Buddha

Buddha — Rajaon Ka Raja (titled as Buddha — The King of Kings) is an Indian classical drama on Zee TV and DD National, produced by Bhupendra Kumar Modi, under the banner Spice Global. The creative producer of the show is Shetall Singh. The show first aired on Sunday, 8 September 2013 on Zee TV and Doordarshan. The programme stars Kabir Bedi in a cameo role as Asita Muni, the sage who announces the coming of Gautama Buddha. The story of the serial is based on the life of Gautama Buddha that shows how a prince, Siddhartha, became a Buddha. The role of Mayadevi – scheduled to be played by Sameksha Singh – was replaced with Deepika Upadhyay. Himanshu Soni played the lead role of Buddha, while 2010 Miss India top ten finalist, Kajal Jain played Siddhartha Gautama's wife Yaśodharā. Earlier, Ashutosh Gowariker wanted to collaborate with Shekhar Kapur for a television series on Buddha. Cast Himanshu Soni as Prince Siddharth / Gautama Buddha (Known For Shakyamuni.) Vishesh Bansal as 10-year-old Prince Siddharth Sameer Dharmadhikari as Śuddhodana, Buddha and Nanda's father Deepika Upadhyay as Maya, Buddha's biological mother Gungun Uprari as Prajapati, Buddha's step mother and second wife of Suddhodana Kabir Bedi as Asita Muni Dinesh Mehta as King Pasenadi, an avid follower of Buddha Kajal Jain as Yaśodharā, Prince Siddharth's wife Ananya Agarwal as Young Yaśodharā Meghan Jadhav as Prince Nanda, Buddha's half-brother. Jagat Singh as Devadatta, Yasodhara's brother who is Buddha's enemy. Pravisht Mishra as Teenage Devadatta Devyansh Tapuriah as Child Devadatta Mayank Arora as Ānanda, Buddha's cousin and the primary attendant. Sanket Choukse as Channa, Buddha's best friend and charioteer. Siddharth Vasudev as Dronadhan, Śuddhodana's second brother Nigaar Khan / Reshmi Ghosh as Mangala, Buddha's aunt and Dronadhan's wife Abhiram / Yashdeep Nain as Ajatashatru Hemant Choudhary as Mahamantri Udyan Sarika Dhillon as Maanvika Ghanshyam srivastva Brahman Magadh Rajguru Amit Behl as Guru Vachaspati Surbhi Shukla as Loshika, Dasi of Prajapati Vandana Lalwani as Amita, Suddhodana's sister. Neha Uppal as Amrapali Plot Born as Prince Siddhartha in the 6th century BC, after years of waiting and yearning, on a full moon night, to his parents King Shuddhodana and Queen Mahamaya, he was a unique child, even at birth.