8.4 /10 1 Votes
Genre Drama/Literature Country of origin India No. of seasons 1 First episode date 1986 Number of episodes 44 Number of seasons 1 | 8.3/10 IMDb Directed by Shyam Benegal Original language(s) Hindi No. of episodes 44 Final episode date 1986 Network DD National Director Shyam Benegal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katha Sagar (translation:"A Sea of Stories") was a popular Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1986. The series was directed by Shyam Benegal along with many renowned directors. The series featured a collection of stories by world famous short story writers such as Guy De Maupassant, Rabindranath Tagore, Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, Anton Chekov etc.
Contents
The series had different stories in each episode and most of the stories in the series were one-episode long. At that time, many other shows like "Darpan" and "Ek Kahaani", based on similar concept were aired around the same time as this series on DD National.
After many years of it original run, the series was again produced by Prem Krishen Malhotra & Sunil Mehta, founders of "Cinevista Communications Limited".
Plot
The series included about 37 stories based on different subjects like The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, A Cup of Tea by Katherine Mansfield, and Tolstoy's God Sees the Truth, But Waits and Where Love Is, God Is (Patiksha) and many others. Some of the stories were adapted to fit an Indian context but the adaptation embodied the essence of the original story very well.
Cast and Crew
The series featured some of the best actors of Indian TV & cinema at that time like :-
Directors