Chunauti was 22 episodes TV Serial, which was aired in 1987-1988 on Doordarshan DD National (DD1) Channel. The serial was a discovery of talent for many young TV artists of India. The story revolved around a college, and it’s principal. The principal is a role-model teacher and shoulder various problems that existed in today’s education system such as ragging, admission, mass-copying, donation, drug addiction, irresponsible teachers, miserable hostel conditions, etc.
Although the principal faced much adversity in tackling the problems with our education system, at last, he emerged a winner. The principal Shastri became a household name in the country then, after the serial was telecasted. The serial was produced by Rakesh Chowdhary and directed by Sanjiv Bhattacharya. Dialogues were written by Mir Muneer and Camera Work was done by Nerkar. Art director of the serial was C.S. Bhatti and the cast included many known faces such as Ali Asgar, Ajit Vachani, Mohan Bhandari, Rajeev Verma, Bharat Kapoor, Arif Zakaria, Sunil Puri, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Raju Shrestha, Rita Bhaduri, and Archana Joglekar. Singer 'Amit Kumar' had sung the title song of the serial.