Buniyaad

Buniyaad
Buniyaad
Genre	Soap Opera
Written by	Manohar Shyam Joshi
Directed by	Ramesh Sippy; Jyoti Sarup;
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

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.

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
	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
	Rajrani	Mangla's Mother
Arun Bakshi	Kanwar	Play Director and Lochan's love interest
Leela Mishra	chaachi	Rajjo's aunt
	Kanta Suri (Babli)	Jay's secretary and love interest
Mangal Dhillon	Labhaya Ram	Raliya Ram's son
	Kanni	Labhaya's niece and Pasho's daughter
Neena Gupta	Rajjo	Roshan's wife
Shernaz Patel	Kukki	Kulbhushan's elder daughter
	Kaka	Satbir's son
Natasha Sinha	Nivedita Sengupta	Roshan's first employer and love interest
Jayshree Arora	Mrs.Sengupta	Nivedita's Mother
	Daddyji	Lochan's Father and Bhushan's Father in law
	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.

External links[]

Buniyaad at IMDb

[1] 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.

[2] "'Buniyaad' set to re-create the nostalgia of partition and popularity of old-world charm". Indian Television Dot Com. 25 July 2013.

[3] "SaharaOne aims to tap Gen X with 'Buniyaad'". Indian Television Dot Com. 20 January 2006.

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