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Kaun Banegi Shikharwati

Stoke of Genius (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Drama

When we meet the despondent and eccentric King of Shikharwati, he is living alone in the large palace with his trusted advisor Mishraji and a lean staff who are at the mercy of his idiosyncrasies. Alarm bells ring when King's lawyer Mr. ...See moreWhen we meet the despondent and eccentric King of Shikharwati, he is living alone in the large palace with his trusted advisor Mishraji and a lean staff who are at the mercy of his idiosyncrasies. Alarm bells ring when King's lawyer Mr. Guleria comes bearing a Government notice to pay retrospective wealth tax of a whopping Rs 32 crore or give up the palace. Mishraji is worried, he knows he must act fast. But King is continuing to act childishly hopeless and hopelessly childish. Mishraji needs the King's four estranged daughters - the heiresses of Shikharwati - to return home and find a solution. He convinces King that this time, he has made such a foolproof plan, that the sisters will finally be re-united. King's eyes twinkle. He would love for his broken family to come back together. Mishraji sets out to meet the daughters. Luckily for Mishraji, he catches the four daughters - Devyani, Gayatri, Kamini and Uma - when they are each going through the lowest phase of their life. He presents each of them with a carrot - King has chosen a successor and wants to give her 200 crores in person. Down in the dumps in their own personal lives, they take the bait. With trepidation, the sisters return to their old home, and finally come face to face with each other and their father after 6 years. All hell breaks loose when Mishraji tells them that no successor has been chosen and they must compete with each other to win the prize money. The mention of a competition throws them into a rage. When they vehemently refuse to participate, King plays a trump card. He lies to his daughters that he is on his death-bed, and it is his dying wish that they play the Navrasa Royal Games one last time. Shocked at the revelation that their father might be dying, the daughters are rendered speechless. Mishraji is sure now the daughters have no option but to stay back. See less
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Srijan Chaurasia (Additional Director of Photography) | Linesh Desai
Casting Director
Kavish Sinha (casting)
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Updated Jan 7, 2022

Release date
Jan 7, 2022 (India)
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55 cast members
Name Known for
Masood Akhtar
NALAYAK BUDDHA NALAYAK BUDDHA   See fewer
Rishabh Arora
KRISHNAN KRISHNAN   See fewer
Amita Bharat
MALAIKA MALAIKA   See fewer
Krishan Bhargav
Chhokra Boy 2 Chhokra Boy 2   See fewer
Mohit Bhatt
Chhokra Boy 3 Chhokra Boy 3   See fewer
Nirmal Chiraniyan
Chhokra Boy 1 Chhokra Boy 1   See fewer
Alexander Dolbenko
AMERICAN JUDGE 1 AMERICAN JUDGE 1   See fewer
Lara Dutta
Rajkumari Devyani Rajkumari Devyani   See fewer
Ellie Flory Fawcett
AMERICAN WIFE AMERICAN WIFE   See fewer
Divyesh Gandhi
SHASHANK SHASHANK   See fewer
Grace Girdhar
YOUNG GAYATRI YOUNG GAYATRI   See fewer
Suhail Iqbal
PRINCIPAL SINGH PRINCIPAL SINGH   See fewer
Anuradha Kalia
LEELA MA LEELA MA   See fewer
Kritika Kamra
Rajkumari Kamini Rajkumari Kamini   See fewer
Hritika Kanwar
NEWS ANCHOR NEWS ANCHOR   See fewer
Soha Ali Khan
Rajkumari Gayatri Rajkumari Gayatri   See fewer
Rajiv Khanna
GULERIA GULERIA   See fewer
Sanjay Khushlani
GOKHALE / SHARMA GOKHALE / SHARMA   See fewer
Raman Krishnatrey
DR. GUPTA DR. GUPTA   See fewer
Jayati Modi
SHANAYA SHANAYA   See fewer
Dino Morea
PRINCE OF PHUGWARA PRINCE OF PHUGWARA   See fewer
Chitra Mulani
OVERWHELMED LADY OVERWHELMED LADY   See fewer
Kamla Parekh
OLD DIDI OLD DIDI   See fewer
Samiksha Patel
YOUNG DEVYANI YOUNG DEVYANI   See fewer
Surendra Rajan
OLD ATTENDANT OLD ATTENDANT   See fewer
Aarohi Saud
YOUNG UMA YOUNG UMA   See fewer
Ambrish Saxena
SUTHRADHAAR (as Ambarish Saxena) SUTHRADHAAR (as Ambarish Saxena)   See fewer
Naseeruddin Shah
Raja Mrityunjay Raja Mrityunjay   See fewer
Charu Shankar
RANI MRINALINI RANI MRINALINI   See fewer
Mohan Sharma
CHIEF MAHARAJ CHIEF MAHARAJ   See fewer
Vinod Kumar Sharma
KATHAK TEACHER KATHAK TEACHER   See fewer
Vishnu Sharma
INDIAN HUSBAND INDIAN HUSBAND   See fewer
Anya Singh
Rajkumari Uma Rajkumari Uma   See fewer
Vishal Somani
MUSIC TEACHER MALE MUSIC TEACHER MALE   See fewer
Kartik Soni
Couple - husband Couple - husband   See fewer
Miraya Suri
YOUNG KAAMINI YOUNG KAAMINI   See fewer
Amit Verma
KANWAR / WAZIR KANWAR / WAZIR   See fewer
Teetu Verma
ROYAL ANNOUNCER ROYAL ANNOUNCER   See fewer
Raghubir Yadav
Actor (as Raghuvir Yadav) Actor (as Raghuvir Yadav)   See fewer
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