Swaraj (TV series)

Swaraj  is an Indian historical TV series aired on DD National  from 14 August 2022. With this serial, Doordarshan again tried to bring alive the tales of courage of more than 550 freedom fighters. It is a Government of India project and produced by Contiloe Pictures. It is Digitally Available on Amazon Prime Video.

It has been dubbed in English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese and was broadcast on Doordarshan's regional channels from 20 August.

Synopsis
The series showcases India's historical journey from 1498 when Vasco da Gama first reached India to 1947 when India achieved independence.

Narrator

 * Manoj Joshi (2022-2024)

Main cast

 * Ashish Dixit as Birsa Munda
 * Amit Pachori as Puli Thevar
 * Hrishitaa Bhatt as Rani Lakshmibai
 * Jason Shah as Vasco da Gama
 * Gajendra Chauhan as Manvikram
 * Barkha Bisht as Rani Abbakka
 * Hemant Choudhary as Amar Singh
 * Shruti Bisht as Queen Abbakka's daughter
 * Arpit Ranka as Shivappa Nayaka
 * Krip Suri as Marthanda Varma
 * Meer Ali as Peshwa Bajirao
 * Suhasi Dhami as Rani Velu Nachiyar
 * Himanshu Malhotra as Veerapandiya Kattabomman
 * Ankur Nayyar as Kerala Varma
 * Megha Chakraborty as Devi Chaudrani
 * Tabrez Khan as Bhawani Pathak
 * Lavina Tandon as Hazrat Mahal
 * Akshay Sethi as Sidhu Murmu
 * Amit Dolawat as Kanhu Murmu
 * Jason Tham as Narendrajit
 * Karan Suchak as Mangal Pandey
 * Rishiraj Pawar as Udmi Ram
 * Farnaz Shetty as Avantibai
 * Kapil Arya as Vasudev Balwant Phadke
 * Shardul Pandit as Dhamodhar Hari Chapekar
 * Namit Shah as Vasudev Hari Chapekar
 * Teriya Magar as Young Rani Gaidinluu (16 years old)
 * Ribbu mehra as Bhupendranath Datta
 * Ankit Bathla as Batin Gosh
 * Gaurav s Bajaj as Shyam Ji Krishna Verma
 * Shwetha Munshi as Bhikaji Kama
 * Rahul Sharma as Madan Lal Dhingra
 * Ajay Chaudhary as Virendranath Chattopadhyay
 * Randheer Rai as Ras Bihari Bose
 * Iqbal Azad as Subhash Chandra Bose
 * Manan Joshi as Raja Mahendra Pratap
 * Sukirti Kandpal as Pritilata Waddedar
 * Shresth Kumar as Alluri Sitarama Raju
 * Shagun Pandey as Mahavir Singh
 * Ashwat Kanth Sharma as Bhagat Singh
 * Manish Naggdev as Chandra Shekar Azad
 * Varun Jain as Sukhdev Thapar
 * Gaurav amlani as Shivaram Rajguru
 * Pooja Singh as Dhurga Bhabhi
 * Rajvir Singh as Lala Har Dayal
 * Vihan Verma as Ram Prasad Bismil
 * Kinshuk Vaidya as Udham Singh
 * Rudra Soni as Wazir Ali
 * Himanshu Bamzai as Subramania Bharathi
 * Aamir Rafiq as Harry Burnett Lumsden

Recurring cast

 * Ram Awana as Sita Ram
 * Anand Goradia as Lala Har Dayal (only for 1 episode)
 * Vijayesh Kumar Mishra as Panna Sen (for episodes 59 and 60)
 * Mahika Sharma as Chellamma : Subramania Bharati's Wife

Production
Swaraj was regarded as the most expensive TV show of DD national with a budget ₹55 lakh 46 thousand per episode.

Release
The shooting of the series began in June 2020 in India. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi widely promoted the show. The audio version of the serial broadcast on All India Radio network. The Swaraj serial was officially launched on August 5, 2022 by Shri Amit Shah, who is the Union Minister for Home & Cooperation, along with Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, who is the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, and Dr. L. Murugan, who is the Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting. It premeried on 14 August 2022 on DD National.