

Mirza Ghalib- Jab Gulzar, Jagjit singh and Naseeruddn shah saath me ho to poochna hi kya?. Perhaps Gulzar wrote the title song ”kissa hai kahaani hai paheli hai” Daane Anaar Ke – one middle class family wins lottery and how behaviour of family and people related with them changes – a nice story. Story of a girl’s journey to become an IPS officer.
Udaan- based on Kiran Bedi’s life, Kavita chaudhary was lead actress and serial was quite popular. and the title theme –“taana na taana na na” I can remember it today also with R K Laxman’s sketches. Based on R K Narayan’s book, made by Shankar Naag, this serial is the best of all time serials I have ever seen. Malgudi Days- this serial needs a separate post. Harish Bhimani’s voice as “main samay hoon” made great impact in Mahabharat. People used to do pooja of TV before starting of these serials. Though technically poor, these two serials created mass histeria for TV selling. These serials made life of Arun Govil (Ram), Mukesh Khanna (Bhisma), Punit issar (duryodhan), Rupa Ganguli (Draupadi), Dipilka(Sita) etc. 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. 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.

Let’s check out some goods and bads of Doordarshan and our memory power. The one and only daily entertainment dose of every Indian.

Basu Chatterjee adapted each novel by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay into an episode (except Chiriyakhana and Adim Ripu, which are made in two part episodes).
