It was one of the most popular and longest-running television series for Indian children on the Doordarshan channel.Ībhimanyu Rai :: Fauji :: Played by Shah Rukh Khan.įauji starring Shahrukh Khan went on to become a mega success. Mukesh Khanna played the role of Shaktimaan and his alter-ego Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri, a photographer for the newspaper Aaj Ki Aawaz. Shaktimaan :: Shaktimaan :: Played by Mukesh Khanna This serials became a big hit and he became a household name. Pankaj Kapur played the role of Jasoos Karamchand.
Karamchand was India’s first detective TV serial. Karamchand :: Karamchand :: Played by Pankaj Kapur
Her portrayal of Rajani made her a household name all over India. Priya Tendulkar rose to national fame with her TV series Rajani (1985) where she played a housewife who can’t stand any injustice and solves public social issues. Rajani :: Rajani :: Played by Priya Tendulkar She also acted in popular Doordarshan serials like Mahabharat, Yug and Swabhimaan. Kiran Joneja shot into the limelight with her role as Veerwali in Buniyaad. Veerawali :: Buniyaad :: Played by Kiran Joneja He was the live face of middle class appointment viewing in contemporary India.
He was alcoholic father with a dark, sarcastic sense of humour. Vinod Nagpal played this role in Hum Log. It was due his popularity that after the serial, Nitish Bhardwaj was elected from Dhanbad in 1991 on a BJP ticket.īasesar Ram :: Hum Log :: Played by Vinod Nagpal Krishna :: Mahabharat :: Played by Nitish Bhardwaj This is the level of popularity of Arun Govil who played these charactes. Today, I am going to have a recap of some of the most popular Doordarshan characters who still have some space in our memories.Ĭlose your eyes and try to imagine Ram, you will definitely visualize Arun Govil as Ram. Those days, there was no choice, only one television channel – Doordarshan and a standard set of programs but the quality of programs was more superior to what we have today, hundreds of channels where either you have third grade reality shows, Saas bahu drama or news shows where everything is breaking news. However, its shows and characters always fascinated and mesmerized the people from my generation and that is still nostalgic about it. As Doordarshan was the only channel, remote controls were not the part of the living room. We used to wait whole day to watch our favorite TV serials. Do you remember the old Doordarshan characters whom you watched leaving all other important things, years or may be decades ago? Those days, Television was not available 24/7.