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Paurashpur
2020 period drama web series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Paurashpur is an Indian Hindi-language fictional historical period original web series which was streamed on ALTBalaji and ZEE5.[1] The web series is conceptualised by Baljit Singh Chaddha, directed by Sachindra Vats and produced by Sachin Mohite under the production company Jaasvand Entertainment.[2][3] It stars Annu Kapoor, Milind Soman, Shilpa Shinde and Shaheer Sheikh.[4] The series was released on 29 December 2020.[5] It received a mostly mixed critical reception, with reviewers criticising the show's writing[6][7] and the excessive use of sexual content.[8][9]In season 2, this series was released on 28 July 2023 and was directed by Yogesh Ojha and written by Rahul Ranjan. Also in season 3, this series was released on 21 May 2024 as the directed by Kaycee and written by Chital Tripathi and Rajesh Tripathi. Its stars in season 2 and 3 are Sherlyn Chopra, Payel Raha, Muskan Agrawal, and Kajol Tyagi.
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Cast
- Annu Kapoor as Bhadrapratap Singh[10]
- Milind Soman as Boris (role of a transgender person)[11]
- Shilpa Shinde as Queen Meerawati[12]
- Shaheer Sheikh as Veer Singh
- Flora Saini[13] as Nayantara
- Aditya Lal as Prince Ranveer[14]
- Anant Joshi as Prince Aditya[14]
- Sahil Salathia as Bhanu
- Poulomi Das as Kala
- Kashish Rai as Kusumlata
- Ashmita Bakshi as Umanglata
- Amit Pachori as Veer Bhanu
- Sherlyn Chopra as Maharani Snehalata
- Payel Raha as Mahamantri Nayanprabha
- Muskaan Agrawal as Dasi Shyam
- Suhana Khan as Champa
- Kajol Tyagi as Rani Chandrika
- Amit Bhandari as Jyotish Acharya
- Sanjeev Jain as Vaidhya
- Somit Jain as Senapati
- Ravi Maan as King Aditya
- Anubhav Krishna Srivasta as Kumar Yashodhan
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Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
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Release and marketing
On 15 October 2020, ALTBalaji announced about the web series[15] and it has released on 29 December 2020.[16] The web series logo was launched on 2 December 2020 on ALTBalaji's official Instagram profile with 16 different Indian languages.[17] Teaser was launched on 6 December 2020.[18][19][20][21]
Critical reception
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Archika Khurana of The Times of India[22] has given 2/5 stars stating that the plot unfolds to draw out the state of women in society and addresses some significant issues like patriarchy, gender politics and power. However, it ends up being a tedious watch due to its weak endeavour. Directed by Shachindra Vats, this seven-part series bought together many ingredients—good setup, great casting, and strong background score— but the final dish turns out to be not-so-inviting.
Anvita Singh of The Indian Express[8] criticise that "The script is abysmal, and the dialogues are just plain bad. It is a groundbreaking epic drama about lust, revenge and patriarchy. However, it comes across as soft porn. There are unnecessary sex scenes, which, by the way, have not been shot aesthetically."
Dyuti Gupta or SheThePeople.TV criticised that "This Ekta Kapoor Series Is Just Glitter, No Gold". The plot had ample potential to turn out to be a Bahubali-sized blockbuster, but a below-average script added with an equally poor direction makes it something you'd be better off skipping. There are so many loopholes and loose ends that the entire show feels like a half-hearted effort on part of the makers. The CGI and VFX are lousy, the screenplay is preposterous and the dialogues are downright cringeworthy.[23]
Ravi Bule of ABP News Live criticise that the web series with Gender Discrimination Raises Cheaply Series and rather focuses on Kama Sutra like content.[9]
TV9 Hindi criticise that Story has been focused on bold scenes, no character could leave impression.[24]
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References
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