''Fauji'' (

translation Translation is the communication of the Meaning (linguistic), meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The ...

: "Soldier") is an Indian

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-language television series following the training of an

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commando regiment; It was

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's debut in television. It aired on

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in 1989, produced by New Film Addicts. It was directed by

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. The story follows a new set of recruits as they begin their training to become commandos in the Indian Army. If you see the Maroon Beret and parachute insignia on their Training commander Major K.G. Naraynan the best guess is it's about the Indian Army Para SF training. The series shows the daily struggles of the recruits including physical training, the pranks they play on each other, and the punishments they receive from their officers. Originally, Rakesh Sharma who played the role of Vikram Rai was supposed to be the hero of the serial.

's character Abhimanyu Rai (supposedly based on Lt. Col. Sanjoy Bannerji of the Bombay Sappers, Indian Army), was supposed to have been the second lead. However Lt. Col.

said in an interview that the camera “loved him so much” that they had to change the script to prop up Khan as the lead. Initially, Khan's role in the serial was to count the crows. He said, “I landed up on the sets of ‘Fauji’, because the house-owner that we were speaking to after we needed a smaller house post the demise of my father, got to know that I’d been in Mumbai to act, and he revealed that his own father-in-law was producing a TV serial. "When I went there, Colonel Kapoor (producer-director) offered me this sweet role, where I make a mistake and the Major would ask me to go a tree and count the number of crows in it. Once I reveal there are four, he asks me to be ‘Saavdhaan’. I was embarrassed to go back and tell my mother that my role was all about counting crows.”

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also made his debut with this serial.

Cast

* Rakesh Sharma as Maj. Vikram "Vicky" Rai * Amina Shervani as Kiran Kochar *

as Lt. Abhimanyu Rai * Manjula Avtar as Capt. Madhu Rathore *

as N/Sub. Yaseen Khan *

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as Nk. Kishore * Vikram Chopra as Lt. Varuneshwar Singhji Parmeshwar Singhji Chauhan * Gautam Bharadwaj as Lt. Peter Monteiro * A. Kannan as Maj. K. G. Narayanan * Ajay Trihan as Lt. Devender Singh * Sonal Dabral as Lt. Arun * Nikhil Dewan * Neeraj Joshi as Lt. Neeraj * Anupama Sahni as Parvati * Sunil Bindrani as the best hero Now all episodes are available on

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and Jio Cinema

Episodes

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0295776 DD National original programming 1980s Indian television series Indian drama television series Indian military television series 1989 Indian television series debuts Indian action television series