Bharatvarsh (TV series)

Bharatvarsh is an Indian television historical documentary series,  hosted by actor-director Anupam Kher on Hindi news channel ABP News. It started on 20 August 2016. The show presents thoughts and ideologies of personalities in the 5000-year old history of India and showcases journey from ancient India to the 19th century. Season 1 finished on 23 October 2016.

Cast

 * Tej Sapru as Chanakya
 * Aham Sharma as Ashoka
 * Rohit Bakshi as Chandragupta Maurya
 * Ashish Kapoor as Prithviraj Chauhan
 * Astha Agarwal as Sanyogita
 * Mohammed Iqbal Khan as Akbar
 * Shiva Rindani as Hemu
 * Rohit Purohit as Dara Shukoh
 * Sudhanshu Pandey as Shivaji
 * Bhavesh Balchandani as Young Shivaji
 * Gavie Chahal as Aurangzeb
 * Sachin Shroff as Adi Shankara
 * Amar Sharma as Shah Jahan

Reception
The show was well received. One episode of Buddha was telecasted in Delhi Public School Ghaziabad for students. The episode on Chanakya was screened in Little Angels Convent H S School, Kohe Fiza, Bhopal. In October 2016, Juggernaut Books and ABP News announced the publication of a book based on Bharatvarsh, which will be published in the first quarter of 2017.

Social media
The show noticed a huge engagement on social media with the #भारतवर्ष trending on Twitter. The hash-tag was promoted heavily by ABP News through a contest on Twitter. The lucky winners of the #भारतवर्ष contest were given Karbonn K9 smartphone.