Five sets were constructed over nine acres at the Vrindavan Studio in Umbergaon in Gujarat where a number of mythological shows have been shot. The production was shot across various locations in India and Thailand, including Khao Sok National Park and Pattaya. Since the show is set in 350 BC, I took a lot of references from around that era,” explained the director. He was called Porus by the Greeks and the Persians, and in India he was called Purushottam. There is more data on Porus available internationally than in India. “We can’t research one date or one event, we research a period, a time, what people wore, how they lived, what they looked like and small details like the significance of the water routes for trade purposes. The research for Porus involved lot of referencing from various sources to create that world. He’s a committed guy and that kind of effort was needed.” It’s a very tough role, so he has worked on his physique, changed his hair colour and has transformed himself completely. He looks more international, he has coloured eyes. “Rohit has (previously) worked on Ashoka and Razia Sultan. He reserves special praise for the actor Rohit Purphit, who plays Alexander.
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They had to live the character for at least a year,” said Tewary. For a subject and canvas like this I wanted to work with those who were willing to go out of their way and not worry about when the show was starting. They had to train in diction, horse-riding, rowing. They should be convinced and spend time in understanding characters. “One can’t wake up and suddenly start playing these parts. While picking his actors, Tewary chose a dedicated lot who insisted that they needed more time to prepare and gave him more pre-production time. I don’t know the outcome but we are clear about our intent,” Tewary told us. It has been a mammoth task, a great challenge. I am very confident about the product, the effort that we have put in. Now we have a decent bank of episodes and thus, will maintain the quality all through. The show stars Laksh Lalwani as Porus, Rohit Purohit as Alexander, Rati Pandey as Porus’s mother Anusuya, and Aditya Redij as King Bamni of the Pauravas. With all our technical advancements, we are trying to blur the lines between television and films," he added. “Indian television is still in quite a nascent stage as compared to the West. We have recreated the whole world and we will show Alexander's journey as well,” said Tewary, whose attempt with Porus is to bring to the small screen the kind of production values that are mostly seen in big-budget movies.
#Porus series#
So this series depicts the rich India, the golden and glorious days of this country and how there was a king called Porus who stopped Alexander the Great from entering India. And then invasions happened over centuries and today we are a Third World country. we were a First World nation once upon a time, I have shown that in a larger-than-life manner. It is about the golden age in India, when it's said that we had everything. “ Porus is a historical series about Porus the king, and his life.
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Porus was written over two years, and promotes the idea that there existed a mythical golden age of India before the entry of foreign conquerors.
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Directed and produced by Tewary of Swastik Productions, the 260-episode show combined opulent sets and visual effects. Tracing the events leading up to the confrontation between Porus and Alexander the Great of Macedonia, in the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BCE, Porus - made at the staggering budget of Rs 500 crore - aims to marry entertainment with grandeur. After setting new trends in mythology, Siddharth Kumar Tewary is upping his content with one of the biggest and most expensive series on Indian television, Porus, that hit the small screen on Monday, 27 November, on Sony Entertainment Television.