In those days, I don't know Hindi and Malayalam serials have not started.Malayalam telecast starts at 6.30 pm, news at 7.30 and Malayalam telecast ends at 8.40 pm, Hindi news starts. We bought TV in the mid 1980s when I was studying in class 2. I have read about Humlog.But i was not born that time. But in the case of serials, it's still centuries backward - old stories of traditional homes, grand weddings, saas-bahu quarrels etc etc. Which one do you prefer - daily soaps or weekly? Do you think quality of present day serials are good than those played in the 1980s and 1990s? I think films have advanced very much and now directors are experimenting with new subjects. Buniyaad, Karamchand, Malgudi days etc are still nostalgic for many.

Shaktimaan too.haha (till its episodes started dragging). But I regularly used to watch Doordarshan serials.Udaan, Ghutan, Mrignayani, Tehkikaat, Mashaal, Phulwanti etc on Doordarshan in the 1990s, during my teens. Personally i don't have even a single moment to waste for this useless soaps. Also how many techniques.Plastic surgery to replace a new actor, killing the character if an actor is to quit the show.bringing him back to the show as re-birth or something else if TRP rating goes low.It's nothing short of 'real-life comedy shows'. Otherwise, the show winds up within a year. Now everything is based on TRP ratings.As long as TRP ratings are high, episodes go on, go on and go on.

Earlier, quality was the prime aim rather than TRP ratings. Also, they will end in 13 episodes.īut what's the scene now? Kabhi Sauthen Kabhi Saheli played for long 11 years. But it's nice to see the continuation episode exactly after a week. If I recollect from memory serials shown on Doordarshan in the early 1990s or late 1980s (except Chandrakanta, Ramayana and Mahabharata - 1 hr episodes every Sunday mornings), all serial episodes last for just half an hour and we need to wait one full week to see its next episode. With cable network boom, small screen got completely dominated by daily soaps. I think daily soaps started in the year 1994 with Shanti on Doordarshan, followed by Swabhiman.

Ek se badhkar ek tv serial doordarshan