Fauji (TV series)
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| Fauji | |
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 FAUJI - the serial | |
| Genre | Action Serial drama |
| Created by | New Film Addicts pvt ltd |
| Written by | Lt.Col.R.K.Kapoor, Sangeeta Iyer, Amina Shervani |
| Directed by | Lt.Col. R.K. Kapoor, Milin Kapoor |
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| Opening theme | "Fauji" |
| Composer | Loy Mendonsa of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | Total 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | Approx. 24 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DD National |
| Release | 1988 |
Fauji (Devanagari: फौजी, Nastaliq: فوجی, translation: "Soldier") (1989) was a TV series following the training of an Indian Army commando regiment that aired on India's national channel DD National in 1989. It was produced by New Film Addicts pvt ltd. Colonel Raj Kapoor was a Director in this company. Fauji starring Shah Rukh Khan that went on to become a mega success. This was not his debut role as is popularly believed. His debut role in TV serials was in Dil Dariya where he went quite unnoticed. The character of Abhimanyu Rai was based on the exploits of Lt Col Sanjoy Bannerji of the Bombay Sappers, Indian Army.
Cast
- Rakesh Sharma as Maj. Vikram Rai
- Amina Shervani as Kiran Kochap
- Shah Rukh Khan as Lt.Abhimanyu Rai
- Manjula Avtar as Capt. Madhu Rathor
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as N/Sub Yaseen Khan
- ((Sanjay Taneja)) as Nk.Kishore
- Vikram Chopra as Lt. Varuneshwar Singhji Parmeshwar Singhji Chawhan
- Gautam Bharadwaj as Lt Peter Monteiro
- A. Kannan as Maj. Narayanan
- Ajay Trihan as Lt.Devender Singh
- Sonal Dabral as Lt.Arun
- Nikhil Dewan
- Ranbir Singh as Maj.Sodhi
- Neeraj Joshi as Bomb Squad
