Classic Legends
| Classic Legends | |
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Title card of Season 5 | |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Presented by | Javed Akhtar |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Essel Vision Productions |
| Running time | 40 mins (approx.; seasons 1, 3 & 4) 50 mins (approx.; seasons 2 & 5] |
| Original release | |
| Release | 11 December 2011 – 2 March 2019 |
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Classic Legends is an Indian television Hindi entertainment show based on the notable and talented people of the Hindi film industry. The first four seasons of the show were aired on Zee Classic. The fifth season airs on Zee Anmol Cinema, Zee Bollywood and Zee Cinema HD. The show is presented by popular Bollywood lyricist, Javed Akhtar. In the show, Javed Akhtar explores the lives of great artists from the golden era of Bollywood who graced the silverscreen with their powerful performances. The first season of show premièred on 11 December 2011 followed by four other seasons.
Each episode takes on one artist while the series covers people who were popular actors, actresses, music composers, directors, singers and lyricists.