The Discovery of India
Premiered: Jan 03, 1988 | 1 seasons | 53 episodes
Popularity: 4
| Creator: | Shyam Benegal, Jawaharlal Nehru |
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| Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 5000 year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Roshan Seth | Jawaharlal Nehru | 53 |
| Naseeruddin Shah | Shivaji | 3 |
| Shabana Azmi | Rangamma | 3 |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | Akbar | 3 |
| Om Puri | Ashoka | 3 |
| Salim Ghouse | Ramaraya | 3 |
| Ratna Pathak Shah | Rani of Jhansi | 2 |
| Om Puri | Narrator | 2 |
| Om Puri | Aurangzeb | 2 |
| Om Puri | Patel Range Gowda | 2 |
| Om Puri | Soldier-1 | 2 |
| Sudhir Dalvi | Shahjahan | 2 |
| Aanjjan Srivastav | Dhrutarashtra | 2 |
| Aanjjan Srivastav | Dhanananda | 2 |
| Aanjjan Srivastav | Yama | 2 |
| Alok Nath | Vivekananda | 2 |
| Veerendra Saxena | Birbal | 2 |
| Veerendra Saxena | Rachanna | 2 |
| Salim Ghouse | Krishna | 2 |
| Salim Ghouse | Rama | 2 |
| Mita Vashisht | Suvasini | 2 |
| Irrfan Khan | Al-Beruni | 1 |
| Irrfan Khan | Malayaketu | 1 |
| Irrfan Khan | Badayuni | 1 |
| Irrfan Khan | Michael Madhusudan Dutt | 1 |
| Irrfan Khan | Bade Khan | 1 |
| Irrfan Khan | 1 | |
| Irrfan Khan | Saleem | 1 |
| Amrish Puri | Raza Khan | 1 |
| Sadashiv Amrapurkar | Mahatma Phule | 1 |
| Sulabha Deshpande | Kavundi | 1 |
| Satish Kaushik | Judge | 1 |
| Satish Kaushik | Ramgopal Ghose | 1 |
| Satish Kaushik | Pandit | 1 |
| Om Puri | Duryodhan | 1 |
| Om Puri | Agulimal | 1 |
| Om Puri | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| Om Puri | Raavan | 1 |
| Om Puri | Duryodhan / Narrator | 1 |
| Om Puri | Krishnadevaraya | 1 |
| Om Puri | Raj Raja Chola | 1 |
| Om Puri | Allauddin Khilji | 1 |
| Om Puri | Alauddin Khilji | 1 |
| Om Puri | Nabakrishna Banerjee | 1 |
| Om Puri | Nigam (Ballia DM) | 1 |
| Mushtaq Khan | Mahadev | 1 |
| Mushtaq Khan | General | 1 |
| Mushtaq Khan | Miyan Bhuva | 1 |
| Mushtaq Khan | Asaf Khan | 1 |
| Harish Patel | Draha | 1 |
| Harish Patel | Nai | 1 |
| Harish Patel | Buddhist Monk | 1 |
| Harish Patel | Todarmal | 1 |
| Harish Patel | Lala Makhanlal | 1 |
| Aanjjan Srivastav | Sansthanaka | 1 |
| Aanjjan Srivastav | Appaji | 1 |
| Aanjjan Srivastav | Wajid Ali Shah | 1 |
| Vipin Sharma | Ramakrishna Paramahamsa | 1 |
| Vipin Sharma | Seenu | 1 |
| Puneet Issar | Rana Pratap | 1 |
| Vijay Arora | Salim | 1 |
| Vijay Arora | Jehangir | 1 |
| Urmila Bhatt | Mother | 1 |
| Rajesh Vivek | Kapalik Satyasoma | 1 |
| Rajesh Vivek | Sheikh Mubarak | 1 |
| Rana Jung Bahadur | Azeez Koka | 1 |
| Rana Jung Bahadur | Jaswatn Singh | 1 |
| Rana Jung Bahadur | Babu Saheb | 1 |
| Veerendra Saxena | Mahanaman | 1 |
| Veerendra Saxena | Matul | 1 |
| Veerendra Saxena | Madhav | 1 |
| Tom Alter | Sykes | 1 |
| Tom Alter | deRozio | 1 |
| Tom Alter | Henry Lawrence / Collector of Kanpur | 1 |
| Tom Alter | Larmour | 1 |
| Tom Alter | Dubuc | 1 |
| Tom Alter | Chairman | 1 |
| Tom Alter | Colonel Smyth | 1 |
| Salim Ghouse | Lord Rama | 1 |
| Salim Ghouse | Tipu Sultan | 1 |
| Salim Ghouse | Sri Krishna | 1 |
| Imran Khan | Samiullah | 1 |
| Mita Vashisht | Devasoma | 1 |
| Aparajita | Queen Yashovati | 1 |
| Sujata Mehta | Draupadi | 1 |
| Akhilendra Mishra | Soothsayer | 1 |
| Akhilendra Mishra | Councillor | 1 |
| Akhilendra Mishra | Divakar (Larmour's Diwan) | 1 |
| Akhilendra Mishra | Narayana | 1 |
| Kishore Kadam | Dr. Visharam Ghole | 1 |
| Kishore Kadam | Wagle | 1 |
| Surendra Pal | Man Singh | 1 |
| Jalal Agha | Robert Clive | 1 |
| Pramod Moutho | Brahmin | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Vajrabandhu | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Chandraprabha | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Gautam Buddha | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Sumantra | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Vajashravasa | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Vikrambhatta | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Ibrahim Lodi | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Effandi Aslam Beg | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Dadoji Konddeo | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Ram Mohan Roy | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Nana Saheb | 1 |
| Anang Desai | Appar | 1 |
| Om Puri | Narrator / Ashoka | 0 |
| Tom Alter | Collector Of Kanpur | 0 |