Mahakumbh- Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani | |
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Also known as | Maha Kumbh |
Genre | Supernatural Mythological Thriller[1] |
Directed by | Arvind Babbal |
Starring | Siddharth Nigam Gautam Rode Payal Rajput Manish Wadhwa Rahil Azam Ketki Dave Seema Biswas |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
No. of episodes | 122[2] |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Arvind Babbal |
Production location(s) | Varanasi[3] |
Production company(s) | Arvind Babbal Productions |
Release | |
Original network | Life OK |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | 15 December 2014 – 10 July 2015 |
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Tejaswi Prakash Wayangankar is an Indian television actress. She was born on 10 June 1992 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Tejaswi Wayangankar works in Hindi Television Serials including Life Ok, Colors TV, and Sony TV. She was made her screen debut in Life ok TV Serial 2612/2613 (2012-2013) as Rashmi Raju Bhargava. Currently, in 2018 She is Playing a role in Star Plus New serial Karn Sangini.
Mahakumbh- Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani , also known as Maha Kumbh, is an Indian Hindi supernatural, mytho-thriller television show, produced and directed by Arvind Babbal. It stars Gautam Rode and Payal Rajput in lead roles.[4][3] Arvind Babbal has been nominated at New York Festivals -International Television & Film Awards, 2016 in the Best Director (India) category for the show.[5] 'Mahakumbh' won a 'Certificate of Merit' at the '52nd Chicago International Television Awards'.[6]
This series has been dubbed into Telugu with the same title on Star Maa Gold from 5 June 2017.
Plot summary[edit]
It is a thriller based story in the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh about a boy who possesses supernatural powers. Unaware of the gift as a child, as he grows older, his powers start showing. A girl named Maya starts liking Rudra. Meanwhile, Rudra is one of the seven protectors of Amrit which appears every 144 years during Mahakumbh . His father, Shivanand (Manish Wadhwa) is one of the leading Garudas.
The story begins with Baby Rudra visiting the Mahakumbh with his father. Then the bridge to Ganga is blown up as a plan of Balivesh, one of the leading priests of Mahakumbh, who has pledged his allegiance to the Naga clan. The Naga clan and the Garuda Clan have been battling for Amrit, the elixir of life every Mahakumbh. This has led to animosity between the two clans.
Rudra's father is kidnapped by a man named Mr. Greyerson, who describes himself as the member of a Secret society who had connection with Nazis precisely Thule Society. Mr. Greyerson brought Rudra's father to Poland where he is tortured and probed for the secret of Amrit. He had been exchanging notes with Dr.A.P.G. Rao (Doctor Aghast Parashar Gautam Rao) for the purpose of understanding the secret of Amrita scientifically. Meanwhile, Rudra is thrown into water due to the impact of the blast. He is saved by Udiya Baba (Robin Das), who takes him to Mai Mui (Seema Biswas) and Punnu.
He is brought up by Mai Mui, but is constantly hunted by Balivesh and Khoye Paye Pandey (Vineet Kumar). On the eve of Dussehra, he is attacked by Khoye Paye Pandey, under the instructions of Balivesh. The entire episode is eavesdropped by Udiya Baba, who tries to save Rudra who is on a chariot, getting ready to shoot an arrow at Ravana's effigy. The bomb has been planted in the chariot.
When Udiya Baba tries to save Rudra, the bomb explodes, but Rudra escapes unhurt. The burning effigy falls over Udiya Baba and he is badly hurt. Rudra brings him out of the fire miraculously. Udiya Baba is treated, but does not have long to live. He pleads Rudra to bring his wife for a final meeting. Rudra brings his wife and Udiya Baba passes away peacefully. However, Rudra realises that the Garuda Birthmark on his back is responsible for danger over his loved ones. He tries to peel it away with his rope, but is stopped by Mai Mui. Khoya paye pandey says that he knows Rudra's parents and takes Rudra to Balivesh where he was captured but later with help of his extra oridinay powers escapes from Balivesh's clutches. Rudra escapes from Mai Mui as he thinks that Udiya Baba had died because of him and meets a vulgler who also has a garuda symbol like him later he comes back to Mai Mui After some years leap Rudra is a grown up and he cemetres dead bodies in a river side. He meets maya with whom he later fells in love with,later mai mui was also killed by khoye paye pandey. Maya talk rudra to allahabad to her uncle balivesh .balivesh with his father wanted to kill maya for a sacrifice.on one night rudras father sivanand comes back. He reveals to rudra that he is a garud and shivanavd is garud head.there are 7 garudas who saves the amrit. They had to find the other 5. Catherine a foreigner girl caomes to allahabad to explore mahakumbh and the boy whom rudra had met in the escape was sent by shivanand's teacher both are revealed to be garud. A woman who lived in the river side who is believed to be mentally ill is also a garud. An old woman resembles mai mui enters and is revealed to be a garud. A government officers who was finding cur for bad water of ganga is the 7th and last garud.The naga clan is revealed. Mai mui look a like wakes rudras and then all the garudas powers. In the end, Rudra defeats the Nagas and sacrifices himself to save the people from the dangerous consequences of the venom of the snakes he defeated.
Cast[edit]
- Siddharth Nigam/Gautam Rode as Rudra[7][8][9][10]
- Payal Rajput as Maya[11][12]
- Seema Biswas as Mai Mui
- Rahil Azam as Dansh
- Mala Salariya as Leela
- Manish Wadhwa as Shivanand[13]
- Jannat Zubair Rahmani as Young Maya
- Sparsh Shrivastav as young Charles
- Mukul Nag as Gurudev
- Sudesh Berry as Ashwatthama
- Sooraj Thapar as Vibhishana
- Azad Ansari as Charles
- Nissar Khan as DM Tiwari
- Kallirroi Tziafeta as Kathryn
- Ketki Dave as Thappadiya Mai[14]
- Zachary Coffin as Mr. Greyerson
- Achal Nagesh Salwan as Swami Balivesh
- Mohan Maharishi as Professor Rao
- Ram Gopal Bajaj as Devesh
- Chetan Hansraj as Makardhwaj
- Surekha Sikri as Rudra's grandmother[15]
- Arun Bali as Maharishi Kripa
- Shruti Ulfat as Ganga
- Paritosh Pandit as Punnu Tiwari
- Sunil Kumar Palwal as Animesh
- Robin Das as Udiya Baba
- Vineet Kumar as Khoye Paye Pandey
- Tinu Verma as Raja Bali
Production and promotion[edit]
Maha Kumbh is produced and directed by Arvind Babbal under the banner of Arvind Babbal Productions.[16]
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Siddharth Nigam played the role of young Rudra.[17] Actor Mohit Raina was initially considered to play the lead.[18] The makers were confused between Mohit Raina and Gautam Rode, but the channel finalised Gautam.[19] The casting of the lead heroine was the subject of much press speculation; Aakanksha Singh, Kirti Kalhari and Payal Rajput were rumoured to be involved.[20] Eventually Payal Rajput was selected to star opposite Gautam Rode as the female lead. Seema Biswas, Manish Wadhwa, Azad Ansari, Kelly, Acha Nagesh, Shruti Ulfat, to name a few played pivotal roles.[21] Later when Seema Biswas quit the show, Surekha Sikri entered the show as Rudra's grandmother.[15]
Maha Kumbh was the first Indian TV series promoted at the Times Square by Life OK.[22][23] The show has been promoted by an online campaign called Mahakumbh 1 Min in which actors challenge each other to do things within 1 minute.[24]
References[edit]
- ^Indo-Asian News Service (10 November 2014). 'Gautam Rode's TV show 'Mahakumbh' is a mix of contemporary and period drama'. CNN-IBN. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^Subhash K. Jha (30 November 2014). 'A sixty episode treat'. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ abBhatia, Saloni (16 November 2014). 'Mahakumbh to go on air in December, replace Mahadev?'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^The Mid-Day Centerstage Team (13 December 2014). 'Gautam Rode and Payal Rajput promote 'Mahakumbh''. Mid-Day. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^'TV director Arvind Babbal nominated for an international award'. The Times of India. 14 March 2016.
- ^'Certificate of Merit Mahakumbh – A Mystery, A Tale Arvind Babbal Productions Pvt. Ltd'. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016.
- ^Bhopatkar, Tejashree (13 July 2014). 'Dhoom 3 boy Siddharth Nigam in a TV show'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^Coutinho, Natasha (25 November 2014). 'Young Siddharth Nigam is fearless'. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^Press Trust of India (10 December 2014). 'Mahakumbh' is my most challenging show ever: Gautam Rode'. CNN-IBN. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^Times News Network (28 December 2014). 'Gautam Rode to enter Mahakumbh on New Year's eve'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^Bhatia, Saloni (27 February 2015). 'Payal Rajput rapped for uploading show's pictures online'. The Times of India. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^Coutinho, Natasha (19 February 2015). 'Mahakumbh is the real start: Payal Rajput'. The Asian Age. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^Bhatia, Saloni (12 January 2015). 'Manish Wadhwa likes portraying negative roles'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^Coutinho, Natasha (29 January 2015). 'I've been pushed into a zone: Ketki Dave'. The Asian Age. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ abBhatia, Saloni (18 January 2015). 'Mahakumbh: Surekha Sikri to play a grandma again'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^Indo-Asian News Service (11 December 2014). 'Gautam Rode: 'Mahakumbh' director different from others'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^Indo-Asian News Service (26 November 2014). 'Child artist Siddharth Nigam learns swimming for 'Mahakumbh'. India TV. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^Bhopatkar, Tejashree (16 July 2014). 'Mahadev to go off air soon, Mohit Raina bags Life OK's next!'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^Times News Network (15 July 2014). 'Mohit Raina was the original choice for 'Maha Kumbh''. The Times of India. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^Maheshwri, Neha (18 September 2014). 'Na Bole Tum actress opposite Gautam Rode in Mahakumbh?'. The Times of India. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^'Photos: Launch of 'Mahakumbh - Ek Rahasya, Ek Kahani''. Mid-Day.
- ^Indo-Asian News Service (5 January 2015). 'Indian TV show 'Mahakumbh...' promoted at Times Square'. The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^Indo-Asian News Service (5 January 2015). 'Indian TV show 'Mahakumbh..Ek Rahasya, Ek Kahaani' promoted at Times Square'. The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^Times News Network (15 December 2014). 'Mahakumbh's unique social media strategy'. The Times of India. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
External links[edit]
- Official Website on hotstar
- Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani on IMDb
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maha_Kumbh:_Ek_Rahasaya,_Ek_Kahani&oldid=932301690'
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Life OK | |
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Launched | 18 December 2011; 8 years ago |
Closed | 28 August 2017; 2 years ago[1] |
Network | STAR India |
Owned by | 21st Century Fox |
Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to letterboxed576i for the SDTV feed) |
Audience share | India: 12% (April 2016, BARC[permanent dead link]) |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Broadcast area | India |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Formerly called | STAR One |
Replaced | STAR One |
Replaced by | STAR Bharat |
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Life OK was an Indianpay television channel owned by Star India.[2] It was launched on 18 December 2011 replacing Star One.[3]It also started airing in the United States in 1 March 2012, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 28 May of that same year. It launched its own high-definition feed in October 2012.On 9 September 2012, Life OK's mythological drama Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev recorded an 8.2 TVR, its highest TRP of 167.[4]The channel was rebranded as Star Bharat on 28 August 2017.[5]
Programming[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Star India launches new channel, STAR BHARAT'. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^'Rupert Murdoch-led 21st Century Fox see Star India driving growth'. The Economic Times. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^Baddhan, Raj (13 December 2011). 'Star TV changes Star One to Life Ok this month'. BizAsia UK. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.
- ^'Mahadev tops TRP charts with a new record of 8.2 TVR'. The Times of India. 21 September 2012.
- ^'Life OK to rebrand to Star Bharat in August'. Bizasia. 19 July 2017.
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