Indradhanush (English: Rainbow) is an Indian children's television series that aired on DD National channel. The series was produced and directed by Anand Mahendroo.^[1] It also featured several young actors like Karan Johar, Urmila Matondkar, Vishal Singh, Ashutosh Gowarikar, and Akshay Anand.^[2] The show used tracks from Maurice Jarre's score for A Passage to India.

The shows follows the story of a group of kids, who assemble a computer. The computer becomes the host to an alien prince from a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy on the run from his enemies. The following events take a lot of weird turns leading to one of the friends, Appu, getting kidnapped by one of the enemies of the Prince. The Prince gives the friends a time-travel machine. With this machine they travel to the past and future (1942 and 2013) to rescue their friend.

• Jitendra Rajpal as Appuswamy Krishnamurthy, known as Appu
• Girish Karnad as Krishnamurthy Appuswamy, Appu's Father
• Deepa Lagoo as Mrs. Ishwari Krishnamurthy, Appu's mother
• Akshay Anand as Balachandran Krishnamurthy, known as Bala, Appu's elder brother
• Vishal Singh as Shoaib, Appu's friend
• Karan Johar^[3] as Srikant, Appu's classmate and close friend
• Sagar Arya as Appu's friend
• Kamla Devi as Saroja Appuswamy, Appu's Grandmother
• Sridevi Mukhi as Jayashree Krishnamurthy, Appu and Bala's elder sister, a doctor
• Ameesha Jhaveri as Preeti, Appu's classmate

Karan Johar, who played Srikant, has revealed that one of the lead roles in the series was offered to Shah Rukh Khan.^[4]

The show was an instant hit and kept viewers hooked because of its fresh content. It is still considered an important show in the history of Indian television.^[5]