Those were the most simple, harmless hopes of the 80’s. Whether it was Disco Station from Hathkadi or one of the forgettable hits from Teri Kasam – it was always a happy half hour with hopes soaring that atleast 1 song could be sqeezed in towards the end. Chitrahaar sponsored by Topaz Stainless Blade was a major high for me and this laid the foundation for the filmi fever in me that continues till today. I dropped everything what I was doing to be in front of the television at 8 PM on Wednesdays. I want to tread down this memory lane and recollect some of those inestimable times… DD became the very soul of the nation and for the next decade and a half to come the entire nation’s schedule was almost governed by DD and its programmes.Įven to this day, the theme songs of serials, those ad jingles and national integration songs bring back some strange kind of nostalgia that can only be felt by people who were a part of the Doordarshan generation. Although the advent of television in India (atleast in the Metros) was way before the 80s – it gained a new meaning with the coming of the 80s. Doordarshan was a common factor that bound us all together irrespective of the age group or region where we belonged to. The 80s were one of the best years of my life ………this would be true for most of India’s kids who were born in the 60’s and 70’s. A Tribute to Doordarshan : by Kartik Krishnaswamy
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