Monday 16 July 2012

Roll back the ‘Fun-Tastic’ times


BY HEMANT FIRKE
July 16th,2012

I am sure you remember the times when all members of the family used to come together to watch Chitrahaar or Circus on Doordarshan?
Glued to my seat, I used to watch various exciting series, turning a deaf ear to my mother's call, sometimes ignoring invited guests at home who used to keep on asking me all sorts of nerdy questions about my studies. Sunday evenings were the most awaited for ‘Only Movie of the Week’.
The ones who ain’t aware of this, have missed a lot of, how Indian Television came up the old blues and how our society used to operate with Doordarshan? The jingles of Ek Chidiya Anek Chidiya’, and patriotic song such as ‘Mile Sur Mera Tumhara’ became popular on TV taking over every household by storm.
TV Shows such as Shanti, Buniyaad, Hum Log, Nukkad were the drama entertainment back then while children enjoyed watching Mowgli and Pingu.I enjoyed the most popular song of those days ‘Chaddhi Pehen Ke Phool Khila Hai’ and the most interesting part was the opening line ‘Jungle Jungle Baat Chali Hai, Pata Chala Hai’. It is still so refreshing.
The ticker before each show with the Doordarshan logo and its ‘Signature Montage Tune’ became hugely popular. Remember that ‘aeeeeeeee-aee-aee-aee-aee-aeeeeeeee’. I can never forget the faces of the news readers at the news hour in my life.
Few Classic Doordarshan shows:
- Hum Log
- Buniyaad
- Nukkad
- Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi
- Shaktimaan (India's first superhero!!!)
- Bharat Ek Khoj
- Chanakya
- Mungeri Lal Ke Haseen Sapne
- Mr Yogi
- Karamchand
- Chitrahaar
- Superhit Muqabla
- Vikram Betaal
- Potli Baba
- Tenali rama
- Circus
- Fauji (starred Shahrukh Khan)
- Alif Laila
- Rajani
- Wagle ki Duniya
- Lifeline
- Shrimaan Shrimati (My Fav)
- Tu Tu Main Main
- Zaban Sambhaal Ke
- Dekh Bhai Dekh
- Surabhi
- Stone Boy
- Chandrakanta
- Jaspal Bhatti's Flop Show & Ulta Pulta
- Commercials like Laxman Sylvania, ECE, Frooti, Gold Spot, Lijjat papad, Complan Boy (Shahid Kapur) & Complan Girl (Ayesha Takia), Parle G, Breeze, Moti Sandal, Rasna and many more.
How many of you remember these shows? Ahhhhhhhhhh, those were the days!!!
What is wrong with today’s generation?
‘kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi’.....ufffff....thi toh thi… what the %#&$ ... ?
* The son is elder than the parents.
* People return after death, and I'm not talking about Reincarnation.
* The never dying ‘Ba’ can discover exclusive column in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ for 
   her limitless age and enthusiasm to thrive for more, and I guess no granny died before 
   watching the 4th generation of the family.
* Everyone lives in a super luxurious house but no one goes to work.
* The superjealous vamps, ‘Nanand’ and ‘Saas’ can even give a run for the money to the FBI 
   agents.
* And the perfect bahu is probably ‘Adidas Ladies Shoe’ because for her ‘Nothing is Impossible’.
* Expect a Twist?? which originally never existed.
* A ladies ‘Shopping Mall’ in itself.
* ‘Pehli baar Bahu ke haatho ka bana halwa’ is always out of the world.
* Every new guest entering the house, never actually leaves, and gets settled for ever.
All I like is ‘The Ramu Kaka’, who actually looks like ‘Ramu Kaka’!!!!

Torture Alert
I am amazed to find some young people in our cities who regularly watch these series. Some like me would always reject these soaps on grounds of feminism. Most would simply not want to sit at home voting for this nonsense domestic politics. We would rather be out having fun and enjoy life. Not thinking of anything more heart sweating than the latest bicker with our girlfriends/wife or boyfriends/husband.
Who has the time for these boohoo stories? By the way…..

 






Roll back the ‘Fun-Tastic’ times for us and end the  
‘Tele-Fornication’ meltdown of today. 

                                                                                                                     


                                                                                                                 

7 comments:

Sameer Phal said...

As a person hailing 4m the north of vindhyas, can u explain why is it that the favourite delicacy of the hero or the best dish that the bahu makes is always the same "gajar ka halwa"? :)

Lost In Wild said...

Hemant ,this question needs an an answer . Please consult Sushil if you are inept at Providing an answer.

Hemant said...

SAM: Similar to 'chaaku' being 'Rampuri' always for our villain.
Its just another 'Non-Sense' which is made so very 'Common'.:P

Lost In Wild said...

Well the chappal used to be kolahapuri till they started wearing only 'Mojri 'and Sherwani all day.Cant someof these guys get a pair of Bermudas and t-shirts to make themselves comfortable at home.

Sushil (Vicky) said...

Its actually called 'Gajarella'' in upper north belt... but in daliy TV Soaps any sort of Halwa (though i hate halwa,bhai kush aur b bana lo... High Sugar se marte kyun nahin yeh log) made by bahoo will be replaced with Gajar ka Halwa (all because of Director).... '' ..waise wo sham kya haseen thi jab DD pe Sunday ki movie dekhte the.... mummy Mitti k chule pe sabji banati aur hum 10-10 rotiyan sekate the......''

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