Krishna (TV series)
Shri Krishna, also known as Krishna, is an Indian-television series, created, written and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The series originally aired weekly on Doordarshan. It is an adaptation of the stories of the life of Krishna, based on Bhagavata Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Harivamsa, Vishnu Purana, Padma Purana, Garga Samhita, Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharat.
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Also known as | Shri Krishna |
Genre | Mythology |
Created by | Ramanand Sagar |
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Written by | Ramanand Sagar |
Screenplay by | Ramanand Sagar |
Directed by | Ramanand Sagar |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
No. of episodes | 221 |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 55 minutes |
Production company(s) | Sagar Films |
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Original network | DD National |
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Original release | July 18, 1993 – October 5, 1997 |
Cast
- Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Krishna / Vishnu / Narayan
- Swapnil Joshi as Teenage Krishna
- Ashok Kumar Balkrishnan as Child Krishna
- Deepak Deulkar as Balram / Sheshanag
- Sanjeev Sharma as Teenage Balram
- Pinky Parikh as Rukmini / Yamuna / Lakshmi / Durga
- Reshma Modi as Radha
- Shweta Rastogi as Teenage Radha
- Paulomi Mukherjee as Devaki
- Sunil Pandey as Vasudeva
- Damini Kanwal as Yashoda
- Sulakshana Khatri as Rohini Devi
- Shahnawaz Pradhan as Nanda Baba / Shurasena / Chanoor / Maha Bali
- Vilas Raj as Kansa
- Sandeep Mohan as Arjuna / Nar
- Mona Parekh as Jambavati
- Shashi Sharma as Satyabhama
- Amit Pachori as Shiva
- Deepak Dave / Sagar Saini as Narada
- Vijay Kavish as Ugrasena / Shiva
- Pramod Kapoor as Kaliyug / Akrura
- Mahendra Ghule as Bhim / Hanuman
- Raman Khatri as Yudhishthir
- Falguni Parikh as Draupadi
- Kumar Hegde as Duryodhan
- Govind Khatri as Karna
- Sunil Nagar as Bhishma
- J. P. Sharma as Shakuni
- Kanu Patel as Dronacharya
- Tarakesh Chauhan as Dhritarashtra
- Prem Chand Sharma as Pandu / Nakul
- Lata Haya as Kunti
- Sonia Kapoor as Subhadra
- Dinesh Anand / Deepak Jethi as Dushasan
- Jyotin Dave as Indra
- Jharna Dave as Bhanamati / Hidimba / Devi Durga for an episode
- Radha Krishna Dutt as Maharishi Uttang / Vishwakarma / Jarasandh
- Mukul Nag as Sudama / Ashwatthama / Brahman
- Sheeba Chaddha as Vasundhara
- Raj Premi as Shishupala/Hiranyakashipu/ Vijay Lord Vishnu dwarpal
- Gautam Chaturvedi as Paundraka Vasudeva
- Anuj Sharma as Abhimanyu
- Arun Mathur as Sambara
- Shakti Singh / Basheer Khan as Banasura
- Arvind Raosaraya as Kumbhketu
- Girish Pardesi as Kalayavana / Kamadeva / Pradyumna
- Deepanjali Pardesi as Rati
- N. Jitendra as Shalya / Kashiraj / Kripa
- Bhakti Narula as Tara
- Ashok Singh as Mayasur / Dwivid
- Neel Kamal as Rajguru
- Niharika Bhatt as Māyāvati
- Leela Patel as Gandhari
- Vijay Sharma as Vidura
- Swati Anand as Revati (Wife of Balram and Daughter of King Rewat]]) / Chitralekha
- Aslam Khan in various roles
- Shyam Sunder kalani as chanoor (3rd episode only)
Production
Shri Krishna was produced by Ramanand Sagar, Subhash Sagar and Prem Sagar under the banner "Sagar Enterprises" and directed by Ramanand Sagar, Anand Sagar and Moti Sagar. The role of young Krishna was played by Swapnil Joshi and adult Krishna was played by Sarvadaman D. Banerjee.[1][2] Ravindra Jain composed music for this serial.
Re-run
The series was re-telecast from 3 May 2020 during the 2020 coronavirus lockdown in India.[3]