Indradhanush
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Indradhanush (English: Rainbow) is an Indian children's television series that aired on DD National channel. The series was produced and directed by Anand Mahendroo.[1] It also featured several young actors like Karan Johar, Urmila Matondkar, Vishal Singh, Ashutosh Gowarikar, and Akshay Anand.[2] The show used tracks from Maurice Jarre's score for A Passage to India.
Plot
The shows follows the story of a group of kids, who assemble a computer. The computer becomes the host to an alien prince from a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy on the run from his enemies. The following events take a lot of weird turns leading to one of the friends, Appu, getting kidnapped by one of the enemies of the Prince. The Prince gives the friends a time-travel machine. With this machine they travel to the past and future (1942 and 2013) to rescue their friend.
Cast
- Jitendra Rajpal as Appuswamy Krishnamurthy, known as Appu
- Girish Karnad as Krishnamurthy Appuswamy, Appu's Father
- Deepa Lagoo as Mrs. Ishwari Krishnamurthy, Appu's mother
- Akshay Anand as Balachandran Krishnamurthy, known as Bala, Appu's elder brother
- Vishal Singh as Shoaib, Appu's friend
- Karan Johar[3] as Srikant, Appu's classmate and close friend
- Sagar Arya as Appu's friend
- Kamla Devi as Saroja Appuswamy, Appu's Grandmother
- Sridevi Mukhi as Jayashree Krishnamurthy, Appu and Bala's elder sister, a doctor
- Ameesha Jhaveri as Preeti, Appu's classmate
Guests
- Ashutosh Gowariker as Mr. Appuswamy, Appu and Bala's grandfather
- Urmila Matondkar as Sunita Shirodkar, Cloned Bala's girlfriend in future
- Vikram Gokhale as a professor, who creates a clone from Bala's DNA.
- Siraj Syed as Seth Jamnadas
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Joseph
- Gavin Packard as Android
- Daryl Packard as Joshua
- Brij Gopal as Raja
Production
Karan Johar, who played Srikant, has revealed that one of the lead roles in the series was offered to Shah Rukh Khan.[4]
Episodes
Reception
The show was an instant hit and kept viewers hooked because of its fresh content. It is still considered an important show in the history of Indian television.[5]
References
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