I so agree with you. I am one of those forutunate people to have been part of the DD Gold Era. I have seen roads empty when Ramayan used to be aired. At that time sometimes a colony would have one TV and every one saw one channel together. Now there are hundred channels, almost every home have more than one TV set but still nothing worth watching. I just keep switing channels whenever I am watching TV. These Daily soaps ruined the whole face of India TV. earlier DD would grant the producer permsions of just 13 Episodes and you hae to finish you story in those 13 episodes. You had to give justifications for extention. Even Shows like Mahabharat and Ramayan had to go for extentions and if irrespective of how popular they were they had to assure DD Official that they not increase episodes just for the heck of it.
I have fond memories of so many actors, I may never know by name. Who were truly performers. Some great stories told. The entire net is filled with people wanting see all those DD Serials like Hum Log, Wagle Ki Duniya, Kakaji Kahen, Indradhanush, Mr Yogi but I wonder why no one is releasing them. There is so much demand out there but there is nothing in the market. What a shame.
Rajshri I thought was trying to get the golden era back but now they too got stuck with those trashy daily soaps. I can't tell you how trilled I was to see Singhasan Battisi, Talaash, Mahanagar, Fauji, Paying Guest, Vikram Vetal, etc again. All these were part of my childhood. I wish the producers or DD someone wakes up and releases them.
Edited by prabhanarayan - 15 years ago
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