Rajani was a popular TV series aired on Doordarshan in Mid 80s directed by Basu Chatterjee. It had Priya Tendulkar in lead role. It became immensely popular for creating awareness among lax government offices and officials. It was written by Karan Razdan who also acted in the series.
Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne was a popular Hindi TV comedy serial directed by Prakash Jha that revolved around the life of Mungerilal, played by Raghubir Yadav. The serial was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and was loosely conceptualized on James Thurber's novel The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Yeh Zindagi Hai Gulshan is an Indian television drama series, which premiered on DD National on February 26, 2012. The series focuses on the concept of empowerment of women in muslim society. The series originally aired every once a week on Sunday but was converted to bi-weekly show due to popularity. The series is produced by Suhaib Ilyasi, director and the host of India's Most Wanted.
Indradhanush was an Indian children's television series, a mixture of Sci-Fiction and Fantasy, aired on DD National channel. The series aired on every Sundays, and was produced and directed by Anand Mahendra.
Om Namah Shivay is an Indian television series portraying Hindu Puranic writings and featuring the divinity Shiva, as well as other gods and demigods.
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."
Tum Dena Saath Mera is a Hindi language Indian television drama series which premiered on November 23, 2009 on DD National. The series is produced by television actor, Rahul Bhat and focuses on the life of physically challenged people.
Chamatkari Telephone was an Indian animated television series that aired on DD National channel in early 90s. The title song was: "Sally, Meg and Jonathan, muskano ka baatein dhan..pyar bhara unka Telephone..Chamatkari Telephone.........'
Singhasan Battisi is a famous Indian folk literary work. An Indian television series named Singhasan Battisi was created based on it, that aired on DD National channel, based on the story of the throne of Raja Vikramaditya, which has 32 statues of angels on it. The television series is based on an ancient collection of tales. Singhasan means Throne and Battissi is a word derived from the number battis which is thirty-two. So, this is the story of thirty-two statues of Angels on the throne of King Vikramaditya.
Kahkashan is an Indian television series about six great masters of modern Urdu and Islamic poetry: Hasrat Mohani, Jigar Moradabadi, Josh Malihabadi, Majaz Lucknawi, Firaq Gorakhpuri, and Makhdoom Mohiuddin. The serial was produced, researched and scripted by Ali Sardar Jafri and directed by Jalal Agha and telecast in 1991- 1992. Music was scored by Jagjit Singh, the famous ghazal singer of India. The series was also shown on TV Asia channel USA in 2006.
Karamchand was a popular Indian detective TV series telecast in the 1980s. It was broadcast on India's national television channel DD National, and was one of India's first detective series. The title character was played by noted actor Pankaj Kapur. The role of his assistant Kitty was played by Sushmita Mukherjee. Famous music director duo Anand-Milind composed the theme music and title track for the series.
Neem Ka Ped is an Indian television drama-series that was The series was edited and directed by Gurbir Singh Grewal and Produced by Nawman Malik.The series was written by famous writer Dr. Rahi Masoom Raza. Famous actor Pankaj Kapur played bonded labourer "Budhai Ram" who lives in a village with a Muslim Zamindar.The title song for this serial is written by notable Urdu poet Nida Fazli & sung by famous singer Late Jagjit Singh called Muh ki baat sunah har koi......
Neem Ka Ped first aired in 1991 on the Indian state television channel DD National, which is owned and operated by Doordarshan network.first broadcast on Doordarshan in 1991.
Faujji...The Iron Man is a Hindi language Indian television series that airs on the national channel, DD National. The series premiered on March 21, 2009, and airs every Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 pm IST. The story is about the army battling terrorism. On its first day, the series received a Television Rating Point of 1.7 among other shows on other general entertainment channels.
Kaanch Ke Rishte is a television drama series airing on DD National, based on the story of a retired journalist & his wife. The series premiered on March 29, 2009 & airs every Sunday at 9:30pm IST. It is directed by Arshad Khan, written by Nawaab Arzoo and the supervising producer & the creative director of this show is Tariq Mohammad.
Bible Ki Kahaniya was an Indian epic period serial based on Christian scriptures of the Bible in Hindi language. It was one of the first serials in India to involve high budget and use of fast paced technology. The television program was originally telecast on Doordarshan in the early 1993 to late 1995, but DD stopped its telecast abruptly because there was fear of communal tension due to certain episodes, in view of threats from Kashmiri militants, objection from some Hindu elements, differences between the production team and channel and budget issues. The characters were played by popular Bollywood stars including Kabir Bedi as Abraham and Urmila Matondkar.
Tehkikaat is a Hindi language detective-thriller series about various crime scene investigations, starring Vijay Anand as Sam D'Silva and Saurabh Shukla as Gopichand. Released in May 1994, the series involved resolving mysteries and murders with a touch of humour to it.
This became the second best detective serial after Byomkesh Bakshi which was also popular in its time. The serial was really popular because of Vijay Anand's really good acting as Sam D'Silva and the chemistry between Sam and Gopi, and he uses some really new and innovative instruments for his work, like in a episode he reveals that there are actually 7 bullets in his specially designed revolver.
Piya Ka Aangan is a drama series based on the story of Shlok and Swati falling in love. Swati was initially married to Shlok's elder brother Sameer, who was killed by the main antagonist Vicky Bajaj. Due to circumstances Shlok had to marry Swati without her consent to save her from Vicky Bajaj. The story deals with how they fall in love with each other and how they face their families. The series premiered on February 16, 2009 & airs every Monday - Friday at 12pm noon IST.