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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name            = Katha Sagar
| image       =
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| caption     =  
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| runtime     = 22 minutes
| picture_format      = [[480i]]
| director     = [[Shyam Benegal]]
| runtime             = 22 minutes
| producer     = [[Cinevistaas Limited|Cinevistaas]]
| director             = [[Shyam Benegal]]
| language     = Hindi
| producer             = [[Cinevistaas Limited|Cinevistaas]]
| genre       = [[Drama]]
| language             = [[Hindi]]
| country     = India
| genre               = [[Drama]]/[[Literature]]
| network     = [[DD National]]
| country             = [[India]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1986}}
| network             = [[DD National]]
| last_aired   = {{end date|1986}}
| first_aired         = {{start date|1986}}
| num_seasons = 1
| last_aired           = {{end date|1986}}
| num_episodes = 44<ref>{{cite web |title=Cinevistaas - Library of Programmes |url=http://www.cinevistaas.com/ourlibrary.html |date= |publisher=[[Cinevistaas Limited|Cinevistaas]] |access-date=1 November 2011 |archive-date=31 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031042434/http://www.cinevistaas.com/ourlibrary.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  
| num_seasons         = 1
| num_episodes         = 44<ref>{{cite web |title=Cinevistaas - Library of Programmes |url=http://www.cinevistaas.com/ourlibrary.html |date= |publisher= [[Cinevistaas Limited|Cinevistaas]]}}</ref>
| website              =
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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 |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>  
'''''Katha Sagar''''' ([[Indian English|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]], and [[Anton Chekhov]].<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 ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724212258/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/a-touch-of-class-shyam-benegal-remembers-the-stories-of-katha-sagar/story-uMeczv9uvQd7oZSgcioHLP.html |date=24 July 2022 }} 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/>


==Plot==
==Plot==
The series included about 37 stories based on different subjects like [[La Peur (short story)|"Fear"]] by [[Guy De Maupassant]], "[[The Overcoat]]" by [[Nikolai Gogol]], "[[A Cup of Tea]]" by [[Katherine Mansfield]], and [[Leo Tolstoy|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.
The series included 37 episodes based on stories including "[[La Peur (short story)|Fear]]" by [[Guy de Maupassant]], "[[The Overcoat]]" by [[Nikolai Gogol]], "[[A Cup of Tea]]" by [[Katherine Mansfield]], and "[[Where Love Is, God Is]]" by [[Leo Tolstoy]]. Some of the stories were adapted to fit an Indian context, but the adaptation embodied the essence of the original story.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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{{Episode table |background=#989797 |overall= |title= |director= |aux2= |aux2T=Based on |country=India |episodes={{Episode list
{{Episode list
  |EpisodeNumber  = 1
  |EpisodeNumber  = 1
  |Title          = Pratiksha
  |Title          = Pratiksha
  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi
  |DirectedBy      = Ved Rahi
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[Where Love Is, God Is]]"|[[Leo Tolstoy]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[Where Love Is, God Is]]"|[[Leo Tolstoy]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Saeed Jaffrey]], Jayant Bhatt, [[Beena Banerjee|Beena]], [[Sulabha Deshpande]], [[Abhi Bhattacharya]]
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Saeed Jaffrey]], Jayant Bhatt, [[Beena Banerjee|Beena]], [[Sulabha Deshpande]], [[Abhi Bhattacharya]]
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  |Title          = Karz
  |Title          = Karz
  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]
  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Clarion Call"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{Based on|"[[The Clarion Call]]"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Deepak Kejriwal, [[Rajendra Gupta]], [[Rama Vij]]
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Deepak Kejriwal, [[Rajendra Gupta]], [[Rama Vij]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
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  |Title          = Teen Sadhu
  |Title          = Teen Sadhu
  |DirectedBy      = [[Satyen Bose]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Satyen Bose]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[The Three Hermits|"Three Holy Men"]]|[[Leo Tolstoy]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[The Three Hermits]]"|[[Leo Tolstoy]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]], Brahmachari
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Satyen Kappu]], [[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]], Brahmachari
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  |LineColor      = 989797
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  |Title          = Ek Bhool
  |Title          = Ek Bhool
  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Lion's Share"|[[Arnold Bennett]]}}  
  | Aux2          = {{Based on|"[[The Lion's Share (novel)|The Lion's Share]]"|[[Arnold Bennett]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Anil Ganguly]]
  |DirectedBy      = [[Anil Ganguly]]
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"Love And Bread"|[[August Strindberg]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"Love And Bread"|[[August Strindberg]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Kitu Gidwani]]
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Kitu Gidwani]], [[Asha Sharma]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[The Last Leaf]]"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[The Last Leaf]]"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Neena Gupta]], [[Supriya Pathak]]
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Neena Gupta]], [[Supriya Pathak]], [[Irshad Hashmi]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Anil Ganguly]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Anil Ganguly]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Father"|[[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Father"|[[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Shammi Kapoor]], [[Bharat Bhushan]], [[Dinesh Hingoo]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi  
  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"On The Journey"|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"On The Journey"|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Ajit Vachani]], [[Shashi Puri]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]]
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Kiran Juneja]], [[Ajit Vachani]], [[Shashi Puri]], [[Prem Krishen]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[Vanka (short story)|"'Vanka"]]|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[Vanka (short story)|"'Vanka"]]|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[A K Hangal]], [[Joy Ghanekar]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[Ward No. 6]]"|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[Ward No. 6]]"|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Irrfan Khan]], [[Lalit Tiwari]], [[Pankaj Berry]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Little Cask"|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Little Cask"|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Waheeda Rehman]]
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Waheeda Rehman]], [[Satish Kaushik]], [[Deepak Kejriwal]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]
  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"Hearts and Crosses"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"Hearts and Crosses"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Benjamin Gilani]], [[Deepika Chikhalia]], [[Suresh Chatwal]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Open Window"|[[H. H. Munro]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Open Window"|[[H. H. Munro]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Pallavi Joshi]], [[Harish Patel]], [[Sunila Pradhan]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"Dusk"|[[H. H. Munro]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"Dusk"|[[H. H. Munro]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]], [[K K Raina]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[A Cup of Tea]]"|[[Katherine Mansfield]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[A Cup of Tea]]"|[[Katherine Mansfield]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Sharmila Tagore]]
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Iftekhar]], [[Suresh Oberoi]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Pallavi Joshi]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = A. Salam
  |DirectedBy      = A. Salam
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[wikisource:The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant/The Story of a Farm-Girl|"The Story of a Farm Girl"]]|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[wikisource:The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant/The Story of a Farm-Girl|"The Story of a Farm Girl"]]|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Archana Puran Singh]], [[Vikram Gokhale]], [[Shashi Puri]], [[Asha Sharma]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = N/A
  |DirectedBy      = N/A
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Trimmed Lamp"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Trimmed Lamp"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Radha Seth, [[Pallavi Joshi]], [[Ajit Vachani]], [[Lalit Tiwari]], [[Mangal Dhillon]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]]
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Radha Seth]], [[Pallavi Joshi]], [[Ajit Vachani]], [[Lalit Tiwari]], [[Mangal Dhillon]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[The Chameleon (short story)|"The Chameleon"]]|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[The Chameleon (short story)|"The Chameleon"]]|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Harish Patel]], [[Ravi Jhankal]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Invisible Wound"|[[Károly Kisfaludy]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Invisible Wound"|[[Károly Kisfaludy]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Ajit Vachani]], [[Anjan Shrivastav]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi  
  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Adopted Son"|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Adopted Son"|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Ajit Vachani]], [[Sulbha Deshpande]], [[Shashi Puri]], [[Beena Banerjee]], [[Pankaj Berry]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi
  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"Lulu's Triumph"|[[Matilde Serao]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"Lulu's Triumph"|[[Matilde Serao]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Vijayendra Ghatge]], [[Beena Banerjee|Beena]], [[Supriya Pathak]], [[Anuradha Patel]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi
  |DirectedBy      = Krishan Sethi
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[How Much Land Does a Man Need?]]"|[[Leo Tolstoy]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[How Much Land Does a Man Need?]]"|[[Leo Tolstoy]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Parikshit Sahni]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |Title          = Woh Ek Ladki
  |Title          = Woh Ek Ladki
  |DirectedBy      = [[Anil Ganguly]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Anil Ganguly]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Girl Who Changed Her Mind"|Baldere}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Girl Who Changed Her Mind"|Honoré de Balzac}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Iftekhar]], [[Vijayendra Ghatge]], [[Tiku Talsania]], [[Rupini]], [[Ramesh Rai]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"A Service Of Love"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"A Service Of Love"|[[O. Henry]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Neena Gupta]], [[Lucky Ali]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Shyam Benegal]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[The Overcoat]]"|[[Nikolai Gogol]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"[[The Overcoat]]"|[[Nikolai Gogol]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Om Puri]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = A. Salam
  |DirectedBy      = A. Salam
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[wikisource:The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant/The Debt|"The Debt"]]|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|[[wikisource:The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant/The Debt|"The Debt"]]|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Shashi Puri]], [[Anjana Mumtaz]], [[Deepak Kejriwal]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]  
  |DirectedBy      = [[Kundan Shah]]  
  | Aux2          = {{based on|''The Fury''|[[Paul Heyse]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{based on|''The Fury''|[[Paul Heyse]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} [[Kitu Gidwani]], [[Mushtaq Khan]]
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
}}
}}
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  |Title          = Zamana
  |Title          = Zamana
  |DirectedBy      = A. Salam
  |DirectedBy      = A. Salam
  | Aux2          = {{based on|"The Marquis de Fumerol"|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  | Aux2          = {{Based on|"[[The Marquis de Fumerol]]"|[[Guy de Maupassant]]}}
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |ShortSummary    =  
  |LineColor      = 989797
  |LineColor      = 989797
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}}
}}


==Cast and crew==
==Cast==
The series featured some of the best actors of Indian TV & cinema at that time like:
{{Colbegin}}
* [[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 Banerjee|Beena]]
* [[Neena Gupta]]
* [[Suresh Oberoi]]
* [[Pallavi Joshi]]
* [[Supriya Pathak]]
* [[Bindu (actress)|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]]
{{Colend}}


Directors
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Uma
*[[Shyam Benegal]]
* [[Shammi Kapoor]] as Kartar
*[[Kundan Shah]]
* [[Om Puri]] as Joe
*Ramesh Gupta
* [[Saeed Jaffrey]] as Yashpal
*Ved Rahi
* [[Tiku Talsania]] as Narayan
*[[Satyen Bose]]
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Sachin
*Krishan Sethi
* [[Utpal Dutt]] as Sanjay Saxena
*[[Anil Ganguly]]
* [[Waheeda Rehman]] as Anjali
*A. Salam
* [[Moushumi Chatterjee]] as Laxmi
* [[Marc Zuber]] as Gautam
* [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as Kedarnath Acharya
* [[Anjan Srivastav]] as Nekchand
* [[Kiran Kumar]] as Gorakh Sharma
* [[Kitu Gidwani]] as Ritu
* [[Archana Puran Singh]] as Aruna
* [[Mangal Dhillon]] as Maj Alok
* [[Shashi Puri]] as Dr Sudhir
* [[Vijayendra Ghatge]] as Mr Prakash Kumar
* [[Vikram Gokhale]] as Verma
* [[Raza Murad]] as Capt Prithvi
* [[Parikshit Sahni]] as Ajay
* [[Beena Banerjee|Beena]] as Asha
* [[Neena Gupta]] as Chitra
* [[Suresh Oberoi]] as Arun
* [[Pallavi Joshi]] as Shanta
* [[Supriya Pathak]] as Reshma
* [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Mona
* [[Rohini Hattangadi]] as Shanti
* Vishnu Sharma as Jaganath
* Radha Seth as Pooja
* [[Satish Kaushik]] as Mohan
* [[Bharat Bhushan]] as Ramnath
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Ramcharan
* [[Benjamin Gilani]] as Rakesh
* [[Lucky Ali]] as Ramesh
* [[Ajit Vachani]] as Bhagwat
* [[Harish Patel]] as Roopchand
* [[K. K. Raina]] as Dharmesh
* [[Iftekhar]] as Shyamlal
* [[A. K. Hangal]] as Vipin
* [[Anjana Mumtaz]] as Parvati
* [[Irrfan Khan]] as Manohar
* [[Ravi Jhankal]] as Ganpat Jadhav
* [[Pankaj Berry]] as Bhushan
* [[Rajendra Gupta]] as Swaraj
* [[Lalit Tiwari]] as Bharat
* [[Sulbha Deshpande]] as Sarita
* [[Dina Pathak]] as Sarla
* [[Sulabha Arya]] as Arpita
* [[Rama Vij]] as Sushma
* Naresh Suri as Vinod
* [[Urmila Matondkar]] as Dhwani
* [[Shreeram Lagoo]]  as SK
* Meera Madhuri  as Sunita


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Katha Sagar
GenreDrama
Directed byShyam Benegal
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes44[1]
Production
ProducerCinevistaas
Running time22 minutes
Release
Original networkDD National
Original release1986 (1986) –
1986 (1986)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

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, and Anton Chekhov.[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 | edit source]

The series included 37 episodes based on stories including "Fear" by Guy de Maupassant, "The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol, "A Cup of Tea" by Katherine Mansfield, and "Where Love Is, God Is" by Leo Tolstoy. Some of the stories were adapted to fit an Indian context, but the adaptation embodied the essence of the original story.

Episodes[edit | edit source]

No.TitleDirected byBased on
1"Pratiksha"Ved Rahi"Where Love Is, God Is"
by Leo Tolstoy
Template:Episode cast Saeed Jaffrey, Jayant Bhatt, Beena, Sulabha Deshpande, Abhi Bhattacharya
2"Karz"Kundan Shah"The Clarion Call"
by O. Henry
Template:Episode cast Deepak Kejriwal, Rajendra Gupta, Rama Vij
3"Teen Sadhu"Satyen Bose"The Three Hermits"
by Leo Tolstoy
Template:Episode cast Satyen Kappu, Anup Kumar, Brahmachari
4"Ek Bhool"Kundan Shah"The Lion's Share"
by Arnold Bennett
5"Sannata"Ved Rahi"The Father"
by Guy de Maupassant
6"Roti Aur Pyar"Anil Ganguly"Love And Bread"
by August Strindberg
Template:Episode cast Ashok Kumar, Kitu Gidwani, Asha Sharma
7"Kalakriti"Shyam Benegal"The Last Leaf"
by O. Henry
Template:Episode cast Neena Gupta, Supriya Pathak, Irshad Hashmi
8"Bahut Der Kar Di"Kundan Shah"The Grasshopper"
by Anton Chekhov
9"Dard"Anil Ganguly"The Father"
by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Template:Episode cast Shammi Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Dinesh Hingoo
10"Musafir"Krishan Sethi"On The Journey"
by Guy de Maupassant
Template:Episode cast Kiran Juneja, Ajit Vachani, Shashi Puri, Prem Krishen
11"Qaidi"Anil Ganguly"The Long Exile"
by Leo Tolstoy
12"Nandu Ki Chitthi"Shyam Benegal"'Vanka"
by Anton Chekhov
Template:Episode cast A K Hangal, Joy Ghanekar
13"Ward No. 6"Shyam Benegal"Ward No. 6"
by Anton Chekhov
Template:Episode cast Irrfan Khan, Lalit Tiwari, Pankaj Berry
14"Sahara"Narendra Nath"Simon's Papa"
by Guy de Maupassant
15"Sunheri Yaadein"Krishan Sethi"The Cripple"
by Guy de Maupassant
16"Sauda"Shyam Benegal"The Little Cask"
by Guy de Maupassant
Template:Episode cast Waheeda Rehman, Satish Kaushik, Deepak Kejriwal
17"Bhulava"Kundan Shah"Hearts and Crosses"
by O. Henry
Template:Episode cast Benjamin Gilani, Deepika Chikhalia, Suresh Chatwal
18"Ek Khula Hua Darwaza"Shyam Benegal"The Open Window"
by H. H. Munro
Template:Episode cast Pallavi Joshi, Harish Patel, Sunila Pradhan
19"Saboon Ki Tikiya"Shyam Benegal"Dusk"
by H. H. Munro
Template:Episode cast Kulbhushan Kharbanda, K K Raina
20"Chai Ka Ek Cup"Shyam Benegal"A Cup of Tea"
by Katherine Mansfield
Template:Episode cast Iftekhar, Suresh Oberoi, Sharmila Tagore, Pallavi Joshi
21"Nayi Fasal"A. Salam"The Story of a Farm Girl"
by Guy de Maupassant
Template:Episode cast Archana Puran Singh, Vikram Gokhale, Shashi Puri, Asha Sharma
22"Do Raaste"N/A"The Trimmed Lamp"
by O. Henry
Template:Episode cast Radha Seth, Pallavi Joshi, Ajit Vachani, Lalit Tiwari, Mangal Dhillon, Sanjana Kapoor
23"Girgit"Shyam Benegal"The Chameleon"
by Anton Chekhov
Template:Episode cast Harish Patel, Ravi Jhankal
24"Gehra Zakhm"Kundan Shah"The Invisible Wound"
by Károly Kisfaludy
Template:Episode cast Ajit Vachani, Anjan Shrivastav
25"Pachtava"Krishan Sethi"The Adopted Son"
by Guy de Maupassant
Template:Episode cast Ajit Vachani, Sulbha Deshpande, Shashi Puri, Beena Banerjee, Pankaj Berry
26"Tarannum"Krishan Sethi"Lulu's Triumph"
by Matilde Serao
Template:Episode cast Vijayendra Ghatge, Beena, Supriya Pathak, Anuradha Patel
27"Zameen"Krishan Sethi"How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
by Leo Tolstoy
Template:Episode cast Parikshit Sahni
28"Dushman"Kundan Shah"Squaring the Circle"
by O. Henry
29"Woh Ek Ladki"Anil Ganguly"The Girl Who Changed Her Mind"
by Honoré de Balzac
Template:Episode cast Iftekhar, Vijayendra Ghatge, Tiku Talsania, Rupini, Ramesh Rai
30"Chahat"Shyam Benegal"A Service Of Love"
by O. Henry
Template:Episode cast Neena Gupta, Lucky Ali
31"Nayi Sherwani"Shyam Benegal"The Overcoat"
by Nikolai Gogol
Template:Episode cast Om Puri
32"Anjam"Ramesh Gupta"The Inn"
by Ivan Turgenev
33"Do Tasveerein"A. Salam"The Debt"
by Guy de Maupassant
Template:Episode cast Shashi Puri, Anjana Mumtaz, Deepak Kejriwal
34"Maria"Kundan ShahThe Fury
by Paul Heyse
Template:Episode cast Kitu Gidwani, Mushtaq Khan
35"Parvarish"Krishan Sethi"The Godson"
by Leo Tolstoy
36"Zamana"A. Salam"The Marquis de Fumerol"
by Guy de Maupassant
37"Sabse Bada Darr"N/A"Fear"
by Guy de Maupassant

Cast[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Cinevistaas - Library of Programmes". Cinevistaas. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "There is lot of confusion". Indian Express. 11 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 September 2003.
  3. ↑ Awaasthi, Kavita (16 May 2016) A touch of class: Shyam Benegal remembers the stories of Katha Sagar Archived 24 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine in Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 July 2020

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