To be aired every Saturday starting 5 June at 2200 IST, the series will narrate the saga of the family's role in shaping India through several decades, says the official release.

Beginning with Motilal Nehru, the immensely wealthy father and the founder of the dynasty, the documentary takes viewers through the life of his son Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, who laid the foundation of free India for 17 years.

Over the next eight weeks, the series follows Indira Gandhi's coaching of her wayward son Sanjay to be her heir and ultimately Rajiv Gandhi becoming the Prime Minister after her death and his subsequent assassination in 1991.

The series draws upon expert knowledge from those who've played a powerful part in India's political scene and even from key overseas figures such as Lady Mountbatten, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev.

It also offers the views of senior surviving family members, close associates and friends of the dynasty.

To be narrated by Tim Piggot-Smith, the documentary is filmed in India and Pakistan.

Other than covering the saga of family feuds, sufferings and imprisonment, the series also recreates the magical bonds tying the family's many generations together and the glittering power politics they played out on the world stage.