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Read: Once upon a time, Ramayan attracted more viewers than Game of Thrones Pallavi Joshi and Shabana Azmi were part of the show, which also featured many other popular actors like Om Puri and Naseerudin Shah. After all, we were reliving history through the show,” says Benegal. We took everything extremely seriously, and it was worth it. It was a great adventure, and I am glad we could manage it well. We worried about the authenticity of the costumes, jewellery and architecture shown. I was aware that the concept was unlikely to be repeated in the near future, so we wanted to be as accurate as possible while talking about the history of the country. “The one-hour show became hugely successful, and had multiple reruns. Shooting commenced in early 1988, and the show went on air on Nehru’s 99th birth anniversary (November 14, 1988). The 53-episode series, titled Bharat Ek Khoj, was penned by Shama Zaidi and her team, which included 25 writers. My team and I also got 15 historians on board to flesh out the story,” recalls Benegal. It became the basis for what was shown in the series. It was his attempt to understand and discover his country. He agreed, and chose to base it on Pt Jawaharlal Nehru’s book, Discovery Of India. Celebrated film-maker Shyam Benegal was approached for it.
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The success of the shows prompted the government to think of starting a TV series that documented the history of the country. Ramayan and Mahabharat began gaining popularity on the small screen in the mid-1980s.