Buniyaad | |
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Written by | Manohar Shyam Joshi |
Directed by | Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup |
Starring | see below |
Opening theme | "Buniyaad" by |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
Production | |
Running time | approx. 25 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | DD National and Sahara One |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV), |
Original release | 1986 |
Buniyaad (Hindi: बुनियाद; literally Foundation) is an Indian television drama-series that was directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath.
Buniyaad first aired in 1986 on the Indian state television channel DD National, which is owned and operated by Doordarshan network. It was re-aired on DD Metro in early 2000s. It has since been re-aired a number of times on various new Indian private television channels, such as Sahara One. From 25 July 2013, it will be re-aired on DD National every Thursday at 20:30 hrs. It was first aired on TV in 1986.
Buniyaad introduced actors Kanwaljeet Singh, Alok Nath and Kruttika Desai, who remained popular TV and film actors through the next two decades.
Music Director-Uday Mazumdar