Indradhanush

Indradhanush (English: Rainbow) is an Indian children's television series that aired on DD National channel. The series was produced and directed by Anand Mahendroo. It also featured several young actors like Karan Johar, Urmila Matondkar, Vishal Singh, Ashutosh Gowarikar, and Akshay Anand. The show used tracks from Maurice Jarre's score for A Passage to India.

Plot
The shows follows the story of a group of kids, who assemble a computer. The computer becomes the host to an alien prince from a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy on the run from his enemies. The following events take a lot of weird turns leading to one of the friends, Appu, getting kidnapped by one of the enemies of the Prince. The Prince gives the friends a time-travel machine. With this machine they travel to the past and future (1942 and 2013) to rescue their friend.

Cast

 * Jitendra Rajpal as Appuswamy Krishnamurthy, known as Appu
 * Girish Karnad as Krishnamurthy Appuswamy, Appu's Father
 * Deepa Lagoo as Mrs. Ishwari Krishnamurthy, Appu's mother
 * Akshay Anand as Balachandran Krishnamurthy, known as Bala, Appu's elder brother
 * Vishal Singh as Shoaib, Appu's friend
 * Karan Johar as Srikant, Appu's classmate and close friend
 * Sagar Arya as Appu's friend
 * Kamla Devi as Saroja Appuswamy, Appu's Grandmother
 * Sridevi Mukhi as Jayashree Krishnamurthy, Appu and Bala's elder sister, a doctor
 * Ameesha Jhaveri as Preeti, Appu's classmate

Guests

 * Ashutosh Gowariker as Mr. Appuswamy, Appu and Bala's grandfather
 * Urmila Matondkar as Sunita Shirodkar, Cloned Bala's girlfriend in future
 * Vikram Gokhale as a professor, who creates a clone from Bala's DNA.
 * Siraj Syed as Seth Jamnadas
 * Vishwajeet Pradhan as Joseph
 * Gavin Packard as Android
 * Daryl Packard as Joshua
 * Brij Gopal as Raja

Production
Karan Johar, who played Srikant, has revealed that one of the lead roles in the series was offered to Shah Rukh Khan.

Reception
The show was an instant hit and kept viewers hooked because of its fresh content. It is still considered an important show in the history of Indian television.