Star Cast: Isha Kopikkar, Anuja Sathe as Bajirao’s mother, Syed Aman Mia Sharma, Raza Murad as Aurangabad, Manish Wadhwa as father of Bajirao, Ravinder Mankani as Brahmendra Swami, Sanjay Batra, child actor Rudra Soni as young Bajirao , Nawab Shah, Pallavi Joshi as Tarabai, Ayaan Zubair Rahmani as Bajirao’s younger brother Chimna, Child actress Jagrati Sethia as young Mastani, Vishal Jethwa as Nasir
The child selected to play Bajirao’s title role is child actor Rudra Soni. Child actress Jagrati Sethia will play the Mastaani in the show.
Rudra is currently seen as Manav in Sab TV’s show Balveer and has done many commercials as well.
The role of grown up Mastani though will be played by Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar. Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar is well known for her movies like Kya Kool Hain Hum, Girlfriend, Don, Shabri, 36 China Town, Darling and many more. Isha will have a vital role in the show.
As per sources, “Isha is very excited to be part of the project. She will play a queen and a beautiful warrior, and will have a very meaty role to portray.”
Bajirao’s parents role will be played by Manish Wadwa and Anuja Sathe. Anuja, who was last seen as the lead in Star Plus show Tamanna, will play reprise Tanvi Azmi’s role of Radha Bai in the show. Manish, who has done many serials like Is Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon, Chandragupta Maurya will be playing Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath, father of Bajirao.
Child actor Ayaan Zubair Rahmani is a talented kid and has been impressing the viewers by his amazing acting skills. The little one has done many shows like ‘Jodha Akbar’, ‘Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai’ and ‘Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat’. Ayaan has been roped in for Sony’s new show ‘Peshwa Bajirao’ and will be playing Bajirao’s younger brother Chimna.
It was reported by a website that Mukesh Khanna has been signed on to play the part of the noble saint, Brahmendra Swami. However, the latest development is that the makers have roped in actor Ravindra Mankani instead, to essay the pivotal role.
TV actor Vishal Jethwa, who catapulted to fame as the young Akbar in Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap, will play rival to Bajirao (Rudra Soni) in Peshwa Bajirao, Vishal is playing Qamruddin’s (Nawab Shah) son Nasir. There will be a clash between him and the young Bajirao.