Some people recall the faces and some people recall the names. Here are images of some of the famous readers and presenters of Doordarshan down the years. If you recognize any of them, leave a comment. [ Update 1 : Most of the faces now have names thanks to helpful comments by olio-gallimaufry ] [ Update 2 : Included image of one of the earliest presenters, Gopal Kaul. Send in generously from personal collection by son, Ashutosh Kaul. Sept, 2010.] [ Major Update 3: Got a tip-off about a documentary about the famous faces of Doordarshan from the makers of “The Golden Trail , DD@50 :Special feature on Golden Jubilee of Doordarshan ” from which these caps were taken. I managed to catch the incredible documentary and am adding some more faces/name and part of the docu here. New ones can be found after the image of Narotam Puri. 30th Oct, 2010] Pratima Puri. Believed to be the first Doordarshan reader.
This ad was iconic: it defined that period when being an Indian meant being proud of leading an economical life and hunting for value for money wherever you could!
ReplyDeleteLalita-ji was us!!
To quote from another iconic ad, people thought 'koi yeh kyo le, woh na le'
ReplyDeletesurf ki kharidaari mein ab aur bhi samajhdaari hai ,she was a partial sequel to Rajniism
ReplyDeleteThink I will do a post on Rajni sometime.
ReplyDeleteTalking of Rajni, we never saw Baby Guddu again, any idea?
ReplyDeleteTalking of Rajni, we never saw Baby Guddu after that serial, any idea about her after that?
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