''Yatra'' (1986) is an Indian travel-based television series. It was filmed on the

Himsagar Express The 16317 / 16318 Himsagar Express is a weekly Express train of the Indian Railways running between India's southern most operational railway station of Kanyakumari to India's Northern Most Operational and connected railway station(as of March 2 ...

, the longest running train of

Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...

. The series aired on

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 ...

, and had an ensemble cast which included Om Puri, Mohan Gokhale, Ila Arun, Neena Gupta, and Raghubir Yadav, among others. It was directed by

Shyam Benegal Shyam Benegal (14 December 1934 – 23 December 2024) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Often regarded as the pioneer of parallel cinema, he is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers post 1970s. H ...

. Music for the series was composed by

Vanraj Bhatia Vanraj Bhatia (Hindi: वनराज भाटिया ; 31 May 1927 – 7 May 2021) was an Indian composer best known for his work in Indian New Wave cinema. He was also one of the leading composers of Western classical music in India. Bha ...

; camera work was by Jehangir Chowdhury. This 15-part series was shot almost entirely on the Himsagar Express and the Tripura Express.

Cast

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri, (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, English, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, and Marathi films, as well as ind ...

as Gopalan Nair *

Mohan Gokhale Mohan Gokhale (7 November 1953 – 29 April 1999) was an Indian film, television and theater actor who has worked in art films such as '' Sparsh'', '' Bhavni Bhavai'' and '' Mirch Masala''. His father was a senior journalist and Editor of the w ...

as a hermit *

Ila Arun Ila Arun is an Indian actress, TV personality and Rajasthani folk-pop singer known for her works in Hindi cinema, and Indian pop. She has appeared in many prominent Bollywood films such as '' Lamhe'', ''Jodhaa Akbar'', '' Shaadi Ke Side Effe ...

– as Ila, theatre troupe member *

Neena Gupta Neena Gupta (born 4 June 1959) is an Indian actress and television director who works in Hindi films and television along with few Malayalam films. She has received several awards including three National Film Awards, a Filmfare Award and two ...

as Neesha *

Raghubir Yadav Raghubir Yadav is an Indian actor, music composer, singer and set designer who works in Hindi films. He made his film debut with '' Massey Sahib'' (1985), in which he played the title role. He has won two International Awards as Best Actor for ...

Ravi Jhankal Ravi Jhankal is an Indian television, stage and film actor, mostly known for working in Shyam Benegal's films, including '' Welcome to Sajjanpur'' (2008) and '' Well Done Abba'' (2010) and for the role of P. V. Narasimha Rao in '' Pradhanmantr ...

– theatre troupe member *

Himani Shivpuri Himani Bhatt Shivpuri is an Indian actress who is known for her character roles in Hindi films and Hindi soap operas. She is best known for her role in the films including '' Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!'' (1994), ''Raja'' (1995), '' Dilwale Dulhan ...

Uttara Baokar Uttara Baokar (5 August 1944 – 12 April 2023) was an Indian stage, film, and television actress. She acted in several notable plays, such as Padmavati in ''Mukyhamantri'', Mena in ''Mena Gurjari'', Desdemona in Shakespeare's ''Othello'', t ...

Rajendra Gupta Rajendra Gupta (born 17 October 1947) is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doorda ...

– theatre troupe member *

Harish Patel Harish Patel (; born 5 July 1953) is an Indian character actor. He has appeared in a variety of Hindi films, but in recent years has begun to appear in American projects like reimagination of ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' on Hulu and the MCU ...

– as KD, theatre troupe member * Urmi as Madhvi, Gopalan Nair's wife * Irshad Hashmi as Meenakshi's father * Kunda Rege as Meenakshi's mother * Madhav Vatve as a hermit *

Salim Ghouse Salim Ghouse (10 January 1952 – 28 April 2022) was an Indian film, television and theatre actor, theatre director, and martial artist. He has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English films. Early life Salim Ghouse was born in Ch ...

as S.Venugopalan * Atmaram Bhende * Lalita Kenkre * Prem Lala * Gajanan Bangera * Sushma Prakash as Meenakshi * Nikhil Bhagat as Rahul Advani * B. M. Vyas - theatre troupe member * Jairup Jain- theatre troupe member * Binny Latif- theatre troupe member * Ishita Bajpai- theatre troupe member * K.K.Raina * Aparajita as Dr.Parveen * Suresh Kumar Soni * Rupali Walia * C.D.Sidhu * Mohini * Harjeet Singh * Avtar * Nirupama Walia * Kavi Rattan Sharma

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* 1980s Indian television series Indian travel television series DD National original programming 1986 Indian television series debuts Television series about rail transport Television shows set on trains {{India-tv-prog-stub