Krishna (also called Shri Krishna) is an Indian television series created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The series originally aired weekly on Doordarshan. It is an adaptation of the stories of the life of Krishna. Shri Krishna was first broadcast on Doordarshan's Metro Channel (DD 2) from 1993.In 1996, the DD Metro broadcast was discontinued and the show was broadcast from the beginning on DD National. In 1999, the show moved to Zee where the remaining episodes were broadcast.
The entire series was re-telecast on Sony starting 2001 and later on Star.
This serial was also telecasted in Mauritius – Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation as early as 1991, Toronto- Channel 57, Nepal –Nepal TV, South Africa- M.Net, Indonesia- P.T. Cipta Television, Jakarta- Pendidikan, Italy- Fifth Remini Cinema International Film Festival, London- U.K.- T.V.Asia
Shri Krishna was produced by Ramanand Sagar, Subhash Sagar and Prem Sagar under the banner of “Sagar Enterprises” and directed by Ramanand Sagar, Anand Sagar and Moti Sagar. The role of young Krishna was played by Swapnil Joshi and grown up Krishna was played by Sarvadaman D. Banerjee
Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Krishna
Deepak Deulkar as Balram
Swapnil Joshi as Krishna (young)
Pinky Parikh as Rukmini/Yamuna
shweta rastogi as Radhaa
Vilas Raj as Kans
Paulommi Mukherjee as Devaki
Sunil Pandey as Vasudev
Deepak Dave as Narada
Vijay Kavish as Ugrasen
Damini Kanwal as Yashoda
Sandeep Mohan as Arjuna
Mahendra Ghuleas Bhim
Raman Khatri as Yudhishthira
Govind Khatri as Karna
Sagar Saini as Narada
Jyotin Dave as Indra
Jharna Dave as Bhanamati-Mother Of Praduymna
RadhaKrishna as Maharishi Uttang\Dev Shilpi Vishwakarma\Jarasandh
Mukul Nag as Sudama\Ashwasthama
Tarakesh Chauhan as Dhritrashtra
Raj Premi as Shishupal
