Mirza Ghalib (TV series)

Mirza Ghalib is an Indian Historical drama television drama series written and produced by poet Gulzar.^[1] The series was aired on Doordarshan National in 1988. Naseeruddin Shah played the role of Mirza Ghalib,^[2] the famous classical Urdu and Persian poet from Mughal Empire during British colonial rule. The series featured ghazals sung and composed by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh.^[3]

Mirza Ghalib
Also known as	Mirza Galib
Genre	Historical drama
Written by	Gulzar
Directed by	Gulzar
Starring	Naseeruddin Shah Tanvi Azmi Neena Gupta
Composer	Jagjit Singh & Chitra Singh
Country of origin	India
Original language	Urdu
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer	Gulzar
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	1988 (1988)

Cast

• Naseeruddin Shah as Mirza Ghalib
• Tanvi Azmi as Umrao Begum^[3]
• Neena Gupta - Nawab Jaan^[3]
• Shafi Inamdar as Sheikh Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq
• Sudhir Dalvi as Bahadur Shah Zafar
• Parikshit Sahni as Nawab Shams-ud-Din
• Javed Khan Amrohi as Fakir
• Mac Mohan as Nawab Jaan's servant

Music

It included music and narration. The songs were sung by Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh and narration by Gulzar.^[3]

List of Ghazals included in the TV Series

1. Dil hi to hai
2. Koi din gar zindagaani aur hai
3. Hazaaron khawahishein aisi
4. Har aik baat pe kehte ho tum
5. Bazeecha-e-atfal hai duniya mere aage
6. Aah ko chahiye ek umr
7. Hain aur bhi dunya mein
8. Ishq mujh ko nahin
9. Yeh na thi hamari qismat
10. Kisi ko de ke dil koi