Bible Ki Kahaniya
Bible Ki Kahaniya (English: Stories from the Bible) is an Indian Hindi language television program based upon scriptures from the Bible. The production aspired to complete both Old Testament and New Testament narrative of the Bible but was later discontinued. It was produced by Navodaya Appachan and was broadcast on DD National
Bible Ki Kahaniya | |
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Created by | Navodaya Appachan |
Directed by |
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Creative director(s) | Jijo Punnoose |
Starring | Bible Ki Kahaniya#Cast |
Opening theme | "Ashko se Jisne sinche zamin" by Karthik Raja |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindustani |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Jose Punnose |
Running time | approximately 50 minutes |
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Original network | DD National |
Original release | 20 December 1992 |
Cast
- Kabir Bedi as Abraham
- Shammi Kapoor as Nimrod
- Raza Murad as Noah
- Urmila Matondkar as Noah's wife's niece
- Arvind Mehra as Voice of God
- Asha Sharma as Noah's wife
- Daman Maan as Adam
- Soham as Hawwa
- Varun Vardhan as Cain
- Rajesh kapoor as Abel
- Mohan Gokhale as Isaac
- Mita Vashisht as Rebecca
- Rita Bhaduri as Deborah
- Kanwaljit Singh as Jacob
- Janak Toprani as Esau
- Satish Kapoor as Abimelech
- Leela Panicker
- Radha Seth as Sarah
- Raja Bundela as Lot
- Kamal Jithu
- Lalit Tiwari as Narrator
- Winnie Paranjpe
- Kurush Deboo as Isaac
- Neelima Azeem as Rebecca
Background and production
Jijo, the series' Creative director, based his chief reference point on novelist James Michener's The Source, a book that talks about the pains and passions of the people in Biblical times.[1][2] The characters were played by some of the important actors from Bollywood.[3]
Music
The title song by music director Karthik Raja was based on biblical Psalms 116 with revised lyrics written in Urdu by Kaifi Azmi.
Release
The first Episode "Adam and Eve" aired on 20 December 1992 on DD National. DD discontinued the series after few episodes because there was fear of communal tension due to certain episodes, in view of threats from certain Kashmiri militants who had objections with portrayal of Islamic prophets on screen and hostility from radical elements.[4]
See also
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "TV serial 'Bible Ki Kahaniyan' emphasises more on authenticity than spectacle". 15 January 1993. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- "Indian television has a long way to go: Kabir Bedi - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
- "More mythology on DD's Sunday slot". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.