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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Buniyaad returns

Source: DNA | By Chaya Unnikrishnan
Monday, Jul 22, 2013, 13:44 IST

One of the landmark series of Indian television, Buniyaadthat dealt with the 1947 partition is all set to be aired on Doordarshan again. Directed by Ramesh Sippy, it was aired on Doordarshan way back in 1986 and later had re-runs on the satellite channels. The series, which redefined the careers of most of its actors that included Alok Nath, Kanwaljeet Singh, Kiran Juneja and Neena Gupta will be aired for the sixth time from next Thursday. The veteran director got the cast together to relive their golden days recently.

Alok Nath who played the iconic character of Haveliram reminisces

The serial was literally the buniyaad (foundation) for so many actors. We were in awe of Sippy, who had directed Sholay. A bunch of strugglers, we were like students and it was an enormous feeling to learn from him and perform. I had the role of a lifetime and am still looking for...............................

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