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The Discovery of India
Bharat Ek Khoj
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.
Created by Shyam Benegal, Jawaharlal Nehru
Seasons
Cast
Roshan SethJawaharlal Nehru · 53 ep.
Amrish PuriRaza Khan · 1 ep.PPallavi JoshiAtri · 1 ep.PPankaj BerryBarbarian · 1 ep.AAnuradha TarafdarDhanvati · 1 ep.SShreechand MakhijaVasudatt · 1 ep.TTeeja BaiSelf · 1 ep.SSujata MehtaDraupadi · 1 ep.
Neeraj VoraSatyaki · 1 ep.VVirendra RazdanBhishma · 1 ep.
Raja BundelaSanjay · 1 ep.MMaster JavedDurjay · 1 ep.AAkhil MishraJain Muni · 3 ep.NNafisa SharmaKausalya · 1 ep.SSulakshana KhatriShurpanakha · 1 ep.UUtkarsh MazumdarSudakka · 1 ep.
Narendra GuptaDigha · 1 ep.CChampak BanerjeeKinjalka · 1 ep.DDhruv GhanekarNachiketa · 2 ep.AAshutosh GowarikerPrince Siddhartha / Buddha · 1 ep.HHemendra BhatiaAcharya · 1 ep.PPadmanabhanSeleucus · 1 ep.ZZarvan PatelAlexander · 1 ep.SSatyadev DubeyChanakya · 1 ep.IInayatullah KantrooVirochaka · 1 ep.SS.P. DubeyMahendrabhatta · 1 ep.JJaspal SandhuSushima · 1 ep.AAnandiMadhavi · 1 ep.RRekha JayakarDevandi · 1 ep.RRekha ParmarMother · 1 ep.SSunita RaoVasantmala · 1 ep.
Sulabha DeshpandeKavundi · 1 ep.
Ila ArunGangamma · 12 ep.IIdries MalikCharudatta · 1 ep.
Mita VashishtSuvasini · 3 ep.AArun VermaSthavaraka · 1 ep.KKanchan GharpurePriyangumanjari · 1 ep.
Deepraj RanaJagirdar · 2 ep.VVishnu SharmaDronacharya · 4 ep.MMala KumarAnusuya · 1 ep.
K.K. RainaVidur · 12 ep.PPrabha MathurPriyamvada · 1 ep.
Ravi JhankalSoldier-2 · 17 ep.RRitesh PandeyValkhanasa · 1 ep.PPramod RazdanSarathi · 1 ep.MMeenakshi ThakurAmbika · 1 ep.
Aanjjan SrivastavYama · 9 ep.AAparajitaQueen Yashovati · 1 ep.
Vijay KashyapMahendravarman · 11 ep.PPoonam JhaBrihaspati · 2 ep.CChandra MohanRajyavardhan · 1 ep.VVasant SomanBana Bhatta · 1 ep.
Deven BhojaniVillager · 1 ep.AAnang DesaiAppar · 1 ep.
Pramod MouthoBrahmin · 1 ep.
Mushtaq KhanMahadev · 4 ep.MMansi UpadhyayLingamma · 5 ep.VVirendra RazdanBindusara · 3 ep.RRakesh DharTirumala · 2 ep.MMasood AkhtarDanishmand Khan · 2 ep.Crew
Directing
Shyam Benegal (Director)
Shyam Benegal (Director)
Writing
Vasant Dev (Writer), Suneel Shanbaag (Writer), Shama Zaidi (Writer), Jawaharlal Nehru (Book), Ashok Mishra (Writer), Sandeep Pendse (Writer), Iqtidar Alam Khan (Writer), Gulan Kripalani (Writer)
Vasant Dev (Writer), Suneel Shanbaag (Writer), Shama Zaidi (Writer), Jawaharlal Nehru (Book), Ashok Mishra (Writer), Sandeep Pendse (Writer), Iqtidar Alam Khan (Writer), Gulan Kripalani (Writer)
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