Buddha (TV series)
Buddha — Rajaon Ka Raja (titled as Buddha — The King of Kings) is an Indian drama series which aired on Zee TV and DD National, produced by Bhupendra Kumar Modi, under the banner Spice Global. The programme stars Kabir Bedi in a cameo role as Asita Muni, the sage who announces the coming of Gautama Buddha. The story of the serial is based on the life of Gautama Buddha that shows how a prince, Siddhartha, became a Buddha. The role of Mayadevi – scheduled to be played by Sameksha Singh – was replaced with Deepika Upadhyay. Himanshu Soni played the lead role of Buddha, while Kajal Jain played Siddhartha Gautama's wife Yaśodharā. Earlier, Ashutosh Gowariker wanted to collaborate with Shekhar Kapur for a television series on Buddha.
| Buddha | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Buddha – Rajaon ka Raja |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Written by | Gajra Kottary Prakash Kapadia Puneet S. Shukla |
| Starring | Himanshu Soni Kajal Jain Gungun Uprari Sanket Choukse Kabir Bedi Sameer Dharmadhikari Jagat Singh Reshmi Ghosh Siddharth Vasudev Amit Behl Hemant Choudhary |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 55 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Bhupendra Kumar Modi |
| Cinematography | Veer Dhaval Puranik |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee TV DD National |
| Release | 8 September 2013 – 21 September 2014 |
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