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Note: The following post is taken from the archives of PassionForCinema.com , a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts. This is being republished here in the spirit of archiving, historical significance, and sharing important conversations with the readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author of the post is Shailesh Limbachiya, who published the post on June 28, 2007, at 11:45 pm. Yes, I know this site is for cinema only, but Doordarshan is the birthplace of some of the today's successful personalities of Indian cinema so Let myself be 10 years old and get back to late 80s and early 90s- the era of Doordarshan. The one and only daily entertainment dose of every Indian. Let's check out some goods and bads of Doordarshan and our memory power. Most of the serials were of 13 episodes and so people were associated with character for 2-3 months and it made more concentrated and sensible serials. - Ramayan and Mahabharat - how can we mention doordarshan w...

Note: The following post is taken from the archives of PassionForCinema.com , a much-loved platform for cinema enthusiasts. It is being republished here in the spirit of archiving, historical significance, and sharing important conversations for readers who may not have had access to the original site. The author is Yousuf H, publishing the post on April 28, 2010, at 12:29 pm.   My comment on the post in 2010 . You kids of the new millennium have it easy, you drive down to the nearest multiplex and you have a choice of films from Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Bannerjee, Vishal Bharadwaj, Raju Hirani, and Imtiyaz Ali to choose from. Do you know what kind of choice oldies like me had when we were growing up in the eighties,…. well we had to make our pick from B Subhash, Shibu Mitra, T Rama Rao and Ravi Nagaich. What? You don’t know who these gentlemen are? Well kids, these are the minds behind some of the most atrocious but successful cinema of the eighties. Writing, acting, music, lyrics,...