Alam_dar Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I am not a man of media. But still some raw observations (which could be easily wrong). People know the films from Bollywood very well. But then something happened to Bollywood and it is unable to reproduce the films of 80s era or the 90s era. But I think that standards of TV serials was not so good in 80s and 90s, but today their have become better. In hollywood too, I think that serials like Games of Thrones are much more popular than the films. How do you rate Indian TV serials today? And which are your top 5-10 most beloved Indian TV serials? Do you see TV serials playing good enough role in character building of the youth and in handling other social issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vayuu1 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Alam_dar said: I am not a man of media. But still some raw observations (which could be easily wrong). People know the films from Bollywood very well. But then something happened to Bollywood and it is unable to reproduce the films of 80s era or the 90s era. But I think that standards of TV serials was not so good in 80s and 90s, but today their have become better. In hollywood too, I think that serials like Games of Thrones are much more popular than the films. How do you rate Indian TV serials today? And which are your top 5-10 most beloved Indian TV serials? Do you see TV serials playing good enough role in character building of the youth and in handling other social issues? Radha Krishna is certainly up there I am not a saas bahu seriel fan, among comedy Bhabhi ji is OK, Devon ke dev mahadev star Mahabharat were good, though I have heard good things about ye un Dino ki baat hai and patiala babes but I don't watch it, it's radha Krishna,movies and ipl for me, though I watch the web series, like sacred games which was purely anti Hindu, criminal justice is good and edge based on ipl was good, since Netflix is not accepting google payment I have stopped watching Netflix only torrents. sergio04 and Alam_dar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alam_dar Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, vayuu1 said: Radha Krishna is certainly up there I am not a saas bahu seriel fan, among comedy Bhabhi ji is OK, Devon ke dev mahadev star Mahabharat were good, though I have heard good things about ye un Dino ki baat hai and patiala babes but I don't watch it, it's radha Krishna,movies and ipl for me, though I watch the web series, like sacred games which was purely anti Hindu, criminal justice is good and edge based on ipl was good, since Netflix is not accepting google payment I have stopped watching Netflix only torrents. Any good torrent site for Indian Drama Series? I am thinking of taking break from social media and faceboook, and starting watching Indian Drama serials for a change. I used to watch old Pakistani Dramas, which were really good. But nowadays their standard is not good enough any more. Actually, it seems that Pakistanis themselves are watching a lot of Turkish serials. Beautiful Turkish girls, but I find Indian culture much more attractive. Edited April 9, 2019 by Alam_dar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vayuu1 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 50 minutes ago, Alam_dar said: Any good torrent site for Indian Drama Series? I am thinking of taking break from social media and faceboook, and starting watching Indian Drama serials for a change. I used to watch old Pakistani Dramas, which were really good. But nowadays their standard is not good enough any more. Actually, it seems that Pakistanis themselves are watching a lot of Turkish serials. Beautiful Turkish girls, but I find Indian culture much more attractive. Not any particular site just type Indian serials torrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishra Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 I still watch Malgudi days, Tamas, dekh bhai dekh. On netflx, only recent serial that cught my attention was My family. Rest all is usual BS. @Alam_dar They are available on youtube. Alam_dar, Gollum, Sgattick10 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 13 hours ago, Alam_dar said: I am not a man of media. But still some raw observations (which could be easily wrong). People know the films from Bollywood very well. But then something happened to Bollywood and it is unable to reproduce the films of 80s era or the 90s era. 80s was the worst phase for bollywood - we made **** 90s was a lil better but not much 13 hours ago, Alam_dar said: But I think that standards of TV serials was not so good in 80s and 90s, but today their have become better. Standards of Indian are all time Low now 80s n 90s tv was really good Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) @Alam_dar I don't watch Indian TV shows these days, I don't find them interesting enough and feedback isn't good. IMO the standard was much better in earlier decades. If you wanna explore Indian culture watch: Malgudi Days...based on RK Narayan's short stories, South Indian feel old version of Mahabharat (Mukesh Khanna, BR Chopra producer)...our great epic Chanakya (Chandraprakash Dwivedi)...ancient India, start of Mauryan empire Byomkesh Bakshi (Rajit Kapoor)...Calcutta detective Start off with these 4, should be available on YT, Torrent. Comedy/satire like Office Office, Flop Show, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai....others can suggest more because this isn't my favorite genre. Edited April 9, 2019 by Gollum Alam_dar and raki05 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 18 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: 80s was the worst phase for bollywood - we made **** This this this. I lose my mind when people say 80s was a good decade for Bollywood cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Gollum said: This this this. I lose my mind when people say 80s was a good decade for Bollywood cinema. Only the OP says 80s was good, i hve never seen anyone say 80s was good apart from him Sgattick10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Only the OP says 80s was good, i hve never seen anyone say 80s was good apart from him I have met many Farah Khan types who idolize the 80s. @Mariyam your expert opinion? Edited April 9, 2019 by Gollum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turning_track Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Adding to @Gollum list- Ramayan (made by Ramanand Sagar) Bharat Ek Khoj (Based on Nehru's Discovery of India) Never watched but heard good things about Nukkad, Buniyad. You can find all of these in Youtube. Star Bestsellers- available now in Hotstar app. raki05, Alam_dar, Gollum and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alam_dar Posted April 9, 2019 Author Share Posted April 9, 2019 51 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Only the OP says 80s was good, i hve never seen anyone say 80s was good apart from him Sorry, it seems I made a mistake. I started watching bollywood films in 1980s as child and thought 70s era films too to be from the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Turning_track said: Adding to @Gollum list- Ramayan (made by Ramanand Sagar) Bharat Ek Khoj (Based on Nehru's Discovery of India) Never watched but heard good things about Nukkad, Buniyad. You can find all of these in Youtube. Star Bestsellers- available now in Hotstar app. Star one had one show very similar to star bestseller- studio one Shriman shrimati was also good not gr8....but good timepass Dil kya chahta hai- another star one show Family no.1 Just mohbbat Hip hip hurray Surbhi The great indian comedy show - (Vinay pathak n ranvir shorey one) Alam_dar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turning_track Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Ankit_sharma03 said: Star one had one show very similar to star bestseller- studio one Shriman shrimati was also good not gr8....but good timepass Dil kya chahta hai- another star one show Family no.1 Just mohbbat Hip hip hurray Surbhi The great indian comedy show - (Vinay pathak n ranvir shorey one) Surbhi was a good show with nice hosts where they used to cover various topics of culture & audience used to participate in weekly questions by sending postcards. I used to like Pankaj Kapur's 'Office Office' as well & after the advent of Saas-Bahu serials Star One was the saving grace for many. Alam_dar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) @Alam_dar An acclaimed show->'The Sword of Tipu Sultan' by Sanjay Khan even though I haven't seen it. I actually don't mind Tipu, have even written an essay (maybe more) on another thread to explain my position about him . Available on YT. Edited April 9, 2019 by Gollum Alam_dar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 8 hours ago, Turning_track said: Adding to @Gollum list- Ramayan (made by Ramanand Sagar) Bharat Ek Khoj (Based on Nehru's Discovery of India) Never watched but heard good things about Nukkad, Buniyad. You can find all of these in Youtube. Star Bestsellers- available now in Hotstar app. I find Ramayan boring, no matter who tells the story but will check out the others time permitting . Current Indian serials are rubbish, unwatchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 9 hours ago, Gollum said: I have met many Farah Khan types who idolize the 80s. @Mariyam your expert opinion? I like Bollywood movies from the late 80s. Tezaab Parinda Mr India Chandni Masoom (probably earlier) Maine Pyaar Kiya Qayamat se Qayamat tak Ram Lakhan Ardh Satya Umrao Jaan Karma Saudagar I saw most of these in the early 2000s and absolutely loved them. Gollum and Jimmy Cliff 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankit_sharma03 Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 59 minutes ago, Mariyam said: I like Bollywood movies from the late 80s. Tezaab Parinda Mr India Chandni Masoom (probably earlier) Maine Pyaar Kiya Qayamat se Qayamat tak Ram Lakhan Ardh Satya Umrao Jaan Karma Saudagar I saw most of these in the early 2000s and absolutely loved them. bollywood films i like from 80s Masoom Katha Jaane bhi do yaaro Chashme badoor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 (edited) Though I hated/hate most of the 80s movies, some were gems. Maybe I was too harsh in my earlier post, won't call it garbage henceforth. Most of my fav movies from that era covered by Yam and Ankit. Also I guess our parallel cinema peaked in the 80s, some really good ones there, Smita Patil was a freaking legend. Sadma too was from 80s. Watched it only in the 90s when I was a kid, hated Sridevi so much because of what she did to Kamal in the ending scene . She was the undisputed queen of the 80s, a true superstar and icon...RIP Ma'am . Another movie I loved from that decade was Appu Raja . Saaransh, Namak Halaal, Arth, Disco Dancer, Coolie, Nagina, ChaalBaaz, Albert Pinto...were some of the other ones I liked. Don't remember much of them now, maybe I'll watch them again. Edited April 9, 2019 by Gollum Ankit_sharma03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Golden era of India TV is the time before TV was privatized mid 80s to mid 90s, DD had great shows like Buniyaad, Hum log, Mahabharat, Ramayan, Darpan, Vikram aur Betaal, Wagle ki duniya, Zabaan sambhal ke, Nukkad, Mungeri laal ke haseen sapne, Dekh Bhai dekh, Malgudi days, Yeh jo hai zindagi, Mr. Yogi, Kakkaji Kahen, Chitrahaar, Chaya geet, , Katha sagar, Udaan, Flop show (esp comedy of that quality is unsurpassed) a lot of these shows are available on YT. Jimmy Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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