गुरुवार, मई 26, 2011

अश्क

कल मुलाक़ात हुई मेरी
उसके अश्कों से 
जो तरस रहे थे
निकलने को उसकी आँखों से
रोना चाहती थी वो
लिपट कर मुझ से 
बहकते दिल में
उम्मीदों के अरमान लिए 
डबडबाई आँखों से
कहना चाहती थी वो
इस दर्द और टीस को 
कैसे सहती हूँ मैं 
वोह जिसे 
आइना कहते हो तुम 
अपने दिल के उस मक़ाम में 
रखती हूँ तुम्हे 
आँखों से बात कर के 
फिर कांपते लबों से 
धीरे से बुदबुदा के 
कुछ कहना चाहती थी मुझसे 
खेलना चाहती थी वोह 
छोटी सी बच्ची बनकर 
उड़ना चाहती थी वोह 
ज़मीन में चल कर 
रहना चाहती थी वोह 
आँचल के साए तले
बहना चाहती थी वोह 
जहाँ इश्क का दरिया बह चले 
कहना चाहती थी के 
इज़हार तो करो 
तुम खामोश न रहो 
मुझसे इकरार तो करो 
तुम लबों से कुछ न भी बोलो 
पर दिल से प्यार तो करो 
उसकी नज़रों की गहराई 
में जब भी झाँका 
अनकहे सवालातों की आंधी पाई 
पूछती हो जैसे 
मुझसे हरपाल 
क्या याद करोगे मुझको ?
जब पास न होंगे हम 
ख्यालों में ही सही 
न जाने मैं क्या क्या कह देता हूँ 
पर तू जब भी सामने होती है तो मैं 
सब कुछ कहते हुए भी 
बेज़ुबान ही रहता हूँ 
कल मुलाक़ात हुई मेरी
उसके अश्कों से ....

सोमवार, मई 23, 2011

Old Classic Television Serials

I am doing some research on old time classic serials from dordarshan and other channels of 80's & 90's period. If anyone else remember any more then please add to this list. If you do have more details regarding these serials post them here pls will update in the list.

Alice In Wonderland -
[ children - title track lyrics: gulzar ]

Aamne Samne -
[ celebrity chat show ]

Aadha Sach Aadha Jhooth -
[ drama - producer: rajesh khanna -  music: pancham ]

Aakhri Dao -
[ drama - cast: deepti naval, farooq sheikh ]

Adalat -
[ crime - a serial on court cases ]

Aa Bail Mujhe Maar -
[ comedy - cast: anu kapoor, amol palekar, harish patel, ajit vachhani ]

Ados Pados -
[ comedy - cast: vinnie paranjape, amol palekar - producer & director - sai paranjape ]

Air Hostess -
[ drama - kittu gidwani - director: vinod pande ]

Aisa Bhi Hota Hai -
[ reality - anchor: monika laal ]

Apradhi Kaun -
[ detective ]

A Face In The Crowd -
[ talk show ]

Ajooba -
[ comedy - host: shammi kapoor ]

Alif Laila - [ ]

Ali Baba Chalis Chor - [ ]

Bible Ki Kahaniyan -
[ children - serial based on christian scriptures of the bible in hindi - cast: kabir bedi, shammi kapoor, raza murad, urmila matondkar, arvind mehra, asha sharma, daman maan, soham, varun vardhan, rajesh kapoor, mohan gokhale, mita vashisht, rita bhaduri, kawaljeet, janak toprani, satish kapoor, leela panicker, radha seth, raja bundela, kamal jithu, lalit tiwari (narrator) - director: prof. george menachery - music: louis banks, vanraj bhatia - lyrics: kafi azmi - 1993-1995 ]

Basanti -
[drama - based on the life of a slum girl ]

Basera -
[ comedy - cast: mehmood, channa ruparel - plot: story about tenants ]

Baigan Raja -
[ children ]

Buniyaad -
[ drama - cast: alok nath - director: ramesh sippy ]

Bharat Ek Khoj - [ historical - cast: om puri - director: shyam benegal ]

Bahadur Shah Zafar - [drama/history - cast: ashok kumar, juhi chawla, raj babbar - producer & director - b.r. chopra & ravi chopra]

Banate Bigadte - [ ]

Bibi Natiyonwali - [ ]

Barrister Vinod - [ detective ]

Byomkesh Bakshi - [ detective - cast: rajat kapoor ]

Babaji Ka Bioscope -
[ children - series of short stories used to come on sunday mornings ]

Barbapa - [ cartoon ]

Bante Bigadte -
[ comedy - cast: paresh rawal, reeta bhaduri, rakesh chaudhary, ajit vachchani ]

Captain Vyom -
[ youth / children / si-fi - cast: milind soman, netra raghuraman, divya palat, tom alter - 1990's ]

Chanakya - [ historical - cast: pramod moutho, suraj chaddha, ragini shah, ajay dubey, arun bali, himanshu gokani, mitesh safari, dr. chandra prakash dwivedi, dinesh shakul - producer & director: dr. dwivedi - 1991 ]

Chamatkari Telephone -
[ children / animation - chamatkari telephone ( literal meaning: "magical telephone") was an Indian animated television series that aired on dordarshan national channel in early 90s. - title track: sally, meg & jonathan, muskano ka baatein dhan..pyar bhara unka telephone...chamatkari telephone...']

Chunauti -
[ youth - cast: suchitra krishnamurthy, rajiv verma, ajit vachhani, mohan bhandari, bharat kapoor, arif zakaria, sunil puri, channa ruparel, raju shreshta, rita bahaduri, archana joglekar, ali asgar - music: sapan jagmohan - director: sanjiv bhattacharya - producer: rakesh chowdhary - title track: man ek seepi hai, asha moti hai har pal jeevan ka ek chunauti hai - singer: amit kumar - 1980's]

Campus -
[ youth - chunauti part 2 - cast: ninad kamath, paritosh painter ]

Chaya Geet -
[ musical - filmi songs program ]

Chitrahaar -
[ musical - old new filmi songs on wednesday and frinday ]

Charitraheen -
[ drama - based on bengali novel ]

Chunni - [ ]

Circus -
[ drama - cast: shahrukh khan, renuka shahane, pawan malhotra ]

Choti Badi Baatein -
[ comedy - cast: ashok saraf, sulabha arya, arvind deshpande, babloo mukherjee]

Chitz -
[ suspense - cast: mazar khan, kiron kher, liliput, sayed jaffery, kanwaljeet, ratna pathak, sushmita mukherjee - title track: mumkin hai safar ho aasan - singer: suresh wadkar ]

Chauraha -
[ children - educational ]

Craft Show -
[ children - afternoon show where they teach to make craft items. i still remember the use of words like "chipkanewala padarth". ]

Charlie Chaplin -
[ children - english comedy serial ]

Chandrakanta -
[ drama - cast: ]

Daane Anar Ke -
[ comedy - the show focuses on a middle-class family that has just won a lottery, and chronicles how the behavior of their neighbors and relatives changes in response to their new-found wealth. the show also interviews the family to evaluate their reactions to these changes and finally how do they cope with the changes. - cast: shailendra yadav, neena gupta, ajit vachhani - music: vishal - lyrics: gulzar - title track: kissa hai kahani hai paheli hai, zindagi ye moosa ki saheli hai - writer: sharad joshi - lyrics - gulzar - music - vishal - 1980's]

Deewar -
[ drama - the show is based on the story of a guy named purshottam, who is in jail. he has been in prison for the last ten years. it is said that although his term is a lifer and that means a minimum of fourteen years, there is a possibility of him being released within the next six months. purshottam is in prison due to his conviction for the crime of murder - cast: kulbhushan kharbanda, amita nangia, smita jaykar, anju mahendru, mukesh khanna, avtaar gill, alok nath, sulbha arya, mamik , anita kulkarni sushil parashar, asawari joshi, vaquar sheikh, resham seth, sanjay batra, anita kulkarni, rakesh bedi - director: raman kumar - music: jagjit singh - 1990's ]

Dhamal -
[ comedy - cast: satish shah - after ye jo hai zindagi this was starred by satish shah on sunday mornings ]

Dil Dariya -
[ drama - cast: shahrukh khan - plot: story about pre and post partition ]

Doosra Kewal -
[ drama - cast: shahrukh khan ]

Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniyan -
[ children - used to come on sunday evenings. short stories for kids. - cast: leela mausi aka leela mishra ]

Didi's Comedy Show -
[ children - english comedy show ]

Danger Bay - [ ]

Dekh Bhai Dekh - [ comedy - cast: shekhar suman, naveen nishchol, fareeda jalaal, bhavna, deven bhojani, liliput - director: anand mahendroo - producer: sarasvati audio & video (jaya bachchan) - title track: ss rang badalti dunia me kya tera hai kya mera hai...dekh bhai dekh...]

Different Strokes -
[ comedy - english comedy serial used to come on sunday ]

Dastan-E-Hatim Tai - [ ]

Duck Tales -
[ children - animation serial on sunday mornings ]

Dadi Ma Jaagi - [ ]

Ehsaas ( kahani ek ghar ki ) -
[ drama - the family saga is the story of protagonist parvati and her two sisters whose father has died in a mysterious accident after being cheated by his business partner. the three sisters are now on a mission to destroy the man they think is responsible for their father’s death. amidst the drama of hate and vendetta, there is a love triangle when parvati and one of her sisters discover they love the same man. -  cast: arun govil, bhairavi raichura, tarana singh, sameer iqbal patel, kiran kumar, avtaar gill, mohan bhandari, navneet nishan, amita nangia - director: raman kumar - title track: jagjit singh & chitra singh ]

Ek Kahani -
[ literature / stories - anchor & director: manju singh - debute serial of pallavi joshi ]

Ek Do Teen Char -
[ children - title track: ek do teen char...chaaro mil ke saath chale to karde chamatkar ]

Ek Kahani -
[ sotries - director: gulzar ]

Ek Tara Bole -
[ children ]

Ek Dil Hazaar Afsaane -
[ drama - serial about short stories ]

Ek Chidiya Anek Chidiya -
[ children - animated cartoon]

Ek Aana Ka Daana -
[ children - animated cartoon of krishna and pandavas]

Faster Feren -
[ children ]

Fauji -
[ youth - it was a series following the training of an indian army commando regiment that aired on India's national channel DD National in 1988. - cast: shahrukh khan, sanjay taneja, rakesh sharma, amina s.kapoor, manjula avtar, vikram chopra, gautam bharadwaj, a. kannan, sonal dabral, nikhil dewan - producer & director: colonel kapoor ]

Flop Show -
[ comedy - cast: jaspal bhatti, vivek shauq, savita bhatti, rajesh jolly, b.n. sharma, kuldeep sharma - creator, writer, producer & director: jaspal bhatti - 1989 ]

Farmaan -
[ drama - cast: kanwaljit singh, raja bundela ]

Fatichar -
[ comedy - cast: pankaj kapur ]

Fikr Ne Kaha Tha -
[ comedy - cast: tiku talsania - another morning show with tiku talsaniya ]

Giant Robot -
[children - japanese dubbed cartoon]

Gul Gulshan Gulfam -
[ drama - cast: pareekshit sahani, pankaj berry - producer: cinevista ]

Guchchhe -
[ children ]

Gijoe -
[ children - animation ]

Gayab Aaya -
[ children - animation serial ]

Honee Anhonee -
[ supernatural powers / past life]

Hum Panchi Ek Daal Ke -
[ comedy / social ]

History Of Man -
[ children - cartoon]

Hum Log -
[ drama - hum log is the story of an Indian middle class family and their daily struggles and aspirations - cast: ashok kumar, vinod nagpal, jayshri arora, rajesh puri, abhinav chaturvedi, seema bhargava, divya seth, loveleen mishra, lahiri singh, sushma seth, kamia malhotra, aasif sheikh, manoj pahwa - writer - manohar shyam joshi - producer: doordarshan - director: p kumar vasudev - title track: aaiye haath uthaayein hum bhi.. hum bhi - music: anil biswas - 1984 ]

History Of Man -
[children / cartoon ]

He Man & Masters of Universe -
[ children / cartoon ]

Himalaya Darshan -
[ drama / stories - serial based on short stories from places close to himalay like himachal pradesh etc. ]

Hello Zindagi -
[ current affairs - anchor: nalini singh - title music & singer: jagjeet singh - title track: hai lau zindagi, zindagi noor hai
magar isme jalne ka dastoor hai ]

Indradhanush -
[ children / si-fi - a mixture of sci-fiction and fantasy & an excellent copy of back to the future movie - plot: the story of group of kids, who assemble a computer. on that computer they meet a prince from another galaxy. then the events take a lot of weird turns, one of the kids (the lead character) gets kidnapped by someone from another galaxy. the prince gives the kids a device that makes time-travel possible. with this device they try to see their past and rescue their friend. - cast: karan johar (as Apu), akshay anand, shinde rajendra, jitendra rajpal - producer & director: anand mahendra - 1988-1989 ]

Intezaar -
[ drama - the message of this serial was a mother waiting for her seperated son.This serial was exclusively shot on railway platform. - cast: rajendra gupta, sangeeta naik, pawan malhotra ]

Idhar Udhar -
[ comedy - cast: deena pathak, supriya, ratna shah, ravi vasvaani - director: anand mahendroo ]

Isi Bahane -
[ drama/comedy - cast: mazhar khan, supriya pathak, ratna pathak, sushmita mukherjee, liliput, anand mahendroo - director: anand mahendroo ]

Itsi Baat - [ ]

Inspector Vijay -
[ detective ]

India's Struggle For Freedom -
[ informative - struggle about indian independence ]

Jantar Mantar -
[ drama - cast: vikram gokhale]

Jungle Book - [ children - ]

Junoon -
[ drama/crime - cast: kittu gidwani, tom alter - producer: adhikari brothers ]

Jamai Raja -
[ comedy - cast: r madhavan, tiku talsania - director:  anant mahadevan ]

Jai Veer Hanuman - [ ]

Jamie And The Magic Torch -
[ children - animation ]

Kahan Gaye Woh Log -
[ drama / patriotic - a serial full of patriotism is said to have started the 'golden era' of patriotic tv serials. the serial received overwhelming response since the beginning. this serial was awarded 'aadhaarshila (foundation) award' for best patriotic serial which was given by of then vice president of india mr. shankar dayal sharma. manoj kumar also played a major role in the success of this serial. - cast: dheeraj kumar, sachin kumar, rajendra gupta - director: dheeraj kumar - producer: creative eye limited - 1980s]

Kahkashan -
[ drama - Kahkashan is an Indian television series about six great masters of modern Urdu poetry: Hasrat Mohani, Jigar Moradabadi, Josh Malihabadi, Majaz Lucknawi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, and Makhdoom Mohiuddin. - producer, research & script -  ali sardar jafri - director - jalal agha 1991- music & title - jagjit singh - 1991-1992 ]

Kashish -
[drama - cast: mallvika tiwari, sudesh beri ]

Kashmakash -
[ drama - cast: suchitra krishnamurthy, javed jaffery, ali khan ]

Kaachi Dhoop -
[ drama - which was based on the classic little women ]

Khel Khel Mein - [ ]

Khazana -
[ children - series based on best seller short stories ]

Khilti Kaliyan -
[ dd program about adult education ]

Karamchand -
[ detective - cast: pankaj kapoor, sushmita mukherji, deepak qazir - director: pankaj parashar - music: either kersy lord/lesley lewis ]

Kakkaji Kahin -
[ comedy/satire - cast: om puri, shail chatuervedi, basu chatterjee ]

Kab Tak Pukaroon -
[ literature -  plot: based on a novel written by Dr. Rangeya raghav - cast: pankaj kapoor, pallavi joshi, sushmita mukherji - director: sudheer mishra ]

Katha Sagar -
[ literature - producer: cinevista ]

Khandaan -
[ drama - this serial started the trend of mega family serials - cast: jayant kripalani, neena gupta, mohan bhandari - director: sreedhar kshirsagr ]

Khoja Naseruddin -
[ literature - cast: raghuvir yadav - director: aman allana ] 

Kabeer -
[ literature - cast: anu kapoor, anil chaudhary ]

Khali Haath -
[ drama - cast: madan jain ]

Kirdaar -
[ drama - cast: om puri - director: gulzar ]

Kshitij Yeh Nahi - [ ]

Kab Tak Pukaroon -
[ literature - cast: pankaj kapoor - director: sudheer mishra]

Kachhi Dhoop -
[ drams - cast: bhagyashree ]

Katha Sagar - [ short stories ]

Karandikar Uncle -
[ cookery show - it used to be aired in afternoon show. an old man "karandikar uncle" used to go hunting for recipes to different houses in a colony. ]

Kharee Kharee -
[ comedy - cast: anu kapoor as a servant ]

Kadwa Sach -
[ social issues show ]

Krishi Darshan -
[ agriculture based show ]

Kirdaar -
[ cast: om puri - director: gulzar ]

Lifeline / Jeevan rekha -
[ drama - cast: a.k.hangal ]

Laurel & Hardy -
[ children - english comedy serial]

Lohit Kinare -
[ drama - had title score from famous assamese singer bhupen hazarika ]

Lena Dena -
[ drama - used to come on sundays ]

Laddoo Singh Taxi Wala - [ ]

Mahabharat -
[ drama / epic mythology - cast: gajendra chouhan, arjun, praveen kumar, sameer, sanjeev, nitish bharadwaj, razak khan, paintal, arun bakshi, mayur, puneet issar, vinod kapoor, pankaj dheer, pradeep rawat, dharmesh tiwari, mukesh khanna, surendra pal, kapil kumar, nazneen, virendra razdan, lalit tiwari, girja shankar, renuka israni, roopa ganguly, channa ruparel, kiran juneja, rishabh shukla, sumeet raghavan, dara singh, debashree roy, vishnu sharma, goga kapoor, ram mohan, rafique mukkadam, raj babbar, ashalata, shivendra mahal, rana jung bahadur, sharat saxena, sudesh berry - narrator: harish bhimani - creators: baldev raj chopra (b.r. films) ]

Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne -
[ comedy - this serial was loosely conceptualized on james thurber's novel the secret life of walter mitty - plot: mungerilal is a small time clerk who gets bossed around by his wife at home and by his boss at office. to top that, mungerilal's father in law rubs salt on mungerilal wounds by exaggerating his own achievements as a police inspector. mungerilal overcomes all this by day dreaming, where he takes revenge on his boss, his father-in-law. mungerilal also dates his beautiful colleague. as he basks in the glory of his accomplishments, his wife wakes him up to ruin dream. - cast: raghubir yadav - director: prakash jha - writer: manohar shyam joshi - 1989-1990 ]

Mr. Yogi -
[ comedy/satire - cast: mohan gokhle ( yogesh ishwarlal patel aka y.i. patel ) - anchor: om puri - (satire on weddings) ]

Mirza Ghalib ( my fav.) -
[ drama - based on the life of legendary poet/shayar mirza assadullah khan ghalib - cast: naseeruddin shah - music & singers: jagjit singh & chitra singh - producer & director: gulzar - 1988 ]

Malgudi Days -
[ children / stories - based on the works of r.k. narayan - cast: anant nag, dada, girish karnad, vishnuvardhan, shankar nag, ramesh bhat, master manjunath aka swami - producer: t. s. narasimhan - director: shankar nag - music: l. vaidyanathan - cartoon sketches: r.k.laxman ]

Mujrim Hazir Ho - 
[ drama -  ]

Mamaji -
[ comedy - cast: deven varma - plot: story about tenants ]

Mrgnayni -
[ drama - based on a novel written by Mr. Vrindavanlal Varma - cast: pallavi joshi, mohan bhandari ]

Mitti Ke Rang -
[ drama - based on short stories written by mr. mohan rakesh ]

Manoranjan -
[ serial about shooting and productions ]

Marshal -
[ detective - cast: mukesh khanna ]

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara - [ musical ]

My Little Pony -
[ children - cartoon on sundays ]

Mister Mrs. -
[ comedy - cast: archana puran singh ]

Meri Awaz Suno - [ ]

Nirmala -
[ drama - written by legandary munshi premchand (original name dhanpat rai) - cast: preeti khare ]

Nukkad -
[ drama - cast: suresh chatwal, dilip dhawan, avtar gill, sameer khakhar, haidar ali, javed khan, pavan malhotra, sangeeta naik, rama vij, ajay wadhavkar, tambi, suresh bhagwat, kundu mochi - writer: prabodh joshi - director: saeed akhtar mirza & kundan shah - 1986-1988 ]

Noopur - [ ]

Neem Ka Ped -
[ drama - series of short stories ]

Neev -
[ youth - serial about these kids living in a hostel ]

Nai Dishayen - [ ]

Neki Kar Kuan Mein Daal - [ ]

Oshin - [ ]

Om Namah Shivay -
[ drama / epic mythology - the series is presumably named after the mantra aum namah shivaya. it "depicts the spirituality, divinity and the moving power with which lord shiva governs the destiny of the universe." - cast: samar jai singh, yashodhan rana, gayatri shastri, manjeet kullar, amit pachori, sandeep mehta, sunil nagar, sanjay swaraj sharma, gajendra chauhan, rajeshwari sachdev, nimai bali - music: shaarang dev - director: dheeraj kumar - producer: zuby kochhar - production company: creative eye - 1997 ]

Phir Wahi Taalash - [ drama/romance - story about a village boy who comes to city for pursuing some professional degree and falls in love with the daughter of flat owner. - cast: dr. ashwini kumar, poonam malhotra, neelima azim (shahid kapoor's mother), s.m. zaheer, rajesh khattar - director: lekh tandon - title singer: chandan dass - music: anil biswas]

Pachpan Khambe Lal Deewarein -
[ drama - cast: meeta vashisht, aman verma ]

Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan - [ ]

Parivartan -
[ drama - cast: bina (pradeep kumar's daughter) as the matriach of a rich family ]

Potli Baba Ki -
[ children - series of short stories on sunday morning ]

Palash Ke Phool -
[ drama - title track: jab jab mere ghar aana tum phool palash ke le aana tum ]

Pc1008 - [ ]

Paramvir Chakra - [ ]

Pirot - [ children ]

Police Files Se -
[ detective ]

Paying Guest -
[ comedy - used to come on sunday afternoon ]

Phulvanti - [ ]

Quile Ka Rahasiya -
[ mystery - director: seema kapoor ]

Quiz Time -
[ children/quiz - anchor: siddartha basu ( tan ki shakti man ki shakti bournvita) ]

Ramayan -
[ drama / epic mythology - cast: deepika chiklia, arun govil, sunil lahiri, dara singh - creators: sagar arts limited - producer & director: ramanand sagar - 1988]

Rangoli -
[ musical - old new songs on sunday morning ]

Rajini -
[ comedy/women rights - cast: priya tendulkar ]

Raja Aur Rancho - [ detective ]

Rath Chakra - [ ]

Rani Lakshmi Bai - [ ]

Shanti -
[ drama - the story begins with two friends of the biggest bollywood production house in the country. two friends - kamesh mahadevan and raj g.j. singh writer, directors and producers live in the lavish shanti mansion. behind the walls of shanti mansion lie dark secrets of the past lives of both the friends. - cast: mandira bedi, amit behl, anoop soni, yatin karyekar, jyotsna karyekar, ravi aidasani, sumukhi pendsey, irawati harshe, amar talwar, anita kanwal, amit kapadia, sonali kulkarni, salim fatehi, ashwini kalsekar, sunil shende, rajesh jais, naina apte, prithvi jutshi, spriya karnik - director: adi pocha - production company: utv software communications - 1994 ]

Shriman Shrimati -
[ comedy - cast: jatin kanakia, reema lagoo, rakesh bedi, archana puran singh - director: rajan waghdhare - producer: gautam adhikari & markand adhikari - 1989 ]

Singhasaan Battisi -
[ children - use to be aired in sunday evenings on doordarshan. folk tales of a singhasan with 32 idols. every idol tells a story to the raja. - 1980s ]

Stone Boy -
[ drama - shot in mauritius, the story was based on a fantasy story of a poor farmer/milkman boy who gets cursed by fairies. - cast: master manjunath, neha contractor, ankur javeri, parikshit ambatkar, rajesh chand, dinesh chand - director: t.s. nagabharana - 1991 ]

Superhit Muqabla -
[ music - the top 10 songs were decided every week by the polls sent in by the viewers. - presenters: baba sehgal, ekta kapoor ]

Suraag - The Clue -
[ detective - cast: sudesh berry - creators: shri adhikari brothers - producer: gautam adhikari ]

Swabhimaan -
[ drama - swaabhimaan divulges the story of an attractive woman - svetlana who finds herself in a battle where there are no real winners. insecurity, suspicion and fear threaten to erode her vivacious spirit as she struggles to come to terms with her position - that of a pampered mistress whose tycoon patron keshav malhotra played by naasir abdulah dies leaving her to cope with the ugly aftermath of the tragedy - inheritance wars, succession rights, property entanglements, petty quarrels and above all, emotional turmoil that threatens to destroy her. - cast: kitu gidwani, abhimanyu raj singh, nasir abdullah, anju mahendru, deepak parashar, kunika, rohit roy, channa ruparel, sheetal thakkar, manoj bajpai, rinku karmarkar, karan oberoi, achint kaur, anupam bhattacharya, ashutosh rana, sandhya mridul, arun bali, harsh chhaya, simone singh, mita vashisht, sagarika soni, rajesh khera, pankaj berry, poonam das gupta, kumud mishra, rajiv paul, kiran juneja, prabha sinha - producer: amit khanna - writers: shoba de & vinod rangnath - director: mahesh bhatt - 1995-1997 ]

Sanjha Chulha -
[drama - cast: rama vij, pankaj berry ]

Shrikant -
[ drama - cast: farooq sheikh - plot: based on a bengali novel ]

Space City Sigma -
[ children / si-fi ]

Sukanya -
[ drama - cast: natasha Sinha, harish bhimani ]

Swavlamban -
[ program about wow to be self independent in life ]

Spiderman -
[ children - animation cartoon ]

Subah -
[ social issues - cast: salim gouse, prem - music: r.d.burman ]

Surabhi -
[ cultural magazine - anchors: renuka shahne, siddhart kak ]

Sunil Gavaskar Presents -
[ sunil gavaskar presents a program on cricket ]

Shri Krishna - [ ]

Sauda - [ ]

Star Trek -
[ children - english serial dubbed in hindi ]

Swimmi -
[ children - animated dubbed cartoon of small fishes scaring a big fish ]

Street Hawk -
[ detective - english serial dubbed in hindi by the dd metro ]

Sherlock Holmes - [ children ]

Saanp Seedhi -
[ game show - anchor: mohan kapoor - when zeetv was launched mohan kapur in snakes and ladder weired quiz game show. those who give wrong answers would end up in a pool of water ]

Show Theme - [ ]

Sangeet Ka Safar - [ ]

Sangharsh - [ ]

Sansar - [ ]

Sea Hawks - [ ]

Turning Point -
[ children/science/educational - anchors: girish karnad, naseerudin shah ]

The Disney Show -
[ children / cartoon ]

The World This Week -
[ news - anchor: prannoy roy ]

The Sword of Tipu Sultan -
[ drama/history - based on a novel by bhagwan gidwani, this serial was a portrayal of the life and times of tipu sultan, the erstwhile ruler of srirangapatna - cast: sanjay khan, maya alag, deepika chikhalia, anant mahadevan, mukesh rishi, shahbaz khan - producer: numero uno international - director: sanjay khan & akbar khan - 1989-1990 ]

Tehkikaat -
[ detective - thriller series about various crime scene investigations - cast: vijay anand (dev anand brother), saurabh shukla - producer: karan razdan - 1994-1995 ]

Trishna -
[ drama - adaptation of jane austen's pride and prejudice ]

Telematch -
[ used as a filler I think this was probably in 80's ]

Tamas -
[ drama - based on a novel written by bhishm sahani (brother of actor Balraj Sahani) - cast: om puri, deepa sahi ]

Tenalirama -
[ children - a very well made serial about the witty genius - title track: balle balle balle tenali rama ]

Thoda Sa Aasmaan - [ ]

Tasveer Ka Doosra Rukh -
[ comedy - cast: seema barman - it was story about two characterts who go place to place to get the reviews and feedabcks for televison serials. it was a comedy serial portraiting the funny situation they find themselves in. ]

Titliyan -
[ drama - some kind of kitty party plot ]

Target - [ detective - english serial ]

Tu Tu Main Main - [ ]

Tana Bana - [ ]

Tootne Ke Baad - [ ]

Talespin -
[ children - animation serial on sunday mornings]

Ulta Pulta -
[ comedy/satire - cast: jaspal bhatti]

Udaan -
[ drama - it was a story of a girl named kalyani singh who joined the police force and with her hard work and sheer determination - cast: kavita chaudhary, vikram gokhle, shekhar kapur, uttara baokar - 1989-1991]

Vikram Aur Betaal -
[ children / mythology / fantasy - contained stories from Indian mythology that aim at teaching kids lessons of life while entertaining them. The concept of the program was based on Baital Pachisi, a collection of tales about the semi-legendary King Vikramaditya and the Vetala, a huge vampire-like being. based on adventures of king of ujjayaini, vikramaditya and a ghost betal. - cast: arun govil, sajjan kumar, arvind trivedi, deepika chikhalia, vijay arora - producer: ramanand sagar - 1980s ]

Waqt Ki Raftaar -
[ drama - cast: sriprada - producer: adhikari brothers]

Wagle Ki Duniya -
[ comedy - The serial was an adaptation of R K Laxman's "Common Man" cartoon series representing the quintessential common man, in the national newspaper The Times of India. - cast: anjan srivastav, bharti achrekar - producer: durga khote productions - music: vanraj bhatia ]

World Of Sports -
[ sports - anchor: anupam gulati ]

Wah Jaanab -
[ comedy - cast: shekhar suman ]

Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi -
[ comedy - this was the first hit comedy serial. this serial gave fame to so many actors. the episodes revolved around funny happenings in the lives of ranjit verma and renu verma, who play a married couple along with renu's unmarried and unemployed younger brother raja. other characters were ranjit's boss, his bengali neighbours - cast: shafi inamdar, swaroop sampat, rakesh bedi, tiku talsania, satish shah, farida jalal, javed khan, sulbha arya, vijay kashyap - 1984 ]

Yatra -
[ travel & tour - this entire serial was based on the journey on indian railways . i think the message was how railways contribute to the national integration - anchor: om puri - traverses the length of the country from jammu to kanyakumari. ]

Zaban Sambhal Ke - [ ]

क्या जवाब दूं तेरे सवाल का ?

क्या जवाब दूं तेरे सवाल का
मैं तो खुद ही सवाल बन गया 
हर वक़्त पूछता खुद से हूँ 
क्या मैं वोह रहा ? जो मैं था भला 
क्या जवाब दूं तेरे सवाल का ?

तेरी नज़रों में रहा वही सदा
एक दोस्त, दिलबर या एक हमनवा 
मेरी नजरों में, मैं हूँ क्या भला ?
यह तो मुझ कोई भी अब नहीं पता 
क्या जवाब दूं तेरे सवाल का ?

तेरी इनायतों का शुक्रिया
जो इंसान मुझको  समझ लिया 
क्यों मुझ से दिल लगाके यूं
ज़िन्दगी जलाये है तू 
क्या जवाब दूं तेरे सवाल का ?

शुक्रवार, मई 20, 2011

भूल गया

तेरे वादे, तेरे जज़्बात 
तेरी यादें, तेरी बातें 
तेरे शिक़वे, तेरी शिकायतें 
सब कुछ लौटना भूल गया 
मैंने जाने की जल्दी में 
मिलकर जाना भूल गया

बिखरा तनहा बढ़ रहा था 
मैंने बर्बादी के रस्ते पर 
सूनी आँखों से टाक रही वोह 
बेबस मुझको मुड मुड कर 
उससे कहना था इतना कुछ 
पर कुछ भी कहना भूल गया 

दर्द तेरे दिल में भी उतना
जितना मेरे दिल में था
पर हंसती आँखों से मैंने 
अश्कों को पीना सीख लिया 
वक़्त-ए-रुक्सत पूछ रहा था 
मेरी आँखें आँचल से 
मेरा ग़म था इतना ज्यादा 
मैं खुद ही रोना भूल गया

रविवार, मई 15, 2011

काश तुम आते तो !

तुम आते तो, हवाओं में एक नशा होता 
तुम आते तो, घटाओं का सा समां होता
तुम आते तो , आसमान भी बदगुमां होता
तुम आते तो, ज़मीन पर भी गुलिस्तां होता 
तुम आते तो, मंज़र ख़ुशनुमा होता 
काश तुम आते तो !

तुम आते तो, दीवाने हम हो जाते
तुम आते तो, मुस्कराते और खो जाते 
तुम आते तो, दर्द-ओ-ग़म भूल जाते 
तुम आते तो, प्यास क्या है बताता
तुम आते तो, हाल-ए-दिल कह जाते 
काश तुम आते तो !

तुम आते तो, एक उम्मीद भी आती 
तुम आते तो, ज़िन्दगी खुशियों से भर जाती 
तुम आते तो, हर पल रौनकें छा जातीं 
तुम आते तो, नई राहें खुल जातीं 
तुम आते तो, नए ख्वाब बुन जाते
काश तुम आते तो !

तुम आते तो, मैं और भी बहुत कुछ कह पाता
तुम आते तो, सपनो को हकीक़त कर पाता 
तुम आते तो, कुछ और नई शरारतें कर पाता 
तुम आते तो, खुद से ही बेख़बर हो जाता 
तुम आते तो, ज़िन्दगी चंद लम्हों में जी जाता
काश तुम आते तो !


Old School Friends Re-Union

I am all set off to write a review on my recently held old school friends re-union which we have planned with a real passionate heart but have really gone 'Phusssss' like a soda bubble at the end when we finally met because of last moment ditchers ;) . So here came another nostalgic moment of my life today in this burning afternoon of May. Just came back after meeting with my old school friends. The list of frnds was long who all had voted to come. But by the time it was finalized only few could actually made it including myself. Besides me there was Saurabh Gupta, Mohit Johri, Shivani Gogia who made it to the venue. Niti got sick and she had to cancle at the last moment. Gunjan never confirmed. Shubhra had some relatives visiting her place. And the never ending excuses from non-makers goes on. Our meeting point was Connaught Place. I reached their by Metro and Saurabh picked me up at 'D' block. Shivani was already sitting with him in the car. They were already enjoying each other's company until i popped on the backseat of the car. She was looking as stunning as ever, as she used to look in school even after all these long years she haven't changed much but put on a slight weight. I said 'Hi' to her. Saurabh and I have already met before in a few previous re-unions. We all shaked hands and then joke cracking session started followed by a series of leg pulling sessions that Shivani had to bear. She was in regular contact with Mohit on sms so that we can catch him as well. At last 'Raja Babu' arrived at Odean Cinema in his sedan wearing shades. He waved at me, after that we planned to move to QBA, a nice retro bar joint. There we sat in AC leaving that skin roasting temperature outside. We ordered 'Chilli Paneer', 'Paneer Tikka', 'Fresh Lime Sodas' and 'Chilled Beer'.  Until the order got served, the series of talks started that really made me nostalgic about my good old school days. We talked about most of our old school buddies, crushes that we use to have in school, affairs, FLAME games that we use to play, how we use to get scolded by teachers and the nicks of most of our favourite teachers and shared the glorious achievements and mischefs we did in life with each other. The atmosphere was really overwhelming and the smell of historical thoughts & pranks was everywhere at that moment. Overall it was really an enjoyable session. We spent around 3.5 hours together and then parted for our own places after hugging and greeting each other. Yes, i can say it was one of the memorable days of my life. I hope many more days like this will come in future. Hoping for a next reunion soon. Guys, confirm the venue for next meetup asap. This time do confirm positively. No last moment ditchers required. Rate this review frnds....Cheers and Good Luck!

गुज़रा हुआ ज़माना

आता है याद मुझको 
फ़क़त गुज़रा हुआ ज़माना
वोह जाफ़रानी खुशबू से 
दिलों का महक जाना 
असर के आसमान पर 
परिंदों का चेह्चहाना 
[ फ़क़त - merely; ]

फुर्सत-ए-क़ार  से बेख़बर
अंदाज़-ए-शाही था मैं परवाना 
अपनी ख़ुशी से हँसना 
अपनी ख़ुशी से गुनगुनाना 
[ फुर्सत-ए-क़ार - work; अंदाज़-ए-शाही - royal attitude; ]


जब लगा था ज़ख्म दिल पर 
याद अगया वो दीवाना 
मेरे अश्क-ए-दिल घावों पर 
गुलिस्तान का मुस्कराना 
[ अश्क-ए-दिल - heartless; ]

वोह वजाहत-ए-हुस्न से सूरत 
वोह संगेमरमर सी खूबसूरत
आबाद उसकी रौनाकों से था
मेरे जुनू-ए-आशिकाना 
[ वजाहत - dignity, respect, and beauty; ]

आता है याद मुझको 
फ़क़त गुज़रा हुआ ज़माना

शुक्रवार, मई 06, 2011

जिंदगी

ज़िन्दगी भी है खफ़ा
और लोग हैं बेरहम 
अब हो गया यकीन मुझे 
न बुरा हूँ मैं न तुम 

किस को मेरे हाल से 
निस्बत हो क्यों भला 
आँखें भी दुश्मनों की 
हर पल ही ज़ुल्म करें 

मेरे सिवा तेरे 
न होने का ग़म किसे ?
तेरी तलाश में तो बस 
मैं ही हूँ क्या कहूँ 

कुछ आज शाम ही से 
दिल भी है बुझा बुझा 
वोह ज़िन्दगी की आग भी 
है मध्यम ज़रा ज़रा 

इस सेहरा-ए-आरज़ू से मैं 
बहार निकल चलूँ 
मेरे दिल की रौनकों में
कोई दम भी न बचा 

सब कुछ सही है 'निर्जन'
मगर इतना ज़रूर है 
दुनिया में बहुत कम है 
अपने लोग 
यहाँ वहाँ...

(निस्बत - रिश्ते, relation ; सेहरा- रगिस्तान, desert; आरज़ू - ख्वाइश, desire )