Bible Ki Kahaniyan
Bible Ki Kahaniyan | |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | Jose Punnose |
Cinematography | Ashwini Kaul Ramachandrababu |
Editors | Raghupathy T. R. Shekhar |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | Navodaya Studio |
Original release | |
Network | DD National |
Release | 20 December 1992 1996[1] | –
Bible Ki Kahaniyan (transl. Stories from the Bible) is an Indian
Premise
The series follows these narrative arcs from the Bible:[3]
- Adam & Eve
- Noah's Ark
- Tower of Babel
- Story of Abraham
- Story of Isaac (Genesis 24:63–64, 25:21–22)[4]
- Story of Jacob (Genesis 27:31–44, 28:1–5)[5]
Cast
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Raza Murad as Noah
- Lalit Tiwari as Narrator
- Arvind Mehra as Voice of God
- Mother Teresa as Herself(Regarding the episode about Noah's ark)
- Daman Maan as Adam
- Soham as Eve
- Varun Vardhan as Cain
- Rajesh Kapoor as Abel
- Raza Murad as Noah
- Asha Sharma as Noah's wife
- Leela Panicker
- Urmila Matondkar as Noah's wife's niece
- Kothuku Nanappan
- Shammi Kapoor as Nimrod
- Jagannathan as Manokh
- Misha as Aman
- Sneha as Nimrod's wife
- Kabir Bedi as Abraham
- Radha Seth as Sarah
- Anamika as Hagar
- Surendra Pal as Eliezer
- Raja Bundela as Lot
- Vishwajeet Pradhan as Nimuk
- Seshad Khan as Ishmael
- Akbar Khan as Amorite/Main priest
- Karan Saluja as King of Sodom/Bethuel
- Bhushan Banmali as Hittite
- Ravi Vaswani/Rajendra Gupta as Laban
- Mohan Gokhale/Kurush Deboo as Isaac
- Mita Vashisht/Neelima Azeem as Rebecca
- Rita Bhaduri as Deborah
- Kanwaljit as Jacob
- Salil Shukla as Young Jacob
- Janak Toprani as Esau
- Master Patnaik as Young Esau
- Satish Kapoor as Abimelech
- Vijay Mehta as Phicol
- Virendra Saxenaas Ahusat
- Sanofar as Altamash
- Aruna Sangal as Cannanitepriestess
- Ketan Merchant/Prince George as Hittite kids
- Winnie Paranjpe as Leah
- Sunila Karambelkar as Rachel
- Vasudev Bhatt as Ibduil
- Tamara George as Bilhah
- Chanda as Zilpah
- Saba as Laban's wife
- Aakash Chopra as Reuben
Background and production
Filming and locations
The series was shot on different locations in India per the narrative arcs:
Research
Additional people credited and referred to for research work on the Patriarch episodes included Bishop
These institutions were also credited:
Sources consulted
- Books
A number of religious texts and scholarly sources were consulted for the Patriarch episodes, these included:[4][5]
Book | Author |
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The Jerusalem Bible
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École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem
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Apocryphas
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Midrash | |
Antiquities of the Jews | Flavius Josephus |
Encyclopaedia Judaica | MacMillan Publishers |
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |
Jewish Encyclopedia | Funk & Wagnalls |
Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament | James B. Pritchard |
Archaeology and the Old Testament | James B. Pritchard |
The Ancient Near East in Pictures | ed. James B. Pritchard |
Documents from Old Testament Times | ed. David Winton Thomas
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The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible | George Arthur Buttrick |
The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible | ed. Keith Crim |
The Jerome Biblical Commentary
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Raymond E. Brown |
Joseph and His Brothers | Thomas Mann |
The Ancient History of the Near East | Henry R. Hall |
Ancient Iraq | Georges Roux |
Ancient Mesopotamia | A. Leo Oppenheim
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At that Time the Canaanites were in the Land | Irit Ziffer |
Babylon and the Old Testament | André Parrot |
Cradle of Civilization | Samuel Kramer |
The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia | Michael Roaf |
Ebla - An Empire Rediscovered | Paolo Matthiae |
The Archives of Ebla | Giovanni Pettinato |
Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria | Georges Contenau |
Folklore in the Old Testament | James George Frazer |
Genesis | Gerhard von Rad |
Life and Language in the Old Testament | Mary Ellen Chase |
Myths, Legends and Customs in the Old Testament | Theodor Gaster |
Stories from Ancient Canaan | Michael D. Coogan |
The Ancient Gods | E. O. James |
Cambridge World History
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Cambridge University Press |
Hazor | Yigael Yadin |
Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Biblical Research | William G. Dever |
Shechem | G. Ernest Wright |
The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands | Yigael Yadin |
The Bible As History | Werner Keller |
The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives | Thomas L. Thompson |
The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha | James H. Charlesworth |
Treasures from Bible Times | Alan Millard |
Ugarit and the Old Testament | Peter Craigie |
Women in Ancient History | Harriet Stowe |
Wanderings | Chaim Potok |
Dawn of Civilization | Stuart Piggott |
- Articles
Articles referred to in the production of the Patriarch episodes included:[4][5]
- "Journey into the Living World of the Bible" by Melville Bell Grosvenor (Oct 1967)
- "Splendors of the Bronze Age" by George F. Bass(Dec 1987)
- "Bringing Old Testament Times to Life" by G. Ernest Wright (Dec 1957)
- "The Mothers of Israel" by J. Cheryl Exum (Spring 1986)
- "Patriarchal Burial Site Explored for First Time in 700 Years" by Nancy Miller (May–June 1985)
- "Ekron of the Philistines" by Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin (Jan/Feb 1990)
- "Elie Borowswki Seeks a Home for his Collection" by Hershel Shanks (Mar/Apr 1985)
- "Exploring Philistine Origins on the Island of Cyprus" by Vassos Karageorghis (Mar/Apr 1984)
- "Jacob Takes his Bride" by Thomas Mann (Spring 1986)
Music
The title song by music director Karthik Raja was based on Psalm 126:5–6.[11] The Patriarch episodes had lyrics written by Kaifi Azmi and Hasan Kamaal with songs sung by Kavita Krishnamurti, Vinod Rathod, Suresh Wadkar, and Vani Jairam.[10] These episodes included recreated Hurrian songs by Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, and Ancient Greek music by Gregorio Paniagua. Music from "The Music of the Bible Revealed, Tapes and the Book" by Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura, and "The Rise of Ancient Israel" by the Biblical Archaeology Society was also included in these episodes with Vantoura also serving as an advisor.[4][5]
Broadcast and release
Broadcast
The first Episode "Adam and Eve" aired on 20 December 1992 on DD National. DD discontinued the series after few episodes because there was fear of communal tension as some people, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, had objections with the portrayal of Islamic prophets on screen.[15]
Home media
A 4 disk set of Bible Ki Kahaniyan was released on DVD by Indus Video in the NTSC standard, containing all six episodes of the series that were broadcast by Doordarshan.[3]
See also
- Christianity in India
- Dayasagar
- Yeshu
- List of Christian films
- List of films based on the Bible
- List of programs broadcast by DD National
- Religious broadcasting
Further reading
- Agarwal, Amit (15 January 1993). "TV serial 'Bible Ki Kahaniyan' emphasises more on authenticity than spectacle". India Today.
- Democratic World. Vol. 21. Gulab Singh & Sons. 1992. pp. 34–36.
Notes
- ^ Kerala has a significant Christian minority, especially the historical community of Saint Thomas Christians.[9]
- St. Francis Xavier's first missionary activity in India.[13]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-93-89995-09-1. Archivedfrom the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ISBN 978-88-85095-26-7. Archivedfrom the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Bible Ki Kahaniyan [4 DVD Set] DVD (1993)". Induna.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bible Ki Kahanya - Story of Isaac, archived from the original on 18 May 2021, retrieved 18 May 2021
- ^ a b c d e f g Jacob, archived from the original on 18 May 2021, retrieved 18 May 2021
- ^ "The Third Coming - the Indian Post". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ a b "TV serial 'Bible Ki Kahaniyan' emphasises more on authenticity than spectacle". 15 January 1993. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ "Indian television has a long way to go: Kabir Bedi - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ Thomas Christians at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ a b "Bible Ki Kahaniya". nettv4u. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Bible Ki Kahaniya - Adam & Eve, archived from the original on 14 May 2021, retrieved 14 May 2021
- ^ Abraham, archived from the original on 18 May 2021, retrieved 18 May 2021
- ^ Tirunelveli Archived 18 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Collins English Dictionary, 12th Edition 2014.
- ^ Bible Ki Kahaniya - Noah's Ark, archived from the original on 19 May 2021, retrieved 19 May 2021
- ^ "More mythology on DD's Sunday slot". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
External links
- Bible Ki Kahaniyan at IMDb
- Bible Ki Kahaniyan at Navodaya Studio