Rama Pandey’s TV series ‘Jaane Apna Desh’ introducing Indian Culture & Heritage to every Indian home touches yet another milestone

Multi-faceted personality Rama Pandey also launches 2 books ‘Guhar’ & ‘Giraftari’

Montage Films’ ‘Jaane Apna Desh’ successfully completes 250 episodes

Rama Pandey, the multi-faceted personality who writes in poetry & prose and uses both the mediums of communications, Audio-Visual as well as the written, to share the rich Indian culture and heritage with generations has reached yet another milestone in her journey. Today, her company Montage Films has produced and aired 250 episodes of ‘Jaane Apna Desh’.

‘Jaane Apna Desh’ is a travelogue that has touched and covered many known and lesser known facts of India and its rich heritage and culture. She has been instrumental in introducing those hidden nuggets about Indian culture which has made her presence felt in each and every house of India. Her travel journey has constantly talked about youth and women empowerment which has inspired many.

To commemorate this milestone her friends organised a star studded evening at The Vivanta by Taj. Her well wishers and friends including Munawaar Rana, Piyush Pandey, Dr. Ashok Chakradhar, Dr. Namwar Singh, Najamus Saqib , Ila Arun, Prasoon Joshi, K. K. Raina, Shehnaz Hussain, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Malini Awasthi, Dr. Sonal Mansingh, Debu Choudhary and Asha Modi were present at today and shared their happiness on the occasion with Rama Pandey.

To mark the occasion, Rama Pandey also launched 2 of her recent books ‘Guhar’ and ‘Giraftari’. These books depict the literary side of her personality which has been overshadowed by her film direction, script writing and production of TV series.  In ‘Guhar’ Rama Pandey brings to fore the various human emotions in the form of poetry while ‘Giraftari’ is poetic dramatization of Franz Kafka’s ‘The Trial’.

Some poems from her book ‘Guhar’ were also presented to the guests by singers Dhananjay Kaul and Mamta in the form of ghazal performance.

Talking about her journey of ‘Jaane Apna Desh’ and her new books, Rama Pandey says, “It’s been a pleasure that a TV series like ‘Jaane Apna Desh’ has been well received and appreciated by the people. My travelogue is not just about the journey but women empowerment and youth of the nation. My books ‘Guhar’ and ‘Giraftari’ also revolve around the same issues and societal problems.”

About Rama Pandey

Rama Pandey has an extensive career of 40 years in diverse fields like broadcasting, acting/theatre, teaching, writing, programme presentation, event management and film production / direction at national and international levels.

Right from her childhood, she had interests in the creative field and began her career as a child artist. Her professional experience includes working with DD India and BBC Hindi and her film industry experience includes acting in 8 art films, directing 300 TV films, including 4 35mm full length feature films.

She has worked with Doordarshan India as a Producer at a time when the channel was the only source of household entertainment and did some pioneering projects for rural audiences. At BBC Hindi Service at Bush House London, she simultaneously contributed regularly to BBC Asian Television and significantly towards some major field projects of the BBC in Asia.

She has an illustrious writing career with several serials, stories, programmes, films, documentaries to her credit. She has written, produced and directed several multi-episode serial programmes (including Shabash Begum, Suno Kahani, Jaane Apna Desh), and several hundred tele-films, news capsules and documentaries. She has written and published Faisle, a collection of true stories of underprivileged but courageous Muslim women who struggled and went ahead to live with success and dignity.

She has numerous laurels to her name. Some of her achievements include being India’s First woman Producer Director at BBC Radio, London (1981), becoming the First Cultural Ambassador of India to be sent to “World Trade Exhibition” held at Montreal, Canada in 1971, being the first Producer Director / Presenter of Indian Satellite Programs, “SITE” in 1972-73 and the first Presenter of “Yuv-vani”, Rajasthan. Apart from these, she produced and directed the longest running TV show with 250 episodes named “Jaane Apna Desh”, which showcases India’s rich culture and heritage.

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