![]() A resurgence of sorts happened with the coming of cable television, and we had path-breaking shows like Shanti and Tara. Sometime by the end of the decade kitsch entered in the shape of Ramayan and Mahabharat. ![]() You had stalwarts like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal and Basu Chatterjee make fine works for television. Even close to 40 years later, I can still rattle off the days on which each was telecast: Karamchand on Mondays Hum Log and then Buniyaad on Tuesdays and Saturdays Khandan on Wednesdays Ados Pados on Thursdays Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi on Fridays. ![]() Many people I know would swear by the fact that the first of these represented the best of Indian television. Growing up in the 1980s, one of the many pleasures of a less cluttered and leisurely time was the birth of the TV series.
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