Bharatvarsh (TV Series)

Bharatvarsh
Genre Documentary
Created by ABP News
Directed by Puneet Sharma
Starring Anupam Kher
Narrated by Anupam Kher
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
Production
Producer(s) ABP News
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original release 20 August (2016-08-20) – 23 October 2016 (2016-10-23)

Bharatvarsh (Hindi: भारतवर्ष: महानायकों की गौरव गाथा) is an Indian television historical documentary series,[1][2] hosted by actor-director Anupam Kher on Hindi news channel ABP News.[3] It started on August 20, 2016. The show presents thoughts and ideologies of personalities in the 5000-year old history of India[4] and showcases journey from ancient India to the 19th century.[5] Season 1 finished on 23 October 2016.[6] Season 2 will start after some interval.

Cast

Episodes

Season 1

Episode Topic Original Air date
1
A journey from Siddhartha to Gautama Buddha
20 August 2016
2
Story of Chanakya, the author Arthashastra
27 August 2016
3
Story of Mauryan emperor Ashoka Samrat
3 September 2016
4
Story of Shankaracharya
10 September 2016
5
Prithviraj Chauhan
17 September 2016
6
Kabir
24 September 2016
7
Akbar
1 October 2016
8
Maharana Pratap
8 October 2016
9
Dara Shikoh
15 October 2016
10
Shivaji
22 October 2016

Episode URLs

Episode Episode URL
Episode 1 A journey from Siddhartha to Gautama Buddha
Episode 2 Story of Chanakya, the author Arthashastra
Episode 3 Story of Mauryan emperor Ashoka Samrat
Episode 4 Story of Adi Shankaracharya
Episode 5 Story of Prithviraj Chauhan
Episode 6 Story of Kabir
Episode 7 Story of Akbar
Episode 8 Story of Maharana Pratap
Episode 9 Story of Dara Shikoh
Episode 10 Story of Shivaji

Reception

The show was well received. One episode of Buddha was telecasted in Delhi Public School Ghaziabad for students.[7][8] The episode on Chanakya was screened in Little Angels Convent H S School, Kohe Fiza, Bhopal.[9] In October 2016, Juggernaut Books and ABP News announced the publication of a book based on Bharatvarsh, which will be published in the first quarter of 2017.[10][11]

Social media

The show noticed a huge engagement on social media with the #भारतवर्ष trending on Twitter. The hash-tag was promoted heavily by ABP News through a contest on Twitter. The lucky winners of the #भारतवर्ष contest were given Karbonn K9 smartphone.

See also

References

External links

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