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'''Katha Sagar''' ([[Indian English|translation]]:''"A Sea of Stories"'') is an [[India|Indian]] television series that aired on [[DD National]] in 1986. The series featured a collection of stories by writers from around the world, including [[Katherine Mansfield]], [[Guy De Maupassant]], [[Leo Tolstoy]], [[O. Henry]], [[Anton Chekov]] etc.<ref name=iex>{{cite news |title=There is lot of confusion. |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60132 |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=11 August 2003 | '''Katha Sagar''' ([[Indian English|translation]]:''"A Sea of Stories"'') is an [[India|Indian]] television series that aired on [[DD National]] in 1986. The series featured a collection of stories by writers from around the world, including [[Katherine Mansfield]], [[Guy De Maupassant]], [[Leo Tolstoy]], [[O. Henry]], [[Anton Chekov]] etc.<ref name=iex>{{cite news |title=There is lot of confusion. |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60132 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030909112905/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60132 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2003 |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=11 August 2003 }} </ref> Each episode was directed by one of eight well known Indian directors, including [[Shyam Benegal]], [[Kundan Shah]], [[Ved Rahi]] and [[Satyen Bose]]. Most of the stories in the series were one-episode long.<ref>Awaasthi, Kavita (16 May 2016) [https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/a-touch-of-class-shyam-benegal-remembers-the-stories-of-katha-sagar/story-uMeczv9uvQd7oZSgcioHLP.html A touch of class: Shyam Benegal remembers the stories of Katha Sagar ] in [[Hindustan Times]]. Retrieved 26 July 2020</ref> | ||
Many years after its original run,{{when|date=July 2020}} the series was again produced by [[Prem Krishen| Prem Krishen Malhotra]] and Sunil Mehta, founders of "[[Cinevistaas Limited|Cinevista Communications Limited]]".<ref name=iex/> | Many years after its original run,{{when|date=July 2020}} the series was again produced by [[Prem Krishen| Prem Krishen Malhotra]] and Sunil Mehta, founders of "[[Cinevistaas Limited|Cinevista Communications Limited]]".<ref name=iex/> | ||
Latest revision as of 07:23, 9 August 2021
| Katha Sagar | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama/Literature |
| Directed by | Shyam Benegal |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 44[1] |
| Production | |
| Producer | Cinevistaas |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National |
| Picture format | 480i |
| Original release | 1986 – 1986 |
Katha Sagar (translation:"A Sea of Stories") is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1986. The series featured a collection of stories by writers from around the world, including Katherine Mansfield, Guy De Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, Anton Chekov etc.[2] Each episode was directed by one of eight well known Indian directors, including Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah, Ved Rahi and Satyen Bose. Most of the stories in the series were one-episode long.[3]
Many years after its original run,[when?] the series was again produced by Prem Krishen Malhotra and Sunil Mehta, founders of "Cinevista Communications Limited".[2]
Plot[edit]
The series included about 37 stories based on different subjects like "Fear" by Guy De Maupassant, "The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol, "A Cup of Tea" by Katherine Mansfield, and Tolstoy's "Where Love Is, God Is" (Pratiksha) and many others. Some of the stories were adapted to fit an Indian context but the adaptation embodied the essence of the original story very well.
Episodes[edit]
Cast and crew[edit]
The series featured some of the best actors of Indian TV & cinema at that time like:
- Sharmila Tagore
- Shammi Kapoor
- Om Puri
- Saeed Jaffrey
- Tiku Talsania
- Ashok Kumar
- Utpal Dutt
- Waheeda Rehman
- Moushumi Chatterjee
- Marc Zuber
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Anjan Srivastav
- Kiran Kumar
- Kitu Gidwani
- Archana Puran Singh
- Mangal Dhillon
- Shashi Puri
- Vijayendra Ghatge
- Vikram Gokhale
- Raza Murad
- Parikshit Sahni
- Beena
- Neena Gupta
- Suresh Oberoi
- Pallavi Joshi
- Supriya Pathak
- Bindu
- Rohini Hattangadi
- Vishnu Sharma
- Radha Seth
- Satish Kaushik
- Bharat Bhushan
- Satyen Kappu
- Benjamin Gilani
- Lucky Ali
- Ajit Vachani
- Harish Patel
- K. K. Raina
- Iftekhar
- A. K. Hangal
- Anjana Mumtaz
- Irrfan Khan
- Ravi Jhankal
- Pankaj Berry
- Rajendra Gupta
- Lalit Tiwari
- Sulbha Deshpande
- Dina Pathak
- Sulabha Arya
- Rama Vij
- Naresh Suri
- Urmila Matondkar
- Shreeram Lagoo
- Meera Madhuri
- Suresh Oberoi
Directors
- Shyam Benegal
- Kundan Shah
- Ramesh Gupta
- Ved Rahi
- Satyen Bose
- Krishan Sethi
- Anil Ganguly
- A. Salam
References[edit]
- ↑ "Cinevistaas - Library of Programmes". Cinevistaas.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "There is lot of confusion". Indian Express. 11 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 September 2003.
- ↑ Awaasthi, Kavita (16 May 2016) A touch of class: Shyam Benegal remembers the stories of Katha Sagar in Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 July 2020
External links[edit]
- Katha Sagar on IMDb
Categories:
- Indian drama television series
- 1986 Indian television series debuts
- Television shows based on short fiction
- 1980s Indian television series
- 1986 Indian television series endings
- Indian anthology television series
- DD National original programming
- Adaptations of works by Leo Tolstoy
- Adaptations of works by O. Henry
- Adaptations of works by Arnold Bennett
- Guy de Maupassant
- Adaptations of works by August Strindberg
- Adaptations of works by Anton Chekhov
- Works by Saki
- Short stories by Katherine Mansfield
- Adaptations of works by Nikolai Gogol
- Adaptations of works by Ivan Turgenev