Buniyaad
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.
| Buniyaad | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
==Plot== Haveliram lives in Bicchowali Gali, Lahore in 1947 before Partition of India. Haveliram was forced to migrate during Partition of India and reached to Purana Qila in Delhi After sometime get a house as a claim for the property they left behind in Pakistan at Lajpat Nagar,Delhi.
Cast
| Actor/Actress | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- 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.
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