Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani
| Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani | |
|---|---|
 Title Card of Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani | |
| Genre | Drama Romance Mystery |
| Created by | Sphere Origins and Nilanjana P the Creative Head |
| Written by | Story Nilanjana Purkayastha Rajita Sharma Dialogues Aparajita Sharma Divya Sharma Screenplay Faizal Akhtar Sweksha Bhagat |
| Directed by | Pawan Parkhi |
| Creative directors | Siddhartha Vankar Saurabh and Nilanaja P |
| Starring | Drashti Dhami, Siddhant Karnick See Below |
| Theme music composer | Raju Singh Siddhartha Vankar Saurabh |
| Composer | Aashish Regoo |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 332 as on 31 October 2016 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Sujoy Wadhwa Comall Sunjoy Wadhwa |
| Production locations | Rajasthan Mumbai |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | Approx. 26 minutes |
| Production company | Sphere Origins |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee TV |
| Release | 27 July 2015 – Present |
Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani (English: There Was Once A King, There Was Once A Queen) is an Indian television period drama that airs on Zee TV. It premiered on 27 July 2015 and airs on weekdays at 9:30 pm. Season 1 was with the very versatile Drashti Dhami as the female lead, opposite Siddhant Karnick. In season 1 Drashti Dhami portrayed a very simple Gayatri to Rani Gayatri and then Savitri (a village belle) and lastly a warrior.
Cast of Season 2
- Year (1966)
- Current cast;
- Mohammad Iqbal Khan as Nawab Iqbal Khan
- Sartaj Gill as Raja / Kunwar Rajveer Singh (2016-)
- Eisha Singh as Rani Gayatri Rajveer Singh (2016–)
- Anita Raj as Rajmata Priyamvada Devvadan Singh Deo(2015–)
- Shivangi Sharma / Purva Parag as Rani Ambika Singh (2016–)
- Deepshikha as Abida ( Iqbal's step mother )
- Former cast of season 2;
- Surekha Sikri as Badi Rani Maa Bhagyavanti Singh Deo (Dead) (2015–2016)
- Anjum Fakih as Rani Rageshwari Singh (Dead) (2015–2016)
- Akshay Anand as Kunwar Chandravadan Singh Deo (2015–2016)
- Parul Chaudhary as Kunwarani Kokila Chandravadan Singh Deo (2015-2016)
- Puneet Sharma as Lakhan (Dead) (2015–2016)
- Priya Tandon as Choti Kunwarani Swarnalekha Lakshyaraj Singh Deo (Dead) (2015–2016)
- Mahima Joshi as (child) Kunwari Rani Gayatri Indravadan Singh Deo / Rani (2016)
- Sagar Hingonia as (child) Raja / Kunwar Rajveer Singh (2016)
- Chetan Hansraj as Maharaja Kaal Singh (2016)
- Zaan Khan as Kunwar Jeevan Singh / Jeeves (2016)
- Neha Mishra as Meenu / Gayatri's friend(2016)
- Poonam Preet as Kunwari Bindu Singh Deo / Lovely (2016)
- Vijay Kalvani as Vice Principal Mr. Chaubey / Chilgoza (2016)
Cast of Season 1
- Year (1946)
- Drashti Dhami as Gayatri / Rani Gayatri Devi / Savitri (Dead)
- Siddhant Karnick as Rana Indravadan Singh Deo (Dead)
- Jayna Tida as Rani Sulakshana Indravadan Singh Deo (1st wife of Rana Indravadhan) (Dead)
- Anita Raj as Rajmata Priyamvada Devvadan Singh Deo
- Anjum Fakih as Rani Rageshwari Singh 3rd Wife of Rana Indravadan. Married twice to him.
- Surekha Sikri as Badi Rani Maa Bhagyavanti Singh Deo
- Akshay Anand as Kunwar Chandravadan Singh Deo
- Parul Chaudhary as Kunwarani Kokila Chandravadan Singh Deo
- Puneet Sharma as Lakhan
- Priya Tandon as Choti Kunwarani Swarnalekha Lakshyaraj Singh Deo
- Ajay Arya as Lakshyaraj Chandravadan Singh Deo (Dead)
- Astha Agarwal as Jhumki (Fake Sulakshana. 1st wife of Rana Indravadan)
- Vineet Sharma as Sartaj
- Abhiram Nain as Avdesh Singh Chauhan (Dead)
- Darshan Jariwala as Seth Govinddas
- Moon Banerrjee as Sethani Damyanti Devi
Reception
The show began with good ratings and became one of the most watched shows across all GEC's and was one of the top ten serials of 2015. Later due to poor repetitive tracks the TRPs dropped and it was scheduled to go off air. These were the rumours by people that the show will be go to off air. The track of both leading pair Drashti Dhami and Siddhant Karnick will be ending in serial and both decided to quit the show because of the leap is taken.[1] Drashtis' acting received quite a few accolades especially when she donned the role of Savitri.
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Zee Rishtey Awards | Favorite Beti Award | Drashti Dhami | Won |
| Favorite Naya Sadasya (Male) | Siddhant Karnick | Won | ||
| Favorite Personality of the Year | Anita Raj | Won | ||
| Favourite Bahu | Drashti Dhami | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Pati-Patni Rishta | Siddhant Karnick & Drashti Dhami | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Beta | Siddhant Karnick | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Saas-Bahu | Anita Raj & Drashti Dhami | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Sautan | Jayna Tida | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Buzurg | Surekha Sikri | Nominated | ||
| Favourite Kutumbh | Sujoy Wadhwa | Nominated |
International Broadcast
In Pakistan, it airs on Geo Kahani.
References
- ^ "Drashti, Siddhant out of show". Times of India. 26 April 2016.