Buniyaad
Buniyaad | |
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Genre | Soap Opera |
Written by | Manohar Shyam Joshi |
Directed by | |
Starring | see below |
Opening theme | "Buniyaad" by Anup Jalota |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of episodes | 105 |
Production | |
Producer | Amit Khanna |
Cinematography | K.K. Mahajan |
Editor | M.S. Shinde |
Release | |
Original network | DD National |
Picture format | 480i |
Original release | May 1986 May 1987 | –
External links | |
[{{#property:P856}} Website] |
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[edit]
Actor/Actress | Character | Notes |
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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[edit]
- ↑ Venugopal, Vasudha (26 July 2016). "Director of hit TV drama Buniyaad, Ramesh Sippy, still not paid by Doordarshan". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ↑ "'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.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- DD National original programming
- Indian television soap operas
- Partition of India in fiction
- 1986 Indian television series debuts
- 1980s Indian television series
- Television shows set in the British Raj
- Television shows set in Lahore
- Indian independence movement fiction
- Indian period television series
- Television shows set in Delhi
- 1987 Indian television series endings
- Indian politics television shows