Tipu Sultan to be aired again in Bangladesh
DL desk
Once again, the viewers of Bangladesh will get the chance to watch The Sword of Tipu Sultan, an immensely popular television series of the early 90s, on the small screen. This time around, the series will be aired on Maasranga TV every Friday to Sunday at 9pm.
The series was first telecast in Hindi on the Doordarshan channel in 1990. Then, the episodes were translated into Bangla and aired on BTV in the early 1990s.
Based on a novel by Bhagwan Gidwani, this drama was a portrayal of the life and times of Tipu Sultan, the famous ruler of Mysore. Produced and directed by Sanjay Khan, Akbar Khan, the brother of Khan, directed the first 20 episodes. Music was composed by legendary Naushad and was photographed by Basheer Ali. The remaining episodes were directed by Sanjay Khan, and he also played the leading role of Tipu Sultan. A total of 52 episodes was shot, some of them in the Premier Studios in Mysore, Karnataka. Other prominent actors who were chosen for this drama included Seema Kelkar, Anant Mahadevan, Mukesh Rishi, Shahbaz Khan and Deepika Chikhalia.
