Jodha Akbar

Jodha Akbar
GenreHistorical
Fiction
Drama
Created byEkta Kapoor
Developed byEkta Kapoor
Written byStory and Screenplay
R M Joshi ,
Anil Nagpal
Binita Desai
Manish Paliwal
Kirtida Gautam
Neha Singh
Mayuri Roy Chaudhary
Sahil Dogra Dialogues
Dheeraj Sarna
Research, lyrics and consultant
Dr. Bodhisattva
Directed bySantram Varma, Ranjan Singh, Vicky Chauhan, Arshad Khan
Creative director(s)Shaalu
StarringRajat Tokas
Paridhi Sharma
Theme music composerLalit Sen
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
Urdu Sinhala dubbed on Hiru Tv, Sri Lanka
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes566 [1]
Production
Producer(s)Ekta Kapoor
Shobha Kapoor
Production location(s)Jaipur
Karjat
Kolhapur
CinematographySantosh Suryavashi
Editor(s)Vikas Sharma
Vishal Sharma
Sandeep Bhatt
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeApprox. 24 minutes
Production company(s)Balaji Telefilms
Release
Original networkZee TV
Picture format576i
HDTV 1080i
Original release18 June 2013 –
7 August 2015
Other websites
Website
Production website

Jodha Akbar is an Indian historical fiction drama on Zee TV.

Cast

  • Rajat Tokas as Akbar
  • Paridhi Sharma as Jodha Bai (Mariam-uz-Zamani)
  • Lavina Tandon as Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
  • Manisha Yadav as Salima Sultan Begum
  • Ashwini Kalsekar as Maham Anga
  • Ravi Bhatia as Salim[2]
  • Heena Parmar as Anarkali
  • Shweta Kanoje as Nazima Begam
  • Chhaya Ali Khan as Hamida Banu Begum (Mariam Makani)
  • Ankit Raizada as Man Singh I
  • Shaurya Singh as Raja Todarmal
  • Kaif Ali Khan as Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
  • Gopal K Singh as Birbal
  • Vijay Badlani as Tansen
  • Kunal Khosla as Qutubuddin Koka
  • Sheezan K Mohd as Sultan Murad Mirza
  • Gaurav Sharma as Sultan Daniyal Mirza
  • Rohit Joshi as Farhan (Saleem's friend)
  • Ankita Dubey as Moti Bai
  • Anurag Sharma as Maharana Pratap
  • Ashok Devaliya as Hoshiyar Khan
  • Vicky Batra as Kunwar Sujamal
  • Pranav Misshra as Mirza Muhammad Hakim
  • Parag Tyagi as Sharifuddin Hussain
  • Sonakshi More as Bakshi Banu Begum
  • Mita Vashisht as Mah Chuchak Begum
  • Lokendra Rajawat as Shamsuddin Ataga Khan
  • Amarpreet Rait as Jiji Anga
  • Chetan Hansraj as Adham Khan / Haider Khan
  • Prianca Sharma as Javeda Begum
  • Naved Aslam as Bairam Khan
  • Rajeev Saxena as Raja Bharmal
  • Natasha Sinha as Rani Mainawati
  • Kunal Bhatia as Rajkumar Bhagwant Das
  • Nupur Saxena as Sa Bhagawati Ji Sahiba
  • Bhakti Narula as Rani Lilavati
  • Gandharva Pardeshi as Rajkumar Jagganath
  • Dev Bishit as Rajkumar Khangar
  • Akhil Vaid as Rajkumar Raj Singh
  • Abhilash Chaudhary as Raja Drumak
  • Ajay Paul Singh Andotra as Mantri Lakshman Das
  • Prince Singh as Suryabhan Singh
  • Kalyani Trivedi as Shagunibai
  • Meghna Naidu as Benazir
  • Ketan Karande as Khyber Zaara
  • Manoj Singh as Resham Khan
  • Shilpa Raizada as Nigar/Shehnaz
  • Raanveer Chahal as Rashid Khan
  • Dharti Bhatt as Sukanya
  • Saniya Touqeer as young Anarkali
  • Ayaan Zubair Rahmani as young Salim
  • Javed Pathan as Sheikh Gadai

Accolades

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2013 Indian Television Academy Awards Best Historical/Mythological Show Ekta Kapoor Won[3]
Best Actor in Negative Role Chetan Hansraj Won[3]
Best Actress in Negative Role Ashwini Kalsekar
Best Art Direction Sandesh and Vishwanath
Best Costumes Nidhi Yasha
Best Actor (Drama) Rajat Tokas
Zee Rishtey Awards Favorite Dharavahik Ekta Kapoor Won[4]
Favorite Khalnayak (Male) Chetan Hansraj
Favorite Nayi Jodi Rajat Tokas and Paridhi Sharma
Favorite Popular Face (Male) Rajat Tokas
Best Screenplay R M Joshi
BIG Star Entertainment Awards BIG Star Most Entertaining TV Show (Fiction) Ekta Kapoor Won[5]
BIG Star Most Entertaining TV Actor Rajat Tokas
2014 Star Guild Awards Best Historical Series Ekta Kapoor Won[6]
Best Director (Fiction) Santram Verma
Best Actor in Leading Role Rajat Tokas
7th Boroplus Gold Awards Best Actress in Negative Role (Critics) Ashwini Kalsekar Won[7]
Best Actor in Negative Role (Critics) Chetan Hansraj
Best Actress in Supporting Role (Critics) Lavina Tandon
Golden Debutante of the year(Female) Paridhi Sharma
Best Actor In a Lead Role (Critics) Rajat Tokas
Best Television Show of the Year (Fiction) Ekta Kapoor
Indian Telly Awards Best Actress in Negative Role Ashwini Kalsekar Won[8]
Best Fresh New Face (Female) Paridhi Sharma
Best Actor In a Lead Role Rajat Tokas
Best Ensemble Cast Ekta Kapoor
Best Historical Series Ekta Kapoor
Zee Rishtey Awards Favorite Dharavahik Ekta Kapoor Won[9]
Favorite Jodi Rajat Tokas and Paridhi Sharma
Favorite Bal Kirdaar Ayaan Zubair Rahmani
Best Screenplay R M Joshi
2015 Star Guild Awards Best Ongoing Drama Series Ekta Kapoor Won[10]

References