Waaris (2008 TV series)

Waaris is a Hindi television crime drama series directed by Bhushan Patel that aired on Zee TV channel from 28 July 2008 until 4 December 2008. (It should not be confused with the famous 1979 Pakistan Television drama Waris). The plot of the Indian drama Waaris is similar in quite a few aspects to the Ram Gopal Varma films, Sarkar (2005) and Sarkar Raj (2008).^[1] The series ran for a total of 64 episodes, excluding the 12 episodes that could have broadcast but were canceled due to the Indian Television Strike that occurred for 3 weeks long.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Waaris
Promotional logo image
Written by	Rajesh Dubey
Directed by	Bhushan Patel, Santram Varma
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Waaris" by Mad Trax & Bittu Merchant
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	64
Production
Producer	Smriti Irani
Running time	24 minutes
Original release
Network	Zee TV
Release	28 July (2008-07-28) – 4 December 2008 (2008-12-04)

Plot

The story is based on the life of an underworld mafia don, Rudra Pratapsingh, who is searching for a true or suitable "Waaris" (inherent, heir) for the position that he created in his criminal-world.

Cast

• Mohammed Iqbal Khan as Shankar Pratapsingh
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Rudra Pratapsingh
• Indira Krishnan as Yashoda Rudra Pratapsingh
• Gauri Nigudkar as Swati Pratapsingh
• Yuvraj Malhotra as Shaurya Pratapsingh
• Akshay Sethi as Karan
• Shilpa Shinde as Gayatri Shankar Pratapsingh
• Rucha Gujarathi as Simran
• Khushboo Purohit as Swati
• Kiran Kumar as Ganesh Shetty
• Manish Raisinghan as Sunny Shetty
• Buddhaditya Mohanty
• Bhawna Roy