Katha Sagar

Katha Sagar (translation:"A Sea of Stories") is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1986. The series was directed by Shyam Benegal. The series featured a collection of stories by short story writers such as Guy De Maupassant, Rabindranath Tagore, Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, Anton Chekov etc.[2] The series had different stories in each episode and most of the stories in the series were one-episode long. After many years of it original run, the series was again produced by Prem Krishen Malhotra and Sunil Mehta, founders of "Cinevista Communications Limited".[2]

Katha Sagar
GenreDrama/Literature
Directed byShyam Benegal
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes44[1]
Production
Producer(s)Cinevistaas
Running time22 minutes
Release
Original networkDD National
Picture format480i
Original release1986 –
1986

Plot

The series included about 37 stories based on different subjects like The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, A Cup of Tea by Katherine Mansfield, and Tolstoy's God Sees the Truth, But Waits and Where Love Is, God Is (Patiksha) and many others. Some of the stories were adapted to fit an Indian context but the adaptation embodied the essence of the original story very well.

The episodes were:

  • First Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE : WHERE LOVE IS,GOD IS

ADAPTED TITLE : PRATIKSHA AUTHOR : LEO TOLSTOY DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI STAR : Saeed Jaffrey,Jayant Bhatt,Beena,Sulabha Deshpande,Abhi Bhattacharya

  • Second Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE : THE CLARION CALL

ADAPTED TITLE : KARZ AUTHOR : O.Henry DIRECTOR : Kundan Shah STAR CAST : Deepak Kejriwal,Rajendra Gupta,Rama Vij

  • Third Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE : Three Holy Men

ADAPTED TITLE : TEEN SADHU AUTHOR : LEO TOLSTOY DIRECTOR : SATYE BOSE STAR CAST : Satyen Kappu,Anup Kumar,Brahmachari

  • Fourth Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE : THE LION'S SHARE

ADAPTED TITLE : EK BHOOL AUTHOR : Arnold Bennett DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH

  • Fifth Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE : THE FATHER

ADAPTED TITLE : SANNATA AUTHOR : Guy de Maupassant DIRECTOR : VED RAHI

  • Sixth Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE : LOVE AND BREAD

ADAPTED TITLE : ROTI AUR PYAR AUTHOR : August Strindberg DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH

  • Seventh Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE : THE LAST LEAF

ADAPTED TITLE : KALAKRITI AUTHOR : O'HENRY DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Eighth ORIGINAL TITLE : THE GRASSHOPPER

ADAPTED TITLE : BAHUT DER KAR DI AUTHOR : Anton Chekhov DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH

  • Ninth Episode - ORIGINAL TITAL :THE FATHER

ADAPTED TITAL : DARD AUTHOR :BJORNSTJERNE LOHNSON DIRECTOR :ANIL GANGULY

  • Tenth Episode - ORIGINAL TITAL : ON THE JOURNEY

ADAPTED : MUSAFIR AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSNT DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI Vachani,Shashi Puri,Sanjana

  • Eleventh Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE :THE LONG EXILE

ADAPTRD TITAL :QAIDI AUTHOR :LEO TOLSTOY DIRECTOR :ANIL GANGULY

  • Twelfth Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE :VANAKA

ADAPTRD TITAL :NANDU KI CHITTHI AUTHOR :ANTON CHEKHOV DIRECTOR :SHYAM BENEGA

  • Thirteenth Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE :WARD NO . 6 (In Two Parts)

ADAPTED TITLE : WARD NO.6 AUTHOR : ANTON CHEKHOV DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Fourteenth Episode - ORIGINAL TITAL : SIMON'S PAPA

ADAPTED TITAL : SAHARA AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT DIRECTOR : NARENDRANATH

  • Fifteenth Episode - ORIGINAL TITLE : THE CRIPPLE

ADAPTED TITLE : SUNHERI YAADEIN AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI

  • Episode 16

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE LITTLE CASK ADAPTED TITLE : SAUDA AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Episode 17

ORIGINAL TITLE : HEARTS AND CROSSES ADAPTED TITLE : BHULAVA AUTHOR : O'HENRY DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH

  • Episode 18

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE OPEN WINDOW ADAPTED TITLE : EK KHULA HUA DARWAZA AUTHOR : H.H MUNRO DIRECTOR :SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Episode 19

ORIGINAL TITLE : DUSK ADAPTED TITLE : SABOON KI TIKIYA AUTHOR : H.H MUNRO DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Episode 20

ORIGINAL TITLE : A CUP OF TEA ADAPTED TITLE :CHAI KA EK CUP AUTHOR :KATHERINE MANSFIELD DIRECTOR :SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Episode 21

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL (In Two Parts) ADAPTED TITLE : NAYI FASAL AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT DIRECTOR : A.SALAM

  • Episode 22

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE TRIMMED LAMP ADAPTED TITLE : DO RAASTE AUTHOR : RAMESH GUPTA DIRECTOR :RADHA SETH,PALLAVI JOSHI,AJIT VACHANI,LALIT TIWARI,MANGAL STAR CAST : Dhillon,Sanjana

  • Episode 23

ORIGINAL TITLE : CHAMELEON ADAPTED TITLE : GIRGIT AUTHOR : ANTON CHEKHOV DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Episode 24

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE INVISIBLE WOUND ADAPTED TITLE : GEHRA ZAKHM AUTHOR : KAROLY KISFALUDI DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH

  • Episode 25

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE ADOPTED SON ADAPTED TITLE : PACHTAVA AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI

  • Episode 26

ORIGINAL TITLE : LULU'S TRIUMPH ADAPTED TITLE : TARANNUM AUTHOR : MATILDA SERRAO DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI

  • Episode 27

ORIGINAL TITLE : HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED (Parts one) ADAPTED TITLE : ZAMEEN AUTHOR : LEO TOLSTOY DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI

  • Episode 28

ORIGINAL TITLE : SQUARING THE CIRCLE ADAPTED TITLE : DUSHMAN AUTHOR : O'HENRY DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH

  • Episode 29

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE GIRL WHO CHANGED HER MIND (Parts One) ADAPTED TITLE : WOH EK LADKI AUTHOR : BALDERE DIRECTOR : ANIL GANGULY

  • Episode 30

ORIGINAL TITLE : A SERVICE OF LOVE ADAPTED TITLE : CHAHAT AUTHOR : O'HENRY DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Episode 31

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE OVERCOAT (In Two Parts) ADAPTED TITLE : NAYI SHERWANI AUTHOR : GOGOL DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL

  • Episode 32

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE INN ADAPTED TITLE :ANJAM AUTHOR : IVAN TURGNEV DIRECTOR : RAMESH GUPTA

  • Episode 33

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE DEBT ADAPTED TITLE : DO TASVEEREIN AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT DIRECTOR : A.SALAM

  • Episode 34

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE FURY ADAPTED TITLE : MARIA AUTHOR : PAUL HEYSE DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH

  • Episode 35

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE GODSON ADAPTED TITLE : PARVARISH AUTHOR : LEO TOLSTOY DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI

  • Episode 36

ORIGINAL TITLE : THE MARQUITS DE FUMEROL ADAPTED TITLE : ZAMANA AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT DIRECTOR : A.SALAM

Cast and Crew

The series featured some of the best actors of Indian TV & cinema at that time like :-

Dr shreeram lagoo Meera madhuri Suresh Oberoi and many others.

Directors

References
  1. "Cinevistaas - Library of Programmes". Cinevistaas.
  2. "There is lot of confsuion." Indian Express. 11 August 2003.
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