Krishna (TV series)
Introduction '''''Shri Krishna''','' also known as '''''Krishna''''' is an Indian Hindi-language television mythological series, created, written and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It is an adaptation of the stories of the life of Krishna, based on Bhagavata Purana, Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Harivamsa, Vishnu Purana, Padma Purana, Garga Samhita, Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata.
Cast * Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Krishna / Vishnu/ Narayana**Swapnil Joshi as teenage Krishna**Ashok Kumar Balkrishnan as child Krishna**Palak as child Krishna* Deepak Deulkar as Balram / Sheshanag** Sanjeev Sharma as Teenage Balram* Pinky Parikh as Rukmini / Yamuna / Lakshmi / Durga* Reshma Modi as Radha** Shweta Rastogi as Teenage Radha* Paulomi Mukherjee as Devaki* Sunil Pandey as Vasudeva* Damini Kanwal Shetty (Seema Kanwal) as Yashoda* Sulakshana Khatri as Rohini Devi* Shahnawaz Pradhan as Nanda Baba / Shurasena / Chanoor / Maha Bali* Vilas Raj as Kansa* Sandeep Mohan as Arjuna / Nar* Mona Parekh as Jambavati* Shashi Sharma as Satyabhama* Deepak Dave / Sagar Saini as Narada* Vijay Kavish as Ugrasena / Shiva* Amit Pachori as Shiva* Pramod Kapoor as Kaliyug / Akrura / Jayadratha* Girish Pardeshi as Kamadeva / Pradyumna/ Shiva/ Suryadev(in the case of Sagar Manthan)* Manish Sharma as Pradyumna (in later episodes)* Anupama Pardeshi as  Mohini avatar of Vishnu * Navneet Chaddha as Aniruddha* Deepali Thosar as Rati* Sunil Chauhan as Uddhava* Mahendra Ghule as Bhim / Hanuman* Raman Khatri as Yudhishthir* Falguni Parikh as Draupadi* Kumar Hegde as Duryodhan* Govind Khatri as Karna* Sunil Nagar as Bhishma* Jayprakash Sharma as Shakuni* Kanu Patel as Dronacharya / Suryadev* Tarakesh Chauhan as Dhritarashtra* Premchand Sharma as Pandu / Nakul* Lata Haya as Kunti* Sonia Kapoor as Subhadra* Dinesh Anand / Deepak Jethi as Dushasan* Jyotin Dave as Indra / King Shalya/ Sage Garga* Jharna Dave as Bhanamati / Hidimba / Devi Durga for an episode* Radhakrishna Dutta as Maharishi Uttang /Devshilpi Vishwakarma / Jarasandh* Mukul Nag as Sudama / Ashwatthama / Brahman* Prairna Agrawal as Vasundhara* Raj Premi as Shishupala/Hiranyakashipu/ Jaya* Gautam Chaturvedi as Paundraka Vasudeva * Anuj Sharma as Abhimanyu* Arun Mathur as Shambarasura* Shakti Singh / Unknown as Banasura* Unknown as Maharani Vrinda (Wife of Banasura and Mother of Uṣā)* Unknown as Maharani Sumati (Wife of Vajranabh and Mother of Prabhavati)* Basheer Khan as Bhaumasura / Dwivida Banar / Mayasura(Shambarasur’s son)/ Maya Danava* Sanjeev Siddharth as Narakasura* Arvind Singh Rausariya as Kāla Yavana/Sage Sheshirāyana(also known as Gārgyat Muni, father of Kaal Yavana and Rājguru of Trigart kingdom) /Shambharasura's Rājguru/Vajranābha* N. Jitendra as Kripa* Bhakti Narula as Tara* Neel Kamal as Kumbhaketu (Shambarasura’s Son)* Pradeep Nishit as ** Maharaj Drupad (1995–1996)** Maharishi Parshuram (1997)** Maharishi Ved Vyas (1997)* Niharika Bhatt as Māyāvati / Vajranābha's Grandmother* Neela Patel as Gandhari* Vijay Sharma as Vidura* Swati Anand as** Second wife of Mahraj Brihadratha of Magadh and Jarasandh's mother (1994)** Revati (Balram's wife) (1994–1995)** Shikhandi (1996–1997)** Chitralekha (1997)* Aslam Khan in various roles* Shyam Sunder Kalani as chanoor (3rd episode only)* Papiya Sengupta as Lalita* Suneel Mattoo as Kritavarma
Production Shri Krishna was produced by Ramanand Sagar, Subhash Sagar, and Prem Sagar under the banner "Sagar Enterprises" and directed by Ramanand Sagar, Anand Sagar, and Moti Sagar. The role of young Krishna was played by Swapnil Joshi and adult Krishna was played by Sarvadaman D. Banerjee. Govind Khatri was initially roped in to play the role of Dushasan, however later ended with the role of Karna. Ravindra Jain composed music for this serial.
See also * ''Ramayan'' (1987 TV series)* ''Mahabharat'' (1988 TV series)
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