Suryaputra Karn

Suryaputra Karna (English: Son of Surya, Karna) is an Indian mythological epic television series, which premiered on 29 June 2015 on Sony Entertainment Television (India) and Sony Entertainment Television Asia. The show aired Monday through Friday nights at 8:30 PM. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary of Swastik Pictures, the series covers the life journey of Karna.The show starred Gautam Rode (adult Karna), Vishesh Bansal (young Karna) and Basant Bhatt (teenage Karna) as the lead character at various stages of his life.

Suryaputra Karn
File:Suryaputra Karn.png Suryaputra Karn
Genre	Mythology Drama
Created by	Siddharth Kumar Tewary
Based on	Mahabharata through Karna's perspective
Written by	Mihir Buta Radhika Anand Vinod Sharma Utkarsh Naithani
Directed by	Kamal Monga Gautam Nagrath Swapnil Mahaling Sumit Thakur Sunil Dharmadhikari Gurpreet Rana Kiran Gorde
Creative director	Anish N surana
Starring	Gautam Rode
Theme music composer	Lalin Nandi
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	307
Production
Producers	Siddharth Kumar Tewary Gayatri Gill Tewary Rahul Kumar Tewary
Production locations	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx 24 minutes
Production company	Swastik Pictures
Release
Original network	Sony Entertainment Television
Picture format	576i(SDTV) 1080i(HDTV)
Original release	June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29) – August 7, 2016 (2016-08-07)
External links
Website
Production website

Premise

The story revolves around the archer of the Mahabharata, Karna and tells the Mahabharata from his point of view. The show covers the life journey of Karna on his way to becoming a great warrior.

He was the son of Surya and Kunti. He was born to Kunti before her marriage with Pandu. Kunti thus abandoned him. He was then saved by Adhirath, who was a charioteer. Karna since his childhood only decided to become an archer. He learnt archery from Lord Parshurama and lied him about his identity of being a Brahmin. But his lie was soon discovered and Parshurama cursed him.

After that Duryodhana made him the king of Anga and befriended him. Later, he along with Shakuni, devised a plan to insult Draupadi, wife of the Pandavas. They arranged a gambling where Yudhishthir lost all of his properties including Draupadi. Duryodhana asked Dushasan to disrobe her but failed as Lord Krishna saved her dignity. The Pandavas and Draupadi were sent for an exile of 13 years. This sowed the seeds of Mahabharata war.

Indra, in disguise of a Brahmin took Karna's armour and earrings. Later, he came to know about his true identity of Kunti and Surya's son but he decided to fight for Duryodhana blaming Yudhishthir for owing Draupadi. The Mahabharata war resulted in the death of Karna, Bheeshma, Drona, and many of the Kauravas. Thus, the Pandavas won the war. Yudhishthir was made the king of Hastinapura.

Gandhari cursed Krishna for destroying Kuru Vansh. Her curse showed result after 36 years and Krishna's dynasty also got destroyed. A hunter named Jara killed Krishna mistakenly. Thus, the Pandavas decided to go to heaven where they met the Kauravas and Karna. The show ended with Krishna's blessings to everyone.

Cast

Main

• Gautam Rode as Karna - Suryadeva and Kunti's biological son, Pandava's elder brother, Adhiratha and Radha's adopted son, Vrushali and Supriya's husband, Duryodhana's friend, and King of Anga / Vrishaketu - Karna and Wives of Karna|Supriya's youngest son, later King of Anga.
• Basant Bhatt as teenage Karna
• Vishesh Bansal as child Karna
• Priya Bathija as Kunti - Kuntibhoj's daughter; wife of Pandu; Karna's biological mother; Yudhistira, Bheema, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadev's mother; Balrama and Krishna's paternal aunt; Queen Mother of Hastinapura, mother in law of Vrushali, Supriya, Padmavati, Draupadi, Subhadra also
• Farnaz Shetty as Vrushali - Karna's friend turned first wife.
• Richa Mehta as teenage Vrushali
• Malika Juneja as Supriya (Karna's wife)| Supriya - Karna's second wife, Vrishasena and Vrishaketu's mother.
• Pritisha Kapoor as List of characters in the Mahabharata#Padmavati|Padmavati - Karna's most favourite wife of all.
• Savita Kundra as List of characters in the Mahabharata#Deveshwari| Deveshwari, Vrishasena's wife.
• Basant Bhatt as Vrishasena - Karna and Supriya's eldest son and died in 16th day of war by Arjuna.
• Shaleen Bhanot as Duryodhana - Dhritarashtra and Gandhari's first son, eldest of the Kauravas, Crown Prince of Hastinapura, Karna's best friend, Mayuri's husband and Laxmankumar and Lakshamana's father.
• Yash Rajendra Karia as teenage Duryodhana
• Saurabh Pandey as Lord Krishna / Vasudev Paundraka - Devaki and Vasudev's son; Nanda and Yashoda's adopted son; Karna, Draupadi and Arjun's friend
• Pankhuri Awasthy Rode as Draupadi - Dhrupad's daughter, Dhrishtadyumna's sister, Pandavas's common wife, Queen of Indraprastha and later Queen of Hastinapura, mother of Upapandavas
• Kanan Malhotra as Yudhisthira - Dharmaraj, Kunti and Pandu's son, first Pandava, Draupadi's husband, Prativindhya's father, King of Indraprastha and later King of Hastinapura
• Ketan Karande as Bheema - Vayu, Kunti and Pandu's son, second Pandava, Hidimba and Draupadi's husband, Ghatotkach and Sutasoma's father
• Navi Bhangu as Arjuna - Indradeva, Kunti and Pandu's son, third Pandava, Draupadi and Subhadra's husband; Abhimanyu and Shrutkarma's father, Karna's arch rival
• Buneet Kapoor as Nakula - Ashwinikumars, Madri and Pandu's son, fourth Pandava, Draupadi's husband, Shatanika's father
• Suchit V. Singh as Sahadeva - Ashwinikumars, Madri and Pandu's son, fifth Pandava, Draupadi's husband and Shrutasena's father

Recurring

• Sandeep Rajora as Suryadeva - Karna's biological father
• Mouli Ganguly / Hemaakshi Ujjain as Radha (Mahabharata)| Radha - Karna's foster mother, Shon's mother, Adhirath's wife
• Anand Suryavanshi as Adhiratha - Karna's foster father, Shon's Father, Radha's husband, Bhishma's Pitamah's charioteer
• Babloo Mukherjee as Ucchasena - Adhirath's brother, Radha's brother-in-law, Karna and Shon's uncle
• Ujjawal Gauraha as Visheshan - King of Sut Society where karna was raised in childhood
• Aditya Kapadia as Shon - Karna's foster brother
• Uzair Basar as child Shon
• Riva Bubber as Priyamvada - Kunti's maid
• Daya Shankar Pandey as Bhagyavidhata

Shanideva - Surya's son, Karna's brother

• Rumi Khan as Madhyam
• Hirdeyjeet Jarnail Singh as Vrishbhan - Vrushali's father
• Naved Aslam as Bhishma Pitamah - Great-uncle (grandfather figure) of Pandavas and Kauravas, Shantanu and Ganga's son
• Aditi Gowitrikar as Ganga- Bhishma Pitamah's mother, Shantanu's wife
• Paras Thukral as Dhritarashtra - King of Hastinapur, Ganchari's husband, father of the Kauravas and Dushala
• Smriti Sinha Vatsa as Gandhari (character)|Gandhari - Shakuni's sister, Dhritarashtra's wife, Queen of Hastinapura, mother of the Kauravas and Dushala
• Ajay Jayram as Shakuni - Gandhari's brother, Kauravas's maternal uncle, Duryodhana's accomplice who is an expert in gambling
• Anuj Sharma as Vidura - Younger brother Dritarashtra and Pandu, Prime Minister of Hastinapura, brother in law of Kunti
• Nimai Bali as Dronacharya - Guru of Pandavas and Kauravas, Ashwathama's father
• Surendra Pal as Parashurama|Parshuram - Guru of Bhishma Pitamah, Drona and Karna
• Sachin Verma as Indradeva - King of the Devtas, Arjun's father
• Jay Thakkar as child Dushasana
• Shubhi Ahuja as Bhanumati (the last wife of Duryodhana, souten and so called sister of Mayuri)
• Sangeeta Sharma as Mayuri (the first wife of Duryodhana, mother of Laxman Kumara, and Lakshmanaa.
• Raj Premi as Drupada - King of Panchala; Shikandini, Drishtadymna and Draupadi's father
• Payal Rohatgi as Shikhandi|Shikhandini/Shikhandi - Daughter of Drupada, Dristadyumna and Draupadi's elder sister
• Vicky Batra as Dhrishtadyumna - Drupad's son, Shikandini and Draupadi's brother
• Akash Sharma as Dhrishtadyumna - Drupad's son, Shikandini and Draupadi's brother
• Vikramjeet Virk as Jarasandha - King of Magadha
• Dinesh Mehta as Jayadratha - Dushala's husband, Kauravas' brother-in-law of Duryodhana
• Deblina Chatterjee as Urvashi

wife of Indradeva - King of the Devtas

• Karan Sharma as Virata - King of the Matsya kingdom, Sudeshna's husband, Uttara and Uttar's father
• Jaswinder Gardner as Sudeshna - Virata's wife, Queen of the Matsya kingdom, Uttara and Uttar's mother
• Meghan Jadhav as Abhimanyu -Arjuna and Subhadra's son, Krishna and Balarama's nephew, Uttara's husband
• Alice Kaushik as Uttarā (Mahabharata)|Uttarā - Virata and Sudeshna's daughter, Uttar's sister, Abhimanyu's wife, Parikshit's mother, Arjun's daughter in law
• Ashwin Patil as Uttar - Virata and Sudeshna's son, Uttara's brother
• Zohaib Siddiqui as Kichaka - Sudeshna's brother, Commander-in-chief of the Matsya kingdom army
• Malhar Pandya as Balarama - Krishna's elder brother
• Richa Mukherjee as Lakshmanaa - Duryodhana and Mayuri's daughter, Samba's wife, Krishna's daughter-in-law
• Aayush Shah/Shresth Kumar as Samba (Krishna's son)|Samba - Krishna's son, Lakshmanaa's husband
• Anirudh Dave as Shishupala, friend of Duryodhana
• Tarakesh Chauhan as Vishwakarma
• Kaushik Chakravorty as Shalya - Pandavas' maternal uncle, King of Madra
• Vikram Soni as Prativindhya - Yudishtira and Draupadi's son
• Ayush Shrivastava as Shrutkarma - son of Arjuna and Draupadi
• Akbar Ali as Ghatotkach - Bheema and Himdimba's son
• Vashu Chauhan as Barbareek - Ghatotkach's son
• Aishwarya Sharma as Urvashi wife of Indradeva - King of the Devtas

Production

Karanvir Bohra, Karan Grover, Karan Tacker, Avinesh Rekhi and Aditya Redij were approached for playing the lead role of Karna, but Gautam Rode was signed for the eponymous role.

In 2015, Gautam Rode won the Best Actor in a Historical Serial award in Indian Telly Awards for the show. The show was intended to be a finite series of 150 episodes but was extended up to August due to a rise in the ratings.

Versions

• This show is also dubbed in Telugu as Suryaputra Karna (Telugu: సూర్యపుత్ర కర్ణ) and airing in ETV Telugu from 30 May 2021.

External links

• Suryaputra Karn on IMDb