UPANISHAD GANGA

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After a long gap of almost two decades, Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi returns to

the small screen with 'Upanishad Ganga'. Dr. Dwivedi, who became popular in

the early 90s through the serial 'Chanakya' telecast on Doordarshan, makes an

impacting comeback with this new series that will introduce the viewers to

Indian thought and philosophy. 'Upanishad Ganga' will be telecast on

Doordarshan, 11th March 2012 onwards every Sunday from 10 am to 10:30

am. As Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi believes, 'Upanishad Ganga' is not just a

serial, it is an expression of Indian culture and wisdom. It portrays the perennial flow of Indian thought in audio-visual medium.

This endeavour of making this Ganges of the subtle and lofty knowledge of

Upanishads flow through visual medium has been undertaken by Chinmaya

Mission. H. H. Swami Tejomayananda - Head of Chinmaya Mission worldwide,

conceptualized 'Upanishad Ganga', with a vision of taking this knowledge to

the masses. Many Acharyas of the Mission and Chinmaya International Foundation (the research wing of the organisation) worked for four years on

building the ideas for the serial. Chinmaya Creations - the creative wing of

Chinmaya Mission, is the producer of the serial. The script has been written by

Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi and Farid Khan, giving it a concrete shape.

Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi is a unique director who takes great interest in

the ancient cultural history of India. He has also given to the people of this

world, the National award winning Hindi movie called "Pinjar" which is based

on the famous novel by Amrita Pritam by the same name, which talks about

the pain caused due to the India-Pakistan partition. He has also directed

another Hindi movie called "Mohalla Assi" based on Literary award winner

Kashinath Singh's "Kashi kaa Assi", which will be released this year.

In this new creation 'Upanishad Ganga', the subtle knowledge of the

Upanishads has been presented through interesting stories, to make it

extremely simple and effective on TV. These stories contain inspirational

incidents of various ancient and historical heroes of India, such as Yaajnavalkya and Daara Shikoh. This serial will be at once engrossing,

elevating and enlightening for the common TV viewers.

Famous actors of the small screen and silver screen like Abhimanyu Singh,

Mukesh Tiwari, Zakir Hussain, K. K.Raina, Ila Arun and Jaya Bhattacharya have

acted in 'Upanishad Ganga'.

Aalap Desai and Amod Bhatt have successfully brought to life the ancient

tradition of this knowledge and culture, as music directors of 'Upanishad

Ganga'.

Cinematographer Sanjeev Srivastav has efficiently shot each and every frame

of the serial. The art directors of 'Upanishad Ganga' are the internationally

renowned Nitin Desai and Muneesh Sappel.