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] 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(s) | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 105 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Amit Khanna |
| Cinematography | K.K. Mahajan |
| Editor(s) | M.S. Shinde |
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National |
| Picture format | 480i |
| Original release | May 1986 – May 1987 |
Cast
| Actor/Actress | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alok Nath | Master Haveliram | Freedom fighter and patriot |
| Anita Kanwar | Lajoji (Lajwanti) | Haveliram's wife |
| Goga Kapoor | Bhai Aatmaraman | 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 Ji | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Sudhir Dalvi | Guruji | at Pragyavati's UttarKashi Ashram |
| Bharti Achrekar | Ram-pyari | Fruit-seller Ram-pyare's wife and Gaindamal's family acquaintance |
| Suresh Chatwal | Girdharilal | Lochan's step brother |
| Child actor | Pasho | Raliya Ram's only surviving daughter |
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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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