Ranaji's mother, Rajmata Priyamvada, has a debt to pay to Gayatri's father, so she offers Ranaji's hand in marriage instead. On the other hand, Rana Indravadhan Singh (Ranaji) is the king of Amerkot who has been traumatised after his first wife, Rani Sulakshana. Gayatri is the daughter of a rich zamindar, but she is considered Manglik (inauspicious by birth). In 1945, Ranaji returned to Ameerkot after six years of fighting the war against the British. The show previously took a seven-year leap, followed by a 12-year leap, followed by a four-month leap, followed by a ten-year leap, and ended by a several years leap, after which these characters died in a car accident, leaving behind their daughter.Įk Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani is set in the 1940s. But the show retained its main lead as it was shown that Raja and Rani had re-taken births as Raj and Rani, respectively. But again the main characters were killed (Raja and Naina died). However, the character of Rani also died, and her lookalike was introduced as Naina (also led by Eisha Singh). However, due to the deaths of their characters, the show focused on Rani ( Eisha Singh), their daughter, and their son-in law, Raja ( Sartaj Gill). The show initially focused on the love story of Rani Gayatri ( Drashti Dhami) and Ranaji ( Siddhant Karnick) (Season 1). Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani (English: Once There was a King and Queen) is an Indian television period drama that officially aired on Zee TV on 27 July 2015.

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