Pradhanmantri
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| 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 |
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| Producer(s) | ABP News |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original release | 13 July 2013 – 4 January 2014 |
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Pradhanmantri (The Prime Minister) was an Indian television political documentary series, hosted by actor-director Shekhar Kapur on Hindi news channel ABP News. It premiered on July 13, 2013.[1] It aims to bring to the audience never-seen-before facts of Indian history.[2][3] The weekly programme chronicles the history of India from 1947 to the present day.[4][5][6] The TV series is hosted by the renowned film-maker, actor and host Shekhar Kapur and directed by Puneet Sharma.[7][8][9] It is a unique attempt to present the changes in the country during the tenures of 13 prime ministers in the last 65 years. Pradhanmantri aired every Saturday at 10 PM.[10][11][12] Raghi Papiya Joshi and Sohan Thakur are casting directors.[13]
The series aired the news telecast of death of Indira Gandhi on Doordarshan by Salma Sultan. Initially conceptualised for 23 episodes, Pradhanmantri was extended to 26 episodes with the last episode aired on 4 January 2014. The show was earlier rumoured to be titled Idea of India.[14]
Pradhanmantri is now re-telecasted in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December 2013, hosted by Bengali actor Dhritiman Chatterjee and re-telecasted in Marathi language on ABP Majha with the name Sinhasan and hosted by Marathi actor Vikram Gokhale from 23 November 2013.
Cast
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- 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
- Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as K. Kamaraj
- 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
- Devaj Parikh as Narendra Modi
- Ramesh Ramamoorthy as APJ Abdul Kalam
- 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
- Shekhar Kapoor as the Narrator
Episodes
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Integration of princely states with India |
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Story of Hyderabad and Junagadh |
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Story of Kashmir |
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Story of Madras and Bombay |
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Hindu Code Bill |
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Sino-Indian War |
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Lal Bahadur Shastri |
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Indira Gandhi Becomes PM |
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Split in Congress Party |
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Story before Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and Birth of Bangladesh |
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1975-77 State of Emergency in India |
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Story of Morarji Desai and Janata Party |
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Indira Gandhi back as PM and Operation Blue Star |
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Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM and Shah Bano case |
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Ayodhya dispute |
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Rajiv Gandhi and Bofors scandal |
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Mandal Commission |
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Rise of LTTE and Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi |
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P. V. Narasimha Rao and Corruption charges against him |
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 13 days government and India during 1996-98 |
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Pokhran-II and Kargil War |
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2002 Gujarat Riots and Fall of Vajpayee Government |
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Story of Sonia Gandhi and UPA-I Government |
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Scams in UPA government and anti-corruption movement |
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Untold stories of 6 decades of India |
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Reception
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani praised Pradhanmantri on his blog and public platforms.[15][16][17] Retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi and Sunil Shashtri (son of Lal Bahadur Shastri) also praised the series.[18]
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 a 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.[19] #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 started its own documentary series named Vande Mataram on August 18, 2013. It is narrated by Kabir Bedi and Raza Murad, and the lucky winners of Vande Mataram are awarded ME tablets.[20][21][22] There was a similar show Pradhanmantri on Zee TV which was launched on 6 April 2013.[23]
See also
- 7 RCR (TV Series)
- Samvidhaan (TV Series)
- Satyamev Jayate (TV series)
- Television shows based on Indian history
References
- ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-20/news-interviews/40682040_1_politics-shekhar-kapur-courage
- ↑ 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://movies.ndtv.com/television/shekhar-kapur-s-email-account-hacked-435175
- ↑ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/navni-parihar-is-indira-gandhi-on-pradhan-mantri/1161310/
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- ↑ http://blog.lkadvani.in/blog-in-english/pradhan-mantri-an-excellent-tv-serial
- ↑ http://www.newsbullet.in/india/34-more/46662-watch-pradhanmantri-on-india-after-assassination-of-indira-gandhi-
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- ↑ http://www.hclinfosystems.in/newsroom/press-release/me-tablet-sponsors-vande-mataram
- ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vande-matram--indias-war-history-and-a-tribute-to-its-war-heroes/1/299880.html
- ↑ http://aajtak.intoday.in/story/vande-mataram--a-new-show-on-aajtak-1-739348.html
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External links
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- Pradhanmantri on ABP News
- Pradhanmantri Contest
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- Official YouTube channel
- Official Facebook Page
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- Hindi-language television programming
- Television series about the history of India
- 2013 Indian television series debuts
- Indian documentary television series
- 2014 Indian television series endings
- Indian politics television programmes
- Political history of India
- Television series about Prime Ministers
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