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Debayon Dutta

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: Shagnika

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same haalat here!!😭😭Could never meet him..yes i have met Gauri... But can u tell me where xactly in New Alipore does her bros stay?

I guess, the topic is going to SRK now..Sorry Visrom..we started off with serials from old era but finally reaches SRK.😆

They live near the Rasoi factory, you know? It's near the place where New Alipore and Lake Gardens...sorry, never really lived in Kolkata.....my grandparents live there.

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SAGNIKA

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Posted: 15 years ago

#32

Originally posted by: debayon
They live near the Rasoi factory, you know? It's near the place where New Alipore and Lake Gardens...sorry, never really lived in Kolkata.....my grandparents live there.

i live in Lake gardens and my best frnd stays in New Alipore...😆 and the places are at quite a distance😉..anyways thanx for the rasoi factory bit.😊

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Debayon Dutta

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Posted: 15 years ago

#33

Originally posted by: Shagnika

i live in Lake gardens and my best frnd stays in New Alipore...😆and the places are at quite a distance😉..anyways thanx for the rasoi factory bit.😊

Alright, you know where the Rasoi Factory is? Go staright towards Chetla, and then when there comes a fork(if you go staright, you'll end up in a slum), take right. Keep going straight until you get to a house with big black gates. That's her house. I have to show it to you physically. I am coming to Kolkata this summer, maybe I can show it to you. 😆 JK.

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SAGNIKA

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Posted: 15 years ago

#34

Originally posted by: debayon
Alright, you know where the Rasoi Factory is? Go staright towards Chetla, and then when there comes a fork(if you go staright, you'll end up in a slum), take right. Keep going straight until you get to a house with big black gates. That's her house. I have to show it to you physically. I am coming to Kolkata this summer, maybe I can show it to you. 😆 JK.

😆😆😆😆 that was a perfect description...God how did u anage to recall all that suddenly!!!😆😆..anyways thanx a tonnn!!!! and sure, when u come to kol..u can show me the house..although it wont make much difference cos even then meeting SRK to sirf kismatwalon ko naseeb hota hai!

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prabha.

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Posted: 15 years ago

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@debayon WOW awesome details.

Although we are going way off topic. There is something I want to share. 3 years back I had gone to see Mannat on SRK's birthday. Although I could not see him that day but what an experience it was. WOW. I have missed him by 20 minutes. He had come waved at the crowd 20 min back. There was a sea of people waiting for a glimpse, there were loads of press people too. Saw a lot of familiar faces from news channels who anchor filmy news. Then periodically everyone would shout "Shah Rukh Shah Rukh", I screamed my heart out. Normally one can't do that. 😆 people will call you insane but here there was no stopping and there a plenty just like you so you don't feel left out 😃 That is one experience I will always cherish even though I missed seeing him.

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: sneha_fighter
Somehow I felt we grew up with all these shows and they played a very important role in our socialization process. ............ Nyways those of who had really seen this are really lucky and am thankful I have been from this era.

I agree these shows have played a huge role during our childhood, have a hand in what we are today a human beings. We learnt so much from them. We did not have a TV set till late 1988-89. All the kids from the colony would gather and see TV at our neighbor's house. I still remember seeing Vikram Vetal with other kids and the discussion we had about each story. How crazy we were about Arun Govil who played Vikram, we would enact the part where he would get Vetal from the tree and put him on his back. I used to play Vikram and my younger brother would be Vetal. So as soon as I got to know its out in the Market, I got a copy immediately. Kya time tha yaar, we weren't as advanced in technology, I wish I had capture it all for current times. I too am thankful to have born in those times.

Its amazing how during those days there used to be one TV in a colony with one channel, now we have two TVs in one house with 100 channels and nothing to watch. Most of the times we are just busy changing channels. DD just never tried to be in race, else it had so much but they are so lazy they just gave it up. Today DD is a joke, its sad.

IF you get a chance to see, check out Jhansi Ki Rani starring Varsha Usgaonkar. It was awesome, this current one is a shame. I wonder where are all the historians now who had issues with Jodha Akbar.

Does anyone remember the serial - INDRADHANUSH, starring Vikram Gokhale, Akshay Anand and guess who Karan Johar? Also STONE BOY?

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: Shagnika
Prabha di where did u get these DVDs from? I mean whether from local DVD parlours or even things like Music World or Planet M have them? i am asking cos my local Parlours have nothing with them!😭

I got it in my local store - CROSSWORD. I have a Fauji's DVD [2 Disc Set] on PEN VIDEO.

The cover looks like this

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visrom

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Posted: 15 years ago

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Originally posted by: prabha.

Does anyone remember the serial - INDRADHANUSH, starring Vikram Gokhale, Akshay Anand and guess who Karan Johar? Also STONE BOY?

It went on to such a big discussion!!! I was actually looking for videos of that 'Lifeline' mentioned in another thread and saw these. I actually thought these were OT and Ambrosia would close this thread.

Of course I remember these serials. I don't know that one of them had KJo. I remember hurrying up and finishing homework on Saturdays itself because my dad wouldn't allow me to watch Mahabharat on TV unless I finished it.

The original Mahabharat was the best made version ever with some very good actors - Mukesh Khanna, Pankaj Dheer. None of the later versions come close to it. It is being shown even now on Utsav and I love watching some of the scenes again and again (just like some magic moments of CID)

Then there was this Byomkesh Bakshi - which actually instilled interest in crime and investigation in my mind. It was very simple and only used logic. No forensic, nothing. The stories were set in pre-independence days and Byomkesh used to wear a simple Dhoti-Kurta 😆 and we had no complaints about his wardrobe those days. I loved one of the episodes where a cyclist used to commit murders by fixing a pin inside the cycle bell. He used to ride past the victim, and ring the bell when he was close enough to the victim and the pin used to go pierce the heart. They had great ideas those days.

And what can I say about circus??? One episode I remember was the one where Ashutosh Gowarikar had to shoot as a duplicate(stuntman) for a film hero and he was asked to do the trapeze without a net at the bottom. He accepts the challenge, but when he actually goes to the top and looks down and finds no net, he becomes extremely nervous. But he decides to do it at the cost of risking his life as he is a big fan of that actor. I remember how scared I was while watching that scene. I've seen it only once, but still remember this episode well. I loved Ashutosh right from those days...and that's why I loved Viren as well in CID.

And speaking of Ashutosh - anyone remembers his lifebuoy ad on DD? He offers to drop his GF home and she looks at him and closes her nose and says 'Phir Kabhie'. Next day he bathes with lifebuoy and she agrees to take a lift from him. Very sweet ad.😆

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