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Recorded in Mumbai, 2014 this TV interview was first shown on Rajya Sabha TV.

Irfan talking to the actor writer and director Tigmanshu Dhulia (born 3 July 1967)  in the longest running celebrity talk show Guftagoo

About Guftagoo

Guftagoo (Conversations) is India’s only uninterrupted, unscripted and unhurried celebrity talk show. Running since 2011 the show has a rich repository of 400+ TV shows varying from 30 to 160 minutes.

It’s a unique show interviewing distinguished personalities from various fields of arts and culture. The celebrated anchor Syed Mohd Irfan is host of the show whose distinctive style of conversation forms the essence of the show allowing guests to express their raw emotions. The in-depth interviews provide the viewers an intimate look in the inner worlds of the guests invited to the show. It helps them understand the guest`s life experiences, emotional conflicts, inspirations and struggles that brought out the artist in them and shaped the way they perceive the world.

This documentation of the life journeys of various artists, also serves as a popular audio-visual archive for anthropological studies.

Earlier aired on Rajya Sabha TV for a decade by the name of Guftagoo, show presented to its viewers, the journeys of  personalities from various fields, such as Tom Alter, Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, Irrfan Khan, Jaya Bachchan,Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Nandita Sen, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Milkha Singh, and Shyam Benegal to name a few. Stay tuned.

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Song : Chalo Man Jaayen Ghar Apne

Singer : Yesudas

चलो मन जाएँ घर अपने

Song courtesy Anmol Ratan - Yesudas - Jab Deep Jale Aana

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Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

Every episode here has 4 parts in it.

Rail Kahani (13 to 16)

To have a good look at the grand railway network in Pakistan and India, Raza Ali Abidi, a BBC producer traveled from Quetta to Calcutta by all sorts of trains. Later he produced a radio documentary named 'Rail Kahani'. Here you can listen to all the 16 episodes of the radio programme.

All episodes are converted as audio files from the YouTube channel of Raza Ali Abidi

Note:Part 10 is incomplete in the source file too. Kindly bear with us.

Cover art designed by Irfan © June 2021

Every episode here has 4 parts in it.

Rail Kahani (9 to 12)

To have a good look at the grand railway network in Pakistan and India, Raza Ali Abidi, a BBC producer traveled from Quetta to Calcutta by all sorts of trains. Later he produced a radio documentary named 'Rail Kahani'. Here you can listen to all the 16 episodes of the radio programme.

All episodes are converted as audio files from the YouTube channel of Raza Ali Abidi

Note:Part 10 is incomplete in the source file too. Kindly bear with us.

Cover art designed by Irfan © June 2021

Every episode here has 4 parts in it.

Rail Kahani (5 to 8)

To have a good look at the grand railway network in Pakistan and India, Raza Ali Abidi, a BBC producer traveled from Quetta to Calcutta by all sorts of trains. Later he produced a radio documentary named 'Rail Kahani'. Here you can listen to all the 16 episodes of the radio programme.

All episodes are converted as audio files from the YouTube channel of Raza Ali Abidi

Cover art designed by Irfan © June 2021

Every episode here has 4 parts in it.

Rail Kahani (1 to 4)

To have a good look at the grand railway network in Pakistan and India, Raza Ali Abidi, a BBC producer traveled from Quetta to Calcutta by all sorts of trains. Later he produced a radio documentary named 'Rail Kahani'. Here you can listen to all the 16 episodes of the radio programme.

All episodes are converted as audio files from the YouTube channel of Raza Ali Abidi

Cover art designed by Irfan © June 2021

Dir by Habib Tanvir (1 September 1923 – 8 June 2009)

Every episode here has 4 parts in it.

Sher Darya (57 to 60)

A 60 parts documentary conceived, written, recorded, narrated and produced by Raza Ali Abidi (1991) for the BBC, Londin. The actual recording can be heard here. It is based on a journey from Ladakh to Thatta in Pakistan all along the banks of river Indus also called the Lion River.

All episodes are converted as audio files from the YouTube channel of Raza Ali Abidi

Cover art designed by Irfan © June 2021

Every episode here has 4 parts in it.

Sher Darya (53 to 56)

A 60 parts documentary conceived, written, recorded, narrated and produced by Raza Ali Abidi (1991) for the BBC, Londin. The actual recording can be heard here. It is based on a journey from Ladakh to Thatta in Pakistan all along the banks of river Indus also called the Lion River.

All episodes are converted as audio files from the YouTube channel of Raza Ali Abidi

Cover art designed by Irfan © June 2021