Ek Mahanayak – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is an Indian Hindi-language drama series produced by Sobo Films. It premiered on 17 December 2019 on And TV with Ayudh Bhanushali as the five-year old Bhimrao. In 2021, the story moved on for several years and Atharva Karve was introduced as young B. R. Ambedkar.
Cast
Main
Aayudh Bhanushali as five-year old Ambedkar / Bhimrao / Bheem
Atharva Karve as adult/young Bhimrao Ambedkar
Prasad Jawade as Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Supporting
Jagannath Nivangune as Ramji Maloji Sakpal: Bhimrao's father
Narayani Mahesh Varne as Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar
Neha Joshi as Bhimabai Sakpal: Bhimrao's mother
Vikram Dwivedi as Narottam Joshi: Bhimrao's rival
Suresh Panwar as Janardan
Saud Mansuri as Raju Rao: Bhimrao's brother
Athar Khan as Aanand Rao: Bhimrao's brother
Vanshika Yadav as Manjula: Bhimrao's sister
Sapna Devalkar as Ganga: Bhimrao's sister
Atul Patil as Shishupal
Falguni Dave as Mira: Bhimrao's paternal aunt
Ratnakar Nadkarni as Sarwagya Maharaj in Hindi, Barbari Garu in Kannada, Swami Maharaj in Tamil: Lead Atagonist Amit Pandey as Purushottam Naman Arora as Mahesh ( Bheem's Jija ji & Manjula's husband) Parma Gutte as a villager Ashif Syed as a villager Tarlok Singh
Krishna Kant Singh Bundela as Tantrik
Production
Casting
In July 2021, it was announced that show will take a leap. Atharva Karve and Narayani Mahesh Varne were introduced as Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar respectively.