''Neev'' (lit. Foundation) is an Indian television series broadcast on the Indian
Doordarshan
Doordarshan (), abbreviated as DD, is India's State-owned enterprise, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and B ...
network in 1992.
The show was 13-episode long, and based on life of students in a boarding school.
The show, shot in
Scindia School
The Scindia School is a residential boys’ school established in 1897 and situated in the Gwalior Fort in Gwalior, India. Initially called the Sardar’s School, it primarily served the sons of Indian royals and nobles. In 1933, the school bega ...
,
Gwalior
Gwalior (Hindi: , ) is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; It is known as the Music City of India having oldest Gwalior gharana, musical gharana in existence. It is a major sports, cultural, industrial, and political c ...
, was directed by Madan Kumar and produced by Sanjay Khanna.
Title song of the show was ''Dharti par sooraj ki kirnein'', sung by
Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar (born 3 July 1952) is an Indian playback singer, actor, music composer. Kumar launched his own music production company, named Kumar Brothers Music. He predominantly worked in Bollywood and regional film songs since the 1970s, ...
, composed by Sapan Jagmohan and lyrics by
Naqsh Layalpuri.
Plot summary
The television show portrays life of students in a higher secondary boarding school (up to class XII). Headboy of the school is Rakesh Kapoor. His friends are Chatterjee, a geek, and Sabby and they have a rival group with schoolmate Francis.
Satish and Anurag Sharma are newcomer students to the school. Shahnaz is their dominating classmate, whose father Mr Khan is a kind and understanding housemaster. Actor
Ali Asgar also plays a student.
Lives of students, their pranks, academics, inter-house rivalry, sports, how they adjust to life in a boarding school, and separation from family.
References
External links
Watch title song of Neev* {{imdbtitle, 6689766, Neev
DD National original programming
1990 Indian television series endings
Indian teen drama television series
Television shows set in Madhya Pradesh
1990 Indian television series debuts
Indian television series about teenagers