Jhansi ki Rani

18-08-2009 (1x1)

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Episode 1 Introduction of Ulka Gupta as Manu, Ravi Mankane as Bajirao, Satyajeet Dube as Nana, Shailesh Dattar as Moropant Tambe and Amit Pachori as Tatya Tope The episode introduces a little girl Manu (Ulka Gupta) who is adventurous by nature and gallops on a horse to where Nana Saheb (Satyajeet Dube), son of Peshwa Baji Rao II, practices swordfighting with his trainer Tatya Tope (Amit Pachori). She gets into a sword fight with Tope and wins! Manu is very surprised to know that people fear the British. Bajirao, (Ravi Mankane) whose palace she has come to visit, also suffers the injustices of the British silently. Manu is greatly disturbed by this, so her father, Moropant Tambe (Shailesh Dattar) explains to her about the British rule. One day, unable to bear the high-handedness of Jeff, a British officer, on Basu Kaka, a stable caretaker, Manu beats him. Manu is asked to apologise but she refuses, so Bajirao does so, on her behalf.