Vishnu Puran (TV series)

Vishnu Puran
Created byB.R. Chopra
Based onBhagavata Purana
Screenplay byRam Govind
Dialogues
Hassan Kamal
Satish Bhatnagar
Hassan Kamal
Ram Govind
Shafiq Ansari
Directed byRavi Chopra
StarringNitish Bhardwaj
Vaidehi Amrute
Narrated byLata Haya
Music byRaj Kamal
Opening themeShankar Mahadevan
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes124
Production
ProducerB. R. Chopra
CinematographyDharam Chopra
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time40-45 minutes
Production companyB. R. Films
Original release
NetworkZee TV
DD National
DD Bharati
Release23 January 2000 (2000-01-23) –
16 June 2002 (2002-06-16)
Related
Mahabharat (1988 TV series)


Mahabharat Katha


Ramayan (2002 TV series)
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Vishnu Puran (also written Vishnupuran) is an Indian television series, by B. R. Chopra on the Hindu deity Vishnu. It is based on the Bhagavata Purana. Bhagavata Purana tells about the 10 incarnations of Vishnu, as well as other stories, such as the legend of Dhruva. The weekly series first aired Sunday morning, 23 January 2000 on Zee TV.[1] The 124 episodes were later released on DD National.[2][3]

The chief roles are played by Nitish Bharadwaj as Bhagwan Vishnu and Vaidehi Amrute as Devi Lakshmi. Nitish Bharadwaj previously played the role of Krishna, in Chopra's television adaptation of the epic Mahabharat. The Story was narrated by Lata Haya in the role of Dharti Maa. The music is composed by Raj Kamal[1] who also worked on Mahabharat. The title song was sung by Shankar Mahadevan and the songs decoding summary of each episode was sung by Mahendra Kapoor & Soham Chakrabarty. During the COVID-19 pandemic in India, DD Bharati, DD National and Zee TV started re-airing episodes to entertain the public during the lockdown.

  1. ^ a b "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television - Playing god with panache". www.tribuneindia.com. 23 January 2000. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ Chopra, Ravi; Chopra, B. R; Govind, Ram; Bhardwaj, Nitish; Vaidēhi; Singh, Samar Jay; Kamal, Raj; B.R. Films; Indo American Video Corporation (2002), Vishnu Puran: the greatest mythological [tale] ever told, Indo-American Video Corp., OCLC 63667948
  3. ^ "Vishnu Puran [videorecording] : The greatest mythological [tale] ever told / B.R. Films; written by Ram Govind; produced by B.R. Chopra; directed by Ravi Chopra. - Franklin". franklin.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 30 August 2018.