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{{About|the television series|the Indian constitution|Constitution of India}}
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{{Infobox television
| name = Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India
| image = Samvidhaan - The Making of Indian Constitution.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| genre = Documentary
| creator = [[Rajya Sabha TV]]
| writer = [[Shama Zaidi]] and Atul Tiwari
| director = [[Shyam Benegal]]
| starring = [[Sachin Khedekar]] [[Dalip Tahil]]ramani [[Suzanne Bernert]] [[Divya Dutta]] [[Rajit Kapur]] [[Tom Alter]] [[Neeraj Kabi]] [[Rahul Singh (actor)|Rahul Singh]]
| narrated = [[Swara Bhaskar]]
| language = Hindi, English
| num_episodes = 10
| producer = For Rajya Sabha TV by Shyam Benegal Sahyadri Films
| cinematography = Akashdeep Pandey
| runtime = 52 minutes
| first_aired = {{start date|2014|3|2|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2014|5|4|df=y}}
| website =
| website_title = Official website
}}

'''''Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India''''' is a ten-part television mini-series based on the making of the [[Constitution of India]], directed by [[Shyam Benegal]]. The show premiered on 2 March 2014 on [[Rajya Sabha TV]], with an episode scheduled to air every Sunday morning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/samvidhaan-shyam-benegals-tv-series-on-indian-constitution/424789-44-124.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228111633/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/samvidhaan-shyam-benegals-tv-series-on-indian-constitution/424789-44-124.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-28 |title=Samvidhaan: Shyam Benegal's TV series on Indian constitution |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=2013-09-26 |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/shyam-benegal-samvidhaan-not-just-for-present-generation-469278 |title=Shyam Benegal: Samvidhaan not just for present generation | NDTV Movies.com |publisher=Movies.ndtv.com |date=2014-01-10 |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Pramita | last=Bose |url=http://www.asianage.com/ideas/benegal-s-magic-all-set-mesmerise-audience-tv-344 |title=Benegal's magic all set to mesmerise audience on TV |publisher=The Asian Age |date=2014-01-29 |access-date=2014-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226100642/http://www.asianage.com/ideas/benegal-s-magic-all-set-mesmerise-audience-tv-344 |archive-date=2014-02-26 }}</ref> The series can be viewed on [[YouTube]] on Rajya Sabha TV's channel.

==Making==
Shama Zaidi and Atul Tiwari are writers of the series.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Making-Samvidhaan-wasnt-easy-Shyam-Benegal/articleshow/30857650.cms |title=Making Samvidhaan wasn't easy: Shyam Benegal |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/my-dream-is-to-write-a-film-on-lucknow-atul-tiwari/articleshow/28622194.cms|title=My dream is to write a film on Lucknow: Atul Tiwari|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Samvidhaan-not-just-for-present-generation-Shyam-Benegal/articleshow/28673008.cms |title='Samvidhaan' not just for present generation: Shyam Benegal |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2014-01-11 |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref> Zaidi said that it took her six months to write the script. The material came from debates, committee meetings and biographies of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. Many of the famous speeches of India's freedom fighters figure in the series.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|title=The making of the making of the Constitution |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131020/jsp/7days/17472940.jsp |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=20 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520191421/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131020/jsp/7days/17472940.jsp |archive-date=20 May 2014 |access-date=17 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Swara Bhaskar]] has hosted and narrated the show.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Swara-Bhaskar-anchors-Shyam-Benegals-Samvidhaan/articleshow/28568105.cms?referral=PM |title=Swara Bhaskar anchors Shyam Benegal's Samvidhaan |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2014-01-08 |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mid-day.com/articles/swara-bhaskar-and-shyam-benegal-on-the-sets-of-samvidhaan/15026030 Swara Bhaskar and Shyam Benegal on sets of Samvidhaan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122074942/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/swara-bhaskar-and-shyam-benegal-on-the-sets-of-samvidhaan/15026030 |date=2014-01-22 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Anchoring-Samvidhan-makes-Swara-proud-to-be-Indian/movie-review/28892528.cms |title=Anchoring 'Samvidhan' makes Swara proud to be Indian |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Samvidhaan-shot-within-the-Parliament-of-India/articleshow/29117839.cms |title=Samvidhaan shot within the Parliament of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref> The series was shot in [[Film City]], Mumbai and recreates the debates that took place before the drafting of the Constitution of India. Dayal Nihalani is the associate director of the mini-series. For the series, a replica of the Central Hall of Parliament during the time of the Constituent Assembly was set up.<ref name=telegraph />

The first look of Samvidhaan was unveiled on 24 September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/columns/mumbai-001/Samvidhaan-Shyam-Benegals-TV-series-on-Indian-constitution/articleshow/23142755.cms |title=Samvidhaan: Shyam Benegal's TV series on Indian constitution |publisher=Mumbai Mirror |date=2013-09-27 |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref> The first look was officially launched on 20 February 2014, the pen-ultimate day of [[15th Lok Sabha]] by President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] in [[Parliament of India|Parliament House]], New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/pranab-mukherjee-to-launch-serial-samvidhaan-breaking-news-11967.html |title=Hon'ble President Pranab Mukherjee to launch serial Samvidhaan |publisher=Indiatvnews.com |date=2014-02-18 |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140226042516/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/to-be-felicitated-by-prime-minister-was-a-cherished-moment-divya-dutta/453423-8-66.html To be felicitated by Prime Minister was a cherished moment: Divya Dutta]</ref> Music is composed by [[Shantanu Moitra]].

==Episodes==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Episode No. !! Episode Name
|-
|align="center"| 1
|align="left"| The First Step: Cabinet Mission To Objectives Resolution
|-
|align="center"| 2
|align="left"| Independence: A Divided Legacy
|-
|align="center"| 3
|align="left"| Independent India: Righting Fundamental Wrongs with Fundamental Rights
|-
|align="center"| 4
|align="left"| People's Rights, Principles of Governance and Duties
|-
|align="center"| 5
|align="left"| Strengthening The Weak: Minority, Women and Backward Rights
|-
|align="center"| 6
|align="left"| Whose Land Is It?: Land Reforms And Acquisition
|-
|align="center"| 7
|align="left"| Link Language: Hindi Or Hindustani?
|-
|align="center"| 8
|align="left"| Federalism: Linking The States And The Centre
|-
|align="center"| 9
|align="left"| Three Pillars: Executive, Legislature, Judiciary
|-
|align="center"| 10
| align="left" | From Preamble to the Final Draft and beyond
|}

==Cast==
* [[Rakesh Pandey]] as [[Sachchidananda Sinha]]
* [[Sachin Khedekar]] as [[B. R. Ambedkar|Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar]]<ref name="indiatimes1"/>
* [[Dalip Tahil]] as [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
* Utkarsh Majumdar as [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
* [[Tom Alter]] as [[Abul Kalam Azad]]
* [[Neeraj Kabi]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Sangeetha Devi Dundoo |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-monk-and-the-producer/article4985075.ece |title=The monk and the producer |work=The Hindu |date=2013-08-03 |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref> as [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
* [[Kaizaad Kotwal]] as [[Frank Anthony]]
* [[Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues|Ivan Rodrigues]] as [[P. Subbarayan]]
* Shyam Kishore as [[Laxminarayan Sahu|Lakshmi Narayan Sahu]]
* Devendra Sharma as [[Shyam Nandan Sahay|Raibahadur Shyam Nandan Sahai]]
* [[Ila Arun]] as [[Hansa Mehta]]
* [[Amit Behl]] as [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
* [[K. K. Raina]] as [[K. M. Munshi]]
* [[Rajendra Gupta]] as [[Rajendra Prasad]]
* [[Aanjjan Srivastav]] as [[Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen]]
* Mohit Chauhan as [[Brajeshwar Prasad]]
* [[Suzanne Bernert]] as a journalist
* [[Narendra Jha]] as [[Muhammed Ali Jinnah]]
* [[Divya Dutta]]<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Felicitation-by-PM-makes-Divya-Dutta-happy/articleshow/30791918.cms |title=Felicitation by PM makes Divya Dutta happy |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref> as [[Purnima Banerjee]]
* [[Rajeshwari Sachdev]] as [[Rajkumari Amrit Kaur]]
* [[Rajit Kapur]] as [[Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer]]
* [[Harish Patel]] as [[M. A. Ayyangar]]
* [[Imran Hasnee]] as [[Nawab of Bhopal]] [[Hamidullah Khan]]
* Kenneth Desai as [[Syama Prasad Mookerjee]]
* Atul Tiwari as [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
* [[Deepika Amin]] as [[Renuka Ray]]
* [[Shiv Kumar Subramaniam]] as [[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]]
* [[Rahul Singh (actor)|Rahul Singh]] as [[J. B. Kripalani]]
* [[Paresh Ganatra]] as [[K. T. Shah]]
* Kanupriya Shankar Pandit as [[Sucheta Kriplani]]
* [[Akash Khurana]] as [[Rohini Kumar Chaudhuri]]
* [[Ravi Jhankal]] as [[Seth Govind Das]]
* [[Salim Ghouse]] as [[V. I. Munuswamy Pillai]]
* [[Saurabh Dubey (actor)]] as [[Mahavir Tyagi]]
* [[Vijay Kashyap]] as [[B. Pocker Sahib Bahadur]]
* Amit Singh Thakur as [[Liaquat Ali]]
* [[Himani Shivpuri]] as [[Begum Aizaz Rasul]]
* [[Lalit Mohan Tiwari]] as [[Shibban Lal Saxena]]
* Natarajan Balkrishna as [[K. Hanumanthaiah]]
* [[Denzil Smith]] as the Auctioneer
*[[Anil Rastogi]] as Calcutta MP N. Ahmed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/Lucknow-64024-124|title=Anil Rastogi in TV's Samvidhaan|website=Amar Ujala|access-date=2016-07-11}}</ref>
* Narendra Sachar as [[Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan]]

==Screening==
The series was telecasted on Rajya Sabha TV from 2 March 2014 at 10 AM (with repeats at 1PM & 10PM) every Sunday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/tv/news-interviews/Suzanne-Bernert-Narendra-Jha-in-Samvidhaan/movie-review/24136577.cms |title=Suzanne Bernert & Narendra Jha in Samvidhaan |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date= |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/I-am-a-great-supporter-of-gay-rights-Shyam-Benegal/articleshow/29491556.cms |title=I am a great supporter of gay rights: Shyam Benegal |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2014-01-28 |access-date=2014-02-23}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Pradhanmantri (TV series)|''Pradhanmantri'']]
* [[7 RCR (TV series)|''7 RCR'']]
* [[List of artistic depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|3562784}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOgwA_DiGzoFR3j1mSGn5Z_OQLxgodQi YouTube Playlist of Samvidhaan]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiT8_XwBJRM First look Samvidhaan]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atSSN6ZLzXQ Making of Samvidhaan]

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