() is an Indian television political documentary series, hosted by actor-director Shekhar Kapur on Hindi news channel ABP News. It premiered on 13 July 2013. It aimed to bring to the audience never-seen-before facts of Indian history. The weekly programme chronicles the history of India from 1947 to the present day. The TV series was hosted by the renowned film-maker, actor and host Shekhar Kapur and directed by Puneet Sharma. It was a unique attempt to present the changes in the country during the tenures of 13 prime ministers in the last 65 years. aired every Saturday at 10 pm. Raghi Papiya Joshi and Sohan Thakur are casting directors.
The series aired the news telecast of death of Indira Gandhi on Doordarshan by Salma Sultan. Initially conceptualised for 23 episodes, was extended to 26 episodes with the last episode aired on 4 January 2014. The show was earlier rumoured to be titled Idea of India.
has been re-telecasted in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December 2013, hosted by Bengali actor Dhritiman Chatterjee and re-telecasted in Marathi language on ABP Majha with the name Sinhasan and hosted by Marathi actor Vikram Gokhale from 23 November 2013.
Season 2, christened as 2, premiered on ABP News on January 25, 2020. It is again being hosted by actor-director Shekhar Kapur." Season -II" will discuss the ideas which will give India its due place in the comity of great nations.
Cast
Shekhar Kapur as the Narrator Akhil Mishra as Lal Bahadur Shastri Saurabh Dubey as Jawaharlal Nehru Navni Parihar as Indira Gandhi Surendra Pal as B. R. Ambedkar Shishir Sharma as Hari Singh Anang Desai as Sheikh Abdullah Prithvi Zutshi as Vallabhbhai Patel Shiv Kumar Subramaniam as K. Kamaraj Adi Irani as V. P. Menon Tej Sapru as Muhammad Ali Jinnah Amit Behl as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Rio Kapadia as Sam Manekshaw Achyut Potdar as Jayaprakash Narayan Ravi Jhankal as P. V. Narasimha Rao Mohit Chauhan as J. F. R. Jacob & Rajiv Gandhi Harsh Chhaya as Sanjay Gandhi Pankaj Berry as Muhammad Mahabat Khan III Rajesh Vivek as Raj Narain Anwar Fatehan as Charan Singh Vinod Kapoor as N. K. Singh, CBI joint director Deepak Jethi as Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Devaj Parikh as Narendra Modi Ramesh Ramamoorthy as A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Suzanne Bernert as Sonia Gandhi Vaquar Shaikh as Chandra Shekhar Dharmesh Tiwari as Jaswant Singh Kishori Shahane as Pupul Jayakar Dinesh Kaushik as Siddhartha Shankar Ray Naresh Suri as A. A. K. Niazi Ashwin Kaushal as Hanwant Singh, ruler of Jaisalmer Bhupindder Bhoopii as Harchand Singh Longowal Onkar Nath Mishra as Swami Karpatri
Episodes EpisodeTopicIntegration of princely states with IndiaStory of Hyderabad and JunagadhStory of KashmirStory of Madras and BombayHindu code billsSino-Indian WarLal Bahadur ShastriIndira Gandhi becomes PMSplit in Congress PartyStory before Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and birth of Bangladesh1975–77 state of emergency in IndiaStory of Morarji Desai and Janata PartyIndira Gandhi back as PM and Operation Blue Star Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM and Shah Bano caseAyodhya disputeRajiv Gandhi and Bofors scandalMandal CommissionRise of LTTE and assassination of Rajiv GandhiP. V. Narasimha Rao and corruption charges against himAtal Bihari Vajpayee's 13 days government and India during 1996–98Pokhran-II and Kargil War2002 Gujarat riots and fall of Vajpayee governmentStory of Sonia Gandhi and UPA-I governmentScams in UPA government and anti-corruption movementUntold stories of 6 decades of India
+Pradhanmantri 2 Episodes listEpisodeTopicOriginal Air DateThe real responsibility for Jammu and Kashmir issueThe country's biggest issue and the real story buried in the documentsSardar Patel and the story of Article 3704Nehru's 'Kashmir Plan'. Why Jammu and Kashmir was given separate flag, separate constitution5Story of India-Pakistan War and Shimla Agreement6Story of Leftism and Naxalism in India7Who are the Naxalites, what they want, the whole story of the second round of Naxalism in India8Story of the beginning of corruption in India
Reception Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani praised on his blog and public platforms.Watch Pradhanmantri on India After Assassination of Indira Gandhi . newsbullet.in. Retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi and Sunil Shashtri (son of Lal Bahadur Shastri) also praised the series.
Social media The show noticed a huge engagement on social media with the #Pradhanmantri trending on Twitter for over 4 days in India on its launch. The hash-tag was promoted heavily by ABP News through a contest on Twitter. The lucky winners of the #Pradhanmantri contest were given K Touch A15 smartphone and a set of 19 books by Rajkamal Prakashan Private Limited on topics like Maanav Samskrithi, modern India, Lokayuth, Bhagath Singh, Prakrithi, Saahithya as gratifications. #Pradhanmantri trended for more than 56 hours, had almost 2.2 million views on YouTube, and had more than 1.2 million mentions on Twitter in 25 weeks.
Season II Pradhanmantri II (The Prime Minister) is an Indian television political documentary series, hosted by actor-director Shekhar Kapur on Hindi news channel ABP News. This second season premiered on 25 January 2020. The first episodes showed the integration of Kashmir into the Union of India.
Cast Saurabh Dubey as Jawaharlal Nehru Anang Desai as Sheikh Abdullah Prithvi Zutshi as Vallabhbhai Patel Vaquar Shaikh as Hari Singh Amit Behl as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Navni Parihar as Indira Gandhi Shahab Khan as Y. D. Gundevia Shekhar Kapoor as the Narrator
Episodes Season II EpisodeTopicKashmir IKashmir IIKashmir IIIKashmir IVKashmir and 1971 India- Pak warStory of Naxal movement in India - IStory of Naxal movement in India - II Corruption in India
See also 7 RCR Bharatvarsh Bharat Ek Khoj Samvidhaan Satyamev Jayate
References
External links
Pradhanmantri on ABP News