Betaal Pachisi (TV series)

{{Short description|Indian television series}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = Betaal on horse.jpg

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| caption = Shahbaz Khan as Betaal

| genre = Fantasy

| creator =

| based_on = {{based on|The Phantom|Lee Falk}}

| developer =

| opentheme = "Ye To Hai Betaal"

| writer =

| director = Sunil Agnihotri

| creative_director =

| executive_producer =

| producer =

| company = DD National

| editor =

| location =

| cinematography =

| narrated =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| num_episodes = 49

| runtime = 45 minutes

| network = DD Metro

| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|1997|5|26}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1998}}

| related =

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Betaal Pachisi is an Indian television series based on the comic strip The Phantom. The 49-episode Hindi series originally ran from 1997 to 1998 on DD Metro. It was directed by Sunil Agnihotri and starred Shahbaz Khan, Sonu Walia, Puneet Issar, Tom Alter and Vindu Dara Singh.{{cite magazine |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/star-of-chandrakanta-and-betaal-pachisi-shahbaz-khan-to-cut-his-first-album/1/274879.html |title=Star of Chandrakanta and Betaal Pachisi, Shahbaz Khan to cut his first album |magazine=India Today |date=29 September 1997 |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-date=1 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701015446/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/star-of-chandrakanta-and-betaal-pachisi-shahbaz-khan-to-cut-his-first-album/1/274879.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/081097/SHO01.htm |title=Fanning out fantasy |newspaper=The Hindustan Times |date=8 October 1997 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990128163955/http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/081097/SHO01.htm |archivedate=January 28, 1999 }}{{cite magazine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/trps-of-krishna-on-dd-falls-as-betaal-pachisi-draws-lot-of-viewers/1/274573.html |title=TRPs of Krishna on DD falls as Betaal Pachisi draws lot of viewers |magazine=India Today |date=28 July 1997 }}