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Background: Famed puppeteer Meena Naik shares her experience anchoring Kilbil, the popular Marathi children's show that aired on Doordarshan between the 70s and the 80s.
SASHANK KINI: Tell us how long you were associated with Doordarshan, and particularly the show Kilbil.
MEENA NAIK:…
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Background: Shukla Das is a veteran in the film and television industry, having most notably been the Vice-President of both Star TV and Sony TV. Early in her career, she worked in Bombay Doordarshan, having helmed the wonderful English children’s programme Magic Lamp between 1974 and 1979. In…
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Humble Beginnings
With a compact team of 5 producers, Bombay Doordarshan1 was inaugurated in Worli on October 2, 1972 – coincidentally on Gandhi Jayanti. The city’s cosmopolitan nature led to programming in 5 languages – English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, and Sindhi. There were four major…
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Introduction
Doordarshan, the national television network, was the first ever channel to be launched in India in 1959. It held a virtual monopoly in the television broadcasting industry until the country’s liberalisation in 1991. During this period, Doordarshan was the sole television channel…
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Doordarshan, the national television network, was the first ever channel to be launched in India in 1959. It held a virtual monopoly in the television broadcasting industry until the country’s liberalization in 1991. During this period, Doordarshan was the sole television channel available to the…
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