''Adrishya'' () is a non-fiction Indian

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television series that aired on

the EPIC Channel Epic TV is an Indian television channel that airs action, drama, comedy and narrative non-fiction and fictional programming with a focus on Indian history, folklore and epic genre. Launched by In10 Media Pvt. Ltd. on 19 November 2014, a compan ...

. The show is based on real-life stories of Indian spies. The show

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d on 21 November 2014 and aired thirteen episodes.

Show Summary

Adrishya is a show based on some of the greatest spies in Indian

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. These are stories of the unsung

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es that fought for a cause. Every episode depicts the life of a

spy Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangibl ...

and the dangers that accompanied the job. The show presents all the tales from post and pre-

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of India. Some of the spies covered in the show are Bahirji Naik – Chatrapati Shivaji’s Chief Intelligence officer, Kacha - Spy of the Gods, Noor Inayat Khan- descendant of Tipu Sultan and a spy for the British in Paris during world war -2, Durga Bhabhi- the gutsy lady who helped Bhagat Singh escape, Jeevsiddhi- Chanakya's spy, Ravindra Kaushik – the spy who infiltrated

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’s army and many more. The mini-series was consistently rated among the top ten shows of the channel.

Production

The show is produced by Nidhi Tuli, Ashraf Abbas & Akash Thakkar of Rangrez films and written by, Amit Babbar, Anurag Goswami, Purva Naresh, Nidhi Tuli, Raaghav Dar and Sneha Nair. It was shot by Alphonse Roy and edited by Navnita Sen and Zubin Sheikh.

Episodes

* Episode 1 - Bahirji Naik - The Chatrapati

Shivaji Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adi ...

's Chief Intelligence Officer * Episode 2 -

Noor Inayat Khan Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, GC (1 January 1914 – 13 September 1944), also known as Nora Inayat-Khan and Nora Baker, was a British resistance agent in France in World War II who served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The purpose of S ...

- The Unlikely Spy * Episode 3 - Kacha - Spy of The

Gods A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers great ...

* Episode 4 - KSN & Kao * Episode 5 - Azeez-un-Nisa * Episode 6 -

Ravindra Kaushik Ravindra Kaushik (11 April 1952 – November 2001) was a Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) operative, also named as Black Tiger, who is believed to be one of India's best spies. Kaushik served the R&AW from 1979 to 1983 in Pakistan. He was a ...

* Episode 7 - Durga Bhabhi * Episode 8 -

Ajit Doval Ajit Kumar Doval KC (born 20 January 1945) is a bureaucrat & spymaster, serving as the fifth and current National Security Advisor (NSA) to the Prime Minister of India, with the precedence equivalent to Cabinet Minister. He previously served a ...

* Episode 9 - Sharan Kaur * Episode 10 - Jeevsiddhi * Episode 11 -

Chand Bardai Chand Bardai was an Indian poet who composed ''Prithviraj Raso'', an epic poem in Brajbhasa about the life of the Chahamana king Prithviraj Chauhan. The poem presents him as a court poet of Prithviraj. According to it, after Prithviraj was def ...

* Episode 12 - Saraswathi Rajamani * Episode 13 - Amar Bhushan

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References

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