The drama was directed, written and produced by Shyam Benegal with cinematographer V. K. Murthy in 1988 for state-owned Doordarshan.

[4] Its cast included Om Puri, Roshan Seth, Tom Alter and Sadashiv Amrapurkar.

[5] Production designer Nitish Roy with assistants Samir Chanda and Nitin Desai built 144 sets.

[6] The 53 episodes series was launched in November 1988 which coincided with the birth centenary of Nehru.

[1] The series was re-telecasted on DD Bharati from 27 May 2013 on the occasion of 49th death anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.