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{{Short description|Indian Television Series}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Sanjay Khan's 1857 Kranti.png
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| genre = [[Historical drama]]
| creator =
| developer =
| writer = [[Sanjay Khan]] Nawa Lucknowi Samidha-Khalid Hasan Kamal
| director = Sanjay Khan
| creative_director = [[Farah Khan]]
| presenter =
| starring = [[S. M. Zaheer]] [[Maya Alagh]] [[Lalit Tiwari]] [[Bhupinder Singh (actor)|Bhupinder Singh]] [[Barkha Madan]]
| judges =
| voices =
| narrator =
| theme_music_composer =
| open_theme =
| end_theme =
| composer = [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam]]
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 104
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = S. Mirza Khan
| producer = Sanjay Khan
| location =
| cinematography = Sushil Chopra
| editor = Aditya Warrior Rajesh Rajput
| camera =
| runtime =
| company = Numero Uno International
| network = [[DD National]]
| first_aired = {{start date|2002|12|29|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2003|12|21|df=y}}
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'''''1857 Kranti''''' is an Indian [[historical drama]] television series directed by [[Sanjay Khan]] and produced by Numero Uno International Limited. The drama, aired on [[Doordarshan]] [[DD National|National]] from 29 December, 2002<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com:80/headlines/y2k2/dec/dec137.htm|title=Sanjay Khan churns out fresh mytho, historical for DD|date=2002-12-26|access-date=2023-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626171758/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k2/dec/dec137.htm|archive-date=26 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> to 21 December, 2003, for a total of 104 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/07/01/stories/13010693.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126005324/http://www.hindu.com/2001/07/01/stories/13010693.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=For DD, it's history |date=1 July 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=1 August 2012}}</ref> ''1857 Kranti'' tells the story of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Revolt of 1857]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sanjays-new-serial-to-focus-on-sepoy-mutiny/articleshow/42664650.cms|title=Sanjay's new serial to focus on Sepoy Mutiny | Bengaluru News – Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=28 May 2001 }}</ref> The drama was temporarily interrupted after four episodes in its earlier run due to change in commissioning norms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/jan/jan69.htm |title=Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : Media planners blamed for shriking DD advertiser base |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |accessdate=1 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hindu.com/businessline/2001/08/10/stories/14101806.htm |title=DD may end up with a dented coffer |work=The Hindu|date=10 August 2001 |accessdate=1 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125163202/http://hindu.com/businessline/2001/08/10/stories/14101806.htm |archive-date=25 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Cast ==
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* [[Lalit Tiwari]] as [[Bajirao II]]
*[[Ashok Banthia]] as Moropant, advisor to [[Bajirao II]]
* Sunil Singh as [[Tatya Tope]]
* [[Bhupinder Singh (actor)|Bhupinder Singh]] as [[Nana Sahib]]
* [[Barkha Madan]] as [[Lakshmibai]]
* [[S. M. Zaheer]] as [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Sanjays-new-serial-to-focus-on-Sepoy-Mutiny/articleshow/1124276840.cms |title=Sanjay's new serial to focus on Sepoy Mutiny|newspaper=The Times of India |date=28 May 2001 |accessdate=1 August 2012}}</ref>
* Jitendra Trehan as [[Gangadhar Rao Newalkar]] / Ghulam Abbas
*Ajay Trehan as [[Kunwar Singh]]
* [[Maya Alagh]] as [[Zeenat Mahal]]
* Shashank Trivedi as Young [[Nana Sahib]]
* Siraj Mustafa Khan as [[Siraj ud-Daulah]]
* [[Nawab Shah (actor)|Nawab Shah]] as [[Robert Clive]]
*[[Gireesh Sahdev]] as William Bentinck
* Anwar Fatehan as [[Mir Jafar]]
*[[Anupam Shyam]] as Pandit Vadarayan
* [[Rishabh Shukla]] as [[Mirza Ghalib]]
* Saurabh Dubey as Trimbakrao Pandit, Raj Purohit in Jhansi Kingdom
* [[Vinod Kapoor]] as [[William Stephen Raikes Hodson]]
* Ahmed Khan as [[Lord Dalhousie]]
* Hariom Parashar as Narayan Bhat aka Madhav Narayan
* [[Surbhi Tiwari]] as Vaishali, Nana Sahib's wife
* [[Manish Khanna]] as [[Azimullah Khan]]
* [[Syed Badr-ul Hasan Khan Bahadur]] as Manekchand
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===Cameo===
* [[Raza Murad]] as [[Jahangir]]
* [[Tej Sapru]] as [[Thomas Roe]]

==Background and production==
Speaking at the launch of the drama, Sanjay Khan, Chairman and Managing Director of the Numero Uno said, "The revolt of 1857 referred to as the Second Mutiny by the British is a very important facet of India’s freedom struggle. Therefore, in the age of low-cost family dramas, I have attempted to bring serials which have qualities of an epic and good cinematic values.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021231/nation.htm#13 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Nation |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |accessdate=1 August 2012}}</ref> India's first war of independence of 1857 is not more than three pages in any school textbook. What we are presenting is the drama and the sacrifices that people made for the nation so that nationalistic fervour is never lessened, but enhanced."<ref name="mid-day2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2001/may/11281.htm |title=You are here: Home > News > |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=29 May 2001 |accessdate=1 August 2012}}</ref> There are quite a few songs in the drama that don't stop the progression of the story. We have recorded three songs out of the 20 planned.<ref name="mid-day2001"/> "We are proud to say this is the most expensive serial on Indian television, a television series on a cinematic scale," claims Hormuzda Davar, the CEO of the Numero Uno. The crew included over 150 technicians, 80 artistes, 150 horses, 10 elephants, 50 camels and over 2000 sword fighters.<ref name="mid-day2001"/> The drama approximately cost Rs 16 crore.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2002/dec/40092.htm |title=EXCLUSIVE: Kaveri Kapur starts shooting for her debut with Vardhan Puri in UK |date=7 September 2021 |website=www.mid-day.com}}</ref>

The first 12 episodes of the drama was shot in [[Rajasthan]], [[Chambal Division|Chambal]], [[Trichur]], [[Red Fort]], Umargaon and [[Cochin]] at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore.<ref name="mid-day2001"/> From 6 April 2003, the ''1857 Kranti'' shifted to the Sunday prime time (at 2130 instead of 1100 hours) on DD National to boost the viewership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/mar/mar144.htm |title=Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : Sanjay Khan's 1857 Kranti shifts to a new time slot |publisher=Indiantelevision.com |date=27 March 2003 |accessdate=20 July 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:DD National original programming]]
[[Category:Indian historical television series]]
[[Category:2002 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:Television series set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
[[Category:Works set in the Mughal Empire]]

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