Pradhanmantri

Pradhanmantri
GenreDocumentary
Created byABP News
Directed byPuneet Sharma
Narrated byShekhar Kapur
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerABP News
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkABP News
Release13 July 2013 (2013-07-13) –
4 January 2014 (2014-01-04)

Pradhanmantri (transl. The Prime Minister) 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.[1] It aimed to bring to the audience never-seen-before facts of Indian history.[2][3] The weekly programme chronicles the history of India from 1947 to the present day.[4][5][6] The TV series was hosted by the renowned film-maker, actor and host Shekhar Kapur and directed by Puneet Sharma.[7][8][9] It was a unique attempt to present the changes in the country during the tenures of 13 prime ministers in the last 65 years. Pradhanmantri aired every Saturday at 10 pm.[10][11][12] Raghi Papiya Joshi and Sohan Thakur are casting directors.[13]

The series aired the news telecast of death of Indira Gandhi on Doordarshan by Salma Sultan. Initially conceptualised for 23 episodes, Pradhanmantri 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.[14]

Pradhanmantri 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 Pradhanmantri 2, premiered on ABP News on January 25, 2020. It is again being hosted by actor-director Shekhar Kapur."Pradhanmantri Season -II" will discuss the ideas which will give India its due place in the comity of great nations.[15]

Cast

Episodes

Episode Topic Original Air date
1
 Integration of princely states with India
13 July 2013
2
 Story of Hyderabad and Junagadh
20 July 2013
3
 Story of Kashmir
27 July 2013
4
 Story of Madras and Bombay
3 August 2013
5
 Hindu Code Bill
10 August 2013
6
 Sino-Indian War
17 August 2013
7
 Lal Bahadur Shastri
24 August 2013
8
 Indira Gandhi Becomes PM
1 September 2013
9
 Split in Congress Party
8 September 2013
10
 Story before Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
15 September 2013
11
 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and Birth of Bangladesh
22 September 2013
12
 1975-77 State of Emergency in India
29 September 2013
13
 Story of Morarji Desai and Janata Party
5 October 2013
14
 Indira Gandhi back as PM and Operation Blue Star
12 October 2013
15
 Rajiv Gandhi becomes PM and Shah Bano case
19 October 2013
16
 Ayodhya dispute
26 October 2013
17
 Rajiv Gandhi and Bofors scandal
2 November 2013
18
 Mandal Commission
9 November 2013
19
 Rise of LTTE and Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
16 November 2013
20
 P. V. Narasimha Rao and Corruption charges against him
23 November 2013
21
 Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 13 days government and India during 1996-98
30 November 2013
22
 Pokhran-II and Kargil War
7 December 2013
23
 2002 Gujarat Riots and Fall of Vajpayee Government
14 December 2013
24
 Story of Sonia Gandhi and UPA-I Government
21 December 2013
25
 Scams in UPA government and anti-corruption movement
28 December 2013
26
 Untold stories of 6 decades of India
4 January 2014
Pradhanmantri 2 Episodes list
Episode Topic Original Air Date
1
 The real responsibility for Jammu and Kashmir issue
25 January 2020
2
 The country's biggest issue and the real story buried in the documents
1 February 2020
3
 Sardar Patel and the story of Article 370
8 February 2020
4 Nehru's 'Kashmir Plan'. Why J&K was given separate flag, separate constitution
5 Story of India-Pakistan War and Shimla Agreement
6 Story of Leftism and Naxalism in India
7 Who are the Naxalites, what they want, the whole story of the second round of Naxalism in India
8 Story of the beginning of corruption in India

Reception

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani praised Pradhanmantri on his blog and public platforms.[17][18][19] Retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Kiran Bedi and Sunil Shashtri (son of Lal Bahadur Shastri) also praised the series.[20]

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.[21] #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.[22] The first episodes showed the integration of Kashmir into the Union of India.[23]

Cast

Episodes Season II

Episode Topic Original Air date
1
 Kashmir I
25 January 2020
2
 Kashmir II
1 February 2020
3
 Kashmir III
8 February 2020
4
 Kashmir IV
15 February 2020
5
 Kashmir and 1971 India- Pak war
22 February 2020
6
 Story of Naxal movement in India - I
29 February 2020
7
 Story of Naxal movement in India - II
7 March 2020
8
 Corruption in India
14 March 2020

See also

References

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