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The idiot box, that's what television was called in its good old Doordarshan days. It started at 6 pm with the Satyam Shivam Sundaram logo that gave way to a traditionally dressed presenter who read out the programme for the day. I still remember Chhaya Geet, Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan and the Sunday feature film were the hottest shows. In fact, one watched Saptahiki (the weekly programme guide) only to find out which film would be shown on the following Sunday.
If it were a hit film, you were assured that dinner would be ready early, roads would be clear and shops closed. If you walked down a lonely street you could hear Amitabh Bachchan romancing Rekha in every home. Well, it was after all a Sunday and there was a film on television. I feel nostalgic. Today, when television is throbbing with new programmes, ideas, concepts and formats, why would I think of days when the only colours one saw on television were black and white? Today, when the debate on is whether daily soaps or reality television are bigger, why does my mind want to stay still for a moment and ponder over what television once was? Because what it provided was entertainment for one and all. It held your attention for the entire evening. And when it ended, it left the viewers fulfilled. I wonder if television does that today. If we look closely and try to think of shows like Ek Kahani, Darpan, Buniyaad, Hum Log, Nukkad or even Fauji, we can safely say that each had a distinctive story. Stories that touched the heart, brought a smile and even a tear. Master Haveliram could still give Armaan Sir a run for his money as the sweet Teacherji from Nukkad could topple any of our overdressed bahus of today. So what was it that made television so novel in those days and why are we today running round in circles trying to present our viewers with the same plots, the same negative vamps, the same doings of the protagonist? Why is there no fresh programming? This is a question that every channel, producer and writer needs to ask today. Where are we going with television today? TV is starving for fresh shows, plots and ideas that are radically different. It's very easy to look at a show and decide that if one person can do it, so can I. But why don't we say that if that person can do it, I will do it better? Has time made us sluggish or have we depleted our creative resources completely? I just hope that the answer to both the above is no, because that is what I would like to believe. We need to think and reinvent. We need to look beyond the set parameters and create new ones. Let's make television viewing truly entertaining and pleasurable. (It's an article I found on net)...
******Today's television serials r just 🤢🤢🤢, and 'mamta' is a big big eg:......do u people agree??????
Shiv Shakti
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