| Buddha | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Buddha – Rajaon ka Raja |
| Genre | Historical drama |
| Written by | Gajra Kottary Prakash Kapadia Puneet S. Shukla |
| Starring | Himanshu Soni Kajal Jain Gungun Uprari Sanket Choukse Kabir Bedi Sameer Dharmadhikari Jagat Singh Reshmi Ghosh Siddharth Vasudev Amit Behl Hemant Choudhary |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 55 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Bhupendra Kumar Modi |
| Cinematography | Veer Dhaval Puranik |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee TV DD National |
| Release | 8 September 2013 – 21 September 2014 |
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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.[1][2] The programme stars Kabir Bedi in a cameo role as Asita Muni, the sage who announces the coming of Gautama Buddha.[3] The story of the serial is based on the life of Gautama Buddha that shows how a prince, Siddhartha, became a Buddha.[4][5] The role of Mayadevi – scheduled to be played by Sameksha Singh – was replaced with Deepika Upadhyay.[6][7] Himanshu Soni played the lead role of Buddha,[8] while Kajal Jain played Siddhartha Gautama's wife Yaśodharā.[9] Earlier, Ashutosh Gowariker wanted to collaborate with Shekhar Kapur for a television series on Buddha.[10]