Bharat Ek Khoj(भारत एक खोज)

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Bharat Ek Khoj(भारत एक खोज), based on Jawaharlal Nehru's celebrated book - The Discovery of India, is a 53 Episode historical drama that chronicles India's history from it's beginnings 5000years back upto it's independence from the British rule in 1947. It is an amazing journey covering the political, social and cultural landmarks in the evolution of the Indian Civilization - a multi-cultural, multi-religious, multi-ethnic and pluralistic society.

It was produced and direted by the noted Indian director and screenwriter Shyam Benegal for Doordarshan (Government of India’s Public Service Broadcaster) and was aired, starting in November 1988, every Sunday for a full year.

Jawaharlal Nehru - Roshan Seth
Narrator - Om Puri
Chief Assistant Director - Mandeep Kakkar
Executive Producer - Raj Pius
Script - Shama Zaldi, Sunil Shanbag and Sandeep Pendse
Script in Hindi - Vasant Dev and Ashok Mishra
Translation from Sanskrit and Lyrics - Vasant Dev
Script Consultants - Prof.R.S.Sharma, Dr.H.D.Sankalla, Prof.Irfan Habib, Prof.S.R.Bhatt, Dr.R.Champakalakshmi, Prof.Sadashiv A.Dange and Prof.Anees Syed
Costumes - Salim Arif, Farida Siddiqi and Bhavana Mukativala
Re-Recording - Hitendra Ghosh and Rajkamal Kalamandir
Sound - Ashwyn Balsaver
Editing - Sutanu Gupta and Deepak Segal
Art Director - Nitish Roy
Music - Vanraj Bhatia
Additional Photography - Govind Nihlani
Aerial Photography - Piyush Shah
Photography - V.K. Murthy
Producer and Director - Shyam Benegal

Episode 1: Bharat Mata Ki Jai
Episode 2: The Beginnings
Episode 3: The Vedic People and The Rigveda
Episode 4: Caste Formation
Episode 5: Mahabharata, Part I
Episode 6: Mahabharata, Part II
Episode 7: Ramayana, Part I
Episode 8: Ramayana, Part II
Episode 9: Republics & Kingdoms
Episode 10: Acceptance and Negation of Life
Episode 11: Chanakya and Chandragupta, Part I
Episode 12: Chanakya and Chandragupta, Part II
Episode 13: Ashoka, Part I
Episode 14: Ashoka, Part II
Episode 15: The Sangam Period and Silappadikaram, Part I
Episode 16: The Sangam Period and Silappadikaram, Part II
Episode 17: The Classical Age
Episode 18: Kalidasa, Part I
Episode 19: Kalidasa, Part II
Episode 20: Harshavardhana
Episode 21: Bhakti
Episode 22: The Chola Empire, Part I
Episode 23: The Chola Empire, Part II
Episode 24: Delhi Sultanate Part I, The Arrival of Turk-Afghans & Prithviraj Raso(I)
Episode 25: Delhi Sultanate Part II, Prithviraj Raso (II) & Alauddin Khilji
Episode 26: Delhi Sultanate, Part III, Padmavat & The Tughlak Dynasty
Episode 27: Synthesis
Episode 28: The Vijayanagar Empire
Episode 29: Feudalism in India
Episode 30: The Fall of Vijayanagar
Episode 31: Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
Episode 32: Akbar, Part I
Episode 33: Akbar, Part II
Episode 34: Golden Hind
Episode 35: Aurangzeb, Part I
Episode 36: Aurangzeb, Part II
Episode 37: Shivaji, Part I
Episode 38: Shivaji, Part II
Episode 39: Company Bahadur
Episode 40: Tipu Sultan
Episode 41: The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Rammohun Roy
Episode 42: 1857, Part I
Episode 43: 1857, Part II
Episode 44: Indigo Revolt
Episode 45: Mahatma Phule
Episode 46: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Episode 47: Vivekananda
Episode 48: Extremists And Moderates
Episode 49: And Gandhi Came, Part I
Episode 50: And Gandhi Came, Part II
Episode 51: Separatism
Episode 52: Do or Die
Episode 53: Epilogue