Buniyaad
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Buniyaad is an India
n television drama-series that was directed by Ramesh Sippy
and Jyoti Sarup
. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi
and dealt with the Partition of India
in 1947 and its aftermath.
Buniyaad first aired in 1986 on the Indian state television channel DD National
, which is owned and operated by Doordarshan
network. It has since been re-aired a number of times on various new Indian private television channels, such as Sahara One
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n television drama-series that was directed by Ramesh Sippy
Ramesh Sippy
Ramesh Sippy is an Indian film director, probably best-known for directing the popular and critically acclaimed film Sholay ....
and Jyoti Sarup
Jyoti Sarup
Jyoti Sarup is a National Award winning Indian film/serial director and producer.- Biography :An engineer by education, he received a Diploma from NSD and FTII for Acting. He came to Mumbai in 1978 to become an actor. Not belonging to a film background, he had to start from scratch...
. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi
Manohar Shyam Joshi
Manohar Shyam Joshi was a Hindi writer, journalist and scriptwriter, most well known as the writer of Indian television's first soap opera,Hum Log and its early hits Buniyaad , Kakaji Kahin, a political satire and Kyap, novel which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award.-Biography:Manohar Shyam...
and dealt with the Partition of India
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...
in 1947 and its aftermath.
Buniyaad first aired in 1986 on the Indian state television channel DD National
DD National
DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
, which is owned and operated by Doordarshan
DoorDarshan
Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...
network. It has since been re-aired a number of times on various new Indian private television channels, such as Sahara One
Sahara One
Sahara One is an Indian Hindi general entertainment channel based in Mumbai. It is operated by Sahara India Pariwar, a company formed by Subrato Roy Sahara who is a managing worker and chairman of the Sahara India Pariwar....
.
Cast
| Actor/Actress | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alok Nath Alok Nath Alok Nath is an Indian film actor who appears in Bollywood movies. He is most notable for playing the role of Haveli Ram in Ramesh Sippy's television series, Buniyaad.-Early life:... |
Master Haveliram | |
| Anita Kanwar Anita Kanwar Anita Kanwar is an Indian film and television actor who is best known for her role as Lajjo ji in the 1980s Doordarshan mega soap opera Buniyaad.... |
Lajoji (Lajwanti) | Haveliram's wife |
| Sudhir Pandey | Lala Gaindamal | Haveliram's father |
| Kiran Juneja Kiran Juneja Kiran Juneja/Kiran Joneja is a veteran Indian actress. She works in Hindi Cinema also called bollywood. She is second wife of famous filmmaker Ramesh Sippy. She hails from Punjabi Bagh area of New Delhi, India and her father was a doctor.-TV career:She started with modeling assignments for... |
Veeravali | Haveliram's sister |
| Vijayendra Ghatge Vijayendra Ghatge Vijayendra Ghatge is an actor from Indian TV and movie industry. He has acted in Buniyaad among other serials and several of movies such as Prem Rog and Devdas. He is descendant of Holkars family,the ex-royal family of Indore thru his mother Sita Raje Ghatge. He is the father of Chak De India... |
Vrushbhaan | Veeravali's love interest |
| Dalip Tahil Dalip Tahil Dalip Tahil is an Indian film, television and theatre actor. He did his schooling from the elite Sherwood College in Nainital, India and later graduated from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.-Films:... |
Bhushan (Kulbhusan) | Haveliram's elder son |
| Soni Razdan | Lochan (Sulochana) | Haveliram's elder daughter-in-law |
| Mazhar Khan Mazhar Khan (actor) Mazhar Khan was an Indian film and television actor and producer and director.-Career:Mazhar made his debut in the 1979 film Baton Baton Mein. He came into recognition with the 1980 film Shaan which was directed by Ramesh Sippy... |
Roshan (Roshanlal) | Haveliram's younger son |
| Kanwaljit Singh Kanwaljit Singh Kanwaljit Singh is an Indian actor who has performed in films as well as television serials. He has acted in Hindi as well as Punjabi films.-Early life and education:Kanwaljit hails from a Sikh family of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh... |
Satbir | Vrushbhaan's illegitimate son |
| Asha Sachdev Asha Sachdev Asha Sachdev is a former Bollywood character artist who won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Priyatama in 1978.Asha was an alumna of the Pune Film Institute and joined Bollywood with the passion to make it as a leading lady. She began her career in a low-budget film Double Cross in... |
Shanno | |
| Girija Shankar | Shanno's Husband | |
| Abhinav Chaturvedi | Jay | Vrishbhan's legitimate son |
| Krutika Desai | Mangla | Jay's wife and Satbir's love interest |
| Vinod Nagpal | Shyamlal | |