1988 Indian TV series or programme
Mirza Ghalib | |
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Also known as | Mirza Galib |
Genre | Historical drama |
Written by | Gulzar |
Directed by | Gulzar |
Starring | Naseeruddin Shah Tanvi Azmi Neena Gupta |
Composer | Jagjit Singh & Chitra Singh |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Urdu |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Producer | Gulzar |
Original release | |
Network | DD National |
Release | 1988 (1988) |
Mirza Ghalib is an Indian Historical drama television drama series written and produced by poet Gulzar. The series was aired on Doordarshan National in 1988. Naseeruddin Shah played the role of Mirza Ghalib, the famous classical Urdu and Persian poet from Mughal Empire during British colonial rule. The series featured ghazals sung and composed by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh.
Cast
- Naseeruddin Shah as Mirza Ghalib
- Tanvi Azmi as Umrao Begum
- Neena Gupta - Nawab Jaan
- Shafi Inamdar as Sheikh Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq
- Sudhir Dalvi as Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Parikshit Sahni as Nawab Shams-ud-Din
- Javed Khan Amrohi as Fakir
- Mac Mohan as Nawab Jaan's servant
Music
It included music and narration. The songs were sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh and narration by Gulzar.
List of Ghazals included in the TV Series
- Dil hi to hai
- Koi din gar zindagaani aur hai
- Hazaaron khawahishein aisi
- Har aik baat pe kehte ho tum
- Bazeecha-e-atfal hai duniya mere aage
- Aah ko chahiye ek umr
- Hain aur bhi dunya mein
- Ishq mujh ko nahin
- Yeh na thi hamari qismat
- Kisi ko de ke dil koi
References
- "Magazine / Interview : 'I did all kinds of films'". The Hindu. 23 July 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- "The new Bollywood Muslim - Culture". Livemint.com. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ "How Naseeruddin Shah, Gulzar and Jagjit Singh brought Mirza Ghalib to life in the 80s". 27 December 2017.
External links
Categories:- DD National original programming
- Indian period television series
- 1988 Indian television series debuts
- Indian historical television series
- 1980s Indian television series
- Ghalib
- Mughal Empire in fiction
- Gulzar
- Television shows set in the British Raj
- Television series set in the 19th century
- Television series about Islam
- Cultural depictions of Indian monarchs