Buniyaad

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Buniyaad
GenreSoap Opera
Written by Manohar Shyam Joshi
Directed by
Starring see below
Opening theme"Buniyaad" by Anup Jalota
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes105
Production
Producer Amit Khanna
CinematographyK.K. Mahajan
EditorM.S. Shinde
Original release
Network DD National
ReleaseMay 1986 (1986-05) 
May 1987 (1987-05)

Buniyaad (literally Foundation) is an Indian television soap opera directed by Ramesh Sippy [1] and Jyoti Sarup. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath. [2] It first aired in 1986 on the Indian state television channel DD National. It was re-aired on DD Metro, DD Retro and Sahara One. [3] The story spans the life in India between 1916 and 1978.

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Plot

Master Haveliram Khanna, a government school teacher, and his wife Lajwanti (Lajjo) were originally from Pindi. They lived with Haveliram's maternal uncle Atmaanand, his two biological sons - Kulbushan and Roshanlal - and his adopted son Satbir (Sat). Satvir was the illegitimate son of Atmanand's sister Veerawali and her lover Vrishbhan. They lived in Bicchowali Gali, Lahore in 1947 during the Partition of India. During the Partition, 3/4th of the Hindu population migrated from Lahore, as the Pakistan was created and minorities moved in forcefully to save their religion. Lajwanti sends his son Roshanlal to go for Okara to rescue Channi, Dammo, and Guru Dutt, relatives of Lajwanti's maternal family. Roshanlal's bus is looted near Shahdara Bagh. However, he reaches the DAV College Lahore Refugee Camp to save his life. Satbir went to Gaindamal in Gawalmandi Shop for his well-being. Lala Gaindamal originally came from Mandi Bahauddin in 1900, within 4 years. In 1904, he opened a shop in Anarkali Bazaar and owned a house in Kucha Radha Kishan of the Old City of Lahore. Lochan's family migrated to Shimla in July 1947 and she forced Kulbushan to migrate to East Punjab, Dominion of India but Kulbhushan stayed in Lahore. Riots occurred in West Punjab where Hindus were killed by Muslim Mobs. Lajwanti and sons migrated to the new independent country of India in a convoy and she remembers the days in 1915 when she met Master Haveliram and remembers how Veerawali avoided relationships come from Montgomery and Wazirabad. Lajwanti's uncle takes him away forcefully to Lajwanti in Pindi and sells him to an old drunkard as a bride, but destiny had something else in the store and he died at the wedding night and she again came to Bicchowali in Lahore. Veerawali and Lajjo regularly meet each other at Shah Alami Gate. Again, Ralliyaram came with a relation from Chak Jhumra and she again denied it. Veerawali likes Vrishbhan, who was from Delhi when he came to Lahore during a business trip with Veerawali's father. Lajjo and their sons, Kulbhushan, his pregnant wife Lochan, with his daughter and son, Roshanlal and Satbir migrated towards India. Lochan gave birth to a baby girl when she crossed the Ravi and forced Kulbhushan to meet his father who was sick in Shimla, but Satbir said that all the families of Korey Koot and most refugees migrated to New Delhi as the capital of India where the refugee camps would be in a good condition and Kulbhushan said to his mother and brothers, "You will wait for me in Ambala". But Roshanlal said, "We have a perfect livelihood and the employment opportunities in Delhi rather than in Shimla". Finally, Lajjo and her sons reached the Purana Qila Refugee Camp in Delhi. At the Purana Qila Refugee Camp, Lajjo meets with many people who came as refugees in Delhi from the different cities of Punjab, Rawalpindi, Sheikhupura, and Sialkot. Bubbly, who was from Sheikhupura, lost her parents in riots and found her relatives when she worked as a list maker in different refugee camps like Kingsway Camp, Kashmiri Gate, Subzi Mandi, and Gandhi Maidan, became the love interest of JB but didn't married due to misunderstanding created by Shyamlal and heartbroken, she reached to Saharanpur but reached to Calcutta for work but betrayed by Dalpat and sell to hotel and work as a dancer and renamed as Barbie. Roshanlal and Satbir found Haveliram everywhere in all camps of Punjab from Ambala, Ludhiana, and Jalandhar. In Jalandhar, they met Munshi Khajanchand who saw Haveliram on a train heading towards Pathankot at the Amritsar Railway Station. Haveliram, which was lost in Lahore, was found in Kashmir with the help of Nivedita Sengupta. Roshanlal received him from the Ambala Cantonment, but lost his memory but got back his memory when he again slipped from the stairs of a basement to see Habibullah, who hid himself from rioters. Haveliram was admitted to the hospital where he got his memory and asked him that he was in Mayo Hospital but Satbir told him that he was in Irwin Hospital. He then asked where was Arvin Hospital in Lahore but told him that he was in Delhi. Kulbhushan got a government quarter in Ludlow Castle, Delhi where the whole family shifted. Roshanlal wants to marry a rich Bengali lady Nivedita for money. After some time, they got a house as a claim for the property, they left behind in Pakistan at Lajpat Nagar 1.

Cast

Actor/ActressCharacterNotes
Sudhir Pandey Lala GaindamalHaveliram's father
Asha Sharma Janko (Chachi Ji)Haveliram's mother
Rajesh Puri Munshi KhajanchandGaindamal's accountant (munshi)
Bharti Achrekar RampyariFruit-seller Rampyare's wife and Gaindamal's family acquaintance
Meher Mittal Ram-PyaraFruit-seller Rampyari's husband and Gaindamal's family acquaintance
Girija Shankar RalyaramHaveliram's elder brother and Shanno's husband
Asha Sachdev ShannoGaindamal's elder daughter-in-law
Mangal Dhillon LabhayaramRaliyaram's son
Pallavi Joshi RanoLabhayaram's wife
Neesha Singh KanniLabhaya's niece and Pasho's daughter
Gayathri Burman PashoRaliyaram's only surviving daughter
Anjan Srivastav Lala DharamchandRano's Grandfather
Alok Nath Master HaveliramA freedom fighter and patriot
Anita Kanwar Lajjo (Lajwanti)Haveliram's wife
Goga Kapoor Bhai AatmaramLajwanti's uncle, Haveliram's mentor and fellow freedom fighter
Dalip Tahil Bhushan (Kulbhushan)Haveliram's elder son
Soni Razdan Lochan (Sulochana)Haveliram's elder daughter-in-law and Bhushan's wife
Rajan Haksar Daddy Ji: Rai Bahadur Mewa LalLochan's Father and Bhushan's Father-in-law
Sarita Sethi Mummy Ji: Mohini MarasanLochan's mother and Bhushan's mother-in-law
Suresh Chatwal GirdharilalLochan's stepbrother
Arun Bakshi KanwarPlay director and Lochan's love interest
Shernaz Patel KukkiKulbhushan's elder daughter
Mazhar Khan Roshan (Roshanlal)Haveliram's younger son
Neena Gupta RajjoRoshan's wife
Leela Mishra ChachiRajjo's aunt and flat-owner
Natasha SinhaNivedita SenguptaRoshan's first employer and love interest
Jayshree AroraMrs. SenguptaNivedita's Mother
Kiran Juneja Veeravali in Lahore/ Pragyavati in Uttarkashi Haveliram's sister
Sudhir Dalvi Gurujiat Pragyavati's Uttarkashi ashram
Vijayendra Ghatge Lala VrishbhanVeeravali's love interest, Satbir's and Jay's biological father
Anjana Mumtaz SubhadraVrishbhan's wife and Jay's mother
Kanwaljit Singh SatbirVeeravali and Vrishbhan's illegitimate son, Haveliram and Lajjo's adopted son
Abhinav Chaturvedi Jay Bhushan (Jay)Vrishbhan's legitimate son, Kaka's biological father
Krutika Desai Khan ManglaJay's wife and Satbir's lifelong love interest
Kamia Malhotra Kanta Suri (Babli) in Sheikhupura -Delhi |Barbie in Calcutta Jay's secretary and love interest, Kaka's biological mother
Antariksh Mathur KakaSatbir's adopted son, Babli's biological son
Vikas Anand HarsharandasMangla's Father
Zankhana Desai RajraniMangla's mother
Vinod Nagpal ShyamlalSubhadra's family friend and distant relative
S. M. Zaheer HabibullahVrishbhan's lawyer and friend

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