Pradhanmantri (TV Series)

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Pradhanmantri

Genre

Documentary

Created by

ABP News

Directed by

Puneet Sharma

Starring

Shekhar Kapur

Narrated by

Shekhar Kapur

Country of origin

India

Original language(s)

Hindi

No. of episodes

26

Production

Producer(s)

ABP News

Running time

45 minutes

Broadcast

Original run

13 July 2013 present

External links

Official website

Pradhanmantri is an Indian television politics-based reality series/documentary series, hosted by actordirector Shekhar Kapur on Hindi news channel ABP News, which premiered on July 13, 2013.[1] It aims to bring to the audience the never seen before facts of Indian history.[2][3] The weekly programme chronicles the history of India from 1947 to the present day.[4][5][6] The TV series is hosted by the renowned film-maker, actor and hostShekhar Kapur,and directed by Puneet Sharma.[7][8][9] The show is a unique attempt to present the changes in the country during the tenures of 13 Indian Prime Ministers in the last 65 years. The show airs every Saturday at 10 PM on ABP news.[10][11][12] Raghi Papiya Joshi and Sohan Thakur are casting Directors of the show.[13] The series also aired the news telecast of death of Indira Gandhi on Doordarshan by Salma Sultan.Initially conceptualised for 23 episodes,the TV series was extended to 26 episodes with the original airing of last episode scheduled on 4 January 2014.
Contents
[hide]

1 Cast 2 Episodes 3 Reception

3.1 Social Media

4 External links 5 See also 6 References

Cast[edit]

Saurabh Dubey as Jawaharlal Nehru Navni Parihar as Indira Gandhi Surendra Pal as B R Ambedkar Shishir Sharma as Hari Singh

Anang Desai as Sheikh Abdullah Prithvi Zutshi as Vallabhbhai Patel Tej Sapru as Muhammad Ali Jinnah Amit Behl as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Rio Kapadia as Sam Manekshaw Achyut Potdar as Jayaprakash Narayan Ravi Jhankal as P. V. Narasimha Rao Shishir Sharma as Hari Singh Mohit Chauhan as Major general J. F. R. Jacob Harsh Chhaya as Sanjay Gandhi Pankaj Berry as Muhammad Mahabat Khan III Rajesh Vivek as Raj Narain Anwar Fatehan as Charan Singh Vinod Kapoor as R.D.Singh,CBI director Deepak Jethi as Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Mohit Chauhan as Rajiv Gandhi Vaquar Shaikh as Chandra Shekhar Akhil Mishra as Lal Bahadur Shastri Kishori Shahane as Pupul Jayakar Atul Kapoor as the Narrator

Episodes[edit]
Episode Topic Original Air date

Integration of princely states with India

13 July 2013

Story of Hyderabad and Junagadh

20 July 2013

Story of Kashmir

27 July 2013

Story of Madras and Bombay

3 August 2013

Hindu Code Bill

10 August 2013

Sino-Indian War

17 August 2013

Lal Bahadur Shastri

24 August 2013

Indira Gandhi Becomes PM

1 September 2013

Split in Congress party

8 September 2013

10

Story before Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

15 September 2013

11

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and birth of Bangladesh

22 September 2013

12

1975-77 State of Emergency in India

29 September 2013

13

Story of Morarji Desai and Janata Party

5 October 2013

14

Indira Gandhi back as PM and Operation Blue Star

12 October 2013

15

Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM and Shah Bano case

19 October 2013

16

Ayodhya dispute

26 October 2013

17

Rajiv Gandhi and Bofors scandal

2 November 2013

18

Mandal Commission

9 November 2013

19

Rise of LTTE and Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

16 November 2013

20

P. V. Narasimha Rao and Corruption charges against him

23 November 2013

21

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 13 days government and India during 1996-98

30 November 2013

22

Pokhran-II and Kargil War

7 December 2013

23

2002 Gujarat Riots and Fall of Vajpayee Government

14 December 2013

Reception[edit]
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani praised Pradhanmantri on his blog[14][15][16]

Social Media[edit]
The show noticed a huge engagement on social media with the #Pradhanmantri trending on Twitter for over 4 days in India on its launch. The hash-tag was promoted heavily by ABP News through running contest on Twitter. The lucky winners of the #Pradhanmantri contest were given K Touch A15 smartphone and a set of 19 books by Rajkamal Prakashan Private Limited on topics like Maanav Samskrithi, Modern India, Lokayuth, Bhagath Singh, Prakrithi, Saahithya as gratifications.[17] Seeing this series's success, Aaj Tak also started its own documentary series named Vande Mataram on August 18, 2013, which is narrated by Kabir Bedi and Raza Murad,and the lucky winners of Vande Mataram are awarded ME tablets.[18][19][20]

External links[edit]

Pradhanmantri at the Internet Movie Database Pradhanmantri on ABP News Pradhanmantri Contest ABP News Engage on Twitter Official Youtube channel Official Facebook Page

See also[edit]

Satyamev Jayate (TV series) Television shows based on Indian history

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-20/newsinterviews/40682040_1_politics-shekhar-kapur-courage

2.

Jump up^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-0522/tv/39444694_1_indira-gandhi-idea-of-india-essay

3.

Jump up^ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-01/newsand-gossip/40306617_1_tv-show-bani-speeding-car-navni-parihar

4.

Jump up^ "Shekhar Kapur: Will tell untold stories in 'Pradhan Mantri'". CNN-IBN (IBN Live). Jul 12, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-10.

5.

Jump up^ "Shekhar Kapur turns narrator for TV series". NDTVMovies. July 12, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-10.

6.

Jump up^ "New TV show to tell untold stories of contemporary history". The Times of India. 13 July, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-10.

7.

Jump up^ Bhopatkar, Tejashree (12 December 2013). "Shekhar Kapur turns host?". Times of India. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

8.

Jump up^ "Vaquar Sheikh bags Pradhanmantri!". The Times of India. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-10.

9.

Jump up^ http://movies.ndtv.com/television/shekhar-kapur-s-emailaccount-hacked-435175

10. Jump up^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/navni-parihar-is-indiragandhi-on-pradhan-mantri/1161310/ 11. Jump up^ Bureau, ABP News (July 12, 2013). "Untold stories in 'Pradhanmantri': Kapur". ABP News. Retrieved 13 July, 2013. 12. Jump up^ "Freedom nuggets in new TV show". The Telegraph. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-10. 13. Jump up^ Bhopatkar, Tejashree (12 December 2013). "Swanand Kirkire to host Saregama Productions next". Times of India. Retrieved December 13, 2013. 14. Jump up^ ""Pradhanmantri: An excellent TV serial," writes LK Advani". 15. Jump up^ http://blog.lkadvani.in/blog-in-english/pradhan-mantri-anexcellent-tv-serial 16. Jump up^ http://www.newsbullet.in/india/34-more/46662-watchpradhanmantri-on-india-after-assassination-of-indira-gandhi17. Jump up^ "#Pradhanmantri rules Social Media". 18. Jump up^ http://www.hclinfosystems.in/newsroom/press-release/metablet-sponsors-vande-mataram

19. Jump up^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vande-matram--indias-warhistory-and-a-tribute-to-its-war-heroes/1/299880.html 20. Jump up^ http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/vande-mataram--a-new-show-onaajtak-1-739348.html

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