Mirza Ghalib (TV series)
Appearance
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Mirza Ghalib | |
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Also known as | Mirza Galib |
Genre | Historical drama |
Written by | Gulzar |
Directed by | Gulzar |
Starring | Naseeruddin Shah Tanvi Azmi Neena Gupta |
Composer | Jagjit Singh & Chitra Singh |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Urdu |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Producer | Gulzar |
Original release | |
Network | DD National |
Release | 1988 |
Mirza Ghalib is an Indian Historical drama television drama series written and produced by poet Gulzar.[1] The series was aired on Doordarshan National in 1988. Naseeruddin Shah played the role of Mirza Ghalib,[2] the famous classical Urdu and Persian poet from Mughal Empire during British colonial rule. The series featured ghazals sung and composed by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Naseeruddin Shah as Mirza Ghalib
- Tanvi Azmi as Umrao Begum[3]
- Neena Gupta - Nawab Jaan[3]
- Shafi Inamdar as Sheikh Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq
- Sudhir Dalvi as Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Parikshit Sahni as Nawab Shams-ud-Din
- Javed Khan Amrohi as Fakir
- Mac Mohan as Nawab Jaan's servant
Music
[edit]It included music and narration. The songs were sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh and narration by Gulzar.[3]
List of Ghazals included in the TV Series
- Dil hi to hai
- Koi din gar zindagaani aur hai
- Hazaaron khawahishein aisi
- Har aik baat pe kehte ho tum
- Bazeecha-e-atfal hai duniya mere aage
- Aah ko chahiye ek umr
- Hain aur bhi dunya mein
- Ishq mujh ko nahin
- Yeh na thi hamari qismat
- Kisi ko de ke dil koi
References
[edit]- ^ "Magazine / Interview : `I did all kinds of films'". The Hindu. 23 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ "The new Bollywood Muslim - Culture". Livemint.com. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d "How Naseeruddin Shah, Gulzar and Jagjit Singh brought Mirza Ghalib to life in the 80s". 27 December 2017.
External links
[edit]Categories:
- DD National original programming
- Indian period television series
- 1988 Indian television series debuts
- Indian historical television series
- 1980s Indian television series
- Ghalib
- Mughal Empire in fiction
- Gulzar
- Television shows set in the British Raj
- Television series set in the 19th century
- Television series about Islam
- Cultural depictions of Indian monarchs