Katha Sagar

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| runtime = 22 minutes

| director = Shyam Benegal

| producer = Cinevistaas

| language = Hindi

| genre = Drama

| country = India

| network = DD National

| first_aired = {{start date|1986}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1986}}

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 44{{cite web |title=Cinevistaas - Library of Programmes |url=http://www.cinevistaas.com/ourlibrary.html |date= |publisher=Cinevistaas |access-date=1 November 2011 |archive-date=31 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031042434/http://www.cinevistaas.com/ourlibrary.html |url-status=live }}

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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.{{cite news |title=There is lot of confusion. |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60132 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030909112905/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=60132 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 September 2003 |publisher=Indian Express |date=11 August 2003 }} 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.Awaasthi, Kavita (16 May 2016) [https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/a-touch-of-class-shyam-benegal-remembers-the-stories-of-katha-sagar/story-uMeczv9uvQd7oZSgcioHLP.html A touch of class: Shyam Benegal remembers the stories of Katha Sagar ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724212258/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/a-touch-of-class-shyam-benegal-remembers-the-stories-of-katha-sagar/story-uMeczv9uvQd7oZSgcioHLP.html |date=24 July 2022 }} in Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 July 2020

Many years after its original run,{{when|date=July 2020}} the series was again produced by Prem Krishen Malhotra and Sunil Mehta, founders of Cinevista Communications Limited.

Plot

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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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Pratiksha

|DirectedBy = Ved Rahi

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Where Love Is, God Is"|Leo Tolstoy}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Saeed Jaffrey, Jayant Bhatt, Beena, Sulabha Deshpande, Abhi Bhattacharya

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Karz

|DirectedBy = Kundan Shah

| Aux2 = {{Based on|"The Clarion Call"|O. Henry}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Deepak Kejriwal, Rajendra Gupta, Rama Vij

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Teen Sadhu

|DirectedBy = Satyen Bose

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Three Hermits"|Leo Tolstoy}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Satyen Kappu, Anup Kumar, Brahmachari

|LineColor = 989797

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Ek Bhool

|DirectedBy = Kundan Shah

| Aux2 = {{Based on|"The Lion's Share"|Arnold Bennett}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = Sannata

|DirectedBy = Ved Rahi

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Father"|Guy de Maupassant}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Roti Aur Pyar

|DirectedBy = Anil Ganguly

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Love And Bread"|August Strindberg}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Ashok Kumar, Kitu Gidwani, Asha Sharma

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Kalakriti

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Last Leaf"|O. Henry}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Neena Gupta, Supriya Pathak, Irshad Hashmi

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Bahut Der Kar Di

|DirectedBy = Kundan Shah

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Grasshopper"|Anton Chekhov}}

|ShortSummary =

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 9

|Title = Dard

|DirectedBy = Anil Ganguly

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Father"|Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Shammi Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Dinesh Hingoo

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 10

|Title = Musafir

|DirectedBy = Krishan Sethi

| Aux2 = {{based on|"On The Journey"|Guy de Maupassant}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Kiran Juneja, Ajit Vachani, Shashi Puri, Prem Krishen

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 11

|Title = Qaidi

|DirectedBy = Anil Ganguly

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Long Exile"|Leo Tolstoy}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 12

|Title = Nandu Ki Chitthi

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"'Vanka"|Anton Chekhov}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} A K Hangal, Joy Ghanekar

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 13

|Title = Ward No. 6

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Ward No. 6"|Anton Chekhov}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Irrfan Khan, Lalit Tiwari, Pankaj Berry

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 14

|Title = Sahara

|DirectedBy = Narendra Nath

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Simon's Papa"|Guy de Maupassant}}

|ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 15

|Title = Sunheri Yaadein

|DirectedBy = Krishan Sethi

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Cripple"|Guy de Maupassant}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 16

|Title = Sauda

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Little Cask"|Guy de Maupassant}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Waheeda Rehman, Satish Kaushik, Deepak Kejriwal

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 17

|Title = Bhulava

|DirectedBy = Kundan Shah

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Hearts and Crosses"|O. Henry}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Benjamin Gilani, Deepika Chikhalia, Suresh Chatwal

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 18

|Title = Ek Khula Hua Darwaza

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Open Window"|H. H. Munro}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Pallavi Joshi, Harish Patel, Sunila Pradhan

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 19

|Title = Saboon Ki Tikiya

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Dusk"|H. H. Munro}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Kulbhushan Kharbanda, K K Raina

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 20

|Title = Chai Ka Ek Cup

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"A Cup of Tea"|Katherine Mansfield}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Iftekhar, Suresh Oberoi, Sharmila Tagore, Pallavi Joshi

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 21

|Title = Nayi Fasal

|DirectedBy = A. Salam

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Story of a Farm Girl"|Guy de Maupassant}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Archana Puran Singh, Vikram Gokhale, Shashi Puri, Asha Sharma

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 22

|Title = Do Raaste

|DirectedBy = N/A

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Trimmed Lamp"|O. Henry}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Radha Seth, Pallavi Joshi, Ajit Vachani, Lalit Tiwari, Mangal Dhillon, Sanjana Kapoor

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 23

|Title = Girgit

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Chameleon"|Anton Chekhov}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Harish Patel, Ravi Jhankal

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 24

|Title = Gehra Zakhm

|DirectedBy = Kundan Shah

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Invisible Wound"|Károly Kisfaludy}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Ajit Vachani, Anjan Shrivastav

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 25

|Title = Pachtava

|DirectedBy = Krishan Sethi

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Adopted Son"|Guy de Maupassant}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Ajit Vachani, Sulbha Deshpande, Shashi Puri, Beena Banerjee, Pankaj Berry

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 26

|Title = Tarannum

|DirectedBy = Krishan Sethi

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Lulu's Triumph"|Matilde Serao}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Vijayendra Ghatge, Beena, Supriya Pathak, Anuradha Patel

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 27

|Title = Zameen

|DirectedBy = Krishan Sethi

| Aux2 = {{based on|"How Much Land Does a Man Need?"|Leo Tolstoy}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Parikshit Sahni

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 28

|Title = Dushman

|DirectedBy = Kundan Shah

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Squaring the Circle"|O. Henry}}

|ShortSummary =

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 29

|Title = Woh Ek Ladki

|DirectedBy = Anil Ganguly

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Girl Who Changed Her Mind"|Honoré de Balzac}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Iftekhar, Vijayendra Ghatge, Tiku Talsania, Rupini, Ramesh Rai

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 30

|Title = Chahat

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"A Service Of Love"|O. Henry}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Neena Gupta, Lucky Ali

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 31

|Title = Nayi Sherwani

|DirectedBy = Shyam Benegal

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Overcoat"|Nikolai Gogol}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Om Puri

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 32

|Title = Anjam

|DirectedBy = Ramesh Gupta

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Inn"|Ivan Turgenev}}

|ShortSummary =

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 33

|Title = Do Tasveerein

|DirectedBy = A. Salam

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Debt"|Guy de Maupassant}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Shashi Puri, Anjana Mumtaz, Deepak Kejriwal

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 34

|Title = Maria

|DirectedBy = Kundan Shah

| Aux2 = {{based on|The Fury|Paul Heyse}}

|ShortSummary = {{Episode cast|hr=n}} Kitu Gidwani, Mushtaq Khan

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 35

|Title = Parvarish

|DirectedBy = Krishan Sethi

| Aux2 = {{based on|"The Godson"|Leo Tolstoy}}

|ShortSummary =

|LineColor = 989797

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 36

|Title = Zamana

|DirectedBy = A. Salam

| Aux2 = {{Based on|"The Marquis de Fumerol"|Guy de Maupassant}}

|ShortSummary =

|LineColor = 989797

}}

{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 37

|Title = Sabse Bada Darr

|DirectedBy = N/A

| Aux2 = {{based on|"Fear"|Guy de Maupassant}}

|ShortSummary =

|LineColor = 989797

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Cast

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0155433}}

Category:Indian drama television series

Category:1986 Indian television series debuts

Category:Television shows based on short fiction

Category:1980s Indian television series

Category:1986 Indian television series endings

Category:Indian anthology television series

Category:DD National original programming

Category:Television shows based on works by Leo Tolstoy

Category:Adaptations of works by O. Henry

Category:Adaptations of works by Arnold Bennett

Category:Television shows based on works by Guy de Maupassant

Category:Adaptations of works by August Strindberg

Category:Adaptations of works by Anton Chekhov

Category:Works by Saki

Category:Short stories by Katherine Mansfield

Category:Television shows based on works by Nikolai Gogol

Category:Adaptations of works by Ivan Turgenev