Bharat Ek Khoj

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{{Infobox television
| name = Bharat Ek Khoj
| image = Bharat ek khoj DVD cover.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption = ''Bharat Ek Khoj'' DVD cover
| genre = [[Historical fiction]]
| runtime =
| creator = [[Shyam Benegal]]
| director =
| writer = Shyam Benegal [[Shama Zaidi]] [[Sunil Shanbag]] [[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]] [[Ravi Jhankal]] [[Piyush Mishra]] [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] Subrat Bose,
Pankaj Berry
| cinematography = [[V. K. Murthy]]
| editor = {{ubl|Bela Bhansali|[[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]|Dilip Panda|Chakradhar Sahu|Ashok Swami}}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/shyam-benegal-on-watching-padmaavat-i-want-to-see-what-all-the-fuss-is-about/articleshow/62641338.cms|title=Shyam Benegal on watching Padmaavat: I want to see what all the fuss is about|website=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref>
| opentheme = [[Vanraj Bhatia]]
| country = India
| network = [[DD National]]
| channel =
| narrated = [[Om Puri]]<ref name=Ram/>
| first_run =
| released =
| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|1988|11|13}}<ref name=Ram/>
| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|1989|11|12}}<ref name=Ram/>
| language =
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 53
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Raj Pius
| location =
| company = [[Doordarshan]] Sahyadri Films
| followed_by =
| based_on = {{based on|''[[The Discovery of India]]''|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]}}
}}

'''''Bharat Ek Khoj''''' ({{lit|India: An Exploration}}) is a 53-episode [[India]]n historical drama based on the book ''[[The Discovery of India]]'' (1946) by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<ref>{{cite news |title=What makes Shyam special... |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011700990100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627193719/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/01/17/stories/2003011700990100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2003 |date= 17 January 2003 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref> that covers a 5,000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence from the British 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Music in her lines Makeup artist Vivek Nayak |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/music-in-her-lines/article2503835.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=1 October 2011|access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref> Its cast included [[Om Puri]], [[Roshan Seth]], [[Tom Alter]] and [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]]. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was portrayed by [[Roshan Seth]], the same role he portrayed in the [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning film ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roshan Seth waits for right role |url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/11/19/stories/14192185.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624220601/http://www.hindu.com/2001/11/19/stories/14192185.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2013 |date=19 November 2001 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref>

Production designer [[Nitish Roy]] with assistants [[Samir Chanda]] and [[Nitin Chandrakant Desai|Nitin Desai]] built 144 sets.<ref>{{cite news |title=Samir Chanda's death was devastating: Shyam Benegal |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-20/news-interviews/29905667_1_production-designer-shyam-benegal-samir-chanda |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228063723/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-20/news-interviews/29905667_1_production-designer-shyam-benegal-samir-chanda |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 December 2013 |date=20 August 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref>

==Cast and episode list==
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! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Episode!! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Title!! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Cast!! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Role !!Notes
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|1
|"Bharat Mata Ki Jai"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/video/805310/in-this-first-episode-of-bharat-ek-khoj-nehrus-character-quizzes-those-chanting-bharat-mata-ki-jai-on-what-the-phrase-means|title=In this first episode of ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’, Nehru’s character quizzes those chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ on what the phrase means|author=|website=Scroll.in}}</ref>
|[[Roshan Seth]]
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<ref name=Ram/>
|
|-
|2
|"The Beginnings"
|[[Harish Patel]], [[Lalit Mohan Tiwari]], [[Pallavi Joshi]]
|Draha, Shulgi, Atri
|A street play based on the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]] is also depicted in the episode.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bharat Ek Khoj, Episode 02 |url=https://archive.org/details/HindSwaraj-BEK-01 |date=1988}}</ref>
|-
|3
|"The Arrival of the Vedic People"
|[[Anang Desai]], [[K K Raina]], [[Ravi Jhankal]]
|Sardar, Suteja, Bajbandha
|
|-
|4
|"Caste Formation"
|[[Anang Desai]], [[Salim Ghouse]], [[K K Raina]], [[Lalit Mohan Tiwari]], Inayatullah Kantroo, Anuradha Tarafdar, [[Ila Arun]]
|Chandraprabha, [[Rama]], [[Narada]], [[Arjuna]], Dhanpal,Dhanvati, Sheelvati
|[[Shambuka|Story of Shambuka]] from Ramayana and [[Ekalavya]] from Mahabharata were also part of this episode.
|-
|Rowspan="2"| 5,6
|"Mahabharata" Part 1
|Rowspan="2"|[[Teejan Bai]], [[Salim Ghouse]], [[Om Puri]], [[Sujata Mehta]], [[Pankaj Berry]], [[Ila Arun]], [[Salim Ghouse]]
|Rowspan="2"|[[Krishna]], [[Duryodhana]], [[Draupadi]], [[Shakuni]], [[Aswatthama]], [[Gandhari (character)|Gandhari]]
|
|-
|"Mahabharata" Part 2
|
|-
|Rowspan="2"| 7,8
|"Ramayana" Part 1<ref name=Ram/>
|Rowspan="2"|[[Om Puri]], [[Pallavi Joshi]], [[Salim Ghouse]]<ref name=Ram>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/media/story/19880930-bharat-ek-khoj-the-making-of-most-extravagant-serial-ever-797739-1988-09-30|title=Bharat Ek Khoj: The making of most extravagant serial ever|first=Madhu|last=Jain|date=20 November 2013|website=India Today}}</ref> , [[Pankaj Berry]], [[Ravi Jhankal]]
|Rowspan="2"|[[Sita]], [[Rama]], [[Bharata (Ramayana)|Bharata]] , [[Lakshmana]]
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|-
|"Ramayana" Part 2
|
|-
|9
|"Republics and Kingdoms"
|[[Virendra Saxena]], [[K K Raina]]
|[[Bodhgaya inscription of Mahanaman|Mahaanaman]], [[Virudhaka]]
|
|-
|10
|"Negation and Acceptance of Life"
|[[Dhruv Ghanekar]], [[Aanjjan Srivastav]], [[Om Puri]], [[Ashutosh Gowariker]]
|[[Nachiketa]], [[Yamaraja]], [[Angulimala|Angulimaal]], [[Gautam Buddha]]
|
|-
|11
|"Chanakya and Chandragupta" Part 1
|[[Satyadev Dubey]], [[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Mita Vashisht]]
|Chanakya, Chanragupta, Suhasini
|
|-
|12
|"Chanakya and Chandragupta" Part 2
|[[Satyadev Dubey]], [[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Aanjjan Srivastav]]
|Chanakya, Chanragupta, [[Dhana Nanda]]
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|-
|13
|"Ashoka" Part 1
|[[Om Puri]], [[K.K.Raina]], [[Ila Arun]]
|[[Ashoka]], Radhagupta, Asandhimitra
|
|-
|14
|"Ashoka" Part 2
|[[Om Puri]], [[K.K.Raina]], [[Ila Arun]], [[Lucky Ali]] (credited as Maqsoom Ali)
|[[Ashoka]], Radhagupta, Asandhimitra, [[Prince Tissa]]
|
|-
|15
|"The Sangam Period: Silapaddikaram" Part 1
|[[Pallavi Joshi]], Rakesh Dhar
|Kannaki, Kovalan
|
|-
|16
|"The Sangam Period: Silapaddikaram" Part 2
|[[Pallavi Joshi]], Rakesh Dhar, [[Sulabha Deshpande]], [[Virendra Saxena]]
|Kannaki, Kovalan, Kavundi, Pandit
|
|-
|17
|"The Classical Age"
|[[Anjan Srivastav]], [[Harish Patel]], Aparjita Krishna
|Sansthanaka, Nai, Vasantsena
|
|-
|18
|"Kalidas and Shakuntala" Part 1
|[[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Pallavi Joshi]], [[Virendra Saxena]]
|Kalidas, Mallika, Matul
|Excerpts from plays [[Ashadh Ka Ek Din]] by [[Mohan Rakesh]] and [[Shakuntala (play)]] by Kalidasa were used in this episode.
|-
|19
|"Kālidāsa and Shakuntala" Part 2
|[[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Pallavi Joshi]], [[Virendra Saxena]]
|Kalidas, Mallika, Matul
|
|-
|20
|"Harshavardhana"
|[[Pankaj Berry]], K Makhija, Aparajita
|Harshavardhana, Prabhakar Vardhana, Queen
|
|-
|21
|"Bhakti"
|[[Vijay Kashyap]], [[Rajesh Vivek]], [[Mita Vashisht]], [[Harish Patel]]
|[[Mahendravarman I]], Kapalin, Devasoma, Buddhist Monk
|
|-
|22
|"The Chola Empire" Part 1
|[[Om Puri]], Devendre Malhotra, Sunila Pradhan, Shantanu Chaparia
|[[Raja Raja Chola]], Ishanashiva, Mahadevi, Tirumala
|
|-
|23
|"The Chola Empire" Part 2
|[[Om Puri]], Devendre Malhotra, Sunila Pradhan, Shantanu Chaparia
|Raja Raja Chola, Ishanashiva, Mahadevi, Tirumala
|
|-
|24
|"The Delhi Sultanate" Part 1:The Arrival of Turk-Afghans and Prithviraj Raso
| [[K.K. Raina]], [[Vijay Kashyap]], [[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Ahmed Khan (actor)|Ahmed Khan]], [[Irrfan Khan]], [[Achyut Potdar]], [[Vijay Kashyap]]
|[[Muhammad of Ghor|Muhammad Ghori]], [[Chand Bardai]], [[Prithviraj Chauhan]], [[Mahmud of Ghazni|Mahmud Ghazni]], [[Ferdowsi]], [[Al-Biruni]]
|
|-
|25
|"The Delhi Sultanate" Part 2: Prithviraj Raso and Alauddin Khilji
| [[K.K. Raina]], [[Vijay Kashyap]], [[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Achyut Potdar]], [[Om Puri]], [[Rajendra Gupta]], [[Seema Kelkar]]
|[[Muhammad of Ghor|Muhammad Ghori]], [[Chand Bardai]], Makwana, [[Alauddin Khilji]], [[Ratnasimha|Ratan Singh]], [[Rani Padmini|Padmavati]]
|
|-
|26
|"The Delhi Sultanate" Part 3: Padmavat and Tughlaq dynasty<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.in.com/entertainment/bollywood/om-puri-had-played-alauddin-khilji-much-before-ranveer-singh-73547.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114225516/https://www.in.com/entertainment/bollywood/om-puri-had-played-alauddin-khilji-much-before-ranveer-singh-73547.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-11-14|title=Om Puri had played Alauddin Khilji much before Ranveer Singh|website=in.com}}</ref>
|[[Om Puri]], [[Rajendra Gupta]], [[Seema Kelkar]],
|[[Alauddin Khalji]], [[Ratnasimha|Ratan Singh]], [[Rani Padmini|Padmavati]]
|
|-
|27
|"Synthesis"
|[[Pankaj Berry]]
|Lorik
[Lubna salim] chanda
[Maina]
Aparajita
|
|-
|28
|"The Vijayanagar Empire"
|[[Om Puri]], [[Salim Ghouse]], [[Aanjjan Srivastav]], Fr. Tasso
|[[Krishna Deva Raya]], [[Aliya Rama Raya]], Appaji, [[Domingo Paes]]
|
|-
|29
|"Feudalism"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/how-india-became-a-republic/1152759/|title=How India Became a Republic - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref>
|[[Salim Ghouse]], [[Ila Arun]], [[Pallavi Joshi]], Siraj Khan, Ajay Kumar
|Aliya Rama Raya, Heggaditi, Mallige, Saguna, [[Achyuta Deva Raya]]
|
|-
|30
|"The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire"
|[[Salim Ghouse]], [[Anang Desai]], [[Pankaj Berry]], Ahmed Khan, Arjun Raina
|Aliya Rama Raya, Effendi Aslam Bain, [[Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah Wali]], [[Hussain Nizam Shah I]], [[Ali Adil Shah I]]
|
|-
|31
|"Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur"
|[[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Anang Desai]], [[Lalit Mohan Tiwari]]
|[[Rana Sanga]], [[Ibrahim Lodi]], [[Babur]]
|
|-
|Rowspan="2"|32, 33
|"Akbar" Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
|Rowspan="2"|[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]], [[Ila Arun]], [[Aparajita Bhushan]], [[Puneet Issar]], [[Surendra Pal]], [[Harish Patel]], [[Irrfan Khan]], [[Rajesh Vivek]], [[Pankaj Berry]], [[Vijay Arora]]
|Rowspan="2"| [[Akbar]], [[Jahangir]], [[Mariam-uz-Zamani|Jodhabai]], [[Maharana Pratap]]
|
|-
|"Akbar" Part 2
|
|-
|34
|"Golden Hind"
|[[Sudhir Kulkarni]], [[Vijay Arora]], [[Ajit Vachhani]]
|[[Jahangir]]
|
|-
|Rowspan="2"|35 ,36
|"Aurangzeb" Part 1
|Rowspan="2"|[[Om Puri]], [[Sudhir Dalvi]], [[Surendra Pal]]
|Rowspan="2"| [[Aurangzeb]], [[Dara Shikoh]], [[Murad Bakhsh]], [[Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)|Shah Shuja]], [[Jahanara Begum]], [[Shah Jahan]]
|
|-
|"Aurangzeb Part" 2
|-
|Rowspan="2"|37 ,38
|"Shivaji" Part 1
|Rowspan="2"|[[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Om Puri]], [[Anang Desai]], [[Achyut Potdar]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/847077/the-dd-files-when-shyam-benegal-brought-indias-entire-history-to-tv-screens-in-bharat-ek-khoj|title=The DD Files: When Shyam Benegal brought India’s entire history to TV screens in ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’|first=Mridula|last=Chari|website=Scroll.in}}</ref> [[Ahmed Khan (actor)|Ahmed Khan]]
|Rowspan="2"|[[Shivaji]], [[Jijabai]], [[Dadoji Kondadev]], [[Chandrarao More]], [[Afzal Khan (general)|Afzal Khan]], [[Aurangzeb]],
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|-
|"Shivaji" Part 2
|
|-
|39
|"Company Bahadur" (East India Company)
|[[Amrish Puri]], [[Rajendra Gupta|Rajendra]], [[Jalal Agha]], [[Tom Alter]], Vishal Singh, [[John Holyer]]
| [[Robert Clive]], [[Najimuddin Ali Khan]], [[Shuja-ud-Daula]], [[Maharaja Nandakumar]], [[Shah Alam II]], [[Diwani Rights]]
|
|-
|40
|"Tipu Sultan"
|[[Salim Ghouse]], [[Vijay Kashyap]], [[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Shreechand Makhija]], [[Tom Alter]], [[John Holyer]]
|[[Tipu Sultan]], [[Purnaiah]], [[Mir Sadiq]], [[Mahadji Scindia]], [[Nana Phadnavis]]
|
|-
|41
|"The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy"
|[[Anang Desai]], [[Urmila Bhatt]], [[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Tom Alter]], [[John Holyer]]
| [[Raja Ram Mohan Roy]], [[Lord William Bentinck]],Bann on [[Sati (practice)]]
|
|-
|Rowspan="2"|42, 43
||"1857" Part 1
|Rowspan="2"| [[Om Puri]], [[Ravi Jhankal]], [[Piyush Mishra]], [[Mohan Gokhale]], [[Anang Desai]], [[Ratna Pathak Shah]], [[Aanjjan Srivastav]], [[Pankaj Berry]], [[Virendra Razdan]], [[Tom Alter]], [[John Holyer]], [[Bob Christo]]
|Rowspan="2"|[[Bahadur Shah Zafar]], [[Nana Saheb Peshwa II]] [[Wajid Ali Shah]], [[Begum Hazrat Mahal]], [[Tantia Tope]], [[Rani Lakshmibai]], [[Azimullah Khan]], [[Bakht Khan]], [[Mangal Pandey]], [[Lord Dalhousie]]
|
|-
|"1857" Part 2
|-
|44
|"Indigo Revolt"
|[[Virendra Saxena]], [[Tom Alter]], [[Vijay Kashyap]]
| Madhav
|
|-
|45
|"Mahatma Phule"
|[[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]], [[Mohan Gokhale]], [[Shubhangi Gokhale]], [[Achyut Potdar]]
| [[Mahatma Phule]]
|
|-
|46
|"Sir Syed Ahmed Khan"
|[[Mohan Maharishi]], [[Irrfan Khan]]
|
|
|-
|47
|"Vivekananda"
|[[Alok Nath]]
| [[Swami Vivekananda]]
|
|-
|48
|"Extremists and Moderates"
|[[Sudhir Kulkarni]], [[Mohan Gokhale]], [[Tom Alter]], [[Achyut Potdar]], [[Kishor Kadam]]
| [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], [[Chapekar brothers]], Murder of [[Walter Charles Rand]]
|
|-
|49
|"And Gandhi Came" Part 1
| Rowspan="2"|[[Om Puri]], [[Ila Arun]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Pallavi Joshi]], [[Akhilendra Mishra]]
|
|
|-
|50
|"And Gandhi Came" Part 2
|
|
|-
|51
|"Separatism"
|[[S M Zaheer]], [[K K Raina]], [[Harish Patel]], [[Irrfan Khan]]
|
|
|-
|52
|"Do or Die"
|[[Pankaj Berry]], [[Om Puri]], [[Lucky Ali]]
|[[Quit India Movement]]
|
|-
|53
|Epilogue
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|}

==Broadcast==
The 53 episodes series was launched in November 1988 which coincide with the birth centenary of Nehru.<ref name=Ram/> The series was re-telecasted on [[DD Bharati]] from 27 May 2013 on the occasion of 49th death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k13/may/may141.php|title=DD to commence repeat telecast of 'Bharat Ek Khoj' to mark Nehru's death anniversary|date=25 May 2013|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Pradhanmantri]]
* [[Bharatvarsh (TV series)]]
* [[List of television shows based on Indian history]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0155424}}

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