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- StarsNaseeruddin ShahTanvi AzmiNeena GuptaThe story of the most admired poet in the History of Urdu and Persian writings, Mirza Ghalib.
- StarsPankaj KapurDeepa SahiAmrish PuriThis TV miniseries ("Darkness" in English) became famous in India in the mid/late 80s for its realistic depiction of the partition of the Indian subcontinent. In 1947, the sub-continent became India, East (now Bangladesh), and West Pakistan (today's Pakistan). The series pretended to keep memories and truths about the partition alive, at a time when many Indians and Pakistanis seemed to be forgetting this historical tragedy. The miniseries became a landmark 297-minute, 35mm film, now shown mostly at Indian Film Festivals. The film is based on the book by Bhisham Sahni, himself a refugee to India from West Punjab, now in Pakistan. Thus fittingly, this epic looks at Partition from an Indian Punjabi perspective, as the fate of Sikh and Hindu families in West Punjab is emphasized. The first part also underscores the Muslim viewpoint: the provocations they suffered from Sikhs and especially Hindus, and their ultimate supremacy in West Punjab, which became the heart of Pakistan. The "Darkness" of those times of religious intolerance and civil war highlights two stories of refugee families, one Sikh and the other Hindu. These victims of hate and their Muslim counterparts had, until 1947, been brothers and co-existed for over a thousand years throughout the Indian subcontinent. With "modern freedom", the lands of this once "one people" was partitioned into Muslim and Hindu republics. Non-Muslim religious groups, however (Sikhs, Christians, and many Muslims - as many as in Pakistan), migrated to the new India. Pakistan became, "de facto", exclusively Muslim.
- StarsRoshan SethOm PuriRavi JhankalThe 5000-year history of India from its beginnings to independence in 1947.
- StarsNikhil BhagatNeena GuptaRaghubir YadavThis 15 episode series portrays two long train journeys across the length and breadth of India, along with lives of a motley group of passengers.
- StarsAshok KumarSushma SethDivya Seth ShahThe story of a lower middle class family and the struggles they face in their day to day lives.
- StarsAlok NathAnita KanwarKiran JunejaThe series dealt with the struggle of a family during the partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath.
- StarsRakesh BediSatish ShahSwaroop SampatA sitcom about a couple, a brother-in-law, and the trouble they get into.
- StarsVenkiAnant NagSudheendraBased on the works of R.K. Narayan, Malgudi Days chronicles the lives of people living in the fictitious town of Malgudi.
- StarsChandra Prakash DwivediKurush DebooDinesh ShakulThis is a historical saga of establishing the Mauryan Empire in India
- StarsHarish BhimaniNitish BharadwajMukesh KhannaWhen a dynastic struggle between the collateral branches of the Kuru clan, the Kauravas and Pandavas lead them to the threshold of war, Lord Krishna decides to step in and take control of the situation.
- StarsRajit KapoorK.K. RainaKartik DuttaAn intelligent detective from Kolkata solves, without any weapons, many mysteries that remain unsolved by police.
- StarsPankaj KapurArchana Puran SinghSushmita MukherjeeOne of the first indian detective series. Karamchand and his assistant solve murder, robbery and other mysteries.
- StarsJaspal BhattiVivek ShauqSavita BhattiJaspal Bhatti's satirical take on the common societal problems in India.
- CreatorR.K. LaxmanStarsAnjan SrivastavBharti AchrekarJeetendra DasadiyaWagle Ki Duniya (literally: 'Wagle's World') was a popular comedy sitcom on Indian television, aired for the first time in 1988 to 1990 on state-run Doordarshan channel. It was directed by Kundan Shah, and was based on characters created by noted cartoonist, R. K. Laxman, especially "the common man" about the issues of common middle-class Indian man.It starred Anjan Srivastav as a bumbling sales clerk in a multinational and Bharati Achrekar as his wife. The series was hit and made Anjan Srivastav a household name.
- StarsOm PuriAkhil Mishra
- StarsPallavi JoshiChandrakant ThakkarOm PuriIt is a story of an USA settled Indian boy trying to arrange his marriage in India.
- StarsKamia MalhotraRuma GhoshRaghubir YadavLeading a difficult life Mungerilal finds relief through his dreams where he settles scores with everyone and fulfills the secret desires of his heart.
- StarsBeena BanerjeePankaj BerryNeena GuptaGul Gulshan Gulfaam portrayed a Kashmiri family making a living from their three houseboats: 'Gul' ('flower'), 'Gulshan' ('garden' or 'buckeye'), and 'Gulfam' ('gardener'). Their livelihood is threatened as running houseboats for tourists takes a hit due to terrorism.
- StarsShah Rukh KhanRakesh SharmaVikram ChopraA Highly popular TV Series about a batch of trainees into a commando school, their training and eventual induction as soldiers.
- StarsSangeeta NaikDilip DhawanPawan MalhotraKundan Shah's Nukkad dealt with the struggles of the lower income labor class in cities.
- StarsShah Rukh KhanSunil ShendeSameer KakkarCircus follows the lives of the artists of the troupe, unraveling different shades of characters, as they struggle with the tricky realistic situations.
- StarsBeena BanerjeeAjit VachaniSaeed JaffreyThe series featured a collection of stories by short story writers such as Guy De Maupassant, Tolstoy, O. Henry, Chekov etc. The series had different stories in each episode and most of the stories in the series were one-episode long.