Shobha Somnath Ki

Shobha Somnath Ki
Format Indian soap opera
Written by Vikas Kapoor & Mairaj Zaidi
Country of origin India
Language(s) Hindi
No. of episodes 103 as of 27 November 2011
Production
Producer(s) Vikas Sethi & Siddhart Kumar Tewary
Cinematography Deepak Pandey
Running time Approx. 24 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Zee TV
Picture format 576i (SDTV),
Original run 20 June 2011 – Present
External links
Website

Shobha Somnath Ki is a historical television series on Zee TV, based on a Gujarati legend.[1] In the 11th Century, Shobha is born to a mother who goes through pain of delivering her, a bitter father who blames her for her mother's death. But the bright-eyed Shobha ignores negativity of her parents. The story tells her journey as she explores love, life, valour and sacrifice from her relatives, the noble King Dadda Chalukya and his beautiful wife Maharani Gayatri Devi of Bharuch. Shobha acquaints with her cousin Chaula as the two girls blossom as attractive adolescents and the fate that drives Shobha to emerge as a heroine of her time. Will Shobha save her righteous homeland and Somnath Temple from Mahmud Ghaznavi?

The Show replaced the most popular & awarded historical Show Jhansi Ki Rani

At first the show was produced by Contiloe telefilms. But for "veer Shivaji" on Colors and "Maharana Pratap" and "Sati" on Star Plus, contiloe handover this to Shree Samudri entertainment. But Shobha Somnath Ki is a true legend about Princess Shobhna who saved her contry;s pride Somnath by sacrificing everything.

The show is turning bi-weekly from 7th november, Monday for less of popularity and the actors became discourage for cast. "Hitler Didi" is replaced that time.it is stating again from 12 nov in the time slot of 7: 30 pm only in the weekends

Contents

Cast

Cast Character Alive or Dead or Removed Historical or fictional
Young characters (before leap)
Ashnoor Kaur Shobha
Episodes 1-94		 Removed Historical
Yash Tonk Dadda Chalukya (Kirit's Brother)
Episodes 1-94		 Removed Historical
Amrita Raichand Gayatri Devi
Episodes 1-80		 Removed Historical
Azaan Ali Khan [2] Prince Bheemdev
Episodes 1-94		 Removed Historical
Grown-up characters (after leap)
Shrishty Rode Shobha
Episodes 95-		 Alive Historical
Jignesh Mehta Prince Bheemdev
Episodes 98-		 Alive
Priyanka Chhabra Princess Chaula (Shobha's cousin) Alive Historical
Navina Bole Kausar Jahan
Tarun Khanna Dadda Chaulukya (Shobha's Uncle) Alive Historical
Preeti Puri Gayatri Devi
Episodes 81-		 Alive Historical
Pankaj Dheer Kirit Chalukya (Shobha's Father) Dead
Reshmi Ghosh Indumati (Shobha's Stepmother)
Episodes 67-		 Removed
Saadhika Randhawa Indumati (Shobha's Stepmother)
Episodes 1-66		 Alive Historical
Avinash Wadhavan Patan Samrat Vallabhev Alive Historical
Seema Pandey Vijaylaxmi Alive Historical
Roma Bali Vijaylaxmi
Episodes 1-94		 Removed
Waqar Sheikh Puru Alive
Siddharth Vasudev Bhaanuman (Indumati's Brother) Alive
Kali Prasad Mukherjee Mahant Rudhrabhadra Alive Historical
Sadashiv Amrapurkar Mahant Rudhrabhadra
Episodes 1-94		 Removed
Sudhanshu Pandey Chandradev Mythological
Shraddha Musale Bhairavi
Gajendra Chauhan
Sonika Handa
Sashi Sharm
Ahsaas Channa Loma Removed
Ghaznavids
Vikramjeet Virk Mahmud of Ghazni Alive Historical

Trivia

Shobha & Chaula [4]

Dadda Chalukya & Rudrabhadra[5]

Bhimdev [6]

Thus there are controversies that both Shobha and Chaula were not princess.

References

  1. ^ Press release: Zee TV presents The Biggest Ever Historical Magnum Opus Shobha Somnath Ki
  2. ^ http://syndication.screenindia.com/news/young-trend-setters/827134/
  3. ^ http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1713683&TPN=5
  4. ^ http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1713683&TPN=6
  5. ^ http://www.india-forums.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1713683&TPN=6
  6. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimdev_I

External links

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