Betaal Pachisi (TV series)

Betaal Pachisi
Genre Fantasy
Based on The Phantom
Directed by Sunil Agnihotri
Opening theme "Ye To Hai Betaal"
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of episodes 49
Production
Running time 45 minutes (approx)
Production company(s) Doordarshan
Release
Original network DD National
Original release 26 May 1997 – 1998

Betaal Pachisi is an Indian television series based on the comic strip The Phantom. The 49-episode Hindi series originally ran from 1997 to 1998 on DD National.[1] It was directed by Sunil Agnihotri and starring Shahbaz Khan, Sonu Walia, Puneet Issar, Tom Alter and Vindu Dara Singh in the leading roles.[2][3] [4]

Cast

Actor Role
Shahbaz Khan Betaal
Javed Khan Forest Officer
Sonu Walia TV reporter
Vindu Dara Singh Zulmato
Puneet Issar
Deep Dhillon Jakaali
Nimai Bali Teja
Arjun
Shiva Rindani
A. K. Hangal Baba
Tom Alter
Krutika Desai Khan Naina Jogan

Controversy

The show faced a lawsuit when King Features Syndicate filed a case arguing that Sunil Agnihotri had copied the idea of The Phantom comic strips for the Betaal series.[5][6] However, the court said that only the unique expression of an idea could be protected, not the idea itself.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Old TV Serials on doordarshan: BETAAL PACHISI". Blogger. 2 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Star of Chandrakanta and Betaal Pachisi, Shahbaz Khan to cut his first album". India Today. 29 September 1997.
  3. ↑ "Fanning out fantasy". The Hindustan Times. 8 October 1997. Archived from the original on January 28, 1999.
  4. ↑ "TRPs of Krishna on DD falls as Betaal Pachisi draws lot of viewers". India Today. 28 July 1997.
  5. ↑ Narayanan, Parameswaran (2007). Law of copyright and industrial designs. Eastern Law House. pp. 17, 46. ISBN 978-81-7177-190-5. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Business World". Ananda Bazar Patrika Ltd. January 1997: 46. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  7. ↑ Mayur Suresh; Atreyee Majumder; Lawrence Liang. "Encountering the Sustaining Myths of Copyright" (PDF). Infochangeindia.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
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