It was the year 1982 when my ma & both my sis convinced dad to get a TV & the convincing factor was the Asian Games. So here we brought home our very first TV an Uptron B&W television. The Ad for this brand went like…”What’s on?? It Uptron..” It even had a wooden shutter in the front.
Here is a list of what I grew up with watching on Indian Television:
Chitrahaar: Every Wednesday and Friday at 8 pm was like ultimate tv time for us. Not to be missed at any cost. I remember my sis used to maintain a notebook where all songs of chitrahaar was listed so that we don’t miss watching movies on our rented VCR (The story about our rented VCR days will follow later)
Rangoli: It was a reason to get up early morning on Sundays
Vikram Vetaal: I liked it lot as a child. Vetaal at that time was scary but now I think he was kindaa cute :)
Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi: Hilarious comedy. Opening lines went something like..
Yeh jo hai zindagi thodi khatti thodi meethiThodi (something) thodi (something)....
Malgudi Days: A Kid named Swami (looking very cute in Dhoti & Blazer) and the title song –“taana na taana na na” & ofcourse R K Laxman’s sketches.
Sigma: India’s first sci-fi serial. This serial was far ahead from its time during those days. Serial was about a space station called Sigma. I guess everyone who remember this serial will also be remembering that HELIUM attack episode too. And something in black colour & the shape of pumping heart looked yuk…
Udaan: Based on Kiran Bedi’s life, Kavita chaudhary (Lalita ji of surf) was lead actress and serial was quite popular. Story of a girl’s journey to become an IPS officer. Shekhar Kapoor played her love interest.
Simhasan Batteesi: About King Vikramaditya’s sinhaasan & the 32 stories being told by battis putliyan.
Appu Aur Pappu: About a kid and his elephant friend.
Mulla Naeeruddin: It was about Mulla Naseeruddin( Raghubir Yadav), set in 13th century in Baghdad and Zohra Sehgal used to narrate in this.
The Discovery of India: Roshan Seth used to play Nehru’s role and even though I cudn’t understand a word of what he was saying I used to watch it.
Mr Yogi: Mohan Gokhale plays Mr. Yogi who comes to India in search of a bride. Om Puri plays Sutradhar who directs the story of Yogi. The story revolves around Yogi and his search for a perfect bride. Hilarious.
Flop show: Jaspal Bhatti was just tooo good. Hilarious
Karamchand: Pankaj kapoor as karamchand (with carrot) and Sushmita mukerjee as kitty.
World this Week : Pranoy Roy at his best. This was a no nonsence show where I as a kid was not allowed to speak and we watched this show with Dad in complete pin drop silence.
Surabhi: Sidhdharth Kak and Renuka Shahane were hosting this program. Renuka’s hair cut and Colgate smile were quite popular.
Thehqiqat: Better recognized as “Tehqueeqat, yeh hai tehqeeqat”. Vijay Anand as Sam ‘D Souza and his assistant Saurabh Shukla.
Vyomkesh Bakshi: With a Bengali background Rajat kapoor was Vyomkesh bakshi in dhoti and kurta and K K Raina as his assistant.
Ramayan and Mahabharat: There was Curfew like situation on Sunday mornings when these two epics were telecasted.. Dara singh as Hanuman,Arun Govil as Ram & Deepika as Sita were worshipped in common indian households. Harish Bhimani’s voice as “main samay hoon” made great impact in Mahabharat.
Chandrakanta: Started very well but lost interest after introduction of too many characters and complicated story. But Kroor Singh doing Yakkkkuu was like Amrish Puri saying “Mogambo khush hua.....”
Phir Wohi Talaash: I can recall only Nilima Azim playing a bubbly girl. The story was a small town boy comes to metro and falls in love with a rich and sophisticated girl.
Kille ka Rahasya: Don’t recall much, but I used to close my eyes when a big Punja was coming closer to camera.
Mungerilal ke haseen sapne: Talented Raghuvir Yaadav as Mungherilal used to see dreams of a person whichever attracts him.
Daayre: Ahem! Ahem! Me as a kid worked in this serial since the shooting was in our school and the crew needed 2-3 kids..That was my 5 minutes claim to fame & everyone back home watched this serial. :)
Shahruk’s Fauji & Circus
Doosra kewal : It was about a son who is lost and shahrukh made appearances in between
Shanti & Swabhimaan: Ma used to tell me the story of episodes that I missed while I was in hostel. :)
Junglebook: Remember that song ”jungle jungle baat chali hai pataa chala hai, chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai..”
Danu Danasur: “Chipkali ke nana hai, chipkali ke hai sasur..”
Spider Man: Spiderman – spiderman friendly neighbourhood spiderman He can do whatever a spider can
He Man & The Master Of The Universe
Ek Do Teen Char: “Ek Do Teen Char. Charo milkar saath chale toh karde chamatkar”.
Indradhanush: It was a story about a boy who discovers a time Machine ,and with help of this time machine he travels ancient period as well as in future.
Honi-Anhoni: This was based on unnatural true stories .I remember watching each & every episode with a pumpimg heart & with half eyes closed.
Pachpan Khambe Laal Deewarein: With Aman Verma and Meeta Vashisth. It was about a young man falling in love with a woman who was older than him and was a professor cum hostel warden.
Kashish: It had Sudesh Berry and Malvika Tiwari. A love story of a director falling for his leading lady. The director is shown very egoistic.
Farmaan: Kawaljit & Deepika Deshpande’s kiss gave a controversial twist to this serial and added to it’s popularity. May be the age I was in when these serials started made me very fond of them. :)
The ones I remember watching on television but can’t recall much:
Humlog: This serial dealt with the everyday lives of people like Badki, manjali, chutki, Lallu & Nanhe. In the end Ashok Kumar used to sum up the episode.
Buniyaad : All I remember is Master ji, Veerawali & Lajo ji
Nukkad: Dilip Dhawan, Pavan Malhotra & khopdi.
Lucy show: An English comedy used to come on Wednesday I guess.
Nupur: Lead actor was Sudesh Berry and had background of classical dance & music
Mrignayani: Pallavi Joshi
Wagle Ki Duniya: Anjan srivastava and Bharti Achrekar in a light hearted comedy
Humraahi: Manohar shyaam joshi and Himani Shivpuri.
Neenv: About school & students
Chunauti: It was about drugs
Show Theme: About movies
Muzrim haazir ho: Hun huna.. hun huna..hun huna re…hun huna!!
Intezaar: Station master Pavan Malhotra
Tamas: A bus or a truck carrying people may be at the time of partition & Deepa Sahi
Tipu sultan: All I remember is Sanjay Khan as Tipu Sultan & Shahbaaz Khan as Hyder Ali.
Gul Gulshan Gulfam: Based on a family in Kashmir valley, I first saw boathouses in this serial. But I still remember the song “Muskurate subah ki aur gungunaate shaam ki, yeh kahaani gul ki hai, gulshan ki hai, gulfaam ki”
Turning Point: Hosted by Girish karnard or Naseer.
Kakaji kahein: Om Puri
Krishi Darshan & Chaupal: Never watched these two.
Names which ring a bell –
Aa Baill Mujhe Maar
Appu Aur Pappu
Barrister Vinod
Kachchee Dhoop
Hum panchi ek daal ke
Daane Anaar ke
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Tenaliram
Srikant
Tamas
Sanjha Chulha
Khandaan
Dada Dadi Ki kahaniyaan
Potli Baba Ki
Dekho Magar Pyar Se
Idhar Udhar
13 Panne
Katha Sagar
Akbar Birbal
Alif Laila
And at last some irritating things on doordarshan…
The boards showing Rookavat ke liye khed hai.?? & Nritya ka Akhil Bhartiya Karyakram...
Around these programmes my world used to revolve. In short, the serials of those days had good story line,stellar performances ,fewer commercials and most important a reasonable duration.
Those good old days…Somebody plz tell Ekta Kapoor to watch any one of them and I m sure she will come up with a new series called ‘Kahaani Hamaare Television Ki” :)
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