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.
Indeed, a very sweet memory of 80s!
ReplyDeleteWhen you see such snippets, you realize that even as TV Industry has expanded exponentially and has acquired technological strength, it has lost the charm of 80s /90s on the way somewhere.
I've spent the last hour watching Mr Yogi and Yeh Jo Hain zindagi thanks to you. I'm supposed to be working!
ReplyDeleteSo you too think I should put up a sign warning people that this blog will eat into your productive time :)
ReplyDeleteRadha seth was quite sweet and charming actress of doordarshan that time.I was watching gul gulshan gulfam and katha sagar on youtube.than I came to knoow abt Radha seth I really like her.Just curious to know where is she these days.
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