Swara Bhaskar at the Curtain Raiser of Shyam Benegal’s Samvidhaan last evening at the Parliament House
A special 23 minute curtain raiser of Shyam Bengal’s ‘Samvidhaan’ was shown to the President, Vice President, Prime Minister and the members of both houses of the Parliament last evening. This special capsule was simultaneously shown on Rajya Sabha TV as members of both houses watched Shyam Benegal’s TV venture after 25 years.
CAST OF SAMVIDHAAN:
Anchor: SWARA BHASKAR
DALIP TAHILRAMANI as Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
SACHIN KHEDEKAR as Dr B R Ambedkar
NARENDRA N JHA as Qaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
UTKARSH MAZUMDAR as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
RAJENDRA GUPTA as Dr Rajendra Prasad
RAJESHWARI SACHDEV as Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
TOM ALTER as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
KENNY DESAI as Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee
DIVYA DUTTA as Srimati Purnima Banerji
DEEPIKA AMIN as Srimati Renuka Ray
K K RAINA as Dr K M Munshi
RAJIT KAPUR as Shri Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
ILA ARUN as Srimati Hansa Mehta
PARESH GANATRA as Prof K T Shah
HIMANI SHIVPURI as Begum Aijaz Rasul
Director : SHYAM BENEGAL
Executive Producer : GURDEEP SINGH SAPPAL
Associate Director : DAYAL NIHALANI
Director of Photography : AKASHDEEP PANDEY
Music : SHANTANU MOITRA
Script & Dialogue : SHAMA ZAIDI, ATUL TIWARI
Costume : Pia Benegal
Art Directors : CHETAN PATHAK, LEELA CHANDA
Editor : ASEEM SINHA