Swaraj () is an Indian historical TV series aired on DD National from 14 August 2022. With this serial, Doordarshan again tried to bring alive the tales of courage of more than 550 freedom fighters. It is a Government of India project and produced by Contiloe Pictures. It is Digitally Available on Amazon Prime Video.
It has been dubbed in English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese and was broadcast on Doordarshan's regional channels from 20 August.
Synopsis The series showcases India's historical journey from 1498 when Vasco da Gama first reached India to 1947 when India achieved independence.
Cast Narrator Manoj Joshi (2022-2024)
Main cast Ashish Dixit as Birsa Munda Momin Zaidi as British Officer Hrishitaa Bhatt as Rani Lakshmibai Jason Shah as Vasco da Gama Gajendra Chauhan as Manvikram Barkha Bisht as Rani Abbakka Hemant Choudhary as Amar Singh Shruti Bisht as Queen Abbakka's daughter Arpit Ranka as Shivappa Nayaka Krip Suri as Marthanda Varma Meer Ali as Peshwa Bajirao Suhasi Dhami as Rani Velu Nachiyar Himanshu Malhotra as Veerapandiya Kattabomman Ankur Nayyar as Kerala Varma Megha Chakraborty as Devi Chaudrani Tabrez Khan as Bhawani Pathak Lavina Tandon as Hazrat Mahal Akshay Sethi as Sidhu Murmu Amit Dolawat as Kanhu Murmu Jason Tham as Narendrajit Karan Suchak as Mangal Pandey Rishiraj Pawar as Udmi Ram Farnaz Shetty as Avantibai Kapil Arya as Vasudev Balwant Phadke Shardul Pandit as Dhamodhar Hari Chapekar Namit Shah as Vasudev Hari Chapekar Teriya Magar as Young Rani Gaidinluu (16 years old) Ribbu mehra as Bhupendranath Datta Ankit Bathla as Batin Gosh Gaurav s Bajaj as Shyam Ji Krishna Verma Shwetha Munshi as Bhikaji Kama Rahul Sharma as Madan Lal Dhingra Achal Nagesh as Babu Kunwar Singh Hemant Choudhary as Amar Singh Biren Singh as Hare Krishna Singh Chandan Madan as Nishan Singh Ajay Chaudhary as Virendranath Chattopadhyay Randheer Rai as Ras Bihari Bose Iqbal Azad as Subhash Chandra Bose Manan Joshi as Raja Mahendra Pratap Sukirti Kandpal as Pritilata Waddedar Shresth Kumar as Alluri Sitarama Raju Shagun Pandey as Mahavir Singh Ashwat Kanth Sharma as Bhagat Singh Manish Naggdev as Chandra Shekar Azad Varun Jain as Sukhdev Thapar Gaurav amlani as Shivaram Rajguru Pooja Singh as Dhurga Bhabhi Rajvir Singh as Lala Har Dayal Vihan Verma as Ram Prasad Bismil Kinshuk Vaidya as Udham Singh Rudra Soni as Wazir Ali Himanshu Bamzai as Subramania Bharathi Aamir Rafiq as Harry Burnett Lumsden
Recurring cast Ram Awana as Sita Ram Anand Goradia as Lala Har Dayal (only for 1 episode) Vijayesh Kumar Mishra as Panna Sen (for episodes 59 and 60) Mahika Sharma as Chellamma : Subramania Bharati's Wife
Episode list Episode No Name Date 1Vasco Da Gama Reached India14 August 20222Vijayanagara Empire21 August 20223Freedom Fighter Rani Abbakka and Rani Chennabhairadevi28 August 20224Freedom Fighter Shivappa Nayaka4 September 20225Story Of Shivaji11 September 20226Freedom fighter Kanhoji Angre 18 September 20227Story of Baji Rao25 September 20228Freedom Fighter Chimaji Appa2 October 20229EIC – French9 October 202210EIC – British16 October 202211Freedom Fighter Marthanda Varma23 October 202212Battle of Plassey30 October 202213Freedom Fighter Puli Thevar6 November 202214Freedom Fighter Rani Velu Nachiyar13 November 202215Freedom Fighter Veerapandiya Kattabomman20 November 202216Story Of Pazhassi Raja27 November 202217Sanyasi Movement4 December 202218 Bakshi Jagbandhu Paika Leaders11 December 202219Freedom Fighter Wazir Ali18 December 202220 Freedom Fighter Velu Thampi Dalawa25 December 202221Freedom Fighter Tilka Manjhi1 January 202322 Haathras Revolt (Raja Dayaram)8 January 202323Freedom Fighter U Tirot Singh15 January 202324Sidho Murmu and Kano Murmu22 January 202325Freedom Fighter Narendrajeeth Singh 29 January 202326Mangal Pandey and Bindi Tiwari 5 February 202327Freedom Fighter Nana Saheb12 February 202328Azimullah Khan and RangoBapu19 February 202329Sipahi Vidroh26 February 202330Freedom Fighter Matadin Bhangi5 March 202331Freedom Fighter Bakht Khan12 March 202332Udmi ram and Ratni Devi19 March 202333Story of Azizan Bai26 March 202334Begum Hazrat Mahal2 April 202335Kunwar Singh and Amar Singh9 April 202336Story of Rani Laxmibai16 April 202337Freedom Fighter Tatya Tope23 April 202338Freedom Fighter Tikendrajit Singh30 April 202339Freedom Fighter Birsa Munda7 May 202340Freedom Fighter Sardar Ajit Singh14 May 202341Rani Avantibai21 May 202342Freedom Fighter Vasudev Balwant Phadke28 May 202343Chapekar Bhandu4 June 202344Rani Gaidinliu11 June 202345Freedom Fighter Bhupendranath Datta18 June 202346Sister Nivedita25 June 202347Freedom Fighter Barin Ghosh2 July 202348Kanailal Dutta and Satyendranath Bosu9 July 202349Shyamji Krishna Varma16 July 202350Freedom Fighter Bhikaiji Cama23 July 202351Freedom Fighter Virendranath Chattopadhyaya30 July 202352Freedom Fighter Madan Lal Dhingra6 August 202353Freedom Fighter Lala Hardayal13 August 202354Freedom Fighter Kartar Singh Sarabha20 August 2023 55Freedom Fighter Ras Bhihari Bose27 August 202356 Freedom Fighter Khan Abdul Gafar Khan3 September 202357Freedom Fighter Baikuntha Shukla 10 September 202358Story of Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh 17 September 202359Freedom Fighter Surya Sen24 September 202360Freedom Fighter Pritilata Waddedar 1 October 202361Alluri Sitarama Raju8 October 202362Pushpalata Das and Kanaklata Barua15 October 202363 Freedom Fighter Mahavir Singh22 October 202364Bhagwati Charan Vohra and Durga Bhabhi29 October 202365Indian revolutionary Chandra Shekhar Azad5 November 202366Ram Prasad Bismil 12 November 202367Sukhdev and Rajguru 19 November 202368Indian revolutionary Sachindra Nath Sanyal 26 November 202369Sardar Udham Singh 3 December 202370Bhai Parmanand9 December 202371Freedom Fighter Subramania Bharati17 December 202372Indian revolutionary Senapati Bapat23 December 202373Genda Lal Dixit31 December 202374Subash Chandra Bose and Poswuyi Swuro 7 January 202475Baba Raghav Das14 January 2024
Production Swaraj was regarded as the most expensive TV show of DD national with a budget ₹55 lakh 46 thousand per episode.
Release The shooting of the series began in June 2020 in India. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi widely promoted the show. The audio version of the serial broadcast on All India Radio network. The Swaraj serial was officially launched on August 5, 2022 by Shri Amit Shah, who is the Union Minister for Home & Cooperation, along with Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, who is the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, and Dr. L. Murugan, who is the Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting. It premeried on 14 August 2022 on DD National.
Waves Now, it is freely available on Waves app, Prasar Bharati's newly launched OTT platform.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category NomineeResultRef.2023Indian Telly AwardsBest Special/Visual Effects for Television ILLUSION Reality Studios Best Art DirectorRampratap SinghBest TV Cameraman (Fiction )Pappu Sahu Best Director Sohail TatariBest Screenplay Writer (Drama series & Soap)Anand Nilkanthan Best AnchorManoj Joshi
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External links Swaraj on IMDb Swaraj on Prime Video