Hmmm. I always felt that each of the characters is a blend of various characters from Mahabharata. Let me try.
Satrupa: She is like Kunti, who on one hand seems weak for having given away one of her children under pressure, but on the other hand seems like a strong king maker for having managed to hold the Pandavas together against all the internal and external factors.
Anami: She is child who was given away. By that logic she must be Karna, but she is not the first born, so could be Arjuna too. The jatas actually make her more of Arjuna or Shiva to me (Arjuna once went on penance for 13 years and lived an ascetic life) and also she is the survivor while her twin died. Karna died in the war and Arjuna emerged victorious, so I am more inclined to think of her as Arjuna or Krishna than Karna. Or may be she is blend of all of those characters. Vatsalya is like Abhimanyu, who couldn't make his way out of the Chakravyuh.
Adhiraj: He has hidden motives behind digging the lalmahal case. But he seems to be seeking justice for something wrong that has happened to his parents, so he is like Krishna probably. Krishna or Vishnu is the one who preserves dharma, so is Adhiraj, a police officer who preserves law and order.
Pujan: As you said, they cast the actor who played Shakuni in the Mahabharat tv series, so he must have a similar character in this too. In Mahabharat Shakuni wanted power through Duryodhan and here Pujan wants to get power through his son.
Baldev: He reminds me of Pandu and even Yudhishtir. Pandu cannot enjoy conjugal life because of a mistake he makes when he was young, just like Baldev. Baldev seems to be a bit of a pleasure-seeking and not very responsible person, which is why his father couldn't place his trust in him. That aspect is similar to Yudhishtir, who in my opinion, is not the right candidate to be the king. The only thing that is in his favor is being born as the eldest of the Pandavas.
Vikram and his wife: They are Dhritharashtra and Gandhari. Vikram is blinded by the love for his offspring but also wants to be fair to the daughter-in-law as much as his selfishness allows him to be, and his wife follows him blindly.
Guruji: He is the Bhishma. He seems to be bound to the family for some reason, though he doesn't have any selfish gain from anything that happens in that family. He is extremely loyal to the family and the decisions he forced on the family members in order to protect them have sometimes caused a lot of chaos in their lives. He represents the orthodoxy and old traditions.
Narottam: The illegitimate son of Baldev, seems like Shikhandi to me and his wronged mother (forgot her name) is like Draupadi.
Edited by dsr11 - 7 years ago