ZEE TV’s new show Ek Tha RajaÂ…’ is about a 21-year-old girl, Gayatri, who belongs to a small family but later gets married to a maharaja (Siddhant) and witnesses a sudden change in her life after she enters a royal family,” Drashti Dhami, who will be seen sporting two plaits and cotton sarees in the show,
Drashti is playing the character of Gayatri who is a girl next door. Its her journey and transition from being a common girl to become a queen. Gayatri is an extremely pampered girl and is treated like a boy in her family as her father loves his daughter unconditionally. There is a 360 degree change for her from an ordinary yet pampered daughter to becoming a part of a royal family. She has a past as she had been engaged to a boy who had later died and hence she gets the taboo of being unlucky. Her life changes when she gets married to Rana Ji.
To showcase a realistic view of the 1940s, the makers have shot the show across various locations in Rajasthan as well as setting up an expensive set on the outskirts of Mumbai.
