The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru

Om Puri, Devendre Malhotra, Sunila Pradhan, Shantanu Chaparia Mahendravarman I, Kapalin, Devasoma, Buddhist Monk

Vijay Kashyap, Rajesh Vivek, Mita Vashisht, Harish Patel Harshavardhana, Prabhakar Vardhana, Queen Ravi Jhankal, Pallavi Joshi, Virendra SaxenaĮxcerpts from plays Ashadh Ka Ek Din by Mohan Rakesh and Shakuntala (play) by Kalidasa were used in this episode. 'The Sangam Period: Silapaddikaram' Part 2Īnjan Srivastav, Harish Patel, Aparjita Krishna Pallavi Joshi, Sulabha Deshpande, Virendra Saxena Rakesh Dhar 'The Sangam Period: Silapaddikaram' Part 1 Om Puri, K.K.Raina, Ila Arun, Lucky Ali (credited as Maqsoom Ali)Īshoka, Radhagupta, Asandhimitra, Prince Tissa Satyadev Dubey, Ravi Jhankal, Mita Vashisht, Aanjjan Srivastav Nachiketa, Yamaraja, Angulimaal, Gautam Buddha Om Puri, Pallavi Joshi, Salim Ghouse, Pankaj Berry, Ravi Jhankalĭhruv Ghanekar, Aanjjan Srivastav, Om Puri, Ashutosh Gowariker Krishna, Duryodhana, Draupadi, Shakuni, Aswatthama, Gandhari Teejan Bai, Salim Ghouse, Om Puri, Sujata Mehta, Pankaj Berry, Ila Arun, Salim Ghouse Story of Shambuka from Ramayana and Ekalavya from Mahabharata were also part of this episode. Īnang Desai, Salim Ghouse, K K Raina, Lalit Mohan Tiwari, Inayatullah Kantroo, Anuradha Tarafdar, Ila ArunĬhandraprabha, Rama, Narada, Arjuna, Dhanpal,Dhanvati, Sheelvati Harish Patel, Lalit Mohan Tiwari, Pallavi JoshiĪ street play based on the Epic of Gilgamesh is also depicted in the episode. Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth, the same role he portrayed in the film Gandhi. Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. 'India: An Exploration') is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru that covers a 5,000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence from the British in 1947.

The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru