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Farmaan

Farmaan poster
Directed by
Lekh Tandon
Country
India
Elsewhere
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How it feels

The series is set in Hyderabad and follows the lives of people connected to a noble family. It is based on a novel about power and relationships within that community.

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What happens

Farmaan (also spelled Farman) is an Indian television show broadcast on DD National in 1994. The show was directed by Lekh Tandon and based on Rafia Amin's novel Alam Panah, set in Hyderabad. The show's stars included Kanwaljit Singh, Navin Nischol, Raja Bundela, Vineeta Malik, Kalpana Iyer, Neha Sharad and it was the debut serial of Deepika Deshpande Amin & Hyderabadi Actor Azam Parwana (As Nawab Tamkeen Yar Jung). Faman had 14 episodes, and was re-run on DD National in June 2016, and DD Urdu in June 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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