Bharat Ek Khoj is a 53-episode Indian historical drama based on the book The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, that dramatically unfolds the 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. Benegal's regular script collaborator Shama Zaidi also co-wrote the script.
Bharat Mata Ki Jai
The Beginnings (Indus Valley Civilization)
The Arrival of the Vedic People (the Rigveda)
Caste Formation
Mahabharata Part 1
Mahabharata Part 2
Ramayana Part 1
Ramayana Part 2
Republics and Kingdoms
Negation and Acceptance of Life
Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 1
Chanakya and Chandragupta Part 2
Ashoka Part 1
Ashoka Part 2
The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 1
The Sangam Period: Silapaddirakam Part 2
The Classical Age
Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 1
Kalidas and Shakuntala Part 2
Harshavardhana
Bhakti
The Chola Empire Part 1
The Chola Empire Part 2
The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 1
The Delhi Sultanate and Prithviraj Raso Part 2
The Delhi Sultanate and Padmavat
Synthesis
The Vijayanagar Empire
Feudalism
The Fall of the Vijayanagar Empire
Rana Sanga, Ibrahim Lodi and Babur
Akbar Part 1 (Din-e Ilahi)
Akbar Part 2
Golden Hind
Aurangzeb Part 1
Aurangzeb Part 2
Shivaji Part 1
Shivaji Part 2
Company Bahadur (East India Company)
Tipu Sultan
The Bengal Renaissance and Raja Ram Mohan Roy
1857 Part 1
1857 Part 2
Indigo Revolt
Mahatma Phule
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Vivekananda
Extremists and Moderates
And Gandhi Came Part 1
And Gandhi Came Part 2
Separatism
Do or Die
Epilogue
The Word
Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
Kogure Photo Studio
Rak Nakara
Pale Moon
Star and Sky: Star in My Mind
The White Darkness
The Reckoning
Lovely Writer
Place of Execution
East of Eden
Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia's Case Files
Fearless
The Glory
Affair
The Tailor of Sin City
Islanders
An Eternal Thought
Always Home