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.
What a coincidence... I saw it last Sunday on DD and was thinking about why we don't see much right ups about this movie anywhere. And here you are...
ReplyDeleteI too caught it on DD last Sunday :) More than anything (besides beautiful Vijyantimala's dances and a 'huffing and puffing blow your house down' act by Punjab ka putt Sunil Dutt) the thing that got me interested was the sets. I think sometime soon I am going to do a little post about those magnificent and opulent sets of old Hindi Cinema.
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