My favourite TV show

Hello everyone. In this post i will explain everything about my favourite TV show.

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Ek Veer Stree Ki Kahaani... Jhansi Ki Rani (English: Story of a Brave Woman... The Queen of Jhansi)

It is an Indian historical drama based on the life of Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi. The series was directed by Jitendra Srivastava and written by Rajesh Saksham, Ila Dutta Bedi, Malavika Asthana, Mairaj Zaidi and Virendra Singh Patyal. It premiered on 18 August 2009 on Zee TV with Ulka Gupta playing Queen Lakshmi Bai. On 8 June 2010, the story moved on several years and Kratika Sengar portrayed the Queen from there on. The last show episode aired on 19 June 2011.

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Jhansi Ki Rani begins with Manikarnika (Manu) at age 14. She lives with her father, Moropant Tambe, a pandit in the Bithoor court of Peshwa Baji Rao II and Nana Saheb. Manu is trained in the arts of war by Tatya Tope. She despises the British rule of India, and takes the form of Kranti Guru to combat it. Manu is a thorn in the side of Manson, a British official. She marries Maharaja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao Newalkar.The court of Jhansi is headed by Raghunath Singh and Narsingh Rao.Her name changes to Lakshmi Bai, and her life changes drastically. At Jhansi a servant, Moti Bai, collaborates with British officer Captain Fraser but changes sides after meeting Rani. Another officer, Marshal, kills Prachi (Bajirao's little daughter) and is killed by Kranti Guru in revenge. When the maharaja discovers that Kranti Guru is Rani, their relationship deteriorates. He agrees with a British officer that Kranti Guru will not be accused of Marshal's death if he hands over Rani's friend, Samar Singh. When Rani saves Samar, the maharaja casts her away.

When Rani sees the British mistreating villagers outside Jhansi, she persuades them to fight. She finds Samar Singh (who helps her) and Karma (who wants to kill the maharaja). Captain Martin promises Karma the leadership of the villages if he works for them, but he then betrays him. Rani saves Karma, who becomes an ally. Martin challenges Rani (disguised as a man, Raja) to fight against a madman; Raja wins the fight, but is then revealed as Rani. The maharaja takes her back as the maharani; Martin retires, and is replaced by Captains Malcom and Ross.

After several failed attempts to kill the maharaja, Captain Nelson kills Ross; Samar Singh is framed for the murder and hanged. Rani visits Baji Rao, who is severely ill in Bithoor; he dies while Manson tries to conquer Bithoor Fort. Rani fights victoriously, and cuts off Manson's leg. She gives birth to Damodar Rao, and adopts Anand Rao. Nelson kills Damodar, Ali Bahadur kills the maharaja and Captain Hamilton is sent to Jhansi to subdue it. Rani renames Anand Damodar and wages war against the East India Company against the backdrop of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Hamilton pits Jhansi and the city of Orchha against each other; Orchha's queen, Ladai Sarkar, is sympathetic to the British and holds a grudge against Jhansi. Ladai Sarkar initially imprisoned Tatya Tope,Raghunath Singh and Gauss Khan but Rani Lakshmi Bai frees them all and wins the battle. The victorious Rani returns to a conquered Jhansi, which she reclaims after threatening the life of the 1st Earl of Dalhouise. Nelson frames her for the death of the king of Mot, and when Ladai Sarkar (the king's sister-in-law) captures Rani he betrays Sarkar. The queens become allies in prison, and after Rani escapes she kills Nelson. Queen Victoria sends General Hugh Henry Rose, who helps Hamilton capture Prince Damodar, as a replacement. After Rani saves her son's life she kills Hamilton; Hugh Rose's army attacks Jhansi Fort, where many of her loyal followers and allies (Guass Khan, Karma, Moropant Tambe, Jhalkaribai, Ladai Sarkar, Kashi, Raghunath Singh and Vahini Saheb) dies. Bithoor is conquered. Nana Saheb flees to Nepal while Rani Lakshmi Bai is shot by Captain Gall. At the end, Lakshmi Bai asks a villager to burn her body in order to avoid capture by the British.

My favourite character in tv show

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Jhansi, Rani of (1835-1858), an Indian queen, became famous for her military leadership in the war of independence against the British in 1857. ... When she married Gangadhar, the raja (ruler) of Jhansi in 1842, she became rani (queen) and her name was changed to Lakshmibai.

Rani Laxmi bai become a bitter enemy to the british because when the British government composed doctrine of lapse on Indian States, Rani Lakshmi Bai asked them to recognize their adopted son as the heir of the kingdom. But they did not accepted their adopted their as the prince and took over Jhansi.

Lakshmibai gave a great fight to the British as the siege of Jhansi lasted for about two weeks. 6. After a fierce war, when the British army entered Jhansi, Rani Lakshmibai, tied her son Damodar Rao to her back and fought bravely using two swords in both her hands.

On 17 June in Kotah-ki-Serai near the Phool Bagh of Gwalior, a squadron of the 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars, under Captain Heneage, fought the large Indian force commanded by Rani Lakshmibai, who was trying to leave the area.

The British attacked back and Lakshmibai was grievously wounded. Since she did not want her body to be captured by the British she told a hermit to cremate her. Upon her death on June 18th 1858, her body was cremated as per her wishes. Three days after the death of Lakshmibai, the British captured the Fort of Gwalior.

shooting Location of the TV show

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (establishing shots)

Karjat, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (interiors)

Main casts In TV show

Ulka Gupta as young Rani Lakshmibai / Manikarnika a.k.a. Manu / Kaali / Kranti Guru
Kratika Sengar as Rani Lakshmibai KrantiGuru / Rana Bakura Double role is twin
Sameer Dharmadhikari as King Gangadhar Rao Newalkar (Rani Laxmibai's Husband)
Amit Pachori as Tatya Tope / Kranti Guru 2 (Rani Laxmibai's Guru)
Hemant Choudhary as Raghunath Singh (Commander in Chief of Jhansi)
Shailesh Dattar as Moropant Tambe (Rani Laxmibai's father)
Siddharth Vasudev as Samar Singh
Ravindra Mankani as Baji Rao II
Dinesh Kaushik as Narsingh Rao
Puneet Vashishta as Karma
Sanjay Swaraj as Rai Dulhajo
Manoj Verma as Ghulam Ghaus Khan (the most skilled gunman of Jhansi state)
Shreya Laheri as Sunder

This is my favourite TV show from the year 2009. I Hope you all will like it.