Nostalgia ... Ep. 3

There used to play a serial on DD in the days back then. It was called "Phir wohi talaash". It was about some village boy (Narender, if i recall correctly) coming to Delhi for college and falling in love with a city girl (Padma...this i know for sure coz the the name sucked. No offense, but i just don't particulary like it) . Anyways.

I didn't fancy the serial as much as my parents did, but the title song stuck in my head.
It's only when i grew up that i realise the meaning of the title song and its relevence.

This is how it went.

कभी sss , हादसों की डगर मिले,
कभी sss मुश्किलों का सफर मिल|
(repeat)

ये चिराग हैं मेरी राह के;
मुझे मंजिजों की तलाश है|(२)

Then the serial continued for about half an hour (don't recollect if there were ad breaks in between, but i am guessing not. Those were the days!)
When the serial ended, the second stanza, which was even more compelling, continued.

कोई हो सफर में जो साथ दे,
मैं रुकुं जहाँ, कोई हाथ दे|
मेरी मंजिलें अभी दूर हैं;
मुझे रास्तों की तलाश है| (२)

Nostalgia ... Ep. 2

Continuing with posts about my obsession with Doordarshan (during my childhood), here is one of the more popular advertisements of that time.
Advertisements are fresher in my mind, simply due to their frequency.

Bajaj used to air this commercial for their scooters (Vespa 'inspired' design).

यह जमीं यह आसमां
हां sss
यह जमीं यह आसमां |
हमारा कल
हमारा आज,
हमारा कल
हमारा आज|

बुलंद भारत कि
बुलंद तसवीर ssss
हमारा बजाज| (२)

I don't remember where i have seen "Chunnu Munnu de papa di gaddi...", do you?

Update: Found the video on YouTube:

Nostalgia ... Ep. 1

When i was a kid, i used to watch a lot of television. and by 'a lot', i mean right from the time transmission started, (those were the days when *shudder* there was only the good ol' DD and no 24 hr programming... heck, i was fortunate even to have a television set), till we went back to the colour bars, and then to static.
For the uninitiated, those were the days when Shahrukh Khan was one of the actors in Fauji, and popular serials were only allowed to have 12-13 episodes.

Films Division presentation was one of my favorites. They used to show dubbed versions of popular cartoon films, along with their own creations.
A few days ago, i tried to look on youtube if i could travel back in time when we all used to shuffle in front of the idiot box in order to reserve the best place on the sofa. No such luck. All i could find was multiple versions of एक तितली.
So i thought i would try to write down whatever little i remember, lest i forget. (In any case, i have forgotten most of it.)

Here is the first one in the series... Sindbad The Sailor.
Though it is only one stanza, let me know if you know the entire thing.

सिंदबाद

डोले रे, डोले डोले डोले रे || 2 ||
अगर मगर डोले नैय्या
भवर भवर जाए रे पानी|
नीला समंदर है,
आकाश प्यासी
(आकाश प्यासी)
डुबे ना, डुबे ना मेरा जाहज़ी
(मेरा जाहज़ी)
डुबे ना मेरा जाहज़ी|
...