Siddharth Kumar Tewary’s historical series, an extension of their globally hit show Porus, Chandragupta Maurya on Sony TV in under a major makeover with their 5-year leap taking shape and will see a host of newer characters being introduced.
Actor Faisal Khan recently came on board to play Chandragupta Maurya. While Vikas Verma continued to play Seleucus Nicator in both the shows, Ankur Nayyar now joins the team to play Ambikumar, earlier played by Zohaib Siddiqui.
Now we hear, child artist Dhan Tejas who played son to Porus makes a re-entry in Chandragupta Maurya albeit for a week. A source close to the show adds, “Dhan Tejas who plays Malyaketu is already in a pit where Chandragupta and Chanakya are pushed into by Seleucus and Ambikumar.”
On the other hand, Yeh Un Dino Ki Baat Hai actor Rohit Chandel has been cast to play Ambikumar’s son. Also, actor Kaivalya Chheda who’s been a part of a lot of Television shows as a child artist previously joins Faisal Khan and will be seen in the role of Sthul, the source adds.