I remember: Be warned-totally random thoughts - Airliners-India

himmat01 · Member

I remember: Be warned-totally random thoughts

himmat01 · Member

I remember the good old days:

i remember those serials :-

Hum Log , Buniyaad , ek shoonya shoonya , paramveer , Chitrahaar/Chaayageet ,

Man, those dayz ppl used to really luv soaps/serials .....

Movies were normally seen in Theatres ...

Wat else :-

Mumbai was Bombay ---- of course .....

Hence , CST was VT .......

& so on ...........

Also fusen gum which used to have that tatoo thing, double gum with gums of two different colours...also saw this ad by cadbury's in worli saying " Completing 50 yrs of calling chocolate CADBURY S" ..so true..i used to travel in BEST buses with a .40 paise tkt(costly then) and it now costs me 11 Rs...would like to add that Bombay then had so many irani rest where you could go and have brun pao..yummy!!..now you can hardly see any

Yeh hai badta baccha, dekho kaise kuud lagaye,
Yeh hai badta baccha, kapda chhota hota jaye...
I'm a Complan Boy!
I'm a Complan Girl!

jab main chotta baccha tha, badi shararat karta tha, meri chori pakdi jaatiiiiii, jab roshni deta bajaj.
kya rangeen jawani thi, ik raja aur ik rani thi, raja rani ghar ke andarrrrrr,aur roshni deta bajaj.
ab main bilkul boodha hoon, goli khaake jeeta hoon, lekin aaj bhi ghar ke andarrr, roshni deta bajaj.

Doordarshan used to start at around 5 pm or so... initially the screen was of 7 vertical bands of the B/W shades then that tune with the DD logo forming in the background... then the announcer announcing

"Doordarshan Mumbai chya sandhyakalchya sabhet aaple swaagat aahe... aajche karyakram.."

As kids, we used to watch "Show Theme", "Star Trek", "Different Strokes", "Kahan Gaye Woh Log", "Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniyan", "Bawaji Ka Biscope", "Aisa Bhi Hota Hain" on Sunday Mornings.

Some othe shows on weekdays that I remember: Swami, Singhasan Bateesi, Fauji, Vikram Aur Betaal, Ados Pados, Yes Prime Minister, Tasveer ka Dusra Rukh, Udaan, Street Hawk, Knight Rider, Katha Saagar, Tamas, Whats the good word, Bante Bigadte, Old Fox, Subah, Life Line, and those TeleMatches, Mister Yogi. I still remember that funny line from Mister Yogi. [I could understand the joke back then ]

Yogi Introducing himself to a PYT: "Y.I. Yogi".
PYT: "Thats your problem"

himmat01 · Member

Does Anyone remember the Pepsi Ad? The full one with Remo and Juhi "Are you ready for the magic?"

The other Pepsi one with Aamir, Mahima and of course, Sanju a.k.a Ash. No one can forget that.

The Thrill One - Hum, Tum aur Thrill. Chaahe Mera Dil.

Yeh Bechaara kaam ke bhoj kaa maara. Isey chahiye Sinkara.

The Lehar 7up Fido Dido

Aseem · Member

"aao chale hum lekar apni Tobu cyclen"

BTW!! I am sure most of you shall recall the first Hindi serial as "Hum Log", but how many of you recall THE first Hindi serial, which was "Bibi Natiyon Wali". It was Lucknow DD production, and was against the background of Lucknow settings.

Among animation and children related, who can forget "Jamie and the Magic Torch", "Giant Robot".

Also, all those Sunday morning serials one after the other and of good quality.

rgds

VT-ASJ

tayara mechanici · Member

I've wanted to get this off my chest for long, thanks to himmat ! I was in primary when telly was intro in Bombay - 1973circa. It was Magic Lamp on sundays for the kids. My favourite TV dramas ( not serial ) Gadvya cha lagna ( Marathi- Donkeys wedding), Aao mare saathe (Guju - Come along with me ), Ladku singh taxiwalla ( Hindi- 1975 Emergency propaganda prog) and Chiman rao (marathi - I think this was a serial ) by the way all of these were comedy. The cast from Aao mare saathe went on to work later in the famous Bharat dabholkar musicals '' Bottoms Up''. Chiman Rao had Dilip prabhawalkar and baban prabhu, ladu singh taxiwalla made Paintal a comedy star, Gadvyacha lagan was rustic Marathi humour at its best.

pssstt - Leela bhabi from ''Ba, bhau aur bhabi'' on STAR does it for me.......

Cheers

-- Edited by tayara mechanici at 19:51, 2006-07-25

tayara mechanici · Member

As far as the advt go nothing to beat Nafisa Ali in the DO IT - cola or was it Applea advt '' I am ritu rao but they call me wow'', she was absolutely stunning (clawing your heart out) in those advts. Yes there was a cola called DO IT, this is post emergency 1977, thanks to socialist leader and train stopper (he has stopped more trains than any other indian leader, mostly by sleeping on the tracks alongwith another 10,000 protesters) George Fernandes.

-- Edited by tayara mechanici at 19:50, 2006-07-25

Aseem · Member

tayara mechanici wrote:

I've wanted to get this off my chest for long, thanks to himmat ! I was in primary when telly was intro in Bombay - 1973circa.

how many of you remember the Intro tune and animation of DD? I mean the one they played at the begining of the transmission. And also the B&W grid to adjust your Brightness and Contrast (no colours then).

And also, how one had to haggle to control the Vertical rolling (sad, that Vertical Hold control no longer exists) of the pictures. Those days were fun, and so were the days of Radio cricket commentary. I remember quite a few people used to turn off the volume of TV, and switch on the radio. The lag of radio commentry was fun in itself.

Karatecatman, A_380 and Saurabh-101, you were just too late and missed it all.

rgds

VT-ASJ

-- Edited by Aseem at 19:26, 2006-07-25

karatecatman · Member

Hey Please!!!

I remember that very well ---DD signature tune. Huge oval that rotated and that sad tune. Announcer read out the day's programme. Ended with a bright smile on the face. Many of those announcers are now Dy Directors in DD!!!

It used to be on grandparents b/w EC TV (A Govt of India undertaking under the Dept of Atomic Energy) with external shutters and external stabiliser. Connected to antenna that always broke when a crow sat on it.

Those days one had to book a TV. Much like standing in line at a ration ship and then there was the system of Licence. First phased out for radio and then TV. One also had to pay tax for TV and radio at the post office.,

Remember that also as once we came to grandparents house for the holiday, thie wasa highlight. Taking a rickshaw to the GPO to pay the tax.

karatecatman · Member

Miss the time when you could go the the viewing gallery at the airport. Was just an open terrace on the building and you could watch the plane come right in.

Remember very well a trip to Chennai airport to receive a relative from the US. IA A300 taxied in very slowly that afternoon from Mumbai. (He landed at Mumbai and took the connecting IA flight).

Took almost 10 mins to come to the bay. A bunch of us cousins almost fell off the terrace/viewing gallery watching every detail. No security then.

Later they fixed a wire mesh fence.

After the LTTE blasted off part of the terminal, then came all the checks and scrutiny.

The end of paradise!!!

karatecatman · Member

Remember the solid Thum's Up bottle and Kickapoo (the grandfather of 7UP)?

Kickapoo was a rage in Madras (Chennai).

-- Edited by karatecatman at 19:38, 2006-07-25

ABN397 · Member

karatecatman wrote:

Remember the solid Thum's Up bottle and Kickapoo (the grandfather of 7UP)?
Kickapoo was a rage in Madras (Chennai).-- Edited by karatecatman at 19:38, 2006-07-25

There even used to be a drink called Pee Cola. It was there long before Morarji Desai publicized his drinking habits.

tayara mechanici · Member

ABN397 wrote:

There even used to be a drink called Pee Cola.

If remember correctly there was a new enterprise selling bottled cows pee............i remember reading it or hearing over the telly.

the_380 · Member

Maybe i was too small to realise all those stuff

Neways its good to revise ur history

HAWK21M · Member

Remember the Cola ad for THRILL

regds

MEL

himmat01 · Member

When the auto meter said '1.00' you actually had to pay only 1 Rupee...!
- Friendly-neighbourhood bhelwalas with their mobile cane stand on which they propped up their paraphernalia and made you spicy-chatpata bhel...

himmat01 · Member

when you would give anything to have sea monkeys, joy buzzers, joke gum and all those other goodies u saw in those ads in archie comics.

I want be back in bombay but also back to that time when all the school "picnics" were at aarey milk colony or vihar lake or the fav drink was always energy not coke or pepsi crap.

or u could hang out after school having 25p pepsi and the really good ones cost 50p

-- Edited by himmat01 at 15:41, 2006-07-28

-- Edited by himmat01 at 15:43, 2006-07-28

himmat01 · Member

Do you guys remember these songs we sung on school/college picnics.

Galyaan saakli sonyachi
Hi Pori konaachi

Aai's bhi bewdi, Ni baapus bi bewda
Hi saadhi pori konachi..

Aai's bhi kaali, Ni baapus bhi kaala
Hi Gori pori konaachi

Aai's bhi khadki, Ni baapus bhi kadka
Hi Jaadi pori Konaachi

Darling Open The door
Darling Open the door
Why are you angry so?

I will take you to Bandra
And show you my Sandra
Why are you angry so?

I will take you to Dadar
and show you my mother
Why are you angry so?

cannot remember more, somebody please help!!!!

himmat01 · Member

tayara mechanici wrote:

As far as the advt go nothing to beat Nafisa Ali in the DO IT - cola or was it Applea advt '' I am ritu rao but they call me wow'', she was absolutely stunning (clawing your heart out) in those advts. Yes there was a cola called DO IT, this is post emergency 1977, thanks to socialist leader and train stopper (he has stopped more trains than any other indian leader, mostly by sleeping on the tracks alongwith another 10,000 protesters) George Fernandes. -- Edited by tayara mechanici at 19:50, 2006-07-25

There was cola called Double 7 lauched in 1977. This was to celebrate the Janta Party win over the Congess in 1977.

HAWK21M · Member

There were Coins of less denomations than 50p & were of value too.

regds

MEL

himmat01 · Member

Do you guys remember this animation film, "Ek...Anek". It used to be very common on DD during the 1980s..

Ek....Anek