Zee5’s Taj-Divided by Blood is a brand new retelling of the Mughals, stuffed with intercourse and scandal, as Naseeruddin Shah‘s Akbar tries to discover a successor to his empire. The historic drama, which additionally stars Dharmendra, Aditi Rao Hydari, Aashim Gulati, Taha Shah, and Shubham Kumar Mehra, shall be launched on March 3. (Additionally learn: Dharmendra looks almost unrecognisable as Sheikh Salim Chisti from Taj-Royal Blood)
Within the trailer for Taj – Divided by Blood, Akbar broadcasts that the firstborn son is not going to be assured the throne. As a substitute, Akbar tells his three sons that he’ll have a look at worthiness when it comes time to decide on a successor. The three are fairly totally different from each other. Prince Salim (Aashim Gulati) is within the arts and royal life-style greater than the mantle of emperor, whereas Prince Murad (Taha Shah) believes the throne solely belongs to him. Prince Daniyal (Shubham Kumar Mehra) is perceived as somebody with pure and with out greed, when that’s not the case.
Akbar’s advisor warns him of the unrest between his sons. The battle for succession is additional shaken up with the arrival of Aditi Rao Hydari‘s Anarkali. She and Salim develop shut, and Akbar threatens Anarkali to remain in her place. Akbar additionally warns all of them, “Badshah banna kiske naseeb mein ho, usse apni khushiyaan kurbaan karni hello padti hai (Whoever is destined to be king, they need to sacrifice their happiness to attain it).”
The trailer exhibits that this telling of the Mughal empire will embody loads of scandal, with the non-public affairs and interior scheming occurring within the palace. The brothers should weigh the price of turning into king versus their private happiness.
The grand interval saga, which chronicles the hunt for energy, additionally options Sandhya Mridul as Queen Jodha Bai, Zarina Wahab as Queen Salima, Sauraseni Maitra as Mehr un Nisa, Rahul Bose as Mirza Hakim and Dharmendra as Sheikh Salim Christi. Taj-Divided by Blood’s ensemble solid additionally contains Subodh Bhave, Aayam Mehta, Deepraj Rana, Shivani Tanksale, Padma Damodharan, Pankaj Saraswat, Digambar Prasad and Zachary Coffin.
Produced by Contiloe Digital, Taj-Divided by Blood options William Borthwick because the showrunner. Simon Fantauzzo is the author of the present and Ronald Scalpello is the director.