1857 Kranti
{{Short description|Indian Television Series}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
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| genre = Historical drama
| creator =
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| writer = Sanjay Khan
Nawa Lucknowi
Samidha-Khalid
Hasan Kamal
| director = Sanjay Khan
| creative_director = Farah Khan
| presenter =
| starring = S. M. Zaheer
Maya Alagh
Lalit Tiwari
Bhupinder Singh
Barkha Madan
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| composer = Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 104
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| executive_producer = S. Mirza Khan
| producer = Sanjay Khan
| location =
| cinematography = Sushil Chopra
| editor = Aditya Warrior
Rajesh Rajput
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| company = Numero Uno International
| network = DD National
| first_aired = {{start date|2002|12|29|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2003|12|21|df=y}}
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1857 Kranti is an Indian historical drama television series directed by Sanjay Khan and produced by Numero Uno International Limited. The drama, aired on Doordarshan National from 29 December, 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com:80/headlines/y2k2/dec/dec137.htm|title=Sanjay Khan churns out fresh mytho, historical for DD|date=2002-12-26|access-date=2023-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626171758/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k2/dec/dec137.htm|archive-date=26 June 2018|url-status=dead}} to 21 December, 2003, for a total of 104 episodes.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/07/01/stories/13010693.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126005324/http://www.hindu.com/2001/07/01/stories/13010693.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=For DD, it's history |date=1 July 2001 |work=The Hindu |accessdate=1 August 2012}} 1857 Kranti tells the story of the Indian Revolt of 1857.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sanjays-new-serial-to-focus-on-sepoy-mutiny/articleshow/42664650.cms|title=Sanjay's new serial to focus on Sepoy Mutiny | Bengaluru News – Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=28 May 2001 }} The drama was temporarily interrupted after four episodes in its earlier run due to change in commissioning norms.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/jan/jan69.htm |title=Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : Media planners blamed for shriking DD advertiser base |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |accessdate=1 August 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://hindu.com/businessline/2001/08/10/stories/14101806.htm |title=DD may end up with a dented coffer |work=The Hindu|date=10 August 2001 |accessdate=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125163202/http://hindu.com/businessline/2001/08/10/stories/14101806.htm |archive-date=25 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}
The
Cast
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- Lalit Tiwari as Bajirao II
- Ashok Banthia as Moropant, advisor to Bajirao II
- Sunil Singh as Tatya Tope
- Bhupinder Singh as Nana Sahib
- Barkha Madan as Lakshmibai
- S. M. Zaheer as Bahadur Shah Zafar{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Sanjays-new-serial-to-focus-on-Sepoy-Mutiny/articleshow/1124276840.cms |title=Sanjay's new serial to focus on Sepoy Mutiny|newspaper=The Times of India |date=28 May 2001 |accessdate=1 August 2012}}
- Jitendra Trehan as Gangadhar Rao Newalkar / Ghulam Abbas
- Ajay Trehan as Kunwar Singh
- Maya Alagh as Zeenat Mahal
- Shashank Trivedi as Young Nana Sahib
- Siraj Mustafa Khan as Siraj ud-Daulah
- Nawab Shah as Robert Clive
- Gireesh Sahdev as William Bentinck
- Anwar Fatehan as Mir Jafar
- Anupam Shyam as Pandit Vadarayan
- Rishabh Shukla as Mirza Ghalib
- Saurabh Dubey as Trimbakrao Pandit, Raj Purohit in Jhansi Kingdom
- Vinod Kapoor as William Stephen Raikes Hodson
- Ahmed Khan as Lord Dalhousie
- Hariom Parashar as Narayan Bhat aka Madhav Narayan
- Surbhi Tiwari as Vaishali, Nana Sahib's wife
- Manish Khanna as Azimullah Khan
- Syed Badr-ul Hasan Khan Bahadur as Manekchand
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Background and production
Speaking at the launch of the drama, Sanjay Khan, Chairman and Managing Director of the Numero Uno said, "The revolt of 1857 referred to as the Second Mutiny by the British is a very important facet of India’s freedom struggle. Therefore, in the age of low-cost family dramas, I have attempted to bring serials which have qualities of an epic and good cinematic values.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021231/nation.htm#13 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Nation |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |accessdate=1 August 2012}} India's first war of independence of 1857 is not more than three pages in any school textbook. What we are presenting is the drama and the sacrifices that people made for the nation so that nationalistic fervour is never lessened, but enhanced."{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2001/may/11281.htm |title=You are here: Home > News > |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=29 May 2001 |accessdate=1 August 2012}} There are quite a few songs in the drama that don't stop the progression of the story. We have recorded three songs out of the 20 planned. "We are proud to say this is the most expensive serial on Indian television, a television series on a cinematic scale," claims Hormuzda Davar, the CEO of the Numero Uno. The crew included over 150 technicians, 80 artistes, 150 horses, 10 elephants, 50 camels and over 2000 sword fighters. The drama approximately cost Rs 16 crore.{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2002/dec/40092.htm |title=EXCLUSIVE: Kaveri Kapur starts shooting for her debut with Vardhan Puri in UK |date=7 September 2021 |website=www.mid-day.com}}
The first 12 episodes of the drama was shot in Rajasthan, Chambal, Trichur, Red Fort, Umargaon and Cochin at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore. From 6 April 2003, the 1857 Kranti shifted to the Sunday prime time (at 2130 instead of 1100 hours) on DD National to boost the viewership.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/mar/mar144.htm |title=Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : Sanjay Khan's 1857 Kranti shifts to a new time slot |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |date=27 March 2003 |accessdate=20 July 2012}}