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{{Short description|Television series directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyothi sarup (1986)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Buniyaad
| image =
| caption =
| picture_format = [[480i]]
| creator =
| writer = [[Manohar Shyam Joshi]]
| director = {{ubl|[[Ramesh Sippy]]|[[Jyoti Sarup]]}}
| starring = [[Buniyaad#Cast|see below]]
| opentheme = "Buniyaad" by [[Anup Jalota]]
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| network = [[DD National]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1986|5}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1987|5}}
| num_episodes = 105
| producer = [[Amit Khanna]]
| genre = Soap Opera
| cinematography = K.K. Mahajan
| editor = M.S. Shinde
}}
'''''Buniyaad''''' (literally ''Foundation'') is an [[India]]n television soap opera directed by [[Ramesh Sippy]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Venugopal|first=Vasudha|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/director-of-hit-tv-drama-buniyaad-ramesh-sippy-still-not-paid-by-doordarshan/articleshow/53388209.cms?from=mdr|title=Director of hit TV drama Buniyaad, Ramesh Sippy, still not paid by Doordarshan|date=2016-07-26|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-04-11}}</ref> and [[Jyoti Sarup|Jyoti]]. The series was written by [[Manohar Shyam Joshi]] and dealt with the [[Partition of India]] in 1947 and its aftermath.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k13/july/july120.php|title='Buniyaad' set to re-create the nostalgia of partition and popularity of old-world charm|date=25 July 2013|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}</ref> It first aired in 1986 on the Indian state television channel [[DD National]]. It was re-aired on [[DD Metro]] and [[Sahara One]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/jan/jan229.htm|title=SaharaOne aims to tap Gen X with 'Buniyaad'|date=20 January 2006|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}</ref> Nowadays, it is re-aired on [[DD Retro]]. The story spans the life in India between 1916-1978.

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Actor/Actress !! Character !! Notes
|-
|[[Alok Nath]]
|Master Haveliram
|Freedom fighter and patriot
|-
|[[Anita Kanwar]]
|Lajoji (Lajwanti)
|Haveliram's wife
|-
|[[Goga Kapoor]]
| Bhai Aatmaram
|Lajwanti's uncle, Haveli Ram's mentor and fellow freedom fighter
|-
|[[Sudhir Pandey]]
|Lala Gaindamal
|Haveliram's father
|-
|[[Asha Sharma]]
|Janko (Chai Ji)
|Haveliram's mother
|-
|[[Kiran Juneja]]
|Veeravali / Pragyavati
|Haveliram's sister
|-
|[[Vijayendra Ghatge]]
|Lala Vrishbhan
|Veeravali's love interest
|-
|[[Asha Sachdev]]
|Shanno
|Gaindamal's elder daughter-in-law
|-
|[[Girija Shankar]]
|Raliya Ram
|Haveliram's elder brother and Shanno's husband
|-
|[[Rajesh Puri]]
|Munshi Khajanchand
|Gaindamal's accountant (munshi)
|-
||[[Dalip Tahil]]
|Bhushan (Kulbhushan)
|Haveliram's elder son
|-
|[[Soni Razdan]]
|Lochan (Sulochana)
|Haveliram's elder daughter-in-law and Bhushan's wife
|-
|[[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1955)|Mazhar Khan]]
|Roshan (Roshanlal)
|Haveliram's younger son
|-
|[[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit Singh]]
|Satbir
|Veeravali and Vrishbhaan's illegitimate son
|-
|[[Abhinav Chaturvedi]]
|Jay Bhushan (Jay)
|Vrishbhan's legitimate son
|-
|[[Krutika Desai Khan]]
|Mangla
|Jay's wife and Satbir's love interest
|-
|[[Anjana Mumtaz]]
|Subhadra
|Vrishbhan's wife and Jay's mother
|-
|[[Vinod Nagpal]]
|Shyamlal
|Subhadra's family friend
|-
|[[Vikas Anand]]
|Harsharandas
|Mangla's Father
|-
|[[Zankhana Desai]]
|Rajrani
|Mangla's Mother
|-
|[[Arun Bakshi]]
|Kanwar
|Play Director and Lochan's love interest
|-
|[[Leela Mishra]]
|chaachi
|Rajjo's aunt
|-
|[[Kamia Malhotra]]
|Kanta Suri (Babli)
|Jay's secretary and love interest
|-
|[[Mangal Dhillon]]
|Labhaya Ram
|Raliya Ram's son
|-
|[[Neesha Singh]]
|Kanni
|Labhaya's niece and Pasho's daughter
|-
|[[Neena Gupta]]
|Rajjo
|Roshan's wife
|-
|[[Shernaz Patel]]
|Kukki
|Kulbhushan's elder daughter
|-
|[[Antariksh Mathur]]
|Kaka
|Satbir's son
|-
|Natasha Sinha
|Nivedita Sengupta
|Roshan's first employer and love interest
|-
|Jayshree Arora
|Mrs.Sengupta
|Nivedita's Mother
|-
|[[Rajan Haksar]]
|Daddyji
|Lochan's Father and Bhushan's Father in law
|-
|[[Sarita Sethi]]
|Mommyji
|Lochan's mother and Bhushan's mother in law
|-
|-
|[[S. M. Zaheer]]
|Habibullah
|Vrishbhan's Lawyer and friend
|-
|-
|[[Pallavi Joshi]]
|Rano
|Labhaya Ram's Wife
|-
|-
|-
|[[Anjan Srivastav]]
| Lala Dharamchand
| Rano's Grandfather
|-
|[[Sudhir Dalvi]]
|Guruji
| at Pragyavati's UttarKashi Ashram
|-
|-
|[[Bharti Achrekar]]
| Ram-pyari
| Fruit-seller Ram-pyare's wife and Gaindamal's family acquaintance
|-
|[[Meher Mittal]]
| Ram-pyara
| Fruit-seller Ram-pyari's husband and Gaindamal's family acquaintance
|-
|-
|[[Suresh Chatwal]]
| Girdharilal
| Lochan's step brother
|-
|-
|Child actor
|Pasho
|Raliya Ram's only surviving daughter
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0389586|Buniyaad}}

[[Category:DD National original programming]]
[[Category:Indian television soap operas]]
[[Category:Partition of India in fiction]]
[[Category:1986 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1980s Indian television series]]
[[Category:Television shows set in the British Raj]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Lahore]]
[[Category:Indian independence movement fiction]]
[[Category:Indian period television series]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Delhi]]
[[Category:1987 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:Indian politics television shows]]

Buniyaad - Revision history

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