Dooor ki Darshan - Kahaan gaye
woh din!!!
Hi
Folks!
Long
time...
Happened
to stumble upon some TV serials of yore... the Golden Days of Doordarshan...
What
fun it used to be!
I
was so excited that I ended up watching a handful of episodes back to back of
the famous serial "Nukkad"
So
many characters set in a simple setting of a Nukkad - it brought alive the
unassuming street corners of any big city, which any of us could relate to.
Characters,
so down to earth, their life, turmoils, small happiness, their livelihood...
The sharing, caring... The festivals and calamities...
I
got so engrossed watching and reliving those times... so nostalgic!
One
of the main character 'Guru' ( Dilip Dhavan) unfortunately he is not among us
today... It's sad... A good actor he was, indeed, and of course with a joyful
pleasant voice.
'Kopdi'
Sameer Kakkar is for TV, what Keshto Mukherji was to movies, when it comes to
personifying a drunkard on screen. Sameer lived his role, I should say, that it
impressed Kamalhaasan so much so, that he cast him in his silent movie ‘Pushpak’
as a millionaire drunkard around whom the story is wound.
Pavan Malhotra - who can forget
this young lanky lad with his puppy love for Madhu – daughter of sethji. He
soon graduated as a Juggler in “Circus” serial.
He has grown thru the ages, his
acting getting better… Whether it is Bhaag Milka Bhaag or Jab we met, he excels
even in his cameo roles.
The silent love between Maria
teacher (Rama Vij) and Guru, the puppy love of Hari and Madhu, the one sided
love of Radha (Sangeeta) on Hari…
What a bunch of characters –
beggar to sweeper, paanwala to chaiwala, cycle repair to electrical repairs,
kirana store to jewellery store, policewala to neta, unemployed to unpad...
Simple episode lines, simple
characters…
It’s success was inspiring enough
for many such serials to follow…
Manoranjan – life about movie
world
Intezar – life around a small
town railway station
Circus – life around the circus
world
Fauji – life and travails of army
men
How exciting it was to watch ‘Yeh
jo zindagi’ … We miss you Shafi ji.
Swaroop Sampat, Satish Shah,
Ramesh and many more fun filled characters.
‘Wagle ki duniya’ – who could
forget Anjan Srivastav ji’ who was famous for calling out to his wife Bharati
Acrekar “Radhikaaa”
Not to miss ‘Humlog’ and ‘Buniyaad’.
I should say I learnt more about
Indian history from ‘Bharat ek Khoj’ than my history classes.
When it was just Doordarshan we
enjoyed more, we learnt more, excitement and looking forward for those few hours
of quality entertainment was more.
We have 200 channels of 24 hours
service, alas!
I find myself just surfing thru’
half the time… if not, I find myself watching a movie or old serial on Youtube
or new ones on Netflix/Amazon Prime.
What’s gone wrong with today’s
crop of so called serials, mega thodar, mega serial… It’s grown leaps and
bounds in number size and length… but quality???
What are we teaching/showing our
kids?
Mothers and Mothers in law in
flashy clothes gawdy makeup and big Bindhis plotting against bahus…(No offense
meant, whatsoever, on any particular character or serial or actor/actresses)
Men involved in their own
business plotting and conspiracies…
Its either family feud or
corporate feud, religion based old practices or ultra modern adultery…
Anything for TRP rating??? It’s
sad...
80’s kids were luckiest. No
wonder today’s kids are glued to their laptops/game consoles or
ipads/iphones/android phones for want of quality entertainment on TV. Choice is
more but no water to quench.
Kahaan gaye who din…
Adios, meet you soon…