Maharani
Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 10/10Indian TVIndian television traditions across Hindi and regional industries.This show: 9/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 9/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 8/10Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 7/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 7/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Huma QureshiSiddhi MalviyaAtroliya UdaySohum ShahKani KusrutiBasit Ali Basu
Written by
Subhash Kapoor
Starring
Huma QureshiSiddhi MalviyaAtroliya UdaySohum ShahKani KusrutiBasit Ali Basu
Written by
Subhash Kapoor
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Maharani Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | |
| S2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | |
| S3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.7 | |||
| S4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | |||
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About
"An outsider learns to out-maneuver career politicians"
Maharani follows a homemaker abruptly thrust into the chief minister's seat of an Indian state after her powerful husband is imprisoned, forcing her to navigate a political world built to shut her out. It's a slow-burn power drama heavy on scheming, caste and gender politics, and backroom maneuvering rather than action. The show leans on its lead actress's performance to sell the transformation from naive outsider to calculating survivor. Pacing is deliberate, dialogue-driven, and steeped in regional political texture, rewarding viewers who enjoy watching someone learn to wield power rather than simply witnessing it wielded.
Watch it for
a commanding lead performance charting a housewife's unlikely rise through ruthless political machinery.
Maybe skip if
you want fast-paced action rather than slow, dialogue-heavy political maneuvering.
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Season 12021
7.31K107h 34m
The chief minister from Indian state of Bihar survives an attack on his life. Ailing and unable to perform duties, he hands over reign of state to his innocent house wife, to keep the vultures of chair at bay. The outcome is far from what any one could have imagined as she sets to clean the system, sparing no one in the process. Will the chief minister and his party regret the decision?
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Season 22022
8.391310
As Bheema Bharti runs a proxy government from prison, CM Rani Bharti is accused of misgovernance while Bihar fights anti-incumbency, jungle raj, and corruption.
Facing a constant turmoil of opposition from her own party and dealing with a husband and political enemies who are obstinately plotting to overthrow her government, she is forced to make some moves that will disrupt the whole political scenario. With elections right around the corner, will Rani's acumen turn victorious, given her own husband is her greatest enemy?
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Season 32024
8.46908
Rani finds herself imprisoned for three long years after CM Navin Kumar and his team ruthlessly eliminate Bheema Bharti and lay the blame on her. Through a relentless pursuit of justice intertwined with personal and political motives, can Rani prove her innocence to the people of Bihar and her son?
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Season 42025
7.64698
Maharani Season 4 fast-forwards to 2012 - Rani Bharti is now Bihar's two-term CM and a rising national force. In Delhi, PM Sudhakar Joshi battles a crumbling coalition. As ambitions clash and loyalties break, Rani and Joshi face off in a power struggle that could redefine India's future. Secrets, scandals, and revenge fuel this explosive new chapter of Maharani.
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Season 5
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Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Huma Qureshi Rani Bharti
Siddhi Malviya Roshni Bharti
Atroliya Uday T K Paswan
Sohum Shah Bheema Bharti
Kani Kusruti Kaveri Sreedharan, Kaveri Sridharan
Basit Ali Basu Rani bharti's son
Pramod Pathak Mishra Ji, S. N. Mishra
Vineet Kumar Gauri Shankar Pandey, Gauri Shankar Pandey (Kalanaag)
Amit Sial Navin Kumar, Naveen Kumar
Dibyendu Bhattacharya Martin Ekka
Crew
Subhash Kapoor
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