Kuch Purani Yaadein...

I was surfing the Dish-TV website to subscribe / pay for the till-now-free-to-air channel - Colors... mainly to watch the reality show 'Bigg Boss 2'. Ek aur paid channel... Scrolling down the webpage; I came across the segment - 'Channels available as part of the Free-to-Air DD DTH Service'... I was happy to see that... apun ka Doordarshan is still free :)

Today's generation will find it very difficult to believe that once upon a time people used to watch only Doordarshan. As a child growing up in the pre-satellite age... I can still recollect how Betty n me waited for the new DD-Metro channel to be launched and the jubilation that followed the launch of DD Metro - DD's glamorous sister.

I had a couple of favorite serials on good old DD. Every Friday eve... I would run back home right after my tuition classes with my heart pounding with excitement and I would press the push-button of my Bush TV. For the subsequent thirty minutes or so, I would gape in awe at the brave antics of the Giant Robot. There were many other favorites like Stone Boy, Street Hawk, Circus, Sigma etc…

At 9.30 on a Sunday morning, deserted streets, un-answered phone calls and impeccably tuned chorus of the television sets as the Ramayan title track boomed from every household in the neighborhood were a common sight. My sister and I used to be ready with garama-garam breakfast in front of us. I can recall the BR Chopra Logo and the title track of Mahabharat "Yada Yada Hi Dharmasy, Glanirva Bhavathi Bharatha, Abhyuthanam Adharmaysya, Tadatmanam Srijami Aham"... n then... "Mahaaaaabhaaaarat!!!!"

Then there were those TV advertisements and their jingles... let me put down some which were on our lips all the time as kids...

Here it goes…

School se aate dhoom machate...
Ek hi baat ye dohrate...
Maggie Maggie Maggie...
Do Minute...
Pal Bhar mein tyaar; Khaaney mein mazzedar... Maggie Noodles...

Being in Dubai... I'm lucky to have Al Adeel Supermarket where I can buy desi Maggi. I've tried a lot of instant noodles brands but woh baat nahi hai :)

Then there was this one...

Jab ghar ki raunak badhani ho...
Deewaron ko jab sajanao ho...
Nerolac Nerolac...

I guess this one was everyone's fav...

Jab mein chotta bachha tha..
Badi sharat karta tha...
Meri chori pakdi jaati...
Jab roshan hota bajaj
Ab mein bilkul boodha hun...
Goli kha key jeeta hun...
Phir bhi chori padki jaati...
Jab roshan hota bajaj!!

Yaad Aaya :)

Then this one... which most of us still hum…

Washing powder nirma...
Washing powder nirma...
Thodha sa powder aur jhaag dher sara...
Seema...Asha...Jaya aur Sushma...
Sabki pasand nirma...

fir yeh wala...

aao chale hum le ke apni tobu cyclein... apni tobu cyclein...

Mera Favourite...

Tandoorusti ki raksha karta hai Lifebouy
Lifebouy hai jahan, tandoorusti hain wahan... Lifebouy...

Arrey ek aur yaad aaya...

Oye Oye, Oye oye...
Khujhli karene waale
B-tex lagaale
B-tex lagake tu apni,
Daad khaaj khujli mitaade...
Oye oye..

Then there were funny one...

Kurram Kurram... Mazedaar Mazedaar... ha ha ha - ha ha ha... swad mein Lijjat Pappad...

Woah that was a huge list jingles to remember and there must be many many more which I seem to have missed... But what do you say, getting nostalgic??

To issi baat par ek aur...

Jhandu balm, Jhandu balm peeda hari baam...
Sardi sar dard peedha ko pal mein dur kare...


CHEERS!!!