Katha Sagar


Katha Sagar is an Indian television series that aired on DD National in 1986. The series featured a collection of stories by writers from around the world, including Katherine Mansfield, Guy De Maupassant, Rabindranath Tagore, Leo Tolstoy, O. Henry, Anton Chekov etc. Each episode was directed by one of eight well known Indian directors, including Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah, Ved Rahi and Satyen Bose. Most of the stories in the series were one-episode long.
Many years after its original run, the series was again produced by Prem Krishen Malhotra and Sunil Mehta, founders of "Cinevista Communications Limited".

Plot

The series included about 37 stories based on different subjects like The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant, The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, A Cup of Tea by Katherine Mansfield, and Tolstoy's God Sees the Truth, But Waits and Where Love Is, God Is and many others. Some of the stories were adapted to fit an Indian context but the adaptation embodied the essence of the original story very well.
The episodes were:
ADAPTED TITLE : PRATIKSHA
AUTHOR : LEO TOLSTOY
DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI
STAR : Saeed Jaffrey,Jayant Bhatt,Beena,Sulabha Deshpande,Abhi Bhattacharya
ADAPTED TITLE : KARZ
AUTHOR : O.Henry
DIRECTOR : Kundan Shah
STAR CAST : Deepak Kejriwal,Rajendra Gupta,Rama Vij
ADAPTED TITLE : TEEN SADHU
AUTHOR : LEO TOLSTOY
DIRECTOR : SATYE BOSE
STAR CAST : Satyen Kappu,Anup Kumar,Brahmachari
ADAPTED TITLE : EK BHOOL
AUTHOR : Arnold Bennett
DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH
ADAPTED TITLE : SANNATA
AUTHOR : Guy de Maupassant
DIRECTOR : VED RAHI
ADAPTED TITLE : ROTI AUR PYAR
AUTHOR : August Strindberg
DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH
ADAPTED TITLE : KALAKRITI
AUTHOR : O'HENRY
DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL
ADAPTED TITLE : BAHUT DER KAR DI
AUTHOR : Anton Chekhov
DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH
ADAPTED TITAL : DARD
AUTHOR :BJORNSTJERNE LOHNSON
DIRECTOR :ANIL GANGULY
ADAPTED : MUSAFIR
AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSNT
DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI Vachani,Shashi Puri,Sanjana
ADAPTRD TITAL :QAIDI
AUTHOR :LEO TOLSTOY
DIRECTOR :ANIL GANGULY
ADAPTRD TITAL :NANDU KI CHITTHI
AUTHOR :ANTON CHEKHOV
DIRECTOR :SHYAM BENEGA
ADAPTED TITLE : WARD NO.6
AUTHOR : ANTON CHEKHOV
DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL
ADAPTED TITAL : SAHARA
AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT
DIRECTOR : NARENDRANATH
ADAPTED TITLE : SUNHERI YAADEIN
AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT
DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE LITTLE CASK
ADAPTED TITLE : SAUDA
AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT
DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL
ORIGINAL TITLE : HEARTS AND CROSSES
ADAPTED TITLE : BHULAVA
AUTHOR : O'HENRY
DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE OPEN WINDOW
ADAPTED TITLE : EK KHULA HUA DARWAZA
AUTHOR : H.H MUNRO
DIRECTOR :SHYAM BENEGAL
ORIGINAL TITLE : DUSK
ADAPTED TITLE : SABOON KI TIKIYA
AUTHOR : H.H MUNRO
DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL
ORIGINAL TITLE : A CUP OF TEA
ADAPTED TITLE :CHAI KA EK CUP
AUTHOR :KATHERINE MANSFIELD
DIRECTOR :SHYAM BENEGAL
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE STORY OF A FARM GIRL
ADAPTED TITLE : NAYI FASAL
AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT
DIRECTOR : A.SALAM
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE TRIMMED LAMP
ADAPTED TITLE : DO RAASTE
AUTHOR : RAMESH GUPTA
DIRECTOR :RADHA SETH,PALLAVI JOSHI,AJIT VACHANI,LALIT TIWARI,MANGAL
STAR CAST : Dhillon,Sanjana
ORIGINAL TITLE : CHAMELEON
ADAPTED TITLE : GIRGIT
AUTHOR : ANTON CHEKHOV
DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE INVISIBLE WOUND
ADAPTED TITLE : GEHRA ZAKHM
AUTHOR : KAROLY KISFALUDI
DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE ADOPTED SON
ADAPTED TITLE : PACHTAVA
AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT
DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI
ORIGINAL TITLE : LULU'S TRIUMPH
ADAPTED TITLE : TARANNUM
AUTHOR : MATILDA SERRAO
DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI
ORIGINAL TITLE : HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED
ADAPTED TITLE : ZAMEEN
AUTHOR : LEO TOLSTOY
DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI
ORIGINAL TITLE : SQUARING THE CIRCLE
ADAPTED TITLE : DUSHMAN
AUTHOR : O'HENRY
DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE GIRL WHO CHANGED HER MIND
ADAPTED TITLE : WOH EK LADKI
AUTHOR : BALDERE
DIRECTOR : ANIL GANGULY
ORIGINAL TITLE : A SERVICE OF LOVE
ADAPTED TITLE : CHAHAT
AUTHOR : O'HENRY
DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE OVERCOAT
ADAPTED TITLE : NAYI SHERWANI
AUTHOR : GOGOL
DIRECTOR : SHYAM BENEGAL
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE INN
ADAPTED TITLE :ANJAM
AUTHOR : IVAN TURGNEV
DIRECTOR : RAMESH GUPTA
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE DEBT
ADAPTED TITLE : DO TASVEEREIN
AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT
DIRECTOR : A.SALAM
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE FURY
ADAPTED TITLE : MARIA
AUTHOR : PAUL HEYSE
DIRECTOR : KUNDAN SHAH
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE GODSON
ADAPTED TITLE : PARVARISH
AUTHOR : LEO TOLSTOY
DIRECTOR : KRISHEN SETHI
ORIGINAL TITLE : THE MARQUITS DE FUMEROL
ADAPTED TITLE : ZAMANA
AUTHOR : GUY DE MAUPASSANT
DIRECTOR : A.SALAM

Cast and Crew

The series featured some of the best actors of Indian TV & cinema at that time like :-
Dr shreeram lagoo
Meera madhuri
Suresh Oberoi
and many others.
Directors