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Buniyaad (1986)

Buniyaad poster
Directed by
Jyoti Sarup, Ramesh Sippy
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Length
1 season, 20 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series follows a family's life across several decades from 1915 to 1985. It focuses on how the Partition of India in 1947 affected them and the people around them.

serioushistoricalsoberingslow-pacednostalgicfamily-centricemotionalreflective

What happens

Buniyaad (transl. Foundation) is an Indian television soap opera directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath. It was first aired in 1986 on the Indian state television channel DD National. It was re-aired on Sahara One in 2006 and on DD National and DD Retro during COVID-19 lockdown in India. The story spans the life in India between 1915 and 1985. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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