Kirdaar
| Kirdaar | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Gulzar Samaresh Basu Malti Joshi Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi |
| Directed by | Gulzar |
| Starring | Om Puri |
| Opening theme | "Kirdaar" by performed by Jagjit Singh |
| Composer | Jagjit Singh |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original languages | Hindi Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22-24 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | DD National |
| Release | 31 October 1993 – 23 January 1994 |
Kirdaar is an Indian television series aired on Doordarshan directed by Gulzar.[1] It ran between 1993 and 1994, based on short stories written by different writers in different languages, mainly Urdu, Hindi and Bengali writers.[2] The short stories were featured from famous writers like Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Urdu writer from Pakistan, Malti Joshi in Hindi, and Samaresh Basu in Bengali. It starred Om Puri playing various characters in all the episodes and different actors in each episode like Surekha sikri, Irrfan Khan, Reema Lagoo and Neena Gupta.
Cast
- Om Puri (13 episodes)
- Surekha sikri
- Ananya Khare (5 episodes) (credited as Priti Khare)
- Sadiya Siddiqui (2 episodes)
- Bhupendra (4 episodes)
- Nadira (2 episodes)
- Irrfan Khan (3 episodes)
- Neena Gupta (1 episode)
- Mita Vashisht (2 episodes)
- Reema Lagoo (1 episode)
- Shahib Abbas (4 episodes)
- Mita Vashisht-story -Alaan
References
- ^ "Gulzar to be seen in a prime time serial 'Kirdar'". 31 October 1993. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Singh, Harneet (4 May 2014). "'I found my confidence only 15-20 years ago'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 January 2019.