Katha Sagar

1986 Indian TV series or programme

Katha Sagar

Genre| Drama
Directed by| Shyam Benegal
Country of origin| India
Original language| Hindi
No. of seasons| 1
No. of episodes| 44[1]
Production
Producer| Cinevistaas
Running time| 22 minutes
Original release
Network| DD National
Release| 1986 (1986) –
1986 (1986)

Katha Sagar (translation:"A Sea of Stories") is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1986. The series featured a collection of stories by writers from around the world, including Katherine Mansfield, Guy de Maupassant, Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, and Anton Chekhov.[2] Each episode was directed by one of eight well known Indian directors, including Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah, Ved Rahi and Satyen Bose. Most of the stories in the series were one episode long.[3]

Many years after its original run,[when?] the series was again produced by Prem Krishen Malhotra and Sunil Mehta, founders of Cinevista Communications Limited.[2]

## Plot

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The series included 37 episodes based on stories including "Fear" by Guy de Maupassant, "The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol, "A Cup of Tea" by Katherine Mansfield, and "Where Love Is, God Is" by Leo Tolstoy. Some of the stories were adapted to fit an Indian context, but the adaptation embodied the essence of the original story.

## Episodes

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No.| Title| Directed by| Based on

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1| "Pratiksha"| Ved Rahi| "Where Love Is, God Is"
by Leo Tolstoy

Cast : Saeed Jaffrey, Jayant Bhatt, Beena, Sulabha Deshpande, Abhi Bhattacharya

2| "Karz"| Kundan Shah| "The Clarion Call"
by O. Henry

Cast : Deepak Kejriwal, Rajendra Gupta, Rama Vij

3| "Teen Sadhu"| Satyen Bose| "The Three Hermits"
by Leo Tolstoy

Cast : Satyen Kappu, Anup Kumar, Brahmachari

4| "Ek Bhool"| Kundan Shah| "The Lion's Share"
by Arnold Bennett
5| "Sannata"| Ved Rahi| "The Father"
by Guy de Maupassant
6| "Roti Aur Pyar"| Anil Ganguly| "Love And Bread"
by August Strindberg

Cast : Ashok Kumar, Kitu Gidwani, Asha Sharma

7| "Kalakriti"| Shyam Benegal| "The Last Leaf"
by O. Henry

Cast : Neena Gupta, Supriya Pathak, Irshad Hashmi

8| "Bahut Der Kar Di"| Kundan Shah| "The Grasshopper"
by Anton Chekhov
9| "Dard"| Anil Ganguly| "The Father"
by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Cast : Shammi Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Dinesh Hingoo

10| "Musafir"| Krishan Sethi| "On The Journey"
by Guy de Maupassant

Cast : Kiran Juneja, Ajit Vachani, Shashi Puri, Prem Krishen

11| "Qaidi"| Anil Ganguly| "The Long Exile"
by Leo Tolstoy
12| "Nandu Ki Chitthi"| Shyam Benegal| "'Vanka"
by Anton Chekhov

Cast : A K Hangal, Joy Ghanekar

13| "Ward No. 6"| Shyam Benegal| "Ward No. 6"
by Anton Chekhov

Cast : Irrfan Khan, Lalit Tiwari, Pankaj Berry

14| "Sahara"| Narendra Nath| "Simon's Papa"
by Guy de Maupassant
15| "Sunheri Yaadein"| Krishan Sethi| "The Cripple"
by Guy de Maupassant
16| "Sauda"| Shyam Benegal| "The Little Cask"
by Guy de Maupassant

Cast : Waheeda Rehman, Satish Kaushik, Deepak Kejriwal

17| "Bhulava"| Kundan Shah| "Hearts and Crosses"
by O. Henry

Cast : Benjamin Gilani, Deepika Chikhalia, Suresh Chatwal

18| "Ek Khula Hua Darwaza"| Shyam Benegal| "The Open Window"
by H. H. Munro

Cast : Pallavi Joshi, Harish Patel, Sunila Pradhan

19| "Saboon Ki Tikiya"| Shyam Benegal| "Dusk"
by H. H. Munro

Cast : Kulbhushan Kharbanda, K K Raina

20| "Chai Ka Ek Cup"| Shyam Benegal| "A Cup of Tea"
by Katherine Mansfield

Cast : Iftekhar, Suresh Oberoi, Sharmila Tagore, Pallavi Joshi

21| "Nayi Fasal"| A. Salam| "The Story of a Farm Girl"
by Guy de Maupassant

Cast : Archana Puran Singh, Vikram Gokhale, Shashi Puri, Asha Sharma

22| "Do Raaste"| N/A| "The Trimmed Lamp"
by O. Henry

Cast : Radha Seth, Pallavi Joshi, Ajit Vachani, Lalit Tiwari, Mangal Dhillon, Sanjana Kapoor

23| "Girgit"| Shyam Benegal| "The Chameleon"
by Anton Chekhov

Cast : Harish Patel, Ravi Jhankal

24| "Gehra Zakhm"| Kundan Shah| "The Invisible Wound"
by Károly Kisfaludy

Cast : Ajit Vachani, Anjan Shrivastav

25| "Pachtava"| Krishan Sethi| "The Adopted Son"
by Guy de Maupassant

Cast : Ajit Vachani, Sulbha Deshpande, Shashi Puri, Beena Banerjee, Pankaj Berry

26| "Tarannum"| Krishan Sethi| "Lulu's Triumph"
by Matilde Serao

Cast : Vijayendra Ghatge, Beena, Supriya Pathak, Anuradha Patel

27| "Zameen"| Krishan Sethi| "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
by Leo Tolstoy

Cast : Parikshit Sahni

28| "Dushman"| Kundan Shah| "Squaring the Circle"
by O. Henry
29| "Woh Ek Ladki"| Anil Ganguly| "The Girl Who Changed Her Mind"
by Baldere

Cast : Iftekhar, Vijayendra Ghatge, Tiku Talsania, Rupini, Ramesh Rai

30| "Chahat"| Shyam Benegal| "A Service Of Love"
by O. Henry

Cast : Neena Gupta, Lucky Ali

31| "Nayi Sherwani"| Shyam Benegal| "The Overcoat"
by Nikolai Gogol

Cast : Om Puri

32| "Anjam"| Ramesh Gupta| "The Inn"
by Ivan Turgenev
33| "Do Tasveerein"| A. Salam| "The Debt"
by Guy de Maupassant

Cast : Shashi Puri, Anjana Mumtaz, Deepak Kejriwal

34| "Maria"| Kundan Shah| The Fury
by Paul Heyse

Cast : Kitu Gidwani, Mushtaq Khan

35| "Parvarish"| Krishan Sethi| "The Godson"
by Leo Tolstoy
36| "Zamana"| A. Salam| "The Marquis de Fumerol"
by Guy de Maupassant
37| "Sabse Bada Darr"| N/A| "Fear"
by Guy de Maupassant

## Cast

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* Sharmila Tagore
* Shammi Kapoor
* Om Puri
* Saeed Jaffrey
* Tiku Talsania
* Ashok Kumar
* Utpal Dutt
* Waheeda Rehman
* Moushumi Chatterjee
* Marc Zuber
* Kulbhushan Kharbanda
* Anjan Srivastav
* Kiran Kumar
* Kitu Gidwani
* Archana Puran Singh
* Mangal Dhillon
* Shashi Puri
* Vijayendra Ghatge
* Vikram Gokhale
* Raza Murad
* Parikshit Sahni
* Beena
* Neena Gupta
* Suresh Oberoi
* Pallavi Joshi
* Supriya Pathak
* Bindu
* Rohini Hattangadi
* Vishnu Sharma
* Radha Seth
* Satish Kaushik
* Bharat Bhushan
* Satyen Kappu
* Benjamin Gilani
* Lucky Ali
* Ajit Vachani
* Harish Patel
* K. K. Raina
* Iftekhar
* A. K. Hangal
* Anjana Mumtaz
* Irrfan Khan
* Ravi Jhankal
* Pankaj Berry
* Rajendra Gupta
* Lalit Tiwari
* Sulbha Deshpande
* Dina Pathak
* Sulabha Arya
* Rama Vij
* Naresh Suri
* Urmila Matondkar
* Shreeram Lagoo
* Meera Madhuri
* Suresh Oberoi

## References

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1. ^ "Cinevistaas - Library of Programmes". Cinevistaas. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
2. ^ a b "There is lot of confusion". Indian Express. 11 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 September 2003.
3. ^ Awaasthi, Kavita (16 May 2016) A touch of class: Shyam Benegal remembers the stories of Katha Sagar  Archived 24 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine in Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 July 2020

## External links

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* Katha Sagar at IMDb

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