List of best old and popular Doordarshan (DD) serials. Article dedicated to pre-1990s Indian TV shows that you enjoyed in your childhood. This is a massive list with some videos for you to enjoy.
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I have been a member of Orkut for a year now and one of the most interesting communities that I have found there is the community (Sign in with your / account to view the community). I don’t personally know the owner of this community but still applaud his effort in creating this community which has a good 5000 plus members as of now. People reminisce the good old days of television in India.
Back in the ‘80s and the early ‘90s when we had only two channels of the state owned TV station Doordarshan, we were practically over the moon when we watched our favourite serials. If I try to recall, I can still remember Chitrahar (a half hour program on film songs) was telecast every week on Wednesday and Friday at 8pm. Tuesday was the day when they showed a short play enacted almost without any retakes. Then there were serials like Buniyaad, Hum Log, Khandaan which brought many well known TV stars. Names like Alok Nath, Neena Gupta, Kanwaljeet, etc all became household names overnight. I still remember the time when they used to telecast Mahabharat on Sunday mornings. That was the time when literally the entire nation would come to a stand still.
The drama of the serials of that era was so intense that we viewers sat in rapt attention in front of the TV set. Compare them to today’s serials and you will find that they are poles apart.
Today’s serials (most of them from the Ekta Kapoor stable) don’t even have a determined story. They go on and on for as long as 7 years (and still counting) and you will never see the head or tail of the story. This Orkut community that I’m talking about has people talking about old serials, dating back to Hum Log. It makes me wonder, were there no serials before that? Or is it that members of this community are not so old that they can recall serials of before that era?
Or maybe one good reason could be that most people at that time were so poor that they could not afford to buy a TV set and also the fact that television services were restricted predominantly to urban areas and with limited hours of programming, so people rarely cared to buy a TV set. Still, it makes me feel nostalgic reading about all the good old serials of DD, some of which I don’t even remember.
But looking back I do think that being the owner of a 29inch black-white Televista TV set dating back to 1969 does make me an oldie among TV viewers. © Writer’s Block. Dear Friends. Govind Nihalani’s epic tele-film Tamas has been released on DVD by Reliance Home Video. Tamas is based on the classic Hindi novel of the same name written by Bhisham Sahni. The film was first shown on Doordarshan in 1987 as a series and later as a 4-hour-long feature film.
Tamas is being released as a four-DVD (Rs. 799/-) and VCD (Rs.499/-) set. The DVD contains a collectible booklet and an audio-visual interview with Govind Nihalani on Tamas. The film won the Nargis Dutt Award for the Best Film on National Integration. In 1988, Tamas won two national awards: Surekha Sikri won the National Film Award for Best supporting Actress and Vanraj Bhatia won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction.
The film features Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Amrish Puri, Bhisham Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Manohar Singh,Dina Pathak, Saeed Jaffrey and Surekha Sikri.
Yours Nostalgic Soul Sudhir Thakur. Dear Friends It bring much pleasure for me to announce that the UDAAN serial is now available on DVD for many of you it will be treat to your eyes and satisfaction to your senses. Today within 12 hours of its release by Reliance Big Video, I had a copy of the same in my hands and was happy to say that this serial now adds to the list of Doordarshan serial that now I proudly own. Reliance BIG Home Video has just released 1990-’91 TV serial, Udaan on DVD For all of you who would like to bring back those nostalgic memories, Udaan (Flight) was the name of a popular Hindi TV serial that aired on the Indian Television channel DD National in 1990 – 91. The serial was written and directed by Kavita Choudhary who was also the main lead of the serial. It also starred Shekhar Kapur in a cameo. It was probably the first Indian television show on women empowerment.
The serial is inspired by true story of Kavita Choudhary’s elder sister Kanchan Choudhary who after several hardships went to become the first female Director General of Police. Udaan is available as a 5-DVD set and is priced at Rs.499 Yours Nostalgic Soul Sudhir Thakur. Those were the days, when I used to wait for serials, for particular timings. Those were serials having content, message, down to earth. Nothing like a crorepati family and all business deals, stupid love stories lasting for years over years, infact no story just half an hour time pass with 15 minutes ads with 2 breaks.
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Do they want to say there can be no serial around poor family, rural base. India is progressing but interiors are pretty much same, still they have a life which can be depeicted.
Don’t now when can we anticipate quality programmes. Sharing list of serials I have Champion Alladin DuckTales Different Strokes I Dream of Jinni Bewitched Ekta main anekta (Film Division – Ek Chidiya.Anek Chidiya. ) Reporter Alice in Wonderland Guchhha Malgudi Days ChandrKanta Apna apna aasman Shaktiman Kab, kyon, kaise? Nupur Circus Gumrah – Irfan Khan, Neena Gupta Om Namah Shivaya Subah Doosra Keval – Shahrukh Khan Amaravati ki kathayein Chankya ultimate Amarpali Tu Tu Main Main Akhiri rasta/akhir kyon/akhiri daanv????
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