Betaal Pachisi (TV series)

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Betaal Pachisi
Betaal on horse.jpg
Shahbaz Khan as Betaal
Genre Fantasy
Based on The Phantom
by Lee Falk
Directed by Sunil Agnihotri
Opening theme"Ye To Hai Betaal"
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes49
Production
Running time45 minutes
Production company DD National
Original release
Network DD Metro
Release26 May 1997 (1997-05-26) 
1998 (1998)

Betaal Pachisi is an Indian television series based on the comic strip The Phantom . The 49-episode Hindi series originally ran from 1997 to 1998 on DD Metro. It was directed by Sunil Agnihotri and starred Shahbaz Khan, Sonu Walia, Puneet Issar, Tom Alter and Vindu Dara Singh. [1] [2] [3]

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Cast

Controversy

The show faced a lawsuit when King Features Syndicate filed a case arguing that Sunil Agnihotri had copied the idea of The Phantom comic strips for the Betaal series. [4] [5] However, the court ruled that only the unique expression of an idea could be protected, not the idea itself. [6]

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References

  1. "Star of Chandrakanta and Betaal Pachisi, Shahbaz Khan to cut his first album". India Today . 29 September 1997.
  2. "Fanning out fantasy". The Hindustan Times . 8 October 1997. Archived from the original on 28 January 1999.
  3. "TRPs of Krishna on DD falls as Betaal Pachisi draws lot of viewers". India Today . 28 July 1997.
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  6. Mayur Suresh; Atreyee Majumder; Lawrence Liang. "Encountering the Sustaining Myths of Copyright" (PDF). Infochangeindia.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2012.