Porus Review: A Very Promising Historical Show With Captivating Visual

Porus is a great warrior. He has immense intelligence, bravery and leadership skills. He was King Bamni and Queen Anusuya's son. He gets hit by Shivdutt's conspiracy. He grows up in far away lands in between the pirates. He later rules over and protects the Pauravas clan. He is named Purushottam by his mother. He is destined to rule over people's hearts and conquer the world. Porus wants to fulfill Anusuya's dream of a united country. His greatest battle happens with Alexander.

Alexander is born to Queen Olympia of Macedonia. He was a blessing of Lord Zeus for her. The people worship him as Zeus' child. He is raised by Olympia and Philip. Alexander became the King of Macedonia. He is determined to conquer the world and keep it at Olympia's feet. Alexander has the best of warrior skills. He is a great ruler and fighter. Alexander is called a conqueror of fate. He loses to Porus in the epic battle of Hydaspes.

King Bamni ruled over Paurava kingdom, which was a part of Jhelum. He had strong enmity with Anusuya's brother Ambiraj, who ruled over neighboring province Takshashila. Bamni married Anusuya only to deceive her. He wins her trust by supporting her dream of United India. Post marriage, Bamni takes revenge from Anusuya for his brother Shivdutt's insult by abandoning her. Anusuya reconciles with Bamni. She gets driven for revenge by Ambiraj, who gets provoked by Darius. However, Anusuya sticks to her ideals of seeing one peaceful country, protected by the evil invaders.

Philip and Olympia have a marital discord. She expresses her hatred to him every moment. Phulip wanted to have a heir. She doesn't wish to bear his child. Olympia hates him from all her heart. Olympia worships Lord Zeus. She seeks a child from him in a miraculous way. Olympia names her child Alexander. She holds Philips responsible for ruining her dignity. She is confident that her son will bring her lost pride back. Olympia conspires to rule over the world.

He is a Persian trader. He is a shrewd, wicked, manipulative and selfish person. He is much greedy. He can't stand any contender. Darius employs the divide and rule policy. He eyes the Jhelum stretch, the land known for his gold heritage. Darius tries to strengthen his roots. He enters Jhelum as a trader, but has a motive to conquer the land. Darius becomes the reason for prolonged enmity between Paurava and Takshashila Rajyas. Darius breaks Anusuya's United India dreams.

Cast:

Laksh Lalwani as Purushottam/Puru/Porus, King of Pauravas
Rohit Purohit as Alexander the Great
Suhani Dhanki as Queen of Pauravas
Rati Pandey as Queen Anusuya, Porus' Mother
Aditya Redij as King Bamni, Porus' Father
Sameksha as Queen Olympias, Alexander The Great's Mother
Sunny Ghansani as King Philip II, Alexander The Great's Father
Raviz Thakur as Seleucus I Nicator
Praneet Bhat as Darius III
Gurpreet Singh King Ambiraj, King of Taxila
Hrishikesh Pandey as Senapati Ripudaman Singh, commander of Paurav Army
Mohit Abrol as Prince Hasti
Chirag Jani as Dasyu King
Aman Dhaliwal as Amatya Shivdutt
Vishal Patni as Farus

Story So Far:

The story begins in the land of Jhelum, which holds the marks of the big battle of Hydaspes. Sikandar's dream to conquer India breaks down. Sikandar was stopped by Purushottam, who was the shield of India. Purushottam was tagged Porus by the defeated king Sikandar/Alexander. An evil minded trader from Persia, Darius targets Jhelum. Darius aims to rob the golden land. Darius seeks help from a man and then gets him off his way. Darius is seen as pitiless and clever man. Darius gets driven to the Jhelum market. He gets interested seeing the raw diamonds and gold. Shivdutt announces the fight with Takshashila province.

Takshashila's king Ambiraj and his soldiers create a havoc. Ambiraj's sister Anusuya saves a child and shows much humanity. She believes a child is the key to unlock a good future. Ambiraj and Shivdutt get into a heated argument. Ambiraj gets insulting Shivdutt. Shivdutt asks Bamni to take revenge from Ambiraj and settle scores by their competition. Anusuya feels Ambiraj did wrong to initiate a fight. Anusuya apologizes to Shivdutt on Ambiraj's behalf. The competition gets ahead. Ambiraj and Bamni have a fight. Bamni overpowers Ambiraj. He angrily tries to harm Ambiraj, but Anusuya raises a voice and stops Bamni.

Bamni spares Ambiraj's life. He hoists the flag and makes Pauravas win. Anusuya thanks Bamni for playing a competition fairly and not making it a battlefield. He tells her that he has spared Ambiraj as he liked her voice raised to save her brother. Bamni addresses the Raj Sabha and tells everyone about their victory this year. He hopes Jhelum's market trade gets prosperous. Darius takes part in the trade. After the trade gets done, Darius interrupts and offers five times more price. Darius tries to get the deal by showing huge profits.

Anusuya feels Darius is having a hidden agenda. She gives her opinion against doing trade with Darius. Bamni takes her advice and refuses to Darius. He asks Darius to win their trust first. Bamni tells him that his trade motive is to build trust and good relations, than greed and profits. Bamni takes the decision to maintain the peace in Jhelum. Darius gets fuming over Bamni's decision. He hatches a plan. Bamni gifts honey to his enemy Ambiraj. He wants to big farewell in a sweet manner. Anusuya wants the enmity between Jhelum and Takshashila to end. She fears their fight is inviting troubles from outsiders, who aim to invade their country.