Nukkad

Nukkad
GenreComedy drama
Written byPrabodh Joshi
Anil Chaudhary
Directed bySaeed Akhtar Mirza
Kundan Shah[1]
Starringsee below
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes40
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeapproximately 24 minutes
Original release
NetworkDD National
Release1986 (1986) –
1987 (1987)
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Nukkad (English: Street Corner) is an Indian Hindi-language television series that aired on DD National in 1986–87. It was directed by Kundan Shah and Saeed Akhtar Mirza; it was written by Prabodh Joshi and Anil Chaudhary.

It starred Dilip Dhawan, Rama Vij, Pavan Malhotra, Sangeeta Naik, Avtar Gill in lead roles. The serial received tremendous response from the viewers and some of the characters such as Khopdi, Kaderbhai and Ghanshu Bhikari became household names. The first season of Nukkad, aired in 1986–87 had 40 episodes. A sequel series titled Naya Nukkad premiered in 1993.[2]

  1. ^ "Telescope: Losing sight of the nukkad". 12 October 2017. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ Pal, Chandrima. "The DD files: 'Nukkad' brought the streets of Mumbai into the living room". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2020.