Tarpan (TV series)

Tarpan is a musical poetry series presented by poet and presenter Kumar Vishwas.[1][2] It is an appreciation of poets who are now dead, presented through readings of their work by Vishwas against a background of music. The series has its origin in Vishwas dedicating a song to Bharat Bhushan via his poem "Yah Asangati".[3] This came as an afterwork of Mahakavi series that was aired on ABP News which appealed to Hindi audiences.[4]

Tarpan
GenrePoetry
Created byKV Studio and ABP News
Written byVarious
Directed byPuneet Sharma, Prabudha Saurabh
Narrated byKumar Vishwas
Composer(s)Kumar Vishwas
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of episodes101
Production
Producer(s)KV Studio and ABP News
Release
Original release5 March 2017 (2017-15-05)

Poets included in Tarpan

Poets featured include Bharat Bhushan, Bhawani Prasad Mishra, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Dushyant Kumar, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Mahadevi Verma, Baba Nagarjun, Jaishankar Prasad, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Dharamvir Bharati and Sachchidananda Vatsyayan.

The videos of the series are made available on video sharing platform YouTube.[5] The audio of the same are made available on different audio platforms like Saavn and Gaana.[6][7]

There was controversy when Vishwas and actor Amitabh Bachchan engaged in a war of words on Twitter. Bachchan alleged that Vishwas had infringed his copyright and said that he would seek legal remedy if the material was not removed from YouTube. Vishwas replied by saying he should have received appreciation for featuring the poem, written by Bachchan's father. The video was taken down and compensation paid.[8][9]

References
  1. "Dr. Kumar Vishwas's new series 'Tarpan' |". Abpnews.abplive.in. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. "डॉ-कुमार-विश्वास-की-नई-पेशकश-तर्पण |Kumar Vishwas Tarpan डॉ कुमार विश्वास नई पेशकश तर्पण Hindi Latest News". News.raftaar.in. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. "A Song From Hindi Literature Poet Lt. Bharata Bhushan Dada Presented By Dr. Kumar Vishwas! - वी द नेशन के बाद, कुमार विश्वास ने गाया 'यह असंगति!- Amarujala Videos". Amarujala.com. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. "People liked the first episode of ABP News's show mahakavi |". Abpnews.abplive.in. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "Tarpan तर्पण". YouTube. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. "Hindi Songs Free Download, Old, Latest, New, mp3, Bollywood Music, Online". Saavn. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. "Tarpan Songs Download: Tarpan MP3 Songs Online Free on". Gaana.com. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  8. "Kumar Vishwas offers to pay Rs 32 after Amitabh Bachchan sends copyright infringement notice". The Times of India. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  9. https://twitter.com/DrKumarVishwas/status/885118168171069440
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