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{{short description|Indian television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Classic legends with Javed Akhtar.jpg
| caption = Title card of Season 5
| genre = Non-fiction
| producer = [[Essel Vision Productions]]
| company =
| presenter = [[Javed Akhtar]]
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 65
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| camera =
| runtime = 40 mins (approx.; seasons 1, 3 & 4)<br />50 mins (approx.; seasons 2 & 5]
| network =
| first_aired = {{start date|2011|12|11|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2019|3|2|df=y}}
}}

'''''Classic Legends''''' is an Indian television [[Hindi]] entertainment show based on the notable and talented people of the [[Hindi film industry]]. The first four seasons of the show were aired on Zee Classic. The fifth season airs on [[Zee Anmol Cinema]], Zee Bollywood and Zee Cinema HD. The show is presented by popular [[Bollywood]] lyricist, [[Javed Akhtar]]. In the show, Javed Akhtar explores the lives of great artists from the golden era of Bollywood who graced the silverscreen with their powerful performances. The first season of show premièred on 11 December 2011 followed by four other seasons.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-44570.html|title= 'I can share unpublished things about Bollywood legends': Javed Akhtar|website= newKerala.com|date= 15 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tv-now-javed-akhtar-to-host-a-tv-show/20111209.htm|title= Now, Javed Akhtar to host TV show|website= rediff.com|date= 9 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.news18.com/news/movies/hindi-cinema-owes-its-glory-to-its-classic-legends-says-javed-akhtar-1524089.html|title= Hindi Cinema Owes Its Glory To Its Classic Legends, Says Javed Akhtar|website= news18.com|date= 21 September 2017}}</ref>

Each episode takes on one artist while the series covers people who were popular actors, actresses, music composers, directors, singers and lyricists.

== Season 1 ==

The series is presented by Javed Akhtar. Every season has a total of 13 episodes, each exploring the life of a famous personality from the [[Hindi]] film Industry. The first season was aired from 11 December 2011 to 4 March 2012. The season featured stories of a variety of people from the film industry ranging from [[Raj Kapoor]] to [[Guru Dutt]], [[Nargis]] to [[Kishore Kumar]] and lyricists like [[Sahir Ludhianvi]] to name a few.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Episode
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Date
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Personality
|-
! scope="col" | Overall !! scope="col" | Season
|-
| 1
| 1
| 11 December 2011
|
| [[Raj Kapoor]]
|-
| 2
| 2
| 18 December 2011
| [[File:Rahul Dev Burman.jpg|75px]]
| [[R.D. Burman]]
|-
| 3
| 3
| 25 December 2011
| [[File:Majrooh Sultanpuri & Ubaid Azam Azmi(cropped on Majrooh Sultanpuri).jpg|75px]]
| [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]]
|-
| 4
| 4
| 1 January 2012
| [[File:Kishore Kumar 2016 postcard of India (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 5
| 5
| 8 January 2012
|
| [[Nargis]]
|-
| 6
| 6
| 15 January 2012
| [[File:Bimal Roy 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Bimal Roy]]
|-
| 7
| 7
| 22 January 2012
| [[File:Vijay Anand in the film Agra Road.jpg|75px]]
| [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]
|-
| 8
| 8
| 29 January 2012
|
| [[Ashok Kumar]]
|-
| 9
| 9
| 5 February 2012
| [[File:Sahir Ludhianvi Stamp.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sahir Ludhianvi]]
|-
| 10
| 10
| 12 February 2012
| [[File:Mehboob Khan 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Mehboob Khan]]
|-
| 11
| 11
| 19 February 2012
|
| [[Madhubala]]
|-
| 12
| 12
| 26 February 2012
|
| [[Guru Dutt]]
|-
| 13
| 13
| 4 March 2012
|
| [[Shammi Kapoor]]
|}

== Season 2 ==

After an overwhelming response to the first season, the second season was aired barely eight months after the first season ended. The season was aired from 18 Nov 2012 – 10 Feb 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://bestmediainfo.com/2012/11/zee-classic-returns-with-classic-legends-season-2/|title= Zee Classic returns with 'Classic Legends Season 2'|website= bestmediainfo.com|date= 9 November 2012}}</ref> In this season, [[Dilip Kumar]]'s biography was extended to the next episode.So, instead of 13, biography of 12 personalities was shared. The season featured the anecdotes from the life of actors like [[Dilip Kumar]] and [[Dev Anand]], singer [[Mohammad Rafi]] and lyricist [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]].
[[Meena Kumari]] was the only actress whose story featured in this season.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Episode
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Date
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Personality
|-
! scope="col" | Overall !! scope="col" | Season
|-
| 14
| 1
| 18 November 2012
| [[File:Sachin Dev Burman 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[S.D. Burman]]
|-
| 15
| 2
| 25 November 2012
| [[File:Meena Kumari 2011 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Meena Kumari]]
|-
| 16
| 3
| 2 December 2012
| [[File:Dev Anand 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Dev Anand]]
|-
| 17
| 4
| 9 December 2012
| ! rowspan="2" colspan="1" | [[File:Dilip Kumar 2006.jpg|75px]]
| ! rowspan="2" colspan="1" | [[Dilip Kumar]]
|-
| 18
| 5
| 16 December 2012
|-
| 19
| 6
| 23 December 2012
| [[File:Mohammed Rafi 2016 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Mohammad Rafi]]
|-
| 20
| 7
| 30 December 2012
| [[File:Anand Bakshi.tif|75px]]
| [[Anand Bakshi]]
|-
| 21
| 8
| 6 January 2013
| [[File:Hrishikesh Mukherjee 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|-
| 22
| 9
| 13 January 2013
| [[File:Chetan Anand 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]]
|-
| 23
| 10
| 20 January 2013
| [[File:Shailendra 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
|-
| 24
| 11
| 27 January 2013
| [[File:Sunil Dutt cropped face.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sunil Dutt]]
|-
| 25
| 12
| 3 February 2013
|
| [[Nasir Hussain]]
|-
| 26
| 13
| 10 February 2013
| [[File:Pran Actor.JPG|75px]]
| [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
|}

== Season 3 ==
The season three was aired from 2 November 2014 to 25 January 2015. Unlike other seasons, no lyricist was discussed, however, for the first time the life incidents of two singers were shared, instead of one.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://bestmediainfo.com/2014/10/zee-classic-is-back-with-classic-legends-season-3/|title= Zee Classic is back with 'Classic Legends Season 3'|website= bestmediainfo.com|date= 31 October 2014}}</ref> This season featured stories of stars like [[Nutan]] and [[Sanjeev Kumar]], directors like [[Yash Chopra]] and singer [[Lata Mangeshkar]].{{fact|date=December 2023}}

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Episode
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Date
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Personality
|-
! scope="col" | Overall !! scope="col" | Season
|-
| 27
| 1
| 2 November 2014
| [[File:Yash Chopra 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Yash Chopra]]
|-
| 28
| 2
| 9 November 2014
| [[File:Sanjeev Kumar 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sanjeev Kumar]]
|-
| 29
| 3
| 16 November 2014
| [[File:Shankar Jaikishan 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
|-
| 30
| 4
| 23 November 2014
| [[File:Actor Mehmood Ali 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Mehmood Ali]]
|-
| 31
| 5
| 30 November 2014
| [[File:Mukesh 2016 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
|-
| 32
| 6
| 7 December 2014
| [[File:Dharmendra 2011.jpg|75px]]
| [[Dharmendra]]
|-
| 33
| 7
| 14 December 2014
| [[File:Lata Mangeshkar.jpg|75px]]
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 34
| 8
| 21 December 2014
| [[File:Manoj Kumar at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 10.jpg|75px]]
| [[Manoj Kumar]]
|-
| 35
| 9
| 28 December 2014
|
| [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]]
|-
| 36
| 10
| 4 January 2015
| [[File:Nutan 2011 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Nutan]]
|-
| 37
| 11
| 11 January 2015
|
| [[Manmohan Desai]]
|-
| 38
| 12
| 18 January 2015
| [[File:OP Nayyar 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[O.P. Nayyar]]
|-
| 39
| 13
| 25 January 2015
| [[File:Waheeda Rehman (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Waheeda Rehman]]
|}

== Season 4 ==
After a gap of more than two years, the fourth season<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.news18.com/news/movies/why-asha-parekh-was-a-notorious-child-1531777.html|title= Why Asha Parekh Was A Notorious Child|website= news18.com|date= 29 September 2017}}</ref> was aired from 24 Sep 2017 – 17 Dec 2017. The season featured stories of artists like [[Rajendra Kumar]], [[Vyjayanthimala]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.televisionpost.com/zee-classic-to-highlight-vyjayanthimalas-journey-on-classic-legends-season-4/|title= Zee Classic to highlight Vyjayanthimala's journey on Classic Legends Season 4|website= televisionpost.com|date= 1 November 2017}}</ref> singer [[Asha Bhosle]] and composers [[Laxmikant Pyarelal]]. The final episode of this season was touted as a tribute to veteran actor [[Shashi Kapoor]], who died thirteen days before the episode aired.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/life-style/a-tribute-to-shashi-kapoor/513766.html|title= A tribute to Shashi Kapoor|newspaper= Tribune|date= 16 December 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Episode
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Date
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Personality
|-
! scope="col" | Overall !! scope="col" | Season
|-
| 40
| 1
| 24 September 2017
| [[File:Balraj Sahni 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Balraj Sahni]]
|-
| 41
| 2
| 1 October 2017
| [[File:Asha Parekh at Saudamini Mattu's wedding reception (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Asha Parekh]]
|-
| 42
| 3
| 8 October 2017
| [[File:Rajendra Kumar 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Rajendra Kumar]]
|-
| 43
| 4
| 15 October 2017
| [[File:Ashaji.jpg|75px]]
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| 44
| 5
| 22 October 2017
| [[File:Laxmikant Pyarelal.jpg|75px]]
| [[Laxmikant Pyarelal]]
|-
| 45
| 6
| 29 October 2017
|
| [[Kalyanji Anandji]]
|-
| 46
| 7
| 5 November 2017
| [[File:Vyjayanthimala.jpg|75px]]
| [[Vyjayanthimala]]
|-
| 47
| 8
| 12 November 2017
| [[File:Hemant Kumar 2016 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Hemant Kumar]]
|-
| 48
| 9
| 19 November 2017
|
| [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]]
|-
| 49
| 10
| 26 November 2017
|
| [[Sadhana Shivdasani]]
|-
| 50
| 11
| 3 December 2017
| [[File:Shakeel Badayuni 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shakeel Badayuni]]
|-
| 51
| 12
| 10 December 2017
|
| [[Rajendra Krishan]]
|-
| 52
| 13
| 17 December 2017
| [[File:ShashiKapoor01.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shashi Kapoor]]
|}

== Season 5 ==
With the show doing fabulously well and on popular demand, the show was back with Season 5 commencing from 8 December 2018. It airs on 3 channels – [[Zee Anmol Cinema]], Zee Bollywood and Zee Cinema HD. For the first time, biography of not one but two people featured in a single episode. Final episode of this season was aired on 2 March 2019.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Episode
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Date
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Portrait
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Personality
|-
! scope="col" | Overall !! scope="col" | Season
|-
| rowspan=2 | 53
| rowspan=2 | 1
| rowspan=2 | 8 December 2018
| [[File:Rishi Kapoor.jpg|75px]]
| [[Rishi Kapoor]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:Sridevi.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sridevi]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 54
| rowspan=2 | 2
| rowspan=2 | 15 December 2018
| [[File:Mumtaz (actress).jpg|75px]]
| [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]]
|-
|
| [[S.H. Bihari]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 55
| rowspan=2 | 3
| rowspan=2 | 22 December 2018
|
| [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:Khayyam.jpg|75px]]
| [[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 56
| rowspan=2 | 4
| rowspan=2 | 29 December 2018
| [[File:Om Prakash Actor.jpg|75px]]
| [[Om Prakash]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:Manna Dey 2016 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Manna Dey]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 57
| rowspan=2 | 5
| rowspan=2 | 5 January 2019
|
| [[Nirupa Roy]]
|-
| scope=row |
| [[Wajahat Mirza]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 58
| rowspan=2 | 6
| rowspan=2 | 12 January 2019
| [[File:Amrish Puri.jpg|75px]]
| [[Amrish Puri]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:Anu Malik 2009 - still 88210 crop.jpg|75px]]
| [[Anu Malik]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 59
| rowspan=2 | 7
| rowspan=2 | 19 January 2019
|
| [[Leela Mishra]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:Basu Chatterjee image.jpg|75px]]
| [[Basu Chatterjee]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 60
| rowspan=2 | 8
| rowspan=2 | 26 January 2019
|
| [[C. Ramchandra]]
|-
|
| [[Raja Mehdi Ali Khan]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 61
| rowspan=2 | 9
| rowspan=2 | 2 February 2019
|
| [[Hasrat Jaipuri]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:Talat Mahmood 2016 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Talat Mahmood]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 62
| rowspan=2 | 10
| rowspan=2 | 9 February 2019
|
| [[Mukhram Sharma]]
|-
| scope=row |
| [[Nadira (Indian actress)|Nadira]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 63
| rowspan=2 | 11
| rowspan=2 | 16 February 2019
| scope=row |
| [[Amiya Chakravarty (director)|Amiya Chakravarty]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:Dharmendra, Hema Malini at Esha Deol's wedding reception 03 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Hema Malini]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 64
| rowspan=2 | 12
| rowspan=2 | 23 February 2019
| scope=row | [[File:Mala-Sinha (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Mala Sinha]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:RavindraJain.jpg|75px]]
| [[Ravindra Jain]]
|-
| rowspan=2 | 65
| rowspan=2 | 13
| rowspan=2 | 2 March 2019
| scope=row | [[File:Jaya Bachchan still16 (square crop).jpg|75px]]
| [[Jaya Bachchan]]
|-
| scope=row | [[File:Film Producer Director Prakash Mehra.jpg|75px]]
| [[Prakash Mehra]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Bollywood]]
* [[Cinema of India]]
* [[Jaane Pehchaane with Javed Akhtar]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.zeeclassic.com/shows/classic-legends-season-1/video Zee Classic official website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuzS8hRO6MM Classic Legends Season 5 with Javed Akhtar]

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Annal Ambedkar Makkal Peravai at 12:10, 22 December 2025