Bharat Ek Khoj

Bharat Ek Khoj
Bharat Ek Khoj DVD cover
Genre	Historical drama
Created by	Shyam Benegal
Based on	The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru
Written by	Shyam Benegal Shama Zaidi Vasant Dev (dialogues)
Starring	Roshan Seth Om Puri Tom Alter Sadashiv Amrapurkar Naseeruddin Shah Lucky Ali Seema Kelkar Mita Vashisht Pallavi Joshi Anjan Srivastav Sohaila Kapur Ila Arun Irrfan Khan
Narrated by	Om Puri
Opening theme	Vanraj Bhatia
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	53
Production
Executive producer(s)	Raj Pius
Cinematography	V. K. Murthy
Production company(s)	Doordarshan Sahyadri Films
Release
Original network	Doordarshan (DD National)
Original release	1988

Bharat Ek Khoj (English: The Discovery of India) is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India (1946) by Jawaharlal Nehru that covers a 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to the coming of independence in 1947. The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan. Shama Zaidi co-wrote the script. Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar. Jawaharlal Nehru was portrayed by Roshan Seth.

Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets.