SWEET MEMORIES: It’s the time when there use to be only one TV at our homes with only one or maximum two channels to watch and thus, every serial and every song had a great value to itself, though I was not a BIG TIME TV surfer
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Doordarshan - The one and only daily entertainment dose of every Indian.
I still remember the days when we all use to wait for every Friday to watch the latest songs (Chitrahar) on our favorite channel Doordarshan. Today, just try to visualize - you are allowed to watch songs just for half an hour a week and that too at a pre-scheduled time (Friday, 8:00PM)
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Listed below are some of the serials and commercials, that will definitely gonna remind you with your kindergarten days and of course, I can already see a smile on your face
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- Chitrahaar - Songs at their best; half an hour, once a week (Friday, 8:00PM).
- Ramayan and Mahabharat - you can’t argue with your grand-parents on this, everything can stop when it comes to these serials and anything was possible with these serials. Remember those bow & arrows spreading fires and killing 1000 of people with a single shot
. - Malgudi Days
- Chandrakanta - Karuuuur Singh (Yakoo)
- lyrics: “Chandrakanta kee kahani hai sadeyon purani, …“
- Jungle Book - Mowglee, Bagira, Sherkhan
- lyrics: “Jungle jungle baat chali hai pataa chala hai, chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai..“
- video:
- Cartoons - Ducktales, Telespin after Chanakya at 10:30AM, Sunday morning. Uncle screwz , always screwed.
- Chanakya
- Vyomkesh Bakshi - Detective serials of your times
- Fauji & Circus - Initial start of Shahrukh Khan’s career which made him quite popular on TV.
- Humlog, Buniyaad
- Nukkad - khopdi (drunken, always - still alive)
- Tipu Sultan
- Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne - wow
- Fatichar
- Surbhi
- Vikram Vetaal
- and there were many more to this list..
There is a little more to it…
- “Mile sur mera tumhara, too sur baane humara” - it was such a long song and boring too
- Days when the TV set too use to sleep; it was between late night and early morning… you must be knowing it if you have ever got a chance to switch your TV ON between that time… there use to be rainbow colored 7-10 vertical strips on your TV Screen with some irritating background sounds.
- Also, how can one forget “Rookavat ke liye khed hai“
A few good & bad commercials
- Hamara Bajaj
- Nirma Detergent
- Ek Anek Aur Ekta
There is so much more but I have to go now.. but i’ll be back with some more interesting, loving and enjoyable stuff till then…,
Keep Smiling n Keep Rolling n Keep Rocking… ![]()
ENJOY!!!

, cutting the cake, rubbing it on birthday boy’s face, clicking his pics from different angels, making him feel special by torturing him the most on his special day, enjoying the good food together but, but the GOOD part all started after this. It was the humorous part from the whole show - hilarious skit, song and real life humorous incidence - creating an ambience to be loved by all.
