Chunauti

Chunauti is an Indian television series that aired on DD National from 1987 to 1988.^[1]

Chunauti
Genre	Drama
Written by	Ashok Patole
Directed by	Sanjiv Bhattacharya
Starring	see below
Opening theme	"Chunauti" by Amit Kumar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Producer	Rakesh Chowdhary
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Samvaad Video Private Limited
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	1987 (1987) – 1988 (1988)

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

• Rajeev Verma
• Ajit Vachhani
• Mohan Bhandari
• Bharat Kapoor as Kothari
• Arif Zakaria as Ramakant Sharma
• Sunil Puri
• Channa Ruparel as Kamini
• Suchitra Krishnamoorthi as Vandana
• Raju Shrestha
• Rita Bhaduri
• Vaishali Dandekar
• Ali Asgar as Yogi
• Devadatt Paranjape
• Babloo Mukherjee

Production

• Producer: Rakesh Chowdhary
• Director: Sanjiv Bhattacharya
• Story/teleplay: Ashok Patole
• Dialogue: Mir Muneer
• Camera: Bharat Nerkar
• Art director: C. S. Bhatti