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1988
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Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.
Original title:
Bharat Ek Khoj
Release:
January 03, 1988
Original language:
Hindi
Production country:
India
Network:
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Spoken languages:
EnglishHindi
Type:
Scripted
Status:
Ended
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Seasons
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Crew
Cast
Roshan Seth
Jawaharlal Nehru (53 ep.)
Jawaharlal Nehru (53 ep.)
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Om Puri
Alauddin Khilji (1 ep.)
Alauddin Khilji (1 ep.)
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Ravi Jhankal
Villager #1 (1 ep.)
Villager #1 (1 ep.)
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Ila Arun
Sheelwati (1 ep.)
Sheelwati (1 ep.)
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K.K. Raina
Devarishi Narad (1 ep.)
Devarishi Narad (1 ep.)
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Anang Desai
Ram Mohan Roy (1 ep.)
Ram Mohan Roy (1 ep.)
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Vijay Kashyap
Chenna (1 ep.)
Chenna (1 ep.)
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Lalit Tiwari
Ajivika (1 ep.)
Ajivika (1 ep.)
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Salim Ghouse
Sri Krishna (1 ep.)
Sri Krishna (1 ep.)
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Pankaj Berry
Ibrahim Qutub Shah (1 ep.)
Ibrahim Qutub Shah (1 ep.)
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John Holyer
Mr. Shakespeare / Lord Canning (1 ep.)
Mr. Shakespeare / Lord Canning (1 ep.)
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Aanjjan Srivastav
Sansthanaka (1 ep.)
Sansthanaka (1 ep.)
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Pallavi Joshi
Mallige (1 ep.)
Mallige (1 ep.)
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Devendra Malhotra
Chitto Pandey (1 ep.)
Chitto Pandey (1 ep.)
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Irrfan Khan
Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1 ep.)
Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1 ep.)
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Veerendra Saxena
Madhav (1 ep.)
Madhav (1 ep.)
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Achyut Potdar
Prof. Jinsivale (1 ep.)
Prof. Jinsivale (1 ep.)
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Sudhir Kulkarni
Selappa (1 ep.)
Selappa (1 ep.)
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Tom Alter
Colonel Smyth (1 ep.)
Colonel Smyth (1 ep.)
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Surendra Sharma
Tantya Tope (1 ep.)
Tantya Tope (1 ep.)
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Aparajita Krishna
Nadira (1 ep.)
Nadira (1 ep.)
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Ravi Khemu
Radheyshyam Sharma (1 ep.)
Radheyshyam Sharma (1 ep.)
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Ved Thappar
Dr. Gehraula (1 ep.)
Dr. Gehraula (1 ep.)
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Mansi Upadhyay
Bereaved Woman (1 ep.)
Bereaved Woman (1 ep.)
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Lucky Ali
Paras (1 ep.)
Paras (1 ep.)
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Harish Patel
Lala Makhanlal (1 ep.)
Lala Makhanlal (1 ep.)
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Ahmed Khan
Nawab Mehmood (1 ep.)
Nawab Mehmood (1 ep.)
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Vishnu Sharma
Dwarakanath (1 ep.)
Dwarakanath (1 ep.)
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Mushtaq Khan
Mahadev (1 ep.)
Mahadev (1 ep.)
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Rakesh Srivastava
A Shudra (1 ep.)
A Shudra (1 ep.)
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Mahendra Raghuvanshi
Darbari (1 ep.)
Darbari (1 ep.)
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Surendra Pal
Man Singh (2 ep.)
Man Singh (2 ep.)
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Akhilendra Mishra
Soothsayer (1 ep.)
Soothsayer (1 ep.)
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Ahmed Khan
Dr. Ahsan (1 ep.)
Dr. Ahsan (1 ep.)
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Murlidhar
Bajur (1 ep.)
Bajur (1 ep.)
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Ashok Banthia
Kishorichandra Mitra (1 ep.)
Kishorichandra Mitra (1 ep.)
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Mohan Gokhale
Vishnu Pant Thatte (1 ep.)
Vishnu Pant Thatte (1 ep.)
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Sohaila Kapur
Nafisa (1 ep.)
Nafisa (1 ep.)
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Akhil Mishra
Brahmin Father (1 ep.)
Brahmin Father (1 ep.)
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Mita Vashisht
Devasoma (1 ep.)
Devasoma (1 ep.)
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Virendra Razdan
Bahadur Shah Zafar (1 ep.)
Bahadur Shah Zafar (1 ep.)
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Aparajita
Sumitra (1 ep.)
Sumitra (1 ep.)
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Adil Rana
Saudagar (1 ep.)
Saudagar (1 ep.)
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Siraz Ahmed Khan
Saguna (1 ep.)
Saguna (1 ep.)
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Aashish Duggal
Chandrarao More (1 ep.)
Chandrarao More (1 ep.)
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Akbar (3 ep.)
Akbar (3 ep.)
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Khemendra Ganjoo
Ahmed Khwaja (1 ep.)
Ahmed Khwaja (1 ep.)
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Subrata Bose
Keshubchandra Sen (1 ep.)
Keshubchandra Sen (1 ep.)
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Naseeruddin Shah
Shivaji (3 ep.)
Shivaji (3 ep.)
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Salim Shah
Villager (1 ep.)
Villager (1 ep.)
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Satish Kaushik
Pandit (1 ep.)
Pandit (1 ep.)
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Rana Jung Bahadur
Babu Saheb (1 ep.)
Babu Saheb (1 ep.)
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Anand Mishra
Madanna (1 ep.)
Madanna (1 ep.)
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Ranjana Gaur
Tirumalamba (1 ep.)
Tirumalamba (1 ep.)
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Brian Canavan
Mr. Hastie (1 ep.)
Mr. Hastie (1 ep.)
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Piyush Mishra
Murthy (1 ep.)
Murthy (1 ep.)
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Shabana Azmi
Rangamma (3 ep.)
Rangamma (3 ep.)
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Dhruv Ghanekar
Nachiketa (2 ep.)
Nachiketa (2 ep.)
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Deepraj Rana
Dwarpala (1 ep.)
Dwarpala (1 ep.)
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Poonam Jha
Bindusara's Wife (1 ep.)
Bindusara's Wife (1 ep.)
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Rakesh Bidua
Shivappa (1 ep.)
Shivappa (1 ep.)
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Masood Akhtar
Danishmand Khan (1 ep.)
Danishmand Khan (1 ep.)
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Rakesh Dhar
Kovalan (1 ep.)
Kovalan (1 ep.)
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K.K. Raghuvanshi
Ambassador (1 ep.)
Ambassador (1 ep.)
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Ashish Kotwal
Pashupata (1 ep.)
Pashupata (1 ep.)
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Nisha Singh
Sanyukta / Sanyogita (1 ep.)
Sanyukta / Sanyogita (1 ep.)
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Virendra Razdan
Bahadur Shah Zafar (1 ep.)
Bahadur Shah Zafar (1 ep.)
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S.C. Makhija
Mahadji Shinde (1 ep.)
Mahadji Shinde (1 ep.)
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Rajesh Vivek
Sheikh Mubarak (1 ep.)
Sheikh Mubarak (1 ep.)
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Ashutosh Pathak
Swami (1 ep.)
Swami (1 ep.)
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Vaishali Dandekar
Dancer (1 ep.)
Dancer (1 ep.)
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Sunila Pradhan
Jijabai (1 ep.)
Jijabai (1 ep.)
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Rajendra Gupta
Raja Nandkumar (1 ep.)
Raja Nandkumar (1 ep.)
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Vijay Arora
Jehangir (1 ep.)
Jehangir (1 ep.)
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Dharmesh Tiwari
Uday Martand Varman (1 ep.)
Uday Martand Varman (1 ep.)
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Narayan Pati
Radhakant (1 ep.)
Radhakant (1 ep.)
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Vijayan Nair
Pedda Tirumala (1 ep.)
Pedda Tirumala (1 ep.)
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Rajshri Pingle
Woman-I (1 ep.)
Woman-I (1 ep.)
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Narayan Bhandari
Shaista Khan (2 ep.)
Shaista Khan (2 ep.)
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Sudhir Dalvi
Shahjahan (2 ep.)
Shahjahan (2 ep.)
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Surekha Sikri
Jahan Ara (2 ep.)
Jahan Ara (2 ep.)
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Alopi Verma
Ramoshi-2 (1 ep.)
Ramoshi-2 (1 ep.)
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Arjun Raina
Maharaja of Khetri (1 ep.)
Maharaja of Khetri (1 ep.)
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S M Zaheer
Hamid Ali (1 ep.)
Hamid Ali (1 ep.)
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Lubna Salim
Chanda (1 ep.)
Chanda (1 ep.)
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Ratna Pathak Shah
Rani of Jhansi (2 ep.)
Rani of Jhansi (2 ep.)
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Prabhakar Patankar
Govande (1 ep.)
Govande (1 ep.)
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Alok Nath
Vivekananda (2 ep.)
Vivekananda (2 ep.)
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Kishore Kadam
Wagle (1 ep.)
Wagle (1 ep.)
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Savita Bajaj
Venkamma (2 ep.)
Venkamma (2 ep.)
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Vipin Sharma
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1 ep.)
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1 ep.)
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Anil Saxena
Annasaheb (1 ep.)
Annasaheb (1 ep.)
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Irshad Hashmi
Agyat Baba (1 ep.)
Agyat Baba (1 ep.)
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Amrish Puri
Raza Khan (1 ep.)
Raza Khan (1 ep.)
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Pallavi Joshi
Atri (1 ep.)
Atri (1 ep.)
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Pankaj Berry
Barbarian (1 ep.)
Barbarian (1 ep.)
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Anuradha Tarafdar
Dhanvati (1 ep.)
Dhanvati (1 ep.)
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Shreechand Makhija
Vasudatt (1 ep.)
Vasudatt (1 ep.)
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Teeja Bai
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Sujata Mehta
Draupadi (1 ep.)
Draupadi (1 ep.)
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Neeraj Vora
Satyaki (1 ep.)
Satyaki (1 ep.)
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Virendra Razdan
Bhishma (1 ep.)
Bhishma (1 ep.)
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Raja Bundela
Sanjay (1 ep.)
Sanjay (1 ep.)
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Master Javed
Durjay (1 ep.)
Durjay (1 ep.)
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Nafisa Sharma
Kausalya (1 ep.)
Kausalya (1 ep.)
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Sulakshana Khatri
Shurpanakha (1 ep.)
Shurpanakha (1 ep.)
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Utkarsh Mazumdar
Sudakka (1 ep.)
Sudakka (1 ep.)
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Narendra Gupta
Digha (1 ep.)
Digha (1 ep.)
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Champak Banerjee
Kinjalka (1 ep.)
Kinjalka (1 ep.)
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Ashutosh Gowariker
Prince Siddhartha / Buddha (1 ep.)
Prince Siddhartha / Buddha (1 ep.)
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Hemendra Bhatia
Acharya (1 ep.)
Acharya (1 ep.)
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Padmanabhan
Seleucus (1 ep.)
Seleucus (1 ep.)
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Zarvan Patel
Alexander (1 ep.)
Alexander (1 ep.)
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Satyadev Dubey
Chanakya (1 ep.)
Chanakya (1 ep.)
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Inayatullah Kantroo
Virochaka (1 ep.)
Virochaka (1 ep.)
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S.P. Dubey
Mahendrabhatta (1 ep.)
Mahendrabhatta (1 ep.)
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Jaspal Sandhu
Sushima (1 ep.)
Sushima (1 ep.)
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Anandi
Madhavi (1 ep.)
Madhavi (1 ep.)
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Rekha Jayakar
Devandi (1 ep.)
Devandi (1 ep.)
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Rekha Parmar
Mother (1 ep.)
Mother (1 ep.)
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Sunita Rao
Vasantmala (1 ep.)
Vasantmala (1 ep.)
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Sulabha Deshpande
Kavundi (1 ep.)
Kavundi (1 ep.)
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Sohaila Kapur
Madanika (1 ep.)
Madanika (1 ep.)
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Idries Malik
Charudatta (1 ep.)
Charudatta (1 ep.)
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Arun Verma
Sthavaraka (1 ep.)
Sthavaraka (1 ep.)
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Kanchan Gharpure
Priyangumanjari (1 ep.)
Priyangumanjari (1 ep.)
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Mala Kumar
Anusuya (1 ep.)
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Prabha Mathur
Priyamvada (1 ep.)
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Ritesh Pandey
Valkhanasa (1 ep.)
Valkhanasa (1 ep.)
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Pramod Razdan
Sarathi (1 ep.)
Sarathi (1 ep.)
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Meenakshi Thakur
Ambika (1 ep.)
Ambika (1 ep.)
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Aparajita
Queen Yashovati (1 ep.)
Queen Yashovati (1 ep.)
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Chandra Mohan
Rajyavardhan (1 ep.)
Rajyavardhan (1 ep.)
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Vasant Soman
Bana Bhatta (1 ep.)
Bana Bhatta (1 ep.)
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Deven Bhojani
Villager (1 ep.)
Villager (1 ep.)
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Anang Desai
Appar (1 ep.)
Appar (1 ep.)
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Pramod Moutho
Brahmin (1 ep.)
Brahmin (1 ep.)
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Salim Arif
Firdausi (1 ep.)
Firdausi (1 ep.)
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Navtej Hundal
Sarja (1 ep.)
Sarja (1 ep.)
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Seema Kelkar
Padmavati (1 ep.)
Padmavati (1 ep.)
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Amrik Gill
Mehar (1 ep.)
Mehar (1 ep.)
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Ajay Kumar
Achyutdevaraya (1 ep.)
Achyutdevaraya (1 ep.)
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Vijay Rani Nair
Varadamba (1 ep.)
Varadamba (1 ep.)
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Bhupendra Sandhu
Javara (1 ep.)
Javara (1 ep.)
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Raj Sinha
Chinna Tirumala (1 ep.)
Chinna Tirumala (1 ep.)
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Puneet Issar
Rana Pratap (1 ep.)
Rana Pratap (1 ep.)
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Arun Bakshi
Atga Khan (1 ep.)
Atga Khan (1 ep.)
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Surendra Pal
Man Singh (1 ep.)
Man Singh (1 ep.)
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Vinod Rathod
Tansen (1 ep.)
Tansen (1 ep.)
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Yusuf Khurram
Khurram (1 ep.)
Khurram (1 ep.)
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Jean Maneckjee
Admiral Saldana (1 ep.)
Admiral Saldana (1 ep.)
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Charan Saluja
Tapidas (1 ep.)
Tapidas (1 ep.)
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Kanwaldeep Singh
Interpreter (1 ep.)
Interpreter (1 ep.)
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Adarsh Tandon
Mirza Mahmood (1 ep.)
Mirza Mahmood (1 ep.)
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Ajit Vachani
Tarachand (1 ep.)
Tarachand (1 ep.)
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O.N. Aima
Mir Jumla (1 ep.)
Mir Jumla (1 ep.)
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Mohammed Ishaq
Malik Jeevan (1 ep.)
Malik Jeevan (1 ep.)
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Rajendra Mehra
Ali Naqi (1 ep.)
Ali Naqi (1 ep.)
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Shiv Sharma
Murad (1 ep.)
Murad (1 ep.)
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Mahendra Raghuvanshi
Bajirao (1 ep.)
Bajirao (1 ep.)
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Ravindra Sathe
Sampat Rao (1 ep.)
Sampat Rao (1 ep.)
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Jalal Agha
Robert Clive (1 ep.)
Robert Clive (1 ep.)
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Vishal Singh
Najm-ud-daulah (1 ep.)
Najm-ud-daulah (1 ep.)
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Harjeet
Hyder Ali (1 ep.)
Hyder Ali (1 ep.)
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Declan Hill
Stuart (1 ep.)
Stuart (1 ep.)
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Sami Usman
Ghulam Ali (1 ep.)
Ghulam Ali (1 ep.)
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Sunil Advani
David Hare (1 ep.)
David Hare (1 ep.)
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Urmila Bhatt
Mother (1 ep.)
Mother (1 ep.)
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Pankaj Berry
Mangal Pande (1 ep.)
Mangal Pande (1 ep.)
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Devendra Malhotra
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar (1 ep.)
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar (1 ep.)
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Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Mahatma Phule (1 ep.)
Mahatma Phule (1 ep.)
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Shubhangi Gokhale
Savitri (1 ep.)
Savitri (1 ep.)
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Madhu Achwal
Govind Ranade (1 ep.)
Govind Ranade (1 ep.)
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Rakesh Bidua
Old Man (1 ep.)
Old Man (1 ep.)
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Parvez Merchant
Youth-II (1 ep.)
Youth-II (1 ep.)
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Satish Tungare
Keshavrao (1 ep.)
Keshavrao (1 ep.)
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Sagar Zakhmi
Mahar (1 ep.)
Mahar (1 ep.)
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Imran Khan
Samiullah (1 ep.)
Samiullah (1 ep.)
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Mohan Maharishi
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1 ep.)
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1 ep.)
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Mohini Sharma
Begum Syed Ahmed Khan (1 ep.)
Begum Syed Ahmed Khan (1 ep.)
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Narain Pati
Mahendra Gupta (1 ep.)
Mahendra Gupta (1 ep.)
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Madhav Achwal
Govind Ranade (1 ep.)
Govind Ranade (1 ep.)
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Kapil Kumar Kochar
Chitnavis (1 ep.)
Chitnavis (1 ep.)
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P. Dasgupta
Surendranath Banerjee (1 ep.)
Surendranath Banerjee (1 ep.)
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Bhavna Mukatiwala
Radhamma (1 ep.)
Radhamma (1 ep.)
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Charan Saluja
Vasudev (1 ep.)
Vasudev (1 ep.)
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Rajendra Mehra
Radha Mohan Singh (1 ep.)
Radha Mohan Singh (1 ep.)
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Shankar Sachdev
Farmer (1 ep.)
Farmer (1 ep.)
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Chandrakant Thakkar
ADM Mr Kakkar (1 ep.)
ADM Mr Kakkar (1 ep.)
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Ravi Kemmu
Sant Kabir (1 ep.)
Sant Kabir (1 ep.)
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