Malgudi Days – This popular TV serial was based on the book written by RK Narayan of the same name. 39 episodes were shot for Doordarshan and most of the series was. Pages in category "Doordarshan television series". was the very first TV serial of Indian Television which started airing from 7 July. Malgudi Days (TV series). Indian TV Shows From The 9. That We Still Remember Fondly. From Dekh Bhai Dekh to Raja Aur Rancho, the 9. And those lucky enough to grow up during that era would fondly remember these 2. TV shows. We know we do! Dekh Bhai Dekh. Easily a classic now, ‘Dekh Bhai Dekh’ was a real hoot! Navin Nischol, Shekhar Suman, Farida Jalal and everyone else in the cast were memorable in their performance in this sitcom. Chandrakanta. The title song of this fantasy series was so catchy; we bet if you start humming the first two lines you will probably continue till the end! Best Classic Indian TV Serials of 1980’s. That was the start of Indian TV Industry and Doordarshan was the only TV Channel in. School Days Sea Hawks Shanti. List of Old Doordarshan TV shows and. serials that come instantly to my mind when I think of the good old days of Doordarshan. School Days Sea Hawks Shanti. School Days AnimeFrom Kroor Singh to Roopmati, the Snake Queen – the characters were totally awe- inspiring. Hum Paanch. A nagging wife, five dysfunctional daughters and a talking portrait of a dead wife – do you really need anything else to add to the comedy? Without a doubt, ‘Hum Paanch’ was one of the funniest sitcoms. Just Mohabbat. The Americans had ‘The Wonder Years’ and we Indians had ‘Just Mohabbat’. The coming of age of a young boy Jai and his relationship with his friends, family and even his imaginary friend Gautam used to get us glued to the TV in the 9. Hip Hip Hurray. The show that gave us a peep into what life in senior secondary school will be like, ‘Hip Hip Hurray’ was one show that all teenagers related to. School Days. Another serial for teenagers that used to come on Doordarshan was ‘School Days’, dealing with the lives of a group of high school kids. They just don’t make them like this anymore. Malgudi Days. If you had not watched this, you must at least have read it? If not, you missed out on something really cool as a kid. Surabhi. If anyone could get us to appreciate art and culture as kids, it had to be Renuka Shahane and Siddharth Kak in this show! In fact, it holds the distinction of being India's longest- running cultural series and features in the Limca Book of Records for receiving the largest measured audience response ever in the history of Indian television. Chitrahaar. Chitrahaar evenings were the most fun evenings ever. The way we used to hope that they play our favorite songs, you don’t see that kind of desperation nowadays. Rangoli. It does not matter if it was a Sunday – one simply did not sleep late and miss out on even 5 seconds of ‘Rangoli’! Flop Show. Before there was stand- up comedy, there was ‘Flop Show’ – and Jaspal Bhatti! Office Office. Some TV series were so seriously epic that the only logical way ahead was to make a movie – and that’s what the awesomeness of Pankaj Kapoor starrer ‘Office Office’ was about. Alif Laila. Based on the stories of ‘One Thousand and One Nights’, ‘Alif Laila’ used to whet our appetites for fantastic story- telling just the way Tim Burton would have. Vikram Aur Betaal. Indian folklore and literature is so rich that we need not look to the West to entertain us in the 9. For instance, this spooky but oh- so- captivating tale of King Vikram and Betaal the vampire! Byomkesh Bakshi. Forget Sherlock Holmes! Byomkesh Bakshi’s detective skills. Tehkikaat. And right next to Bakshi was none other than Sam D’Silva and his sidekick Gopichand! Those were the days…1. Shanti. Before Mandira Bedi went all cool with noodle strap while wowing cricket- lovers, she wowed us as Shanti with those long bindis! Shaktimaan. Shaktimaan was seriously one of the coolest Indian superheroes for the 9. There are probably a number of you who even bought his costume, didn’t you? Captain Vyom. With all the hotties from the 9. Milind Soman, Nethra Raghuraman, Dino Morea, Madhu Sapre and Rahul Bose – all these and more acted in this one. Raja Aur Rancho. You might be cool, but you will never be cool as this detective who had a monkey for his sidekick. I mean, seriously, that’s what television is all about! Shriman Shrimati. A comedy of errors at best and a veiled suggestion at wife- swapping at worst, ‘Shriman Shrimati’ was another sitcom that had the entire family LOLing. Boogie Woogie. With Javed Jaffrey, Ravi Behl and later Naved Jaffrey, ‘Boogie Woogie’ was the original dance reality show that kicked some serious butt. Mahabharat. There were a lot of religious series like ‘Om Namah Shivay’, ‘Jai Hanuman’, ‘Ramayan’ and others – but if we had to pick the best out of the 9. Mahabharat’ with its elaborate cast and still memorable title song. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. We end the list with ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ which not only made our evenings melodious, but also gave us some amazing singers like Shreya Ghoshal.
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