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Bhanwar

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How it feels

This Indian docudrama series recreates landmark court cases from the Indian judicial system. Each episode dramatizes a real judgment and the events that led to it.

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What happens

Bhanwar (transl. Whirlpool) is a television docudrama series based on judgments from the Indian judicial system. The series was produced by TV18 and was originally telecast on Sony Entertainment Television in 1998 -2015. Bhanwar which aired in the late 1990s on Sony TV was a one-of-a-kind show which dealt with landmark judgements from the Indian judicial system. Produced by TV18, the series ran for two years on Sony TV. It was directed by Sanjay Ray Chaudhari and written by Sanjeev Sharma and Sanjay Chauhan. The show was so popular it was re-aired on SAB TV and Fox History. It received the Special Jury Award for Best Investigative Show at the 1998 Screen Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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