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
Bela Bhansali
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Dilip Panda
Chakradhar Sahu
Ashok Swami
[2]
Production companies
Doordarshan Sahyadri Films
Original release
Network
DD National
Release
13 November 1988 (1988-11-13)[1] – 12 November 1989 (1989-11-12)[1]
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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]
Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets.[6]
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