Tipu Sultan drama is based on the novel of the same name by Khan Asif. It chronicles the true historical events in the life of Sultan Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan. The drama is highly appreciated, well regarded as historically accurate. The drama was one of the best pictured and highly popular. When the British tried to colonize the Sub-Continent, after initial resistance, they gained rapid control over large parts of the Sub-Continent until they reached south, where initially Sultan Haider Ali and then his brave son Tipu Sultan kept them away for decades. Tipu Sultan is regarded as a genius warrior, pious person, wise ruler and inventor of rockets artillery and navy in the Sub-Continent. His handful army was able to hold the combined forces of British East India Company, the Maratha and the Nizams of Hyderabad. He faced the enemy in his last battle and was martyred in Sirangapattam.