Bharat Ek Khoj

Bharat Ek Khoj
Bharat Ek Khoj DVD cover
Genre	Historical drama
Created by	Shyam Benegal
Based on	The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru
Written by	Shyam Benegal Shama Zaidi Vasant Dev (dialogues)
Starring	Roshan Seth Om Puri Tom Alter Sadashiv Amrapurkar Naseeruddin Shah Lucky Ali Seema Kelkar Mita Vashisht Pallavi Joshi Anjan Srivastav Sohaila Kapur Ila Arun Irrfan Khan
Narrated by	Om Puri
Opening theme	Vanraj Bhatia
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	53
Production
Executive producer(s)	Raj Pius
Cinematography	V. K. Murthy
Production company(s)	Doordarshan Sahyadri Films
Release
Original network	Doordarshan (DD National)
Original release	1988

Bharat Ek Khoj (English: The Discovery of India) is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru^[1] that covers a 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. Shama Zaidi co-wrote the script.^[2] Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth.^[3]

Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets.^[4]

Cast and episode list

Episode	Title	Cast	Role
1	Bharat Mata Ki Jai	Roshan Seth	Jawaharlal Nehru
2	The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)	Pallavi Joshi	Atri
3	The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)	Harish Patel	Draha, a Merchant
4	Caste Formation	Piyush Mishra	Seepahi
5	Mahabharata Part 1	Teejan Bai	Herself
6	Mahabharata Part 2	Om Puri	Duryodhan
7	Ramayana Part 1	Pallavi Joshi	Sita
8	Ramayana Part 2	Om Puri	Ravana
9	Republics and Kingdoms	Virendra Saxena	Vashithak
10	Negation and Acceptance of Life	Om Puri	Angulimaal
11	Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1	Satyadev Dubey, Mita Vashisht	Chankya, Suhasini
12	Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
13	Ashoka Part 1	Om Puri	Ashoka
14	Ashoka Part 2	Om Puri	Ashoka
15	The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
16	The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
17	The Classical Age
18	Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
19	Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
20	Harshavardhana	Pankaj Berry	Harshavardhana
21	Bhakti
22	The Chola Empire Part 1
23	The Chola Empire Part 2
24	The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1	Ravi Jhankal	Prithviraj Chauhan
25	The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2	Ravi Jhankal	Prithviraj Chauhan
26	The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat	Om Puri	Alauddin Khilji
27	Synthesis	Pankaj Berry	Lorik
28	The Vijayanagar Empire	Om Puri	Krishna Deva Raya
29	Feudalism
30	The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
31	Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
32	Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)	Kulbhushan Kharbanda	Akbar
33	Akbar Part 2	Kulbhushan Kharbanda	Akbar
34	Golden Hind
35	Aurangzeb Part 1	Om Puri	Aurangzeb
36	Aurangzeb Part 2	Om Puri	Aurangzeb
37	Shivaji Part 1	Naseeruddin Shah	Shivaji
38	Shivaji Part 2	Naseeruddin Shah	Shivaji
39	Company Bahadur (East India Company)
40	Tipu Sultan	Salim Ghouse	Tipu Sultan
41	The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy	Anang Desai	Raja Ram Mohan Roy
42	1857 Part 1	Tom Alter, Om Puri, Ravi Jhankal
43	1857 Part 2	Tom Alter	British Officer
44	Indigo Revolt	Virendra Saxena	Madhav
45	Mahatma Phule	Sadashiv Amrapurkar	Mahatma Phule
46	Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
47	Vivekananda	Alok Nath	Swami Vivekananda
48	Extremists and Moderates	Mohan Gokhale	Gopal Krishna Gokhale
49	And Gandhi Came Part 1
50	And Gandhi Came Part 2
51	Separatism
52	Do or Die
53	Epilogue

See also

• Television shows based on Indian history

References

1. "What makes Shyam special...". The Hindu. 17 January 2003. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
2. "Music in her lines". The Hindu. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
3. "Roshan Seth waits for right role". The Hindu. 19 November 2001. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
4. "Samir Chanda's death was devasting: Shyam Benegal". The Times of India. 20 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2013.

External links

• Bharat Ek Khoj at the Internet Movie Database