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August 16, 2004

jus a flash back...long ago 

Doordarshan used to be the most talked about channel in India. Not anymore. Only one channel, was being telecasted all over India, but yet any TV one purchased had channel selector with 10 channels. The standard opening tune would be "Pae Pa Pae Pae, Paepe Pae Pae Pae, Pae Pae Pae" (to people to haven't heard this tune this may seem like junk) and not to forget the picturization of dosa being made around idli. All in B&W ( blank and white). If i think now about that, either they lifted the doordarshan logo from chinese yin-yang symbol or korean air flight system and made some modification to it.( dont knwo who copied from whom) Hindi programs were predominant and regional programs were telecasted in the evening and sundays 2 pm .Some used to watch all regional language movies with the help of the subtitle in english.
The telecast would close by night and waking up all night watching some movie, was unheard of. Even inspite of the lack of choice, quality, professionalism,
some shows in Doordarshan were great hits.
Ramayan was one of those.......The one that started it all. The mother of all shows. People from India would watch any film in any language, as long as its visualization is impressive. Sometimes people come to the theatres just to see the graphics. English movies that have been super-hit in India have very good graphics or fight sequences. Examples are Mummy(overtook some of the indian movies), Anaconda, Jurassic Park, Any Jackie Chan movie. The list is endless. But the computer graphics revolution, had not yet hit Indian shores at that time and so, the producers relied on some Vittalacharya tricks(some of which are still being followed by Ramanarayanan). Sunday morning 10 o clock ,it was one of those rare occations when everyone in the family watch the TV together. Watching TV was considered to be entertainment and off the routine then. I don't think its the case nowadays. People watch TV whole day, irrespective of what program is being shown. And there is the luxury of more than 100 odd channels. Switching channels every 2 mins is one game you can play without PS2. The famous scene in this program was { Ambu Chandai (tamil) or arrow fight ( english).
The scene would be typically shot like this:
Long shot of the sky (or a blue painted canvas) From the left, arrow spewing green color fireFrom the right, arrow spewing red color fireFrom the left, arrow spewing green color fireFrom the right, arrow spewing red color fireThe two arrows hit each other and disappear From the left, a snake-shaped arrow spewing white fireFrom the right, arrow with a shining, revolving starFrom the left, a snake-shaped arrow spewing white fireFrom the right, arrow with a shining, revolving starThe two arrows hit each other and disappear From the left, one arrow..2 sec gap..Clones to 6 arrowsFrom the right, one arrow..2 sec gap..Clones to 6 arrowsFrom the Left, 6 arrowsFrom the Right, 6 arrowsFrom the Left, 6 arrowsFrom the Right, 6 arrowsAll the arrows hit each other and disappear *Ad break*5 mins*Back again after ads*
Read the last few lines again. Replace green, red, white with a color of your choice and 6 with number your choice. Throw in a few arrows causing lightning, arrows with tap..er..i mean water gushing from the front. The ambu chandai finishes up the arrow of Ram striking the asura, when he is about to reach for his arrow.*10 mins of dialog delivered by Arun Govil, without flinching his eyelids...ROLL CREDITS*. If suppose there is power cut on sundays due to maintaince work than all peoples includig other,father,uncle ,aunty ..............
would started to curse electric board peoples.(pavam andha electric board makkals who has gets free of cursing due to order from higher officials/ govt)
So sunday 10am is the tme for all to leave their work and sit in front of tv or finish work before that.those days having tv in all home was bit rare so in that case people used to find some place in near by homes..other then ramayana many serials has won public heart mahabartha,om namah sivay,vikram vetail,circus,army the list is endless..( infact i did'nt rem the names..he he)do u knwo sharukh started hs careerr from tv serial.His first serial was punjabi serial telecasted 11pm ..day n name of the serial i forgot..first serial was of vry short duration then he acted in "Army " 9pm,wed which gave him a great break and turned his career chapter ..he also acted in circus serial..

these are those days..,,, edha andha nalkal ...

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