# Kirdaar

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

## Cast

- [Om Puri](/source/Om_Puri)
- [Surekha Sikri](/source/Surekha_Sikri)[3]
- [Ananya Khare](/source/Ananya_Khare) (credited as Priti Khare)
- [Sadiya Siddiqui](/source/Sadiya_Siddiqui)
- Bhupendra
- [Nadira](/source/Nadira_(Indian_actress))
- [Irrfan Khan](/source/Irrfan_Khan)[4]
- [Neena Gupta](/source/Neena_Gupta)
- [Mita Vashisht](/source/Mita_Vashisht)
- [Reema Lagoo](/source/Reema_Lagoo)
- Shahib Abbas
- [Mita Vashisht](/source/Mita_Vashisht)

## Episodes

- Alaan - Written by [Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi](/source/Ahmed_Nadeem_Qasmi)
- Hisaab Kitaab - Written by [Gulzar](/source/Gulzar)
- Haath Peele Kar Do - Written by [Gulzar](/source/Gulzar)
- Khuda Hafiz - Written by [Samaresh Basu](/source/Samaresh_Basu)
- Bel Nimbu - Written by [Manoj Basu](/source/Manoj_Basu)
- Culture - Written by [Malti Joshi](/source/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](/source/Rajinder_Singh_Bedi)
- Shikod - Written by [Prafulla Roy](/source/Prafulla_Roy)
- Baba Noor - Written by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi

## References

1. Agarwal, Amit (31 October 1993). ["Gulzar to be seen in a prime time serial 'Kirdar'"](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/19931031-gulzar-to-be-seen-in-a-prime-time-serial-kirdar-811752-1993-10-30). *[India Today](/source/India_Today)*. New Delhi: [Living Media](/source/Living_Media). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20151123010454/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gulzar-to-be-seen-in-a-prime-time-serial-kirdar/1/303242.html) 23 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

1. Singh, Harneet (4 May 2014). ["‘I found my confidence only 15-20 years ago’"](https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/i-found-my-confidence-only-15-20-years-ago/). *The Indian Express*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240131213831/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/i-found-my-confidence-only-15-20-years-ago/) 31 January 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

1. ["Surekha Sikri dies at 75. Balika Vadhu to Tamas, remembering her iconic characters on TV"](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). *India Today*. [Archived](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) 17 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

1. ["It could be verse"](https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20200720-it-could-be-verse-1699178-2020-07-11). *India Today*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201002163043/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20200720-it-could-be-verse-1699178-2020-07-11) 2 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 January 2024.

## External links

- [Kirdaar](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2459170/) at IMDb

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