Bharat Ek Khoj
Indian television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indian television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bharat Ek Khoj (lit. 'India: An Exploration') is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru[3] that covers a 5,000-year history of the Indian subcontinent from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Shama Zaidi co-wrote the script.[4] Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth, the same role he portrayed in the film Gandhi.[5]
| Bharat Ek Khoj | |
|---|---|
Bharat Ek Khoj DVD cover | |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Created by | Shyam Benegal |
| Based on | The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Written by | Shyam Benegal Shama Zaidi Sunil Shanbag Vasant Dev (dialogues) |
| Starring | Roshan Seth Om Puri Tom Alter Sadashiv Amrapurkar Naseeruddin Shah Lucky Ali Seema Kelkar Mita Vashisht Pallavi Joshi Anjan Srivastav Sohaila Kapur Ila Arun Irrfan Khan Ravi Jhankal Piyush Mishra Kulbhushan Kharbanda Subrat Bose Pankaj Berry |
| Narrated by | Om Puri[1] |
| Opening theme | Vanraj Bhatia |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 53 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Raj Pius |
| Cinematography | V. K. Murthy |
| Editors |
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| Production companies | Doordarshan Sahyadri Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | DD National |
| Release | 13 November 1988[1] – 12 November 1989[1] |
Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets.[6]
The 53 episodes series was launched in November 1988 which coincided with the birth centenary of Nehru.[1] The series was re-telecasted on DD Bharati from 27 May 2013 on the occasion of 49th death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.[12]
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