Raja Shivchatrapati is a Marathi historical TV drama based on Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire. The program was first aired on Star Pravah, a Marathi GEC channel and was the first program aired on Star Pravah. The serial was re-broadcast in April 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Plot
Shivaji, born at Shivneri fort, establishes the Maratha kingdom against all odds by fighting against the Mughal dynasty.
Cast
- Amol Kolhe as Chatrapati Shivaji
- Mrinal Kulkarni as Rajmata Jijabai
- Avinash Narkar as Shahaji Raje Bhosale
- Yatin Karyekar as Aurangzeb
- Rujuta Deshmmukh as Maharani Saibai
- Neelam Shirke as Maharani Soyrabai
- Prasad Pandit as Baji Prabhu Deshpande
- Shantanu Moghe as Murarbaji Deshpande
- Swapnil Rajshekhar as Netaji Palkar
- Sanjay Mohite as Bahirji Naik
- Vidyadhar Joshi as Jai Singh I
- Hardik Joshi as Kartalab Khan
- Sunil Godse as Shaista Khan
Production
The program was created and produced by Hindi film’s art director Nitin Chandrakant Desai. Amol Kolhe played lead role of Shivaji and Mrinal Kulkarni as RAJMATA JIJABAI. It was directed by Hemant Deodhar. Filming took place at ND Studios in Maharashtra. Babasaheb Purandare and Devendranath Kasar were consulted for historical content as can be seen from credit list of the serial.