Buddha (2013)

Original title

Buddhaa - Rajaon ka Raja

Genre

historical play

Country

India

Length

1 season, 55 episodes

Rating

9.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Indian drama series tells the story of Prince Siddhartha and his journey to becoming Gautama Buddha. It shows his life from royalty to enlightenment.

historicalspiritualsereneepisodicreverentmeditativeslow-pacededucational

What happens

Buddha — Rajaon Ka Raja (titled as Buddha — The King of Kings) is an Indian drama series which aired on Zee TV and DD National, produced by Bhupendra Kumar Modi, under the banner Spice Global. The programme stars Kabir Bedi in a cameo role as Asita Muni, the sage who announces the coming of Gautama Buddha. The story of the serial is based on the life of Gautama Buddha that shows how a prince, Siddhartha, became a Buddha. The role of Mayadevi – scheduled to be played by Sameksha Singh – was replaced with Deepika Upadhyay. Himanshu Soni played the lead role of Buddha, while Kajal Jain played Siddhartha Gautama's wife Yaśodharā. Earlier, Ashutosh Gowariker wanted to collaborate with Shekhar Kapur for a television series on Buddha. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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