Category Archives: Doordarshan

Chanakya: A great serial on Doordarshan

Posted on September 9, 2007 by ashish

In the midst of so many serials about troubles within the family, about the serials that explore the relationship between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law (saas bahu) and the constant problems between them, one sometimes get a wish (driven by nostalgia) … Continue reading →

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Doordarshan Nostalgia: Bharat Ek Khoj

Posted on August 6, 2007 by ashish

Way back, in the 1980′s (1988 to be precise), there used to appear a serial on Doordarshan called Bharat Ek Khoj. It presented in dramatic form, a depiction of the history for India for 5000 years till the year 1957, … Continue reading →

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Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

Posted on August 4, 2007 by ashish

A long time back, Doordarshan used to run theme based short clips on national integrity, and they made a few that had an excellent direction and theme. For example, they had this 5 minute clip called Mile Sur Mera Tumhara … Continue reading →

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Doordarshan nostalgia: Khandaan

Posted on July 15, 2007 by ashish

I was just reminscing of serials from an earlier age, when Doordarshan was the only channel available, and we used to wait for our favourite serials to appear on TV. In the current age of a massive number of family … Continue reading →

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