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Vishnu Puran (2000)

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Directed by
Ravi Chopra
Country
India
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Indian television series tells stories from the Bhagavata Purana about the Hindu god Vishnu and his ten incarnations. It follows the adventures of divine figures like Vishnu and Lakshmi along with other legends such as the tale of Dhruva.

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What happens

Vishnu Puran (also written Vishnupuran) is an Indian television series, by B. R. Chopra on the Hindu deity Vishnu. It is based on the Bhagavata Purana. Bhagavata Purana tells about the 10 incarnations of Vishnu, as well as other stories, such as the legend of Dhruva. The weekly series first aired Sunday morning, 23 January 2000 on Zee TV. The 124 episodes were later released on DD National. The chief roles are played by Nitish Bharadwaj as Bhagwan Vishnu and Vaidehi Amrute as Devi Lakshmi. Nitish Bharadwaj previously played the role of Krishna, in Chopra's television adaptation of the epic Mahabharat. The Story was narrated by Lata Haya in the role of Dharti Maa. The music is composed by Raj Kamal who also worked on Mahabharat. The title song was sung by Shankar Mahadevan and the songs decoding summary of each episode was sung by Mahendra Kapoor & Soham Chakrabarty. During the COVID-19 pandemic in India, DD Bharati, DD National and Zee TV started re-airing episodes to entertain the public during the lockdown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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