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). 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.

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