Kirdaar Explained

Runtime:	22–24 minutes
Director:	Gulzar
Starring:	Om Puri
Opentheme:	"Kirdaar" by Jagjit Singh
Composer:	Jagjit Singh
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi Urdu
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	13
Network:	DD National

Kirdaar is an Indian television series aired on DD National directed by Gulzar.^[1] It ran between 1993 and 1994, based on short stories written by different writers in different languages, mainly Urdu, Hindi and Bengali writers.^[2] The short stories were featured from writers like Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Malti Joshi and Samaresh Basu. It starred Om Puri playing various characters in all the episodes and different actors in each episode like Surekha Sikri, Irrfan Khan, Reema Lagoo and Neena Gupta.

Cast

• Om Puri
• Surekha Sikri^[3]
• Ananya Khare (credited as Priti Khare)
  • Sadiya Siddiqui Bhupendra
• Nadira
• Irrfan Khan^[4]
  • • • Neena Gupta Mita Vashisht Reema Lagoo Shahib Abbas
• Mita Vashisht

Episodes

• Alaan - Written by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
• Hisaab Kitaab - Written by Gulzar
• Haath Peele Kar Do - Written by Gulzar
• Khuda Hafiz - Written by Samaresh Basu
• Bel Nimbu - Written by Manoj Basu
• Culture - Written by Malti Joshi
• Sunset Boulevard Part 1 - Written by Gulzar
• Sunset Boulevard Part 2 - Written by Gulzar
• Mann Dhuan Dhuan - Written by Malti Joshi
• Mukhbir - Written by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
• Rehman ki Jutti - Written by Rajinder Singh Bedi
• Shikod - Written by Prafulla Roy
• Baba Noor - Written by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

Notes and References

1. Agarwal . Amit . 31 October 1993. Gulzar to be seen in a prime time serial 'Kirdar' . . New Delhi . . 31 January 2024 . 23 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151123010454/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gulzar-to-be-seen-in-a-prime-time-serial-kirdar/1/303242.html. live.
2. News: ‘I found my confidence only 15-20 years ago’. 4 May 2014. The Indian Express. Harneet. Singh. 7 January 2019. 31 January 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240131213831/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/i-found-my-confidence-only-15-20-years-ago/. live.
3. Web site: Surekha Sikri dies at 75. Balika Vadhu to Tamas, remembering her iconic characters on TV. India Today. 31 January 2024. 17 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210717142035/https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/surekha-sikri-dies-at-75-balika-vadhu-to-tamas-remembering-her-iconic-characters-on-tv-1828842-2021-07-16. live.
4. Web site: It could be verse. India Today. 31 January 2024. 2 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201002163043/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20200720-it-could-be-verse-1699178-2020-07-11. live.