The Discovery of India

1988 1 Season 9.4Series

DocumentaryDrama

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.

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Shyam Benegal

Creator, Director

Jawaharlal Nehru

Creator

Ashok Mishra

Writer

Vasant Dev

Writer

Suneel Shanbaag

Writer

Sandeep Pendse

Writer

Shama Zaidi

Writer

Iqtidar Alam Khan

Writer

Top Cast

Roshan Seth

Jawaharlal Nehru · 53 eps

Om Puri

Narrator (voice) / Ashoka / Soldier-1 / Patel Range Gowda / Nabakrishna Banerjee / Raj Raja Chola / Aurangzeb / Nigam (Ballia DM) / Agulimal / Duryodhan / Narrator / Allauddin Khilji / Krishnadevaraya / Alauddin Khilji / Duryodhan / Narrator / Raavan · 22 eps

Ravi Jhankal

Superintendent of Police / Kalidasa / Dushyanta / Prithviraj / Mir Sadiq / Balram / Soldier-2 / Villager #1 / Suteja / Rana Sanga / Prithviraj Chouhan / Laxman / Chandragupta · 17 eps

Ila Arun

Passion / Heggaditi / Asandhimitra / Gangamma / Kaikeyi / Gandhari / Sheelwati / Jodhabai / Sarma · 12 eps

K.K. Raina

Materialist (Charvaka) / Radhagupta / Majid Ali / Devarishi Narad / Azimullah Khan / Priyamedha / Vidur / Virudhaka / Shahabuddin Ghori · 12 eps

Anang Desai

Ram Mohan Roy / Vajrabandhu / Sumantra / Chandraprabha / Vikrambhatta / Dadoji Konddeo / Vajashravasa / Effandi Aslam Beg / Nana Saheb / Appar / Ibrahim Lodi / Gautam Buddha · 12 eps