Many famous actors have played the role of Lord Shiva Image Credit Source: Social Media
Every festival in our country is celebrated with great fanfare. Today is the first Monday of Sawan and Mahadev is worshiped all over the country in the month of Sawan. Many TV serials have been made on Lord Shiva over the years and the actors playing the character of Shiva in all these TV serials have received a lot of love from the audience. So let’s take a look at the actors who won the hearts of the audience by portraying the character of Lord Shiva.
Mohit Raina
When we remember the actors who played the role of Lord Shiva, the first thing we should talk about is Mohit Raina. His TV serial broke all TRP records. Actually, after Star One channel was shut down, Star Network launched Life OK channel and the first show to air on this channel was ‘Devon Ka Dev Mahadev.’ Mohit Raina played the role of Mahadev in the serial ‘Devon Ka Dev Mahadev’ and Mouni Roy played the role of Ma Sati in this serial. The highest TRP of the show was 8.8, meaning that Mohit Raina’s show had almost 3 times the rating of Rupali Ganguly’s number one show Anupama.
Himanshu Soni
Himanshu Soni created a distinct identity in the hearts of the audience by playing the role of Lord Shiva in the TV serial ‘Neeli Chhatri Wale’. People highly appreciated his character of Lord Shiva.
Amit Mehra
Amit Mehra, who started his career with modeling, played the role of Lord Shiva in two serials ‘Mahabharat’ and ‘Sankat Mochan Mahabali Hanuman’. After this serial he got a chance to join ‘Khatro Ke Khiladi’.
Arun Govil also played the role of Lord Shiva
Gurmeet Chaudhary
Gurmeet Chaudhary is a well-known face in the film and TV industry. Gurmeet, who started his career with the serial Ramayana, has also played the role of Mahadev many times in his career.
Santosh Shukla
Santosh Shukla played the role of Lord Shiva in the famous television serial ‘Jai Jai Shiv Shankar’. Santosh Shukla was also seen as a contestant in the reality show ‘Bigg Boss’.
Samar Singh
The serial ‘Om Namah Shivaay’ aired on Doordarshan was loved by the audience. Actor Samar Singh played the role of Mahadev in this serial. The show, which aired 27 years ago, became so popular with people that they actually worshiped Samar Singh as a form of Lord Shiva.
Himanshu Soni has played many mythological characters
Saurabh Jain
By the way, Saurabh Jain has also played the role of Lord Krishna. Even today people know him only by the character of Krishna. But in the serial ‘Mahakali – Anth Hi Aaramb Hai’, Saurabh was seen playing the role of Lord Shiva. People liked this role too.
Sunil Sharma
Sunil Sharma, who started his career with the TV serial ‘Shri Ganesh’, has played the role of Mahadev twice on the small screen. Along with the serial ‘Shri Ganesh’, he has also played the role of Lord Shiva in the serial ‘Jai Maa Vaishno Devi’.
Arun Govil
Arun Govil, who played the role of Ram in the TV serial ‘Ramayana’, still rules the hearts of people. After the serial Ramayana, Arun Govil was seen in the role of Lord Shiva in the TV serial ‘Shiv Ki Mahima’. People also liked his character.
Yashodhan Rana
Yashodhan Rana played the role of Lord Shankar opposite Dheeraj Kumar in the TV serial ‘Om Namah Shivaay 2’. Like Samar Singh, Yashodhan’s character was also liked by people. Talking about the craze of this serial in an interview, Yashodhan Rana said that people liked this serial so much that they used to leave their work and watch this serial.