Waaris is a Hindi television crime drama series directed by Bhushan Patel that aired on Zee TV channel from July 28, 2008 until December 4, 2008. The plot is similar in quite a few aspects to the Ram Gopal Varma films, Sarkar and Sarkar Raj. The series ran for a total of 64 episodes, excluding the 12 episodes that could have broadcast but were canceled due to the Indian Television Strike that occurred for 3 weeks long.