Vikram Aur Betaal is based on Betaal Pachisi, written nearly 2,500 years ago by Mahakavi Somdev Bhatt. These are spellbinding stories told to the wise King Vikramaditya by the wily ghost Betaal. Vikram Aur Betaal - Doordarshan - Complete Serial in 1 Video (HINDI). The concept of the program was based on Baital Pachisi, a collection of tales about the legendary King Vikram (identified.

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Betaal Pachisi
Genre	Fantasy
Based on	The Phantom
Directed by	Sunil Agnihotri
Opening theme	'Ye To Hai Betaal'
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	Hindi
No. of episodes	49
Production
Running time	45 minutes (approx)
Production company(s)	Doordarshan
Release
Original network	DD National
Original release	26 May 1997 – 1998

Betaal Pachisi is an Indian television series based on the comic stripThe Phantom. The 49-episode Hindi series originally ran from 1997 to 1998 on DD National.^[1] It was directed by Sunil Agnihotri and starred Shahbaz Khan, Sonu Walia, Puneet Issar, Tom Alter and Vindu Dara Singh.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cast[edit]

Actor	Role
Shahbaz Khan	Betaal
Sonu Walia	TV reporter
Vindu Dara Singh	Zulmato
Puneet Issar	Main Antagonist
Deep Dhillon	Jakaali
Nimai Bali	Teja
Javed Khan	Forest Officer
Arjun
Shiva Rindani
A. K. Hangal	Baba
Tom Alter	Harry
Krutika Desai Khan	Naina Jogan

Controversy[edit]

The show faced a lawsuit when King Features Syndicate filed a case arguing that Sunil Agnihotri had copied the idea of The Phantom comic strips for the Betaal series.^[5]^[6] However, the court ruled that only the unique expression of an idea could be protected, not the idea itself.^[7]

References[edit]

^'Old TV Serials on doordarshan: BETAAL PACHISI'. Blogger. 2 August 2011.
^'Star of Chandrakanta and Betaal Pachisi, Shahbaz Khan to cut his first album'. India Today. 29 September 1997.
^'Fanning out fantasy'. The Hindustan Times. 8 October 1997. Archived from the original on January 28, 1999.
^'TRPs of Krishna on DD falls as Betaal Pachisi draws lot of viewers'. India Today. 28 July 1997.
^Narayanan, Parameswaran (2007). Law of copyright and industrial designs. Eastern Law House. pp. 17, 46. ISBN978-81-7177-190-5. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
^'Business World'. Ananda Bazar Patrika Ltd. January 1997: 46. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
^Mayur Suresh; Atreyee Majumder; Lawrence Liang. 'Encountering the Sustaining Myths of Copyright'(PDF). Infochangeindia.org. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

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Ernest Griset's depiction of Vikram and the Baital in Richard Francis Burton's 1870 retelling of the story.

Vetala Panchavimshati (Sanskrit: वेतालपञ्चविंशति, IAST: vetālapañcaviṃśati) or Baital Pachisi ('Twenty-five (tales) of Baital'), is a collection of tales and legends within a frame story, from India. It was originally written in Sanskrit.

One of its oldest recensions is found in the 12th Book of the Kathasaritsagara ('Ocean of the Streams of Story'), a work in Sanskrit compiled in the 11th century by Somadeva, but based on yet older materials, now lost. This recension comprises in fact twenty-four tales, the frame narrative itself being the twenty-fifth. The two other major recensions in Sanskrit are those by Śivadāsa and Jambhaladatta.

The Vetala stories are popular in India and have been translated into many Indian vernaculars.^[1] Several English translations exist, based on Sanskrit recensions and on Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Marathi versions.^[2] Probably best-known English version is that of Sir Richard Francis Burton which is, however, not a translation but a very free adaptation.^[3]

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3Recensions, editions, and translations

Plot[edit]

The legendary king Vikramāditya (Vikrama) promises a vamachari (a tantric sorcerer) that he will capture a vetala (or Baital), a celestial spirit Pishacha, celestial spirit analogous to a vampire in Western literature who hangs upside-down from a tree and inhabits and animates dead bodies.

King Vikrama faces many difficulties in bringing the vetala to the tantric. Each time Vikram tries to capture the vetala, it tells a story that ends with a riddle. If Vikrama cannot answer the question correctly, the vampire consents to remain in captivity. If the king knows the answer but still keeps quiet, then his head shall burst into thousand pieces. And if King Vikrama answers the question correctly, the vampire would escape and return to his tree. He knows the answer to every question; therefore the cycle of catching and releasing the vampire continues twenty-four times.

Father and son meet mother and daughter, in the Baital's final tale. Illustration by Perham Wilhelm Nahl from Arthur W. Ryder's Twenty-two Goblins.

On the twenty-fifth attempt, the Vetala tells the story of a father and a son in the aftermath of a devastating war. They find the queen and the princess alive in the chaos, and decide to take them home. In due time, the son marries the queen and the father marries the princess. Eventually, the son and the queen have a son, and the father and the princess have a daughter. The vetala asks what the relation between the two newborn children is. The question stumps Vikrama. Satisfied, the vetala allows himself to be taken to the tantric.

Vikram prepares to behead the tantric. Illustration by Ernest Griset from Burton's Vikram and the Vampire.

On their way to the tantric, Vetala tells his story. His parents did not have a son and a tantric blessed them with twin sons on a condition that both be educated under him. Vetala was taught everything in the world but often ill-treated. Whereas his brother was taught just what was needed but always well treated. Vetala came to know that the tantric planned to give his brother back to his parents and Vetala instead would be sacrificed as he was an 'all-knowing kumara' and by sacrificing him the tantric could be immortal and rule the world using his tantric powers. Vetal also reveals that now the tantric's plan is to sacrifice Vikram, beheading him as he bowed in front of the goddess. Then tantric could then gain control over the vetala and sacrifice his soul, thus achieving his evil ambition. The vetala suggests that the king asks the tantric how to perform his obeisance, then take advantage of that moment to behead the sorcerer himself. Vikramāditya does exactly as t

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