When Doordarshan ruled...

When Doordarshan ruled...

Every Sunday used to be like the cricket world cup final day. Series like the Mahabharata and Ramayan were just perfect.

Late nites for Buniyaad, Hum Log, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, the Carrot munching Karamchand, Subah (a serial on drugs... the Title Music used to be good), Nukkad.. I really miss thiose serial and not to mention the 2000 Chhayageet, Wagle Ki Duniya, Gul Gulshan Gulfam, The World This Week at 2200...

I miss those Sundays with He-man and the Masters Of The Universe, Streethawk on Fridays, Spiderman on Saturday 1700 sponsored by Pioma Industries (I Love You Rasna).

and Now Zee and Star flush with the stupid Soaps aping the West...

Artistes were assigned roles that suited them perfectly and it seemed as though the gods were really fighting.

These days though, television doesnt have the spirit that it had in the older days. Kids grow up watching "item numbers" which is a disgrace. Watching tv was an experience in itself and i am more than just glad that I grew up watching DD.

Back in those days, Prasar Bharati produced a few amazing clips and cartoons based on national integration. I was on the hunt for these clips and managed to find quite a few on the web. A million thanks to those who have put these up on their web spaces.

Absolutely unreal stuff -
Mile Sur Mera Tumhara [Audio] - http://www.rtpdesis.com/mile_sur.mp3
Baje Sargam [Audio] - http://www.rtpdesis.com/baje_sargam.mp3
Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiya [Cartoon, Video] - http://www.rtpdesis.com/ek_anek.asf
Mile Sur Mera Tumhara [Video - An awesome remake by students at MIT] - http://www.aisl.cyd.liu.se/downloads/Mile%20Sur%20Mera%20Tumhara/milesur50.mpg

I am still looking for the original Video of the Freedom 40 Run (Remember the thumping Bossoms of an athelete;) I somehow can't remember her name) and the Mile Sur Mera Tumhara.

Its high time; DD has to start off airing these gems again. Kids would never know a thing about national integration.

Reviews Of Majaa and Sivakasi....

I am a person who would think a dozen times before going for a movie yeah it is expensive but the other fact being I hate watching Tamil movies and more so the new genre of movies is really crappy.

We at the Indian YMCA, London downloaded 2 movies (Sivakasi and Majaa) and saw them. Initially since we did not have anything better to do on a weekend we decided to go for a temple, food and then a theatre in East Ham paying 12 Pounds and 10 Pounds for Sivakasi and majaa respectively.

But then some one got the 2 movies for us downloaded from some site. Man we rally save 22 pounds. What a useless movie the two?

We could not stand Sivakasi for more than 30 minutes and Majaa though watchable we thought we could see the movie for Asin who has been used sparingly.

The movie focuses on Maninvannan, Vikram and Pasupathi. Out of the 3, Pasupathi really had a watchable performance. Vikram after Sethu, Samy and others has not been at his best. Songs are at the worst level. No Hit song but then better than Sivakasi. The director creates problems and then solves them and who creates the very same threesome of Maninvannan, Vikram and Pasupathi. Vadivelu Jokes are not worth laughing and we really have to tickle ourselves to get that bit of laughter.

Sivakasi another Vijay starrer has the same looks of a typical Vijay movie. Doesn’t the Tamil Audience ever get bored? We have a song sequence just 5 minutes into the movie. Can't anyone try anything new...? Every actor has a stereotype role that he has to perform. Rajni can’t get beaten up; Vijay should have 5 songs and a fight scene in the end.

When will the audience grow up? When can we see movies like Earth, Water, Fire, and Kannathil Muthamittal? Are the Tamil actors and actresses really averse to roles that will give them a flop?

Are these films being made just for the heck of making it? Or to show the IT department that a film has been made and no Black Money involved.

Well not all can be Mani Ratnam but we are not asking anything in that direction. A Ghajini is all we are asking. A new theme - Short Term Memory Loss, good songs.

Though Majaa is copied from a Mallu movie it is passable and watchable JUST ONCE

The best thing I hear is Sivakasi is doing Good Business. Is the Tamil Audience that Gullible? Can’t we ever demand better movies for the money we pay….

No more Tamil Movies guys... Just Hindi and English Movies... well even these guys are running out of good subjects. The last good movie I saw was Terminal... A new topic and a Good one at that.