DOORDARSHAN- DOWN MEMORY LANE
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Yes, I know this site is for cinema only, but Doordarshan is the birth place of some of the todays successful personalities of Indian cinema so Let myself be 10 years old and get back to late 80s and early 90s- the era of Doordarshan. The one and only daily entertainment dose of every Indian.
Lets check out some goods and bads of Doordarshan and our memory power.
Most of the serials were of 13 episodes and so people were associated with character for 2-3 months and it made more concentrated and sensible serials.
- Ramayan and Mahabharat- how can we mention doordarshan without Ramayan and Mahabharat? Literally there was Curfew like situation on Sunday mornings when these two epics were telecasted. These serials made life of Arun Govil (Ram), Mukesh Khanna (Bhisma), Punit issar (duryodhan), Rupa Ganguli (Draupadi) , Dipilka(Sita) etc.. Though technically poor, these two serials created mass histeria for TV selling. People used to do pooja of TV before starting of these serials. Harish Bhimanis voice as main samay hoon made great impact in Mahabharat. I liked Dara singh as Hanuman very much.
- Malgudi Days- this serial needs a separate post. Based on R K Narayans book, made by Shankar Naag , this serial is the best of all time serials I have ever seen. and the title theme taana na taana na na I can remember it today also with R K Laxmans sketches.
- Udaan- based on Kiran Bedis life, Kavita chaudhary was lead actress and serial was quite popular. Story of a girls journey to become an IPS officer.
- Daane Anaar Ke one middle class family wins lottery and how behaviour of family and people related with them changes a nice story. I can recall only Neena gupta. Perhaps Gulzar wrote the title song kissa hai kahaani hai paheli hai
- Mirza Ghalib- Jab Gulzar, Jagjit singh and Naseeruddn shah saath me ho to poochna hi kya?. I was too immature to understand this serial. So not much memory associated with this serial.
- Humlog, Buniyaad- I was too small at that time, cant remember much except Dada Monis speech at the end of every episode.
- Nukkad- Dilip Dhawan, khopdi, and other popular actors born with this serial. Directed by Aziz mirza this serial was quite populat at that time.
- Cartoons- Ducktales, Telespin after Chanakya at 10:30 these two cartoons were telecasted. I can recall Uncle screwz only.
- Junglebook -I can recall some characters Mowglee, Bagira, Sherkhan. Sherekhans voice was given by Nana Patekar and music was given by todays genius director Vishal Bhardwaj and lyrics was by Gulzaar saab. Remember that amar song jungle jungle baat chali hai pataa chala hai, chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai.. Akira Kurosawas name was also there in titles. Dont for what purpose.
- Stoneboy- Master Ankur was as stone boy and was living on hills and a group of students goes for picnic and then bring stone boy with them
- Sigma- a sci-fi serial based on space and space shuttles.
- Chandrakanta- started very well but lost interest after introduction of too many characters and complicated story. Shahbaaz khan and Shikha swaroop was lead actors. I can recall two names of citiesNaugadh and Vijay gadh. But serial gave fame to Kroor Singh played by Akhilendra Mishra.
- Chanakya- a truly classic serial by Dr. Chandraparakash Dwivdi (director of Pinjar) also made life of Pamod moutho(Villain of Khalnayak)
- Vikram Vetaal again technically poor serial by Ramanad Sagar before Ramayan. But I liked lot as a child. Arun Govil played role of king Vikram
- Vyomkesh Bakshi The best detective serial I have ever seen. Rajat kapoor( Gandhiji in Making of mahatama and seen in almost every film of Shyam Benegal like zubeida, Suraj ka saatvan ghoda, Sardar Begam) was as Vyomkesh bakshi in dhoti and kurta and K K Raina as his assistant much much better than todays CID.
- Talaash- This serial was based on the search of some person. Cant remember much. But main actor was Alok Naath and directed by great Hrishikesh Mukerjee.
- Rangoli- countless Sunday mornings started with Rangoli. no song was repeated.
- Tenaliraman- Birbal of south India – played by Vijay Kashyap, had pure entertainment.
- Phir wohi talaash- directed by Lekh tendon. I can recall only Madan Jain (one of the character in Ankush) and Nilima Azim (Shahid kapurs mother). The story was a small town boy comes to metro and falls in love with a rich and sophisticated girl. Virendra Saxena played father of Madan Jain.
- Muzrim Haajir- Nutan was lead actress and Virendra singh and Navani parihaar was introduced in this serial. serial had Bengali background and I can remember goon goona, goon goona, goon goona re goon goona
- Nupur- directed by Hema malini and lead actor was Sudesh Berry and had background of classical dance and music.
- Circus- when shahrukh khan was top star of TV he did this serial with Renuka Shahane. I think it was directed by Aziz Mirza. Also had lots of actors of Nukkad.
- Tipu sultan- this serial created lots of hype before its telecast and sanjay khan invested lots of money and hard work in it. Shahbaaz Khan became quite popular as Hyder Ali which bagged him a film as a hero Naachne waale Gaane waale directed by B. Subhash with Kadarkhan, Shakri kapoor and Shiba.
- Vishwamitra- created lots of hype as this was second serial of Mukesh khanna after Mahabharat. Bhanupriya played role of Urvashi.
- Kille ka rahasya- dont recall much, but I used to close my eyes when a big Punja was coming closer to camera.
- 1234- a child detective serial. Can remember the song ek do teen char, chro mikar saath chale to karde chamatkar
- Lok lok ki baatein, Katha saagar- serials based on different stories by different writers.
- Sauda- made by B.R. chopra and story was associated with freedom movement. Can remember its title song yeh zindagi hai ek sauda
- Chitrahaar- evey Wednesday and Friday at 80 clock with dinner.
- Karamchand- Pankaj kapoor as karamchand (with carrot) and Sushmita mukerjee as kitty. directed by Pankaj Parashur.
- Jugalbandhi- after the success of karamchand this serial was started. One of the detective was Radha Sheth and other male detective cant remember.
- Fauji- First serial of SRK which made him quite popular on TV.
- Tamash- directed by Govind Nihalani, the serial had huge starcast like ompuri, amrishpuri, deepa sahi etc. created some controvery also.
- Manzil apni apni- lead actors were Mohan bhandari and Radha sheth. a young man goes to a village to make it a better place.
- Fatichar- Pankaj Kapur as fatichar. First time I saw people leaving in huge govt. water pipes. It was humorous light comedy serial.
- Mrignayani- the story was- a king attracted by beauty of a girl. Amol palekar directed this serial and Pallavi Joshi was lead actress.
- Humraahi this serial gave fame to Writer Manohar shyaam joshi and Himani Shivpuri. First serial having external marital affairs.
- Surbhi first interesting and entertaining information based programme. Renuka Sahane was introduced in surbhi. Sidhdharth Kak and Renuka both were host in this programme. Renukas hair cut and colgate smile were quite popular. This programme created question and answer contest first time on TV.
- Guniram- story of a villager who comes to city and makes mistakes every day. Rakesh bedi played role of Guniram.
- Mr. Yogi- an NRI comes to India in search of his bride. His meeting with different girls with different backgrounds and then comedy emerges. Mohan Gokhle was Mr. Yogi and director was Ketan Mehta. I cant forget the last episode where ice-cream was throwing in the party.
- Mungerilal ke haseen sapne- talented Raghuvir Yaadav as Mungherilal used to see dreams of a person whichever attracts him. Perhaps director was Prakash Jha.
- Kakkaji kaheen- Om puri was kakkaji. A comedy serial and kakkaji was used to laugh at the end of every sentence.
- Bharat ek khoj-based on Pt. Jawaharlal Nehrus book Discovery of India, directed by Shyam Benegal. I cant recall much because serial was too heavy and I am not at that level that digest this kind of serial. In one episode Aloknath played role of Swami Vivekanand.
- Lekhu- Lekhu (mohan gokhle) is villager with tremendous talent and was used by a professor ( I think aloknath)
- Deviji- starring Annu kapoor and swaroop sampat- telecasted in afternoon.
Then there was lots of serials like Ekkai dahai sekda, Nirmala, Gaurav, Param veer chakra, Lahun ke phool, Intezaar, Dil Dariyaa, Honee Anhonee.. which were quite popular.
remember some video songs like
- Mile sur mera tumhara- almost every day this song was shown. I saw it only for the scene where AB, Jeetendra and Mithun was shown together.
- Sun sun mere nanhe sun- a video directed by subhash ghai at time of 1992 riots. It had Jackie shroff, Rajnikanth, chiranjeevi and bunch of starts popular at that time.
And at last some irritating things on doordarshan…
- The boards- Rookavat ke liye khed hai.
- Same old faces in the news every day. I remember some of the names like Shammy Narang , Sarla Maheswari, Salma Sultan..
- Nritya ka Akhil Bhartiya Karyakram
- Focus- a discussion programme in English based on current issues – I never seen its any episode but after some popular serial it was telecasted so I knew it.
So that was my memories related with Doordarshan.- after Star TV and Zee tv came in 1992, Indian people hungry for entertainment turned to cable tv channels and I was one of them.
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Jungle Book, Malgudi Days, Akbar & Birbal and Vikram Vetal were my favorite as well. But I did not see any of these Doordarshan programs on Doordarshan; I saw those programs on one of the cable channel :d
Do you guys remember Udan Choo?
I remember
the male detective with radha seth was Benjamin Geelani – i think later on in the show he’s shot dead and replaced by someone else – don’t remember who though?
you did forget to mention Star Trek, The Living Planet, What’s the Good Word?, Quiz Time, India This Week & the classic Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi. I think re-runs of YJHZ are now being shown on Star Plus every sat(?) at 11AM – not sure of the exact schedule.
but a nice post. brings back lots of memories.
yes, the program of The world this week by pranav roy.
manohar shyam joshi wrote hamlog n buniyad nefore humraahi.. n u forgot raag darbnaari…n charitraheen….nirmala….they all based on novels…n tehkiqat…neem ka ped….Intezar…n btw can anybody tell me who gave the statement…”rukawat ke liye khed hai” to doordarshan…any pfcities ? we can also remeber aap aur hum…
Hi,
What about Yeh jo hai zindagi,Tehkikaat.
tehkikaat was telecasted in 1995 when zee, sony, star were already in the race.
i have mentioned nirmala at the end of post. the lead role played by ananyan khare (seen in devdas-2002).
When I saw this post first I thought maybe it was a copy paste from other blogs. But maybe you must have done research from other sites.
Wanted to add another programme from the 90’s, “Rang- a- Rang”. It was a filmi programme which used to come at 11 pm on Thursdays. Divya Dutta was the anchor. I used to go to sleep at 10 and get up at 11 again just to watch this programme. Even the same for Mile Sur Mera Tumhara. I think it was on Tuesdays.
Some of my other favorites were Gul Gulshan Gulfam, Wagle Ki Duniya, Giant Robot, Street Hawk, Glitterball, etc.
There was another cartoon. Forgot the name. But it had a beautiful title song “Hawa Meetti Tu aaja”. Someting like that
Shailesh: Thanks for taking us in past.
Before DD Delhi started telecasting serials, Lucknow Doordarshan had telecasted a serial “Beebi Natiyon wali”. It can be said as grandmother serial of most of the social theme based serials, like Nukkad etc. I forgot the name of the veteran actor who played the role of Mirza in that, some Mishra and he played a muslim charcater and his diction of urdu and dialogue delivery was a major attraction. and his long ears resembling Gandhi ji and Budha. He became people’s own family member, not to forget the lady actress who played lead role.
Then there was Dadi Ma jagi, where dadi wakes up after sleeping in Coma for years and all the new developments are a problem for her. a nice comedy.
-1984 saw India’s first INSAT sattelite launching, Rakesh Sharma going in space and starting of serial Hum Log (ofcourse year is infamous for operation blue star, assasination of Mrs Gandhi and then riots), Khandan and Ye Jo hai Jindagi.
Several serials in morning of Sunday along with some english serials like “Different Strokes”
and a unique serial was there, something with title “Himalaya —-” Neer saw any other serial like that.
Then there were two serials based on good hindi literature, Kab Tak Pukaroon (based on Rangey Raghav’s book) which had Pankaj Kapoor’s yet another mile stone performance and Raag Darbari(based on Srilal Shukla’s book)
Then one was the serial,”Aisa Bhi Hota hai” where they used to show us some strange things either happening in world or existing in world.
was it from Monica Lal and Gopal Sharma?
Then there was Trishna based on Pride and Prejudice, serial was better than Gurinder Chadha’s film on same book, Bride and Prejudice.
Vinod Pande’s Air Hostess and Reporter.
Kavita Chadhary’s Udaan was not based on life of Kiran Bedi but on the life of her own sister Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, who is an IPS officer and married to an IAS officer Mr Bhattacharya. If you recall Shekhar Kapoor had played role of IAS officer in the serial.
Then there was Neem ka Perh, bringing one of the finest performances from Pankaj Kapoor.
Balwant Gargi’s Sanjha Chulha. then Doosra Keval which also starred SRK.
a serial was there which presented first time Nutan on TV.
A special chitrahar was there which was presented by celebrities like Shekhar Kapoor, Javed Akhtar etc. they used to show their favourite songs and with reasons why they liked these songs.
One was the serial where Javed saab used to tell about Hindi cinema. for ex. he told that V Shantaram took 10-11 minute long scene in a stretch as he had no film role to spare as it used to be imported and he did it with fixing the camera and artists came in front of camera and went when other actor had to come. It was such along shot and he did not have resources to waste a single inch of footage.
Then there were some serials based on Premchand’s book like Nirmala. Karmabhumi etc.
Then based on Kashmir a serial was there, Gul Gulshan Gulfam where utterly glamorous and husky voiced Radha Seth played role of wife of Parikshit Sahni.
Not to forget, Ranjit Kapoor’s Chekhov ki dunia.
and BR Chopra’s Khajana, where he used to present stories based on world wide literature. and Ek Kahani, somewhat similar serial.
and then Kabira, where Annu Kapoor nicely played the role of Kabir.
some patriotic serials. one by Manoj Kumar, one by Dheeraj Kumar (Kahan gaye wo log?) and ParamVeer Chakra by Chetan Anand.
and there was a serial in mid 80s, Kachi Kachi Dhoop. Serial was directed by Amol Palekar and it presented a young Bhagya Shri and daughter of Amol Palekar. Bhagya Shri had many young fans and one of the reason Maine Pyar Kya was a instant hit was this also. More than Salman Khan, who was nobody at that time,. people knew Bhagya Shri and she had disappared from the scene after the serial and when news came she has been casted by Suraj Barjatya for his debut film, it revoked memories of old admirers.
Then Satyajit Rays/Sandip Rays Prof Shonku.
And many more, which may take space equivalent to your article.
thanks Shailesh for this memory trip
No research was done for thia post. This is just type on pc from memory.
sorry i forgot these two wagle ki duniya(anjan srivastava and bharti achrekar) light hearted comedy
and Gul gulshan gulfam- story with background of kashmir and house boats. had beautiful title song “muskurati subah ki aur gungunati shaam ki, ye kahaani gul ki hai gulshan ki hai gulfam ki…”
More than anything I really miss two serials from Doordarshan – Katha Saagar and Darpan. Both used short stories by famous Indian/ international writers and got them enacted by very talented TV actors in a simple, dignified and unpretentious way. Plus, it lasted 30 minutes and was perfect for short, absorbed viewing. I remember seeing stories by O Henry, Bernard Shaw amongst a lot of north and south Indian writers.
This was a treasure trove of literature that I still miss amidst the silly serial-explosion of these days. The content has completely gone for a toss now.
@RK
Himalay Darshan. That’s the serials name. Used to get scared watching it.
Justice: thanks for mentioning full name of the serial. yes it was Himalaya Darshan. why you got scared watching?
It even had musical sound of flowing water and so many other natural sounds:)
n on sundays they used to show award winning regional films…almost every possible langugae…afternoon slot. never used to miss them. n nice work shaiesh.
RK, and also there was serial called “Mahanagar” in which shekhar kapoor was hero.
sorry i don’t Udaan was based on some other personality. but it was very well made serial.
Jyadeep, for yeh jo hai zindagi i can remmebr only it had satish shah and rakesh bedi.
I rememeber one serial where i think Irrfan Khan (haasil)was there and he played character of collector and was appointed in some hilly area or small town. can’t rememeber its name..
can anybody tell me who gave the statement “rukavat ke liye khed hai….”
The male detective with Radha Seth in Jugalbandhi was Tom Alter. I remember their crackling chemistry but the serial was taken off air quite abruptly.
There was Srikant based on Sarat Chandra’s book of the same name, with Farooq Shaikh as Srikant and I think Sujata Mehta played his childhood sweetheart. A very good adaptation of the book!
Anyone remembers Sai Paranjape’s serials? Ados Pados, I think, with lots of characters including Amol Palekar, Rameshwari etc.
And of course, there was the serial based on P G Wodehouse’s Leave it to Psmith, directed by Lilliput with Mazhar Khan, Anu Agarwal and Kiron Kher. Anyone remembers the name?
And was there something called sachchi kahaniyan or am I imagining it? crime stories, I think..
There was also Rajani which was quite a sunday staple.
Then there was another serial called PC aur computer or something like that about a supercomputer, which was aired on sundays…
I also wanted to add that in 1989 there was a month-long Director’s film festival where they aired all movies of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Raj Kapoor, Guru dutt et al every night..I remember the year because I gave my 12th board exams that year but did not miss a single movie!
Thanks, Sailesh. Really enjoyed this post!
Few more:
Ajnabi:by Danny Denzogappa, quite a watch.
Junoon:Long running serial nice episodes, good interlinked stories and a nice title song
“kisiko mohabbat ka hai junoon…”
Swabhimaan:Modern soap opera…ahead of its time..and major launchpad of Manoj Bajpai(as Suneel..I loved that character and Manoj was at his usual best) and Ashutosh Rana(as Tyagi).
Zameen Aasman:Another good serial by Mahesh Bhatt.
Kshitij yeh nahi:Starring Supriya Pilgaonkar,good story and a nice watch again.
Another serial with Nadira,Deepti Naval and Mona in the lead. Three ladies, at different stages of life, uniting. Good premise and nicely made.
after a crazy, rip-my-hair-apart kind of a morning ~X( this was the PERFECT post to calm me down and take me into another world.. thank you so much shailesh
if this is from memory, then ^:)^ ^:)^
i think between your post and the comments, most of the shows i could think of were covered.. the only ones i don’t see are the public service announcements.. “ek, anek, aur ekta” being my most favourite
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WpT3TqsNqBY
there was another similar-themed PSA with a school of small fish which scares away the bigger fish by uniting together in the shape of a really big fish.. can’t seem to find that online anywhere..
then i found another one about spreading rumours on youtube.. i don’t remember this one though..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_7sgEEqFjVI
another favourite show was “ek do teen char”.. a fun watch on sunday mornings about four friends who solve mysteries around the neighborhood..
and last but not least, FLOP SHOW!! i can’t talk about doordarshan and not mention this HILARIOUS sketch comedy show with jaspal bhatti at the helm.. the best part was the parody of classic hindi songs which would always play towards the end of the show with the episode as its theme.. some episodes of it can be found on youtube but i’d recommend anyone to buy the original DVD/VCDs as it’s just more fun that way, plus you get to own a piece of history, not to mention, fond memories
italkies members can also rent flop show on DVD..
Shailesh, Thanks for the post. Loved it.
However you missed to mention “Discovery of India” directed by Shyam Benagal. I liked the Title Song very much and know more about Indian history from this episode then any history books.
Agree Malgudi Days, Chanakya and Vyomkesh Bakshi were the best in their respective categories.
You also missed Manoranjan and Yeh Jho hai zindagi.
Shawshank: Shailesh mentioned Bharat ek khoj, this was the name of the serial, based on the Pt Nehru’s book “Discovery of India”. You missed man is hindi english ke chakkar mein:)
Striker!! Agree Flop show was the best satire show or spoof show. Jaspal Bhatti is the best.
I liked Sriman Srimathi (DD2) as well.
:d
RK thanks for pointing that out. I guess I missed it.
Sorry guys. Was just trying to add more shows. I am definetely not complaining.
Did you people miss this????
Indradanush – Karan Johar’s debut as an actor. It also had Akshay Anand. It was about a group of kids who build a time machine. Somehow they amnage to make it work…..it borrowed a lot him back to the future too….and had topics like clones and stuff…..loved it….would not miss it for anything those days.
Then there was “PC -1008″ with Kanwaljeet in the lead. He played a havaldar who solves crimes.
Faster Fene – It had sumeet raghavan in the lead. It was about this teenage detective in the lines of 1234…..
Wah janab – Shekar Suman’s debut.
Hum Bambai Nahi Jayenge – contrary to popular belief Manoj Bajpai made his debut in this serial. It is about a group of theatre artists who resolve to stay true to theatre and not run away to films
I used to love this too. “Kya Banoge Munna”. Quite ahead of it’s times. It was about a small kid and the pressures on him to achieve at a very young age. It had Govind Namdeo.
The title song went like. “kya banoge munna…mummy kehti bano doctor…papa kehte afsar…engineer banjaoo bhaiyya..behna kehti aksar…bacche ke khel-kood mein bolo bache ka kay hissa…iss sawal ke hi jawab mein kar de shuru yeh kissa…kya banoge…munna….”
Stone boy had master ankur yeh as the stone oy…it also had master manjunath [Swami of Malgudi Days] play the boy who finds him and gets him home…it was in news those days as it was entirely shot in Mauritius.
and before i forget….SAILESH THANKS A TON FOR THIS>>>>SUPERB SUPERB>>>visuals just running thru my mind….thanks a ton….damn good…
VB: ya Wah Janab was a quite good comedy serial with full flavour of Lucknow. It had Kiran Juneja against Shekhar Suman and Shailendra Goyal played friend of Shekhar Suman. Then Shekhar was in one more serial “Teen Varsha”, based on Bhagwati Charan Verma’s novel with same title.
DD used to show a serial Alpha Plus also on Sunday which was good preparation for those who wished to appear in NDA or IMA.
@Justin John
will try not to provide a list from my side as it would run in pages.. here are some of the answers..
@Honhaar Goonda
Do you guys remember Udan Choo?
I believe you are talking about the children film udan chhoo (with baune actors and johny walker as inspector) which was a regular feature on DD those days (afternoon film).. The film is available on VCD
@Shailendra
>Daane Anaar Ke
Arrrghhhhhh….i was writing a post on this…arrgggh Sailesh..Mein tera khoon peejaonga…hahah
How about..
Rangoli, Ulta Pulta..and there was this one another serial directed by Gulzar..dont remember..but..it was about two families…for some reason the kids get seperated…and each family is always suspicious about whos kid is who….was amazing
There was this Cricket program where Mohinder Amarnath used to come..it had the title song which goes
” Khel hi hain..humara jeevan..isski khaatir jeye mar jaayein..”
This one deserves a standing ovation, Shailesh. =d> too bad you cant see me standing.
anyone who has been through the tiresome long wait for that one serial that will give you things to talk about in that 5 minute break between the history and the english class the next day in school, will vouch for the litmus paper effect a mere mention of any of those names conjures.
as I look back, i realise these serials were part of the Indian psyche, hindi mein bolein to ye hamaare vichaaro aur maanaspatal par rache base hain. you simply cant study the 90’s without talking about them. whether it be the old school simplistic tele of the early era, where the themes largely circled around a family and its petty issues, or the innocent face of sci-fi timelessly captured in those eternal words- space city sigma. i can go on how each serial has memoried attached to it, when i close my eyes i see a faded collage made up of buniyaad, humlog, guchcha, spiderman, he man, street hawk, surabhi, aisa bhi hota hai, ulta pulta, circus, flop show, mungerilal, phatichar, mr yogi, inkaar, malgudi days, karamchand, tehquiqaat, rajini, palaash ke phool, those brilliant bengali adaptations(one featured the immortal song, “aur ek shaam maine tere naam likh di”, kile ka rahasya, fauji, swaabhimaan, zameen aasmaan, junoon, yug….
seems a distant reality now, but also leaves you with immense sense of irony, technology vs ingenuity, means vs ends, imagination vs consumptive entertainment…
There were very good 13-episode serials from DDC (Delhi Doordarshan Center) like
1) Mita Vasisht’s ‘Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein’ and
2)the one related to the life of an IAS officer who got posted to some disturbed place and how he transforms the situation. Don’t remember the name of the serial and the name of the lead actor as well, but still remember his face, a fair guy with mustache. Never saw him again anywhere. The main attraction was his kinda soliloquies on the system, society, culture.
Thanks Shailesh for remembering that nostalgic period of DD.
Want to add two more:
Subah and Chunauti, both set in college campuses
Good work man you have very good knowledge about the old serieals.
I apriciate your work.
Keep it up.:)>-^:)^
Well, this article really took me down the memory lane.
My sundays used to start with Mickey & Donald show, then He-Man, Rajini, and other serials and finally in the afternoon, “Nonstop nonsense”!! That was the most funniest ever!
I even used to watch UGC programmes with complete attention!! haha! Chitrahaar and Chitramala!
One thing I really miss is “Sorry for the Interruption” sign!
We used to have a Dyanora and then Weston Color TV!! haha!
The Dyanora had wooden sliding doors lol!! And the weston had just eight channels even though only one used to work!
Who can forget the time when we used to climb on the terrace umpteen number of times to adjust the antenna! And we used to shout down, “Ab dikh raha hain kya?”!! The city used to filled with Antennas with “Patangs” atkaod on them!
Well, I used to wonder when my grand parents used to say “Those good ol’ times!” haha! Now I know what “Good ol’ times” really mean!
Now I am motivated to write a script based on characters from the 80’s! haha!
We used to write dates in our notebook for every lesson. The farthest I could remember the date having written in my book was 1984! haha! Seems like centuries back! Kinda sad to know that the 1900’s have gone forever…
I wish Dr. Emmett Brown really exists.
Okay, As I said, this post really inspired me so much that I actually was thinking a lot on how to bring back the charm of the awesome 80’s and make it into a story.
How about a teenage boy, who is obsessed with Ipods, RPGs, Internet and who is constantly glued to various TV channels and ignores his studies. His parents try a lot to make him understand that he is wasting his life in all these useless things but he does not listen. His mother gets fed up one day and prays to god to show some sense to her son.
Awesomely, one fine day when the boy wakes up, he finds himself transformed to the 80’s! His parents are the same, his friends are the same but everything is different. He finds out that his TV has only one channel, he discovers new games his friends play in the colony like Gilli Danda, street cricket, and the communication mode being only the land line, and not even the press button phones!
He starts enjoying shows like Ramayan and Buniyad, originally which he would never bother to watch!
Now he starts noticing a girl in his class whom in his “future life” never even bothered to give a second look, and how he tries to pursue her using traditional modes of communication like letters etc! After discovering the real joy of living, he finally has a choice, he can remain back in the 80’s or go back to the future! Will he or won’t he?
LOL, this is a thought and might look absurd, but who knows! Waiting for everyone’s comments on this!
And noticing that our industry has not produced any teen flicks, which come out in thousands in Hollywood and are actually enjoyable, why not?
Brilliant Post!!!
A few more to the list
subhah – first (probably only) which dealed with drugs
chunauti – college yuppie serial launched arif zacharia, suchitra krishnamurthy among others
khaandaan – sridhar kshirsagars masterpiece
there was another sridhar kshirsagar serial staring girish karnad, farida jalal and 3 kids anyone remember the name? Had Kenny G music as the startup
machchar.. kinda like a mix of “back to the future” and “the family man”.. or maybe the whole 80s portion of the film turns out to be a dream and he wakes up in the present wishing that he’d go back to the 80s? i like it.. would be a good film in the right hands.. i say script it!
Well striker, how about a 30 minute short film. But we need lot of resources, like old dyanora of ectv sets, around 10 to 20 old antennas, lot of old doordarshan footage, dresses of 80’s, round dial phones….
Any funding here guys? Some rich guy can be the angel for this film. I am thinking the budget would be atleast 3-4 lacs. Maybe presented by PFC
…I will approach NFDC to see if they like the idea and if they can fund partially.
P.S: Oz, does publishing here on PFC make any story automatically copyrighted?
And all the portions in the 80’s will be shown in Black & White!! haha! Sounds like fun!
I still can’t get subaah out of my mind.
It was based on the story by Thamizh writer Shivashankari.
Brilliant performance by Salim Ghouse!!!
Even the ads were deadly in DD those days. particularly propaganda ads.
I remember how I freaked out at an ad for “No Smoking” which had a guy smoking with Thriller in the background. Soon thereafter he would turn in to a skeleton and I would get freaked out.
I remember the public service Ad.
Marji hai Apki kyoki Sar Naryal hai Apka.
@ Machchar..i like the concept. Also add in the guy gives blankcalls to his sweetheart..as there were no caller ids…it wud be fun..he giving blank calls just to hear her say ” hello….Hello…you idiot..if you had no guts to talk…why the hell did you call”…haha….
We too had Weston Tv..with the shutter and all….hit it on the top if the transmission is not good…haha
Script it….write some cool dialogs…
I remember my father watching Bharat Ek Khoj, Surbhi, Turning Point and of course the news when I was small. later these became my fav. programs too. Not to forget the most brilliant detective i’ve seen on the tv – byomkesh bakshi played by rajit kapoor is an all time favorite.
A few more serials:
>> Upanyas by Sekhar kapoor and Sriram Lagoo…it was the most boring serial ever
>> there was one serial about bengali family…old widowed women has affair with young guy.
>> one muslim serial fa*** where kalvaljeet was the hero..it was kind of pride and prejudice
>> one comedy with Supriya pathak and her sister..and lilliput..dont remember its name too
Great old memories
Basera was one amongst …Mehmood has a lead role with Channa Ruparel…was funny comedy
Really awesome posts & comments. Covers almost all the serials i grew up on…. Well, i say almost, coz surprisingly no one has yet named NEEV, a serial on the boarding-school life as the backdrop. I still remember the fights between the two Houses and their charismatic House Captains…The theme song went like this.. dharti par…suraj ki..kiranein… rakhe neev ujaale ki… shiksha ke prakash se roshan… neev rahe vidyalay ki… PURE VINTAGE STUFF..
Again, my formative years had a staple diet of Krishi Darshan! Though completely boring for the city-dwellers like us, it still used to be watched coz there was nothing better to do after returning home exhausted from playing with friends and before dad would come back from office and summon kids to study.
Another great draw was Didi’s Comedy Show on Saturday afternoons. I remember leaving school early on those Saturdays on some pretext or the other, so that I could watch that insanely comical histrionics of the main protagonist.
I landed here by accident and was completely fascinated by the post.
As a student who was taking his first lessons in geography, I wondered how people elsewhere lived and what they did. Serials like Katha Sagar actually opened a new window to the outside world for me. Every week I would look forward to the yet another dose of international literature. From Leo Tolstoy to O Henry, it was simply amazing. To my amazement, I realised that people and human relations are so universal. All the stories seem to carry a common thread.
I used to love Telematch a lot. It just seemed like a fantasy land. I remember dreaming about the vikram betal and getting mad at Vikram for not being able to answer – to what seemed to me a simple question! After a while, I got increasingly frustrated thinking if Vikram will ever get this nasty Betal…
I liked charitraheen a lot. Although, I feel so sorry that when these serial were telecast, I was too young and was not intellectually mature to make much sense. Now I yearn for them. I wonder if DD markets its ex programmes like the BBC?
I would also love to get my hands on Shyam Benegal’s Bharat Ek Khoj. I think it was a very serious work of art which most like me, at that time, neither understood or appreciated. I guess as a nation we have grown wiser and more mature to understand and appreciate art and culture. Sadly, some of brilliant works came well ahead of their times and were simply lost in oblivian.
Nice article.Its reminds you of all the good and nice moments one used to have in those years of black and white TV and those big antennas on once roofs to get clear cound & picture of your favourite serial.
The taste of people used to be very good in those times and most the programs were sensible as well as well made despite being not very financially stable.
when today i watch TV and look back in DD days , i feel how much the taste of public has gone bad as well as the kind of people who are making programmes today.It makes me feel sad as well as let me think abt intellectual poverty of todays directors and actors.None of them havent read any good literature and they are worse then people making pornography.
I hope some day those good old days of DD will come again on TV.
Wanted to add a few to the list.
some alright some morbid/strange ones too..
kaala jal,
janaki jasoos,
mrs aiyar,
rajani,
kadwa sach,
phul khile hein gulshan gulshan,
kahaan gaye woh log,
paying guest ??
Does anyone remember the days when DD started afternoon telecast service from DD Bombay. I spent my summer vacations watching hardships of Sukanya and a soap called Grahan that had Kritika Desai playing the vamp!
Excellent notes – lots of memories there.
I think it was ‘thoda sa aasmaan’ – with Dipti Nawal & Nadira in the lead that Sushant Srivastava in comment 18 above refers to.
Also how come ‘Oshin’, the Japanese serial doesn’t find a mention here.
nostalgia!
hey you forgot Guchhe, Potli baba ki and Neem ka Ped, very nice serial based on Raahi Masoom Raza’s excellent novel.
wasn’t there an english one called ‘Tandoori Nights’? I was too small to understand but I remember everyone at home used to like it.
Awww I miss Giant Robot!
Also I used to adore very affable DD presenters like Jyotsana. I found Mukta Shrivastav very funny but she was adorable too.
I have always believed that newsreader Ved Prakash was the one who wrote novels too. Could not verify that though.
I also remember Shammi Narang playing a rapist in a DD commissioned telefilm. It had Preeti Khare in it.
Also I used to watch a serial called Faster Fene… it had a young skinny boy with long legs playing some sorta detective!
great work
a couple of serials more
1. Guldasta : Navin Nischol and Rita Bahaduri
2. Imtihaan : Renuka Shahane
3. Giant Robot
4. Dekh Bhai Dekh
5. Forgot the name of a Grish Karnad serial where he is a widower with two kids
6. Kashish
7.
Ok.. here are a couple more:
1. Indradhanush : 4 friends invent a time machine.
2. Saptahiki: overview of weeks programs
3. Friday late night Adult movies (mostly foreign language): Guys… how can you forget that…
4. Krishi Darshan
5. Tehqikaat (Vijay anand was the detective)
6. Junoon (DD-2) Remember Puneet issar as Saudagar Singh
7. Sab ka maalik ek hai
8. Limelite of afternoon telecast: Shanti and Swabhimaan…
9. Knight Rider and Street Hawk
10. German detective serial: Derrick
11. Kanwaljeet starrer detective serial : Constable # 108
12. Morning transmission: A face in the crowd.. do you remember the presenter?… some Vohra…remember the face… but not the name…
13. Sports Quiz by Narottam Puri
14. The World This Week by Prannoy Roy.. that was so cool..
15. Thunder Cats: animation
16: He-Man & the Masters of the Universe.
17. I also remember the Original Godfather with marlon Brando and Al Pacino being telecasted as a TV series.
18. Agatha Christie’s Poirot….
etc etc…
Ok one more:
Shekhar Suman as Reporter….
Judhajit that kanwaljeet starrer was PC1008. He played the role of a constable from Haryana.
I also used to watch Mahabharat and remember the days when newspapers were rife with stories that binny or some cloth mill was to supply extra fine fabric for Draupadi’s vastra haran scene.
There was a very funny DD commissioned soap called Meetha Jehar (sweet poison) on alcoholism. I think it was filmed in Bihar and had Padma Khanna in it. The climax was hilarious. This guy is an alcoholic and neglects his family. His kid is seriously ill while is parties on the money earned by his wife. The poor kid dies without treatment. He returns home …cries and then throws the dead kid into the river. BUT HANG ON!!!
His second kid was sleeping next to the dead one.. and he actually threw the LIVING one!!! the dead was still lying cold.
Excellent post and comments. I am trying to think of another serial which was about (i think )stealing a diamond necklace and lot of characters in a big house…. along the lines of a wodehousian story . There was this character in the story, thin tense looking fellow holding his temples and saying ‘tension tension’ or some such thing. And another funny looking famous actress (with crooked teeth and wide grin) It was a hilarious story.. Anyone remember what I am talking about?
Shailesh if you the title songs of these t.v. serial or any website from where i can download them pls let me know on my email address is :preetisha@gmail.com
And also let me know if you remember about a T.V. serial on Doordarshan i.e.Mohlat, and palash ke phool.
Preeti
Preeti…Some part of the title songs I can remember
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I remember a few
Mr. & Mrs. – Jayant Kriplani and Archana Puran Singh in a gender role reversal
Honi Anhonee – Strange Occurences
Kille ka Rahasya – Quality Scares
Ghar Jamai – Satish Shah Anant Mahadevan Chemistry
Appu Aur Pappu – A Kid and his elephant
Ados Pados – Started when 8:30 was prime time and 9 pm was news
Fireball XL5 – I wish, I was a Spaceman the Fastest Guy Alive and Travel round the universe in Fireball XL5….
Star Trek – I wonder who devised the Matchbox fliptops
Indradhanush – Quite ahead of its time
The Mathemagic Show – Never thought I would be a math convert
Kacchi Dhoop – Remember having a crush on Bhagyashree
Katha Sagar – Peerless
For those from Mumbai, I remember seeing some pathbreaking Marathi Content, Such as
Dwidhaata – Don’t think Schizophrenia has been covered so brilliantly
Swetambara – Preceded Kille Ka Rahasya in the Scares Dept.
Ek Shunya Shunya – Reminded us that at a point in time Mumbai Police were compared to Scotland Yard.
Avhaan – Dowry Abuse. I still remember the edge of the seat ending.
There are lot more but memory fails me now.
Some one in one of the posts hit the nail on the head it’s ironical that that when media and technology has improved the content has suffered.
But I would also agree that we are so used to the pace of life today, would these serials seem a trifle slow?
Hi guys hope you all are doing well.
I have now updated myself on the recent posts.
I suspect the toothy comedienne Indu is on about is Ratna Pathak Shah (Supriya Pathak’s elder sister).
Does anyone know what Natasha Shailendra is upto these days. She was the find of Dev Anand and found more success on telly that on big screen.
Apropos Palash Ke Phool if I remember correctly, I think it was directed by Asha Parekh.
I wonder if anyone remembers Lata Mangeshkar’s serial Phulwanti starring Archana Joglekar and Arun Govil in lead roles. Talented Marathi acrtress Savita Prabhune, playing Govil’s wife, made a successful debut in Hindi mainstream serials and never looked back.
I used to like Upanyaas but I remember it was suddenly taken off air without any reason or explanation – not unusual for DD’s monopoly in those times.
Shailesh Limbachiya has definitely struck the right chord with a lot of viewers of the DD era. We were credited with being monopolized and hence in retaliation were accredited to dictating intelligent viewing.
I chanced upon this post & must say it does bring back a lot of memories etched in our memories. I have also had the privilege of starring in a few namely;
1. Sara Jahan Hamara
Directed by: Satish Kaushik & later Sudhir Misra
Written by: Karan Razdan
Cast : Dina Pathak, Surinder Kaur, Rajesh Puri
Fadia, Rushank, Indranil, Rahul, Prakash, Siddhartha, Heena, Smitha, Aditya, Nirmal, Rajavee, Kavya, Gayathri
2. Sara Jahan Hamara (This is for 41. Amit, 59. Mihir)
Directed by: Mohena Singh
Written by: Ajay Karthik
Cast : Girish Karnad, Farida Jalal, Deepa Lagoo, Firdaus Dadi, Rajat Dasgupta, Rahul Tiwari, Baby Princy, Shafiq Syed, Bernard
3. Professor Vasan
Directed by: Mohena Singh
Cast : Ajith Birde, Sheela Kaur, Ratan Thakore Grant, Rahul Tiwari & Fazila Khan
4. Puraskar
I remember this topic discussed before as well..But what the heck jitna baat karo utna kam hai..
Here are some of the links i had posted before..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_TnmNJqao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htSiPYWD35U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9RVgTX55vo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vikram+betal&search=Search
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7OkWpfTz1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2760NU_jVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd9nXfhuddQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBbSbCczYeM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-eimsdIsw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58LJ0gG183Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoeBaKfllRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tITnrXn8lsI
Will post more later
i like it,but i m searching the title song and one of the sang songs in tv serial ‘SWABHIMAAN’, EK PAL HAI ZINDAGI & HAMESA SONGs rerspectively.where can i get it ,is there any free download websites,please reply.
Hi Indu @ 63,
I think it was called ‘Isi Bahane’. It starred Anu Agarwal, Kirron Kher, Mazhar Khan, Lilliput and others.
Am I right? Anyone?
Outstanding post. Brought back so so much.
Among the ones that I will remeber forever are:
- Humraahi (Superbly written by Manohar Shyam Johi starring Arif Zakaria, the sasurji of Mungerilal ke Haseen Sapnay, and that young girl who played the domestic help of the household. Her name, anyone?)
- Pachpan Khmabey Lal Deewaarein (Aman Verma’s debut as ‘Neel’, Meeta Vasishtha)
- Ganadevta (Rupa Ganguly)
- Yatra (Om Puri, Neena Gupta, Mohan Gokhale, Harish Patel {now where did he go?})
- Hum Hindustani (Ashok Kumar, Teena Ghai)
- Naqab (Anil Chatterjee, Shernaz Patel)
- Zindagi Zindagi (Benjamin Gilani {where did he go?}, Supriya Pathak, Sharmila Tagore, Parikshit Sahani)
- Kisi Ek Phool Ka Naam Lo (Actually an outstanding teleplay with Mohan Gokhle, Pankaj Kapur, Sushmita Mukherjee)
- Tanhaiyee (About a bald girl, Parikshit Sahani playing the dad)
- Saanjha Chulha (Rama Vij {where did she go?}
- Kshitij Yeh Nain (Supriya Pilgaonkar, Mahesh Thakur {or was it Sachin Khedekar?)
- Satyajit Ray Presents (There was one story about research on longivity, titled ‘Shodh’)
- Lifeline (Tanvi Aazmi, K K Raina, Bhikhu Parikh as the hospital help, Shafi Inaamdaar)
- Amir Khusro (Outstanding stuff by K K Raina)
- Panchhi (Directed by Ravi Vasawani, Vini Paranjape)
- Kab Tak Pukaroon (Directed by Sudhir Mishra, Pankaj kapur, Niki Vijaykar, Habib Tanvir)
- Khali Haath (Madan jain, Harsh Chhaya’s debut)
- Farmaan (With a Hyderabadi backdrop, starring Kanwaljeet Singh)
- Indradhanush (Akshay Anand)
- One about an NRI family returning to India, starring Siddharta basu, Banwari Lal Taneja. Name, anyone?
This is a very good thread and thanks a bunch to Sailesh. Though most of them are Hindi serials, I with my family in Chennai used to watch all the serials. Malgudi days is one of the best
I just wanted to say thank you because you have brought the good old memories in front of all of us. Everybody had mentioned some serials and the important message is not only about the serials but the love and affection within a family. I remember most of the serials that came after 86′. The memories of having dinner while watching doordarshan and chatting with my mom, dad, brother and sis is still refreshing. Though we are grown up and settled with our own families now, this thread has brought me the past images. Thank you once again!
Thanks John, for kind words.
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pl tell how tolisten to the title song of the serial
zameen aasman sung by vinod rathod
Excellent post
Just FYI, Karamchand marked and the presence of bollywood music composer duo Anand-Milind, who later created history with QSQT
pls send site for junoon serial title song to download
hey shailesh,u really took me on a long forgotten childhood darshan.Most of u have covered almost all that there is to be remembered but there is little more.
public service animated stuff against street litter in which the protaganist sees everybody dumping their ghar ka kachra on the streets and in the end he goes berserk and screams and shouts and all the litter right back in!!!
The old fox on tuesdays or wednesday nights used to b quite a good detecive serial in german language dubbed in english,then there used to be Some mothers do ave them, fawlty towers-both from the BEEB and offcourse HOT TRACKS on fridays late night sponsored by VIMAL.that was the only avenue or chartbusting english music those days(1984-85). michael jacksons thriller, madonnas like virgin,lionel ritchies hello,huey lewis and the news,billy joel-uptown girl,cyndie laupergirls just wanna have fffun,tina turner-whats love got to do do with it,stevie wonder-i just called to say….All of these were 1st seen on good old DD.
It was the DD which ignited the pasion of msic in so many of us.
And i m sure many of you must have stayed awake through the night to watch the LIVE AID CONCERT organised by bob geldof . i think it went on continualy for 24 hours in london and philadelphia and phil collins flew a concorde from london to NY and sang at both the venues.and the electrifying performance of freddie mercury at the same concert.
hasnt salim ghouse down the VO for NDTV INDIA promos??also ronnie screwwala used to host a prog . i cant recollect the name. and in marathi genre u guys cannot overlook CHIMANRAO the lead was played by dileep prabhawalkar-the gandhi of lage raho munnabhai.and also bhakti barve
who sed to read marathi news on bombay doordarshan- aajcha thadak baatmya.
all these are etched deep into the memory.
to add to the above , there used to be serial on terrorism in kashmir. It starred a guy who featured as KAKA in the film Maqbool. can anyone help me with the name of the serial and the actors? and in marathi serials does anyone remember inspector prabhakar and the lead actor??
In early 80s there used be a lot of craze for lucille ball also.
Answer to post 67…
Natasha shailendra..Dev Saabs find acted with his own son in Anand or Anand and was recently seen in the Movie Dhan dhanadan Goal os John Abrahams mom…no dialogs just a pretty face in Goal. She also acted in the serial with India /Pak partition which had Alok Nath as Masterjee nad Anita Kaul as his wife with Mazhar Khan Neena Gupta Soni Razdaan etc as the extended family..
Gr8 going Sailesh..it was an awesome trip down memory lane…Thnx!!!
hey ne one remeber .. Gul Gulshan n Gulpham , and street hawk ??:d/
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hi guys,
this collection is really superb. reminding me at least one scene from very very old one.
I salute you.
True and joyful memories of bachapan is possible quite easily with this collection. i really love that era of my life and of Door Darshan when we had no other source for entertainment. we have to wait for a week just for one episode of a serial. once miss means gone forever.
Sab yaad aata hai ki 9 baje ke serial ke liye tab bakwaas lagane waali NEWS suno usme bhi Sansad Bhavan ki news aayi to wait karo tabtak to neend aa jaati thi.
Sunday ke dopahar ki serial ka to koi bharosa hi nahi kab kaunsa program uski jagah lele.
Tipu Sultan ke to teen teen timing change huye the first one is of 11 pm tab to neend se jagane ko bolke rakhana padata tha.
arre bahot hai yaar likhane ko buss itanaa hi ki mazzaa aagaya ye collection haath lagane se.
and don wana enlist of my favourites bcoz its too long and may cover 80 % of all above Serials including comments. so just relax..
and plzz plzz”MISS THE GOLDEN ERA OF DOOR DARSHAN”
thanks alot thanks alot thanks………….
i just love it
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Beautiful thread, my wife and I just went back to our childhood. Those days will never come back
Few others we can remember
a) Aa Bail Mujhe Maar – Amol Palekar accidentally finds himself in unwanted situation
b) Fragile Rock – This was broadcasted in summer afternoons, story about a mouse sharing his experience with his community
c)Supriya Pathak and Ratna Pathak were together seen in “Idhar Udhar”. Ravi Vaswani and Liliput rocked together
d)Film Division ki Bhet – Social message about preserving food. Krishna asking for food from Draupadi – Few lines I can remember
“Mein Bhookha hoon, bhojan laao, jo kuch bhi hai, le aayo, …. yeh ek anna ka daana, sukh dega mujhko man maana’
“Jab tak daane daane ka insaan moh na karega,
koti koti jun junta ka kaisay pet bharega”
e)There was a short film to demonstrate spirit of sports – players from different sports running with a torch; awesome background music
f)Show Theme – Celebrity presented songs and dialogues (yes dialogues too) based on specific theme. It will be great to restart something similar.
g)Phool Khile hain Gulshan Gulshan – Tabassum interviewing bollywood celebrities
Hi.. Can you please do me a favour by giving me the dowmload links for two serials which once use to telecasr on Doordarshan.The serials are Kashish (Sudesh Berry and Malvika Tiwari) and Farmaan (Kawaljit and Deepika Deshpande.Iwould be greatful to you for this.
E-MAIL: karan_singh@hotmail.com
It’s really a nice thread…
Yestersday i bougth DVD set of Kacchi dhoop.
Going to watch in today
My favorite serial among these are Shriman Shrimati.
Keshav, Dilruba uncle, Prema amma, Koki amma, Chintu, Gokale… Characters are well framed. We are longing to see those episodes back in tv. Do there any VCD for these serials?????
Please reply.
My favorite serial among these are Shriman Shrimati.
Keshav, Dilruba uncle, Prema amma, Koki amma, Chintu, Gokale… Characters were well framed. We are longing to see those episodes back in tv. Do there any VCD available for these serials?????
Please reply.
Great post mann…….listed quite all o’them…….here’s some more of my favs…i was in primary school back then and doordarshan was my only respite at home in between study sessions :d/
Ank Ajube – hosted by Benjamin Gilani and another lady…..with a computer ’shunya’
Guchchhahe – sunday staple…the title song was awesome ‘guchchhahe bhai guchchhahe kahanio ka guchchhahe….kahani le lo’
Super Human Samurai & Cyber Squad – remember Kilo Kahn and the mega-virus monsters!!
Marshall – Mukesh Khanna in and as…adhikary brothers stuff
Super Hit Muquabla – The ONE show i could die for back then :d ……title song changed so many times
Zabaan Sambhal Ke – Dont remeber the entire thing….but just loved the title track too much…especially the lines ‘….mama chacha dono milke legaye sila….saare gadhe pani pee gaye mai kua pioo….’ :d
All The Best – Another GR8 show …….awesome chemistry between Satish-Laxmikant-Swaroop and the kid !!
…..and many more ….i’ll keep on remembering them at peace…….gr8 timepass after I return from office tonight :d/
@24 Vasanbala,
wasn’t it “bachche ke vikas mein dekho.. bacche ka kya hissa” ?
Really nice blog…took me down the memory lanes….does anyone remember a TV serial that had a similar story as swades(minus the lighting bulb!!)?
I think the lead actor was by Ashutosh Gowariker himself(when he had hair) and the actress was someone from south called Malavika. In the TV serial also the lead char brings in a huge RV….I’ve been dying to recollect the name of this serial..just can’t remember…anyone remember this??
You guys have take me down the memory lane so badly..i m 1000’s of miles away from India and yet all those memories came flodding back– Wasnt the radha Seth and Tom Alter serial ‘Jaaniki Jaasoos’? i maybe mistaken there, also remember serials like CHUNAUTI a serial based on the young generation and their encounters with drugs. EK DO TEEN CHAR, PANKHO SE PANJO TAK- based on animals, i still remember one episode with a story of a camel in rajasthan. APPU AUR PAPPU,CIRCUS, KILE KA RAHASYA- a horror serial on a mysterios fort. TAMAS- a story of punjab, i think it was similar to SANJHA CHULLAH, but i was too young and could not stay awake till 10:00 pm to watch it. Also there were some short stories serial, where they had some real spooky stories, i dont remember the name of the serial but there was this story called ‘Studio’ where Dr Shriram Lagoo, returns as a ghost painter to finish the painting.
Friends this was one of the best peeks i have had in the past for a long time, i will keep thinking of more stuff and pen it when i have time, but thanks a ton for this post.
Also the first MUKESH KHANNA serial TALAASH, i remember the title song, ” meri manzilein abhi door hai mujhe raarto ki talaash hai…”
Does anyone remember the first ultra glamorous soap opera KHANDAAN it had a fleet of thespians in it!
There was also this SHAFI INAMDAAR and SWAROOP SMAPAT with SATISH SHAH and FARIDA JALAAL serial called YEH JO HAI ZINDAGI, i think. There was also AAA BAIL MUJHE MAAR, Amol palekars impecabble comic timing and bharti achrekars presence….DADA DADI KI KAHANIYA….DADA MUNI played the Dadaji in that.
BAS KARO !!!!!!
Roolaoge kya !!!
Has someone mentioned the excellent Amol Palekar directed serial Kacchi dhoop-I think the Lagaan director Ashutosh Gowarikar acted in the serial.
And the serial starring Farida Jalal, Firdaus Dadi and directed by Sai Paranjape was Saara Jahaan Hamaara.
If it has been mentioned in the above posts-apologies.
But I must say, I landed by accident to Shailesh’s post and became nostalgic and had memories of my beloved Dynora and then Weston television sets!- cannot believe how a mention of a television program refreshes memories of breakfast with parents and my brother, arguments over the serial watching versus studying for the entrance exam etc.
I am calling my mother to tell her about this-she will be so pleased to see that I remember those good old days!!!
thanks for nice words.
also there was serial “Hum Panchchi ek daal ke” based on life of street children- used to show on every sunday morning at 10.30
It is really a trip down memory lane reading the above posts. Worth mentioning here was Mashoor Mahal a quiz based show with lots of prizes hosted by Raman Kumar who went to direct Tara for Zee TV. Mungerilal ke haseen sapne was another serial loaded with humour. Today we have so many channels phir bhi we would love to be transported back to that era when entertainment was the king.
hi ,pls help me i m searching for dvds for most of the serials i miss them so much it was such a lot of fun even though there are so many channels countless serials but cant beat the ones which have gone by so pls ne one who can help me acquire them
Does anybody remember “Ajnabi”, Danny (famous vilain in Hindi movies) used to be a soldier………first ever serial to speak about terrorist activities in India by other nations……….had a fabulous tittle track………..still searching for this track ….Can anybody help???????
@Samaruddhi,
Ajanbi was not originally a tele serial but a film that got converted in to first of its kind serial as there were no takers for the film in early 90s.. The title song (sung by Danny) was just of good..
Kaun ho mere tum, naata kya hai tumse
Bandh gaye ho zindagi ki dhadkan jaise.
Check out comment #30 in this post only for more..
Sanjay,
Kachchi dhoop did featured Ashutosh Gowarikar with Bhagyashree…
btw Rudra of Pune has released Kacchi Dhoop on DVDs a few months back..
Shahid,
Follwong DVDs/VCDs are available
1. Kachchi Dhoop
2. Ye Jo Hai Zindagi
3. Noopur
4. Kirdaar
5. Mirza Ghalib
6. Chanakya
7. Ramayan
8. Mahabharat
9. Jabaan Sambhal Ke
10. Dekh Bhai Dekh
11. Malgudi Days
Bharat Ek Khoj would probably get a release soon under a govt project.. not sure when…
Hi!!
I m really impresed with ur article abt all the famous serials of out time…but i came on this page to search “INDRADAHNUSH”…do u remember it??
It was a story of some children …they went back in time with the help of a time machine..and so on…i cant remember most of it now..but that was really a gud serial!
Yeah.. back then we had limited but high quality dramas unlike today. Hey does anybody have any video links for “Kille ka Rahasya”? That was a top notch scarer… I guess no horror soap of today could beat that. I am sure of that.
its a good collection….
for a moment i felt that I am in 80’s and 90’s period……
can any one tell me the song in which all the sports person runs holding the Torch…please…mail to my given Id…..
thanks
rekha
there was one more Dadi Ma ke Nuskhe….
famous Old cinema star use to give some very good home remedies…..
i think there was no song for that video where soports persons are running with mashaal. only music was there.
thanks
Yes, I too remember all these goodies, and they had a great influence in maintaining the good culture all over india and thanks words is deserved by doordarshan for not misleading the generation towards being vulgur and too much nuclear as opposed to what now satelite are forcing to see and not react.
They really cherry-picked goodies for us, which were appropriate and knowlgeworthy, like spiderman, he-man, Guinness book of world records, DD’s comedy show, and ek chidiya anek chidiya, i will write more, but later.. thanks, this blog is long i dint read all yet.
And best of all was the Flop Show, the Jaspal bhatti’s comedy serial, as I am from chandigarh, his local, its my all time fav, as it more subjected to local and in fact to all native india, really twisted bowels while laughing :d. It was all so true, that when i got young and went out in the city’s venues and those all department, it all just showed all clear picture of flop show’s episodes before and came to know about the general things that were so easily shown and dramatized by him. (all those thekedar, chief guest, meetings, and halwayi come film line episodes) I love them all.
And now i think if doordarshan re-broadcasts the same old goodies again, it will keep its schedule busy for running 24 hours and will be more entertaining and worth watching, and would really gain and add more audience, i believe.
Yes Samruddhi i know, that track went like this, roo roo roo, laa lee lee laa laa, laa lee lee laa laa. That ajnabi, in which Arun bali use to sing, “bol mitti de baweya oye mera sona maahi aaja hoye”
Hey there was one film division also, cartoon one, in vich children in class room come one by one and write on black board, maa, aayi, etc etc and then all becomes map of india. <:-p
Tehkikaat serial mein, uncle sam (vijay anand) ke saath kallu mamma thaa jo hamesha kuj na kuj khata rehta thaa :d
There were two more good serials, Katha sagar and mitti ke rang.
mitti k rang a title song acha thaa.
Remember boy meets the world and Blossom on DD3;;)
sorry DD2b-(
Wow…nostalgia at its best here!
my 2 cents:
Phir Wohi Talaash – Shekhar Suman was in the supporting role and so was Nilima Ajim. Ironically we never saw too much of the hero(Madam Jain) and the main female lead(name anybdy?)again.
@Tushar – that song was from the serial Charitraheen – went smthg like…
Sheetal Majul komal tera aanchal
Meri Sudhiyon mein lehraai…..
….aur ek sham maine tere naam kar di..
Does Somebody remember a play…called
“Dhai Akhar Prem ke”
smthg like 2 hrs single play..showed as a one time performance….was aired couple of times…may be on Lucknow Doordarshan..
I can remember the lead actor face and the story…was toooo good…
@Tim – do you remember the lyrics of the Title song of Mitti ke Rang….wasn’t this the one about a teenage boarding school?
Didn’t read all the posts – did somebody covered Show-Time? – which had famous scenes from hindi movies…presented by Tabassum probably.
The Jagjit singh title song of Neem ka Pedh was also quite good.
Also…reminded of the series of movies shown during election counting days…
there was once a Guru Dutt movies fest kind of thing…when I was in class 3rd..should be 1986…too young to appreciate a “Sahab Bibi Gulam”…but i was hell bent upon seeing it….and barely survived in the Maths Exam next morning
Saw the movie again recently…and ofcourse loved it!!
yes pradeep, it went like this
duniya badal gayi, insaan badal gaye,
badley nahin kabhi ye mitti k rang, mitti k rang….
mitti k rang was not about boarding school or things like that,
but it was rather about short stories.. each story was different
@Satyendra
Thanks for reminding about NEEV…and giving the title song…i have tried so many times to remember it, thought will never be able to get it back into my memory..
@Tim
Thanks, I confused NEEV with Mitti ke Rang…got the title song i wanted.
Hey…
Very few people remember ” stone boy”. It was a 10 part series. I just cant get it out of my head. One of the best shows I have seen on Indian television. Perfect childhood fantasy. I just want to know who directed it… would you have any idea?
He-Man and spiderman to Pokeman… seems like our generation next is missin out on some real television.
For stone boy… I cant think of a single children film of recent times that I can compare it to.
Do tell me more about it… if you know.
He-man is my fav, i have a title song of it.
Stone boy i dint use to see much.
I wanted a title song of that bengali serial Charitraheen. that was a sweet melody just like malgudi days one.
If any got one, plz mail me..
I got the video, ek chidiya anek chidiya, kisi ko chahiye ho to bata dena, mai mail kar dunga..
(timz_2day [at] hotmail [dot] com)
Okay
Kuch bachon ke aur bhi natak thay.. jaise:
1. Raju aur udan tashtari.
2. Ashish.
3. Chote baday.
4. Babaji ka bayiscope.
5. Ajadi ki kahani.
Comedies of
1. Laurel and hardy.
2. Mickey & donald.
3. Tom & jerry.
4. Gayab.
Aur bhi bahut kuch, abhi yaad ni aa rahe, jab aayege to likhounga. :d
Gayab… i can remember its title song
Gayab aaya gaayab aaya..
kisiko hasaane aaya, kisi ko rulane aaya..
:d:d
aur mujhko vo bhi yaad hai,
jab bhi khaana khaane baitho, to abhi nivala mu mein jaana hi hota thaa ki, tv pe add aati thee, “matki kyo footi, radha kyo roothi”. The add was no doubt simple and noteworthy, but… i dont knw,, maybe our mealtime was not compatible with that advt lol. :p
and that video on Saksharta Abhiyan (adult education)
“padhna likhna sikho o mehnat karne waalo
padhna likhna sikho o bhookh se marne waalo,
aa aa ee ee ko pehchano, anik ko padhna sikho
apne hathon ko hathyar banakar ladna sikho”
And then, there was Different Strokes…
aaaho, te uske baad, aata thaa
?, (?) aa ka danda, ? = ??
:d
Kya ye Different strokes wohi hai “arnold” vaala. Agar ye wohi hai to ye mera sabseeeeeeeee fav tha, lekin maine sony pe dekha tha ye natak.
Humko abhi bhi bahut acha lagta hai ji. Is ki bahut si episodes abhi bhi youtube per available hain.
Very Nice Post by all of you.
Thanks Shailesh =d>
Hi All,
Its a class Hindi Movie, of Mid 80s its nice & one can remember those days Foot ball….Fav.. ” HIP HIP HURRAY,..Staring Raj Kiran, Deepti Naval,
Im sure you all would like this much better than CHAK DE ….
Hi
Can any one remember there was a serial or a documentary telecast in Door Darshan called SHODH …. enacted by NANA PATEKAR as Police officer..or Detective… ..PLS let me know more abt this …
Some more that are not mentioned above…
Yaden – Forgot the hero (was the same guy in Paying Guest). – This old guy is writing memoirs of the time he met his wife and life with her.
Tumhare Liye – used to come in the afternoons – love story of a young girl and his tutor, set in Nainital.
Iktaaraa Bole – Kids’ serial – Same guy as in Mahabharat’s Indrajeet.
Shanti – Started some time after Swabhiman starring Mandira Bedi – quite a soap.
While growing up, I was really fascinated by the lead actresses of almost all of the serials! Now, I can’t find any of them around.
Do anyone remember ’some mothers do have them’. it was an excellent comedy show in 80s.
Hi any one remember Neev … a boarding school story…Choti badi baatein…Mitti ke rang…
Cartoons such as He man…Fire ball (sunday 9 pm)…
Vikram Vetal…
And during Summer Vacation the Fun Time (12.00pm)
There were good marathi serials like bhikhaji rao crorepathi
paramveer,100, Hello inspector, gotya etc….
Now you can’t compare any serials with our past Doordarshan serials… This childhood generation will miss such serials…
Thanks to all directors and actors of the doordarshan serials for making my childhood with laughter and enjoyable….
I want to share some more names of doordarshan serial I remember in my chieldhood days.
Ulta Pulta – Jaspal Bhatti Show
Indradhanush
Gotya – Marathi serial
Mickey and Donald
Chaya geet
Fairy Tales
Rakshak
Potli Baba Ki
Dada Dadi Ki Kahani Hai
Bhim Bhawani
I am crazy about a hindi play called ‘Kisi Ek Phool ka Naam Lo’. It was an incredible story. Two versions of it were made and shown on DD. One had Kavita Choudhary as heroine and the later one had Deepa Sahi. If anyone can tell me WHERE to obtain the copies of all DD plays I’ll be overjoyed.
i think you guys left vikram aur bethal, around the word by pranoy roy, turning point by girish karnard. Appu.
i do not remember the name of the serial but i remember a lady who was in pan pasand add (shadi aur tumse kabhi nahin)with city life.
Monty, the actress u r talking about is Archna Joglekar. yes, i can remember that TV serial about college campus featuring her. Negative role was played by Girja Shankar (Dhutrashtra of TV series Mahabharat).
shailesh – the serial which i am referring was “Waghle Ki Duniya” now i was able to recall.
We also missed some of the english (most of them were sponsered by MRF Tyres at that time) like Bodyline, Street Hawk, Fairytales, Guinness book of world records, DD’s Comedy Show on saturday’s.
will you please let me know about first serial of sulbha arya on doordarshan.
thanks and regards
vikas
hi,
nice to see this. i also think this sometimes.
What was the filmy gossip serial anchored by”Vipin Handa” and there was a guest in it.
and i remember Dophar sabha as well
Does anyone know where I can get a copy Srikant based on Sarat Chandra’s book of the same name, with Farooq Shaikh as Srikant.
Thanks.
This is awesome … the links posted by Alone are awesome too.
Reminded me of many good old days ads… as someone on youtube comments posted – ‘India in those days used to be so innocent’!
And that is so true.
how can neone forget wagle ki duniya…. hakke bakke….. guldast….. and one more serial of kiron kher….. i dont really remember it… chayageet…. on thursdays at 8pm…. kilbil in the evening for kids…. aamchi maati aamchi manse….. the things i really miss is batmya, smachar and the news….. nowadays its become like business instead of news….
Hi Priya @142,
As far as I remember Kisi Ek Phool Ka Naam Lo had Pankaj Kapoor, Mohan Gokhale and Sushmita Mukherjee. It had something to do with a theatre group. Sushmita has committed suicide after a rape and Mohan Gokhlae and Pankaj Kappor are talking to the camera about their relationship. No?
To the best I recall “Kisi Ek Phool Ka Naam Lo” indeed came in two versions, once as a play presentation by a regional doordarshan kendra and another one as a tele film by Ketan Mehta which featured Pankaj, Deepa and Mohan Gokhale..
Aah those were the days… Some of the unfogettable Plays include “Dhai Akhar Prem Ke”, “Hamidabai ki Kothi”, “Bagiya Baanchharam ki” and a series of Moliere plays including Khalid Ki Khala and Kanjoos..another one titled “Roop mahal ki… ”
Even plays from Delhi and Jalandhar doordarshan were far more superior than any of today’s serial…
WHY WON’T THESE BE RELEASED ON DVD’s? Its a pity. These series are not only nostalgic, but also remind us of great stories and a rich diverse heritage that needs to be preserved on only in archives but kept alive as a humble reminder of our transforming times.
Please Please if any of you know anybody who can get these released on DVD in good quality transfers, kindly do something about it.
Can anyone send me the video Ek Chidiya Aneg Chidya in MPEG Format or …. WMV …. its kinda urgent kindly mail me asap ,.,.. at my ID i want to use it for a news story….
Pleas mail me the Video of Ek Chidiya Anek Chidiya …in WMV format or MPEG format .. or any format ….. if possible today … I want to use it for a story ,.,,,. at nitin4media@gmail.com
hello everone
Thanx 4 such a valuable information. I went back in my childhod when i used to play pranks to watch Serials.
Well, anyone one remember “Ye duniya Ghazab ki” of Rakesh Bedi who played Nihal and Satish Shah always Pronunced Bihal.
I’ll never forget…
Suraj ek Chanda ek Taare anek…
Chaddi pehan ke phool khila hai…
Mile sur mera tumhara…
Bajaj ad-Jab main chota ladka tha badi shararat karta tha, meri chori pakadi jati jab roshni deta bajaj.
Kya rangeen jawani thi Raja aur ek rani thi, Raja rani sharama jate jab roshani deta Bajaj, Ab main bilkul bhoodha hoon goli khakar jita hoon, lekin aaj bhi ghar ke andar roshani deta bajaj.
Hi there all,
it was great reading comments from all. I was searching for the title song for Discovery of India (that being my fav all time). i was pretty small then, but it just got registered in my mind. i am more influenced by this cable thing but still a few shows i remember from DD.
there was this “potli Baba ki” a sunday morning show on puppets and lot of sotries. i loved that more than Jungle book.
“Kile ka Rehsaya” used to scare me a lot. The 2 bloody hands on every wall of the fort really made an impact on every Indian mind. Laxman Sylvania Bulbs’ Ad was the copy right of this serial. It used to mark the start and end of the show.
There was “Tehkikaat” by Vijay Anand (brother of Dev Anand). that was cool.
I never used to miss “Surabhi” early Sunday Mornings. Sunday mornings could never get so informative with Renuka Shahane and Sidharth Kak anchoring the show. I used to reply each and every question. But sadly never won though. Also the “Spider Man” show with a glass of Rasna is still in my head. I still love the cartoon better than movie.
Sunday after noon best remembered by Regional Filma. There was this one film with Nutan I watched. It was directed by Sai Paranjapye. But i don’t remember the name. Nutan played a widow teacher.
I also do remember Nukkad, Sansaar (Dheeraj Kumar),Circus, Daadi ke Nuskhe, Fauji, Ye jo hai Zindagi, Dekh Bhai Dekh (Jaya Bhaduri), Chitrahaar and countless movies.
Not to forget “Vikram Betaal” and ” Karamchand” (with kitty and carrot). There was also this “Lucy Show”, but i don’t remember much of it now. Can’t forget Gokhale Sahab in “Mr. Yogi” and the great Raghuveer Yadav in “Mugerilal ke Sapne”.
The best mature serial that I remember is “Kshitij ke us Paar” based on re marraige issue of a widow. This was the show that introduced Sachin’s wife, Supriya. Vikram Gokhale played the Father in law.
“Udaan” was a real insipration show. I can’t forget the lady Kavita Chawdhary. But sadly she disappeared after that.
“Mahabharat” was all time favourite. The streets used to go all blank as if no mankind existed between 10 AM to 11 AM. That was a great show.
Thanks to all of you for reviving the DD memories.
Just remebered a few more:
1. Kashish.(Sudesh Berry and Malvika Tiwari)
2. Talassh.
3. Humlog
4. Buniyaad.
5. Gayab Ayaa.
6. Flop Show.
7. Street Hawk.
8. He Man.
Pleas post me the videos of
1. Ek titli, anek titliyan.
2. mile Sur mera tumhara.
3. Title track of Discovery of India.
4. Ducktales Title track.
It would be a great help to me please.
Hi Pavan @ 153,
Ok, so it would have been Deepa Sahi in Kisi Ek Phool Ka Naam Lo. All these years it was Sushmita Mukherjee who was stuck in my head, don’t know why. But nevertheless, it was an awesome play. This talking-to-the-camera technique was used incredibly well and added so much to the story per se. After all these years, it still remains one of the very best productions I’ve ever seen. Just amazing.
Ok,
There was this serial about an NRI family coming to India from abroad to settle and their experiences. It starred Siddhartha Basu and Banwari Taneja.
Does anyone remember the name?
hi!
any one can tell me the cast of YUGANTAR.
i think i have spelled correctly. besides the serials ads also had great impact on our mind. i remember the ad of Vicks started like “Aur phir Bhediye ne Memne se kaha…….”
One of sunday serials which was also stopped abruptly was Jantar-Mantar….Another was sigma….
Jantar Mantar had a starting song….
Jantar Mantar
Samay ki Simayo ke bahar
Kitna antar kitna nirantar….
Jantar Mantar…
Dude you forgot to mention Few good one’s.
1. World this week By Pranav Roy Every Friday
2. Neev programme on Student affairs.
3. Vikram Vetaal…
4. Fool khile hai gulshan gulshan [ by tabasum]
5. Bharaj ek Khoj
hey does anyone remembers the video on music meastros, which started with sitaar of pt Ravishankar ji and starred musicians like Pt. hari shankar chaurasia, Ustad amjad ali khan, ustaad bismillah Khan, ustaad zakir hussein and many more. the video was entirely instrumental.
well u r really missing a good serial of Aman Verma named Ek Ghar Aas Paas.He played lame. His jeeja use to throw a sentence “Kya nonsense ki baat hai”. Does anyone remember if yes plz tell the title song also.
Bye
This is a very nice blog, really one can go down memory lane.
Their was also one program .. I think of 1hr at 10:30pm called The Spirit of Musical Concert for National Integration. It had almost all stalwarts from Indian classical music and dance.
Vijay, there was another historic episode. I hope it was “Bharat Ek Kahani”. Starred by Om Puri. He used to act as all the Rajas and Emperors of India depecting the salient achievements of major kingdoms of India.
Yes, this blog had reminded our yester years of productive TV watching rather than having 100 of channels and confusions !
You can Get the song Hamesha from Swabhiman and you can download also the song
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i cud find giant robot on youtube for u guys..cheers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFucHiNcCbg
did someone mention about fraggle rocks…??
http://www.google.com/search?q=fraggle+rock&btnGNS=Search+youtube.com&oi=navquery_searchbox&sa=X&as_sitesearch=youtube.com&hl=en&rlz=1B3RNFA_enGB277GB277
I need script and play of “Khalid ki khala”.
If any body can help me in this regard please mail me at shivender.kaushik@gmail.com
i wanna know about swerial AKASH GANGA. i remember Deepak Parashar & Jeenat Aman played the lead. any info related then plz tell.
can any body tell from where i can get dvd’s of these serials
stone boy
space city sigma
killie ka rahasya..
or if these seials are still being telecaste on dd1 ddbharti dd urdu..if yes then plz plz .its a humble request mention the deital regardign the same (time n day n all that stuff)
i shall be very thankful to u
hi,
i was searching for a serial named as “Tumhare Liye” which used to in the afternoon.. when i saw its details on this i became nostalgic.. even i became so happy when i could see “Ashish”- one of the serials for children. now do you remember about a serial named as “kayakalp” starring-mohan gokhale. this used to come in the afternoon.. dopahar ke prgrms.. thanks a lot my friends.. May GOD bless you,really
i wanted to know about a serial which used to come in the afternoon..it was called as “Palash ke phool”
i remember the title song-jab jab mere ghar aana tum phool palash ke le aana…
one guy used to open his briefcase in which red rose used to be there.
i was too small to understand actor’s name.
can anyboday please tell me more about this serial?
Hello Tushar
name of the actor you are searching is Lalit Parimu perhaps. Serial was produced by Asha Parekh.
I also remember kayakalp which had song like
Jeewan bahut kathin hai pyare
Hi Tushar @ 176 / Vicky @ 178,
Are we talking about the Tumhaare Liye which was set in a hilly place (nainital or somewhere) where Lalit Parimu is a teacher who goes to tutor a young girl? In spite of the step-motherly time slot it was alloted on DD and the sparing production budget, it was very very good. It was and remains one of my absoloute favourites.
There was one called ‘Dada dadi ki kahani’ and ‘Potli Baba Ki’.
I didn’t watch Poirot regularly but some picturesque scene from Poirot left such an impression on my mind, that I still enjoy living in Colonial United States from that single memory.
I wasn’t watching much fiction either, but mainly either comedy or children-oriented serials.
And finally…Ekta Kapoor teri ma ki !@$@…..(for not doing what was done with minimal resources but amazing literature in the times of DD)
I am agreed with Tejas..
Ekta Kapoor is spoiling our generation..
Do you remember Honee Anhonee? I just wish if we can get it somewhere.
Do you guys know that Rajshri has made Malgudi Days available for free viewing on Youtube and their site!?
Hi, great to see so many friends craving for those music/title songs from that nostalgic era of Door Darshan and Black & White television. I am a big admirer of them. Could anyone of you please send me the title song (music or video) of the cartoon series “Dragon Ka Beta Taro” at my e_mail ID maruti800.ao@gmail.com or upload it here or provide a link for downloading that song? I need it badly. Looking forward to your help. Thankyou,
Can some1 pls tell me from which serial is this song from? “panchi ek beechara toota hara toota hara, aur ek shyam maine tere naam likhdi Sheetal manjul koomal tera aachal” Kindly lemme no on my add i.e. sukeshetty@yahoo.co.in. & if some1 can tell me where i an download this song from it would be an icing on the cake. Thanks & Regards.
mashoor mahal,which was a quiz show i guess ,and jhansi ki rani ,wah janab
Does anybody has that song of ajnabi, in which Arun bali use to sing, “bol mitti de baweya oye mera sona maahi aaja hoye”…..
Maila Aanachal, with that white clad, long haired skinny mahant always curious about Ram Pyaari.
Does anyone remember a serial that used to comelong back and had Renuka Shahane in the main lead? I think she was a college student in that serial, with a sister who was a painter (was it Pallavi Joshi?). She had a really good guy friend in the college (was it the actor Madhavan?). Then in one episode he gets kidnapped (?), and then Renuka somehow gets involved in it, she is threatened with the lives of her parents, she runs home, but they are already murdered. It was probably stopped after sometime, or the details are very hazy in my mind…she does eventually meet him later, but it turns out that he has joined some rebel group (?)…
I’d be grateful if someone could tell what this serial was, and who were the main characters. I’m not sure if it was on DD.
do u remember mulla nasruddeen?? the role played by raghuveer yadav, a person always roaming on city to city, on the jackass?? was my most favourite serial,
there was one more serial broadcasted on sundays, english sci-fi space drama??
ahhh…..sinhasan batteesi, vikram betaal, my god, where are those days??
every sunday is gloomy now.
There was this comedy serial starring Swaroop Sampat and Shafi Inamdar…Starts with ‘y’ i think….damn..how can i forget …
Very good stuff here…got me down memory lane types…so many good serials we had ..and that too on only one channel..Now there are about 100 channels but I cannot name even I good serial (neways i barely watch tv…not losing nethg i guess..)
@ Arthi: That would be Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi. Outstanding.
Ah yes..Thanks a lot Ess. Classic serial it was….I mean still is.
There was another serial starring Mita Vashist and Aman Verma – the concept of an older woman falling for a younger man. Don’t remember the name but this serial too created some waves….Damn..BAd with names I guess…
For Marathi speaking people the list cannot be complete without Chimanrao – Dilip Prabhavalkar was superb! Sunday afternoons were a real treat…
Hi Guys,
Its really nice to see your posts and it reall took me to the childhood and for a moment, i just lost myself somewhere in my old days. I too want to give you a list that I collected as far as i remember the names of the serials i used to watch on TV. This may be helpful for you to search on net. Here you go:
Udaan
Chunauti
Paramveer chakra
Street hawk
Kile ka rehasya
Chhaya geet
Chitra haar
Rangeli
Ramayan
Mahabharat
Chandrakanta
Vyomkesh bakhshi
Tehkeekaat
Karamaati
Malgudi days
Potli baba ki
Nukkad
Hum log
Swabhimaan
Yug
Dekh bhai dekh
Khatti meethi baate
Meri awaz suno
Mile sur mera tumhara
Raju or udan tashtari
Vishwa mitra
Jungle book
Indradhanush
Mirza ghalib
Rakshak
Dada dadi ki kahani hai
Bhim bhawani
Tipu sultan
Daane anar ke
Buniyaad
Ducktales telespin
Stoneboy
School days
Sigma
Chandrakanta
Chanakya
He-man and the master of universe
Talaash
Neem ka ped
Tenaliraam
Phir wohi talaash
Muzrim haazir
Nupur
Circus
1234
lok lok ki baatein, katha saagar
sauda
karamchand
suraag
jugalbandhi
fauji
ajnabi (film titled Bandhu in 1990)
tamash
fatichar
mrignayani
upaasna
humraahi
surbhi
kab, kahan, or kaise
gudiraam
Mr. Yogi
Mungerilaal ke haseen sapne
Kakkaji kaheen
Vilayti baaboo
Bharat ek khoj
Lekhu
Deviji
Ekkai dahai saikda
Nirmala
Gaurav
Lahun ke phool
Intezaar or sahi
Dil dariyaa
Honi anhoni
Sun sun mere nanhe sun
Nritya ka akhil bharteeya karyakrim
Focus
Hello zindagi
Vividha
Shanti
Samundar
Ek se badhkar ek
Gul gulshan gulfam
Karm bhoomi
Panch tantra ki kathayen
Kachi kachi dhoop
Darpan
Himalaya darshan
Haasil
Ados pados
Junoon
Zameen aasman
Khshitij ye nahin
Thoda saa aasmaan
Manoranjan
Ye jo hai zindagi
Srimaan srimati
Faster Fene
Waah Janaab
Hum Bumbai Nahi Jayenge
Kya banoge munna
Taro ek dragon ka beta
Gayab aya
Mulla nasiruddeen
Alice in wonderland
Udan chhoo
Biscope ki baatein
Isi bahane
Ulta pulta
Guchcha
Spiderman
Aisa bhi hota hai
Flop show
Inkaar
Rajani
Palash ke phool
Pachpan khambe laal deewarein
Subah
Subah savere
Khaandaan
Gulabari (short film)
Turning point
Lilliput
Basera
Kaala jal
Jaanki jasoos
Mrs. Iyer
Kadwa Sach
Phool khile hain gulshan gulshan
Kahan gaye wo log
Paying guest
Tandoori nights
Giant robot
Guldasta
Imtihaan
Kashish
Saptahiki
Krishi darshan
Gram mangal
Sab ka maalik ek hai
Om namah shivay
Raavan
Night rider
Constanble number 108
Ghar jamai
Appu or pappu
Puruskar
Sihasan battisi
Hum hindustani
Yatra
Ganadevta
Zindagi zindagi
Naquaab
Kisi ek phool ka naam lo
Saanjha choolha
Tanhaayee
Shodh
Amir khusrau
Panchchi
Kab tak pukaroon
Khali haath
Farmaan
If anyone left in it, please let me know. I will also add into my list and search for on net.
Thank you all for your great efforts and I really appreciate your sharing with us.
Sincerely,
Nitesh
Hey guys,
One more thing i would like to add here is do you guys remember the old adds on our Dilli Doordarshan Channel? jo ok sabun se nahaye kamal sa khil jaye and are raaju tumhare daat to motiyo ki tarah chamak rahe hain, kyun na ho masterji main dabar ka laal dant manjan jo istemaal karta hoon and oho dipika ji aaiye aaiye, leejiye aapka sab saaman taiyar hai, are ye nahi wo, lekin aap to hamesha wo mehangi wali tikiya leti thi, leti thi par jab wahi mehange daamo wali safai kam daamo me mile to koi ye kyun le wo na le, maan gaye, kise aapki paarkhi nazar or nirma super dono ko…hahaha just to make u remember these adds and bhavnagar wale seth brothers ka aayurvedik kayam churna hehehehe…good days i also remember hittin the TV set on the top when transmission fails and adjustment of antenna, was quite fun….
Arthi @ 194,
It was Pachpan Khambey Lal Deewarein. Aman Verma’s character was called Neel.
It indeed was…Thanx Inca.
@ Nilesh – ‘Kakaji Kahin’ to be added to the list..If I remember right it was hilarious take on political sychophancy…Om Puri was amazing…
so sorry…saw it now in ur list..spelling diff….comprehensive take i must say…
@Nitesh
If only they had a channel with all of the serials on your list then it would be a superhit and would beat all TRP’s.
Sad….only ndtv imagine and dd bharathi show some of the old shows…
The Godfather series used to be shown on DD – on Thursday nights.
On Sundays there was this English serial about a family trapped and hiding from the…the Nazis? Anastasia was the name? I dont remember this but my dad used to make sure that we watched this serial…Anyone get this?
Yes…The serial on Nadia Comaneci…10 episode series that showed the ups and downs in her life and how she scored the perfect 10 at the Olympics. Can never forget this..Amamzing stuff on DD in those days…
then there was a superb series on Milkha singh (the flying sikh)- an athlete who won several awards in olympic.
Milkha Singh se yaad aaya – there was this ad – all the sportspersons carrying torches (akin to the olympic torches). What was this about…teh theme was good…damn..forgotten this…
A mouthful of sky – India’s first English serial…
Milind Soman’s debut in the period serial – Noorjahan..
Can never forget the Digjam ad with Shekar Kapoor..Cool ad..
Margerita with Soman again..
Also every Friday or Saturday night DD used to show a late night Eglish film – as though it was a weekly treat for the viewers.
Every week an award winning film – on Sunday afternoons..
News for the deaf and dumb – every Sunday before the afternoon film.
So many more..all trickling into my head now….
TOI used to carry a weekly review of the movie to be telecast. I used to so diligently lap up every word written and base my opinion thus…Such days…
Thanks Guys!!!
Would keep coming back to this page to find more.
Gr8!!! dont have words to describe what I am feeling..its great.
Miss those sundays…I feel sorry for the current generation.. they have no idea what they missed!.
@Arthi V – Margarita was on Zee tv in their initial days, not on DD.
Arthi @ 201,
There was this absolutely gripping telefilm that DD showed in epiosdes about a Nazi camp – Escape From Sobibor. In spite of a looming school examination the next morning and my unworthy track record in academics, I just couldn’t choose my textbook over that. It was EXCEPTIONAL.
@ 204,
A Mothful of Sky was a superb effort. The dialogues – written by Ashok Banker – were so stylish, cutting, terse. I still remeber a couple of them.
Nasir @ 206,
You are right, the television this generation is getting is so low grade, so so pathetic. But since – unlike us who grew up with impressionable minds in the 80s – they have no frame of reference, they really don’t know what they are missing. It’s so sad.
And then, there was Kayar – a serial directed by M S Sathyu based on a novel by Thakazi Sivasankar Pillai. Of the cast I only remeber Anjan Srivastava. It had immense social relevance. The end is still etched in my mind.
Then there was this epic Chinese movie DD showed called The Outcast, about a young, unmarried girl who brings up an infant son of a soldier who goes to the front to fight a war in a remote village. Another one I remeber is Red Sorghum.
The Japanese serial Oshin – about a very young girl who has an oppressive father, loving but helpless mother and a caring grand-mother. Oshin had young siblings to look after but was also made to work as a domestic help and also in the fields if I remember right.
I can get that feeling even now..the serial showed her hardships so well..very touching….I remember it kinda ended in her failed marriage but after that what happens to Oshin…Gone out of my mind..
When I think of it now, I am surprised that DD could atually show such good English and a few foreign language films / serials. Whats hap to it now.
plz gimme link for FARMAAN
i m just dying for it……
such nice posts and informative for those who have retro-memories,…..
All these TV-shows should make available not freely but with premium price, because they have special place in everyone´s life and remain forever ……
great post man….it just took me back to those days…me and my brother never used to miss chitrahaar, rangoli, Vyomkesh Bakshi, Karamchand, fatichar, and ofcourse Mahabharat ( i can still remember all characters of that serial) and do compare with the new one ekta serial (kahani hamare mahabharath ki).
I also like to mention the ‘Neem ka ped’, i dont know year when it was telecasted but i liked it lot splly for Pankaj kapoor
Rajni V- maybe the serial was “Rajni”, it starred Swaroop Sampat.
Does anybody remember Arundathi Roy’s In This Annie gives it those ones??think it was SRK’s 1st appearance or something,Amazing movie.I have the screenplay of it.
SRK also acted in this depressing show called Dariya Dil.I remember this other really awesome movie they used to show on DD back then,Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro.awesome
there was a 3-part series on DD in mid 90’s ,it was based on a police team chasing gangsters (i think),i rem the main detective’s name was Shan,it was very good but i dont rem its name,may be some body knows it here
Does anyone happen to remember the seial that was telecast on week nights “Ek se badkar ek”. It was really great to me as a kid that time.
@Vishwanath.. yes dude…
dat antara female (host) was the reason behind many of my naughty dreams as a teen…
dat show rocked!
@ Magik – She is Kirtika Rane. She used to star in other serials too and also MArathi films. Whats happened her now….And the guy was Mukul Dev.
The weekly countdown for top 10 Bollywooed hits songs..
Does anyone remember this serial – Stoneboy – a 10 epiode series. One of my friends came up with this one and I drew a blank….
i want tht u should repeat the serial tamas by Govind Nihalani. or should itz dvd and in the market as i had serched alot for this serial …. as i had heard alot about this serial … do help me from where i can get the copy of this serial … pls do help me up …
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- Indradanush – was nuts about sushma prakash after that serial
- All those lovely marathi serials:
– chal navachi vachal vasti
– avhaan
– ghar: gosh garanchi ghara gharanchi …man mandiree
can’t remember the name of many …
-How can you forget Subah “nau javan agaye .. phir se leke ..subah ko dekhana hain” …
- deedee’s comedy show, old fox
- carl sagan’s cosmos
- ocean something … kids @9am Sunday ..
so many memories .. kinda makes u mushy ..
If you want to watch all episodes of malgudi days, fauji etc .. check the following site ..
http://www.rajshri.com/genre1/classics_newadditions.asp
lots of free movies too..
Hey did someone mention about “wah Janab”? the beautiful love story set in Lucknow? main lead played by Shekhar suman?
Nanhi Duniya, Bal Vikas (5:30-6:00 PM time slots) and how can we forget, the 6:55PM (before 7PM regional news)- Gumshuda ki khabar… “Gumshuda Talaash Kendra, Nayi Kotwaali, Daryaganj, Nai Dilli 110002. Door-bhaash number hai 3261048, aur 3276300″, and Sea-Hawks on DD2.
If anybody having video on doordarshan marathi commercials “samajik vanikaran” – “Pori pavhana aala ga”
plz reply me on amolrajgure@gmail.com
I thought am the only person who usually gets nostalgic about Doordharshan, but by reading all other posts feel that we all share a common space.
Hey, do you guys remember a serial by name ‘Mitti Ke Rang’. I certainly have vague details of it. Each episode dealt with different stories. I also remember the title song of the serial, especially the phrase in the song “Bachpan ho ya teri jawani, Mitti to jaane teri kahani” In the 90’s when slowly cable channels started seeking their attention (and ofcourse became popular among viewers), I seriouly hated it, since good old programmes of DD were about to be missed. As far as I know till date the only programme retained by Doordarshan is “Rangoli” I always check Doordharshan, so that I may get glimpse of ‘Mile sur’ or ‘Ek Titili’ etc
Hi Nitesh
Excellant collection of serials by you. I think you had forgot to add ‘Shrikant’ (the leading character role was played by Farooque Sheikh, adaptation from Sharad Chandra Chatterji’s Novel by the same name)and ‘Oshin’ (story of a teenage Japanese girl)Suraag (Sudesh Berry in a leading role as Detective this was in 1998 or so ….)
Once again nice collection from your side.
I remember the serial Satyajit Ray presents….with some stories strange and good. One I remeber the most is the one where shi ram lagoo gets to make a portrait of Amol palekar and he dies as he made portraits only of dead people something like that. THen there was another …Panchi..about some NRIs.
Tamas was very good but depressing….most of the serials are already named. I also remember good performance of Kapoor in Kab tak pukaroon..and also there was a seial, Ganddevta…with Draupadi from Mahabharat.
@209
Yes even i remember OSHIN.i was a kid then to remember the entire story but thanks for bringing back the memories it was one of my favourite.I still remember one scene about she eating rabbit for food.i was so amazed.whenever i feel nostalgic i go to youtube to see those videos.Its fun.
hi all
i am finding the serial that was coming on doordarshan
1 Mharana pratap in this serial mukesh khanna was there
2 akhbar the great
pls hlp me for finding this vedio i want the intro song of this
Nice Post Shailesh and the responses are great as well! I actually googled “Oshin” and stumbled on this page. I would like to add the cartoon shows, Spiderman and He-man, The master of the Universe, and I often times also recollect the story of Swimee, the little fish, they would play that after or during breaks during movies I believe.. haha..
brings back fond memories of childhood..
does anybody remember amravati ki kahaniyan,phulwanti,oshin n bournvita quiz.well as a child my sis n i used to eagerly wait for those serials.seems like ages since i saw some gud tv serials like those.also mitti k rang,gayab aaya,kashish.cud not understand some serials as i was v small but just watched for fun like buniyad,kashish.i was a gr8 fan of byomkesh bakshi.also there was a serial called school days.i loved those days.only memories now.hope they cud come back
Great post Shailesh, and heartening to see the tremendous response. Those were the magical years for sure….and there was a certain innocence in all those serials which was unique…
I have some fond memories to share:
Every Sunday, I used to wait eagerly for 9 am when the serial fare began. Show time, Darpan, Mr ya Mrs, Idhar Udhar, Wah Janaab. At 11.30 or so, there was this educational program which was our scheduled break for bath, breakfast etc. Shameful but true!
Some voices that still ring (true) in my ears:
Katha Sagar: Duniya ke jaane mane kathakaron ki behatareen rachnaye jinhe samay ki dhool dhondlaa na saki
Mungeri lal: Mithoo babu, ab ekdum se sut up ho jayiye…hum to chale hi aa rage the, salowly and salowly
Bharat Ek Khoj: Easily one of benegal’s best works – sudhir kulkarni as Tilak was awesome, so were Naseer and Om as Shivaji and Akbar …and who can forget the naisdiya sukta hymn – srushti se pehle kuch nahi tha
Ek kahani – I fondly remember one story of a servant boy who is accused of stealing a shawl. Heart wrenching stuff
Tamas – what a gripping adaptation of the Bhism Sahani novel
Sirf Chaar Din – Late Dilip Kulkarni as the smart cop – great telefilm
Tuttu – a poignant story of a retarded boy played by Raghuvir Yadav
A telefilm that had the great Pankaj Kapur as the protagonist – a story of an old man who feels out of place, leaves home,only to come back (The support cast had Reema Lagoo and Ragubir)
Raag Darbari – Bhimsen Joshi’s title number “Darbari ke saat suron me…” amazing
Satyajit Ray’s telefilm Sadgati
Subaah and Chunauti – they covered college life much better than the modern day attempts – arif Zakaria and Salim Ghouse were awesome
Anveshan – Javed Jaffrey and Neena Gupta (correct me if I am wrong)
Premchand ki amar kahaniyan – wonderful adaptation (not the Gulzar one)
Different strokes, Lucy show, DD’s comedy show, Famous Five movies
Good response, Sudhir! I second the eagerly awaiting for 9 a.m on Sunday’s.
I also remember the Ek Kahani serial that you mentioned, Katha Sagar had a similar heartbreaking story line were a family abuses an orphaned little boy who writes a letter to his grandpa to take him back to his village… still brings tears to my eyes..
Hi every body,
See, I’m having two feelings currently after going through the site, I’m very happy to remember all those old days, and at the same time feeling very sad for missing them. My fevourite was seeing the cartoon and puppet shows along with comedy & fantacy serials. do any body remember…
1. Hatimtai
2. Superman
3. Jhony Soco and flying robot
4. Betal (Shabaaz Khan)
5. Guchha
6. and can some body tell me the name of the puppet show, shown in the evening at DD Metro,that had little puppets making constructions of sweet things. That had a family of fat father, mother and son. There was also a human and his puppet dog.
7. Denies the Menace
8. Gudget boy
9. and that cartoon seris of a boy making wish by his base ball glaves.
10. Transtell programs
11. Molu
12. Pingu
13. Pingpings
Ok bye
Yes, Rashmi those were the years – looking at Doordarshan now,one really feels sorry – the best they can do is to have re-runs of the magical archives but no, they will have their own door darshan in trying to compete with their mindless rival tribe into reality shows, saas bahu melodrama or the usual film-based trash.
Hi shailesh….
was really a nice post..specially in these days when we have more then 200 channels and I cant mention one favorite serial of mine.
Frankely ..i dnt know abt others i really miss those serials of doordarshan..hope we get change to see them again.
I would like to add few more serial in ur list —-
Rajani (by Basu chattergy n finest performance by Priya tendulkar)
Dekh bhai Dekh
Mitti ke Rang (telecast on every tuesday nite after news)
Potali wala Baba
keep writing…
shweta
I would just like to thank all the producers, directors and actors of doordarshan for making my childhood very enjoyable. I feel very sad for children of this generation who could not enjoy as i did.
Hope so TV channels re-telecast such serials of our childhood.
I use to do many pranks with my parents to watch the TV serials which i use to like.
Hi,
I am almost lost in the 90;s thinking aabout all these serials which I used to watch. They have become a part of our memory and can never forget.
thanks for making today a memorable one,
Now I m gonna start searching if anyone has any dvd/cd availalble for any of the serials mentioned.
any ideas guys?
Hi everybody,
What do you know I’ve got the name “Fraggle Rock”. I was a huge fan of this show. And 6 inch tall caracter called Doozers, were really good who used to make constractions only to be eten by the Fraggles. and I also liked one of the character, who’s uncle sends him letters of his world tour and lots of stupid things he had done there on his trip. The human character and his dog reminded me of Denis and his Dog Ruff. Perhaps it was shown in 90’s in DD but it was released way back 1980’s in American Television. Jim Henson is the creator. That showed the adventures of the various inhabitants of an underground civilization. Rocking news is that a film is going to be released “Fraggle Rock: The Movie” in 2009. This was released in various languages.
I was also a fan of “Street Hawk” I really liked it’s title music and the back counting “5.4.3.2.1’ and blast off. “Night Rider” was great and I have seen it in “Star Plus” couple of years back. The Transtel Program Tele-Match, “He-man”, “Superman”, “Spiderman”, “Bat-Man” these are animated and I still love watching them. Do you remember “Super boy” Hindi dubbed English serial. Didi’s comedy show is another Transtell program, me and my brother used to lose our breath seeing and laughing at the comedy.
There was also a cartoon film on Loral and Harry.
“Jonnie Sakko and the Giant Robot or Flying Robot?”, “aha ha ha…” I still fill sad remembering the end of the story. I could not forget the end of the big survivor Robot for days then. Can any body send me link to watch it.
“Taro son of Dragon”. a Japanese animation back mid 80’s? I still remember the title song a bit.
Do anybody remember “Gayab Aya”, “Super Ted”, “Raccoons”.
And Walt Disney Cartoons are really overwhelming. Did you know before starting in 90’s it is used to come in 80’s also. Then perhaps it was not populer as much as it is now, then even I did not know the names of the character. But when it started once again as “Walt Disney Presents…” I really stunned as I remembered those were shown in past also. And still in the age of 27 I see this cartoons and remember those days.
I can’t stop myself from giving these names. I also watched “The Stone Boy”, it was telecasted twice or thrice in DD. “Raju aur Udan Tashtari” I’m mixing it up, did it have a Polio Effected boy who had a litle daimond tipe substance, that he takes in his palm and rubs it to make a wish or is it any other one?
Hey do anybody remember “Chamatkari Telephone” in DD National? It used to start like this, “Roz subhe ki tarha raju apne ghase nikla…”. The story was like that, the boy and his friend, a girl, one day found a old type telephone hand set without the receiver and the cord was disappeared after a bit. The boy used to desire a wish into the phone and a voice from the phone accepts that one or give him suggestion.
Keep blogging, and be in touch. Bye for now…
Hey!
I acted in stone boy as Manju’s sister archana but strangely cannot get a copy of the series can some one help me whit this??
(2)the one related to the life of an IAS officer who got posted to some disturbed place and how he transforms the situation. Don’t remember the name of the serial and the name of the lead actor as well, but still remember his face, a fair guy with mustache. Never saw him again anywhere. The main attraction was his kinda soliloquies on the system, society, culture.
Thanks Shailesh for remembering that nostalgic period of DD.)
The name of that serial is “Manzilein” or “talaash”. It this title song “yu nikal pada hu safar main mujhe manzilonki talash hai.
did it have a Polio Effected boy who had a litle daimond tipe substance, that he takes in his palm and rubs it to make a wish or is it any other one?
The name of that serial is “Ashish” which had a boy who was polio affected. a baba gives him a diamond and warns him not to use on himself otherwise the diamond will disappear. the boy only uses for good for others. it was a nice serial but i could not see the end of this serial. if someone can shown some on it. i will be happy
Santosh…the serial about the IAS officer you mention had Prasad Gurav and NavniParihar in the lead. Unfortunately, even I don’t remember the name.
Another serial I missed in the post as well as the comments is Neenv. It used to be telecast on sunday mornings just before street hawk. It was a serial based on a boarding school and was the pioneer of all the boarding school serials.
DD Metro started off with some really good comedy serials in Zabaan Sambhalke (an adaptation of BBC’s Mind your Language) and also Dekh Bhai Dekh starring Naveen Nischol, Shekhar Suman, Farida Jalal and Bhavna Balsavar.
Then there was this serial about a postman who never deliveres the letters he is supposed to and dies. His son takes over from him after his death and delivers all the old letters…leading to comic and tragic situations. Don’t remember the name of that one either.
the name of the that serial in which father never delivers the letters is “Afsane”. I remember that very the son creates a lot of trouble by delivering them after ages.
Narcissist… the serial about IAS officer was “manzilein” or “talaash” for sure. that serial is still fresh in my mind it use show on air at 9.00pm at night but i dont remember the day. The title song is also fresh in my mind
“yu nikal pada hu safar main mujhe manzilon ki talaash” with a image a feet showing in the screen.
btw do you guys remember a serial called “manzil” used to be on air at 9.00 in 1991-92 with Anju Mahendru as the lead character. There was also Ananth Mahadevan who is business rival of Anju. the serial based on business class people. it was nice
One of the best serials with business rivalries as the backdrop was Khandan….featuring Dr.Shreeram Lagoo in the lead role.
By the way, it was wonderful to see that someone else too remembers Bibi Natiyon Wali. I was a kid when it was telecast, but i still remember the old woman in the title role.
There was another serial starring Dr.Ashwini Kumar…which was among the first to be telecast on national network. This was a precursor to Hum Log, Buniyaad etc. Forgot the name of that too.
And yeah…the Hasya Kavi Sammelans telecast on Holi. KP Saxena, Shail Chaturvedi, Kaka Hathrasi, Surendra Sharma and all. It used to be great fun.
Hi to All,
Thanks for bringing back the golden memories.Can any one tell me the name of the song in which all the sporst person carry olympic torch which use to come on doordarshan.
it did not any words but music. but the music was good. it was produced by lok seva sanchar samithi.
the thing which i liked serial of 80’s was that there used to be no break in between. but the starting of the serial would take little while after completion of commercials but once the serial starts there used to be no break. which i still like the concept. Doordarshan changed this concept in 1993 similar to other channels especially which competition from star tv and zee tv.
Hi all,
I am searching for Stone boy episodes. I really loved that serial as a kid. Does anyone has any of those episodes that can be shared online. I will be very thankful for that.
Hi,
This is an interesting page which took me to my childhood.
I think a couple of serials have not been mentioned here which I would like to list down…
1. Vikram Aur Betal
2. Dada Dadi ki Kahaniyaan
if any one does remember ‘NANHI MANDALI’ do take note of that magical series and also the ‘FUNTIME SERIES’like’FRAGGLE ROCK AND LAUREL AND HARDY AND THE INVISIBLE MAN AND ETC….BUY!
“Indradhanush” was my favourite one;
Sci Fi stuff, nicely made,..
you dont see that quality of stories, nowdays on Indian TV
Does anyone remember a tele-film featuring Shekhar Suman, Smita Jayaker. The story was something like this ….. Smita Jayaker, who is married now, hears from her husband that one of their old friend is visiting them and this friend is Shekhar Suman (with whom she was in love). She dreams of how she will receive him, what all memories they share, etc., but to her disappointment, Shekhar, when arrives at her door-step, brings in completely a different picture.
Sad part is, now we do not even know if anyone has CD/DVD’s of such old DD serial’s or tele-films. Ofcourse, at times I do see DD retelecasting some of their old serials (for ex: Byomkesh Bakshi is being telecast now a days, at 11am).
Well, Well, Well,……lots of serials. Now one thing which I think everybody missed is an animation filler that goes “Ek titli…aneak titliyan….Didi yeh aneak kya hota hai???” That filler still rings in my ears time and again…would love to have a copy of it to show to my children. It sure added some value into me….:-)
these are a few serils you guys missed:
1. Bible ki kahaniya.. used to shown every sunday at 9 am.. it was the most well made and authentic dipiction of life during B.C. unfortunatly it was stopped because some christians found it objectionable.
2. Sunday evevnigs, there wqs this wildlife based serial called “CUB”..atleat thats wat i think. its about a forest officer and his son and their adventures in the various forests of india. it was made by the the group which publishes “santuary” magazine.. i read somewhere recently that the son’s role was played by SALMAN KHAN…
3. There was this serial abouta boy and his pet elephant, the boys father is forest officer who gets the orphaned elephant home.
4. There was this serial about the cases faced by “CUSTOMS” officers.. dont remember the name.
4. IN DD2, another serial also based on naval coast gaurd team led by OM PUri . It also had madhavan in it.
During the golden day DD we used to watch all the soaps irrspective of our ages or undrstanding capacity..but now when iam an adult of 28yrs…i dont find even one soap worth watching or good enough to grasp my interst.
“Kya Banoge Munna” was my favorite oldie on Doordarshan. A classic low scale tv serial which can never go out of relevance as long as kids will be pushed to live up to the pressure mounted on them by super-ambitious parents and rule-by-books schools.
i was wondering if any of u know that what happens at the end of the serial shanti.unfortunately i even though i watched each and every serial,due to my further studies i had to leave delhi and i missed out on the last few episodes:(
i was just going thru this site and i thought i might find people who can answer this question
more doordarshan videos are available at
ddnational.blogspot,com
can’t read much of the above material. just remembering if not remembered above-
Fireball XL5; I Love Lucy; Some Mothers Do ‘ave ‘em; Goodies; History of the Man (Cartoon- I still remmebr the music); Startrek; Fairy Tales;
Ads- VIP suitcases- ud ud jaye….; Dippy Sauces- dippy dee dippy dee……; Tree of Unity and other such ones by Films Division; Thumsup- Sunny-Dilip-Sandeep Patil-Thumsup 500 refreshing co-cola……..; Palmolive shaving cream by Subby and Kapil; Natraj Pencil;
Doordarshan yeh khoya hua zamana wapis dikhado. we wud be indebted AGAIN
Sachin
oye oye oye !!!!
Main to bhool gya tha is page ko, ab yaad aaya abhi abhi to khola,
Sab bhayi-behn log ko mera saadar pranaam
Ek cartoon skit thee, driving without helmet k baare mein, main to azaad panchi hun haa ha ha…., aur fir vo takkar khaa k gir jaata hai, vo bhi achi thee
In sab serials etc mein, bot kuch thaa jo us time boring lagta thaa, per fir bhi kaafi acha lagta ha sun nein mei ab, (jab 1001 channels maujood hai per bachon ko shiksha dene mein yaa anushasan sikhane k liye ek bhi channel nahi hai) kam se kam jo bhi dekha acha dekha. Nonetheless, vohi sab nein dekha, dooor sahi per ek hi time pe dekha, kyonki us time koyi natak ya episode repeat nahi hota thaa. Sab ka dimaag ek hi vaqt mein ek hi dhyan mein hota thaa. Kya UNANIMITY thee.
shanti ek ganda aur “laholvilaquvat” vaala natak thaa.
Vaise, mere hisaab se, Shanti means ZERO, kyonki ye duniya boolean theory pe hi chalti hai, jo kehti hai har cheez yaa to hai yaa nahi hai, ON hai yaa OFF hai, meaning either 1 or 0, even all computer technology is based on that. Aur ye mantar hamare rishi muni hamein bahut yug pehle hi hamein pradaan kar gaye thay Om shanti Om shanti k mantra mein, Om means = 1 and shanti = 0.
Kisi ko is tathya se koyi shikayat ho to mujhe sirf mail mein hi gussa karna, yahan per nahi. (timz_2day at the rate of hotmail dot com pe.)
Swimee machlee ko main sochta thaa timmie machli, mujhe vohi sunta thaa kyon ki mera naam timmie bhi thaa
Sunday ki Movie se pehle ek “azaadi ki kahaani” bhi aata thaa, showed good pictures of britishers and indians
(timz_2day at the rate of hotmail dot com)
yaaro ye kaisa blog hai, yahan log das-das (10-10) din tak gayab rehte hain.
Dekh Bhai Dekh,
Zaban Sambhal Ke
Ajnabi
Junoon
Gul aur Sanobar
etc.
thank You*** very much
Pata ni aap sab ko pata hai k nahi, ek natak thaa “Kone” was played by benjamin Gilani, usmein sab lok andhay (blind) hote hain….
Array ab to December bhi aa gya
Good news for those who want to watch Betaal Pachisi, it is now being telecasted on ND Imagine TV.
Does anyone remember ‘zara sochiye’ (5 min clip kind of show about how people can be more considerate towards others in the society)? I think it used to come on sundays. Kind of cute!
I also remember that mostly at the end of the hindi news bulletin, they would tell mausam ka haal, which would be conclude by ‘aam taur pe mausam khushk rahega’. For a long time, I used to think that they were saying ‘mausam khush rahega’!
In the title song of ‘charitraheen’, I remember some lyrics:
sheetal manjul komal tera aanchal
meri sadiyon mein lehraaya
jhilmil jhilmil aur ek shaam
meine tere naam likh di….
dooba sooraj dooba
mere mann ka koi kona
aaj is jag se ooba
jhilmil jhilmil aur ek shaam
meine tere naam likh di….
I still hum this song sometimes!
Does anybody remember Sagarika, Aarohan, Neev, Choti badi baatein, n one serial starring Juhi Chawla (Sorry i dont remember the name)?
Narcissist @ 244. If u will check out my post (No. 51), u will find i had mentioned Neev, and then there were some other posts as well, discussing it. In fact, i had given the lyrics of the title song as well. check it out. And that is more than a year back now…
hey, im sorry if some1 has already mentioned this, but i just remembered, there was an awareness program abt green vegetables, where a young bro-sis duo don’t like vegetables, and they are transported to the world of green veg, the king being baingan (brinjal). the song went something like….. shaniwaar ke din— munna aur guddi ne (yeah, i rem the mane of the kids as well…) —- gud ke saath-saath roti khayee—- and so on, giving names of days and how the kids havent had green veg any single day….
it isnt exactly a serial, but it had a great psychedelic impact on me, coz i was also exactly like those kids– no green leafy veg…
anyone of u guys, plz just acknowledge this program, and if any of u remember the lyrics as well, sone pe suhagaa…
@ Satyendra- yeah I remember the program.even my mom would try to psyche me & my brother while watching this.Whenever the brinjal king was being shown in his darbar- there would be a song which went-
“jiyo jiyo jiyo, mere baingan raja
jhoomo jhoomo jhoomo, mere baingan raja”
Mr Machchar,
Really an awesome idea!!!!! Go for it!!!!! It sounds more like a movie than a serial….. I will fund and produce it man!!!!!
There was one “Rajni” starring Priya Tendulkar, but somebody wrote up above in blog that it starred Swaroop sampat.
@@ Mona ji, sun k bot maza aaya ki aap bahut der tak ye sochti rahi ki mausam khush rahega. Mujhe ye ni samajh aayi ki aap nein apne papa se kyon ni poocha ki mausam khush kaise hota hai….????????
There was also one serial “Ahsaas” that was also good, maybe it was on DD metro, not sure. title went like ahsaas zindagi hai aur zindagi ahsaas.
These all were gems, but soon after the Zee Tv came with its Tara and banegi apni baat likes, all metro and doordarshan serials were just murdered and deleted, maybe forgotten, but by looking and reading this blog it seems like it are old and gold.
http://www.oldidiotbox.blogspot.com/
Everything available here.
this post brings back so much..i still remeber those sunday mornings packed with mahabharat/ramayan…and specially i would tell about NEEV..an excellent serial i was hardly 8yrs old then but still remember some parts…one of the house captains name was francis..and specially remeber one particular scene the two houses had tough compettion among them..but when one of the houses got into a fight with outsiders the other house came to help them..the scene was so fantastically shot that i still remember..today the quality of indian television programmes has gone down.and this i am not telling from an outsiders point of view..i work in one of the leading indian channel but we over here can never dare to think something like that..because we cannot think anything out of the formulae…but the taste of audiences have also changed..they want to see crap and so we show them so and earn trps..
ur right abhishek, that is what all happening here,
Abhi tak to logon ko maza aa raha hai aur is change kaa khoob luft utha rahe hain, lekin jab inke bache jo kuch ab tv per dekhte hain inke saath bhi vahi karenge, tab inko pata chalega un traditional and shishtacharik programmes ki value jinhe ye log abhi oldfashioned samajhte hain…
kisi ko yaad hai doordarshan ki ek telefilm “sumi” jis me ek anpad ladki ko uska pati pada likhakar hoshiyaar banata hai. ek telefilm thi “khandhar” jis me kalakar the virender saxena, rma vij and another actress (i don’t know her name.)aur srk ka ek dharavahik “doosra kewal”. dopher ko ek natak aata tha”aakar” jis me shashi sharma thi aur ramayan ke bharat. aur “jeevan sandhya”. ek natak aur tha jiska naam yaad nahin aarha. theme thi alag-alag dharmo ke log jo ek hi society me rahate hai ek bujurg ek liye apne ghar se khana banakar laate hai.
doordarshan ke kuch natak aur tv sereil jinki yaad shayad kisi ko ho jaise. ek telefilm “sumi”. srk ka dharavahik “doosra keval”. telefilm “khandhar” starcast thi virender saxena, rma vij. doophar ko prasarit hone wale kuch dharavahik jaise “aakar”(shashi sharma, ramayan ke bharat,)”jeevan sandhya”.”chatpati baatee”.
HI , where can i get the list of those late night movies that used be telecast in DD late 80s and early 90s. If anybody has the URL can you please send me the link? I was trying to remember one japanese movie, its like a military movie, i have some memory of sound track, i want to find it. Please help?
thanks
– Manisha
ek film theek Thin Red Line, jis mein japanese ke saath ladayi hoti hai aur ek film thee Pearl Harbor jismein japanese pearl harbor per hamla karte hai.
Anyone knows where can “Nukkad” be found, i found everywhere, but to no avail. If any-1 knows, do post here.
Thanks
koi mujhe batye ki woh deshbhakti geet “sun-sun mere nanhe sun” ka video kahan milyga.
doordarshan is the best channel for me. because only this channel programme who tuched our roots.
abhi dil karta hai ki dd ke wahi poonane programme phir shuru ho jaaye to kitna achha ho.
circus, mahabharat, neev,mr yogi, baigan raja,flop show.
ek programme ka naam mughe yaad nahin aa raha hai jis kahaniya her hafte badalti thi(writer, derictor and starcast thi shayad lalit bhel aur navnidra bhel).
you tube pe milega sheena ji, per onyl audio http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=roOv7aPaC9c
DEVIJI was good one…..I used to come home runnin from school for dat one….was fun
DD played KNIGHT RIDER I think on thursday night..dat one was awesome
RAHI ji us serial ka naam thaa “afsaane”
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL…….
is it anyone tell me dd’s sikh mythological progarmme.which was air on sunday morning.
i think it was shabad kirtan or else what?
nahin shabad kirtan nahin tha os programme ka naam.kuch “n”se start hota tha.
Kisi ko pata dd ke ek host ka pura naam shyad deepak …? (show challenge the master.)or bhi bahut show unke dd per aate the naam yaad nahin unki bhi surbhi ki renuka ki tarah colgate smile thi.
Ek host to “Narottam puri” thaa.
Ek educational add thee, jismein ek choti ladki apni mummy ko kehti hai, “ari amma ye to ulti kitaab hai” kisi ko yaad hai vo aisa kyon kehti hai??
Narottam puri” nahin tha os host ka naam.
oh, fir mujhe yaad ni, maine vaise kam hi dekhta tha challenge master vaala show…
i like dd1 program specialy 1986 to till 2000 bcoz that serial related to life.
Special sunday program was famous that time.
One english serial was that time ” Neight Rider ”
missing from that list.
Anand ji that was Knight Rider, not Neight Rider.
Hi Friends,
I just felt that I am reading about my own childhood days!!! U have narrated it absolutely fantastic. Every bit of it made me
remember my good old days. This blog has given me so many like minded souls who feel good and nostalgic about good ol days of our innocence .. i really cherished reading out all and i would like to know if people are still active on the blog..??
We had a Dyanora B/W which had a shutter (I used to have fun opening and closing it over and over again) and ya! Sunday mornings
Hats off to your article. I felt as if it was a liveshow.
The BEST articles i have read on the internet. I almost had tears (of joy) reading this article!. Thanks mate.
why do people grow up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friends i have someting to contribute here…
i am sure you guys will like it and will relate to what i am saying ……..
I have something very good for you………
I have…………………
List of television programs currently or formerly broadcast by DD National.
This will help you find your long lost serial….
A
A Mouthful Of Sky
Aa Bail Mujhe Maar
Aaina
Aakhri Daav
Aamne Saamne
Aap Beeti
Ados Pados
Agatha Christie’s Poirot
Agni
Afsane
Air Hostess
Aisa Bhi Hota Hai
Ajnabi
Akbar The Great
Akira
Alice In Wonderland
Alif Laila
All the Best
Amir Khusro
Amravati Ki Kahaniyan
Ank Ajube
Aparajita
Apna Apna Aasman
Asish
Ashcharya
Aurat
B
Baaton Baaton Mein
Babaji Ka Bioscope
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Baigan Raja
Bante Bigadte
Barrister Vinod
Basera
Bharat Ek Khoj
Bhootnath
Bible Ki Kahaniyan
Bioscope
Bodyline (miniseries)
Boolbul Bagh
Brahmaand
Buniyaad
Byomkesh Bakshi
C
Captain Vyom
Chamatkari Telephone
Chanakya
Chandrakanta
Chapte Chapte
Charitraheen
Chauraha
Chayageet
Chekhov Ki Duniya
Chhoti Badi Baatein
Chhutti Chhutti
Chitrahaar
Chunauti
Chunni
Circus
Cricket with Mohinder Amarnath
D
Daane Anaar Ke
Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniyaan
Danger Bay
Darpan
Deewar
Dekh Bhai Dekh
Deviji
Didi’s Comedy Show
Dil Dariya
Disney Hour
Doosra Kewal
Duck Tales
Duniya Gazab Ki
Different Strokes
E
Ek Aur Kahani
Ek Do Teen Char
Ek Ghar Aas Paas
Ek Se Badhkar Ek
Ekai Dahai Saikda
F
Fairy Tale Theatre
Farmaan
Faster Fene
Fatichar
Fauji
Fhir Wahi Talaash
Flop Show
Fraggle Rock
G
Ganadevta
Gaurav
Gayab Aaya
Ghutan
Ghar
Giant Robot
Gopichand Jasoos
Guldasta
Gul Gulshan Gulfaam
Guniram
H
Haddi Raja
Hamari Bahu Tulsi
Hakke Bakke
Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi
Heera Panna
Hello Zindagi
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
Himalay Darshan
Himalaya Ki Goud Mein
Honee Anhonee
How’s That!
Hum Hindustani
Hum Log
Hum Pancchi Ek Daal Ke
Humrahi
Here comes Lucy
I
Idhar Udhar
Indradhanush
Imtihaan
Inkaar
Intezaar Aur Sahi
Isi Bahaane
Itihaas
J
Janbaaz
Jaanki Jasoos
Jantar Mantar
Jhingur Pehalwan
Ji Mantriji
Jugalbandhi
Jungle Book
Junoon
K
Kab Tak Pukaroon
Kacchi Dhoop
Kahan Gaye Woh Log
Kala Paani
Kakaji Kahin
Karamati
Karan the Detective
Katha Sagar
Karamchand
Kashish
Khali Haath
Khandaan
Khel Khel Mein
Karwa Sach
Kile Ka Rahasya
Kissa Shanti Ka
Knight Rider
Krishi Darshan
Kshitij Yeh Nahin
Kya Banoge Munna
Kunti
Kanoon
L
Lahun ke phool
Lekhu
Life Line
Living on the Edge
Lohit Kinare
Lok lok ki baatein
The Lucy Show
M
Mahabharat
Main Dilli Hoon
Malgudi Days
Mamaji
Manoranjan
Manzil apni apni
Mashaal
MatheMagic
Meri Awaaz Suno
Mirza Ghalib
Mitti Ke Rang
Morning Transmission (Deepak Vohra, the puppet ‘Jee Saheb’)
Mrityunjay
Mr. & Mrs.
Mr. Yogi
Mrignayani
Mujrim Haazir
Mulla Naseeruddin
Mummies Alive
Mungeri Lal Ke Haseen Sapne
Mungeri Ke Bhai Naurangi
N
Naya Nukkad
Nathkat Narad
Neem Ka Ped
Neev
Nirmala
Nukkad
Nupur
O
Oshin (Its that Japanese serials right?)
Om namah shivay
P
Pachpan Khambe Lal Deewarein
Palash ke Phool
Panch tantra ki kathayen
Panchhi
Parakh
Param Vir Chakra
Paying Guest
PC 1008
PC Aur Mausi
Phir Wahi Talaash
Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan
Phulwanti
Police File Se
Potli Baba Ki
Puraskar
Phatichar
Prashan Manch
Prahari
Professor Vasan
Pumpkin Patch
Q
Quiz Time
R
Rajni
Ramayan
Rangarang
Rangoli
Reporter
Raju Aur Udaantashtari
Raag Darbari
Raja Aur Rancho
Rimba’s Island
S
Saanjha Chulha
Sab ka maalik ek hai
Safarnama
Samundar
Sangharsh
Sansaar
Saptahiki
Sauda
School Days
Sea Hawks
Shanti
Shaktimaan
Show Time
Shrikant
Shriman Shrimati
Shri Krishna
Sigma
Singhaaan Battisi
Space City Sigma
Spiderman
Star Trek
Street Hawk
Stone Boy
Subah
Subah-Savere
Sukanya
Suno Re Kissa
Super Human Samurai Cyber Squad
Super Six
Suraag
Surabhi
Swabhimaan
Swaraj
Some guys just ‘ve ‘em
T
Taana Baana
Talaash
TaleSpin
Tamas
Tandoori Nights
Tarang
Tehkikaat
Telematch
Tenali Rama
The National Programme of Dance
The Sword of Tipu Sultan
The World This Week
Thoda Sa Aasman
Thundercats
Trishna
Turning Point
Terah panne
U
Udaan
Ulta Pulta
Upanyaas
Uttar Ramayan
Upasana
V
Vikram Aur Betaal
Vilayti baaboo
Viraasat
Vishwamitra
Vishwa Darshan
W
Wagle Ki Duniya
Wah Janaab
Waqt
World of Sports
World This Week
Y
Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi
Yug
Yugantar
Yatra
Z
Zigma
Zamana Badal Gaya
Zameen Aasmaan
I would request that we should have a common forum to dig our past from many sources and then share it among all…
Hope you love it…. your comments and hands open for friendship are welcome at
pinc143@gmail.com
Love and happiness to all..
Yours friendly like minded Nostalgic soul
Sudhir
bot achi thee list, two programs aur add kar lo “Aap kya karte” and Aankhein
Dhatt tere ki.
very nice……..must read……..
thanx Sudhir 4 such a nice list.
“Nehle Pe Dehla” featuring Satish Shah, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Vijay Kashyap, Rajesh Puri & a boy Called Kallu Cutting is missing from list. Nice Serial based on the people of low strata
Hi Shailesh… I came across this book while working on a book on television and national identity… Just wanted to check if I could reference your post and some of the comments in my book… Would share the two paras where the reference is made if required… Do let me know… You could leave a omment on this post or mail me at christinadaniels22@yahoo.com
I remember having seen a Shahrukh Khan serial on DD long back. It was in Black & white where he acted as husband in a poor family. I hink it was before Fauji. Can anyone tell more about it, like title etc…
@@- Anil, One was Dil Dariya and one was Doosra Kewal, not sure which u talking about.
Hey frn,
It was a good travel back the memoir lane!!wish those golden moments repeat again!!i wish all of us could get in touch in a community on orkut regarding the same,what say ppl???
Cheers all
Good LUck to all
Santosh.B.R
wow…this article rocks!!
where i can get old ads
ny answers?
Thanks guys for taking us down the memory line.
I remember in one serial (english i think) a boy keeps on telling lies and his nose grows and grows and grows. Can you guys tell me which serial is this ?
This series had a bunch of some fairy tales as well.
Thanks – Shiv
Just to add to the list: The great maratha (by none other than Sanjay khan). Bible, Akbar the great (both the series were stopped abruptly).
Thanks for this lovely post…oh i am so glad that somebody mentioned kacchi dhoop directed by Amol Palekar with Bhagyashree in it…I still remember the last episode of that serial…I had cried my eyes out that its over and my elder brother tried his best to cheer me up for the whole day..i had written a letter to DD (I was just 10 then) telling them to restart the serial…haa haa…my brother never posted it…I really miss old DD…thanx for refreshing d memories..thanks to youtube, we can still watch all the episodes of Malgudi Days
Hey nice work…
I think u missed the classic Neem Ke Ped…as well as Great Maratha…
ALso I think Chanakya never received the acclaim it deserved…it was a result of painstaking & meticulous results…perhaps the only proper historical work in Indian TV & Cinema which otherwise have a knack of raping history (remember Asoka?)
Hi Guys,
It seems ironic that the serials about whom we are getting nostalgic now, were so criticised when cable network was spreading it’s tentacles.
I loved all of them, they were true quality serials, at least most of them
My son is 7, I would prefer him watching those serials rather than what he is hooked on now!
Darpan and katha sagar along with neem ka ped were my favourites, that’s when i started reading literature
@reena,
thats true. majority of Junta imitates sheep or ant behaviour and market can control the understanding and behaving capability and style of Junta. Zee TV came and Tara was started and very few were able to watch cable TV and that too in big cities only and newspapers were creating the atmoshere that people watching DD were uneducated, unpriviledged class as they were forced to watch boring DD and they were missing something revolutionary.
People more than anybodyelse are responsible behind death of good, quality oriented entertainment as businessmen were always corrupt and they will always be, its up to people how they keep control over market.
Great Work
does anybody know where can one find any of these old serials?
Nice list perhaps FLOP SHOW (directed by jaspal bhatti) is missing…the best black comedy ever done on indian television.
pls invent a time machine so we cud enjoy our good old days
Hello everyone nice list this is…..
I really loved the comedy/action series called aankhein which used to air at 10 in the night(not sure though) on thursdays.
[...] digressing from the topic of this post. Anyways it all came to my mind when I saw the post on Doordarshan classics in PFC a few months back ,I still see people digging it out of it’s grave and commenting on [...]
Being a new follower of passionforcinema, I read this article today, with each and every comments. Shailesh you have done a great service to an entire generation (let’s call ourselves Doordarshan’s Children)
As I was going through it, I made a list of a few programmes and their bits and pieces I recall, to post it here.
But then, had to strike off over 99% of them, because someone mentioned it somewhere along this giant trail(especialy after the list by Nitesh and Sudhir Thakur!) However, the few which didnt find a place are here:
1. Does anyone remember this serial called Adalat with the lopsided smile guy called Dheeraj Kumar? Don’t remember much about it except that DK was a lawyer fighting cases. And that it used to be telecast on Wednesday nights at 10 pm. If you guys remember, the slot from 10pm onwards was reserved for adults with horrors and thrillers of the kind of Qile ka Rahasya and the likes.
2. The wait for Sunday morning 9′o clock used to be tough! After Rangoli, they showed Gurubani (or was it called something else?), followed by a programme on gardening! Don’t know its name – Bageecha or something. We would watch this, waiting for the blockbuster 9 o clock shows – Ramayan, Mahabharat, Chandrakanta and the likes.
Loved the mentions made by some people – antenna theek karna, TV with shutter box!
3. Sukh Dukh – This serial, telecast in the afternoon transmissions starred Govind Namdeo, and had amazing ensemble performances.
4. Kaala Jal – This serial is probably my earliest memories of DD.
5. Does anyone remember the programme where they read letters from audience? I remember this pretty thing called jyotsna as one of the hosts, don’t remember the guy:)
@ 241 – Neha Contractor: Hey, I thought u acted in Malgudi Days, u never mentioned Stoneman! Have met quite a few guys who are Stoneman fanatics! AM sure it can be sourced somehow, will keep you posted. But since you acted in it, you would be knowing the producer?
Cheers guys!
Awesome!!
Went through the entire post and comments…..purane din yaad aa gaye!
I found a few notable ones not mentioned:
“Reporter” starring Shekhar Suman…..amazing work….
Nitish Bhardwaj directed a controversial version of Ramayan…..around 10 or so episodes were aired on sunday 9:00 AM slot…..does anyone remember?
Also, on Sunday 8:00 PM, there was a series where some people get together due to a vehicular strike or something, and some amazing stories about India post independence are shown…..was it “Swades”?
Nice post. I am remembering all those golden days. All of them were very nice serials, each with its own different concept. Now adays serials are so boring and have similar story line. I wish I can watch all these again.
Hi, Thanks to all of you all for discussing our common past. this article has touched me and had brought all of us together. Hats off to these programmes. Guys need one more help , is there any how i can buy DVD’s or VCD’s of these serials. I have spent my childhood watching these marvels and would love to spend my old age relishing these. Please get me some info. on this. Love u all loads !!!!
Hi! Great journey down memory lane.
could anyone tell me from where to get copies of Discover India Quiz-first color all india quiz shown on DD National in 1987?
I still remember the title song of “Daane Anaar Ke”. Probably one of the best ever songs. Does anybody have that song. It was some excellent music by Vishal Bharadwaj and Gulzar.
Another lovely show was “Spirit of Unity Concerts”. Its theme music was my first exposure to AR Rahman. Amazing.
Another outstanding theme music was “Surabhi”.
Jaane kahaan gaye woh din!!!!
This is touching article even can make reader shed tears.
Great Post, Hey Admin & all the contributors- You all have done a splendid job, also those who did read but didnt pen down something, might have felt the same way we all are feeling about our old days,,and thanks for reminding me the name of the fish “Swimee”..wow..
Does anyone remember that calling……
Kaliganj ki bahu “O” kaliganj ki bahu…..
and “Kala Jal” Title song been sung by- ANup Jalota Ji,,kale jal me doob raha hai,,,,,,
Where can i watch an old hindi serial called Seahawks?
The list keeps on growing! How about that Sulabha Deshpande serial – Ratha Chakra, whose title song went something like this – konkan ke kan mein….
Hey guys thanks for giving my childhood days back to me it was great day & great tv serials,if anybody connected to the media please bring for us their old serials…umm i also remember there names…detactive serials-suraag,karamchand,vyomkesh bakshi,tehkikat,reporter(shekhar suman) in marathi ek sunya sunya(100), hello inspector.
comedy serials – vagle ki duniya,mungerilal ke haseen sapne,dekh bhai dhek,nukkad,zabaan sambhal ke,shrimaan shrimati,hum paanch,lorel & hardy,charli chaplin,small wonder,the nanny,invisible man,dd’s comedy show & many more hey their was one american serial going on in the morning after 10.30am i don’t remember the name but i remember 2 nigro brothers in that & smaller one is very
quick to replay the answer & he always say,”whose a talk about willise?”plz help me out to find that serial name.
in cartoon i remember my alltime faviorate giant robot,heman,disney hour,dinosore dinosore,duck tales,tales pin,little mermaid,pingu,arebian nigts,jungle book,puppet show,dennice the mennis,potli baba ki,tom & jerry,scooby doo,flintstone..& many more.
Also i like ajnabee,kille ka rahsya,malgudi days,superhit muqabala,all the best,betaal pachisi,chandrakanta,stone boy,shaktimaan,vikram betaal,captain vyom,alif laila,tipu sultan,mile sur mera tumhara,sakshartha mission,ramayan,mahabharat,flop show,humtum ek camarey me band ho.in marathi gotya,chal navachi vachal vasti,zopi gelela jaga zala,pandgo elo re,marathi chitrapatgeete,harvala aahe..,aajchya thalak batmya & many more serials having images in my mind but i didn’t get their name.
Ok bye guys & Do keep thinking on old serials names & refresh your mood n mind!!!
I also remember few ads their was bajaj tubs & bulbs ad it was like “Jab me chota baccha tha,badi shararat karta tha,meri chori pakdi jati ,jab roshan hota bajaj!!”
Ajntha toothbrush-”Ajantha toothbrush papa ka,bhayia ka,mumma ka aur ajantha mera!!”
Sundrop oil not new it was old ad-”Sundrop ki duniya me sehat sabhi ki the healthy oil the healthy people…”
Rasna-Only i remember “i love u rasna”
Aman verma’s Pan Parag ad in that taller guy said to him “Aur mere liye?”then he removed out his pan parag pouch gaddi.
Pan parag goli ad-in angry”kya shadi aur tumse..kabhi nahi@@” then soft & sweetly after eaten goli”kya shadi
aur tumse..kabhi nahi!!
Humdard ka sincara,zandu balm,santoor soap,dabarlal kala danthmanjan,vicco vajradanthi,liril soap ad(la lalalala laralara la lalalaaaa,dabar chawynprash & many more.
Hi does any body have EK zara ek bat serial title song, which was telecasted at 9.30 on week day.
if any body has that song please mail it me at raghuage@gmail.com
DD Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7XZSz_SY_U&feature=related
Hey all,
Feels really nostalgic after reading all these posts…
Just had 2 -3 serials of 90’s though in mind but still made some impact on our lives…
1)Anybody remember the TarramTu Serial ??
Really loved the song…
Suraag was also 1 serial which i liked to see in the night…
Superhit muqabla started in competetion to Colgate Top10 was also good but when it showed episodes of golden era,it was really a moment to cherish….
Will again bring some more serials to cherish..
Good Bye,
Mandar
Hi does anyone know the serial in which there was a king and some female statues.In every serial one of the female statues comes to life and if I remember correctly tells a story something like that. It used to be aired on doordarshan long back.
Janvi. The serial u referring to was Singhasan Battisi. This was supposed to have 32 episodes one for each statue but got discontinued somehow after eleven episodes only
Cheers
BigV
Hi Sudhir,
Thanks for the extensive list. I guess the serial name was “Jeevan Rekha” and not “Life line”.
Does anyone recall names of these serials?
1) A story of Punjabi Sikh family featuring khalistan terror in backdrop.
2)An NRI/Urban guy in search of a guru for classical music in a village in South India. (I am sure it’s not the one featuring Hema Malini and Bharatnatyam). This was a story of a guy.
After reading your post I just realised serials of yester years had far better and more interesting content than those today. I loved “Kacchee Dhoop” and “Surabhi” was well executed too. But I personally feel “Buniyaad” was the BEST of the lot! Epic sweep, excellent story telling, some very good performances. It really gripped me!
@MAYUR The serial you are referring is probably “Different Strokes”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diff%27rent_Strokes)
Classic American Sitcom. But my vote would go to “Yes (Prime) Minister”. Hacker, Humphrey and Bernard will never fade away from my memory.
It is such a lovely to read about old forgotten doordarshan.Nowaday there are so many channels and so much going on television and movie world,but old is gold.I dont think 20 years from now,we will be discussing nowadays tele as much as we are thinking about doordarshan,cause it was simple and our lives were so simple.Doordharan is like our roots and really they have been so strong,thats why we all still cherish and remember what it gave to us.
One of my fav. was Stone Boy, I remember the lyrics of the song which goes this way:
Aa gaya hoo paas tere, chod ke sab yaar mere,
kar-le mugh-se dosthi, stone boy o-o-o stone boy.
HEY AGNOSTIC INDIAN THANKS MAN FOR REMEMBERING ME THAT SERIAL NAME….U ROCK
NICE N JUST KEEP ON THINKING ON OLD SERIALS NAME….
hey Agnostic Indian thanks man for remembering me that serial name thanks a lot………
Escellent work by Shailesh.Just a new follower pls bear it.Also in the long list I would like to add Marathi Serials which are probably missed out.
1)Bhikaji rao Karodpati
2)Pail teer
Also I dont remember the name of the serial in which Mahesh Manjrekar had acted.He was shown as suffering from leprosy something like that.
Can i get the advertisement of bajaj ke pankhe parikshit(Ajay ) shahni.Email pls amitreports@rediffmail.com
There was one serial in which was chadui chirag.deepak coming Sunday mornings
There is one more serial revolving my minds. Paintal was in Laddu Singh taxiwala.I cant remember as was very small kid.
Hi… Can anyone tell me where I can find the these track of the serial Lifeline? I’ve been hunting for it for many months but nothign so far….
Thanks
Hi… Can anyone tell me where I can find the theme track of the serial Lifeline? I’ve been hunting for it for many months but nothign so far….
Thanks
But guys have u not seen these mentioned below:
1.anandi gopal,
2.aarohan
3.junoon,
4.hindustani,
5.anjuman,
6.sarah jahan humara,
7.ehsaash,
8.bikhre panne,
9.boond,
10. tarang,
11. swati,
12. arundhati,
13. idhar udhar,
14. devi saudh rani,
15. capt. vyom,
16. sriman-srimati,
17. nehle pe dehla
18. baje payal,
19. director’s cut,
20. kabootri haweli,
21. taliyaan,
22. sahashraphan,
23. kunoor ki thakurain,
24.french films at late night,
25. saye devdar ke,
26. natkhat rani badi sayani
any more plz help me remember!!!!!!!!!
Shailesh: Thanks for taking us in Golden Days!!
i just feel some tears in my eye !! just crying !!that was the perfect happy days……………………….oh!! just go back in my childhood……!!
HI Friends,
Reading in this forum always makes me feel so nostalgic that i cant explain…. trust me guys we should all meet some day some where and share our good ol DD days..
Thanks guys for sharing it everyting..
Thanks SAURABH !! my list is getting updated every day and i am stayin in touch with DD’s Archive department
Thanks VJ, for correcting me .. its Jeevan rekha
Hey Neha CONTRACTOR.. did you really work in StoneBoy?? if yes then pls explain all of us your experience dear over here, i know that this serial was shot in Mauritius, Fantastic serial dear…now i am living in a place where Manjunath himself stays… i remember myself visiting Mauritius to revisit that place where this serial ( Stoneboy) was shot..
Neha , btw my wife also shares the same name
i request you to pls give me a call and make my day by explaining about your experience of Stoneboy, i am sure everyone here cherished that serial and i m one of them
my contact no. is 09900515332
i shall wait for your call and request you to make me cry with loads of happiness of old days
my email id pinc143@gmail.com
love and nostalgia to all the lovely sould here
lets all keep in touch always
Anyone remembers the serial with starring Siddhrath Basu as a part of an NRI family who comes back to settle in India?
It had a late nigt slot; 10.30 if I remember correctly.
@inca(366),
Probably you mean Panchhi.. It was Mohan Mahirishi and family that comes to India..
@Amit P (359), Sunday Afternoon with Ranjit Malik and Dipankar (Genie) that was Ashcharya Deepak..
Pavan @ 367,
Oh yes, Panchhi it was. Mohan Maharishi was indeed the dad and I think Banwari Taneja was one of the sons as well. I had been trying to rcollect this one for the longest time and now I know. Thanks a lot.
And then, wasn’t Panchhi also the name of the serial directed by Ravi Vaswani starring Winnie Paranjape? That was pretty good as well.
Pavan Jha @ 368
Thanks for the reply.Its awesome u remember even the Actors name as well.
There was a serial which use to come at 2 a.m, if i am not wrong and the title was thumak thumak…any body remember it…? and at the same time another serial where vegetables use to fight and there was some song like bengan raaja aate hai… bengan raaja aate hai…
There was also one serial in which nukkad team probably reappeared.It was based on railway station them.
@371 Akash
No serial came at 2 AM.If u read previous readers comments they have already mentioned Baingan Raja serial coming.
Amit P @372
The serial you are referring to was Intezar.
great post. made me nostalgic.thanx
nobody mentioned the great epic Shanti…. and animated Taram Too
I recently finished watching Mirza Ghalib & Gul-Gulshan-Gulfam, Fauji, Buniyaad, after 15 years I use to watch this when I was little kid.. no words to describe this.. just …just.. di all great..ppl. and
It was such wonderful days with DD…it has about 50% part in my childhood memories..really I feel like crying.
All the serials where classic’s .. every weekdays 9′0 clock serial, then wed – chitrahaar, sat – movie, sunday – ducktales, talespin, etc…
Guy’s we grewup looking good things in tv, but today’s generation ..???