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The Discovery of India
The Discovery of India

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The Discovery of India

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The Discovery of India

·1988·53 episodes

Summary

Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.

Cast

Roshan Seth

Roshan Seth

Om Puri

Om Puri

Ravi Jhankal

Ravi Jhankal

Ila Arun

Ila Arun

K.K. Raina

K.K. Raina

Anang Desai

Anang Desai

Vijay Kashyap

Vijay Kashyap

Lalit Tiwari

Salim Ghouse

Salim Ghouse

Pankaj Berry

Pankaj Berry

John Holyer

Aanjjan Srivastav

Aanjjan Srivastav

Pallavi Joshi

Pallavi Joshi

Devendra Malhotra

Irrfan Khan

Irrfan Khan

Veerendra Saxena

Veerendra Saxena

Achyut Potdar

Achyut Potdar

Sudhir Kulkarni

Tom Alter

Tom Alter

Surendra Sharma

Aparajita Krishna

Ravi Khemu

Ved Thappar

Mansi Upadhyay

Lucky Ali

Lucky Ali

Harish Patel

Harish Patel

Ahmed Khan

Vishnu Sharma

Mushtaq Khan

Mushtaq Khan

Rakesh Srivastava

Mahendra Raghuvanshi

Surendra Pal

Akhilendra Mishra

Akhilendra Mishra

Ahmed Khan

Murlidhar

Ashok Banthia

Ashok Banthia

Mohan Gokhale

Sohaila Kapur

Sohaila Kapur

Akhil Mishra

Mita Vashisht

Mita Vashisht

Virendra Razdan

Aparajita

Adil Rana

Siraz Ahmed Khan

Aashish Duggal

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Khemendra Ganjoo

Subrata Bose

Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah

Salim Shah

Satish Kaushik

Satish Kaushik

Rana Jung Bahadur

Rana Jung Bahadur

Anand Mishra

Ranjana Gaur

Brian Canavan

Piyush Mishra

Shabana Azmi

Shabana Azmi

Dhruv Ghanekar

Deepraj Rana

Deepraj Rana

Poonam Jha

Rakesh Bidua

Masood Akhtar

Rakesh Dhar

K.K. Raghuvanshi

Ashish Kotwal

Nisha Singh

Virendra Razdan

S.C. Makhija

Rajesh Vivek

Rajesh Vivek

Ashutosh Pathak

Vaishali Dandekar

Sunila Pradhan

Rajendra Gupta

Rajendra Gupta

Vijay Arora

Vijay Arora

Dharmesh Tiwari

Narayan Pati

Vijayan Nair

Rajshri Pingle

Narayan Bhandari

Sudhir Dalvi

Sudhir Dalvi

Surekha Sikri

Alopi Verma

Arjun Raina

S M Zaheer

Lubna Salim

Lubna Salim

Ratna Pathak Shah

Ratna Pathak Shah

Prabhakar Patankar

Alok Nath

Alok Nath

Kishore Kadam

Kishore Kadam

Savita Bajaj

Savita Bajaj

Vipin Sharma

Vipin Sharma

Anil Saxena

Irshad Hashmi

Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri

Pallavi Joshi

Pankaj Berry

Anuradha Tarafdar

Shreechand Makhija

Teeja Bai

Sujata Mehta

Neeraj Vora

Neeraj Vora

Virendra Razdan

Raja Bundela

Raja Bundela

Master Javed

Nafisa Sharma

Sulakshana Khatri

Utkarsh Mazumdar

Narendra Gupta

Narendra Gupta

Champak Banerjee

Ashutosh Gowariker

Hemendra Bhatia

Padmanabhan

Zarvan Patel

Satyadev Dubey

Inayatullah Kantroo

S.P. Dubey

Jaspal Sandhu

Anandi

Rekha Jayakar

Rekha Parmar

Sunita Rao

Sulabha Deshpande

Sulabha Deshpande

Sohaila Kapur

Idries Malik

Arun Verma

Kanchan Gharpure

Mala Kumar

Prabha Mathur

Ritesh Pandey

Pramod Razdan

Meenakshi Thakur

Aparajita

Chandra Mohan

Vasant Soman

Deven Bhojani

Deven Bhojani

Anang Desai

Pramod Moutho

Pramod Moutho

Salim Arif

Navtej Hundal

Seema Kelkar

Amrik Gill

Ajay Kumar

Vijay Rani Nair

Bhupendra Sandhu

Raj Sinha

Puneet Issar

Puneet Issar

Arun Bakshi

Surendra Pal

Surendra Pal

Vinod Rathod

Yusuf Khurram

Jean Maneckjee

Charan Saluja

Kanwaldeep Singh

Adarsh Tandon

Ajit Vachani

Ajit Vachani

O.N. Aima

Mohammed Ishaq

Rajendra Mehra

Shiv Sharma

Mahendra Raghuvanshi

Ravindra Sathe

Jalal Agha

Jalal Agha

Vishal Singh

Harjeet

Declan Hill

Sami Usman

Sunil Advani

Urmila Bhatt

Urmila Bhatt

Pankaj Berry

Devendra Malhotra

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Shubhangi Gokhale

Madhu Achwal

Rakesh Bidua

Parvez Merchant

Satish Tungare

Sagar Zakhmi

Imran Khan

Imran Khan

Mohan Maharishi

Mohini Sharma

Narain Pati

Madhav Achwal

Kapil Kumar Kochar

P. Dasgupta

Bhavna Mukatiwala

Charan Saluja

Rajendra Mehra

Shankar Sachdev

Chandrakant Thakkar

Ravi Kemmu

Crew

Creator

Shyam Benegal

Creator

Jawaharlal Nehru

Status:

Ended

Original Language:

Hindi

Type:

Scripted

Networks:

DD NationalDD Metro

Keywords