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 year is this from? Sometimes I can't recognize young Rekha even when she's staring me in the face. To me what's a bit odd about this photo is how black black black her hair, eyes, eyebrows, and eyeliner is - it seems a bit too one-dimensional and thus not quite real.
ReplyDeleteThis is from 1972. It looks like a case of painted photograph.
ReplyDeleteYeah Vinayak Bro,its look like a bit eerie 'coz of Rekha looks and big wide gaping eyes.
ReplyDeletei am okay with the eyes...it's that smile.
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