Template:Infobox television Buniyaad (literally Foundation) is an Indian television soap opera directed by Ramesh Sippy[1] and Jyoti. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath.[2] It first aired in 1986 on the Indian state television channel DD National. It was re-aired on DD Metro and Sahara One.[3] Nowadays, it is re-aired on DD Retro. The story spans the life in India between 1916-1978.
Cast
| 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 | Roshan (Roshanlal) | Haveliram's younger son |
| 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
- ↑ Director of hit TV drama Buniyaad, Ramesh Sippy, still not paid by Doordarshan. The Economic Times(2016-07-26). Retrieved 2020-04-11.
- ↑ 'Buniyaad' set to re-create the nostalgia of partition and popularity of old-world charm. Indian Television Dot Com(25 July 2013).
- ↑ SaharaOne aims to tap Gen X with 'Buniyaad'. Indian Television Dot Com(20 January 2006).