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. <br /> <br />The entire series was re-telecast on Sony starting 2001 and later on Star. <br /> <br />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 <br />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 <br />Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Krishna <br />Deepak Deulkar as Balram <br />Swapnil Joshi as Krishna (young) <br />Pinky Parikh as Rukmini/Yamuna <br />shweta rastogi as Radhaa <br />Vilas Raj as Kans <br />Paulommi Mukherjee as Devaki <br />Sunil Pandey as Vasudev <br />Deepak Dave as Narada <br />Vijay Kavish as Ugrasen <br />Damini Kanwal as Yashoda <br />Sandeep Mohan as Arjuna <br />Mahendra Ghuleas Bhim <br />Raman Khatri as Yudhishthira <br />Govind Khatri as Karna <br />Sagar Saini as Narada <br />Jyotin Dave as Indra <br />Jharna Dave as Bhanamati-Mother Of Praduymna <br />RadhaKrishna as Maharishi Uttang\Dev Shilpi Vishwakarma\Jarasandh <br />Mukul Nag as Sudama\Ashwasthama <br />Tarakesh Chauhan as Dhritrashtra <br />Raj Premi as Shishupal
