Sikander vs Porus

Sikandar vs Porus is a historical drama television series based on the Battle of the Hydaspes, visualizing the lives of Indian warrior and ruler Porus, King of the Pauravas and Alexander The Great, King of the Macedonian Empire. It premiered on 28 October 2019 on Dangal TV.[2][3] It is the retitled version of SET's Porus (TV series). The show is produced by One Life Studios and distributed by Swastik Productions. The show airs from Monday to Friday at 10 p.m.

Sikandar vs Porus
Genre	Historical Fiction Drama
Created by	Siddharth Kumar Tewary
Screenplay by	Siddharth Kumar Tewary
Story by	Siddharth Kumar Tewary
Starring	Laksh Lalwani Rohit Purohit Rati Pandey Aparna Dixit Aditya Redij Suhani Dhanki Sameksha Praneet Bhat Riya Deepsi Aman Dhaliwal
Narrated by	Pooja Sharma
Composer(s)	Sangeet Haldipur Siddharth Haldipur Suryaraj Kamal Lenin Nandi Raju Singh
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer(s)	Siddharth Kumar Tewary Rahul Kumar Tewary Gayatri Gill Tewary
Production location(s)	Thailand Umargam, Gujarat
Cinematography	Kabir Lal
Editor(s)	Janak Chauhan Anil Vaishya
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20-30 minutes
Production company(s)	One Life Studios
Distributor	Swastik Productions[1]
Budget	₹500 crore (US$70 million)
Release
Original network	Dangal TV
Picture format	576i HDTV 1080i
Original release	28 October 2019 (2019-10-28)
Chronology
Related shows	Porus (TV series) (original version)
External links
Production website

Plot

The drama focuses on the story of Porus and Alexander. They show that they were destined to meet. Porus grows up as a tribal, but finally realises what he actually is - The true succeessor of the throne of Paurava (Punjab). Porus exposed Darius III in front of everyone, who had actually come to take control of Punjab to gain huge profits by trade. On the other hand, the serial shows how Alexander yearned to become one of the greatest conquerors of the world.

Porus married his love interest Lachi, and at the same time, got to know about Alexander's entry into India. His rival, Ambhiraj, king of Takshashila, befriends Alexander to take revenge from Porus and his family.

However, Porus does not fear of fighting Alexander, and hence, starts the epic Battle of the Hydaspes, wherein Porus fights very bravely but loses almost his entire family in the battle. After Porus's loss, Alexander, impressed by his valour and courage, befriends Porus and leaves India, leaving Seleucus and Ambhikumar, son of Ambhiraj, enraged.

Alexander dies on his way back to Greece, whereas the heir of Porus, Malayketu is born. However, Seleucus and Ambhikumar assassinate Porus and Lachi, but Porus sends his son safe into the Jhelum river before dying.

Now, it is upon Chanakya (who was with Porus) to fulfill Porus's dream of a free and united India.

Cast

Main

• Laksh Lalwani as Purushottam (Puru) / Porus, King of the Pauravas, and destined rival of Alexander.[4][5][6][7]
• Rohit Purohit as Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, and destined rival of Porus.
• Rati Pandey as Anusuya, Porus' mother, Bamni's wife and Ambhiraj's sister, princess of Takshashila, Queen and later Queen Mother of the Paurav Kingdom[8][9]
• Aditya Redij as Bamni, King and later King Father of the Pauravas, Porus' father.[10][11][12]
• Sameksha as Olympias, former Queen and Queen Mother of Macedonia, Philip's wife and Alexander's mother.[13][14][15]
• Sunny Ghanshani as Philip II, Former King of Macedonia, Alexander's father.[16]
• Suhani Dhanki as Laachi, princess of Dasyu Raj, later wife of Porus and Queen of the Pauravas.[17][18]
• Aparna Dixit as Roxane / Rukhsana, princess of Bactria, later Queen of Macedonia, Alexander the Great's love interest and first wife.
• Riya Deepsi as Barsine, Princess of Persia, elder daughter of Darius, second wife of Alexander the Great.[19][20]

Recurring

• Aman Dhaliwal as Amatya Shivdutt, elder brother of King Bamni, and Minister of the Pauravas under Bamni and then Kanishk.
• Akshara Singh/Sangeeta Khanayat as Kadika, King Bamni's second wife, mother of Kanishk and Porus' step mother, Queen and briefly Queen Mother of the Pauravas under Kanishk's rule.
• Savi Thakur as Kanishk, former Crown Prince and King of the Pauravas, son of King Bamni and Queen Kadika, Porus' half brother
• Hrishikesh Pandey as Senapati Ripudaman Singh, Commander the Pauravas and later disguised as Sajjan Singh and Commander of the Dasyus, foster father of Porus.[21][22]
• Ashlesha Sawant as Pritha, wife of Ripudaman Singh, foster mother of Porus, mother of Hasti, and later Queen Mother of Sindh under Hasti's rule.
• Pranav Sahay as Samar Singh, Commander of the Paurava army, brother of Kadika, and posthumously maternal uncle of Kanishk.
• Mohit Abrol as Hasti, Ripudaman Singh and Pritha's son, Porus' foster brother, aide, and later king of Sindh.[23]
• Vivek Vallah as The Rajguru, the Royal Priest of the Paurav Kingdom.
• Chetan Pandit/Tarun Khanna as Chanakya, a scholar from Takshashila and later Porus' adviser and minister.
• Akash Singh Rajput / Akhil Kataria as Hephaestion, Alexander's best friend and general in his army.
• Amaad Mintoo as Arrhidaeus son of Philip and Philinna, Prince of Macedonia, step brother of Alexander.
• Sarehfar as Philinna, Queen of Macedonia, wife of King Philip II, and mother of Arrihdaeus.
• Nitin Joshi / Amir Malik as Cleitus the Black, one of Alexander's generals.
• Vikas Verma as Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander's generals.
• Aruna Irani as an Oracle, a priestess who acts as medium between men and the gods, and an adviser to Alexander.[24]
• Ruby Kakar as an Oracle, a Greek priestess who acts as medium between men and the gods, who is a philosopher.
• Raviz Thakur as Pausanias, bodyguard and murderer of Philip II.
• Vidvaan Sharma as baby Alexander.[25]
• Karishma Rawat as Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, Queen of Macedonia, King Philip's last wife.
• Rizwan Kalshyan as Alexander of Epirus, King of Epirus, uncle of Alexander the Great, and husband of Cleopatra of Macedon.
• Praneet Bhat as Darius III,[26][27] trader, later Emperor of Persia, succeeded by Alexander the Great
• Chandan Dilawar as Muashiz, Darius' companion and assistant, Commander of the Persian army.
• Vishal Patni as Farus, Muashiz's son, Commander of the Persian army.
• Suzanne Bernert as Ada of Caria, Queen of Caria.
• Riyanka Chanda as Stateira I, former Queen of Persia, wife of Darius and mother of Barsine and Drypetis.
• Shalini Sharma as Drypetis, Princess of Persia younger daughter of Darius.
• Shraddha Musale as Mahanandini, Laachi's mother and matriarchal Queen of Dasyu Raj.[28][29]
• Rishi Verma as Sumer, Laachi's brother, Prince of Dasyu Raj.
• Chirag Jani (actor) as Arunayak, Laachi's father and King of Dasyu Raj[30]
• Zohaib Siddiqui as Ambhikumar, Crown Prince of Takshashila, elder cousin of Porus.
• Gurpreet Singh as Ambhiraj, Former King of Takshashila, brother of Queen Anusuya, father of Ambhikumar and maternal uncle of Porus[31]
• Vasundhara Kaul as Alka, mother of King Ambhikumar, former Queen of Takshashila.[32]
• Browny Parashar as Oxyartes, father of Roxane and general of King Bessus of Bactria, later King of Bactria.
• Saurabh Raj Jain as Dhana Nanda, Emperor of Magadh.
• Nimai Bali as Amatya Rakshas, Prime Minister of Magadh.
• Nalini Negi as Vishuddhi, a member of the Vishkanya(poison-girl) community.
• Jaival Pathak as Malay, the boy adopted by Porus.
• Pooja Sharma as River Jhelum, the Narrator.

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