The Discovery of India
Bharat Ek Khoj
Rating: 9.4 · 1988 · Documentary, Drama · India · 1 sns
Description
Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.
Information
- Original title
- Bharat Ek Khoj
- Year
- 1988
- Genre
- Documentary, Drama
- Country
- India
- Seasons
- 1
- TMDB
- 9.4
- IMDb
- 9.4
Director
Cast
- Roshan Seth — Jawaharlal Nehru
- Om Puri — Ashoka
- Ravi Jhankal — Soldier-2
- Ila Arun — Gangamma
- K.K. Raina — Shahabuddin Ghori
- Anang Desai — Vikrambhatta
- Vijay Kashyap — Shakatara
- Lalit Tiwari — Arjun
- Salim Ghouse — Ramaraya
- Pankaj Berry — Ab'ul Fazal
- John Holyer — Wellesly
- Aanjjan Srivastav — Yama
- Pallavi Joshi — Ratna
- Devendra Malhotra — Ashwalayan
- Irrfan Khan — Saleem
- Veerendra Saxena — Birbal
- Achyut Potdar — Sukhvihara
- Sudhir Kulkarni — Bhatt
- Tom Alter — Sykes
- Surendra Sharma — Tantya Tope