Mahiravan (Brother of Ahiravan/Dasanan Ravan's Cousin)
- Nimai Bali- Bali (Sugriv's twin brother & Devraj Indra's son)
- Vinod Kapoor - Maharashi Gautam/Maharashi Agustya (Double Role/Ahilya's husband)
- Pawan Chopra - Kuber (Dasanan Ravan's elder brother)
- Malini Kapoor - Devayanai (Sage Shukracharya’s daughter)
- Anjali Rana - Manorama (Ravan's second wife's best friend)
- Ratan Rajput / Divya Dwivedi - Chandernakha (Dasanan Ravan's sister)
- Pankaj Bhatia- Shrihari Vishnu(Preserver of the Universe)
- Radhe Krishna Dutta- Rishi Vishrava( Father of Dasanan Ravan,Kumbhkaran,Vibishian,Chandranakha)
- Tarakesh Chauhan- Guru Vashistha
- Raman Khatri - Kumbhakarna
- Anil Yadav - Vishwamitra
International broadcast
- In
Indonesia, the drama was broadcast on antv. - In
Sri Lanka, the drama is broadcasting on Independent Television Network. - In Sri Lanka, a local teledrama, Ravana[2](2018) is broadcast on TV Derana. (currently airing)
- In
Thailand, the drama is broadcasting on Mongkol Channel in the same name (Th: ทศกัณฐ์)
References
- ^ "Zee TV enters new genre with 'Ravan' on Saturdays at 9". Indiantelevision.com. 16 November 2006.
- ^ Ravana