Shri Krishna (1993 TV series)

Shri Krishna, also known as Krishna is an Indian Hindi-language television 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.

Premise
This series covers various aspects of Krishna's life, including his birth, childhood antics, his role in the kingdom of Mathura, his teachings in the Bhagavad Gita, and his crucial role in the Kurukshetra War, a central event in the Mahabharata. It also delves into his relationships with characters like Radha, his childhood friend, and his interactions with other gods, demons, and mortals.

In the first episode Ramanand Sagar talks about the beginning of the Kali Yuga period, and about king Parikshita being the last king and Kali Yuga starting. It also shows a glimpse of the Mahabharata War

Then the series starts focusing on Shri Krishna's life like his childhood antics, and dives into his relationship with Radha, and Balrama's marriage with Revati, Nara-Narayana, and Yudhishthira being declared as the crown price of Indraprastha.

Cast

 * Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Krishna, Vishnu, Narayana
 * Swapnil Joshi as Teen Krishna
 * Ashok Kumar Balkrishnan as Child Krishna
 * Palak as Child Krishna
 * Deepak Deulkar as Balrama, Sheshanaga
 * Sanjeev Sharma as Teenage Balrama
 * Pinky Parikh as Rukmini, Yamuna, Lakshmi, Durga
 * Reshma Modi as Radha, Lakshmi
 * Shweta Rastogi as Teenage Radha, Lakshmi
 * Paulomi Mukherjee as Devaki
 * Sunil Pandey as Vasudeva
 * Damini Kanwal Shetty (Seema Kanwal) as Yashoda
 * Sulakshana Khatri as Rohini
 * Shahnawaz Pradhan as Nanda Baba, Shurasena, Chanura, Maha Bali
 * Vilas Raj as Kamsa
 * Sandeep Mohan as Arjuna, Nara
 * 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 Kali, Akrura, Jayadratha
 * Girish Pardeshi as Kama, Pradyumna, Shiva, Surya (During the Sagar Manthan)
 * Manish Sharma as Pradyumna (in later episodes)
 * Anupama Pardeshi as Mohini
 * Navneet Chaddha as Aniruddha
 * Deepali Thosar as Rati
 * Sunil Chauhan as Uddhava
 * Mahendra Ghule as Bhima, Hanuman
 * Raman Khatri as Yudhishthira
 * Phalguni Parikh as Draupadi
 * Kumar Hegde as Duryodhana
 * Govind Khatri as Karna
 * Sunil Nagar as Bhishma
 * Jayprakash Sharma as Shakuni
 * Kanu Patel as Dronacharya, Suryadeva
 * Tarakesh Chauhan as Dhritarashtra
 * Premchand Sharma as Pandu, Nakula
 * Lata Haya as Kunti
 * Sonia Kapoor as Subhadra
 * Dinesh Anand, Deepak Jethi as Dushasana
 * Jyotin Dave as Indra, King Shalya, Sage Garga
 * Jharna Dave as Māyāvati, Hidimbi, Durga for an episode
 * Radhakrishna Dutta as Maharishi Uttang, Vishwakarma, Jarasandha
 * Mukul Nag as Sudama, Ashwatthama, Brahmana
 * Prairna Agrawal as Vasundhara
 * Raj Premi as Shishupala, Hiranyakashipu, Jaya
 * Gautam Chaturvedi as Paundraka Vasudeva
 * Anuj Sharma as Abhimanyu
 * Arun Mathur as Shambara
 * Shakti Singh and 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, Mayasura (Shambara’s son), Maya Danava
 * Sanjeev Siddharth as Bhaumasura
 * Arvind Singh Rausariya as Kālayavana, Sage Sheshirāyana (also known as Gārgyat Muni, father of Kaal Yavana and Rājguru of Trigart kingdom), Shambara's Rājguru, Vajranābha
 * N. Jitendra as Kripa
 * Bhakti Narula as Tara
 * Neel Kamal as Kumbhketu (Shambarasura’s Son)
 * Pradeep Nishit as
 * Drupada (1995–1996)
 * Parshurama (1997)
 * Vyasa (1997)
 * Niharika Bhatt as Shambara's wife, Vajranābha's Grandmother
 * Neela Patel as Gandhari
 * Vijay Sharma as Vidura
 * Swati Anand as
 * Second wife of Mahraj Brihadratha of Magadha and Jarasandha's mother (1994)
 * Revati (Balrama's wife) (1994–1995)
 * Shikhandi (1996–1997)
 * Chitralekha (1997)
 * Aslam Khan as Various Roles
 * Shyam Sunder Kalani as Chanura (Episode - 3)
 * 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.

Episodes
Episode 1 – The arrival of Kaliyug at King Parikshit's kingdom

Episode 2 – '''The beginning of Shri Krishna's tale. The tyranny of Kansa. The prophecy from above'''

Episode 3 – '''Kansa conspires to kill King Ugrasen. Devaki gives birth to her first son'''

Episode 4 – Kansa makes King Ugrasen his prisoner

Episode 5 – Kansa's coronation, Devaki has her second son

Episode 6 – Sheshnag has been placed in Devaki's womb, Kansa is afraid

Episode 7 – Sheshnag has been placed in Rohini's womb, Yashoda and Nanda's son attainment yajna

Episode 8 – Shri Krishna gets placed in Devaki's womb, Yashoda gets pregnant

Episode 9 – Balram and Shri Krishna are born

Episode 10 – The celebration of Shri Krishna's birth at Nandrai's home.