Pradhanmantri (TV Series)

Pradhanmantri (TV Series)

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

60 minutes
Broadcast

Original run

13July2013 4 January 2014

External links
Official website

[1]

Pradhanmantri was an Indian television politics-based reality series/documentary series, hosted by actor-director
Shekhar Kapur on Hindi news channel ABP News, which premiered on July 13, 2013.[2] It aims to bring to the
audience the never seen before facts of Indian history.[3][4] The weekly programme chronicles the history of India
from 1947 to the present day. The TV series is hosted by the renowned film-maker, actor and host Shekhar
Kapur,and directed by Puneet Sharma.[5] 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.[6] Raghi Papiya Joshi and Sohan Thakur are casting Directors of the show. 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 last episode aired on 4 January 2014. The show was earlier rumoured to
be titled as Idea of India.[7] Pradhanmantri series is now re-telecasted in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December
2013,which is hosted by Bengali actor Dhritiman Chatterjee.

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Cast

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
Adi Irani as V. P. Menon
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
Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as K. Kamaraj
Vaquar Shaikh as Chandra Shekhar
Akhil Mishra as Lal Bahadur Shastri
Dharmesh Tiwari as Jaswant Singh
Kishori Shahane as Pupul Jayakar
Atul Kapoor as the Narrator

Episodes
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

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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

24

Story of Sonia Gandhi and UPA-I Government

21 December 2013

25

Scams in UPA government and anti-corruption movement

28 December 2013

26

Untold stories of 6 decades of India

4 January 2014

Reception
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani praised Pradhanmantri on his blog and public platforms.[8][9]
Retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi and Sunil Shashtri(son of Lal Bahadur Shastri) also praised
Pradhanmantri series.

Awards
Pradhanmantri bagged exchange4media News Broadcasting (ENBA) Awards 2013 for best in show in
graphics-Hindi. The award was given on 18 January 2014.[10]

Social Media
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. #Pradhanmantri trended for more than 56 hours, had almost 2.2 million views
on Youtube and had more than 1.2 million mentions on Twitter in 25 weeks.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.[11][12][13] There was a similar
show "Pradhanmantri" on Zee TV which was launched on 6 April 2013.

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External links

Pradhanmantri [14] at the Internet Movie Database

Pradhanmantri on ABP News [15]
Pradhanmantri Contest [16]
ABP News Engage [17] on Twitter
Official Youtube channel [18]
Official Facebook Page [19]

References
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http:/ / articles. timesofindia. indiatimes. com/ 2013-05-22/ tv/ 39444694_1_indira-gandhi-idea-of-india-essay
http:/ / articles. timesofindia. indiatimes. com/ 2013-07-01/ news-and-gossip/ 40306617_1_tv-show-bani-speeding-car-navni-parihar
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http:/ / www. indianexpress. com/ news/ navni-parihar-is-indira-gandhi-on-pradhan-mantri/ 1161310/
Shiv Subramaniam & Akhil Mishra returns! (http:/ / timesofindia. indiatimes. com/ entertainment/ tv/
Shiv-Subramaniam-Akhil-Mishra-returns/ articleshow/ 20460245. cms?referral=PM)
[8] http:/ / blog. lkadvani. in/ blog-in-english/ pradhan-mantri-an-excellent-tv-serial
[9] http:/ / www. newsbullet. in/ india/ 34-more/ 46662-watch-pradhanmantri-on-india-after-assassination-of-indira-gandhi[10] http:/ / www. exchange4media. com/ enba2013/ Index. html
[11] http:/ / www. hclinfosystems. in/ newsroom/ press-release/ me-tablet-sponsors-vande-mataram
[12] http:/ / indiatoday. intoday. in/ story/ vande-matram--indias-war-history-and-a-tribute-to-its-war-heroes/ 1/ 299880. html
[13] http:/ / aajtak. intoday. in/ story/ vande-mataram--a-new-show-on-aajtak-1-739348. html
[14] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt3246616/
[15] http:/ / abpnews. newsbullet. in/ component/ tag/ pradhanmantri
[16] http:/ / www. abpnews. newsbullet. in/ tv/ 2013-04-01-06-40-05/ 50831
[17] https:/ / twitter. com/ AbpNewsEngage
[18] http:/ / www. youtube. com/ show/ pradhanmantri
[19] https:/ / www. facebook. com/ pages/ Pradhan-Mantri/ 303261256477143

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