Chunauti

Chunauti
Title card of "Chunauti".
Genre	Drama
Written by	Ashok Patole
Directed by	Sanjiv Bhattacharya
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Chunauti" by Amit Kumar
Country of origin	India
Language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	Total 22
Production
Producer(s)	Rakesh Chowdhary
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	Approx. 25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	DD National
Picture format	SDTV: 480i
Original run	1987 – 1988

Chunauti was a hit television series in India in the 1980s. This marked the debut of many actors, such as Suchitra Krishnamurthy & many others.

Chunauti meaning Challenge was aired on Doordarshan in 22 episodes each about 25 minutes in Hindi.

Plot

Chunauti was a window into the psyche of college life in India. The serial profiled an idealist college principal Mr. Shastri and his travails with the problems that plague students including admissions, donations, ragging, miserable hostel conditions, drug addiction, irresponsible teachers, mass copying, and other malpractices. Character graphs and a well-crafted emotional drama covering every aspect of college life in detail, made Chunauti a big hit.

Chunauti highlighted the higher education system and generated tremendous response from thinkers, planners and common masses. In the serial, Principal Shastri faces adversity. In the end however, with the assistance of many of his students and colleagues he emerges victorious.

Cast

• Rajiv Verma
• Ajit Vachhani
• Mohan Bhandari
• Bharat Kapoor
• Arif Zakaria
• Sunil Puri
• Channa Ruparel
• Suchitra Krishnamoorthi
• Raju Shreshta
• Rita Bahaduri
• Archana Joglekar
• Ali Asgar

Production

• Producer : Rakesh Chowdhary
• Director  : Sanjiv Bhattacharya
• Story - Teleplay : Ashok Patole
• Dialogues  : Mir Muneer
• Camera  : Bharat Nerkar
• Art Director : C. S. Bhatti

External links

• Chunauti at the Internet Movie Database
• Chunauti Title Song Video on YouTube.com