Bharat Ek Khoj (1988)

Genre

documentary television program

Country

India

Length

1 season, 53 episodes

Rating

9.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series covers 5,000 years of Indian history from ancient times to independence in 1947. It is based on a book by Jawaharlal Nehru and uses dramatic scenes to tell the story of the Indian subcontinent.

educationalreflectiveslow-pacedserioushistoricalcontemplativeinformativesober

What happens

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 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. 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. Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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