DOORDARSHAN- DOWN MEMORY LANE
DOORDARSHAN- DOWN MEMORY LANE
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 (Dh