Porus (TV series)

Porus
Genre
Created bySiddharth Kumar Tewary
Screenplay bySiddharth Kumar Tewary
Story by
  • Siddharth Kumar Tewary
Starring
ComposersSangeet Haldipur
Siddharth Haldipur
Suryaraj Kamal
Lenin Nandi
Raju Singh
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes299
Production
ProducersSiddharth Kumar Tewary
Rahul Kumar Tewary
Gayatri Gill Tewary
Production locationThailand[1]
CinematographyKabir Lal
EditorsJanak Chauhan
Anil Vaishya
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companyOne Life Studios
Budget500 crore (US$60 million)
Original release
NetworkSony Entertainment Television
Release27 November 2017 (2017-11-27) –
13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)
Related
Chandragupta Maurya
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Porus is a historical drama television series based on the Battle of the Hydaspes, visualizing the lives of Porus, ruler of the Paurava Kingdom in India, and Alexander the Great, the king of Macedonia. It aired from 27 November 2017 till 13 November 2018 on Sony Entertainment Television. Another historical drama Chandragupta Maurya replaced it.

The show was created by Siddharth Kumar Tewary of Swastik Productions.[2][3] It is the most expensive show on Indian television, having a budget of about INR 500 crores (roughly US$63 million).[4]

  1. ^ "Chirag Jani shares his experience of shooting for Porus in Thailand - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Siddharth Kumar Tewary's next on Porus for Sony Entertainment Television". Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Siddharth Kumar Tewary: 'Porus' is the story of India's first defender". Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Porus is about India's golden age, when we were a First World nation: Siddharth Kumar Tewary". Firstpost. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2021.