Bharat Ek Khoj

With Piyush Mishra, Irrfan Khan, Alok Nath, Surekha Sikri. The 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence in 1947.

Bharat Ek Khoj (TV Series 1988- ) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Lucky Ali plays the role of King Ashoka's brother Tissa in this popular national award winning serial by Shyam Benegal. This series was first aired in 1988 on National Channel Doordarshan.The role of King Ashoka is essayed by the renowned actor Om Puri.

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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.

When in the 80s, the serial was originally telecast when I was too young to follow it and hardly watched it..besides we didn't have TV.

Bharat Ek Khoj (English: The Discovery of India) is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru[1] that covers a 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. Shama Zaidi co-wrote the script.[2] Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth.[3]